Chapter 371: Doing the Opposite

Lu Wenbin's goal in the 36th minute made Hoffenheim from coaches, players to fans, greatly relieved.

Although it has not yet won, Lu Wenbin's goal can prove that Bayern Munich's defense is not leaky.

As long as they keep attacking, Hoffenheim can win.

For Bayern Munich, it's a bit difficult to choose.

The players on the pitch were a little hesitant whether to continue to defend and prevent Hoffenheim from taking advantage of the situation to extend the score, or to step up their attack and try to score an away goal.

That's when the manager has to make a decision.

While the Hoffenheim players were celebrating wildly, Van Gaal called Van Bommel to the sidelines to explain a few words, and Van Bommel conveyed the manager's instructions to all his teammates.

After the game restarted, Bayern Munich did not counterattack immediately, but first used the kick-off to attack, and immediately retreated as a whole after failing to score, and continued to defend solidly.

Hoffenheim, who had just scored, was in high spirits, and after grabbing the ball, they all pressed the attack, but they could not break through the prepared Bayern defence.

Van Gaal's instructions allowed all Bayern players to unify their minds and not be allowed Hoffenheim to take advantage of the opportunity to score to extend the score.

The two sides are at a stalemate again.

Until the end of the first half, neither side scored again.

One minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the two sides went into the break with a score of 1-0.

At half-time, Ralph instructed his team to step up their attack in the second half, playing more long-range shots, more bottom crosses, and more use of set-pieces to try to score.

These are the only tricks to break down dense defenses.

But Ralph also reminded the players to make everyone run more and be wary of Bayern Munich's counter-attack.

Because now the two sides are tied 1-1 on aggregate and Hoffenheim have lost the chance to score away goals.

Bayern Munich only need one goal to lead Hoffenheim in away goals, and Hoffenheim will have to score twice to knock them out.

Therefore, even if you can't score a goal, you must be wary of the opponent's attack and not let Bayern Munich sneak attack.

Sure enough, after the start of the second half, although Bayern Munich was still playing defensive counterattacks, the number and intensity of counterattacks increased a lot.

Obviously, Bayern Munich want to get on the scoresheet and knock out Hoffenheim on away goals.

Fortunately, Ralph had already instructed, and as soon as the Hoffenheim players came on the field, they focused on Bayern Munich's counterattack, firmly held their positions, and did not let Bayern Munich's attack succeed.

Hoffenheim were the same, and when they wanted to attack, Bayern Munich were all back in their own half.

Even Thomas Muller returned to his own half, disrupting Hoffenheim's passing organisation and attacking rhythm.

However, judging from the overall situation of the game, Hoffenheim, who continues to attack, always has the initiative, and Bayern Munich, which plays defensive counterattacks, is more passive.

After scoring the first goal to equalise on aggregate, Hoffenheim's players were much more psychologically stable and confident, and they were more resolute in their long-range shots and low crosses.

Of course, when a long-range shot fails and a duel fails, that's when Bayern Munich counterattacks.

Schweinsteiger's passing playmaker, Ribery and Robben's wings flying together, and Thomas Müller's no-pocket battle for the top all posed a threat to Hoffenheim's backline.

Fortunately, because of Lu Wenbin's existence, Bayern never dared to press on it.

As a result, Bayern did not invest many troops in each counterattack. In addition, the Hoffenheim back line is very focused, so it has not allowed Bayern to counterattack.

The two sides remained 1-0 until the 85th minute, less than 10 minutes before the end of the game.

If the game ends with this scoreline, the score is 1-1 on aggregate and the away goals are 0, then it will be about to go to extra time.

At this moment, Lu Wenbin got the ball in the middle of the front court and began to break through with the ball by himself.

He first got past Van Bommel with a bull's tail, followed by a Marseille slalom to get past Van Bitten and into the no-go zone.

As a result, the Marseille maneuver had just been completed, and before he accelerated to the forbidden area, Van Bitten, who was passed by Lu Wenbin, grabbed Lu Wenbin with his backhand and directly pulled Lu Wenbin to the ground.

Van Bitten, who started the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals and also started the last league game, was too tired to run.

I didn't want to be broken into the forbidden area by Lu Wenbin, so I subconsciously reached out and pulled down Lu Wenbin like defending other players.

After he saw Lu Wenbin fall to the ground, he realized that this position was too dangerous.

But the matter has come to this point, and we can only pray that Lu Wenbin's free kick will not go in like the previous one.

The referee's whistle blew and Lu Wenbin caused a foul on Van Bitten through his own dribbling breakthrough and got a direct free kick opportunity on the left side of the front of the big no-go' zone, about 22 meters from the goal.

The Hoffenheim fans were immediately excited.

Although Lu Wenbin didn't score the first few free kicks, either out of the goal or was saved by Bute, no one dared to despise Lu Wenbin's free kicks.

Now it is less than 10 minutes before the end of the game, and if Lu Wenbin scores this goal, it will be a stunner.

With so little time left, Bayern Munich, who also played a league game between the two Champions League semi-finals and had a much greater physical consumption than Hoffenheim, will find it more difficult to counterattack and beat Hoffenheim again.

Therefore, this goal made the players and fans on both sides quite nervous.

Bayern goalkeeper Bout constantly commanded the human wall, and Hoffenheim's players kept squeezing around the human wall, destroying Bayern's human wall formation, and were warned by the referee.

It took more than half a minute for the wall to be lined up, but there were also a few Hoffenheim players standing inside.

Bout stood at the far end of the net, ready to make a save.

Because most of Lu Wenbin's free kicks hit the near corner, although Bout stood at the far end, the center of gravity of his body remained ready to rush to the near end at any time.

He also thought in his heart that he would start moving to the near end in advance without waiting for Lu Wenbin's foot to touch the ball.

Lu Wenbin stood behind the ball, looked at Bout's stance and posture, and felt that Bout might predict in advance to pounce on the near end.

Previously, Lu Wenbin had a free kick within the goal frame that was predicted by Bout and moved in advance to save it.

Therefore, this time Lu Wenbin felt that he could do the opposite and hit the far corner once.

The human wall blocked the near corner, and on the far corner ball road, on the right edge of the human wall, stood Eduardo, just blocking the straight line of Lu Wenbin's ball to the far corner.

Therefore, after the referee blew the whistle that he could take a free throw, Lu Wenbin and Eduardo glanced at each other before they began to bow their heads and run.

(Ask for a commuter pass)