Chapter 463: Our Enemy Is Not Only Bayern
Pep Guardiola once coached Barcelona and brought that team to a six-time champion, and at that time, there was a media to promote the invincibility of Barcelona, which made Barcelona seem to have become a public enemy of football, and the earthlings fought against it.
It's not a bad thing to be praised by others, and everyone is happy to hear it, but if it's too much praise, it's not good. Pep Guardiola experienced this at the time, boasting on the outside, and inside the team, the players also began to be arrogant, and even a little fluttering, as if they were really invincible in the world, the most direct manifestation of which is that the pitch is no longer as hard as before.
What happened later was actually logical, the mythical Barcelona gradually went into decline, until it was woken up by Bayern 7:0, and then slowly embarked on the road to revival.
Now he is coaching Bayern Munich, never allow such a situation to occur, Bayern's current situation and the previous Barcelona have a very subtle similarity, are sought after by the outside world, players have some arrogance is inevitable, but to drive away these emotions, is what he, the head coach, should do.
Although Chelsea have been reviled, Pep Guardiola believes that it will inspire Chelsea to win, which has some advantages.
Pep Guardiola also knows, don't look at the media praising you now, in case the game is really lost, they can spray you to nothing, this is the media, it has always been this kind of urine.
Bayern fans have always said that they represent the Bundesliga and that they are the hope of the revitalization of the Bundesliga, but if this game is lost, it will completely become a slap in the face, and it will not be pleasant.
'Listen up, we beat Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in the Super Cup. But you should understand that Chelsea then and now are not comparable. But just like that, we almost lost in the end. So we are not better than others, don't believe what the media brags about, put our attitude right, lower our posture, and just play the game wholeheartedly. ”
Pep Guardiola began to state his thoughts, and while his tone was not as stern as Mourinho's, it sounded a different kind of authority.
Bayern's current problem is that they are a bit arrogant, so it is definitely good to say this. This is something that Guardiola has been a coach for so many years, and he is naturally very clear.
"It's enough to play at your normal level, I don't ask you to play at a high level, as long as it's a normal level, we will be invincible, don't be impulsive, don't have a hot head, don't do anything bad for the team!"
At this time, suddenly there was a cheer from the Chelsea dressing room not far away. The sound made Guardiola frown, and he knew that the Chelsea players were bursting with confidence right now.
But he didn't stop his words and continued: "We are undoubtedly on the right path. And it's historically proven, listen to me, follow me. There won't be any problems, we can win this game! ”
Anything. As long as you are willing to believe it, then it can become the truth.
Maybe at first. Bayern's players are still a little disgusted and resistant to Guardiola's tactics, but now, that emotion is completely gone, they and the coach are of the same mind, fully believe in Guardiola's tactics, after all, with this set of tactics, they have achieved countless victories, there is no need to doubt.
The truth is on your side, can you fail?
The new Cosmos team is now going to be on top of football, can they really beat the big guy on the road?
Chelsea poured cold water on the Bayern players with their quality and performance, and if you want to win the game, you haven't asked us yet!
Although Mourinho's tactics are to stabilize the defense first, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack, but judging from the scene after the opening, it was Chelsea who suppressed Bayern Munich, and their straight-to-go defensive counterattack without any superfluous actions is like a murderous kung fu in a martial arts novel, although it is not good-looking, but it is simple and practical.
Bayern Munich was under a lot of pressure, and they didn't have much to do in the face of such a clear and direct counterattack, plus Chelsea's two wings faithfully executed Mourinho's tactical strategy, staring at Bayern's wings and cutting off the connection between them and the middle, so that Bayern Munich could not fly.
The two wings and the middle are not linked, Bayern play particularly awkwardly, although they can still rely on short passes to control the ball and ensure their possession, but the only advantage of this is to increase the possession, which is meaningless to the progress of the game.
In the past, when Pep Guardiola was in charge of Barcelona, he kept the players falling back and forth until they fell backwards and turns, making the opponents confused, and then suddenly attacked, using Messi, Inesta's breakthrough or Xavi's pass to break the deadlock on the field.
Now there is no Messi, no Inesta, no Xavi, but they still have Ribery, Robben, Thomas Muller, Toni Ross.
Pep Guardiola's team often presses the opponent's half, causing the emptiness of their own half, which is actually easy to counterattack, but the problem is that few teams can get from the counterattack, the reason is that Barcelona's frontcourt steals are too powerful, they will not even give the opponent any chance to take the ball, and now Bayern Munich has also inherited this advantage of Barcelona, the front court is constantly pressing, just don't give you the opportunity to pass, even if you barely pass out, you will lose the standard, which is why Chelsea's counterattack is sharp, But there is no significant reason why there is no score so far.
Chelsea's strength lies in the combination of a strong defence and the sharp counter-attacking style of the players up front, who may not be able to pass dozens of shots and score, but it is another skill to be able to penetrate the opponent's goal with two or three passes.
However, at present, Chelsea still has the advantage on the field, and Bayern Munich is slightly behind, mainly because Mourinho chose the right tactic.
