351 Hard-working
No one expected that Bayern's defeat would come so quickly. Although the whole league is thinking about seeing who will fall behind Bayern or Wolfsburg, it is still unbelievable that there is a point difference between them this weekend.
In the match on March 16, Bayern faced Schalke, who had not played well recently, and it was thought that Bayern's victory should have been hand-to-hand. But no one could have imagined that the competition was not like that at all.
In the game, Bayern's advantage is very clear. As league leaders, they do have a much better quality than Schalke. Relying on their own advantage, Bayern attacked almost the whole game, Schalke's goal was shaky in front of them, and it was luck to not be breached on several occasions.
However, the outcome of the game did not determine the final result, and although Schalke defended the whole game and had only two shots on goal, they seized one of their only two chances to get past Bayern. Although Bayern was attacking all over the game, they kept missing opportunities, and in the end, they only scored one goal by Muller, and the two sides played to a 1-1 draw in the game.
This result caused an uproar in Germany.
A week ago, the media was debating whether Bayern would repeat the mistakes of last season or stay the course. At that time, although the media suspected that Bayern might fail, no one dared to predict that Bayern's defeat was just around the corner. A few days ago, because of the 4-0 victory, the media was still saying that the strong will always be strong. The Champions League accident did not hit Bayern's performance, and the media is still praising Bayern's invincibility. And just for a week. Just over the past week in the Champions League, there has been a change in form between Wolfsburg and Bayern. Bayern has planted such a big heel in the league. All of a sudden, he handed over his own advantages.
This result is simply incredible, and it has also caused a lot of complaints in the media. Even if Bayern doesn't win a few days late, it can be said that they can't bear the pressure. However, Bayern's draw came so early, and the media's words were still in the ears, and Bayern was already behind in the league, which was really unexpected.
"Bayern's results are really unpredictable, after losing in the Champions League. They can claim a 4-0 victory, showing that Bayern are still one of the strongest teams with a hearty scoreline. However, without the influence of multi-front operations, they would be forced to draw by the weak brigade and take the initiative to hand over their position as the leader. What exactly they want to do, how the league game is going to be like this, they need to really reflect on it. ”
Bayern left the media speechless with a draw, and the media naturally refused to let Bayern settle down after the game. Why Bayern was unable to defeat the underdogs has also become a key question in the media's research during this period - of course, in theory. Schalke are not considered underdogs, and they did not win, but in this game, Bayern were held to a draw by Schalke. In the eyes of the media, it is a victory for the underdogs.
Schalke actually beat Bayern, this is impossible no matter how you look at it. In terms of the squad, Schalke's injury situation has not improved. In terms of rankings, Schalke has been slipping all the way recently. Far worse than Bayern. In terms of European competition, Schalke just had a Champions League game in midweek. They have a double game this week, and their physical strength is much greater than that of Bayern - compared to the situation that Bayern can't hold on, the media is more concerned about how Schalke won this game.
Of course, Bayern is not strong enough to win any game, they will lose and they will lose, and the media is not unacceptable. However, it is not unusual to be beaten by Wolfsburg, to be beaten by Arsenal, to be forced to draw by a strong team, because of fatigue and uneven squads, it is not unusual, but it is not unusual for them to lose to Schalke.
Bayern have not been in good form lately, and the whole of Germany is watching. But even so, Bayern is still Bayern, they are not an underdog team, they still have top player configuration, how can they be forced to draw by Schalke?
That's Schalke, Schalke who just changed their manager, Schalke who were beaten 3-1 by Wolfsburg, who were just knocked out of the Champions League in midweek - and they beat Bayern Munich, it's incredible.
How did Schalke get this result?
The media did not particularly like Schalke during this time. Compared to the other teams, Schalke is the worst performer in the Champions League this year. Although they held Wolfsburg to a 1-1 draw on the road, Wolfsburg were the only unlucky ones, but they did not continue their win when they returned to home. After returning to their home stadium, Schalke was completely defeated by Valencia, and on their home turf, they lost 0-2 to their opponents, and became the only one of the four Bundesliga teams who did not advance to the quarterfinals.
