Chapter 201: Bloodthirsty Red Devil Season 1 (Part I)
Did Dai give his all in the warm-up match against Wales?
Naturally, there is none.
On the one hand, this is only a warm-up match with nearly three months to go before the start of the World Cup, and on the other hand, after this game, he will face the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich after returning to Manchester United after playing a Premier League 32nd round match.
According to UEFA officials, the referee from Italy, Orsato will officiate Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final match with Manchester United.
The German media specifically mentioned that a year ago, Bayern Munich was in the Champions League quarterfinals, when the Bundesliga giants encountered Hungarian referee Kaushoi in the away game against Real Madrid, when a series of wrong decisions by Kaushoi eventually led to Bayern Munich being eliminated.
At 10:15 a.m. on April 1, all the players of Bayern Munich gathered at Munich Airport, then rushed to the airport with the team staff and boarded a special plane to Manchester United.
At 12:15 local time, the Bundesliga team will reach the destination of the trip - Manchester on the British Peninsula.
On Tuesday night, Bayern Munich will play Manchester United in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at Old Trafford.
Bayern Munich have been in excellent form of late, with a 6-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in the last round of the Bundesliga. In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich's lead has reached 17 points and basically locked the championship. Bayern Munich have won eight of their last nine away matches.
Manchester United also beat Swansea City 2-0 at home in the last round.
Yes, the Red Devils took the lead in the 5th minute, Lingard passed, Ozil crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Dai Zhiwei shot into the top corner from 13 yards, 1:0!
United doubled their lead in the 20th minute when Jesse Lingard counter-attacked and Ozil fired a low shot into the bottom left corner from the edge of the box to make it 2-0.
In this campaign, Manchester United set up a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Mesut Ozil, Pogba and Martial behind Dai Zhiwei, and Matic and Herrera in the back.
Bayern Munich, on the other hand, put on a 4-1-4-1 formation. In the goalkeeper position is Ulrich. In midfield, Javi Martinez, Franck Ribery and Vidal will need to provide ammunition up front.
Manchester United's starting line-up –
Goalkeeper: David De Gea
Defenders: Valencia, Bailly, Chris Smalling, Ashley Young
Defenders: Nemanja Matic, Herrera
Defenders: Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba, Mesut Ozil
Forward: Dai Zhiwei
Bayern Munich's starting line-up –
Goalkeeper: Ulrich
Defenders: J. Boateng, Hummels, Kimmich, Bernart
Midfielders: Xavi Martinez, Vidal, Thiago, Franck Ribery, Muller
Forward: Robert Lewandowski
After the whistle blew, Dai Zhiwei passed the football back to Pogba behind him, and then turned his head and ran towards the opponent's half of the court quickly.
However, he did not squeeze together with Martial and rush to the opponent's penalty area, but followed Martial as if he was leaving, leaving a sprint space in front of him to maximize his speed, and a hint of shadow.
After the start of the first half, Manchester United at home quickly got into the game.
Stymied by the fluid passing of United's midfield five, Bayern Munich's midfielders had little access to football.
Without the support of the midfield, the two forwards, Lewandowski and Muller, could only perform the 100-meter sprint back and forth almost idlely.
In the opening stages of the game, the United players seemed to have forgotten that they were playing the knockout stages of the Champions League, and several members of the midfield simply played possession games in the midfield.
Although Mourinho's Manchester United has always given the impression that it is not a technical stream, whether it is Nemanja Matic, Herrera, or Martial, Pogba, Mesut Ozil, or Dai Zhiwei, they are all masters of passing and control, and if you really want to play possession, it is really not a problem.
It's just a pity that Mourinho's football philosophy won't keep them playing like this, and the sharp and fast counter-attack is the weapon that he relies on to become famous.
The Bayern Munich players, who were stimulated, rushed towards the Manchester United players with red eyes again.
The atmosphere suddenly became intense, and although the Manchester United players on the pitch were under the same threat, they did not panic, but played in a good 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 Manchester United, but suddenly they are caught in a vicious circle.
Seeing that in such a situation, the players have been able to face it easily, and Mourinho, who was still a little worried, landed safely on the last big stone in his heart.
Now that United are in complete control of the situation, it is only a matter of waiting for the goal to be scored.
On the other side, although there is a hint of crisis, there is a hint of luck, Heynckes did not make adjustments at the first time, and he did not want to make a premature substitution.
On October 6 last year, Bayern officially announced the return of the 72-year-old Heynckes to replace Carlo Ancelotti, who had just left class, to coach Bayern until the end of the season.
The old coach is not old, but the firefighting can only get the Bayern train back on track, but it can't make the express train go out of the speed of the high-speed rail.
For nearly 20 minutes after the opening, the two sides barely had a shot on goal, just fighting back and forth in the midfield for the right to control the ball.
Bayern Munich players, who have consumed a lot of physical strength, after nearly 20 minutes of running, most of them have begun to panting, their legs are weak, and without physical support, Bayern Munich's fierce scramble has not slowed down, and they have helplessly begun to weaken the pressing of Manchester United.
Seeing the opponent's momentum drop suddenly, Mourinho, who was sitting on the sidelines, suddenly stood up, ran to the sidelines and made a specific gesture to the players.
After receiving the manager's signal, the United players knew that it was time to counterattack!
In the face of a weak press by Vidal, Matic grabbed the ball and began to push forward.
Seeing Matic's movements, Herrera next to him also had a tacit understanding to advance towards the front court at the same time.
Seeing the two midfielders begin to squeeze forward, several other Reds players up front immediately realised that it was time for their team to counter-attack.
