Chapter 190: The Big Picture Has Been Decided
"Did you not eat enough today or did you spend all your energy on women, do you still want to win this game?!" At half-time, Magath was furious in the visiting dressing room, scolding all the Bayern players present. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
It's normal for Magath to behave like this. Unlike his predecessor Heathfield, who joined Bayern Munich as a champion coach after his success at Borussia Dortmund, Magath has made some achievements in Stuttgart, but he has not won a trophy with enough weight. Therefore, Magath, who was eager to establish his prestige in the team, naturally spoke in a heavier tone.
However, Magath has clearly forgotten one very important thing, which is that Bayern Munich, as the Bundesliga hegemon, will undoubtedly never be short of big names and trophies. And this led to the players always having a feeling of unconvincing when they were severely reprimanded by Magath, which brought many difficulties to Magath's work at Bayern.
You should all have a similar experience in real life. If someone is much better than us in this field, then most of us will obey us, but if someone who has not done much in this area or is not as successful as he is, the results may be very different.
Unfortunately, Magath, who has yet to win a major honour in his managerial career, clearly falls into the latter category. Therefore, Magath's angry performance in the dressing room did not cheer up the Bayern players, but provoked more dissatisfaction among the players - in the eyes of the Bayern players, the reason why the team was so passive in the first half of the game, as the head coach Magath should not shirk the responsibility!
Why is it our fault that we are behind?, and if you hadn't been concerned about Tottenham, who had undergone a big change in the summer, before the game, how could we have been so careless about this game?
At this critical moment of saber rattling, Barak stood up in time to defuse this imminent conflict. As the only superstar of German football at the beginning of the 21st century, Ballack had the capital to emulate the likes of Schuster and Mateus in the club, but instead of doing so, he interpreted the definition of the core of the team from another perspective - not only to carefully obey and complete the manager's tactical arrangements, but also to intervene when necessary to stabilize the atmosphere in the dressing room and avoid the team falling into endless infighting!
For example, now, if Ballack hadn't stepped in to stop it, I'm afraid that this "green Hollywood" would have staged another wonderful drama that shook the European football world. You must know that the reason why Bayern Munich can get the title of "Green Hollywood" is not only because of the many big-name stars in its team, but also because there are always all kinds of eye-catching news within the team.
"Okay, let's talk about it when we get back to the game. Making trouble here will only make outsiders see the joke in vain. Seeing that Ballack had stabilized the situation, Kahn, another leader in the locker room, finally opened his mouth to relieve Magath, and at the same time criticized the opponent in a subtle way, "Also, in the future, the team must strengthen the preparation before the game, and there must be no similar situation again!"
"Oliver (Karn), I'll be sure to pay attention to this in the future. At this time, Magath finally realized that the situation was not right, and hurriedly walked down the steps given by Karn.
Although Magath can also blame Klose's sudden outburst and the massive injury wave that the team has suffered, in fact, all discerning people can see that even if Bayern plays with all the main force this time, it may be difficult to please Tottenham Hotspur - without him, Salihamidzic's left side is too weak in front of Ronaldo, and Thomas Link's defensive area is also an Achilles' heel and is simply unable to deal with Tottenham's aggressive attack.
Therefore, in order not to be criticized by the media after the game, to avoid discord after the team lost the Champions League opening match with Tottenham. The most important thing is not to let the players think that they are not responsible for doing things and bring trouble to their future management at Bayern, Magath can only choose to bow his head at this time in exchange for a temporary reconciliation in order to win this Champions Cup game!
However, although Magath relied on the help of Ballack and Kahn at half-time to reunite the team, and replaced Robert Kovac to strengthen the defense, Bayern's situation on the pitch did not change much after the start of the second half, and it still could not change the situation of being pressed by Tottenham - against Klose, who was already in full form, Robert Kovac did not have a good way to deal with it, and Lucio also became timid after paying the price of a yellow card.
"Magath claims to be promoting overall football at Bayern, but in reality, his entire tactical system is built around Ballack alone. Therefore, as long as Ballack is eliminated with the tactics of redemption, then Bayern's offensive can be said to have been abolished for more than half!"
What happened to Bayern in the away team's dressing room, George naturally has no way of knowing. But even if he knew, it wouldn't have any impact on his arrangement, at most he would just gloat.
Therefore, after seeing that Ballack was unable to do anything under Davies's entanglement and could not devote his energy to organise the attack, George nodded with satisfaction - as long as Ballack could not make a move to groom the midfield, then Tottenham could put more energy into attacking. With Bayern's defense today, it is absolutely impossible to withstand Tottenham's attack!
Although Roy Mackay is a very good striker, winning the European Golden Boot in the 02-03 season against Ronaldo, Henry, Ruud van Nistelrooy and other top scorers is enough to show his strength, but the Dutchman is a striker who relies heavily on his teammates to feed the ball. With Ballack being targeted by Davies, and Ze Roberto and Deisler on both wings not providing much support under the defense of Stephen Carr and Patrice Evra, no matter how capable Mackay is, there is no way to conjure goals out of thin air to help Bayern reverse the decline!
The lack of top stars in the squad is exactly what Bayern Munich have faced since winning the Champions League in 2001. The aging of Effenberg, Basler and others not only marked the end of an era, but also caused Bayern's competitiveness in Europe to plummet. Regarding this, it can be seen from the previous life that Bayern was majestic in the country, but when it came to the Champions Cup, it could not even reach the quarterfinals.
In this way, when the game reached the sixty-second minute, Klose made a wonderful pass to Ronaldo after pulling the ball out of the penalty area, and the latter, who was diagonally inserted into the penalty area from the right side, met the ball and shot, expanding the score to 2-0, George clenched his fist excitedly and said to the old Charlie next to him:
"The big picture is decided!"
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