Chapter 102 An unexpected encounter

In the 14th round of the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen faced the challenge of Bayer Leverkusen at home.

This is the hardest nut Werder Bremen has faced after De Bruyne's absence.

Leverkusen currently ranks fourth in the standings, five points behind Werder Bremen.

For pharmaceutical companies, Werder Bremen is their direct competitor to enter the Champions League.

At a time when the competition for the Champions League is extremely fierce, they don't want to be too far behind their opponents.

As for Werder Bremen, Leverkusen has been in hot form recently and is very strong. In addition, the team lacks a general, so it is not easy to win against them at home.

After defeating Bayern Munich away from home in the ninth round of the league, ending the opponent's winning streak.

It was as if Leverkusen had opened up the Rendu line and transformed from a mid-range team to a strong team overnight.

Before visiting the Weserstadion, they had already won five consecutive games in the Bundesliga and are currently the team with the second most consecutive wins in the Bundesliga.

Ranked first is their opponent in this game, Werder Bremen, who has won six consecutive victories.

This game will be difficult, but when it actually started, the Werder Bremen players discovered that it was even more difficult than they imagined.

In this game, Leverkusen played very targeted. They not only strengthened their defense against Lin Quan, the core of offense and organization, but also asked the center back to double-team Werder Bremen's forward to limit his ability to catch the ball.

Carvajal, who was born in the Real Madrid youth academy, performed well in this game. He not only destroyed Werder Bremen's offense many times on the defensive end.

On the offensive end, he also sprinted from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area several times and delivered high-quality crosses.

Leverkusen's attacking group in the frontcourt is very strong. Skilling, Schürrle, Castro and others are not easy to play.

Before the first half was over, Werder Bremen was already two goals behind.

This is the first time this season that Werder Bremen has fallen behind by so many goals. Even before, even when Bayern Munich came as a guest, they had never taken such a big lead.

During the halftime break, Werder Bremen's players seemed a little frustrated.

Leverkusen's strength is not much better than theirs, but they just feel like they can't beat them.

They were in trouble on both offense and defense, and felt like they were being targeted.

Head coach Schaff is also aware of this. The opponent's formation today is 4321, a typical Christmas tree formation.

This formation has strong control over the midfield, which happens to be Werder Bremen's weak link.

Although Lin Quan can play in midfield, he is an organizing midfielder, not a defensive midfielder.

His defensive ability is not strong, which results in Werder Bremen's midfield being not strong enough and easily losing control of the midfield.

What's worse is that their formation today is still the 4141 they are used to. How can one defensive midfielder withstand the opponent's two full-backs taking turns stepping forward to assist!

The formation and style of play must be changed.

In the second half, Werder Bremen took the lead in changing the formation. The team's formation changed to 4231, replacing a central midfielder and replacing it with a defensive midfielder.

This has had a defensive effect, but the offensive problem still cannot be solved.

With only one forward in front, it is easy to be double-teamed by the opponent. Their counterattack cannot find anyone, and there will be no splash when they hit the frontcourt, posing no threat.

Werder Bremen's disadvantage remains unchanged.

"Werder Bremen is in trouble!"

In the CCTV studio, Duan Xuan said with some worry:

"After they moved Lin Quan's position back, the consequence was that the threat ability of the forward line was significantly reduced."

"Werder Bremen does have some good offensive players, but none of these players can replace Lin Quan's role in the frontcourt."

Xu Yang on the side nodded and agreed:

"That's true, but we can't take him away from the midfield now. Werder Bremen's midfield can't do without him. If he plays as a forward, he won't even be able to pass the ball out of the midfield. You can't count on him every time."

Let’s dribble the ball all the way from our own half and penetrate the opponent’s three lines of defense, right?”

Although the two of them had seen Lin Quan pass five levels and kill six generals, performing such a miracle.

But miracles are called miracles because they happen very rarely.

When the opponent is on guard, it is not impossible for him to kill the entire defense system alone, but it is very difficult and the success rate is very low.

The fans at the scene were very anxious, and some of them began to miss De Bruyne.

If De Bruyne is on the court, this game will definitely be much easier for them.

Lin Quan doesn't have to be a father and a mother at the same time. He has to organize in the midfield and participate in the attack in the frontcourt. He wishes he could be used as two people.

