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Chapter 426 Victory is in sight

Chapter 426 Victory is in sight

Of course Rangnick would not know what Van Gaal said in midfield, but he knew what Van Gaal would tell his players to do-any head coach would make the same arrangement in Van Gaal's current situation. A draw is almost as meaningless as a loss, let alone they are still behind.

It was Hoffenheim who kicked off in the second half. Sure enough, after advancing the ball to the center circle, Bayern launched a frenzied interception in the midfield, including van der Vaart and Robben, two good offensive players who rarely participated in defense, also launched an active fight in the frontcourt.

For the Bayern players, if they don't fight this game, they won't have any chance to fight this season.

Life is often like this. If you don’t fight when you should fight, you may not have a chance when you want to fight. But if you fight rashly, you may be scarred and unable to fight when you really need to fight.

So it is a good thing to be willing to fight hard, but you have to be sure, and if you see it right, and then fight hard, this is the difference between the real brave and the reckless.

For Bayern, this time is obviously a time when they must fight.

Under Bayern's pressure, the Hoffenheim players slowly passed the ball back without panic. After most of Bayern's players had rushed into their own half to press, Li Jie turned around and passed the ball to Hildebrand behind him. Hildebrand immediately kicked the ball far away.

The goalkeeper is the last player on the field, so he is also the one who has the most comprehensive view of the situation on the field. An excellent goalkeeper can often become the initiator of his own attack. Hildebrand may not have such a vision before, but with the increase in experience, he has also begun to have this ability.

This long pass was quite accurate, and it flew straight to the head of Long Bisheng who was rushing towards the Bayern penalty area.

Long Bisheng jumped up while running, overwhelmed Autor to ferry the header, and Ibisevic controlled the ball under his feet, and then distributed it to Marin who was on the right.

Ram and Marin got entangled together, and during the entanglement, Marin fell to the ground. The referee called Ram a foul, Eduardo took a free kick, and Ibisevic shook his head and missed the goal.

A shot at the start of the second half ignited the enthusiasm of the Hoffenheim fans, and their cheers grew louder again.Amid the cheers of the fans, Hoffenheim also launched a frontcourt press, making Bayern's advancement also extremely difficult.

Hoffenheim's defensive ability is also one of the best in the Bundesliga, not only because they have an excellent defense line, the active pressing of the midfielders and the pressing of the frontcourt are the biggest defenses they rely on-the defense of the defenders alone is absolutely not enough. Only the overall defense of the team can make offensive players feel desperate.

The back line is very stable, standing still in the penalty area, while the midfielders and frontcourt players run and intercept at the front of the penalty area without any hesitation, interrupting the offensive rhythm of the attacking side. Any team that presses Hoffenheim will feel extremely difficult. When Hoffenheim defends, that is the real "full defense".

Van der Vaart managed to find a space to pass the ball to Robben, but Baker immediately came up to meet him, and Marin also began to quickly return to the defense.

Robben did not go down, but cut inward with the ball. Van der Vaart ran towards him. The two made a crossover.

The ball flew to the back point quickly. Hildebrand jumped up and held the ball out with one hand. The ball fell to the feet of Schweinsteiger, who was thrusting in from the right, but Kolarov immediately forced him.

Lyle passed the ball directly into the penalty area with one kick, and Muller took the header to ferry the ball ahead of Comper, but Li Jie interfered when Gomez was about to shoot directly, and the ball flew out of the baseline.

Gomez shook his head. Today, Li Jie was very strict with him. As soon as he entered the penalty area, he immediately stuck to him. Although Li Jie didn't follow him when he pulled out of the penalty area, the defense of Weiss and Gustavo would not make him feel good either.

As a shooter who wants to compete with Long Bisheng on the scorer list, Long Bisheng has scored a goal now, but he still hasn't scored a goal.

Time passed slowly and the score was still [-]-[-]. Bayern tried hard to attack, but their offensive rhythm was always interrupted by Hoffenheim's frontcourt pressing.

Van Gaal couldn't sit still anymore, he still needed two goals, but he didn't have one yet, and 10 minutes had passed in the second half.

He was about to make a substitution, and the veteran Klose was sent out to warm up by him, and Rangnick noticed this immediately.

