Chapter 97 Victory over Lucerne
On March 21, Gosho went away to challenge Lucerne, which was the 26th round of the league.
Lucerne's trajectory this season is exactly the opposite of St. Garren. In the first half of the season, Lucerne's results were very average, most of the time hovering between the eighth and ninth places, but after entering the second half of the season, they suddenly emerged. Except for losing to Zurich, the remaining six games remained The defeat included a wave of five consecutive wins, which made them rush to the fourth place in the league and entered the European zone.
Lucerne's performance surprised their fans and were also ecstatic, because Lucerne has been a relegation team for the past few seasons. In terms of strength, it is only the middle and lower reaches of the league. It has also maintained this level in the first half of this season, but in the second half of the season, it suddenly has such a good Achievements.
Of course, Lucerne's five-game winning streak also has an element of luck. In addition to defeating Thun, which is at the bottom of the league, 4:1, their other four victories are a small victory over their opponents by one goal. They often score final goals in the final stage of the game. In addition, the confidence brought by continuous victories have improved them, which makes them The more you play now, the better.
Of course, now that they meet the league leader Gosho, Lucerne does not naively think that they can defeat this opponent, even at home. Their head coach Jean. Daniel. Gross said in a low profile that when he met Gosau, the goal of the Lucerne team was to achieve a draw.
In order to prepare for the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Chelsea three days later, Lin Fenglei sent almost all the substitutes in this game. Among the main players, only Chekarelli and Codingho are still starting, which is also the arrangement made by Lin Fenglei to support the dream of Kodingho's best scorer.
The process of this game proves that there are still some smoke bombs in Lucerne's head coach Gross' words before the game. Lucerne continued the good state of the previous five-game winning streak. Only 11 minutes after the game began, Lucerne's striker Eastban received a long pass from the backcourt and formed a single-knife trend. He hit Gosho's goalkeeper Checarelli, who pushed the ball into the left corner of the goal, and Lucerne took a 1-0 lead.
This fantastic start made the whole Lucerne fans ecstatic. They didn't expect that the team could lead the powerful Gosho team so quickly.
In the 23rd minute, a long-range shot from Lucerne midfielder Konopfair at the front of the penalty area almost pierced the gate guarded by Checarelli again. The quality of the ball he shot was very high, and the angle and strength were good. Unfortunately, his luck was slightly worse. The ball hit the junction of the right post and the crossbar on the goal. Then he bounced back into the penalty area and was kicked out of the sideline by Gosho's central defender Silva.
This shot made Lucerne's fans sigh, but the good performance of Lucerne's players made many fans feel that the team seemed to be able to defeat Gosho in this game, at least a draw.
Lin Fenglei walked to the edge of the court and stood there without saying a word. His expression seemed to be very calm, but the Gosho players who were familiar with him knew that Lin Fenglei was very dissatisfied with their performance, so the Gosho team began to break out.
In the 31st minute of the game, Kodinho turned around after receiving the ball at the front of the penalty area and wanted to shake the player who defended him to break through the penalty area, but as soon as he started, he was defeated by the Nigerian central defender Obinna of the Lucerne team. Enwaneri shoveled to the ground, Enwaneri was shown a yellow card by the referee, and the Gosho team also got a free kick at the top of the arc in the penalty area.
Gosho's top set-piece ball on the court, Sampedero, walked to the front of the penalty area. He carefully arranged the ball on the grass, and then stepped back a few steps, waiting for the referee to whistle. When the referee whistled to start the free throw, after Sampedro ran a few steps, his right foot hit the bottom of the ball heavily. The ball crossed the wall and then began to fall sharply. When Lucerne goalkeeper Sturz made a save, the ball had penetrated into the upper right corner of the goal, 1:1 , Zampedero equalized the score for the team.
After only three minutes, Gosho got another corner kick. Sampedero took a free throw. His corner kick was very good. Esposito's header at the front point and shuttled the ball to the back point. Kaudinho wrapped it in time and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal. 2:1, Gosho overtook the score. The goal silenced the Lucerne fans at the scene.
Neither team scored in the first half, and the score of 2:1 was maintained until the end of the first half. This score made Lucerne fans realize the strength gap between the two teams, but they still hope that Lucerne can equalize the score. After all, it is their own home court, and the recent good performance of the Lucerne team has also given them higher psychological expectations.
But at the first minute of the second half, the fans of Lucerne completely dispelled their illusions. At that time, Tobinski received Sampedero's ball on the left, and then took the ball to the front court and passed it to Codingho in the middle. After two steps, Codingho sent a straight plug, but the ball was a little small. Envanieri caught up with the ball in front of Esposito. He was only ahead of Egypt. Sposito was in a position, so he didn't dare to hold the ball. He fell to the ground and tackled the ball back to the goalkeeper Stewart, but he also made a mistake in a hurry. The power of the ball pass was also small, which just turned into a pass to Esposito. Esposito easily carried the ball past Stewart, and then pushed the ball into the air. The door.
In the 54th minute of the game, Gosho's central defender Henkoz passed the ball to Chekaroni on the left side in the backcourt. After tachoni took the ball past the midfield, he passed the front Tobinski in front of him. Tobinski dribbled the ball past Lucerne's right-back Gemes, and then crossed the ball to the middle, and Esposito jumped high. The header rushed to the top, and the ball entered the net.
Lin Fenglei returned to the coach's seat at this time and let the players slow down the pace of the game. In the following game, the two teams never scored again. In the end, Gosau reversed Lucerne 4-1 away and won another victory.
After this game, Kodinjo increased his number of goals to 32 goals, and in another game, Zurich beat Neuchtel 3-0 at home, but Bijeka still did not score, and Lewandowski scored twice. In this way, Codingho expanded his lead in the scorer list to 3 goals.
At this time, more people began to doubt whether Bijelyka had sank, but some people saw that Bijeka had an assist in this game, and when he also had a chance to shoot, he passed the ball to Lewandowski in a better position. This ball also shows that there is nothing wrong with Bjeka's mentality.
On the day after the victory over Lucerne, Lin Fenglei led the team to London, the capital of England, to prepare for the first round of the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League held here on the 24th, challenging Chelsea away.
This is the first time that Lin Fenglei has led the team to this famous European city to play a game. "Fog City" really lives up to its reputation. After Lin Fenglei led the team to get off the plane, it has been drizzling here, and it has been foggy, which makes people feel very depressed.
Lin Fenglei doesn't like the climate here very much, but of course he would not say that in an interview with reporters. He said that he had a good impression of the city, which is a famous city with a very long history. When talking about the opponent of Chelsea in this game, Lin Fenglei said that Chelsea is a Premier League giant team. Their strength is very strong and a team that is not easy to deal with. It is still unknown who will win or lose in this game.
Chelsea's head coach Benitez's attitude is much tougher in an interview with reporters. He said that Stamford Bridge is our home field. Here, he must defeat Gosau. Even if Gosau is the defending champion, his goal is still to win.