” After scoring, Rolin ran straight toward the broadcast camera and yanked his jersey open.
Lucas’s family, who were watching the match in front of the television, almost burst into tears of emotion!
Underneath his jersey, Rolin was also wearing a white vest, printed with a photo of their family of four.
From Rolin’s lip movements, it could be seen that he was saying: “Dad, Mom, and Big Sister, I love you all!” Lucas had been extremely excited over the past two days.
First, Rolin was selected for the U20 National Youth Team, and immediately after, he started the match and scored a goal.
Lucas turned around, put his arm around his wife, and said affectionately: “Wife, thank you for giving birth to such an outstanding son for me, thank you!” Luna at the side was unhappy: “No, Dad, what do you mean?
Am I not outstanding?” Lucas smiled, pulled his daughter into his arms, and kept saying that she was just as outstanding.
— Ralph Hasenhüttl felt that everything was so unreal.
He first rubbed his eyes and then looked toward the pitch.
Rolin, Werner, and a few others were still celebrating; they had indeed scored a goal.
He looked toward the assistant coach beside him and found that he also wore a look of utter astonishment.
“Ralph, that kid scored a goal, didn’t you see?
He scored a goal!!!” The assistant coach shouted excitedly after coming to his senses.
Ralph Hasenhüttl said “calmly”: “What is there to be shocked about?
Given his talent, isn’t scoring a goal completely normal?” The assistant coach looked at Ralph Hasenhüttl and slowly raised a thumb: “You really know how to put on an act, you thought just now I…” Ralph Hasenhüttl gave a light cough and suddenly said: “You had better shut up, or your bonus for this month will be gone.” The assistant coach opened his mouth, but ultimately chose to save his bonus.
On the pitch, Werner put his arm around Rolin’s shoulders: “Brother, your shot was so handsome, it reminded me of Zidane.” Rolin replied with a smile: “Doesn’t it look very similar?
I practiced for a long time, do you want to learn?” Werner nodded excitedly: “I do!” “Call me Dad!” Rolin ran off as soon as he finished speaking.
Werner grabbed empty air, chasing and cursing: “You fu*king…
& ￥…” Anyway, the curses were very foul, so they won’t be described in detail.
— After conceding a goal, Darmstadt still did not choose to attack out.
It had to be said that they still had good self-awareness and knew the gap between the two sides.
They pinned their hopes on RB Leipzig making mistakes, and then they would seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
RB Leipzig did indeed make mistakes, but their counterattacks still failed to get going.
The three lines of RB Leipzig maintained a tight distance between them.
The number of players Darmstadt invested in attack was limited; often, as soon as they pushed into the frontcourt, they were surrounded and intercepted, completely unable to organize an effective counterattack.
In the 28th minute of the match.
RB Leipzig launched an offensive on the left flank.
Rolin, Werner, and Demme engaged in successive short passes in a small area, forcing Darmstadt’s defensive formation to shift to the right.
At the moment the opponent’s defensive formation shifted, Rolin quickly passed the ball to Naby Keïta in the middle.
While Naby Keïta advanced with the ball, Marcel Sabitzer on the right side of the penalty area dropped back to support.
The moment Marcel Sabitzer received the ball, Naby Keïta suddenly accelerated forward.
Because Schmitz on the right flank was pinning them down, Darmstadt’s left-back did not dare to rashly go up to help defend.
Marcel Sabitzer delivered a through ball through the half-space, directly piercing through the defensive line.
Naby Keïta received the ball inside the penalty area, observed his teammates’ positions, and played a cut-back pass to the middle.
Sulu’s defensive judgment was very precise, clearing the ball out of the baseline before Poulsen could shoot.
“RB Leipzig’s attack this time was very patient and very threatening,” Lothar Matthäus commented, “If not for Sulu’s timely clearance, the score might very well have been rewritten.” Herrmann chimed in: “Indeed, Darmstadt almost conceded another goal.
Rolin played a crucial role in this attack.
His overall perspective and vision were undoubtedly top-tier.
He seized the gap in the opponent’s shifted defensive formation, and the timing of his horizontal ball transfer was pitch-perfect.
I can only sigh that everything he has shown so far far surpasses players of the same age group.” In the 34th minute, RB Leipzig made a comeback.
