Chapter 976
Chapter 976
When the game started, Bayern Munich launched a fierce offensive to Manchester City's goal.
There are only 10 minutes in this game. Maybe this may be the last 10 minutes of Bayern Munich in this season's Champions League.
In order to prevent all this from becoming a reality, Bayern Munich must seize the nine 10-minute game time, strive to win the game, and renew their lives.
At this time, they didn't think about what to do with the defense after pressing the offense.
They are not qualified to consider this issue.
Because if you dare not attack for fear of losing the ball, you are dead.
If you press the offense and score early, you may have the initiative of the game firmly in your own hands, and Manchester City will not be able to fight back if they want to.
On the other hand, Bayern Munich also hopes to frighten Manchester City through their aggressive offensive, making them realize the importance of this game to Bayern Munich, so that they can retreat in the face of difficulties.
So in the first 10 minutes, Bayern Munich almost bombed around Manchester City's half.
It seems that they are very close to the goal, and maybe the goal will come in the next attack.
The Bayern Munich fans in the stands are also very excited. Every shot of Bayern Munich can inspire their cheers.
Even the commentator Marcel Leif thinks Bayern Munich's performance is better: "...if we have already had such a performance, why should we wait until this time to compete for the right to qualify for the group?"
The guest next to him said: "But it's not too late to work hard..."
Marcel Leif cast his eyes on Rongguang.
It's not too late now, it's up to him to decide...
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Robben was also very active in Bayern Munich's offensive. Compared with the first confrontation between the two sides, he had more contact with his teammates.
He will pass the ball to his teammates, and his teammates will pass the ball to him.And he and Ribery would occasionally switch positions.
The connection between the two of them made Bayern Munich's offense more threatening.
In the 11th minute, Ribery suddenly cut inside, attracting most of Manchester City's defensive attention.
But just when the striker thought he was going to shoot with his right foot, he passed the football.
Passed to Robben.
After receiving the ball, Robben waded out the football sideways, and then accelerated to chase the ball by himself. He cut in from the side!
Immediately afterwards, Robben shot the far corner with his left foot!
Joe Hart jumped into the air immediately and made a side attack.
Fortunately, he is tall and has long arms, and his outstretched arm finally touched the football, pulling the football out of the baseline.
"Roben! Great shot! Bayern Munich get a corner!"
Bayern Munich's defenders swarmed into Manchester City's penalty area, intending to fight for the top.
Including the two central defenders Van Buyten and Demichelis, as well as the full-back Bud Stubel.
They are all big men with a height of more than 1.8 meters [-].
In front of Manchester City's goal, even just standing can put tremendous pressure on Manchester City's defenders.
"It is said that before this game, Van Gaal specially asked the players to practice a variety of set-piece offensive tactics. Obviously he wanted to work hard on set-pieces. Corner kicks were originally an important means of scoring in the game..." Marcel Leif said.
Bayern Munich have a lot of players of good size and it is not surprising that they score from set pieces.
In this game, Van Gaal abandoned the 352 formation when the two sides met for the first time. It was because of this formation in that game that Bayern Munich's wings made Manchester City sieve... It also led to Bayern Munich's failure.
So Van Gaal returned to 442 in this game, and this formation is more offensive and defensive.
Van Gaal didn't expect to score easily when besieging Manchester City. He felt that as long as the siege could create set-kick opportunities like corner kicks, it would be fine.
Create a large number of set kicks, that is the big killer for Bayern Munich to score.
So Marcel Leff is right, the rumors are correct, Bayern Munich are indeed working hard to score from set pieces.
On this, the coaching staff and players have worked hard.
It can even be said that this is the big killer for Bayern Munich to qualify from the group.
Manchester City obviously also has intelligence on Bayern Munich, so they know that they also attach great importance to set-piece defense.
Even Rong Guang returned to the penalty area to participate in this corner kick defense. His jumping ability and header skills can also be used to clear the ball with a header.
This corner kick from Bayern Munich came out.
It really made the people of Bayern Munich fight for a point!
"Van Buyten—!"
In the shouts of the commentator Marcel Leif, Van Buyten leaped high, overwhelmed his younger brother Kompany in the Belgian national team, and headed the football towards the goal!
Because the distance was too close, it was too late for Joe Hart to make a save at this time.
Everyone is staring at football.
Bayern Munich fans raise their arms upwards, intending to cheer for a goal.
But the football ended up slightly higher than the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line!
"It's a pity! But Bayern Munich's work on set-pieces has already seen the effect! I want to continue like this. Sooner or later, they will use set-pieces to blast away the gate of Manchester City!" Marcel Leff sighed and said loudly, reassuring the Bayern Munich fans in front of the TV.
