Section 441 Winning streak
From the back to the front, three passes, one goal. In what was supposed to be a game in which Leverkusen had the advantage, Wolfsburg used an extremely simple and crisp attack to break through Leverkusen's door soon after the opening, and this game, from the beginning, completely exceeded people's expectations.
Although the two-front battle led to a lack of physical strength, although the rotation of personnel led to a decline in strength, but in the game against Bayer Leverkusen, Wolfsburg did not completely defend or simply give up to treat the game, even if they have an absolute advantage in points, but obviously, Wolfsburg does not mind making this advantage a little bigger.
They have proven once again that their quality is beyond the reach of ordinary teams. De Bruyne's pass, Gao Shunyao's rush, these two combinations are simple and direct, and the goals under their cooperation make the whole stadium a hustle and bustle for a while.
Wolfsburg fans rejoiced at their team's unexpected goal. They originally thought that the home team in the Champions League was on their side, but they were afraid that they would not waste too much energy in the league, and a draw was what they were most looking forward to. However, this goal overjoyed them, and Wolfsburg dominated the game, which was really unimaginable. In contrast, Bayer Leverkusen's fans are helpless. As one of the giants of the Bundesliga, they have played well this season, but when it comes to the most important game, they have lost so badly.
Leverkusen fans are also very depressed about this goal: their team is obviously one of the giants of the Bundesliga, and it is also an old powerhouse in the entire Bundesliga, but many decisions of this team often make fans very helpless, and their results are always disappointing.
Bayer Leverkusen is a strong team. But all along, they don't seem to have much spirit and fighting spirit, and many of their team's practices make people not see that they have real hope of becoming stronger. The idea of their team does not seem to be to become a giant, but just to maintain their status as a strong team in the Bundesliga. And not for the sake of going further.
If you want to talk about weak teams, Dortmund and Wolfsburg in previous years are also weak teams, but even if they are weak teams, these teams do not forget to introduce excellent players in the process of building teams, on the one hand, they do not forget to introduce excellent players, and on the other hand, they give enough treatment to players who play well in their own teams, and try to retain players, even if there are times when the players are more demanding, such as having to write liquidated damages. Nor are they unacceptable. And it is precisely because of the continuous poaching and retention of a good squad that these teams have become stronger little by little, so that they can challenge Bayern's absolute authority in the league and the Champions League.
However, Leverkusen has not been very good at this. On the one hand, they don't do enough to bring in reinforcements, and on the other hand, the players they play well will always let go easily. Even. They are also willing to loan players from Bayern, even if they have written the buy-back clause they don't care. It is tantamount to helping the opponent cultivate talents, which is not at all the means that a team that aims to become stronger should have.
And it is precisely because of this approach that it is always difficult for them to really face strong teams and win. In the first half of the season, they gave up the Champions League sensibly and went all out in the league. Not to mention the draw with Bayern, the league results even beat Wolfsburg and Dortmund to become second in the league for a time, and the performance was very good and amazing, but in the second half of the season. They seem to be in their true form again.
This game once again proved that even if Bayer Leverkusen played well in other games, they still struggled to win against a team of Wolfsburg's level. originally wanted to rely on their home stadium to fight, coupled with the advantage of better physical strength, to catch Wolfsburg off guard, but after a confrontation, Wolfsburg once again told them who the real strong team was.
Wolfsburg opened the scoring and then were largely solid throughout the game. Leverkusen, who originally seemed to have a great advantage, was passive all over the field because of this counterattack, and had no chance. In the 90-minute game, they had the advantage in the situation, but in the score, they returned with hatred.
The 1-0 result allowed Wolfsburg to get three points in this game, although it was extremely obscene. Originally, Wolfsburg's physical strength was at its lowest point during this time, and it should have been the worst time to play, but in this game, they were not caught up by the teams behind them, but further widened the gap.
Of course, to be able to have such a result, Wolfsburg also knows very well whose credit it is. If it weren't for Kevin De Bruyne's excellent performance in the game, Wolfsburg would have played well, and this game would have been a 0-0 draw at best. Although Wolfsburg's goal was scored by Gao Shunyao, it was De Bruyne who really contributed the most, and they could see it.
