Chapter 536: Crucial Away Goals
He was still calm because there was still some time in the game, and he was a little anxious because the form of several Bayern attacking players was worrying.
Pep Guardiola brought on Shakiri and Kroos was rested.
Moyes glanced at the off-screen time, and when the clock reached the 79th minute, he simply played all the defense, believing that as long as he could stay in front of the box, the victory would definitely belong to Manchester United.
This kind of bus tactic is often despised, but football is a game of success and failure, as long as it is within the reasonable rules of the game, no matter how ugly the game is, winning is the last word. Pep Guardiola's Bayern played well, with possession above 50 per cent in almost every game, and 70 per cent before the game was over!
Football is not about winning with possession alone.
Zhang Shujie held his chin in the stands, motionless like a sculpture, only his eyes blinking a few times, hoping that someone would stand up to save Bayern. In fact, even if Bayern really returns to home with a score of 0:1, there is not necessarily no chance of a comeback, but if they can get an away goal, then the chances of winning will be higher.
Besides, if Bayern did lose 1-0 and Moyes arrived at Allianz in the second leg and started the game, it would be difficult to predict the final result.
Yan Tao's header was saved by De Gea. The header was a dangerous header and close to goal, only four yards away, Zhang Shujie was almost ready to stand up and cheer, but the moment he saw De Gea magically lift the ball off the crossbar, he retracted and sat down.
Yan Tao himself couldn't believe that De Gea could make a save, and he even kicked at the goalpost to express his dissatisfaction. Chen Hui thinks it was Yan Tao's top ball that was a little more right, and although it was a big threat, it was exactly within the range of De Gea's skills. As a goalkeeper, De Gea only reflexively stretched out his hand, which luckily lifted Yan Tao's header.
Franck Ribery whipped in a corner, this time it was Martinez who got on the spot, but his header was too high and it went straight over the crossbar.
The game was already in the eighty-second minute.
De Gea placed the ball in front of the penalty area and took a few steps back, deliberately delaying a moment before getting the ball out. Rooney went to the first point and Carrick grabbed the second spot, but then he made a mistake, and under the interference of Schweinsteiger, he did not catch the ball, and the ball stopped a little wider, and Martinez snatched the ball.
Bayern didn't dare to delay for a second, Martinez got the ball directly to the left, Alaba went forward along the touchline, Bayern started a wave of fast attack, such an attack is rarely seen in Guardiola's tactics. Zhang Shujie hopes that Bayern can seize this opportunity, because most of the Manchester United players gather in the midfield in order to compete for the goal kick just now, and the back 30 meters are a little empty, which is also a good time for Bayern to attack.
Alaba gave the ball to Ribery, Ribery glanced at the goal in advance, and then did not stop the ball and directly swiped it with his left foot, the ball rubbed into the penalty area, and Mandzukic, who was not very bright throughout the game, fought bravely for the ball from his teammates at this moment. But instead of attacking the goal, he rubbed into the back.
Schweinsteiger appeared, with no other United players in front of him except a goalkeeper.
Zhang Shujie sat up straight, his eyes fixed on Schweinsteiger.
"Piggy" was unusually calm, he unloaded the ball with his right foot, glanced at De Gea who pounced, he shook off De Gea with his left foot, and pushed the empty goal with his right foot......
On the big screen, the score became 1:1, and Bayern chased it to a draw.
The entire Bayern bench was boiling. Schweinsteiger excitedly ran to the corner kick area, and on this side was the stand where the Bayern fans were. Pep Guardiola and the substitutes rushed up and surrounded Schweinsteiger in the middle.
Zhang Shujie also stood up from his position, and he raised his arms and shouted like other fans. It was a crucial goal that gave Bayern an away goal and they will face Manchester United at home on April 10.
Moyes couldn't be happier. Not only him, but the whole United team was a bit distracted, they conceded a goal in the 83 minutes of the game, and it is unlikely that they will be able to get it back in the few moments. Not to mention that the opponent is a strong team like Bayern, even if it is a team of average strength, it will take a little bit of luck to score another goal near the end of the game.
Now, it's Bayern's turn to defend in full.
Moyes still wanted to fight again, and he commanded loudly in the field for his players to attack. However, Pep Guardiola's defense is not about swinging the bus, but about controlling possession and squandering time back and forth between players. If there's a good opportunity, it's not a bad thing to try again.
Moyes had no substitutions in his hands, he replaced several attacking players early, and replaced defenders to keep the 1:0, but he didn't expect to be greeted by Bayern's goal. Now there is only one Rooney in the front of Manchester United, and there is no storm at all.
Unlike Manchester United, Bayern have one substitution. Pep Guardiola will not be available at this time, he will have to wait until injury time.
There weren't many dead goals in this game, and stoppage time wasn't too long. When Moyes saw the fourth official holding up the LCD sign, he also saw the Arabic numeral "2" on it.
There were only two minutes of stoppage time. Just at the beginning of stoppage time, Schweinsteiger maliciously tackled Rooney and was sent off the field with a red card, and the Bayern players stepped forward to reason with the referee, on the one hand, they could intercede for their teammates, and on the other hand, they also delayed the stoppage time of only two minutes.
The Manchester United players did not accept this set, and quickly pulled the Bayern players away and let the referee go away. Moyes watched this scene from the sidelines, and there was nothing he could do but let the time decrease by second.
Yan Tao cleared the ball in front of the penalty area, the ball fell to the center circle, the time was up, the referee blew the whistle on time, Bayern drew Manchester United 1:1 away from home, got a point, and also got a valuable away goal.
In the stands, Zhang Shujie calmed down, tidied up his clothes, and took one last look at his teammates on the pitch, Neuer and De Gea exchanged jerseys, and Guardiola also symbolically shook hands with Moyes.
Zhang Shujie didn't stay any longer, stood up and walked down the stands, and walked towards the outside of the court.