In the last round of the league, Lin Yu did not play, and Mourinho also used a lot of substitutes to play the game, just to prepare for the Champions League final, and now the benefits have actually been seen, that is, the players are full of physical strength, and there is no fatigue of playing in other places at all.
At least so far. Chelsea's counter-attacking assault on the pitch, coupled with deafening cheers from the stands, has been a problem for Bayern.
Bayern knew before that the Devil's Stadium was terrible. But that was when they played against Borussia Dortmund and they probably didn't expect that. This time the final was played at a neutral stadium, even in Germany, but most of the cheers and cheers were dedicated to Chelsea.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was also watching the game, she sat in the middle of the stands, and her face was not very good when she heard the whole stadium cheering for Chelsea, but she could only sigh when she thought of the scene when Dortmund and Bayern Munich met in the final, and the whole country supported Bayern except Dortmund fans.
UEFA president Michel Platini sat next to Merkel, who was also grim-faced. His brows furrowed slightly, obviously a little dissatisfied with the current situation on the field, in his expectation, Bayern should have suppressed Chelsea, and then sent Chelsea back to his hometown, the script should be like that, beautiful football must defeat ugly football, this is his dream.
Pep Guardiola rubbed his hands over his face, which he does when he is nervous.
He's a little nervous right now. There is also some fidgeting.
Seven or eight minutes had passed since the game, but Bayern Munich had only one shot on goal, and that shot came from Franck Franck Franck Ribery.
In the last time we played against Chelsea. It was Franck who opened the scoring for Bayern Munich with a long-range shot that pierced the Chelsea goal, but long-range shots demanded too much luck. If you're unlucky, a game down. Maybe he won't be able to score a single long-range shot, which is why he is worried. It's because Bayern didn't play the offensive they should, what's the use of just having an advantage in possession?
The continuous inverted foot, the constant return pass and crossing, is just a waste of time, the key is to transform it into an attack, but the problem is that it is reversed, and in the end it is cut off by a Chelsea player with a flying tackle or a beautiful tackle, and it cannot be converted into a final shot at all, what is the point of this inverted foot?
If you want to make Chelsea sleepy, at least you can't concede goals like this!
Mourinho's team simply gave up possession, and absolutely did not stick to the ball after taking the ball in the backfield, which was also to avoid being forced to steal by Bayern's strong frontcourt, and after they got the ball, they were a big foot, and they could pass to whoever they could do, it didn't matter.
Although the chances of a counter-attack are low in this casual passing, don't forget that Chelsea have a player on the pitch who is very good at judging where the ball will land - Lin Yu!
Sometimes even if the ball is very outrageous, as long as it will not go out of bounds or will not pass directly to the opposing goalkeeper, Lin Yu can grab the ball before the Bayern players, this terrifying judgment makes Bayern's backline a little unbearable, and they can only rely on fouls to prevent Lin Yu's sudden counterattack.
However, today's referee seems to be a little too loose about the definition of fouls, and several times Lin Yu was forcibly put to the ground, but he didn't blow the whistle.
"Dog's day, I met a blind referee again today." Lin Yu scolded secretly in his heart, he suffered a few losses, he already had no hope for the bullshit referee, so the other party fouled, and he also directly replied, if you pull me, you will also pull you, with Lin Yu's strength, one against two will not suffer.
However, his foul became the reason for the referee to repeatedly blow the whistle to interrupt the game.
The referee did not show him a yellow card, but warned him again and again in the same tone as a lesson to his grandson.
As long as it is a person, he can't stand this kind of biased treatment, of course Lin Yu is the same, he even wanted to kick directly at the referee a few times, but when he thought that Hazard was also watching this game and looking forward to the championship, he quickly calmed down, and it may be really relieving to kick it, but if the red card is sent off, it will be troublesome.
Lin Yu glared at Platini who was sitting in the stands, and he spat on the ground fiercely, "Old boy, people used to say that you manipulated the game, I didn't believe it, today it seems that you really want us to die, but Lao Tzu will not admit defeat, wait and see, I will definitely win the championship, angry with you old boy!" ”
It doesn't matter who Platini's godfather or father is, the important thing is that Platini hates Mourinho, Lin Yu and Chelsea, and everyone can see this.
Pep Guardiola certainly doesn't put his hopes of winning on the referee, he doesn't want to rely on the referee, it's all Platini's fault, it has nothing to do with him, he is thinking about how to score goals, how to break Chelsea's terrible fortress-like defence.
He sat back in his seat, holding his chin with his hand and thinking carefully, there was not much time given to him, only more than ninety minutes for a game, and now more than ten minutes have passed.
Lin Yu knew that he had been rectified by the referee, but it didn't matter, there were many ways to avoid being rectified, and now the fans in the stadium had begun to put pressure on the referee, if the referee wanted to leave here safely, he had to consider satisfying the fans on the scene, and could not make too outrageous biased judgments.
The referee is also a human being, although he may have received a hint from Platini, but he didn't want to die here, even Henin at the beginning, was scolded like that, didn't he do something in the game? also punished Barcelona at that time. (To be continued......)