I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 143 The Killer Appears!

The first half of the game has been played for 25 minutes, and Bayern Munich has no room for resistance in the face of Manchester City's offense.

Had it not been for Neuer's top-level saving performance, Bayern's defense would have been unable to withstand Manchester City's frantic bombing.

At this point in the game, the extremely passive Bayern players had to return to the defense in an all-round way. Even Lewandowski retreated to the center circle of his own side to restrict the Manchester City players from inserting.

In the past 20 minutes or so, the Bayern players were of course also looking for ways to resist, but their proud wing advance was tightly restricted by Manchester City.

Bayern's counterattack can only rely on Neuer's big foot and the midfielder's long pass in the backcourt to initiate, go directly to Thomas Muller or the withdrawn Lewandowski.

But such an impact based entirely on the individual strength of the players does not pose a threat to Manchester City at all.

Although Manchester City's midfield players have already overwhelmed the center line to attack, except for Walker, the remaining three players on Manchester City's defense line and Kanter, who has a huge coverage area, still maintain a very high level in Manchester City's backcourt. attention.

Because the wide players are suppressed too much, relying on only one or two midfielders, plus Lewandowski in front, Bayern's limited offensive players will face one-on-two or even two-on-four just after they overwhelm the midfielder. situation.

This is still the case when Manchester City's players did not return to defense. Manchester City's attack line put too much pressure on Bayern, and they continued to press from the beginning. Such a passive situation is something that Bayern has never encountered this season. past situation!

"Although Manchester City has not achieved substantial results so far, their advantage on the scene is too great.

Several counterattacks forced by Bayern ended without a problem after overwhelming the midfield. Bayern Munich's performance in this game is far from their usual feeling!
I even wonder if they are still the same team? !Are they still the king of the Bundesliga and Bayern Munich, which has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for several consecutive seasons?
A few months ago, they also double-killed last year's Champions League runner-up Juventus. At that time, their lineup was no different from what it is now. Why is the gap so big after a few months! "

In the live broadcast room of Sky Sports, Lineker began to complain about Bayern's performance in the first half. Andy Gray, who was sitting next to him, gave his own opinion after reviewing the homework he had done in advance:
"Bayern Munich has become weaker, but they still maintain their level as in previous years, they have not declined to what they are now, but Manchester City's style of play is too targeted!

Moreover, the updated Manchester City has significantly surpassed the current Bayern Munich in terms of strength.

Bayern's central defender has been plagued by injuries since the beginning of this season. They have been relying on several young people Garam to maintain their defense.

This line of defense in the Bundesliga is good enough. Bayern's midfielders and strikers can exert enough pressure on their opponents to protect their defense. They can rely on offensive football to win.

The two double-kill Juventus games in the Champions League were all narrowly won [-]-[-]. It can only be said that Bayern's attack line performed better. They have better forwards and midfielders, which is the key to their victory.

But compared with the current real strong team Manchester City, their forwards and midfielders have fallen into a disadvantage. Manchester City's midfielder is better than them,

This makes them fall into an extremely passive position. Their defense line is too fragile in front of the real top attack line, and they need to sacrifice the midfielders for return protection.

And they have to rely on their own midfield to play offensively in order to win the game, and now Bayern has fallen into a vicious circle!
The loopholes in their defense were targeted by Guardiola. Under the chain of links, unless Manchester City makes a mistake, Bayern has almost no chance of winning!

In the contest between the top teams, as long as there is a loophole in one aspect, it may end in a chain reaction of collapse.

Now Bayern fans can only pray that Neuer can maintain a world-class performance throughout the game! "

In the VIP box at the Allianz Arena, Bayern chairman Hoeness couldn't hide his anger. Before the game, he had just let go of harsh words to mock Guardiola and Manchester City. He really didn't expect Bayern to play like this at home.

Unlike Hoeness, who is already anxious, Ferran Soriano, the CEO of Manchester City, who is sitting next to him, seems calm.