People always say that defense brings championships, but this principle applies in the cup, it is not necessarily easy to play in the league, and the team that defends well, if it does not attack, will die in the league due to too many draws. And a team can rely on defensive counterattacks to defeat the opponent when the personnel are not neat, and the most critical point and offensive initiator is naturally of great significance.
De Bruyne's performance in this game made the Wolfsburg players see the importance of bringing him in. This winter's recruitment, Wolfsburg did not suffer from Chelsea again, although the last time he bought Marin was overwhelmed, but this time De Bruyne is unusually useful.
Whatever he didn't play at Chelsea, he has proven himself to be the player he needs most at the moment.
And De Bruyne didn't disappoint his team-mates either. In the next game against Hoffenheim after the win over Bayer Leverkusen, he proved once again that he is the playmaker Wolfsburg are looking for.
In this game, Wolfsburg once again made a personnel rotation. Gao Shunyao and Perisic, who played back-to-back games, were both rested, while Mandzukic, Shaheen and Turan were given the pitches. Compared with the last game, the players of Wolfsburg have a lot of physical strength in this game, plus the home game, Turan is not like Perisic who likes to cut the wing, this game, Wolfsburg did not defend and counterattack, but chose to organize and cooperate in the front court.
And it turns out that when Turan and De Bruyne cooperate in the front, Wolfsburg's strength can also be said to have been greatly improved, and with the support of Shahin, two technically excellent forwards, Wolfsburg's strength has increased greatly, and in the face of Hoffenheim, they dominated the midfield, once suppressed the opponent to the edge of the penalty area, and could not counterattack at all.
And with such an advantage, with Mandzukic in the frontcourt, naturally there is no need to worry about not scoring. There were no wins in the Champions League and the league, and it was Mandzukic, who was holding back the fire, who also played extremely well in this game. In the 30th minute of the first half, he opened the scoring for Wolfsburg with a beautiful push into the far corner after receiving a through ball from Turan, and after the second half, De Blane's cross was sent directly into the net by him to extend the score again. Wolfsburg won this game with a 2-0 win and won again.
Their winning streak came as a surprise to all the media. Originally, Wolfsburg's season was focused on the Champions League, and in the league, they shouldn't have invested too much energy. But now it seems that they have made a lot of changes to the league, but because of De Bruyne's excellent performance, it seems to be very good. It's obviously a two-front battle, and they can all win, is the goal of Wolfsburg not the Champions League but the treble?
This doesn't seem impossible - at least theoretically, Wolfsburg is not eliminated on all three fronts. However, if Wolfsburg really wanted to do that, they would have to face one of their greatest enemies, and that greatest enemy they would encounter after defeating Hoffenheim.
After the win over Hoffenheim, Wolfsburg also need to travel to the Allianz Arena to challenge Bayern Munich. In the eyes of all the media, it is extremely difficult for Wolfsburg to win this game.
For Wolfsburg, if there is one of their worst enemies in the league, the answer is definitely Bayern Munich – in fact, the question is the same for most Bundesliga teams. The name Bayern Munich is the object that all Bundesliga teams care about the most. Perhaps for some teams, their sworn enemies are more annoying than Bayern, but to say that what they are most worried about will always be the king of the Bundesliga. The strength of this dominant team in the Bundesliga is unmatched in the whole league, and anyone needs to be extremely careful when fighting against them.
But the current Wolf Castle is the one that can't use all his strength. Because just after the match with Bayern, they are also about to welcome Manchester City in their home stadium for the Champions League. A double game a week is not such a good game to deal with, and although De Bruyne is very strong, it is unlikely that he will deal with Bayern alone, so Wolfsburg is afraid that in this week, the difference in league points will be 12 points with Bayern, and that kind of score makes Wolfsburg have no need to work hard.
In this regard, their efforts in these two league games, and De Bruyne's excellent performance, seem to have been in vain.
Of course, theoretically, Wolfsburg has a great advantage in the Champions League and seems to be able to be more serious in the league, while Bayern will also face the Champions League after this game. It doesn't seem to be going all out either. But if you look at Bayern's Champions League advantage, you can see that in the second leg of the Champions League, Bayern can afford to play more than Wolfsburg.
In this regard, Bayern is not afraid of Wolfsburg at all. (To be continued.) )