Chapter 105 Who Will Be Which Shit Stirring Stick?
Chapter 105 Who will be the troublemaker?
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 105 Who will be the troublemaker?
Three days later, at 15:30 on March 15, Wolfsburg faced the challenge of Freiburg, its Bundesliga opponent in the 25th round, at home.
The first round clash between the two sides was won by Wolfsburg 2-1.
After the winter break, Freiburg defeated Frankfurt 4-1 at the start of the game.
I thought they would turn around the situation after adjusting during the winter break, but I never expected that they would suffer two consecutive defeats in the next two rounds.
Currently, Freiburg is ranked 14th in the standings with a goal difference, with Hamburg and Hertha Berlin both on 25 points.
Paderborn and Stuttgart, ranked 17th and 18th, are also within five points of them.
So they are already stuck with one foot in the quagmire of relegation, and they are currently facing very high pressure to avoid relegation.
As for Wolfsburg, four consecutive weeks of double matches have also put a severe test on the players' physical fitness.
Dieter Heijing and the coaching staff racked their brains to get rest time for the main players, but they only alleviated a little bit of fatigue.
Before the game, Dieter Heijing said in an interview with the media that Dost, De Bruyne, Chu Zheng and others are all at risk of injury due to excessive fatigue, so he is considering rotation.
However, after the game started, Wolfsburg's starting lineup was unshakable, with the same people.
The only change is that Vierinha finally no longer has to play as right back, and Tresch replaces Sebastian Jong.
Also, Naldo was suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards, and Knoch and Chu Zheng started together.
Although Wolfsburg is tired, there is good news.
That is, with Arnold returning from injury, there are no more injuries in the team.
This is very crucial because there are only 9 rounds left in the Bundesliga.
Wolfsburg and Bayern both have European war and German Cup tasks, and both sides are fighting on three fronts.
What is at stake at this time is not only the strength of each side, but also the thickness of both sides' benches.
In terms of bench thickness, Wolfsburg is weaker than Bayern.
But among Bundesliga teams, Wolfsburg is already considered very good.
After the game started, Wolfsburg played offensive football as usual.
In the 55th second of the game, Vierinha broke through the ribs and passed the ball. Dost grabbed the point in the middle and completed the first shot.
Unfortunately, Dost's push was too straight and the ball was pinned down by Freiburg goalkeeper Burki.
After that, Wolfsburg began to rush forward and beat Freiburg, whose main lineup was incomplete, into confusion.
In the 14th minute of the game, the first goal arrived.
Knoch from the center passed back to the top of the arc, and Benaglio played the ball to the left front.
Chu Zheng moved the ball back with his left foot and turned around, and immediately found a gap in the left rib at the front of Freiburg's penalty area.
So he swung the ball over without thinking.
Chu Zheng passed the ball very badly. He did not pass the ball in front of De Bruyne, who was crossing his ribs from the wing, but passed it behind him.
And it was a pass with strong spin.
Therefore, the height of the ball's rebound after touching the ground was extremely low, and it suddenly jumped forward, allowing Freiburg's right back Ritter to rush forward and make a pass.
After De Bruyne entered the penalty area, Freiburg center back Mitrovic quickly made up the defense.
De Bruyne's light and realistic cross pass deceived the big fool into falling to the ground and intercepting it.
De Bruyne then moved to the right with his right foot, once again dodged the chasing Ritter, and then calmly fired with his right foot to help the team lead 1-0.
"Chu Zheng, this is his 10th assist in all competitions he has played this season!"
“Incredible!”
“Incredible!!!”
"A central defender can receive so many assists. He is already better than many midfielders in the five major leagues."
"This is the embodiment of Chu Zheng's offensive talent!"
Seeing Chu Zheng, He Wei and Zhang Lu smiling brightly in the camera, holding each other's shoulders with De Bruyne, their faces were also full of joy.
At the beginning of the season, although He Wei and Zhang Lu didn't talk about it, they actually had a common worry.
That is because they are afraid that Chu Zheng will not be able to maintain his form in a high-level competition like the Bundesliga.
But now that most of the season has passed, and there are still 9 rounds of Bundesliga matches to come to an end, Chu Zheng's level is as stable as ever.
He even got better and better as he played, and the progress was clearly visible.
But this does not reassure them completely, because young players still have a rookie wall to pass.
Many players performed extremely well in their first professional season, but in their second season they quickly fell into obscurity after being thoroughly studied by other teams.
Therefore, they are still a little worried.
On the field, after this goal, Wolfsburg's old habit relapsed. The offense was vigorous, but they fired eight or nine shots in a row but failed to score a second goal.
