Chapter 21: Team Universe (Part I)

At the Rose Theatre, Bayern Munich were expecting a comeback, Louis van Gaal was looking to lead Bayern in the hopes of winning the Champions League for the first time since 2001, but Arthur's side were never afraid of pressure. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Kicker" magazine said that Bayern Munich's best thing is to score away goals, eliminating Fiorentina and Manchester United, Bayern Munich rely on the number of away goals to advance, and in the Rose Theater, Bayern Munich may not experience such a frightening scene again.

Bayern Munich have not had the slightest fear of attacking, and although Franck Ribery is injured and suspended for a red card, there is still the magical Robben.

In recent games, the Dutch Peter Pan showed that in addition to excellent form, and the more critical the game, the greater the role of Robben, although Blake himself knows Robben's strength, but the last game still did not prevent Robben.

Commenting on the game, Blackburn Rovers left-back Baines, who was opposite Arjen Robben, said: "Robben is in great form and we have to find a way to deal with him. ”

But Robben is definitely not the kind of player who can defend easily, otherwise it would have been Manchester United or Fiorentina in the semi-finals, Van Gaal said: "Our attacking quality is unquestionable, although Franck Ribery is suspended, Gomez, Klose, Thomas Muller and Olic are equally good, and more importantly, Robben is hot at the moment. ”

Bayern Munich are not worried about attack, but they are worried about defense. Although defender Van Bommel and centre-back Bad Stuber returned from suspension, Van Gaal's mood was not at all relaxed, because in the weekend's league game, the two main central defenders Van Bitten and Demichelis were injured, Bayern Munich officially said that the two may be less involved in the game against Blackburn.

Van Bitten and Demichelis were both injured in the league at the weekend, while Tymoshchuk, who can play at centre-back, also suffered gastroenteritis and did not travel with Blackburn Rovers at all.

Van Gaal received a call from Tymoshchuk early Monday morning, and the Ukrainian said he would definitely not be able to travel with the team and asked to stay home, and Van Gaal agreed to his request.

However, the bad news doesn't stop there, with young left-back Contento likely to be unavailable due to injury. The Italian and German youngster has been able to dominate this season and has been well positioned to defend Bayern Munich's left flank when Bad Stuber plays at centre-back. 'I think he'll be available, but we'll have to wait and see.' Van Gaal said. All the Dutch head can do at the moment is wait.

Injured Demichelis and Van Bitten both arrived at Blackburn with the squad. Despite this, Van Gaal is pessimistic: "As long as one of Demichelis and Van Bitten can play, I'm satisfied. "That would allow Bayern Munich to partner with one of them with the only healthy Bad Stuber, otherwise it's hard to imagine how Bayern Munich would line up with a back four.

Fortunately, the defender Van Bommel will be back in this game. The Dutchman has confidence in the game: "It's not just about the back, it's about the whole team. ”

Still, looking at Lucio's excellent performance at Inter Milan, will Van Gaal, who took the Brazilian captain at the beginning of the season with a measly 8 million euros, regret it?

For Bayern Munich, the only good news comes from the "time of day".

Last week, volcanic ash in Iceland forced Blackburn to travel 855 kilometers in three luxury buses; This week, the airports in Blackburn and Munich are back in normal operations, and Bayern Munich can easily fly to Blackburn.

But Bayern Munich is still very depressed, because Blackburn has already won the championship in advance, and this time it is Blackburn's turn to wait for work!

The Bundesliga team has never been involved in the treble, and now this difficult task falls on Bayern Munich, the road to the treble is not easy to follow - last Saturday, Bayern Munich was stumbling 1:1 by Borussia Mönchenchen forced a 1:1 draw, and Schalke 64 points, Bayern Munich by virtue of goal difference to occupy the top spot, Schalke coach Magath gloated and predicted that "Bayern Munich will drop points", and Bayern Munich coach Van Gaal said: "Our schedule is difficult, fortunately fate is still in our own hands." ”

When Bayern Munich challenged Borussia Mönchen away, Blackburn Rovers celebrated the title at home, and this time Blackburn finally got plenty of rest. Last week, Blackburn traveled long distances to Munich to fight, and after a total of 23 hours spent in a hotel overnight, Blackburn was able to fly back to his station without having to return by car, and the 23-hour journey made Blackburn not perform as well as he could have in the first leg.

