054 Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Part I)

Ten minutes later, the long-awaited match began with a long whistle from the referee.

Since there is still a Champions League round of 16 on the 20th, Bayern did not send a full main lineup in this game, and their tactic is to prevent Sun Xiang from dying, that's all.

And the task of defending Sun Xiang is on the shoulders of Xavi Martinez.

The Spaniard's defensive performance this season can be described as remarkable. In 2012, Bayern landed in Munich for a record 40 million euros. Able to play in all positions in the front, centre and back, he helped the team to the treble in his first season before developing into the Bundesliga's first midfielder.

With a height of 190, excellent foot skills and anticipation, Xavi Martinez can play in the two positions of central defender and midfielder. His defensive prowess is also what has put him in the spotlight under Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola and Heynckes.

"This Spaniard is not easy to deal with!"

Sun Xiang said secretly in his heart. Several physical confrontations above are at a disadvantage.

And the most important thing is that he can always get the ball one step ahead of himself, which makes Sun Xiang very annoying.

Just when Sun Xiang was thinking about how to get rid of Martinez's defense, his chance came.

In the 4th minute of the game, Sun Xiang retreated to the back position to get the ball, and Martinez, who had been guarding him, did not follow, but let James Rodriguez go to fill in the position.

In terms of defense, Ronaldo is definitely much worse than the former, because the top grab is a little slow, which gives Sun Xiang more time to observe.

Bayern have an open space at the edge of the centre, behind Kimmich and Jule. Gomez also spotted the vacancy.

Raising his hand to ask for the ball, Sun Xiang twisted his body and pulled the ball flat, the ball spanned 40 meters like a guided missile, and accurately found Gomez.

The latter used his height advantage to protect the ball and took a decisive kick before Jule could get up and hoist it towards Neuer's back corner.

Neuer suffered a third metatarsal fracture in September last year, which also sidelined him for half a season, and he has only just returned to his first race in Hamburg in February this year, and his form and muscle strength are not yet at their peak.

With a height of 193 jumping and an arm span, the height of nearly 3 meters can only touch the edge of the ball, so there is really no way to do it.

The ball wasn't fast, but no one could have imagined that Gomez would shoot here, and the ball was already in the net before the defender's nerves could turn.

1:0! It's only 4 minutes into the show!

Sun Xiang's long ball found Gomez ambushed in the back line, and the German did not relentless in the face of his national team team-mate, and a hanging door opened the door to victory for his team! I don't know what Neuer's heart is like now, I think it must be uncomfortable! He Wei watched the replay of this goal over and over again, from the shooting of the pass to the goal, it was just right, and the coherence of the action made people look very comfortable.

"This goal has a good chance of being the best goal of the round! Sun's passing is also quite a general's style, I wonder if Wolfsburg fans have seen the shadow of the former No. 14 in this No. 28? ”

The No. 14 in Tony's mouth is now Manchester City's new attacking core De Bruyne, and the green No. 14 in the Bundesliga in the 14-15 season has brought a lot of pressure to every team.

De Bruyne led Wolfsburg to 14 years of German Cup glory in his own right, which is the only honour Wolfsburg has won in recent years. Of course, in the quarterfinals of the German Cup on March 5 this year, Wolfsburg will face the challenge of Schalke 04, and I wonder if Wolfsburg can win the German Cup under the leadership of Sun this year. ”

"Well done Captain!" Sun Xiang jumped on Gomez's back and happily congratulated him.

"You pass better!" Gomez was as modest as ever, giving Sun Xiang credit for the goal.

"You're going to send me one next time! Otherwise, don't expect me to pass the ball to you in the future! Coopa interjected.

"Hahaha!"

Obviously, it was a goal that lifted the mood of the whole team.

The fans at the scene were also singing "Attack! Wolfsburg! This is a cheering song composed by the fans themselves.

"Cheer up! Don't take it lightly! It's just a ball! Heynckes reminded his teammates.

It's only been four minutes and there are still chances.

Bayern then launched a tidal wave of attacks against Wolfsburg's goal, and the attacking line led by Muller and Ronaldo attacked the Wolfsburg defense again and again. This made Brooks and the others cry bitterly.

It's just that without Lewandowski, Bayern's attack seems to have only blossomed and not borne fruit, although it forced Castles to make a few saves, but it was not too threatening.

The lack of strength on the offensive end seems to be contagious to the defensive end.

In the 43rd minute, Sun Xiang's breakthrough caused a foul on Martinez, and the referee showed Martinez a yellow card.

This made the Bayern players very unhappy, and they surrounded the referee to theorize, but the referee did not respond.

It was from this set-piece that Alexander-Arnold's set-piece caused chaos in the Bayern penalty area, and the ball bounced off the feet of Gomez, who subconsciously stabbed the ball into the back of the net.

2:0。

VfL Wolfsburg had a two-goal lead before the end of the first half!

There was an element of luck in the goal.

Through slow motion, it can be seen that the ball touched at least 5 Bayern defenders in the penalty area, and the last Hummels clearance was kicked and stopped in front of Gomez, no wonder He Wei jokingly said to let Gomez finish the game and buy a lottery ticket.

"If he can't kick this ball, then he can't even kick the middle league!"

"Did I notice his move?"

"Upstairs, the hero sees the same thing!"

"Sun Xiang, hurry up and score a goal in Bayern, so I can go to sleep!"

After taking the lead 2:0, many fans have begun to urge Sun Xiang to score, and if he can break through Bayern's goal, it is estimated that he can blow this for a lifetime.

He Wei also feels that now is a good opportunity to attack, in the midfield, He Wei said: "Now, Sun Xiang's pressure in the second half must be much smaller than in the first half, 190's Xavi Martinez although the ability to defend close to the body is very good, but the short board of slow turning and slow speed is also an indisputable fact, through Sun Xiang's foul we can see, as long as Sun Xiang uses his speed and frequency, it is not difficult to get rid of Martinez." What's more, he still has a yellow card on him, which is also limiting his defensive movements. ”

However, even He Wei can see the problem, can Heynckes not find it?

So as soon as the second half came up, Heynckes made Martinez and Vidal switch places.

The shorter Vidal is better at pace and agility at his feet, allowing him to be the main attacker to guard Sun Xiang, leaving Martinez more in charge of sweeping in central midfield.

The effect of this transposition was immediate.