The game reached the 65th minute, and Werder Bremen was still lagging behind.

When Lin Quan saw this, he knew that he had to stand up at this time.

If the team doesn't score a goal, the game will be lost.

In the 55th minute, Yunuzovic, who came on as a substitute, grabbed the ball from his opponent during a scramble, regardless of the risk of injury.

"Forest!"

Before being dragged by the opponent, he passed the ball to Lin Quan.

When Lin Quan received the ball, Leverkusen's defensive players were already behind him, preventing him from turning around easily.

Beside him, another Leverkusen player also rushed over, trying to steal the ball from his feet.

Seeing this, Lin Quan put his inner instep against the ball and made a 180-degree circle with the ball.

In this lap, he not only successfully passed the player behind him, but also used this player's body to block another Leverkusen player who wanted to rush over and steal the ball.

The two Leverkusen players were dumbfounded. Could they still spin around like this?

They had seen Harvey's love magic spinning in circles, but that kind of spinning was completely different from this!

When Lin Quan got rid of them, his supporting foot didn't move at all. He just adjusted the direction in place with the swing of his body. He neither ran nor changed direction. It was completely a skill of standing on the spot to surpass others.

As for this technique, the players on the field have never even thought about it, let alone trying it.

It’s no wonder that they have little experience. After all, Anthony, the king of spinning tops, will not show his unique secrets on the court until ten years later.

Lin Quan absorbed the essence of Anthony's unique spinning skills and combined spinning and passing. The spinning only turned 180 degrees, never 360 or even 720 degrees.

Anthony's spinning in circles was fun, but his spinning in circles not only had no effect, but also slowed down the team's counterattack speed and missed the best opportunity to pass the ball.

There is a poem that goes: One operation is as fierce as a tiger, and he stares at the stick in place. He makes seven hundred and two circles with the ball, and the whole team watches him dance.

Anthony, who is often so obsessed with showing off his skills and spinning in circles during games, has been criticized and ridiculed by people. He has been called a compass forward, a small spinning top, a spinning king, etc., all thrown at his head.

But judging from Lin Quan's use of his spinning skills, it seems that this kind of spinning is not completely without merit, it is completely due to his own failure!

"A genius, he is a genius on the court!

Watching him play football is like watching a beautiful dance!

This goal is so imaginative, I think the Leverkusen players must have been confused!"

In the commentary box, the German commentator was so excited that he couldn't express his excitement, and he blurted out all kinds of beautiful words without hesitation.

In his opinion, this goal cannot be overstated. Lin Quan's creativity and imagination on the court really amazed him.

After passing his opponent, Lin Quan immediately ran with the ball towards Leverkusen's penalty area.

Werder Bremen's two wingers were sprinting quickly at this time. One of them, one on the left and one on the right, plus Lin Quan in the middle, pierced into Leverkusen's penalty area like a trident.

Leverkusen's players are well aware of Lin Quan's huge threat. This guy's passing ability is too strong, and no one has been able to stop his weird curve ball until now.

They did not dare to leave Werder Bremen's two wingers alone, so they could only assign manpower to mark them and not give them a chance to catch the ball.

After taking away the two full-backs, Lin Feng was left with only the opponent's two center backs.

Toprak and teammate Walscheid tacitly chose to double-team Lin Quan, hoping to intercept him outside the penalty area.

But Lin Quan made a bull's tail while moving at high speed and passed Toprak.

Then came another very fast fried croquette, leaving Walscheid behind.

His explosive power, his flexibility, and his excellent dribbling ability were fully demonstrated in the handling of this ball.

The two of them were shaken to death by his continuous fake moves and rhythm changes, and they had no idea that the ball would fly past them.

Leverkusen goalkeeper Leno made everyone stupid, is he a monster?

In this kind of space and at this speed, he was actually able to perform two difficult passing moves in such a short period of time!

How did he do it?

With a huge shock in his heart, Leno failed to make the right choice immediately. When Lin Quan pushed towards the near corner, he realized that he had to make a save.

As a result, by the time he finished his saving action, the football had already flown into the net!

Too fast, the opponent's shooting speed is too fast!

"Forest!"

The moment the goal was scored, the Weser Stadium erupted like a volcano!

The entire audience chanted Lin Quan's name and cheered for his great goal.
To be continued...