Chapter 252: Preliminary lineup
The 2012-2013 Premier League season kicks off, and Portsmouth will have their final warm-up game overseas, taking on Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
Two hours before kick-off, Bayern held their final tactical setup meeting at the hotel, and there were no surprises in the starting line-up, with all the big names in the team: Manuel Neuer, Boateng, Dante, Raphinha, Lahm, Robben, Franck Ribery, Emrejan, Alaba, Mandzukic and Thomas Muller. Raphinha, Dent and Mandzukic are new signings, while Emrejan is promoted from the second team.
The team's tactical strategy is clear, and given that Portsmouth will shrink defensively, Bayern will need to pull out of formation and pass quickly while remaining patient.
Headward in the dugout was dancing all the way after the game began, looking angry and nervous. He kept waving his hands, spreading his fists, conveying instructions, and fidgeting. It's not often you've seen him like this in the past year, and the average Ward will just keep checking the time with one hand in his pocket and the other hand holding a watch from his wife, and he needs to pass on his composure to the players. But at the beginning of the season you will notice a change in him, he can't guarantee to win the title, but he has to make sure that every game is treated as a final, that players value every minute of the game, and if a team doesn't shout, hug, give it their all, then you can't get your place in the Premier League.
Every big club in the Premier League has a few fatalistic enemies, the thrush subduing demons, the magpies repairing cars, the Gunners are always bad when they play the Blues, and Liverpool is damn 3-3 as soon as they arrive in London, and the middle and lower teams will play big6 will have the momentum to play the Champions League final, and the relegation brotherhood will have the momentum to play the World Cup final. Take Norwich as an example, the Red Devils hold their breath every time they see the thrush, but they always panic in their hearts, one of which is that this team has the top few frontal defensive lineups in the Premier League, and the backfield can always press the Red Devils' trident to make people turn around, and the second is that Sean and Holt are two demomen, although they don't score many goals, but as long as Manchester United presses it, they will feel the wind under the crotch, and third, it is suitable for all Premier League teams, and there is money! La Liga Barcelona has an annual budget of 380 million euros, compared to 14.4 million euros for Espanyol, which is really a drop in the bucket, but the Premier League will not be like this, Manchester United can spend more than 100 million euros on reinforcements, and the small team with good finances can also spend 80 or 90 million euros with the attitude of not living in the New Year. This is a league full of uncertainties, and the probability of relegation and winning a league championship is obviously much higher than walking around the corner and hitting a girl, winning the lottery.
The change in manager was also felt by the players, and during the game, Hydward even patted Louis Brent on the back of the neck after giving him an account of his mission, so that the players looked back at him with a little trepidation. He never used to do such a thing, like pushing a player or slapping them on the head.
Looking back at the warm-up games last winter, Benjamin Mendy made fans fascinated by two violent advances, a sudden burst on the side, and then attracted a large wave of defenders, tilted his head 45 degrees to see the scenery, crossed a graceful arc and then flew out of the bottom line, and the striker who arrived at the horse knelt in the penalty area and looked up to the sky and roared. The experience of the professional arena has made the situation a little better, and the crosses are still sparse, but among the hundred ways of crossing, at least the outside instep curling ball was developed by this kid. In the past, I watched him play football, it was *** bombing bunkers, all the way to the place, it was a touching cross, and now the football is the Italian artillery of the second battalion commander, and if you aim it, you can bombard him.
Of course, he is not the only one who has improved, Ali's passing has never been more than 10 meters, and he has a bit of a character flaw, he always feels that he is Ronaldo, Messi, this garbage team can't take it, 1v5 in the backfield, and then slash 30, and a large group of teammates are all 5 scum. After the help of his teammates and Hydward's three chapters, his temper has been reduced a lot, and naturally his ball skills will improve, and he has developed a long-range shooting stunt (who makes people like No. 8), of course, the pass is still only 10 meters.
In the presence of Mane, losing Icardi's periodic table move, the most important thing Ward needs to rely on in the new season is this Senegalese black guy, he never has stage fright, always runs, steals, dribbles, and accelerates after accelerating. His quiet and steady presence is evident everywhere on and off the field, a good guy who sits at the back of the dressing room celebrations, but always sits in the first row in a tactical set-up. In the new season, Mane has changed to wear the number 10 shirt, which symbolizes the heart of the front, which shows the importance of the club.
Along with Sadio Mane, N'Golo Kante has been replaced by the Frenchman, who wore the number seven shirt at the heart of midfield, a small man who was a thigh last season and will only be more important to Heidenward this season.
Heidward looked at the names of the players on the tactical board, and there was a slight trance, goalkeeper: Keylor Navas, defenders: Mendy, Rudiger, Margery, Meunier, midfielders: Kante, Freil, midfielders: Mane, Ali, Brent, and Klose on the front line. On the bench, Pickford, De Bruyne, Berardi, Goretzka, Belotti, Mustafi, this set of starters and substitutes will be an enviable Champions League-level squad after a few years, and now Hydward wants to use him for relegation.
It is precisely because this is still 2012 that Bayern despises Portsmouth. Heynckes' side were not without problems, Bayern were too obsessed with penetrating in the middle, the attack always came to an abrupt stop in the densest defensive areas, and the team formation was kept too narrow. Bayern were in control of almost all of the ball and the vast majority of their chances on the pitch were created by them, with Bayern having 20 shots on target compared to Portsmouth's two. But even so, Heynckes kept yelling at the players, telling them to go aside, and the speed and advance had to be up.
Navas has become the busiest person on the field, and the goalkeeper coach Rodman who is greedy for Bayern is nodding frequently, of course, Navas on the field is obviously not as popular as Van der Sar off the field, and the calm cat frequently receives cheers and applause from fans, and the camera on the sidelines has always been on the new coach in football.
Edward apparently found an assistant coach who was countless times more famous than him.
The 34-year-old veteran conquered the dressing room of the Pompey Army in just one afternoon, making everyone willing to feed him the ball and run him, which is obviously also an ability. One of his team's two shots on target was converted into a goal by Miroslav, and Bayern's mistake at the back post left him unmarked and Klose simply slotted away.
Bayern's 20 shots on target were horribly denied 17 by Keylor Navas, with the remaining Robben cutting inside twice and Thomas Muller's snatch to make it 3-1. The whole world knows that Robben wants to cut inside but you just can't prevent it, which makes Ward particularly sad, and of course Portsmouth will have to leave for a few warm-up games in August: the Southampton Cup on the south coast of England. The south coast of England is the home of English football academy, and the three teams of Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth are reserved for their tour every summer.