Chapter 823 - Water and Soil Unadaptable
"Hi Messi!"
In the players' tunnel at the Allianz Stadium, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind him and put it on Messi's shoulder.
Looking back, it was Robben, Messi smiled and nodded, "Hello, Robben!" ”
The two just said hello and passed by, because they didn't have any friendship.
Not far away, several players in the team were talking to the Bayern Munich players, and they didn't seem to have much in mind, perhaps because they were more optimistic and positive by nature.
After Ye Qiu beat Bayern Munich in the first leg, in the game against Sunderland, he really hid many players in the team in one breath, many people may not notice anything, but Messi knows very well that this ban is true, or rather, this is Ye Qiu's most severe warning.
Playing with Ye Qiu for so many years, Messi knows Ye Qiu's character very well, first lost to Southampton, and then drew at home by Bayern Munich, Ye Qiu must be mad, because so far this season, the team's momentum is unprecedentedly good, the FA Cup is very lucky, there is no strong opponent, and the league is even early.
In this case, Ye Qiu must have pinned his hopes on the Champions League, but the team's performance made him feel very dissatisfied, the dressing room was furious, and the snow hiding when he played Sunderland was a wake-up call for him to all players, and he was reminding everyone not to offend his counter-scales.
Although he was not named, Messi also knew very well that his table this season was indeed bad, and Ye Qiu had also mentioned this several times in the past, and in the game between Southampton and Bayern Munich, Messi's table was not ideal, especially when he played Bayern Munich, he was like disappearing, which made Ye Qiu very dissatisfied.
Sometimes when you think about it, Messi doesn't know what he is for, he loves Tottenham Hotspur and respects everyone in the team, including Mauro? Tassotti, but he just doesn't feel a little bit uplifted, he doesn't get excited enough to play, and he used to be happy for a while when he scored, and sometimes he could even have that tingling feeling on the scalp.
But now, for him, scoring goals is as normal as eating and sleeping.
Many times he repeatedly reminds himself to work hard and persevere, but I don't know why, when a game comes down, he may score, maybe assist, or he looks good, but he just can't find the feeling that he had when he played football in the early years, the feeling that every game is full of anticipation and freshness.
"Is it really because I'm slacking?" Messi sighed in his heart.
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Bayern Munich, playing at home, played the main team in this game, with Neuer in goal, Alaba, Dante, Boateng and Raphinha in the back, Schweinsteiger and Lahm in the midfield, and Thomas in the front? Mueller, Tony? Klose and Robben, the single striker is Mandzukic.
This is also Bayern Munich's strongest set of main lineups this season, which is different from the 433 tactics advocated by Guardiola in Barcelona in the past, playing 4231 double back tactics.
Tottenham Hotspur is still the main left-back Marcelo, goalkeeper Cech, and the backline is Cesar Azpilicueta and Thiago? Silva, Kompany and Kyle? Walker, Ramsey, Nemanja Matic and Vidal in midfield, and a combination of Franck Franck Franckis, Robert Lewandowski and Lionel Messi up front.
Because it is a home game, at the Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich pressed up from the beginning, adopting the midfield pressing and pressing tactics that Barcelona is good at, while Tottenham Hotspur's opening was to seek stability, so it shrank back relatively back.
After the opening, Bayern Munich quickly created a chance, and on the left side Thomas? Muller received a pass from Schweinsteiger behind him and tried to cut inside, but Vidal had already stumbled into position, so he went straight to cross to find Mandzukic in the middle.
At the front of the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area, Mandzukic leaned on Thiago with his body? Silva, out of his foot to stop the ball, he felt Thiago behind him? Silva clearly restrained his left side, which meant that he was not allowed to turn towards the right of Tottenham Hotspur, because he was a right-footed striker and it was easy to turn around and hit the goal with his right foot.
As a last resort, Mandzukic could only choose to turn to the left, but his left foot was not excellent, and it was on the periphery of the penalty area, and Kompany was also interfering on the side, so this shot did not hit the strength at all, and was directly confiscated by Cech.
After that, Bayern Munich still played with a strong possession style, but their style of play was very different from the Heynckes period or Pep Guardiola's Barcelona period, but there were many similarities.