Klose is now 34 years old. Center forwards like him tend to decline a lot when they get older. However, Klose is no longer the center forward who can only score headers.

Van Gaal chose to play him at this time, of course to use his experience and his ability to grab points in the penalty area.

Although his height is only 1.8 meters [-], his header ability is one of the best in the world. Sometimes when fighting for a header, it depends not only on height, but also on judging the ball's landing point and the natural acuity.

Van Gaal’s move was also within Rangnick’s expectation. Bayern’s main strikers this season are very stable. The age structure of 27-year-old Gomez and 23-year-old Müller is very reasonable, and it is also when they are in their best form.

Schweinsteiger's long-range shot hit Gustavo and flew out of the baseline. At this time, Bayern requested a substitution.

NO.18 Klose enters, No. [-] Lyle exits.

Switching on a striker and replacing a defender, Bayern looked to score in the remaining 30-plus minutes - and had to score two goals.

Seeing Van Gaal's substitution, Rangnick's eyes lit up.At this time Marin also looked at him, Lannick gestured calmly, and Marin nodded knowingly.

Van Gaal didn't notice this tiny movement, but he must have regretted it when he saw this scene in the video replay after the game.

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Klose's playing gave Bayern an extra high point in the penalty area for headers. He has more experience than Muller, and his appearance in the middle of the game also made him have no physical problems. With him and Muller in the penalty area, Gomez began to roam outside the penalty area more often, giving full play to his fast speed and excellent skills.

Li Jie changed his focus to Klose, Gomez handed over to the midfielder Gustavo, and Weiss began to defend Van der Vaart. When Robben was on one side, the full-backs on the other side filled the gap in the midfielder.

Gomez passed Gustavo's defense outside the penalty area, and Gustavo immediately pulled him down with a backhand. Although this action got him a yellow card, it prevented Gomez from continuing to move forward. At the same time, the place where he fouled was 30 meters away from the goal. The free kick threat at this location is not very great.

Van der Vaart hoisted the ball into the penalty area, and Klose, who had just played not long ago, keenly judged the ball's landing point, and shook his head ahead of Li Jie to attack the goal!

It was a bouncing ball, and the ball went straight to the back. Hildebrand couldn't react in time. Fortunately, Beck, who was guarding in front of the goal, pushed the ball away with a header!

The ball flew out of the penalty area. Eduardo used his body to hold Autor behind him tightly, and then stopped the ball with his chest. After stopping the ball, he saw Weiss beside him, and immediately passed the ball over!

Weiss stopped the ball at his feet, Van der Vaart and Schweinsteiger rushed towards him at the same time, but Weiss didn't stop the ball too much, but sent the ball to Eduardo's front again!

Beautiful two over one!

Eduardo sprinted forward with the ball, and in front of him, Long Bisheng and Ibisevic had already rushed forward from left to right, and Hoffenheim counterattacked!

Van Gaal stood up, but he was not very worried, because neither Long Bisheng nor Ibisevic was a forward with good speed, especially in such a long-distance sprint situation!

Then he saw Eduardo lift his foot and pass the ball directly to the left!

Only then did he see that Marin was running forward along the left!There was no one in front of him!

When Bayern took a free kick just now, Long Bisheng and Ibisevic both came back to act as a wall, but Marin did not come back. Without attracting anyone's attention, he came to the left, which means that Bayern has no right back to defend the right now!

Eduardo's precise long pass!The speed of Marin's Fengchi electric engine!Created this absolute one-handed ball!

Ram is chasing back, but he was on the left side just now. If he wants to catch up with Marin, he has to cross the entire field...

When Marin unloaded the ball while running, broke through to the side of the penalty area line, and began to change direction and break into the penalty area, Lahm was at least ten meters away from Marin!

Lensing strikes!With gauze wrapped around his head, he rushed out with a hideous face, but Marin didn't give him another chance to be a hero, and suddenly pushed a ground ball without warning when he was attacking normally!

The ball flew past Lensing and into the empty goal behind him!

"Marin single-handedly... Pushed! The goal is scored! Two to zero! Our victory is in sight!"

(End of this chapter)