Bayern Munich fans really feel relieved to see the team's performance like this.
If this continues, Bayern Munich can still play in the Champions League knockout rounds.
As long as we can enter the knockout round, we will definitely be able to resurrect with full blood and full state!What is the embarrassment of the group stage then?We will definitely reach the Champions League final all the way, beat our opponents at the Bernabeu and win the championship trophy!
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The Bayern Munich fans saw hope in this corner, as did the Bayern Munich players.
This corner kick made them clear that the training before the game is meaningful.
So in the next game, Bayern Munich played more and more vigorously, and their confidence grew rapidly.
It seems that the goal is getting closer and closer to them.
In the next 10 minutes, they won a total of three corner kicks and a free kick in the frontcourt.
These four set pieces all pose a certain degree of threat to Manchester City's goal.
No.30 minutes, Bayern Munich won their fifth corner of the game.
The central defenders and full backs also pressed up and participated in this set kick.
"Bayern Munich got another corner kick, which is a good chance for them to score! In the previous few corner kicks, Bayern Munich players got the first point three times, and their advantage in the air is obvious!" Marcel Leff said excitedly.
Rong Guang also returned to the goal to help defend.
Although he has jumping and heading skills, as an offensive player, corner kick attack and corner kick defense are completely different.When defending the ball in the air, it doesn't mean that if you jump high and head the ball well, you will be able to defend it.
The offensive and defensive modes are different, so the return of glory is more about an attitude than what it can really do.
Defense mainly depends on the defenders.
This time Van Buyten intends to rush to the front point to shake his head and attack the goal. The front point is a point with a high scoring rate, and it is also a very common offensive routine in corner kick tactics.
Not enough this time he met resistance.
When he struggled to push his way through the crowd, he soon couldn't squeeze.
Lucio stood in front of him.
He turned his back to Van Buyten, with his hands slightly open, his knees bent, and his body leaning back slightly against Van Buyten.
This pair of central defenders who once cooperated tacitly in Bayern Munich are now going to have a direct confrontation.
Van Buyten did not intend to confront Lucio, but decided to bypass the opponent.
The corner kick will be sent out soon, there is no need for him to waste time with Lucio here, he is well aware of Lucio's frontal defense ability.
But he didn't go around, and although Lucio didn't look back, he was moving with him.No matter where Van Buyten went, Lucio was always in front of him.
Van Buyten frowned.Ribery, who kicked off, couldn't always wait for him. He had to take the corner kick. What should he do?
At this moment, as if he couldn't wait any longer, Ribery kicked the football over!
A corner kick is taken!
At this time, Van Buyten didn't care about the friendship of his former partner anymore, and pushed Lucio away with both hands to clear space for himself.
But he didn't push.
It was as if he had been pushed against a solid wall, and the reaction almost knocked him back.
Van Buyten had to temporarily change his plan, he decided to take off directly from the spot, relying on his height of 1.9 meters [-], forcibly heading the ball!
But just when he jumped up, a figure shot up from the ground like a rocket, faster than him, and jumped higher than him!
Naturally, he was ahead of him, and with a shake of his head, the football was pushed away!
"Lucio—!!" John Mortensen and Marcel Leif shouted almost simultaneously.
Returning to the Allianz Arena is not just an honor!
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Rong Guang also jumped up, but he didn't touch the football. When he landed, he looked back and saw the football was thrown out of the penalty area by Lucio and flew towards David Silva.
His legs seemed to be equipped with rocket launchers under his feet. With a sudden kick, he rushed out of the restricted area!
David Silva is not good at heading because of his short stature, so he didn't enter the penalty area at all in such a corner kick defense, but stayed outside to grab the second spot.
Now, the football is flying in his direction, all he has to do is to control the football and prevent the opponent from snatching the ball.
He jumped up and stopped the football with his chest.The Bayern Munich players have already rushed up and pressed him.
The enthusiasm of Bayern Munich is reflected in these places. After losing the ball, they will immediately fight back on the spot, trying not to let Manchester City push the football up easily.
When the two sides played against each other for the first time, no Bayern Munich players could be seen doing this at all.
It can be seen that Bayern Munich has been cornered.
David Silva's stature is thin, but his technique is very good.
So after the football was stopped by him, the Bayern Munich player Schweinsteiger who came up to defend him could not stop the ball all at once.
But he still kept putting pressure on David Silva. He knew very well that as long as he continued to do so, he would soon be able to break the ball at David Silva's feet.David Silva's body is not strong enough, as long as he uses a little more force, he can be squeezed away.
Yes, just have to wait a little longer...
At this moment, David Silva and Schweinsteiger heard a voice coming from behind them almost at the same time.
"Pass me the ball, David!"
(End of this chapter)