For example, when the team gets the ball from the defense, the first thing Bayern Munich thinks of is not to put in the counterattack at the first time, but to find a way to control the ball first, observe the situation clearly and then launch an attack, but in this way, there is no way to talk about counterattacks, and some golden time for counterattacks is wasted.
It's also very similar to the Barcelona period, for example, Xavi's spinning and getting rid of it, in fact, to protect the ball.
Ye Qiu knows Guardiola very well, the Spaniard is not unaware of the current shape and trend of football, he understands, but he is arrogant to find his own football, he wants to adhere to the tactical play of possession, on the basis of further seeking changes in rhythm, as well as incorporating more things, such as height and body.
There is no such thing as good or bad style of play, if Guardiola follows this set of ball control play, and effectively finds an operating mechanism that can suddenly play a high-speed attack in slow ball control, then their style of play will become very threatening, but from the current point of view, there are many things that are limiting him.
For example, Bayern Munich's players' technical skills, passing and receiving skills and running skills are insufficient, so Bayern Munich's threatening passes are much less than Barcelona's, so at first glance, they have an advantage on the field, but in fact they have no effective offensive means, and they lack penetrating offensive weapons.
In the past, in Barcelona, there were Xavi and Iniesta, as well as Pedro, plus the previous Van Persie, and a whole set of technical and tactical frameworks as the foundation, so Guardiola's Barcelona can play heartily and gorgeously, but Mandzukic is not Van Persie, Schweinsteiger and Lahm are not Xavi and Iniesta.
A lot of details have caused Guardiola's tactics to be a bit unsuitable.
Ye Qiu and Mauro? When Tasotti was preparing for the game, he combined the experience of the first leg between the two sides and clearly formulated a set of targeted tactics. Muller, just limit his in-cut and cut him off from Mandzukic and Tony? Klos's contact, which also didn't let him go down, but allowed him to cross.
Because of such crosses, it is difficult to pose much of a threat to the Tottenham Hotspur defence.
Cesar Azpilicueta on the right defended Robben differently, Robben's sharpest weapon was the inside cut, and his left foot would be on the right, so he was allowed to go under, but minimised his crosses and the link with Mandzukic.
Judging from the opening, Tottenham Hotspur's defensive position was stretched wide, and Bayern Munich took the initiative to press up, taking high-intensity midfield pressing, wanting to directly press Tottenham Hotspur in the half, or even in the 30-meter area.
In the joking saying that Guardiola joked when he saw Ye Qiu before the game, he wanted Ye Qiu to see the progress he had made after a year of rest, and at least let Ye Qiu see the difference between him and Guardiola in the past.
In fact, there are differences, but progress is not necessarily.
At least, if you look at the dominance of the game, the current Bayern Munich is not as good as Barcelona at its peak.
Tottenham Hotspur played away from home and sought stability at the beginning, so they didn't play in a hurry, but Bayern Munich was very involved at the beginning, especially the frequent running of the players, actively creating a numerical advantage in the local area, and invested a lot of troops, but after the opening ten minutes, Guardiola also realized the danger and did not dare to continue to play like this.
As soon as Bayern Munich retreated, Tottenham Hotspur's overall formation was pressed out, and the two sides began to stalemate in the midfield, but from the beginning, Tottenham Hotspur had very little time in possession, but Bayern Munich almost completely controlled the ball advantage.
Seeing that his side had such a clear advantage in possession, but failed to form an effective offensive in attack, Schweinsteiger also began to further increase his push forward, after all, he still had a Lahm next to him.
But just as Schweinsteiger pushed forward once, Vidal, who had been prepared for a long time, chased back from the front, and formed a broken ball, stabbing the ball to Kyle? Walker.
At the moment of conceding the goal, Bayern Munich's reaction mechanism is exactly the same as Barcelona's, the difference is that they have no player who can stick to Kyle in the first place? Walker, a lot of people have to run over, like Thomas? Muller.
Kyle? Walker catches the ball on the right and sees Thomas? Both Muller and Schweinsteiger pressed on themselves and immediately passed the ball back behind centre-back Vincent Kompany, while the Belgian centre-back ran back and slotted the ball back into the box before Mandzukic got close.
