I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 156 The Alone Neuer
"Those old teams have been mocking us as mercenaries, we are playing for money!
They are always belittling us, even after we beat us and say we are nouveau riche.

Our pursuit is not to become the hegemon of the Premier League, we want to become the hegemon of Europe!
Just start today's game and beat Bayern Munich!Into the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Prove to everyone that Manchester City has the best coach, best players and is a best team!

Manchester City is worthy of the ambition of King's Landing in Europe, and it is worthy of chasing more honors! "

After Guardiola's speech ended, agitated emotions erupted in the hearts of everyone at the scene, although the goal Guardiola said seemed too far away,

But it does not prevent the players from imagining the exciting scene when they realize that scene!

The entire Etihad Stadium will be cheering for them to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Entering the Champions League semi-finals, the whole of Manchester will fall for them.

If they can bring the Champions League trophy back to the Etihad Stadium, the whole of England will cheer for them!
Such a scene, just a little imagination, made many players tremble with excitement.

"Bayern Munich's opponents are just defeated, Manchester City must win!"

Guardiola yelled at the end, which caused the players to roar and echo. Even De Bruyne, who has always been shy, couldn't help but yelled a few times.

At the end of the training session, the players of Manchester City opened the door of the locker room, and walked into the player tunnel with an indomitable momentum after fighting chicken blood.

The Bayern players on the other side also walked out of the locker room at about this time. As soon as the two teams met, the atmosphere on the scene became full of gunpowder.

The emotions of the players on both sides were completely leaked, and they made no secret of their targeting and hostility towards the enemy players.

Manchester City wants to win their opponents safely, and Bayern naturally wants to create miracles. Under the influence of the get out of class crisis, Ancelotti also poured a big bowl of chicken soup for Bayern players in the visiting team's locker room.

Both teams had a reason to win, and a unique murderous intent before the confrontation between the two armies began to spread in the player channel.

Near 09:30 in the evening, the players of the two teams officially walked out of the player channel with the referee, and boos and cheers sounded in the Etihad Stadium.
Naturally, the stands near Bayern were full of boos, and the rest were cheers for their own players.

The commentators from various countries also began to quickly introduce the background of today's game.

After the simple opening ceremony, the Manchester City players shook hands with the Bayern players one by one, but the indifferent eyes and perfunctory handshake movements of both sides made all the fans watching the game excited.

This undisguised smell of gunpowder, it seems that today's game will not lose suspense because of Manchester City's large lead. Bayern is obviously going to make trouble at Blue Moon's home court.

Many fans are lamenting that today's expensive ticket price is worth it!Looking at the posture of these two teams, it is obvious that they want to fight with real swords and guns!
This is how the game is worth seeing!Who would want to watch a game that is harmonious and upside down?It's interesting to have a more intense competition!
After Kompany and Lahm finished picking sides, they also returned to their own half.

At 09:30 local time, after the referee blew the whistle, Manchester City took the lead to kick off. Zhao Jinge quickly knocked the ball to De Bruyne, and then pulled it horizontally along the center line.

This two-week hiatus started again!

There is no change in Manchester City's starting lineup in this game, but Bayern has made appropriate starting adjustments.

In the midfield, Thiago has consumed a lot of energy after playing in the last round, so he sat on the bench in this game.

The main position of Thomas Muller and Vidal is unshakable. Together with Harvey Alonso, who had a truce in the last round of the Bundesliga, and Robery, who flew on both wings, they formed today's five midfielders.

Ancelotti formed a formation of five midfielders, Bayern as a whole formed a [-] formation, Alonso dragged his organization behind, and the other four lined up to form a neat attack line behind Lewandowski.

The Italians used the Roberi combination as the starting lineup, which is already a desperate tactical behavior. The physical strength of the two veterans can only support them to play six to 10 minutes of high-intensity games. Ancelotti's intention to attack at the beginning is very obvious. !

Bayern's defense line is Ram, Kimmich, Benatia and Alaba. In order to ensure the height of the defense line, Ancelotti had to send Benatia, who played very poorly in the first round,

The crown prince Kimmich still has to take the position of central defender despite the shortage of manpower, and the teenager Bertner is on standby on the bench.

The goalkeeper is the unshakable Neuer. This lineup is actually not as balanced as the [-] or [-] at the beginning of the season.

In particular, many of the central and backcourt players are very old. The first half of the game was fine, but in the second half, I am afraid that if Manchester City does not take the initiative to attack, Bayern will run to death themselves!