Although he was also surprised that Manchester City played so well in the first half, but when he thought that this was the result of spending [-] million euros in exchange for it, and he did not achieve substantial results.

So Soriano didn't feel too much joy in his heart, he just calmly watched Manchester City set off wave after wave of offensives on the field.

However, whenever he saw the ugly expression on Hoeness's face shaking with anger, Soriano would involuntarily put a smile on his face, thinking triumphantly:

When I came to watch football at the Allianz Arena a few years ago, didn't you smile very happily?Why don't you smile today? !

Before the game, he always speaks harshly in his head, as if Bayern is number one and you are number two!Face it now!

As the game continued, light rain gradually began to fall in the sky. The two sides, who had kicked out the smell of gunpowder, launched a fierce offense and defense in the cold spring rain.

In the wave of boos by nearly [-] Bayern fans, referee Eriksson from Sweden blew off Bayern's most promising attack in the first half.

Muller, who was near the center line, finally received a long pass from Thiago under Kanter's close defense, and used a non-stop ball to directly catch the ball to get rid of the slightly tender Kanter. ,
Then he took a few steps forward and passed a long pass to Lewandowski who advanced forward.

This should have been a very threatening post-insert single-handedly, but unfortunately, he started too early.

Lewandowski fell into the offside trap created by Otamendi and Kompany when he quickly advanced to play behind Manchester City.

At this moment, the game time is nearly 45 minutes into the first half.

The scoreboard shows the score of the two teams at this time: one to zero!

In the first half, Manchester City seized an opportunity, Yaya Toure received a pass from De Bruyne,
The Côte d'Ivoire, who went directly into Bayern's penalty area, overwhelmed Prince Kimmich and hit the goal with a header from close range!
Neuer faced the header from the small penalty area line, and there was nothing he could do. Even the goalkeeper couldn't save this kind of face-to-face output!

Bayern's defense line with a maximum altitude of only about 1.8 meters could not stop Yaya Toure's close-range header at all.

Kimmich, who is 1.7 meters tall, faced the tall Yaya Toure in the penalty area, which was simply unbearable!The two are not at the same level of opponents at all, and Yaya Toure is too foul in terms of physical fitness.

Toure's goal opened the scoring for Manchester City. Such an away goal in the Champions League quarter-finals is worth a lot of money to Manchester City, which makes them take the most solid step on the road to the Champions League quarter-finals first step!
Ram next to him looked at Yaya Toure after scoring the goal and immediately thought of Drogba, who is also from Côte d'Ivoire!

That header in the Champions League final was one of the most hated goals of Lahm's entire career, and now Toure's goal brought back bad memories for him.

It's amazing to grow tall!Looking at the Manchester City players celebrating wildly in the drizzle, Rahm felt powerless.

This season should be his last one or two seasons in Bayern. Today, when he is getting old and his teammates are gradually aging, Lahm knows that the Big Ears Cup has drifted away from Bayern.

Yaya Toure's header scored, which Guardiola did not expect, even scored in the first half!

Before he bet on his winner, Zhao Jinge, Bayern's defense was already unable to withstand the impact of Manchester City, which made Guardiola feel a little bit of surprise in addition to joy:
You said, if I put Zhao Jinge on it from the beginning, would I be more ahead now?

After Guardiola took the lead, he fell into a state of gain and loss, feeling as if he missed a hundred million!

Not only Guardiola, but also Zhao Jinge, who sat on the bench and watched the game patiently, also felt itchy.

With regard to the opportunities created by Manchester City in the first half, Zhao Jinge felt that if he was on the court, he could at least score one more goal.

The performance of Bayern's defense today is really bad. Compared with Boatengadante's defense last year, the central defender combination of Alaba and Kimmich, Zhao Jinge can say that he can hit with his eyes closed!
The first half ended with a score of one to zero.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester City once again played a wave of offensive, trying to continue to suppress Bayern's midfield, but Ancelotti's arrangement in midfield still had a certain effect.