Instead, Freiburg made two good quick counterattacks and used set pieces to threaten its own goal.
Fortunately, Chu Zheng was in excellent form as always in this game, and he and Benaglio cooperated tacitly to reject Freiburg's attacks time and time again.
In the 69th minute of the second half, Benaglio took the goal kick with a volley.
In the 35-meter area in front of the top of the Freiburg center arc, Dost won the competition with Freiburg's two central defenders to take off.
He directly rubbed the ball to the left rib, and De Bruyne followed up at the same time. After entering the penalty area, he took the first touch and poked the ball away.
Then he was thrown to his feet by Burki who was a little behind.
The referee blew the whistle directly and awarded Wolfsburg a penalty kick!
Not long after, Rodriguez took a penalty kick and rewritten the score to 2-0 in one fell swoop.
Five minutes later, Freiburg launched an attack from the right and suddenly made a diagonal pass to the ribs.
Chu Zheng saw through it at a glance, quickly grabbed the ball, directly pushed away the Freiburg player, and sent the ball to the feet of Bendtner who came on as a substitute in front of him.
Bendtner took the ball and turned around, quickly passed the ball to the right frontcourt and launched an attack.
De Bruyne received Bendtner's precise guidance at the top of the arc's right rib, brought the ball into the penalty area, and then passed the ball across to Arnold who was following up on the left side of the arc.
Arnold met the ball and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal, continuing to expand the score to 3-0.
On the sidelines, Dieter Heijing didn't relax until this moment.
Although they have the same points as Bayern now, their goal difference disadvantage is too huge.
A few days ago, Dieter Heijing attended a meeting of Wolfsburg club's top management.
The team's first goal now is to compete for the Bundesliga championship and must get a seat in the European competition.
Because this plays a very important role for Wolfsburg.
Once you get a spot in the Champions League, you can attract many outstanding players to join, and it is even possible for some stars to lower their prices to join.
Next is the Europa League.
The Copa del Rey is third.
The greed of Wolfsburg's top management put Dieter Heijing under great pressure.
Therefore, even though he knew the players were tired in this game, he still let Chu Zheng and the others start the game.
Fortunately, he won the bet and no one was injured.
But Dieter Heijing knew he wouldn't be so lucky every time.
He knew he needed to make a choice as soon as possible, otherwise there might be a serious injury wave waiting for him later.
On the 16th, the last game of the 25th round began, with Werder Bremen facing the challenge of Bayern Munich at home.
There was no suspense in the result. Werder Bremen was defeated by Bayern in the away game and was conceded four goals.
Wolfsburg fans are disappointed and frustrated.
They had just recovered a 3-goal difference, but Bayern evened the gap in the blink of an eye and even widened it.
Wolfsburg fans lamented and communicated on the Internet.
Domestic Chinese fans are not idle either.
They also communicated on Chu Zheng's post bar and Weibo, and jointly analyzed who could act as a troublemaker in the championship battle between Wolfsburg and Bayern.
At first, some fans were counting on Dortmund, who had beaten Bayern five times.
But no one is optimistic that Dortmund can successfully attack Bayern.
Dortmund has disappointed countless fans this season.
Although Dortmund's condition has improved after the winter break and has escaped the relegation zone, they have been in trouble again recently.
Some media reported that Klopp, the meritorious coach who has coached Dortmund for seven years, may leave after the end of this season.
As soon as this news came out, people in Dortmund were in turmoil.
Then domestic fans went through all the clubs in the Bundesliga, and they seemed to be worrying about letting Chu Zheng win the championship of the five major leagues.
Soon domestic fans set their sights on Monchengladbach, who will face Bayern at home in the 26th round of the Bundesliga.
Because this team has the potential to be Bayern's nemesis.
Because Monchengladbach is the team that has defeated Bayern the most times in the Bundesliga.
This is not metaphysics, but is supported by data and the very subjective feelings of countless fans.
Every time Borussia Mönchengladbach plays Bayern, they are extremely energetic. No matter they win or lose, they perform well every time. It can be said that they are the best team in the Bundesliga at killing Bayern.
In the first half of the league this season, Borussia tied with Bayern in an away game, so it would not be surprising to do it again now.
In addition, there are historical factors.
In the 1970s, the rivalry between Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayern Munich was called a national derby. Borussia Monchengladbach won the league championship from Bayern many times.
However, all this has nothing to do with the Wolfsburg team.
Because at this time Chu Zheng and the others were already far away in Milan, Italy, preparing for the second round clash with Inter Milan.
