Chapter 478: It's a Little Close

Borussia Mönchen finished eighth in the league last season, this result can only be said to be decent, compared with the giant Bayern, the difference is too far, the strength of the two teams is quite different, and you can see a few points from the opening mistake.

Duan Xuan introduced the starting lineup of the two sides, Bayern Munich adopts a formation of 4141, which is also the formation that Guardiola has practiced the most recently, goalkeeper Neuer, defenders are captain Lahm, Dante, Boateng and Alba, the back is Schweinsteiger, the four forwards are Robben, Muller, Kroos and Ribery, and the forward is Zhang Shujie.

Borussia Mönchen fielded a 4231 formation, with goalkeeper Stegen, four defenders of Dams, Domingos, Janchik and Stranzl, two midfielders of Xiaka and Kramer, three forwards of Rafael, Herrmann and Arango, and Kreuzer up front.

Stegen drove the ball into midfield, Kroos headed it down, and then Kramer took the second point, Bayern pressed for it, Muller and Kroos surrounded him, and Kramer had to pass back.

After that shot just one minute into the game, many thought that Bayern, who were in good form, would soon get on the scoresheet. But what is unexpected is that in the following 20 minutes, Bayern did not have a shot on goal, and the attack played several times, but it was always unable to pass into the penalty area, and even if it passed the penalty area, it would be cleared by the opposing defender.

For this reason, Zhang Shujie also had to go out of the box many times to get the ball, he sent two wonderful passes to Muller and Robben in the ninth and thirteenth minutes respectively, but unfortunately there was no shot on goal in the end. In addition, he had two breakthroughs in these 20 minutes, the first time successfully tearing open the opponent's two-man bag and making the ball to Ribery, who was surprised not to stop the ball and was intercepted by the opposing defender.

The second time was after getting past defender Janczyk and being poked out of the touchline by Rafael, who was stacked behind Janczyk.

On Borussia Mönchengladbach's side, they took advantage of two counter-attacks to form a two-kick shot, the first one too high and the second too wide to hit the woodwork.

In addition, there was not a single corner in the past 20 minutes, Bayern Munich got two free kicks, Borussia Mönchengladbach got one, but they were all far from the goal, and the nearest one was a full 36 meters, and it was difficult to pose too much threat to the opponent's goal.

Duan Xuan said: "Bayern had more time in possession in the game and also had a few attacks. However, after the opening shot, there was not a single goal. ”

"Yes, you can't just use the ball, you need to score goals to win football games. ”

Zhang Shujie got Kroos's diagonal pass in the front court, leaned on Xiaka with his back, led the ball to the left with his right foot, and started quickly, and then buckled with his left foot, and reflexively buckled over Xiaka, at this time Zhang Shujie was facing the goal, in a hurry, Xiaka pulled Zhang Shujie with his hands, and Zhang Shujie, who was about to take the ball forward, was also dragged to the ground by him.

The referee blew the whistle decisively, gave Bayern a free-kick in front of the court, and pulled out a yellow card for the game.

The location is very good, 24 meters from the goal, which is an ideal distance. Zhang Shujie, Robben, and Ribery all stood in front of the ball, and they all had the possibility of taking this free kick.

The Borussia Mönchenchen players were lining up the human wall, goalkeeper Stegen was directing the human wall's position, and referee Werz told the human wall to step back a little, 9.15 meters.

When everything was ready, the referee stepped away and blew the whistle in his mouth. After Robben ran up, he lightly clicked the ball with his right foot, at this time the human wall had jumped and quickly dispersed, and then Zhang Shujie ran up and shot directly with his legs.

The ball went around the unformed wall and into the top left corner of the goal, where Testegan made a one-handed save on the move.

"What a good shot! Zhang Shujie shot beautifully, and Testegan pounced beautifully!" Liu Jiayuan praised.

Zhang Shujie shook his head and smiled a little helplessly, he thought it would go in the moment when he saw the ball falling. Who knew that Stegen was really a god-level play at this moment, and he saved the ball.

Bayern got a corner.

Lahm took the penalty, and almost all the players of Bayern came to the Borussia Mönchenchen penalty area, and even Neuer came to the middle circle and looked at his teammates in front of him.

Lahm drove the ball into the box and the ball landed between the penalty area and the penalty spot. Zhang Shujie rose up in Stranzl's defense, half a head higher than the opponent in the air, and there was a noticeable delay in the air, and then, he shook his head to attack the goal.

It was a powerful header that was more threatening than the previous free-kick, but Testegan was brave again and instinctively struck the ball away.

Before Zhang Shujie could be disappointed, he saw Ribery volley with his left foot on the line of the penalty area, which was so powerful that Dams couldn't help but shrink down. However, I don't know if it was Ribery's right shot or Stegen's courage just now, he blocked the ball again.

Kroos was ready to shoot in the rebound, but Herman quickly broke the ball off the line and temporarily relieved himself of the dangerous situation in front of goal.

Duan Xuan seemed to let out a long breath, and he said: "Bayern's three consecutive shots are very threatening, but unfortunately they are all a little bit worse than the goal, and their luck is not good." ”

Liu Jiayuan said: "Luck is a factor, but I have to admit that Stegen's performance just now is really good. ”

"That's true, if it weren't for his heroic performance, Bayern would have scored at least one of those three strikes. ”

Bayern won another corner, this time by Franck Franck Ribery, again in the box, and Terstegen rushed out of the goal with both hands to get to the ball for Kruzer to reach. Since all the Bayern players except the goalkeeper came up and the backfield was empty, Borussia Mönchen coach Favre shouted at the players on the sidelines: "Attack! Hurry up!"

On the other side, Guardiola shouted: "Go back, go back, pay attention to your position, don't run around!"

Kreuzer handed the ball to Herman and ran forward, Herman glanced ahead, Neuer, who had rushed to the midfield, was quickly retreating, and the rest of Bayern's team was also running back to his back.

Duan Xuan raised his voice and said: "Borussia Mönchengladbach played a wave of quick counterattacks, Bayern's backfield looks very empty, this is a great opportunity for Borussia Mönchen! Neuer is also desperately running in front of his own goal. ”

Liu Jiayuan said: "Actually, if Herman is a little bolder, he can make a long-range hanging shot in this place! Neuer is still a little far from the goal. ”

Liu Jiayuan's words have a certain amount of truth, but in such a far place, if you hang the door directly, it will really test the courage of the offensive players, and now it depends on how Herman chooses.