Two Hundred and Ninety-Seventh, Defeated!
At the Opel Athletic Stadium, Mainz fans cheered again in the second half, hoping to give the team some strength.
However, the Mainz generals on the field still felt dizzy and flustered.
The half-time adjustment may be more for them to take a breather. How to reverse the rhythm of the game for Hamburg is definitely not something that can be done by changing the player and adjusting the formation. Besides, the extreme defense, Mainz has never done this before.
Bayern Munich has experienced civil strife this season. Van Gaal has had a difficult time since the first day of the season. There is no need for extreme anti-reverse.
There is indeed a wide space in front of Schurrle and Holtby for them to attack, but the crux of the problem is that no one in the midfield can send a proper pass!
Under the pressure of Hamburg's frenzied attack in the frontcourt, Mainz's backcourt players could only blindly clear the siege. Boateng and Van Dijk intercepted every ball that flew into Hamburg's half. Whether it is a ball flying from the sky or a ball rolling from the ground.
Navas was a little leisurely, but he kept in mind Situ Yunbing's instructions: stay awake at all times and be ready to attack at any time!
If Mainz had a strong midfielder, or even if there was a sharp passer who could achieve precise guidance, Situ Yunbing would not rashly push the defense forward. Unfortunately, Mainz did not.
So what Navas needs to be vigilant about is that if Mainz happens to hit a single shot, then he must attack!
The advantage brought by the continued forward pressure of the formation is that Hamburg can reduce the opponent's counterattack speed and better destroy the opponent's transition from defense to offense, but its efficiency in threatening Mainz's goal is declining.
Because there is less space for anti-offside, the team's speed advantage will be difficult to play the offensive depth advantage in the offense, but in contrast, it can increase the frequency of long-range shots.
It's just that apart from De Bruyne in Hamburg's midfield, Kanter and Demel's long-range shots can only be described as horrible.
In the second half of the game, De Bruyne's threat is already a clear card. The line he sends the penetrating pass forward will always be blocked, and the opponent frequently pinches him, making it difficult for him to form a long shot. , At this time, it is mostly to create opportunities for teammates, but unfortunately the long-range effect of teammates is not ideal, causing Hamburg to gain momentum and fail to score.
In the 61st minute of the game, Situ Yunbing replaced Elia and Westerman with Azpilicueta and Aubameyang.
Hamburg strengthens the wing attack!
Since the threat of long-range shooting is not great, and there is no suitable heavy gunner who can bring Situ Yunbing on the field, it is more realistic for him to work hard to attack the opponent's side defense.
On the left is Matuidi + Royce, and on the right is Azpilicueta + Aubameyang, repeatedly hitting the opponent's defense line and trying to cut into the penalty area from the wing to create a threat.
After Hamburg strengthened the wing attack, Mainz's several clearances were able to form a counterattack, because Hamburg's backcourt was too empty, and Navas had a place to use. He made two attacks within 10 minutes to resolve the opponent's single-handedly. A destructive clearance and a frontal save in the penalty area will definitely fulfill the mission.
In the 76th minute of the game, when Azpilicueta went around the outside line and cut in the right side of the penalty area, he received a pass from Royce. Aubameyang restrained the attention of Mainz's defense for him. Azpilicueta stopped the ball and made a cross on the spot. The football hit the arm of Nowitzki who came to block. Azpilicueta immediately raised his hand to signal the opponent's handball. The referee hesitated and then called Penalty kick.
The Mainz fans were extremely disappointed. In fact, when their two single-handed counterattacks failed to turn into goals, everyone had an ominous premonition that the situation was over.
Now that Hamburg has won another penalty, it is equivalent to stamping the official seal on Mainz's death notice.
Griezmann stood calmly in front of the penalty spot with his hands on his hips. After the referee blew his whistle, he easily ran up and shot the ball with a low shot. The football went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Witkolo predicted the wrong direction, and Griezmann made it overnight.
After this goal appeared, Situ Yunbing walked to the bench and called Rodriguez up to let him warm up.
After using up the last substitution, Situ Yunbing returned to the coach's bench and sat down. He still looked at the field intently, observing whether each player's performance would relax.
Leading the opponent 4:0, Hamburg still has no plans to retreat and defend. It can be said that Situ Yunbing has hardly changed the general direction of tactics in this game.
Tuchel and the Mainz fans were lost together and tasted the bitterness of the fiasco together.
Two hours ago, he was somewhat high-spirited and ambitious, but now he is completely discouraged. At the same time, he also has some doubts about Mainz's idea of competing for the championship this season.
In fact, this is all pressure from the outside world. When Mainz won seven consecutive victories, the media will of course praise them, and of course they will be placed in the ranks of the sand table for the Bundesliga championship.
