Chapter 273: Face (Medium)

After picking the side, Bayern Munich kicked off first, and it was clear that they had received orders from Louis van Gaal to attack aggressively as soon as they came up. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the second minute, Gustavo's long-range shot from outside the box hit his teammate and bounced off the box. Ribery and Robben then launched two more attacks in a row, but they were both defused by the Schalke defenders, who had been prepared for a long time. According to Magath, they used Bayern as a litmus test, first indulging the opponent's attack, and the defense was very layered.

Metzelder dragged Gomez, while Annan firmly stared at Muller and tangled with him, and even made Muller have no way at all, Ai Huan made up for the gap everywhere, and Ribery and Robben did not have a chance, but Bayern still found some confidence through the attack in the first ten minutes, and they felt that it was only a matter of time before they scored.

But after ten minutes, Schalke has stabilized his position, these players who have experienced a lot of big scenes have clearly felt that the opponent does not seem to be in the state at all, although Bayern's players are all world-class players, but the state is not good, they did not even make any wonderful cooperation on the field, they are completely alone, and this style of play is not at all threatening Schalke.

In the 14th minute, Jurado's cross from the left corner was excellent, Raul grabbed the point in the middle and hooked the ball, but the ball was blocked by Gomez in front of the goal line. Then Jurado crossed from the right side from another corner, and Ai Huan, who suddenly hit the opponent's penalty area, easily grabbed the first point, which also made the Bayern defenders immediately pounce on him, they all knew that this guy jumped high and powerful, and he must not be allowed to turn in the air.

However, Ai Huan did not shoot directly, but easily passed the ball to Raul, who was already eager to try on the other side, and the unmarked Raul shot directly at the back post, and the ball flew into the top left corner of the goal without hindrance, Schalke led Bayern Munich 1-0 away.

Because the game was played on Wednesday and it was another German Cup without much significance, there were no Schalke fans to cheer, but there were less than 100 Schalke fans in Bayern who wore blue jerseys to cheer for them, but these people were obviously untrained and did not pick the leader, so they only cheered after seeing the goal, but they did not sing neatly or shout neat slogans as if they were in Schalke.

It was a burst of boos from Bayern's fans, who actually thought that there might be hope, but this season under the leadership of Van Gaal, Bayern was really disappointed, which made them just boo, but not more excited.

But Van Gaal seemed very excited, he shouted on the sidelines, pointing to a few people on the field and shouting in Dutch, Ai Huan didn't know what he was shouting, but seeing Robben's rolling eyes, he had already guessed about it, and he couldn't help but be a little funny. Van Gaal is already old, his ability has regressed too much, and now it seems that there is only a good voice left, but what is the use of this? Holding such a good deck of cards in his hand to play such a bad thing, it is simply a violent thing.

But after all, this is Bayern, they can afford to lose, and they will not lose their souls because of temporary backwardness, so after conceding the goal, they did not look low, but still played with a clear eye and gradually had some cooperation.

In the 17th minute, Gomez made a direct pass, Robben burst into the right wing of the penalty area and fired a low shot, but the ball was blocked by Hovides. Robben then fired back, only to be distracted by Metzelder and sent the ball just wide of the near post.

Neuer then threw the ball in his hand, Schalke had a quick counter-attack, Papadopoulos quickly passed the ball to Holtby in front, who did not control the ball but skilfully avoided it, and Farfan won the ball and broke through on the left to shoot, the ball was saved by Kraft.

After that, both sides focused on the battle for midfield, and Bayern's players returned to the previous chaotic state, they did not find a better attacking opportunity within ten minutes, and Schalke gradually firmly grasped the initiative in the midfield, but they did not seem to be in a hurry to attack, and seemed to be very comfortable.

It wasn't until the 35th minute that Jurado suddenly crossed from the left, Hovides grabbed a header and hit the goal, the ball was cleared by Thomas Muller's header on the goal line, and the football popped out of the penalty area, but before the Bayern Munich players could breathe a sigh of relief, Ai Huan had already rushed to the front of the football, which seemed to be an easy kick but the football rushed into the net like a thunderbolt, and this time no one could stop the goal, and the score became 2-0.

Ai Fan didn't seem very excited after the goal, this Bayern Munich team is not the team that played with him until the last minute a year ago and did not relax at all, it seems that these players have no intention of winning at all, let alone the desire to win, for such a team he has no idea of beating the water dogs, he originally wanted to take revenge, but it was not interesting to beat this kind of team.

The first half ended with Schalke leading 2-0, Bayern's players were not disappointed at all, they even left the stadium very easily, and even a few people chatted happily while walking, completely ignoring Van Gaal's murderous gaze, which also made many fans feel very angry, so soon the whole stadium rang out Van Gaal's shouts to get out, and Van Gaal seemed a little dejected and left.

Magath is of course elated, he doesn't care if the opponent doesn't take this game to heart at all, he only cares about being able to trample the opponent under his feet on the opponent's home field, only then can he feel that his lost face here has been regained.

Neither side made any substitutions, and the situation on the field was not much different, but after midfielder Van Gaal's scolding, Bayern's players still barely cheered up.

In the 47th minute, Pranic crossed from the left, Gomez and Robben outflanked the goal, but unfortunately neither touched the ball, and the football was easily kicked out of the box by Metzelde. Two minutes later, Schweinsteiger headed in a cross from a corner, but it was too high and was confiscated by Neuer. In the 51st minute, Ribery's free-kick was blocked by the wall. In the 54th minute, Schweinsteiger headed again from close range, but Neuer blocked the ball with one hand, which was the best chance, but it was the best chance.