Chapter 272: Champions League Eight into Four
On April 3, 2002, the knockout round of the Champions League was in full swing, and Real Madrid came to the Munich Olympic Stadium to challenge Bayern Munich. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
These two teams can be said to have a lot of grievances in recent years, in the Champions League, the two teams have played each other no less than six times in the past four years, although the results of the game have their own wins and losses, but Bayern is the victim, they have repeatedly been eliminated by Real Madrid in the knockout stage of the Champions League, unfortunately missed the final title of the Champions League.
However, in the two seasons after Liu Han joined Real Madrid, Bayern has never been in the hands of Real Madrid, Liu Han's strong attack power and all-round performance made the Bayern management who did not spend a lot of money to sign Liu Han regretted it, and now the management of the major European giants can be said to be salivating for Liu Han, but it is not easy to take the most indispensable Liu Han of Real Madrid from the hands of the wealthy Real Madrid. Until the richest people from other continents began to invest frequently in European leagues, these giants were relatively conservative.
The starting lineup of Heathfield in this game is not as conservative as imagined, although it is still the same as the previous 442 formation, the defensive midfielder is still played by Jeremes, his task is to stalk Liu Han in the game, but in the midfield position, the veteran Sauer got the chance to start.
On the front line, Heathfield did not send Jank, but partnered with Elber and Pizarro, and it is not Bayern's usual style to start Pizarro, who is only 24 years old.
However, what fans and others who followed this game did not expect was that Bosque put out a more aggressive lineup in this game, the 343 lineup is a lineup rarely used by Real Madrid, although the strength of the midfield is strong, but the three defenders are still a lot of pressure for Real Madrid's defenders, and Bosque also used the young defender Pavon in this game.
Liu Han's position in this game was placed in the position of right winger, and Morientes, who had gradually lost his position in the team, unexpectedly got a start in this game, and it seems that Bosque wants to liberate Liu Han and completely let Liu Han play his ability, after all, the defensive pressure on the top is also the greatest.
With the referee's whistle, the game officially began, with Bayern kicking off first.
Bayern launched an attack immediately after the start of the game, Effenberg passed the ball to the front court more aggressively from the beginning of the game, Elber retreated slightly to get the ball and handed it to Pizarro, who continued to pass back to Effenberg who ran up to answer, and then "Tiger" directly gave Real Madrid a dismount with a powerful long-range shot.
Although Casillas bravely saved Effenberg's long-range shot, the opponent's unexpected shot still made Real Madrid break out in a cold sweat, after all, the game had only started for less than two minutes, and Real Madrid's players had not reacted at all.
After Real Madrid's goal kick, the players did not attack very directly, but gradually looked for Bayern's gaps through the midfield passes, but the German's defense was quite good, and Real Madrid could not find many opportunities.
Compared with Real Madrid's steady advancement, Bayern's game is uncharacteristically very aggressive, not only the offensive players pass the ball very boldly, even the defensive players are also very bold in defense, they are not afraid of fouls in the backfield, Real Madrid's players do not hesitate to foul as long as they take the ball.
Bayern's aggressiveness gave Real Madrid a lot of opportunities for free kicks in front, but Bayern's goalkeeper position stood the "lion king" Kahn, the hideous "old goalkeeper" staring at Real Madrid's every kick, he was like a lion patrolling the territory, and did not let go of any shots that passed by him.
The first 20 minutes of the game were intensely played by both sides, and although Real Madrid tried to control the tempo at the beginning of the game, the Real Madrid players began to pick up the pace of the game as the Bayern players fouled unscrupulously.
Although Liu Han is a right winger, he is not very old-fashioned to stay on the right side, on the contrary, he has a wide range of activities, and sometimes even retreats to the midfield to get the ball.
As the game progressed, Liu Han reached something wrong, and Real Madrid's rhythm became faster and faster as the game progressed, although this made Real Madrid seem to have a big advantage, but Liu Han was very sensitive to feel that it was wrong, because the team's lineup was too pressed.
Zidane's position is more on the left side, so Real Madrid's offensive focus in this game has always been on the left side, which is actually Bosque's arrangement, he deliberately let the team focus on the left side after the game starts, and then let Bayern's right side of the defensive pressure be reduced, so that Liu Han can fully play a role.
Although Liu Han subconsciously felt that it was not good to play like this, he didn't have time to think about anything else, because Real Madrid's opportunity had already come.
In the 26th minute of the game, Real Madrid suddenly sent a cross on the left side, and Zidane accurately handed the ball to Figo on the right side, who did not stop the ball, and gave the ball a little in the air to Liu Han.
Liu Han took the ball and easily got rid of Jeremath, and then without the slightest hesitation, he pulled out his foot and shot from a distance about ten meters outside the penalty area, and the football flew like a cannonball to the gate guarded by Kahn.
Kahn bravely saved the ball in the face of Liu Han's long-range shot, but at this time, Raul, who had been invisible, suddenly relied on the cover of Morientes to appear in front of the football saved by Kahn, and in the face of the empty goal, Raul easily pushed the goal, and Real Madrid took a 1-0 lead.
The team's lead made Liu Han forget what he had just thought, and he began to concentrate on the game seriously, no longer thinking about it.
Real Madrid did not retreat after taking the lead, but launched a faster attack, and the rather smooth start made Real Madrid's players want to make the second leg lose suspense earlier, but Bayern's defense did a very good job, and Real Madrid did not get any better chances in the next game.
At halftime, the atmosphere in the Real Madrid dressing room was very good, and Liu Han also completely forgot his strange thoughts in the jokes with his teammates.
However, when the second half of the game began, Real Madrid fell into passivity, the first half of the full-speed attack made the Real Madrid players physically exhausted a lot, although the Real Madrid players recovered at halftime, but into the second half Bayern changed the style of play, they no longer aggressive attack, but step by step steady and steady, slow advancement, this sharp contrast made the Real Madrid players on the field at the beginning of the game become uncomfortable.
Bayern equalised in the 54th minute of the second half, when Elber stabbed the ball into Real Madrid's goal in a scuffle in the Real Madrid penalty area, and Bayern equalised.
Ten minutes later, it was Elber's header that caused Casillas to make a save, although Pavon drove the ball out of the box, but then the big foot that was not far away became an opportunity for Bayern, Effenberg used a non-stop volley to turn Pavon's clearance into an assist for the opponent, Real Madrid's advantage was close to loss, and Bayern took the lead in the score.
Real Madrid then tried hard to equalise, but their efforts were in vain under Bayern's all-out defence, and Liu Han fell into a state of bad luck, and he concentrated the post twice in a row in the remaining games.
In the end, Bayern defeated Real Madrid 2-1 on their home turf to win the first leg of the quarter-finals. (To be continued.) )