Chapter 128: Fatal Problem

When Borussia Dortmund showed their attacking spirit and determination in the opening ten minutes, many were intimidated. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Dortmund fans in the stands kept cheering for the team, and some people on the Internet were surprised that Dortmund was so fierce.

But the so-called layman looks at the liveliness, and the insider looks at the doorway.

Guardiola, an insider, still saw their weakness from Dortmund's "bluff" offensive.

Dortmund's fatal problem is still at the back.

Although Jurgen Klopp was able to piece together a four-man defence, the time that the four had been working together was too short, and they lacked tactical training in particular. This leads to problems with each other's defensive complements.

In Guardiola's view, this is a point that can be grasped and exploited.

When Durm and Grosskreutz press up, there will be huge gaps behind them, and in order to fill this gap, Dortmund's two midfielders in this game have to frequently go to the flanks to make up for the defense, so that the midfield looks much empty.

And this empty midfield area is what Bayern Munich can exploit.

Before the game, he also asked his team to be patient and not rush.

But now it seems that he is going to revise his tactical arrangement.

Now that you have found Dortmund's weakness, you have to take advantage of his illness to kill him!

Pep Guardiola seized a dead-ball opportunity and called Xavi Martinez to his side to teach him a lesson.

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As soon as Klopp turned his head, he saw Guardiola whispering in Martinez's ear, he didn't know what Guardiola said to Martinez, but his intuition told him that it was definitely not idle chat.

He looked at the court again.

Dortmund didn't take a couple of chances in a row, and the situation is only going to get worse.

What's worse is that there isn't much he can do as a manager in the face of such a situation.

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Pep Guardiola brought Xavi Martinez on the pitch and gave his team-mates the latest instructions – when Bayern Munich won possession in their own half, Lewandowski, Arjen Robben and Muller in front of them should quickly sprint forward and wait for a pass from midfield.

Lahm was the link between the defence and the midfield, winning the ball from the back four and quickly passing it to Kroos and Martinez.

Pep Guardiola's arrangement is aimed at the current situation in the Dortmund backline.

Dortmund's defense is usually dynamic, often taking risks to press up and stop the attack. But there is also a problem with this kind of defense, which is that it exposes more space behind you. It's just that the defensive line formed by Hummels, Subotic, Schmelzer and Piszczek has been working together for many years and is quite tacit, so even if there is a vacancy, it will always be filled quickly.

And now in this defence, Klopp is worried that they will lack communication and will not be able to make up for the void quickly, so in this game, he has adopted a four-man defensive setup in parallel positions.

The four of them stayed in a line, advancing and retreating together. The advantage of this is that the integrity of the defense can be guaranteed, and there will not be too many gaps and holes behind the defensive line.

But the problem is that doing so would give Bayern Munich a lot of space in front of the defence, which would be fatal......

When Bayern Munich made the adjustments, the situation on the pitch quickly reversed.

Borussia Dortmund's dangerous shots were gone, replaced by Bayern Munich's aggressive attack.

In particular, Bayern Munich's two full-backs, in response to the adjustment of Grosskreutz and Durm's assists, Bayern Munich's two full-backs Raphinha and Alaba, continued to move forward behind the Dortmund backline, connecting Bayern Munich's counterattack.

In the face of Bayern Munich's offensive, once Dortmund was pressed into the second half, they could only struggle to support, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Seeing this, Duan Xin said worriedly: "It can't go on like this, once Dortmund turns to attack, all the problems in their back line will be exposed, look at this ball!"

Before the words could be spoken, Alaba broke past Grosskreutz on the wing and then delivered a cross.

Lewandowski jumped high in front of the goal, beat Papastathopoulos, and hit the goal with a header!

Weidenfeller made a brilliant save and lifted the close-range header over the crossbar!

"It's dangerous! Lewandowski almost broke through the door of his old club with a header!" Duan Xin sighed.

Marcel Leif pointed out that this is not the first time that Alaba has broken through Dortmund's wide defence: "...... There is still a lack of coordination between Dortmund's four defenders, like the ball just now, Friedrich is too far away from Grosskreutz, so that Alaba can easily make moves when one-on-one, and break through boldly...... Something is going to happen if it goes on like this!"

Not long afterward, Bayern Munich had another good chance on the edge of the Dortmund penalty area.

Thomas Muller broke down the left and suddenly played the ball down the middle, and as Lewandowski overwhelmed the Dortmund defence in the box, there was no protection at the edge of the box, and Toni Kroos shot with his feet completely unmarked!

The ball rolled against the turf to the right goalpost, but in the end it was just a little off, grazing the goalpost and flying out of the bottom line!

"Cross-oh! When the ball got around goalkeeper Weidenfeller, he almost thought the ball was going to go in......

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In the 34th minute, Bayern Munich won possession at the back. Javi Martinez, the defender who got the ball, did not pass the football to Lahm and let him push the short pass closer, but looked up at the situation in front of the field, and directly passed the ball to the right side of the front field with a long diagonal pass!

There, Durm stepped forward to take part in the attack, leaving a huge gap, and with the need to protect the area in front of the backline, Sven Bender did not move to the flanks this time, so there was an opportunity to exploit here.

Here, Robben high-speed forward!

He then received a pinpoint long ball from Martinez.

After unloading the football with his feet, Robben did not slow down and dribbled directly into the penalty area!

"Robben!Robben!!"

Friedrich and Papastathopoulos chased after each other, and goalkeeper Weidenfeller also decisively abandoned the goal, intending to block Robben's shot.

Just as Arjen Robben was about to bring the ball to the six-yard box, he got up and shot!

Not a powerful volley, not a low shot against the turf, but a kick...... Hanging shot!

The ball flew over Weidenfeller's head from the air and straight to the back of the goal.

Grosskreutz fought back to save the ball from the goal line, but his outstretched foot didn't touch the ball!

The football crashed into the goal in front of him!

"Arjan Robben—!!!" Marcel Leif shouted, his voice long. "TOOO!!!!OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

When the ball flew into the goal, there was a brief silence at Wester** Stadium, followed by endless boos that rained down on everyone......

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Seeing the ball conceded, Klopp leaned back.

He is actually mentally prepared for conceding a goal, but if he has a choice, he still hopes not to concede a goal.

It's just that the demands are too high for the backline.

The goal just conceded was a problem at the back.

Of course, it's not the defenders' fault, it's a matter of their own tactical arrangement. But is there a better way than to do this? If it is not to press out and attack, but to shrink the defense, maybe Dortmund will lose the ball in less than 34 minutes.

And now this situation is something that I can think of when arranging my tactics, and I have to bear the price......

He bet that his team would score before Bayern Munich scored, but he lost.

Willing to gamble and lose, he was not very annoyed, but just a little regretful.

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On Bayern Munich's side, Pep Guardiola jumped up and high-fived everyone around him to celebrate after scoring a goal.

It was a goal that came after his targeted adjustment, which shows that his adjustment was targeted.

As a coach, this is the time when things are most fruitful.

Next, he looked back at the court.

Now that we are already one goal ahead, the next step is to score more goals and completely break down Dortmund's makeshift defensive line!

He could already see the wonderful scene.

Bayern Munich will beat Borussia Dortmund at home to avenge last season's league and Champions League losses, as well as the German Super Cup loss at the beginning of this season!