Chapter 125: A High Level of Parity
Heynckes had a headache, but he didn't have nothing to do with Zhou Yi. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
If Heynckes wants to help Bayern Munich regain the league title that they lost for two seasons, it is impossible to bypass Dortmund. Since he wants to compete with Dortmund, Zhou Yi is a key figure that must not be ignored.
So he must have done a lot of research work on Zhou Yi.
In Heynckes' view, Zhou Yi is not without weaknesses, although his physical fitness has made great progress, but his strength has increased very slowly, it has been several years since his debut, his physical fitness can support him to play a full game in a row, but his figure has not changed much, which shows that he is still not the kind of player who is good at physical confrontation and has sufficient strength.
There are many reasons for this, maybe it's because Zhou Yi doesn't like to be a muscle maniac, maybe it's because his strength is improving too slowly, maybe it's because he doesn't want to put as much energy into strength training as he does in physical training.
In short, Zhou Yi has not been a player who can face the opponent's hand-to-hand combat until now and still have the upper hand.
Then it is a way to use the advantages of his body more in defense to accumulate his living space.
In this game, Heynckes also asked Harvey Martinez to not be stingy with his physical confrontation as long as he has contact with Zhou Yi. Of course, this physical confrontation must be mastered well, not only to be able to cause trouble for Zhou Yi, but also not to easily foul. If you always commit a foul, it is easy to be targeted by the referee, and then you will get a yellow card, once you have a card, you will have a lot of consideration when you make moves in defense, which will greatly reduce the defensive effect.
Heynckes can't teach Javi Martinez this scale problem, so he can only let the Spanish midfielder figure it out for himself.
There is another way of thinking -- since Zhou Yi is like a slippery loach that is difficult to trap, then why should we be obsessed with defending Zhou Yi himself? Why can't we start with Zhou Yi's passing targets? Zhou Yi is an offensive playmaker, no matter what, he always has to pass the football to other teammates in the end, so it will be much easier for us to defend his passing target and then defend Zhou Yi?
In this game, Heynckes also used such a strategy.
A two-pronged campaign to win Borussia Dortmund at home and claim a landmark victory – Bayern Munich have faced Borussia Dortmund in the past two seasons and lost all four of their league games, a shame for Bayern Munich, who have always been the champions of the Bundesliga.
Although the difference in points is not large, at most it is only two goals. But the opponent who has not won for two years still makes Bayern Munich hold the fire in his belly.
In the final of the German Cup last season, Dortmund and Bayern Munich met, and Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich in the final with a disparity of 5:2. The defeat of this game cannot be explained by reasons such as "Bayern Munich saves its strength to prepare for the Champions League final".
It wasn't until this season's pre-league Super Cup that Bayern Munich finally beat Borussia Dortmund.
The victory was also seen as a turning point, and the victory over Borussia Dortmund was important for the morale and confidence boost of the Bayern Munich team.
Now in the league, Bayern Munich naturally hopes to continue their momentum in the Super Cup, beat Dortmund one more time in the more expensive league, and completely end the embarrassing situation of Dortmund without a win.
Because of the full preparation, at the beginning of the game, Bayern Munich dominated the field, and the attack was more threatening, which also limited Dortmund's attack.
Although Zhou Yi was able to avoid Xavi Martinez's close defence by relying on his running, it was impossible for the rest of Dortmund to run all over the pitch like him, regardless of the formation. They also have to stay in their position and play with their passing and running to match the rest of the guys. When Bayern Munich set their sights on them, Zhou Yi's passing was useless.
Formation is the foundation of modern football, all tactics are based on formation, without formation there is no now rich and changeable tactics, and there is no football ornamentation. Think about it, one person rushes forward with the ball, he doesn't pass the ball to death, he is surrounded by teammates who run with him, and nine people rush towards the opponent's goal, either with a shot to complete the attack, or the opponent cuts off the ball...... What's so good about a football game like this?
But at the dawn of modern football, football was played like that......
At that time, passing was considered a cowardly act of evading responsibility, and passing was not encouraged, meaningless and useless. Soccer is a game of charging with the ball and then shooting the ball into the opponent's goal. If a player gets the football off his feet, he loses. Even in the face of tight defense, he has to rush forward with all his might, so as to show his manhood, if he passes the football out, oh my God, he must be afraid of confrontation, he is a coward without courage!
