mtl008 Chapter 510 Top of Europe (4)
Chapter 510 Top of Europe (4)
Chapter 510 Top of Europe ([-])
The camera shot to Robben is very meaningful. He was the one who made the lore three years ago, but now Robben can only sit in the stands and act as a spectator. It is a bit helpless and a bit desolate.
In fact, there have long been rumors of Robben leaving in the summer, and the destination is either his home country or the United States on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, just like Pirlo, Kaka and others, and finally make a fortune.
Robben also knew that the camera was filming him. He stared straight ahead with a blank expression on his face. He looked very cold. The camera swiped again and saw Guardiola, with his hands on Gotze's shoulders, teaching him face-to-face.
Although it was only 20 minutes into the second half, it seemed that Guardiola couldn't wait any longer. He didn't want his last game to fail.
Using a dead ball, Bayern made a substitution, Alonso went off, Gotze came on, this substitution made Munich's commentary a bit incomprehensible, two midfielders?
Gotze and Thiago are both attacking midfielders. Is it possible to return to 4141, which is the most used by Guardiola?
After dozens of seconds, the answer was revealed, no! !
After Goetze ran over and whispered to Thiago, the latter retreated and stood in Alonso's position just now. Obviously, the formation was still 4231, but Thiago played the midfielder.
This is not a problem for Thiago. It can be said that he is familiar with the game. Guardiola's midfielder is not the type of Makelele or Ramires.
Another point is also very important, that is, Alonso is no longer the absolute main force this season, and he is getting older. Now Guardiola needs to speed up, so Alonso can only be removed.
As soon as Gotze came on the field, the fans booed for a while. It must be Dortmund fans. It has been 3 years, and everyone still cannot forgive the former traitor.
Then as soon as Gotze got the ball, the fans in the audience started booing. There were not many boos at first, but gradually more and more boos, which proved that Gotze touched the ball more and more.
This is not a good sign. In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it was Goetze who came off the bench to complete the lore.
Gotze took the ball in front of the penalty area and stuffed it into his ribs. The ball was very straight, which is the kind that Li Qiao likes very much. Of course, Costa, who is also a speed type, also likes it. He passed behind Schmelzer in a few steps.
At this time, it could only be that Zhou Dun retracted, and Zhou Dun didn't dare to pounce, because as long as Costa buckled, Zhou Dun would be dumbfounded, and Weidenfeller was facing a single sword, so Zhou Dun silently told himself, "You must not pounce."
Costa also plans to wait for Zhou Dun to come up, and he can smash the ball to complete the shot, but the question is why doesn't Zhou Dun jump on me? ? ! !
The time in the penalty area is really precious. Costa couldn't wait. He shot through Zhou Dun and the ball missed.
The goal is missed, but the threat is great, and the source of the threat is Gotze. Gotze is called the golden boy in Germany. That is because he is indeed very spiritual on the court, and his passing is very characteristic.
Klopp knows Gotze very well. As long as Gotze plays well, he is a top five attacking midfielder in the world, not to mention that there is Thiago behind him.
Now the three Bayern midfielders-Vidal, Thiago, Gotze, are all players with great skills, and they are all players in their prime. Bayern's ball possession rate went up immediately.
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"Oops, lost possession," Klopp thought.
This is Guardiola's core tactical concept, called the ball at the foot, as long as I firmly control the possession of the ball, what else can you do?
After Gotze came up, if the possession rate after that is calculated, then Dortmund may be less than 30%.
At the most critical moment, Guardiola finally brought out the set he made famous in Barcelona, and it seemed to work very well.
Gotze, Thiago, Vidal, Müller, Lewandowski, Costa, now Bayern can play the ball with one kick in the frontcourt without losing the ball.
The situation before Klopp is very serious, what should we do?
Klopp suddenly thought of a person, the man who is also called a madman, Simeone, the Atletico Madrid led by him has been regarded as the nemesis of Barcelona, so how did Atletico Madrid deal with Barcelona?
One of the most important tricks is the iron-blooded defense.
Klopp waved his hand, asked the players to drop back, and then specially arranged the two holding midfielders so that they and at least one of the defenders formed a triangle.
In this way, Bayern is a 6-man offensive team, and Dortmund is also a 6-man defensive team-4 defenders plus 2 midfielders.
This kind of game will become tragic, but when will the Champions League final not be tragic? In fact, Dortmund have all returned to their own half except Li Qiao and Aubameyang.
But just like the situation that Guardiola encountered in the past three years, Bayern is Bayern. Even if he wants to transplant the Barcelona style of play on Bayern, the effect is not good. The most typical problem is that he has more possession of the ball and fewer shooting opportunities.
