353 Attack!
The first leg of the Champions League 1/8 final was played at the Olympic Stadium in Munich at the end of the first half.
Arsenal walked into the dressing room with a 2-1 lead.
Bayern Munich fans had a lot of grievances against Magath after just 45 minutes of play.
It's not that there are too many mistakes in the arrangement of troops, or that there is a misuse of tactics.
It is the most intuitive player to use.
Demichelis was out injured and had to use Frijns, and the fans endured.
But the decline in the form of the veteran Lizarazu is obvious, which was evident in last summer's European Championship match against the French team.
However, before the season, Magath sent another wing-back star out on loan.
Looking at Lahm's table in Stuttgart, he can have a place in Bayern Munich, even if he stays in the team to rotate Lizarazu, so that Lizarazu has more energy and better condition to face this game!
Of course, this is just the opinion of the fans, in the eyes of the Bayern Munich coaching staff, maybe Lahm is just a substitute, there will be very little room for growth and improvement, and the age of early 20s is the age when you need to play steadily.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Bayern Munich understands what it means to be 1:2 behind, even if they can achieve a 3:2 reversal, it is not very safe, the giants play the first leg of the Champions League, especially at their own home stadium, victory is almost a must, and then on this basis, it is not safe to keep the opponent clean sheet as much as possible, and it is already very unsafe to give the opponent an away goal, if you give the opponent two, it will definitely be very dangerous to play away in the second leg.
What's more, Bayern Munich is now 1:2 behind. There was no reversal.
Bayern Munich launched a more aggressive attack than in the first half.
Their backline was the first to have problems.
Qin Xiong sent a through ball over the top in the area just past midfield in the 53rd minute of the game.
Pire's counter-offside position successfully cut straight into the ribs of the penalty area and then stopped the ball and shot. Karn was powerless. Unexpectedly, the goalpost saved Bayern Munich's life, and Pire's shot hit the outside of the post and bounced off the bottom line.
Pire stomped his feet and seemed to be very unhappy with his shooting footwork.
Three minutes later, Ze Roberto crossed down the flank, and he has been controversial as Bayern Munich's left winger, who has the Brazilian's skillful ability to break through, but it is difficult to directly threaten the opponent's goal, which means that the scoring efficiency is very low.
So after the half-time adjustment, he was crossed by Magath in the second half!
His cross was hidden. Ballack was on the trajectory of the ball, but Ballack clearly had no intention of jumping, and after a false shot, he gave cover to Salihamidzic, who had moved laterally to the outside of the box.
Angel Wings didn't have time to adjust, because Silva and Ashley Cole were rushing forward, and if he did, he would have conceded the goal!
So he directly chose to volley!
"What a horrible volley! Salihamidzic lifted the ball straight into the air, eh? The ball actually landed in the box, Lehmann came out and punched the ball out of the box, Hargreaves shot from the perimeter, alas. He's not this piece of material at all, helping Arsenal out of the siege! ”
60th minute of the game. Arsenal play a whirlwind on the left.
Ashley Cole found Piree with a direct pass from the back, Pire was sniped by Hargreaves in midfield, he swept the ball towards the midfield as he fell to the ground, Qin Xiong kicked the ball in the middle and used the outside instep to pull the ball directly to the left side of the field.
Thierry Henry started his blistering show after possession of the ball on the left side of the pitch as he started from the left and burst out of the spot with a terrifying speed to get away from Sagnauer before dribbling towards the box.
The moment he encountered Frings on the road, Henry's rhythm paused and then accelerated, and Frings was broken through in a wolf!
In front of the back line, Henry flicked the ball horizontally and saw the right moment to send a through ball to Ljungberg!
Ljungberg cuts into the penalty area, and the pass and run are wonderful.
Kahn had already suffered a few times from the Arsenal threat, and this time he was ready to abandon the goal, as he met Ljungberg on the right side of the penalty spot.
"Kahn fell to the ground to expand the defensive area, Ljungberg couldn't shoot, he wanted to get past Kahn, but he fell to the ground, Ljungberg rolled to the ground and complained to the referee for a penalty, Kahn stood up with the football, he rushed to Ljungberg and angrily accused the opponent of faking a fall!"
Ljungberg didn't reason with Karn, he felt that Karn's feet were raised high when he fell to the ground, and he did make contact with the other before he fell to the ground.
Bayern Munich escaped again!
In the 66th minute, full-back Sagnor suddenly came up with an assist and he crossed from the outside area, Mackay had a header, but the ball was fluttering and looked like a non-threatening lob, and Lehmann tucked the ball behind the crossbar.
Bayern Munich corner kick attack.
Salihamidzic waited for his teammates to come up and then took a corner, which he should have failed.
Not high, not low, but also fell to the front point, Ze Roberto was very uncomfortable at the front point, he grabbed the landing point, but there was almost no angle of the header, so he padd the ball with his head, and the football bounced up for the second time and flew to the back point of the goal!
Ze Roberto definitely subconsciously took this header by surprise.
But at the back point, in the face of the flying football, Ballack originally thought that he had no chance, but the football was in front of him, he hit the football with his forehead fiercely, and the face painted the almost empty state, and the football flew into the Arsenal goal without any suspense.
"Ballack equalised! A tactical combination of corners! Lucio pinned down Arsenal's defenders in front of goal, Ze Roberto nodded the ball to the back post, and Ballack nodded the ball at the back of the net! Wonderful fit! ”
It's really a wonderful combination, but it's not a tactical one, so it's a different story.
Ballack didn't celebrate after his header, but ran inside the goal to pick up the ball in his arms and run towards the back.
Even if Bayern Munich equalised, the score is still very unfavorable for them.
2:2, worse than 1:1.
If this score goes to Highbury, Bayern Munich will still advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League even if it is 1:1 with Arsenal.
Magath's face looked slightly better, and Arsene Wenger wasn't too annoyed.
Arsenal's morale will not be affected, to put it mildly, even if this game is lost 2:3, in fact Arsenal will not be demoralized, because that means they can advance as long as they return to their home stadium and not be scored twice by their opponents, and then beat their opponents.
Now, go on the offensive!
Bayern Munich will also want to score as many goals as possible for the rest of the time!
Reverse Arsenal and extend the lead! (To be continued......)