And Ribery's red card suspension is a huge loss for Bayern Munich. Ribery, who is caught in the "prostitution door", has recently been criticized by the German media, the French national team will announce the World Cup roster in mid-May, and the French media speculate that these three big players may not be called up because of the scandal!

Franck doesn't stop there, as he was a big man in the transfer market and is now scrambling to distance himself from Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester City, who were once interested in him.

At 10:15 a.m. local time on April 27, all the players and team staff of Bayern Munich rushed to Munich Airport and boarded a special plane to Blackburn.

Bayern Munich's trip to England can be described as a back-to-back battle, and whether they can complete a super comeback will depend on their performance in the battle of the Rose Theater on Tuesday night. The club also attaches great importance to this trip, especially led by the team manager himself.

Bayern Munich has a slight difference compared to the first leg.

Bayern Munich starting line-up (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Bout

Defenders: Contento, Van Bitten, Bad Stuber, Lahm

Midfielders: Arjen Robben, Schweinsteiger, Van Bommel, Altentop

Forwards: Muller, Olich

Blackburn Rovers starting XI (4-5-1):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Baines, Vermaelen, Thiago Silva, Branislav Ivanovic

Midfielders: Di Maria, Alonso, Cambiasso, Frank Lampard, Bentley

Frontcourt: Fernando Torres

After the whistle blew, Di Maria played the ball back to Frank Lampard behind him, then turned around and ran towards the opposition half.

However, the Argentine winger did not squeeze together with Torres and rushed to the opponent's penalty area, but followed behind Torres as if he was leaving, leaving a sprint space in front of him at all times to maximize his speed, and there was a hint of shadow striker.

After the start of the first half, Blackburn Rovers were quickly in the game.

Stymied by the fluid passing of the Blackburn midfield quartet, Bayern Munich's midfielders had little access to football.

Without the support of the midfield, the two forwards, Olic and Muller, were almost idle, performing a 100-meter sprint back and forth.

In the opening stages, Blackburn Rovers seemed to have forgotten that they were playing the Champions League semi-finals, and several members of the midfield simply played possession in the midfield.

Blackburn could have played that way, but the Bayern Munich players, who were more than just one goal behind on aggregate, were anxious.

The Bayern Munich players, who were stimulated, rushed towards the Blackburn Rovers players with red eyes again.

The atmosphere suddenly became intense, and although the Blackburn players on the field were under the same threat, they did not panic, but played in an orderly manner.

Constant efforts have not yielded results, and they have consumed physical strength for no reason. Bayern Munich's players are in a good cycle with Blackburn Rovers all of a sudden.

Seeing that in such a situation, the players were already able to face it easily, and the last boulder in Ancelotti's heart, who was still a little uneasy, landed safely.

Now that Blackburn are in complete control of the game, it will only be a matter of waiting for the goal to come naturally.

On the other side, although there is a hint of crisis, there is a hint of luck, Van Gaal did not make adjustments at the first time, and he did not want to make a premature substitution.

For nearly 20 minutes after the opening, the two sides did not have a single shot within the goal range, but just kept fighting back and forth in the midfield for the right to control the ball.

The Bayern Munich players, who have consumed a lot of physical strength, have begun to be out of breath after nearly twenty minutes of running, and without the support of physical strength, Bayern Munich's fierce scramble has not slowed down, and they have no choice but to weaken the pressing of Blackburn.

Seeing the opponent's momentum drop suddenly, Ancelotti, who was sitting on the sidelines, suddenly stood up, ran to the sidelines and made a gesture to the players.