Cech couldn't get the ball in his hands, but he stopped it with his feet and kicked it out for Thiago? Silva, and at this time, the Brazilian central defender had already pulled to the left side of the arc of the penalty area, and turned calmly when he received the ball, because Cech passed the ball to him, in fact, to remind him that he was safe.
If it's not safe, Cech will give him a warning and won't even pass the ball to him at all.
Thiago? Silva turned and Mandzukic was a little far away from him, so he took it himself, pulled Robben over and distributed it to Cesar Azpilicueta, who was close to the left wing, and the Spaniard stopped the ball and didn't wait for Raphinha to get close and pass back to Nemanja Matic, who was pressing forward in the middle.
After Matic stopped the ball, he was in front of Lahm, who was close to the halfway line, but Matic didn't have too much sticky ball, because he saw Raphinha come up and there was a large gap behind him, while Ribery was raising his hand to the left for the ball.
I saw the Serb rub his left foot, split the diagonal pass on the left side, crossed the center line, and came to the left side of the front of Bayern Munich's 30-meter area, sticking to the left sideline, Ribery stopped the ball in front of him with his chest, and he quickly chased after it, and there was no one in front of him to defend him.
After Ribery rushed into the 30-meter area, Boateng realized the danger and left the penalty area, but as soon as he moved, Ribery made a diagonal pass behind him, Ramsey quickly rushed into the penalty area from Boateng's sideline, received the ball on the left sideline of the penalty area, crossed the middle, and Lewandowski followed up with a right-footed push.
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!”
"Lewandowski has scored! Tottenham Hotspur scored in the seventeenth minute!! ”
"It was a well-planned counter-attack after the break, Bayern Munich's pressing tactics in midfield didn't work against Tottenham Hotspur, especially as they over-emphasised the area pressing, which made their players press too high and exposed a large gap behind them!"
Tottenham Hotspur rushed off the pitch one by one, rushed to the sidelines, and hugged each other.
"2-1 on aggregate, Tottenham Hotspur are temporarily ahead, and the situation is a bit against Bayern Munich because they need to try to score, which may make them play a little more aggressively!"
Ye Qiu laughed after seeing Lewandowski's goal, "He said he wanted to give me a report card, and I would teach him a good lesson!" ”
Mauro standing beside Ye Qiu? Tassotti was also in a good mood, but that was the detail of his pre-match arrangement.
Vidal stared at Schweinsteiger, don't push the pig too hard, but give him some opportunities and space, let him press up, and after he presses up, he will try to break the ball and play a counterattack.
Bayern Munich has a dead end, or rather, the same midfield pressing, but their pressing and pressing efficiency is much worse than Barcelona's, so they often have to invest more running and troops, but there are so many people on the field, the more troops you invest, and the more flaws are exposed in other areas.
It's a matter of detail that affects the whole body!
After the restart, Bayern Munich is obviously strengthening the attack and pressing of Tottenham Hotspur, which is their only bargaining chip to win the game, because in terms of the rich diversity of offensive means, they are not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, in terms of defensive solidity, they are not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, and even in terms of midfield intensity, they are still not as good as Tottenham Hotspur.
In such a situation, the only thing they can rely on is possession and pressing tactics.
Pep Guardiola has yet to find an effective way to enrich his team's attacking arsenal.
The attack is not flexible enough, which has been an old problem since the time of Heynckes, so don't look at many games Bayern Munich has played opponents all over the place, but when they encounter a team with a relatively compact defensive formation, or a team with a better defensive grasp, Bayern Munich has no way at all.
Just like the beginning of this game, in the first ten minutes, Tottenham Hotspur retracted to play, adopted a steady defensive strategy, let you attack, I see how you attack!
The result? Bayern Munich began to reverse their feet, began to cross horizontally, from left to right, from right to left, kept falling, kept passing, but they were all back passes and horizontal passes, and there was no way to pass the ball in depth at all.
It should be said that Bayern Munich's only more threatening offensive routine is the right side, Robben takes the ball and cuts in, the right fullback inserts the set of edges and bottom, plus a front midfielder, so that Bayern Munich's right side attack is often very advantageous when encountering some teams whose defensive formation is not rigorous enough, or the front of the big penalty area is not strong.
