Chapter 173: Overtaking
Guardiola also frowned slightly when he saw this situation, now the team is very strong, and there is no problem to win Bochum, but he also knows that the team is breaking records now, so he is afraid that the mentality will collapse and cause an imbalance in performance.
On the other hand, Bochum's side tied immediately after the opponent scored, and the morale soared.
Bayern Munich's side was more careful when defending Shen Peng because of Shen Peng's previous barb goal, once Shen Peng had a tendency to get the ball, two or three of them would immediately wrap up and defend Shen Peng.
On Bochum's side, because Guardiola is afraid that the team will lose the chain at a critical time, so let the team first stabilize the defense, counterattack appropriately, and insist on half-time, he will adjust it at halftime, so the pressure on Bochum's defense is not great.
So, until the end of the first half, there were few chances on either side.
Seeing that it was about to reach halftime, the tempo on both sides gradually slowed down, and they didn't want to concede another goal at this time, with a 1-1 scoreline, go back and wait for the coach's adjustment, and fight again in the second half.
In the 44th minute, two minutes after the fourth official signalled for stoppage time, Bayern Munich's Martinez returned the ball.
This is also a common practice used by general teams, when the game is almost over, such as less than three minutes, if you still have the ball, you will try to control the ball, and then calculate the time, and organize a wave of attacks at the end of stoppage time, if you can score, it is better, even if you can't score, the opponent has little time to counterattack.
His team-mates immediately understood that when Dante received the ball, he faced Sukuta Pasu and distributed the ball to Raphinha on the right, a combination they had done countless times, and one of the opposing strikers had no effect on their multi-player passes.
Sukuta Pasu ran to Raphinha again, and Raphinha saw this, so he simply passed the ball back to Neuer.
Manuel Neuer was already in a position high up the pitch outside the penalty area – a position he has been in many of his previous games, and even at times when the team was attacking, and this is what Pep Guardiola's tactics demand: the goalkeeper is also part of the passing and receiving tactics.
After receiving the ball, Neuer looked at several of his defenders, and at this time Sukuta Passu was next to Raphinha and blocked his pass to Raphinha, and was running towards him; On the other side, Bochum's Gorezka was loitering next to Boateng, so passing to both was at risk of being broken, so he opted to pass to Dante, who now has no Bochum players around.
As soon as he passed the ball, there were boos throughout the stadium!
At this time, Dante was running towards the ball, and he was stunned when he heard the boo, but immediately, his eyelids jumped, because he caught a glimpse of a blue figure next to him who was rushing towards the ball, it was Shen Peng!
Dante didn't have time to think about it, and his feet subconsciously accelerated, trying to protect the ball before Shen Peng, or pass the ball to his teammates.
But his speed was a little slower than Shen Peng, so when Shen Peng overtook him and was about to touch the ball, he was already nearly a meter behind Shen Peng!
If it is an ordinary person, he does not hesitate to foul now, although this position will eat cards in this way, and there is a free kick, but it is better than the ball being cut off by the opponent, but he does not dare to foul Shen Peng, Shen Peng's free kick goal rate is higher than his single goal - this is also what all teams are paying attention to now, you must not give Bochum a free kick opportunity, otherwise it is equivalent to giving a penalty.
In desperation, he had to watch Shen Peng rush towards the goal with the ball, and now he only hopes that Neuer can hold on to this goal.
After Neuer got the ball with Shen Peng, he quickly retreated to the penalty area and defended Shen Peng's single knife with all his might.
Of course, Shen Peng will not miss this single opportunity, this game is very crucial, in order to ensure the goal, he directly used the momentum shot, that is, the "falling leaf ball", so that the ball completely passed Neuer and flew into the goal.
Two to one!
Bochum overtook the score at the end of the first half!
Pep Guardiola slapped the thigh, the last thing he wanted to see happened, if Bochum took the lead in the first half, then at half-time, he needed to make more adjustments, including the psychology of the players, etc., and now I don't know if those fifteen minutes are enough.
And Bochum, after taking the lead, they have a lot of tactics to choose from, such as ...... Defend and counterattack. With Shen Peng's personal ability, the tactic of defensive counterattack is simply tailor-made for them.
It's not going to be good!
After the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the players on both sides returned to the dressing room, the difference is that the players on Bochum's side are very excited, while the players on Bayern Munich's side look a little lost, especially Neuer and Dante, after all, the two of them caused the goal.
In the dressing room, on Bochum's side, Neururell smiled, and as Guardiola expected, he waved his hand and replaced Sukuta Passu with Yusuke Tasaka, and the meaning was obvious: in the second half we played defensive counterattacks!
With Shen Peng's speed and personal ability to deter, Bayern Munich must not dare to attack with all his strength, in that case, in the face of Bochum's ten-man defense, it is difficult to score, now Bochum is ahead, and they are not afraid of their possession, even if they control the game until the end of the game, Bochum will win, so now Bochum has the initiative in the game.
On the other hand, the atmosphere is a little depressing,
Pep Guardiola first criticized Neuer and Dante: "The last mistake of the two of you is really stupid!" I've reminded you many times, pay attention to Shen Peng's speed! But not only was the pass soft, but the receiver didn't seem to wake up, and you really thought the game was almost over and relaxed? In the face of an opponent like Shen Peng, he couldn't relax for a second before the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game! ”
Then he analysed some tactics before saying: "In the second half, I guess Bochum will play a counter-attack, and if you really can't find a good way to score, I'll replace Mandzukic, and then you will pass more into the opponent's box." ”
Pep Guardiola was also a little helpless, this game was so crucial that he was even willing to let the team temporarily give up the pass and shoot into the box instead.
Finally, in order not to put too much pressure on the players, he said: "The result of this game, even if we lose, we are five points ahead of Bochum in the standings, so there is nothing wrong with the Bundesliga title, you should not be too nervous." ”
After saying this, he looked at the time, and the second half was almost started, so he waved his hand: "Go ahead." ”