Fans who are familiar with Bayern's style of play know that Bayern is characterized by openness, domineering, and the ability to find gaps like "Barcelona", which Bayern cannot do.
So the ball was passed back and forth in the Dortmund half, and finally Bayern didn't know what to do?
Thiago came from Barcelona. He knew that the standard practice was to make a through pass in front of the penalty area, and the little flea Messi would score in the chaos.
But the problem is that there is no Messi now, we only have Lewandowski. Under such a dense defense, it is difficult for Lewandowski to turn around.
This may also be the key factor why Barcelona has always missed the center. That style of play is not suitable for the center.
Gradually, Dortmund fans smelled it, Bayern is scaring people, don't look at the ball possession rate is almost 80%, but there are no shots, no shots, your ball possession rate is 100%, it is useless.
Sammer couldn't sit still at this time. He rarely interfered with Guardiola's work, but he couldn't help it today. He felt that the Spanish pass-and-control football was not suitable for Bayern.
If it was before, Guardiola probably broke with Summer just like he did Wolfart's genius doctor.
But not today, his desire for the championship was as strong as Summer's, so he lowered his proud head for the first time.
"Then what do you say?"
"Put Müller in the forward position, Gotze as a winger, throw a long pass, smash it, there is no time," Summer said, pointing to his watch.
Whether Sammer was a player or later became a coach, he is a person who thoroughly adheres to the German football tradition. You can say that he is old-fashioned, but I say he does not forget his roots.
Guardiola did not hesitate, and immediately followed suit. As long as he wins this game today, he can do whatever he wants. After all, 10 years later, no one will remember the details of the game. Everyone will only remember who was the champion at San Siro in 2016?
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After Bayern adjusted, there was someone on Dortmund's side who wanted to cry, and that was Zhou Dun. He was characterized by fast chasing, accurate positioning, and relatively strong offensive ability, but after all, his height and weight made him compete with Lewand for the header.
The ball that Gotze gave was very stealthy, and the speed of the ball was very fast. Zhou Dun was afraid of such a ball.
This time Klopp was really in a hurry. We used our German housekeeping skills to play against the German team, and the result was leveraged.
Zhou Dun turned his head immediately after every header, and then heaved a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, there was no own goal."
And more importantly, this style of play makes Dortmund's defensive players hoarding in the backcourt useless. What's the use of high-altitude bombing if you have more people in the backcourt?
Zhou Dun thought to himself: "Jurgen, think of a way, my old Zhou can't stand it if this goes on."
Bayern Munich are very thieves. They know that Zhou Dun is a weak point, and they often deliberately bypass the taller "Hummels" when passing the ball, which makes Zhou Dun feel uncomfortable.
Klopp definitely couldn't sense the cry in Zhou Dun's heart, but he knew clearly that the situation was unfavorable, so what could he do?
No way, if Subotic is there, Klopp is easy to handle. Subotic is 1 meters tall and is an air bully in the penalty area, but the problem is that he is not there.
The game has reached 35 minutes into the second half. With the decline in physical fitness, the players' ability to execute Klopp's tactics has also declined. As the saying goes-become lazy, and take chances, and want to stay until the end of the game. Anyway, we lead 2-1.
Li Qiao was in a hurry in the frontcourt, the ball was spinning in the backcourt, and he never had a chance to counterattack, and he couldn't run back to the center of the penalty area as a defender. As a player, the feeling of being unable to do anything but just watch is the worst feeling.
When the game reached 40 minutes, even Klopp began to get lucky, "There are still 5 minutes, I will count 3 minutes in stoppage time, which is 8 minutes at most, will it pass happily like this?"
Obviously Bayern said that there is no way, Guashuai replaced Vidal, replaced Ribery, and added a fast player. Although Ribery is old, 10 minutes is a piece of cake for him.
And Ribery is now a bit of a kicker, with less frizz in his gestures and more demeanor of a master.
After indiscriminate bombing, Dortmund gradually resisted, and Bayern felt that Dortmund was really resistant to fighting.
Seeing that the game time has entered stoppage time, Ribery took the ball from the left, Piszczek chased a few steps, but couldn't catch up, thinking: "Forget it, anyway, the middle will solve it."
Franck Ribery looked at the middle, Lewandowski in the front, and Muller in the back, "If you can bypass the front point, give it to Muller."
But if you bypass Lewandowski, the ball must be passed very high, and Muller at the back point will definitely not get it. This is the most basic scientific principle.
But Franck Ribery has a way, high can't do it, I'll go low, and it's the lowest kind - sticking to the earth.
After making up his mind, Ribery sent his foot in with the ball, and Klopp was surprised.
(End of this chapter)