Even if this game is a disastrous defeat, there will definitely be media cheering them on. I hope they will not be discouraged and continue to work hard towards the championship.
It's just that they don't know how much their confidence will be lost after witnessing the almost unbridgeable gap between them and Hamburg.
Situ Yunbing sat on the coaching bench and saw the generals of Mainz losing their fighting spirit. This game is the only blow they have encountered since the new season, but this blow is a bit too heavy!
When they fell behind by four goals, they felt a kind of dispirited depression. Some players' movements had become rigid and mechanical, like walking dead.
This shows how fragile the confidence they have accumulated in the previous winning streak is, and how unable to stand the test of their passionate fighting spirit.
The real picture is like this, but Situ Yunbing wishes them to cheer up in his heart. After all, the stimulating effect that Mainz brings to the Bundesliga environment is very positive. It is conducive to competition and will make opponents better and stronger. .
On the contrary, he doesn't want people to look back and comment on Mainz after a while and say: the seven-game winning streak is just a fluke.
In that case, Hamburg won't have much sense of accomplishment in defeating such an opponent, and the actual gains will be less than expected.
Just like he coached Monaco to play in the UEFA Champions League group stage last season, thinking that defeating Atletico Madrid would prove the strength of the team, but in fact it proved nothing, because Atletico Madrid was terrible in the first half of the season, until Monaco lost to Chelsea. Situ Yunbing came to his senses and realized the gap between the team and the top teams.
Good opponents, strong enough opponents can help him find problems. After two years of coaching, what he is most afraid of now is not that his team is not the top in the competition, but that the team has been going smoothly and thinks he is strong. But suddenly after being educated by a strong team, he found that the gap was too big!
It can be said that he is avoiding becoming Tuchel and preventing Hamburg from becoming Mainz.
When the Mainz generals lost their fighting spirit, their further collapse became logical. After all, the Hamburg generals did not have the slightest intention of withdrawing their troops.
In the last 10 minutes of the game, Mainz showed a bad state of defeat.
Royce's long-range shot from outside the penalty area created a save by goalkeeper Witkolo, and then Aubameyang followed up with a supplementary shot and sent the ball into the goal, the icing on the cake!
The Mainz generals were desperate. When they thought that the burgers were enough and they would stop, they were wrong.
Before injury time came, in the last half minute of the regular 90-minute game, Demel rushed into their penalty area recklessly and received Rodriguez's cross with an easy header!
Hamburg brutally slaughtered the Bundesliga leader Mainz in the away game 6:0!
The referee couldn't bear it, and after only one minute of stoppage time, he blew the whistle for the end of the game.
The Hamburg generals gave each other a high-five to celebrate the victory.
Situ Yunbing put away his smile after the game, and he walked towards Tuchel who looked like a concubine with a calm demeanor. The other party was obviously hit hard by this rare fiasco. No Mainz fans would blame him. Last season he Has already given the Mainz fans a very unexpected surprise, and his Mainz in the new season has also given the fans lofty dreams and great joy.
Fans with a little sense know that Mainz will lose sooner or later, and they can only hope that this day will come later, but they did not expect that when this day comes, it seems that Mainz will be shot down from heaven to hell!
Seeing Situ Yunbing walking towards him with a blank face, Tuchel felt goosebumps all over his body, as if a chill swept over his body, and he really shuddered!
The battle of young coaches advocated by the German media was judged two minutes after the start of the game. Mainz was killed by Hamburg as if they hadn't woken up!
He was lifted up by the media to the height of confrontation with Situ Yunbing, but now he became Tuchel's shameless shackles. The higher the praise, the harder the fall!
Most poignant of all, this was not what he wanted.
God damn German media!
Situ Yunbing walked up to Tuchel, patted his arm comfortingly, and then shook hands with Tuchel who had regained his senses and tried to cheer up. Situ Yunbing stepped forward and hugged him with one hand, and whispered in his ear Said: "Don't care about winning or losing a game. The season is still very long. Believe me, I have also experienced disastrous defeats. When you calm down, this is a valuable experience."
Tuchel's eyes glowed again, and he looked at Situ Yunbing in amazement as if returning to his soul.
Situ Yunbing nodded slightly to him, then strode into the player tunnel with one hand in his pocket.
Not the slightest bit of domineering, nor the slightest bit of bravado.
Situ Yunbing can't make trouble for Tuchel, and if he can continue to win the challenge, he knows that in the future on the battlefield of European football, his fate with Tuchel has not yet ended.
Tuchel will go to Dortmund in the future, and he will also go to Paris with strong financial resources. He has no way of knowing his achievements, but Situ Yunbing knows that as long as he does not die, he will definitely fight on the top stage of European football!
Maybe that damn game is the luckiest curse in his life, it will make him fight to the death in the green world!