The return of Robery gave Bayern the confidence to attack on the wing again, but the two old men are already over 35.

Although they have rich experience in the game, they are limited by their physical fitness. They can no longer provide much defensive help to Bayern's midfielder. The same is true for Harvey Alonso. Long Ge's hardness in the midfield has also declined with age. .

Vidal is a good player, and he is willing to do the dirty work, but he alone cannot support the defensive barrier of Bayern's midfield.

Coupled with the position of his front midfielder, it can be said that Bayern's midfield defense line in today's game is undefended. As long as Vidal is bypassed, there will be an open field behind.

The central defender combination of Benatia and Kimmich on the Bayern defense line was very difficult to face Zhao Jinge, which was already a very prominent problem in the first round of the match between the two sides.

The defense and control of the midfield and backcourt are weaker, that is to say, the frontcourt offense still maintains a super high level.

This means that Ancelotti's training ability is strong enough. With such a midfielder, he can double-kill Juventus in the group stage. Less than the first place in the group.

But speaking of it, if Bayern were not number one in the group, they would not be able to meet the increasingly powerful Manchester City. With a drink and a peck, Bayern doesn't know how it feels now.

And the tactics of play are mutually reinforcing, just like Manchester City's midfield configuration, whether it is ball control or quick counterattack, everything can be played, and it is not afraid of Bayern's current lineup.

Bayern's midfield is old and slow, and the defense is not good. Against the rapid advance of Manchester City's two sides and the center, what can they use to defend?

Bayern also knew their own shortcomings. After the opening, they launched a frenzied press!

Seeing that Manchester City consciously controlled the ball in the midfield, Bayern players became more active in pressing. They did not spare their physical strength at all, and tried their best to fight for the ball.

Apart from the fact that the Robbery team needs to use their physical strength on the offensive edge, the other Bayern players have entered a desperate state from the very beginning of the game!
Bayern wanted to fight to the death, but Manchester City instantly turned into a slippery loach, and they didn't fight you head-on.

After learning the lessons of the first half of the season, Guardiola made major adjustments to the operation mode of Manchester City's forward and defensive lines.
With targeted deployment, coupled with full tactical preparations before the game, Manchester City's players quickly found their rhythm.

They followed the tactics that Guardiola had arranged in advance, kept counter-pressing on the center line, and used their super ball-handling ability to consume the energy of Bayern players by constantly back and forth.

Facing the slippery Manchester City defense, Bayern players became more and more active in the process of fighting for the ball. The referee called several Bayern players for fouls within 10 minutes of the opening.

Harvey Alonso seemed powerless in the face of Zhao Jinge and Riyad Mahrez's rush. Lewandowski could hardly even touch the ball under Manchester City's strangulation in the midfield. For this reason, he had to retreat many times to catch the ball .

Vidal wanted to push forward with the ball, but Yaya Toure's marking made him not have enough space to start up. In front of the Ivorian who is a top B2B midfielder, Vidal was firmly held on both ends of the offense and defense. limited.

Bayern's midfielder couldn't hold the ball at all, which completely exposed the shortcomings of their current lineup. Now their frontcourt advancement can only be done by the two veteran players of Robery on the wing.

Zhao Jinge took the ball three times in the first 15 minutes of the game, and all of them were cruising around the center circle, receiving long passes from teammates in the center and backcourt, and instantly speeding up to hit the space behind Bayern's midfielder.
The other two forwards of Manchester City drew the attention of Bayern's defense for Zhao Jinge and created good shooting conditions for Zhao Jinge.

It has to be said that Neuer deserves to be Shiyimen's first choice in this year. Zhao Jinge's two shots within the goal frame were all saved by Neuer, which made the Blue Moon fans on the scene feel very regretful.

"Bayern's current defense, if it weren't for Neuer standing in front of their goal, and someone else would have been sieved by me!"

Zhao Jinge shook his hand, feeling sorry for his shot just now being saved by Neuer. Neuer, who is in good condition, is completely the patron saint in front of the goal, a super goalkeeper that any top striker would not want to face.

Bayern completely disregarded their own defense in the overall attack, nothing more than wanting to score goals before Manchester City knocked on their door, relying on offense to win a way out, grasp the initiative on the pitch,
But for Zhao Jinge, how long can such a defense line that is almost undefended!

With the cooperation of Aguero and Mahrez, Kimmich and Benatia can only rely on fouls to stop Zhao Jinge. Without a strong midfielder and a top European central defender, how can goalkeepers stop it? Manchester City's top attack line in the world!
(End of this chapter)