However, Tottenham Hotspur shrunk the overall formation back after the opening, even if Tottenham Hotspur only took a defensive stance because of the away side, but Bayern Munich had no way at all, because as soon as the right side was restricted, they were powerless.
Therefore, after conceding the goal, Bayern Munich wanted to fight back, but the right side did not dare to press lightly, and relied more on Robben to fight alone in front, and Raphinha was asked not to press so high, so Bayern Munich's attack was greatly reduced.
Tottenham Hotspur is not in a hurry, Ye Qiu did not ask the team to retreat this time, but asked them to press up and play against each other.
So there was a very interesting phenomenon on the field, the ball reached the feet of Bayern Munich, the tempo slowed down, but once the ball was cut off by Tottenham Hotspur, the tempo was immediately accelerated.
"We have to admire that the Tottenham Hotspur players always find quick routes and receiving points on the pitch, so they are very skilful and very fast!"
The commentator's praise is not exaggerated, because Tottenham Hotspur have on several occasions played the ball with two or three feet and one kick through the Guò succinctly, and passed the ball directly into Bayern Munich's half, even within the 30-metre zone.
It was as if this time, it was another three-legged pass, Ramsey crossed diagonally to the left on the halfway line, Ribery stuck to the left and stopped the ball forward, and he was speeding up to catch up, and this time Raphinha and Lahm were running after Ribery.
In the penalty area, Lewandowski rushed to the right corner of the small penalty area alone, Vidal had already rushed to the top of the arc of the big penalty area, and Ramsey was also rushing forward quickly, which made Bayern Munich's entire defensive attention fall on the front point and the middle.
Ribery was a one-on-two on the left, but he was not afraid, facing Raphinha, the French Scarface accelerated the sprint, the emergency stop, and then the acceleration sprint, and finally earned some gaps from the Brazilian full-back, pulled out half of the body, and crossed with his left foot.
I don't know if this cross was deliberate, or the strength was not accurate, in short, it did not fall to the front of the penalty area and the middle, Dante flew up, but still could not get the ball.
And Messi and Alaba were on the right side of the small penalty area, and they saw Messi struggling to get stuck first, and his chest stopped Ribery's cross, and he still stopped in front of him, along the sideline on the right side of the small penalty area, and then he quickly caught up and hit a very difficult arc shot with his left foot.
I heard a bang, and the ball crossed a strange arc and shot towards the goal, even if it was Messi, I didn't know if I could suppress the ball and hit the head! Quick routes and points of contact, so they are very skillful and fast with one kick! ”
The commentator's praise is not exaggerated, because Tottenham Hotspur have on several occasions played the ball with two or three feet and one kick through the Guò succinctly, and passed the ball directly into Bayern Munich's half, even within the 30-metre zone.
It was as if this time, it was another three-legged pass, Ramsey crossed diagonally to the left on the halfway line, Ribery stuck to the left and stopped the ball forward, and he was speeding up to catch up, and this time Raphinha and Lahm were running after Ribery.
In the penalty area, Lewandowski rushed to the right corner of the small penalty area alone, Vidal had already rushed to the top of the arc of the big penalty area, and Ramsey was also rushing forward quickly, which made Bayern Munich's entire defensive attention fall on the front point and the middle.
Ribery was a one-on-two on the left, but he was not afraid, facing Raphinha, the French Scarface accelerated the sprint, the emergency stop, and then the acceleration sprint, and finally earned some gaps from the Brazilian full-back, pulled out half of the body, and crossed with his left foot.
I don't know if this cross was deliberate, or the strength was not accurate, in short, it did not fall to the front of the penalty area and the middle, Dante flew up, but still could not get the ball.
And Messi and Alaba were on the right side of the small penalty area, and they saw Messi struggling to get stuck first, and his chest stopped Ribery's cross, and he still stopped in front of him, along the sideline on the right side of the small penalty area, and then he quickly caught up and hit a very difficult arc shot with his left foot.
I heard a bang, and the ball crossed a strange arc and shot towards the goal, even if it was Messi, I didn't know if I could suppress the ball and hit the head!