It wasn't until later that the Scots got ahead of the curve, preferring to pass the ball around the ball to the English. And they relied on this kind of football, which seemed as ridiculous as juggling in the English media, to defeat the unbeatable English team, and gradually changed everyone's attitude towards passing.
In the process of passing the ball gradually becoming an important means in the game of football, the concept of formation also emerged, football is no longer ten people in a line to charge collectively, but someone is dragging behind to defend and someone is in front of the attack. The presence of the formation makes sense to the passing, and the passing makes the formation start to evolve.
It evolved step by step to form the form of football we see today.
It may be hard for people today to imagine that passing, the most important technical and tactical means in football, was not used more than 100 years ago......
Football today is based on formation and passing.
The formation ensures that the tactical concept can be executed by the players on the pitch with passes and runs, and if there is no formation, then it will be a mess and everyone will not know how to play.
Bayern Munich has strengthened the defense of other players in response to Dortmund's characteristics of relying on Zhou Yi's passing organization, making it difficult for Zhou Yi to find a suitable passing object, which has the effect of preventing Dortmund's attack.
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Of course, Dortmund's side did not have to raise their hands and surrender.
After slowly getting used to this tactic of Bayern Munich, they also made adjustments.
Their adjustment is to strengthen the movement of all the players involved in the attack, so that they are not limited to their current position and the prescribed position when attacking, and encourage the players to switch positions. Standing kicking is the lowest way to kick the ball, which is the easiest to be prevented by the opponent, and although the ball is more advanced than standing kicking according to a fixed routine, it will also be explored by the opponent.
However, if you switch positions in the attack and play the big move, it will be exponentially more difficult for the opponent to limit the attack. Although it cannot be said that the opponent's defense is 100% ineffective, it can increase the chances of success on your side.
The biggest disadvantage of this approach is that it is very physically demanding, if the physical fitness of the whole team is not up to standard, and someone can't run, then this set of tactics will have problems and eventually lead to a collapse.
However, this is not something that Dortmund will worry about, as the whole team is notoriously good in terms of fitness. Even people like Zhou Yi, who couldn't even finish a game physically at the beginning, have now become "running to death" who runs all over the field.
Another problem is that this frequent change of position requires players to have a deep understanding of tactics and a high demand for tacit understanding. It's not a run. In order not to let the other party catch the law, it will not have any good effect if you run blindly.
But Dortmund don't really have to worry about this, because Dortmund's starting lineup in this game has three players who are particularly good at playing big shifts.
They are Zhou Yi, Mark and Gotze.
In this game, Klopp did not use Reus as a starter, but let him play as a substitute, in order to give Mark a chance to play. Klopp also expected how Bayern Munich would deal with him in the game, so he was ready.
The three of them lined up behind Lewandowski in this match, with Zhou Yi in the center, Mark on the right and Gotze on the left.
But the three of them actually don't have a fixed position, once the offense starts, the three of them will keep changing positions, running dazzlingly, when the last pass, Götze is still on the left, when he receives the ball next time, he may have been in the middle, and Zhou Yi went to the left side.
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The two teams are evenly matched in the game, and each can threaten the opponent's goal at times, but also when they are threatened. Just looking at this face, it's hard to say who is sure to win the game.
Commentator Marcel Leif was pleased with the situation: "This is the highest level of competition in German football! Whether it is the technical content of the players or the tactics carefully prepared by the managers of both sides for this game, it reflects the highest level of German football! The scene is stale, the suspense is full of suspense, and both laymen and insiders can see what they want to see in this game, it is perfect!"
Chinese TV commentator Duan Xin was also full of praise for the performance of both sides of the game: "...... Although the score has not been rewritten, such a game, even if it is 0:0, there is no shortage of exciting scenes. Borussia Dortmund have dominated the Bundesliga over the past two seasons, but Bayern Munich, their opponents, have not been at their best. But this season, Bayern Munich's excellent form has given Borussia Dortmund a best opponent. To be able to see the rivalry between these two strong teams is also a blessing for all Bundesliga fans!"
In the praise of the commentators, the first half of this strong dialogue came to an end.
Although everyone had some chances in those 45 minutes, no one took them, or they defended well.
In short, no goals were scored, and both teams went into the break with a score of 0:0. (To be continued.) )