Chapter 553: Semi-Final Preview
On April 26, the 32nd round of the Bundesliga was also the penultimate round. Bayern Munich host Werder Bremen at home. Zhang Shujie was confirmed to be back after being diagnosed by the team doctor, but because he had just recovered from injury, he was not suitable to play a full 90-minute game, so Guardiola temporarily put him on the bench.
In fact, with the current situation of the league, Guardiola does not need to write him into the 18-man squad at all, but considering that he has just recovered, his state may not be 100% recovered, so near the end of the game, it is not ruled out that Guardiola has replaced him on the field to move his lower body, improve his physical activity, and prepare for the Champions League four days later.
In the 10th minute, Bremen were led by midfielder Selassie, but Bayern equalised in the 20th minute through Franck Ribery, and in the 36th minute, Bremen scored again, this time by striker Hunter.
Bayern fell behind 1:2 in the first half, and only eight minutes into the second half, Pizarro who replaced Zhang Shujie equalized for Bayern in this game; four minutes later, it was Pizarro who scored twice, and the score became 3:2!
In the 60th minute, Lahm assisted Schweinsteiger to score, and Bayern led 4:2. At this time, Guardiola began to make substitutions, and Zhang Shujie replaced Pizarro. When Bayern No. 9 appeared on the stage, the fans in the stadium gave him warm applause, and Zhang Shujie also applauded these fans in return.
Zhang Shujie played very carefully on the field, did not have too many breakthrough movements, and did not have a shot on goal in the first ten minutes, until the seventy-third minute, he completed a long shot from outside the penalty area, but it was a little higher.
In the seventy-fifth minute, Zhang Shujie received a cross from Gotze in the middle, obliquely blocked the upper right corner of the penalty area, Robben slapped the horse and hit the goal from a small angle, and the score became 5:2!
This is Zhang Shujie's eighteenth assist in the league this season! He is the player with the most assists in the five major leagues, and with two rounds left in the league, he is sure to win the Golden Boot and the assist king. Although Zhang Shujie was not at his best in this game, it is also a good thing for a player who has just returned to help his teammates score goals, and there is no need to ask too much. What's more, there is the Champions League with Real Madrid behind, Zhang Shujie must reserve enough physical strength.
Bayern won 5:2, and no one of the players cheered, because they all knew that this victory was just an "appetizer" before the big battle, and the real battle was about to begin!
The two semi-finals of the Champions League were held in the early hours of Beijing time, and Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid will be about two and a half hours earlier than Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid. Of course, there are also many die-hard Real Madrid and Chelsea fans who want their beloved teams to win.
Bayern has been repeatedly using the 4231 formation recently, Guardiola is thinking about whether to let Yan Tao play center back or fullback, Real Madrid has always liked to play counterattack, which has extremely high requirements for Bayern defenders' return to defense, Yan Tao is good at degrees, Guardiola wants to fully use his advantage, not only in attack, but also in defense.
Guardiola still decided to let Yan Tao play the left side of the central defender, and let him take care of the left side at any time, corresponding to the right side of Real Madrid, that is, where Bale is! In the final of the Spanish Copa del Rey in the early hours of this morning, Bale forced a car on the side against Baltra's outside and scored a stunner, allowing everyone to see Bale's reversibility. The Chinese media even called it "the great sage flying through the clouds", and you can imagine how terrible it will be once Bell is all running.
As for Cristiano Ronaldo, the degree is also very fast, but in the past year or two, the Portuguese superstar has rarely made long-distance runs, and more often shows his instincts as a goalscorer. Guardiola has played against Ronaldo many times when he coached Barcelona in La Liga, and he knows very well that he will not send someone to mark Ronaldo alone, and it is not a good choice for a superstar like Ronaldo to use man-marking tactics, not only is it not easy to target, but it will attract too much attention and find opportunities for other Real Madrid players, Benzema is one of them.
So Pep Guardiola will use other tactics against Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema.
On the other hand, on the Real Madrid side, Ancelotti's biggest headache is Zhang Shujie, who is faster than Bale in 10 seconds and 3 seconds! No one in the Real Madrid back line can keep up with him. However, after Ancelotti watched Bayern's games repeatedly, there is a problem, that is, under Guardiola, Zhang Shujie does not have much time to show himself, which is related to Guardiola's tactical requirements. From this point Ancelotti can breathe a sigh of relief.
However, Ancelotti did not dare to be careless, what made Zhang Shujie famous is not only the degree, but also his outstanding dribbling, sharp breakthroughs and accurate shots, Ancelotti still thinks about which defensive tactics should be used to suppress the Chinese, although he has not officially played with Zhang Shujie, but in "An Fat" In his eyes, he is as difficult to mark as Messi, and even he is more comprehensive than Messi, Messi in the penalty area is worse in the handling of high-altitude balls, but Zhang Shujie does not have this problem, his height of 1.85 meters and amazing bounce power are important weights for air supremacy in the penalty area!
In Ancelotti's opinion, perhaps zone defence is much better than man-to-man defence. He didn't dare to hand Zhang Shujie to Ramos or Pepe casually, if he accidentally didn't keep an eye on him, Casillas in front of the door would be in trouble.
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have one thing in common, and that is that the team's main firepower is concentrated on the two brothers, followed by Bale, Benzema, Robben and Muller, who have accumulated more than 20 goals in all competitions. In addition, Real Madrid's Angel Di Maria and Bayern's Franck Franck Ribery have also scored more than a dozen goals each. In terms of offensive points, both teams are dominated by one person and supplemented by three people, and their attack power is very strong.
The backline is half a pound. Although Bayern lost the first leg O:1 away, this goal is not a big difference, on the whole, Real Madrid's defense is more aggressive, Ramos and Pepe's headers are very good, and they are very good among defenders. However, Bayern's Yan Tao is also a defender with a knife, he has scored three goals and four assists for Bayern, and Real Madrid should be careful of this man.
Overall, this clash will be more intriguing than the one between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea. The comprehensive strength of the two teams is close, and there are two Ballon d'Or winners pressing the lineup, so it will naturally gather more attention. The dialogue between these two different generations of Mr. Golden on the pitch and their performance will directly affect the final trend of the team.
(End of chapter)
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