Chapter 188: Take it
David Silva and his team-mates were celebrating a goal, and Wan Sheng was celebrating with others in the dugout.
Before the game, Wan Sheng looked full of confidence.
The attitude he showed was surprising, even Pierce and Diamares didn't know where Wansheng's confidence came from - playing Bayern Munich away was the most difficult game in the group stage, no one would be sure to beat the opponent, even the tactics were properly arranged, and the whole team was prepared, but no matter how it was calculated, Bayern Munich had a better chance of winning, but Wansheng's attitude was like playing with a small team, and he almost didn't say 'must win' at the pre-match press conference.
This puzzled several assistant coaches, but at the same time, the players who had great confidence in Wansheng became full of fighting spirit.
In the Manchester City team, many players have a reverence value of more than 100 for Wansheng, not to mention the ability bonus enjoyed by the members of the elder union, the reverence value of more than 100 also represents a lot of things, such as the player's trust in Wansheng, in the hearts of these players, Wansheng is the backbone of the team, is the pillar, they have great trust in Wansheng, so when Wansheng shows confidence, they will also have incomparable confidence, and firmly believe that the team will win, which brings them a lot of fighting spirit, Make them perform better on the field.
This is also the reason why Wansheng expressed a 'winning' attitude at the press conference.
Decompress the team, let the team be full of confidence, the team will play better, and it will be easier to win recently, this is a virtuous circle, now the team can take a two-goal lead, and it has a lot to do with the attitude shown by Wansheng, players can only play well if they are high-spirited, when they see the score on the scoreboard, recall the team's two goals, Wansheng feels that everything is worth it.
However, Wan Sheng did not show composure. Rather, it celebrates and vents loudly like everyone else!
The current score is something that he didn't even expect, especially the performances of Morris and David Silva, which makes him feel that everything he has done has been worth it.
He was more excited than the others.
Others just had a two-goal lead, and he had another share of the joy of success
Watching Wan Sheng and others celebrate the goal, many reporters in the media gallery were silent, they remembered the rise of Manchester City in the past two years.
In June last year, no one could have imagined that Manchester's other team other than Manchester United would rise to prominence, when Manchester City were just a Premier League powerhouse and even underperformed. There is also the possibility of falling into a down-grade crisis.
It is such a team, after inviting the former Derby County manager, the young Chinese coach Wan Sheng, who is not yet 30 years old, to come to coach, and immediately broke out at the beginning of the season, and quickly swept the entire British continent with a set of gorgeous attacking football that is different from the past.
That season, Manchester City won both the league and the League Cup.
This season was followed by Chelsea, Liverpool and other teams to replenish their squads, and Manchester City, whose transfer market performance was lackluster. It was difficult to get much attention as the defending champions, but City were once again one of the most talked-about teams at the start of the season, and their performances remained strong and solid. Even if many people don't want to admit it, Manchester City do have enough qualifications to compete for the league title.
In the Champions League, Manchester City are not favored.
The strength of Manchester City's whole team is still recognized, but in the past ten years. Manchester City have not played in Europe, let alone the Champions League, they have not played in the UEFA Cup. Such a team is naturally inexperienced, and inexperience means that they cannot show their strength normally, and they will be very uncomfortable against other European powerhouses with different styles, which will affect the team's performance recently, and because of this, Manchester City is not favored, especially when they are divided into a group with Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, it is difficult for them to have a chance to qualify.
However, City's performance was once again surprising.
The first home win over Sofia Levski was nothing, although the big score was a bit of a surprise, but CSKA Sofia is a weak team in Europe after all, and they are even the first club from Bulgaria to participate in the Champions League, so you can imagine what kind of strength you have.
But so far in this game, the score is something that everyone never expected.
0:2!
Manchester City lead by two goals!
How is it possible that half-time has passed? How did they do it? Why did Manchester City's midfielder, an 'unknown' young player David Silva, and Maurice, who is considered a star, perform so well against Bayern Munich in Europe?
With the camera lens, everyone saw the calm young Chinese on the sidelines, so how did he bring this series of changes to Manchester City?
No one can answer the questions of the media reporters, of course they will not understand, and with a lot of people thinking, the first half is over.
In the final moment, Bayern Munich failed to organise a threatening attack, perhaps they were stunned by Manchester City's two goals, and many players were in a trance when the game resumed, so they did not perform too well in attack.
However, Bayern Munich's defense did a good job, and Manchester City had several good chances, but they still failed to break through Bayern's defense, and the two teams went into the break 0:2.
No matter which team on the planet they face, being 2-0 down at the Allianz Arena is by no means acceptable to Bayern Munich, and head coach Magath is very unhappy with the score and the performance of Bayern in the first half.