Ancelotti, who has been criticized for not being able to command on the spot, decisively gave up his pre-match plan after experiencing the torment of the first half.

Facing Manchester City, who couldn't defend at all, Ancelotti directly used changes and tactics plus substitutions to forcibly reverse the situation. On Benatia.

Although Benatia's performance at Bayern was not satisfactory, you cannot deny that he is also a top European central defender.

The offensive end has almost no effect except passing the ball, but the defensive end relies on the 1.9-meter big man and the defensive skills honed in Serie A, at least to ensure that Bayern's defense will not be bullied as before.

It can inject the height they need most into the short defense line just now.

In addition to the substitutions, Ancelotti directly changed his formation to [-], leaving only Vidal in the position of the midfielder, and Thiago was pushed to the position of the midfielder by him.

In the second half, Bayern's offense became more active. Ancelotti completely abandoned his slightly conservative opening tactics and used one of Guardiola's commonly used tactics at Bayern last season.

Since the flanks cannot be defended, the number of attackers in the midfield and the frontcourt should be increased. Lahm and Bernat moved forward to the positions of the full-backs. The two sides began to oppress and attack against each other at the beginning of the second half.

The Bayern players, who had been suppressed at home for half the time, launched a crazy counterattack in the second half.

Manchester City's attack against Bayern in the second half was still very fierce, but Nan Dawang was not bad either. He counterattacked whenever he had the opportunity and played very decisively.

And it resolutely used Thiago and Lewandowski as the axis of the frontcourt counterattack, harassing Manchester City time and time again.

Bayern's current lineup has a very impressive midfield thickness, which looks like a four-one-four-one, but with the two full-backs actively plugging in and Vidal lagging behind, their formation is more like a three-four-three!
With Robben and Douglas Costa retracted, after Bayern relied on going all out, the massive increase in midfield and frontcourt manpower began to fall into a competition for the ball with Manchester City on the center line.

I want to rely on the oppression of the center and the front field without hesitation, limit Manchester City's attack group, drag them into a tug-of-war, try to prevent my defense from being directly contacted by Manchester City's attack line, and replace defense with offense!
But Bayern’s new tactic also has hidden dangers in defense. For example, if the opponent counterattacks when aggressively attacking, the defense will be very empty. Ancelotti just wants to maximize the attack. I have one more midfielder. Just score one more goal than you.

After Guardiola noticed Ancelotti's intentions, he did not respond immediately. He wanted to see if the Manchester City players on the field could cope with Bayern's dying struggle.

In his opinion, as long as Manchester City continues to attack the side and avoid the opponent's heavily-staffed central defense, Manchester City can still gain an advantage on the scene.

But as time went by, Manchester City inevitably fell into Bayern's rhythm. Manchester City's players were influenced by Guardiola, and they really wanted to control the ball on the field.

Under the constant competition, they were gradually drawn into the melee in the midfield and did not continue to put pressure on Bayern's flanks. For a while, Manchester City's offense was in a stalemate with Bayern.

Seeing that the time is about to enter 10 minutes, Guardiola finally made a plan to make a substitution after a dead ball, and now it is impossible not to change.

No. 60 minutes, Zhao Jinge replaced Mane on the field. After exhausting the stamina of Bayern's defenders for an hour, Guardiola finally dispatched his own trump card!

After Zhao Jinge gave Mane a high-five and hug, he ran into the court quickly, and all eyes were on him.

Zhao Jinge quickly had a brief exchange with several core players of the team after playing, and passed on the latest instructions from head coach Pep Guardiola to them.
That is, Manchester City will try their best to limit Bayern's counterattack in the midfield strangulation!
After gaining the ball, continue to actively attack Bayern's two sides, giving full play to the personal ability advantages of Zhao Jinge himself and the duo on the right,
Avoid getting into constant hand-to-hand combat with Bayern in midfield, don't play possession for the sake of possession!
(End of this chapter)