Chapter 314: Santa Cruz Hurts His Knee Again
Santa Cruz's knee was smacked on the side of his knee when he was snatched by the puffy just now, and he felt a little awkward inside, but it didn't hurt much. But then Puffy was pushed down by Ma Kai again, and just smashed his butt on his knee joint, and this time, the pain in his heart suddenly appeared.
Like Lahm, Santa Cruz suffered an injury to his right knee in his early years, and he has always taken care to protect his injured leg. The intense pain at this time made Santa Cruz's heart tense for a while, but he didn't dare to say anything.
After six years in Bayern, Santa Cruz couldn't occupy the absolute starting position no matter how hard he tried, and survived Jankel and Elber, but Santa Cruz is still only a dead substitute. In addition to its own strength, Santa Cruz knows that it is being suppressed.
But the situation has improved significantly since the beginning of this year, the atmosphere in the Bayern team has changed, it is no longer so cronyistic, the characteristics of Santa Cruz have been more useful, Iranian striker Hashmian has transferred to Hannover 96, the team has only four strikers left, and the good relationship with Piggy Schweinsteiger has also made the young master quite supportive of him, Santa Cruz has two starts and played the whole game in all competitions in the new season.
The competition is fierce and Santa Cruz needs to seize every minute and need to be on the pitch as long as possible. If he is substituted because of knee discomfort at this time, it is likely that his previous efforts will be wasted, not to mention Pizarro, even Peruvian Guerrero is not a good stubble, this kid is still Piggy's best friend at Bayern.
Santa Cruz endured the pain without making a sound, he stood up and tried to move his right leg, the inside of the joint was sluggish, and every step hurt so much that he wanted to cry. Santa Cruz prayed that the worst would never happen, that it was just a bruise that would soon pass.
It's stoppage time, hopefully after the break the joint pain will be gone, everything is a false alarm.
After the referee showed Roy Mackai a yellow card, Ballack's free-kick kicked into the collarbone of Zhuo Yang, who was jumping high in the wall, and he grinned in pain. In the midst of the schadenfreude of Piggy and Troll, the halftime whistle blows.
Everyone walked to the locker room with their mouths crossed, and no one noticed that Santa Cruz was walking slowly, slowly, with his head down......
At half-time, Magath was worried about how to adjust, and although the score remained 0-0 in the first half, Bayern Munich was completely passive on the field. The back three left too much space for Zhuo Yang, and the five midfielders did not take advantage of Madiborg.
Deisler disappeared under the threat of the mad dog Rand, and now the question is who to replace him? As originally envisaged, Salihamidzic would strengthen some crosses from the right; Or on Sauer, his speed is a little better; Either use the Iranian Karimi, who is better than the Brazilians; Hargreaves? The midfield defense is enough, but this time it's all midfielders, and the media must be scolded to death after the game.
It would make more sense to switch to a defender and revert to a back four, but who of the two Frenchmen? Experienced full-back Lizarazu or centre-back Ismail? Who can keep up with that Chinese? Or draw lots......
In the end, Magath decided to let the 30-year-old Ismail go up and try it, Demichelis dragged it out a little, Ismael and Sagnor split their ribs, pushed Lucio forward a little bit, and let him stick to Zhuoyang. Deisler came down and let Piggy Schwein go to the wing, he was a midfielder anyway.
I have to say that this is the most reasonable and effective adjustment, which not only limits Zhuo Yang but also revitalizes the midfield.
"Sebas, you come down ......" Magath had just finished his words when Santa Cruz in the corner raised his hand, and the expression of pain on his face was startled.
"Sir...... I ...... It's mine...... Knee ......" As he spoke, Santa Cruz's tears flowed.
The pain in the joints did not go away as Santa Cruz had hoped, but became more and more intense, and when he found that his right leg could no longer do the most bending movements, and even the slightest movement would hurt so much that he almost lost his breath, Santa Cruz knew that it was over, and that his worst fears and worst things had happened.
When everyone looked over, Santa Cruz's right knee was swollen.
What kind of midfield adjustments can only be made to replace Santa Cruz with Pizarro. Deisler? Just stay on the pitch for the first time, and use up the three substitutions at the beginning of the second half, which is not Magath's style and too risky. It's still 0:0, so let's kick it again.
However, Magath overlooked one point: Deisler was frightened by the injuries to Rahm and Santa Cruz.
Deisler is the No. 1 glass man in the Bundesliga, he is only 25 years old this year, he has suffered more injuries than Ram and Santa Cruz combined, Deisler is not afraid of ghosts in the middle of the night, he is afraid of injury. Don't say where you're hurt, just ask you to say 'cruciate ligament' in his ear at night, and Deisler won't even be able to sleep all night. Both teammates were injured in the knee in a short period of time, which left a huge psychological shadow on Deisler.
So, in the first half, Deisler, who had one or two wonderful passes, completely avoided kicking, he didn't even dare to take the ball, and he quickly came out after receiving the ball, as if the football was hot.
In the second half, the situation on the field completely fell into the rhythm of Madiburg, Ballack and Jeremath were similar to defenders, they couldn't stand up at all, and the piggy couldn't get the ball when they went up, and ran back and forth over and over again.
From this game, it can be seen that Bayern Munich's biggest weakness is also a substitute player who is inferior to Madiburg.
The decline of the Bundesliga has also affected Bayern, who can no longer hoard a bunch of top players with different styles as before, and even substitutes can start in the other Bundesliga powers. The loss of many excellent players, mainly foreign stars, not only makes the Bundesliga teams not very competitive in the European arena, but even the boss Bayern feels stretched in tactical adjustments.
Bayern Munich's biggest advantage in the Bundesliga is his starting lineup, with which the twelve or three can form a crushing of other teams in most cases, but once they encounter obstacles on the field, Bayern has not changed much in adjustment, and there is little room for choice.
The most impactful substitute in the Bundesliga is precisely Madiburg, in fact, Madiburg has only five regular starters, and the other 19 players are each capable of fighting, and the technical characteristics are distinctive, which can immediately bring tactical changes to the team.
Taking this field as an example, in the first half, in order to limit the right-back of Rammadiburg, Ritter was dispatched, after Lahm was injured, Bayern switched to a back three, and in the second half, Uncle Scumbag directly let Zepek play, and the strong brush edge of the former waste wood can be said to do whatever he wants on Bayern's empty side, and the Brazilian Ze Roberto, who has a powerful assist, can only be exhausted in defense.
Bayern Munich was able to hold on for more than 70 minutes without conceding a goal, in fact, because of their tenacious will, tenacity and steely tactical discipline.
However, it is impossible to win forever by will, style and discipline alone, otherwise the North Korean team should be the hegemon of world football.
This is the opening battle between Zhuo Yang and Madibao's '9 and a half', how can he return empty-handed?