It was the same old trick.
Rolin and the others carried out short-pass combinations on the left flank, constantly pulling the opponent’s defensive line.
Perhaps because they had been suppressed and beaten all along, the defensive players’ mentality became somewhat unbalanced.
The moment Werner received the ball sideways, Gondorf made a ferocious sliding tackle, sending both the ball and the man flying.
The referee did not blow the whistle at the first instance, nor did the linesman raise his flag.
Seeing this, Gondorf climbed straight up, and after getting the ball under control, prepared to push a counterattack.
He didn’t notice that Rolin came running over from his side and lunged straight at him with a sliding tackle.
Gondorf’s tackle just now was just a bit large in movement; after all, he touched the ball first, so it could either be blown or not blown.
But Rolin’s flying tackle—anyone with clear eyes could tell he was going for the person.
Gondorf was directly tackled to the ground, holding his foot and rolling continuously.
After tackling the person, Rolin didn’t even show symbolic concern, got up, patted his butt, and prepared to leave.
As if all this had nothing to do with him.
But Darmstadt’s players wouldn’t have it; several players quickly surrounded him.
Seeing that Rolin was about to get the short end of the stick, RB Leipzig’s side immediately ran over too, and players from both sides pushed and shoved each other.
The referee hurriedly separated the two groups of people and asked the captains of both sides to keep their respective players in check.
Immediately after, the referee called Rolin over and unhesitatingly showed him a yellow card.
Rolin wore a look of indifference; it was just a yellow card.
He actually didn’t mean anything else, just wanted to use practical action to tell everyone: “Whoever touches my brother, I will touch them!” Competitive sports, especially a fiercely contested sport like football.
If you cower on the pitch, you will become a soft persimmon that anyone can pinch however they want.
Only by letting them understand your toughness can you suffer fewer losses on the pitch.
To give a very simple example, why are there rarely people on the football field who provoke Zlatan, Pepe, and De Jong?
Very simple, none of those who provoked them came to a good end.
Of course, being a bad person is still not advocated.
It is simply “if people do not offend me, I will not offend them”!
Rolin walked over to Werner’s side and said with his hand covering his mouth: “Brother, I avenged you.
That guy was going straight for you just now.” Werner looked at Rolin gratefully: “I forgive you for making me call you Dad.” Rolin rolled his eyes, running and cursing “idiot”.
Although Rolin ate a yellow card, the opposing players’ actions restrained themselves a lot.
Truly living up to the saying: “Be tough when you need to be”!
In the 42nd minute of the match.
RB Leipzig launched an attack on the right flank.
Schmitz broke through along the flank and, having no opportunity to cross, passed the ball back to Marcel Sabitzer at the edge of the penalty area.
Marcel Sabitzer did not dribble forward, but instead moved backward, pulling the opponent’s defensive formation out of the right low block.
Marcel Sabitzer passed the ball back to Naby Keïta, and Darmstadt’s defensive line pressed forward once more.
Naby Keïta transferred the ball to the left side, and Rolin in the middle diagonally dropped back to the left half-space channel to receive the ball.
After receiving the ball, Rolin immediately passed it to Marcel Halstenberg on the flank.
While Rongwierte, who was responsible for marking Rolin, turned his head to observe, Rolin suddenly started up and made a high-speed forward run along the left side.
At the same time, Werner moved towards the front-left, taking away the defensive player behind him.
Marcel Halstenberg observed Rolin’s run and delivered a grounded through ball, penetrating the defensive line once again.
Facing the covering Milosevic, Rolin trapped and dribbled past him in one go.
The goalkeeper abandoned his goal and rushed out.
Rolin raised his foot to fake a shot, and the goalkeeper blocked the near post with a save.
But this move of his was purely a feint; halfway through his swing, he suddenly pulled back his strength, immediately followed by sending a low-driven horizontal pass.
At this time, the defensive players’ attention was all on Rolin.
Yussuf Poulsen, following up in the middle, pushed the ball into an empty net.
2:0!
As soon as Yussuf Poulsen scored, he pointed at Rolin, then ran toward him with a smile.
Rolin could completely have chosen to shoot himself, yet he still chose to pass the ball to a teammate in a better position.
This selflessness is the most precious quality!