The team did not score a goal, and many Bayern players felt that Magath must have focused on attacking issues, but what they didn't expect was that in the locker room, Magath opened his mouth to defend, "We have to pay more attention to defense!" At any time, you must pay attention to the formation, the formation must not be chaotic, the speed of filling the position must be fast, and the defense must be decisive"
Magath talked about a few points of defense, and then he began to summarize the reasons for the two goals conceded in the first half, and the reason he summarized was very straightforward, that is, the midfielders were too far forward when defending, "The team's three-line division is not so rigorous, I hope that whoever is in danger in the goal will have to stand further back so that they can defend the goal!" ”
Magath then said a lot more about the team's defense. Then he talked about the team's attack, "We don't have any problems with our attack, the opponent is a team that is good at playing control, we just need to defend well, they will mess up their position, and then it will be our chance!" ”
This is also the conclusion that Magath came to after watching half of the game.
City are very good at controlling the ball, but if they are pressed all over the pitch and have difficulty finding opportunities up front, it will be difficult to continue to control as long as they make mistakes in possession. At that time, it will be Bayern's chance, after all, Manchester City's football cannot guarantee that the backfield defense is stable at all times, and even that under this gorgeous offensive football, the defense at the back has been in an empty state, and what they are most afraid of is that they will be suddenly tackled, so the goal will become very dangerous
Magath is somewhat right, Bayern Munich do have the strength to rely on defense to limit Manchester City, and even use tough full-court pressing to suppress Manchester City.
After the start of the second half. Manchester City's players found the game to be a lot harder.
Compared to the first half, Bayern Munich's defense was tougher, and there was a lot more movement against the defense, so the team's passing and receiving were affected. The midfielder's passing became dangerous.
As a result, Manchester City was much more cautious in passing and receiving the ball, and the formation also retreated a little bit, and the situation on the field of play made Magath happy, and he felt that he had found a way to deal with Manchester City. But little by little time passed. Magath soon discovered that Bayern Munich did not have much of an advantage, and he made tactical changes. It didn't live up to expectations.
What's going on?
Perhaps Wan Sheng, who was on the other side, would be able to answer him.
Wan Sheng also saw Bayern Munich's adjustment, but this adjusted style of play is actually a copy of Chelsea playing Manchester City, in the Premier League, Manchester City has long been accustomed to the opponent with a tough full-court press to defend, Bayern Munich's defensive performance will not necessarily be more difficult than Chelsea's.
This is one of the reasons why Bayern have not been able to play to the advantage.
Another reason is that it is difficult for Bayern Munich to adapt to the temporary adjustment of tactics, in fact, they used the tactics that the team adapted to play with Manchester City, and there is still a lot of hope of winning, the reason why Manchester City scored two goals in the first half is just better luck and better performance of the players, such as Morris's goal, it is just Morris's personal temporary play, David Silva's goal is also very unexpected, the kind of direct shot from a small angle is not something that ordinary players can score.
These two goals were all individual performances, and they had little to do with Manchester City's overall goals.
Therefore, Bayern actually did not have any advantage in the situation, but they used their original tactics to suppress Manchester City.
It's not the same after making adjustments.
Bayern Munich's players did not adapt well to the tactics, their performance was affected, their performance was not at their best, and many players' movement was also affected by some factors, and the same was true in terms of coordination, which also directly affected the overall performance of the team.
Therefore, just knowing what tactics to restrain Manchester City is of no use at all, and Magath's targeted adjustments are meaningless at all.
The same is true on the playing field.
Bayern Munich played well, defensively, they played very tightly, but that's all, they didn't achieve much in attack, Manchester City and Bayern were not in a hurry, the two teams fought for control in the midfield, and Manchester City still had some advantages.
In the 71st minute, Manchester City created a threatening attack, it was a counter-attack in the middle of the midfield, Morris grabbed the ball from Hargreaves, and then passed straight to Anelka in front, Anelka received the ball and pushed it straight into the middle, David Silva followed up the box to complete a low shot!
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Kahn reacted fairly quickly, and when David Silva had a shot on goal, he had already made a save, only for Kahn to save the ball straight off the line.
Bayern fans still broke out in a cold sweat, the ball just now was really dangerous!
Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, looking at the goal, but nodded with satisfaction.
Although there are still 20 minutes left in the game, but the game is played like this, and there is a two-goal advantage in the score, this game can be said to have been won!
PS: When I went back to my hometown for the Chinese New Year, it may be too hot, I was sick for two days in a row, and now I still have a headache...... The update probably won't be too stable.,Try to update it when you have time.,I hope you can understand.,After the year, the recovery must be quickly added and added back! (To be continued.) )