Quietly, Dai Zhiwei and others started their own running, Pogba and Ozil slowly pulled towards the two wings, and opened the formation of Bayern Munich unconsciously.
Taking advantage of the width of the pitch, Bayern Munich's formation was spread out to the greatest extent, and Matic and Herrera, who were advancing forward, sprinted more easily.
When the ball entered the opponent's half between Nemanja Matic and Herrera, Nemanja Matic sent the ball to Mesut Ozil with a diagonal pass.
After getting the football, Mesut Ozil struggled to hold Xavi Martinez's body and rushed quickly towards Bayern Munich's bottom line along the sideline.
It's been said that Ozil is soft, but in fact, he is not without physical confrontation ability.
Seeing the movement that broke out on Ozil's side, Hummels and Bernat in the middle did not hesitate to block the direction that Ozil could break through, hoping to intercept the football before Ozil approached the penalty area, and was restrained by the movement of two people, and Bayern Munich's formation tilted towards the left as a whole.
After seeing that the other party was deceived, Ozil, who was running fast, suddenly made an emergency stop, and without waiting for Xavi Martinez to react, he immediately turned his head and ran back two steps.
Ozil's sudden change of course made Bayern Munich's already somewhat inclined formation even more messy.
In less than ten seconds, Ozil at least attracted the attention of 4 or 5 players on the opposing side, and seeing that the situation was almost there, he did not wait for the opposing players to run to him, and a wide range of transfers, instantly sent the football like a missile, to the feet of Pogba on the left.
Pogba pushed the ball with his left foot towards his feet, and when the ball quickly fell forward, it also flashed J-Boateng who rushed towards him.
Because of Ozil's involvement, Bayern Munich's left side has basically become a flat horse.
Faced with a sparse defense that has never appeared since the opening, Pogba certainly did not let go of this great scene, stabbed the football, and quickly soared, running towards Bayern's penalty area with the ball.
In an instant, Pogba ran with the ball to the line of the penalty area of Bayern Munich, looked at Kimmich, who had stopped in front of him, and he took the ball towards the bottom line.
Just when Kimmich just raised his foot to the right to chase over, Pogba buckled the football again, buckled the football back again, and slammed the football with the outside instep, and the football flew quickly from Kimmich's eyes towards Dai Zhiwei in the middle.
In a short period of time, by the pull of Ozil and Pogba, Bayern Munich's defense was torn apart, starting from the middle, neatly divided into two halves, facing the front of the goal, there was an almost unguarded blank avenue.
And Dai Zhiwei is right in front of this broad road, he crossed to the top of the Bayern Munich arc in two strides, and the football also came to him appropriately.
In the face of Pogba's extremely comfortable pass, he raised his right foot and made a strong shot.
Seeing such a scene of crisis in front of the penalty area, Hummels, who returned to his position, was immediately shocked, and he fell to the ground in front of Dai Zhiwei to block it without any consideration, stretching his right leg as far as he could, hoping to block the opponent's shot.
But when he slid in front of Dai Zhiwei against the turf, he found that Dai Zhiwei's raised right leg was gently picked up towards the football, and the ball almost flew over Hummels' head and fell towards Bayern's penalty area.
Hummels didn't expect that "lone wolf" Dai Zhiwei would choose to pass the ball in the face of such an opportunity!
Almost at the same moment as Dai Zhiwei got up, Anthony Martial, who understood it, turned around and ran sideways towards Bayern Munich's Earth Gate.
Facing Ulrich, who was moving towards the near corner of the goal, Martial did not hesitate, raised his left foot and pumped towards the rolling football at his feet.
In his frustration, Ulrich quickly fell to the ground, stretching out his arms to intercept the football.
But when he fell to the ground, he found that the football was touching Anthony Martial's outside instep, and Ulrich, 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 ......"
A soft sound of the ball rubbing against the net sounded and hit the side netting, and the ball jumped and landed right in the middle of the goal.
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
Anthony Martial's volley from 11 yards scored the first goal of his career against Bayern.
1:0!
Manchester United are ahead!
"Boom!"
At the moment when Martial got up, a huge roar shouted out from the mouths of the fans who had been suffocating for most of the game in the stands, and all the fans had an intuition in an instant, the end of the shot must be in the goal,
"Ah......h
The blood in the whole body continued to rush, and an omnipotent force emerged from the heart, and the shouts and singing of the fans resounded in the ears.
Looking at the jumping and cheering crowd in the stands, Martial felt that it was all so exhilarating and enjoyable.
This season, although he didn't play badly, he was surrounded by the monster of Dai Zhiwei.
Under Dai Zhiwei's rays of light, Martial is like a street lamp lit up in the daytime, with no sense of existence, how can he not be depressed?
"That's what the hell is going on!"
The moment he watched the football fly into the goal, Mourinho jumped up from his seat with an excited shout, clasped his hands and quickly rushed to the sidelines, and after a short vent, he hugged the coaches and players around him one by one.
In his opinion, the probability of Manchester United winning this game has been increased to 80% probability!
Compared with Mourinho's excitement, Heynckes's face can be gloomy and rain at the moment, how did he not expect that the situation that had been calm just now could be torn open by Manchester United in such a big way?
"Shit!" As soon as he spat out a word, Heynckes' heart spun into a hurry, and now he had to give it all his might!
Several midfielders with good attacking ability have run to the sidelines to do warm-up activities, and Heynckes has already made his attitude clear, Bayern players must show their fighting spirit, otherwise he will not mind making a substitution in the first half.
Heynckes's actions were watched by Mourinho one by one, and the madman had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he was not worried about the change in his opponent.
A strong person must be confident enough to be able to adapt to changes, but not rashly.
(End of chapter)