In the face of a weak press from Schweinsteiger, Alonso slammed the ball and began to push forward.

Seeing Alonso's movements, Cambiaso next to him also had a tacit understanding to advance towards the front court at the same time.

Seeing that the two midfielders began to compress forward, the four in the front court also understood that it was time for their team to counterattack.

Quietly, the four started their own running, Di Maria and Bentley slowly pulled towards the two wings, and unconsciously opened the formation of Bayern Munich.

Taking advantage of the width of the pitch, Bayern Munich's formation was spread out to the greatest extent, and Alonso and Cambiaso, who were advancing forward, sprinted more easily.

When the ball was in the middle of Alonso and Cambiaso's pass, into the opponent's half, Alonso passed the ball to Bentley with a diagonal pass.

After getting the football, Bentley grabbed Van Bommel's body and rushed quickly towards Bayern Munich's bottom line along the sideline.

Seeing the movement that broke out on Bentley's side, Van Bitten in the middle and fullback Contento did not fail to block the direction that Bentley could break through, hoping to intercept the football before Bentley approached the penalty area, and was restrained by the movement of two people, and Bayern Munich's formation as a whole leaned towards the left.

After seeing that the other party was deceived, Bentley, who was running fast, suddenly made a sharp stop, and without waiting for Van Bommel to react, he immediately turned his head and ran back two steps.

Bentley's abrupt change of course made Bayern Munich's already somewhat inclined formation even more messy.

In less than ten seconds, Bentley at least attracted the attention of the opposing 4 players, seeing that the situation was almost over, Bentley did not wait for the opposing players to run to his side, a large range of transfers, and instantly sent the football like a missile, to the feet of Di Maria on the left side.

In the face of the football that fell to his feet, Di Maria pushed with his left foot, and when the football quickly fell forward, he also flashed Altentop who rushed towards him, because of Bentley's involvement, Bayern Munich's left side has basically become a flat horse.

Faced with a sparse defense that had never appeared since the opening, Di Maria certainly would not let go of this great scene, stabbing at the football, and quickly soared, running towards the Bayern Munich penalty area with the ball.

In the blink of an eye, Di Maria ran with the ball to the line of the penalty area of Bayern Munich, and looked at Lahm, who had stopped in front of him, Di Maria took the ball to the bottom line.

Just as Lahm was raising his foot to chase to the right, Di Maria slammed the ball back again, slammed the ball with the outside of his instep, and the ball flew quickly in front of Lahm's eyes towards Lampard in the middle.

In a short period of time, by Bentley and Frank Lampard, Bayern Munich's defense was torn apart, starting from the middle, neatly divided into two halves, and in front of the goal, there was a blank road that was almost unguarded.

Frank Lampard was right in front of that avenue, and at the same time as he crossed to the top of the Bayern Munich arc, the football also came to him appropriately, and in the face of such a comfortable pass, Lampard raised his right foot and went out to shoot hard.

Seeing such a dangerous scene in front of the penalty area, Van Bitten, who returned to his position, was immediately shocked, and without any time to think about it, he fell to the ground in front of Lampard and stretched out his right leg in the hope of blocking the opponent's shot.

But when he slid in front of Lampard on the turf, he found that Lampard's raised right leg was gently picked up towards the ball, almost flying over Van Bitten's head, and the ball flew towards Bayern Munich's penalty area.

Almost at the same time as Lampard got to his feet, Torres, who was in a good understanding, turned and ran sideways towards the Bayern Munich goal.

Facing Bout, who was rapidly moving towards the near corner of the goal, Torres did not hesitate, raised his left foot and pumped towards the rolling football at his feet.

Seeing Torres shoot directly with his feet, Bout quickly fell to the ground in a panic, and stretched out his arms to intercept the football.

But when he fell to the ground, he found that the football was in contact with Torres's outside instep, and Bout, who was full of despair, could only crawl on the ground and follow the football towards the far corner of the goal with helpless eyes.

"Brush!" (To be continued.) )