Yan Tao was assigned to the bench, along with Pep Guardiola's descendant Alcantara and the talented German teenager Gotze, who came from the sky-high transfer.

Yan Tao was unhappy that he couldn't get the main team, but he also understood that it would definitely not be easier to play in a team like Bayern than at Ajax. The patience he needed now, so even if he didn't want to, he accepted the fact.

Throughout the day, Guardiola is a recovery training for the players, after a holiday, the players' physical fitness is definitely not in the best state, can not withstand too intense training, so Guardiola's training intensity does not dare to be too large, can only slowly help the players recover.

On the second day, Guardiola stepped up a little bit in training, but the intensity was still light, and it wasn't until the third day that Guardiola really started explaining tactics to his players.

As expected by the previous media, Pep Guardiola did bring his "tiki-taka" in Barcelona to Bayern Munich, which is often referred to as "pass-and-control football".

If Bayern were in the 90s of the last century, they would have been able to choke on this kind of beautiful football, because Bayern had a number of German internationals at that time, and the Germans at that time were not good at their feet. But the past is different from the past, Kroos, as a new generation of German midfielders, has excellent ball control skills, and Lahm and Boateng, as defenders, are not bad in terms of skills, and can fully adapt to Guardiola's tactics. In addition, many foreign players in the team have outstanding skills, such as Zhang Shujie, Ribery and Robben on the front line, passing, leading, controlling, and sudden, all of which are not a problem, as well as Martinez, a European Latin, and Brazilian defender Dante, a European and American Latin, so it is completely reasonable for this Bayern to play pass-and-control football.

Maybe the only fly in the ointment is Thomas Muller, not that the soles of the "second baby" are rough, but as an attacking player, they can't be compared with Zhang Shujie, Ribery and others. However, as an attacking midfielder, Muller can be used as a half-striker when necessary, and it is not impossible to use him as a transit point and receiving point for passing football.

In terms of formation, Guardiola did not copy the 433 in Barcelona to Bayern, but mainly planned to use 4141, the two "1s" in the team are Martinez and Zhang Shujie, although from the formation point of view, Zhang Shujie seems to be a forward center, but in fact he is still the same as before, playing "pseudo-center".

This is what Pep Guardiola does best, and Messi was a successful example of this.

In the following days, Pep Guardiola arranged several group confrontations, Zhang Shujie was one of the best performers in the team, scoring every time, and the three new players were quite decent, probably because they were not too familiar with their teammates and needed a certain amount of run-in time.

On 25 July, Bayern Munich and Barcelona played a friendly club match at the Allianz Arena. This is also the first opponent that Guardiola has faced after taking charge of Bayern, and he didn't expect it to be his former club Barcelona. Fortunately, the main purpose of this type of game is to warm up and see how the players are recovering, and the result of the game is secondary, so both Pep Guardiola and FC Barcelona themselves are not very concerned about the reunion between the two sides.

This is professional football, and since it has "broken up", there is no need to talk too much about the past. Even if there is a chance to meet in official matches in the future, is it because Guardiola created the status of Barcelona's "Cosmos Team" that he should be merciful now? Could it be that Barcelona wants the whole team to release Bayern in order to thank Guardiola for his contribution? Obviously, this is impossible.

Both sides did not send all the main forces, Barcelona's Messi and Bayern's Zhang Shujie were all sitting on the bench, but Yan Tao and other players got the opportunity to start.

Yan Tao worked very hard in the game, although he knew that this was just an inconsequential warm-up match, but he also knew that only by showing his form in the warm-up match could he have a bigger competitive chip in the official match. He made two high-altitude clearances, intercepted opponents' passes twice and made one tackle. In the end, Bayern won 2-0 at home to Barcelona thanks to goals from Lahm and substitute striker Mandzukic.

In this game, Zhang Shujie and Messi played for Bayern and Barcelona in the 60th and 63rd minutes of the second half respectively, each with two shots on goal and no goals. However, judging from the running position and sprint of the two, their physical fitness and state have not recovered much.

Two days later, the German Super Cup was held at the Iduna Park Stadium against Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, with Zhang Shujie starting the game and Yan Tao, Gotze and Alcantara on the bench. Zhang Shujie opened the scoring in this game, scoring his first goal of the season, and then Robben scored two goals in a row. However, Dortmund won the German Super Cup with a brace from Van Bitten, Gundogan and Reus, beating Bayern 4-3.

Throughout, Yan Tao didn't get a chance to play, but Gotze and Alcantara came on in the second half.

Pep Guardiola's first official game at Bayern ended in defeat, which also caused an uproar in the German media, with the Süddeutsche Zeitung saying: "First of all, we must admit that Guardiola's passing tactics have indeed played beautiful football and have an advantage on the field." 630 passes more than Borussia Dortmund 280 times, and possession of 64%, but football is a game that only depends on the results, and Pep Guardiola lost, perhaps we should wonder if this kind of tiki-taka style of play is suitable for Bayern. ”

In this regard, Guardiola himself did not say anything, but simply said: "The players are doing well, but we are a little unlucky. ”

Beckenbauer and Summer, meanwhile, are backing the Spaniard. Beckenbauer even said: "You can't deny Guardiola just because of a loss, the league and the Champions League haven't started yet, and I'm sure Pep Guardiola will surprise us by then." ”

The club's support is undoubtedly the biggest motivation for the manager, and in the following two days, on August 1 and August 2, Bayern won two Audi Cup games against Sao Paulo and Manchester Chengdu, if these two games were not important enough, then in the German Cup on August 6, Bayern relied on a substitute to beat Reden 5-0, finally had a certain convincing.

Now, all Guardiola has to do is wait for the Bundesliga to open in four days' time.