Look at Dortmund's 3-0 home win next door, a beautiful game directly advanced to the quarterfinals, and washed away their reputation with their own results, and then look at their neighbor Schalke from the Champions League that year into the semi-finals, slipped to the Champions League now in the hands of the Champions League was abused at home, staged a comeback battle, if the media can like Schalke.
In fact, theoretically, the results of the round of 16 are not unacceptable for Schalke, who is also average in the league this season. Even the league didn't play well, and they still expect the Champions League to win all the way, Schalke did this kind of thing once, and it can't always be done. However, although their results are good on their own, as the only team to be eliminated in the entire Bundesliga, they are undoubtedly the most humiliating team in the entire league.
Such a team, it is better to get nothing after the unlucky season, and then the coach leaves, like Wolfsburg two seasons ago, and then revitalize - this kind of script is what the media likes the most. However, Schalke clearly didn't like that story, they haven't even given up on the league yet, and what is even more surprising is that Bayern have fallen on them.
The media can't understand this, and the fans of Schalke can't understand it either. His own team lost inexplicably in the previous period, and now it is inexplicably stronger. They can only take credit for this to their head coach Keller – no matter how many mistakes he has made in the past, it is a remarkable achievement to be able to hold the league leaders to a level and show an upward trend for his team.
Perhaps, he needs to adjust the team to make it stronger? Schalke fans can only fantasize about it. However, in fact, if the fans analyze it carefully, they will find that it is not so much that Keller is making adjustments to make the team stronger, but because he has been scolded too much, and this one has exploded the pressure.
As Schalke's manager, Jens Keller hasn't had a good time lately. Schalke just lost to Wolfsburg a while ago, which made Magat, who had a stalemate with Schalke, continue to run rampant; And then in the middle of this week, the Champions League was eliminated again, and the advantage of the away draw was lost by himself. In terms of league results, they have now slipped out of the Champions League zone, and I don't know if they can guarantee that there will be European games to play next season at the end of this season - although Schalke has sold people from time to time in the past two years, it has never been a championship team, but there are really not many times to play like this.
The team played like this, and Keller has been scolded no less these days. Many media outlets are betting that Keller will definitely be out of class by the end of the season. He has already been put into the ranks of the kind of head coach who is bound to leave the class, and this is the biggest reason to stimulate his outburst. Maybe it's because you don't want to get out of class, or maybe you want to prove yourself again. Keller did not admit defeat in the face of this dilemma, but fought back.
Although they have just lost the Champions League in midweek, Schalke have not been playing well lately and their morale has not changed much. Moreover, although the Schalke players were tired in the midweek game, because the game was miserable, they gave up early, and their physical strength was better than people imagined, so they also played a different state in this game.
Schalke has really not played well lately, but most of their injured players are frontcourt players, and the backcourt players are still relatively intact. With good players, Keller is not a hopeless gamble, and his choice can be said to be the right one.
And when they broke out, it was just in time for Bayern's rotation. Because of the many games recently, Bayern's players are also quite tired, in order to give their players a rest, Heynckes also rotated in this game. He originally thought that the opponent was Schalke, whose physical strength was worse than Bayern, and it should not be a big problem, but after a game, he regretted it.
Schalke played much better than he thought. Keller is not a championship coach, but he coached very well in this game.
Heynckes never imagined that he would lose points here at Keller. In the past, he had heard that there were coaches in Serie A who were hard enough to win the league championship, and the Premier League had coaches who were hard enough to win the Champions League.
Schalke, who was originally considered a weak chicken, actually drew with the leader Bayern, and on this opponent who should not have lost points the most, Bayern threw away 2 points - for their race against Wolfsburg, 2 points were enough to make Bayern cry quite miserably.
"After this game, who would dare to say that we can't compete with Bayern at Wolfsburg? What about Bayern no matter how strong they are? This season, at the end of the day, the advantage is ours! ”
Bayern was unlucky, and Wolfsburg naturally wouldn't let go of the opportunity. Just this weekend, Wolfsburg maintained their advantage with a 2-0 victory. Keller's life is very hard, and Wolfsburg's life is also very hard, and their life is hard by strength.
After the game, Gao Shunyao, who scored twice in the game, was just as happy. Finally becoming the leader of the league made him excitedly call and tell his old friends about his excitement. (To be continued.) )