Chapter 114: Champions League
After Bayern defeated Wolfsburg 2-0 away, Bayern's focus will shift to the Champions League, and the Champions League round of 16 will be in midweek, and Bayern will go to London to challenge Arsenal away.
After Platini came to power, the slogan he shouted was to Europeanize football, that is, to let the whole of Europe participate in football, so he always played in the Champions League qualifying draw, knockout draw and other means to make some strong matchups, let the strong teams consume out in advance, and send some weak teams to be dark horses.
In this season's Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds, there are three groups of strong matchups, Real Madrid vs. Manchester United, which has already played one game in midweek, and Bayern vs. Arsenal, AC Milan vs. Barcelona, which will come in midweek.
Bayern and Arsenal, such giants must be full of topics, although the current Arsenal has not won a championship for seven consecutive years, and the league is fighting for four every year, but the reputation is still there, and no one dares to underestimate it.
In the previous two consecutive seasons, Arsenal was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League, but the top giants who eliminated Arsenal, Barcelona and AC Milan, so Arsenal has not been labeled as a new generation of Champions League 16.
After falling outside the top 16 for seven consecutive seasons, including being eliminated by a "weak team" like Monaco, Arsenal will sit on the name of the 16th.
Although there is no name for Sixteen Lang, Arsenal fans have begun to be dissatisfied, and with two days to go, many people shouted that they would eliminate Bayern and reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League after three years.
At the same time, this match is Podolski against his old club, which is also a highlight.
At the beginning, Podolski was a well-known young talent in Germany, more famous than Ram, Schweinsteiger and others, and he also won the best rookie of the World Cup in the 06 World Cup. It's a pity that he went downhill more and more, playing at Bayern for three years and was sold, and finally found some form when he returned to his old club Cologne, and then he was cheaply brought to Arsenal by Wenger, who was eager to spend half of the penny.
As for the Bayern team, there are no players who have played for Arsenal, so Ringer, a newcomer who has had a scandal with Arsenal, was proposed, according to the hype British media, Ringer was snatched away by Bayern, otherwise he is likely to join Arsenal.
On February 20, 2013, on the second week of the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, Bayern Munich's away match against Arsenal was played at the Emirates Stadium, and Ringer was once again on the bench.
In recent times, Ringer has been able to confirm his place in the squad for every game.
Ringer watched the game carefully for half an hour, Thomas Muller had already passed and shot, and Bayern led 2:0. To be honest, the current Arsenal has not won the championship for several years in a row, which is really not a matter of luck, but the real strength is too weak to do anything.
Now this Arsenal team, there is no decent star in the whole team, Wenger can fight for the fourth every year, and he is already working hard.
Since Cesc Fabregas returned to Barcelona in search of life and Van Persie was poached by Manchester United, Arsenal have truly become a grassroots team.
The first half ended 0-2, with Bayern leading by two goals.
At the start of the second half, Bayern began to recover, after all, there were already two away goals.
In such a situation, in the 55th minute, Arsenal finally pulled a goal back, relying on Bayern's mistake.
Cazorla's shot hit Podolski's bottom line, but the referee gave Arsenal a corner, and Neuer and several Bayern players protested to the referee, but the referee still insisted on the decision.
Perhaps it was just to protest that the referee's anger had not subsided, Arsenal took a corner, Neuer actually made a mistake, and then Podolski scored with a header from a tight angle to help Arsenal pull a goal back.
"We've got to strengthen our defense." That's what Heynckes said after Arsenal pulled a goal back, and then the coaching staff was there to discuss it.
After two minutes, Grant walked over to the bench and said, "Lin, Luis, you two go warm up too." ”
"If Bayern had the full dominance of the first half, this game was more like Bayern playing Arsenal at their home stadium, so Bayern took a 2-0 lead, but at the beginning of the second half, Arsenal relied on a mistake by Bayern to pull a goal back."
'If Arsenal can continue to take their chances and equalise the scores, then this Champions League last-16 game will still have to be played, but if they lose at home, it will be difficult.'
"There has only been one home defeat in the history of the Champions League knockout stage, and there is a precedent for an away comeback, so Arsenal must hurry up if they want to progress to the quarter-finals."
"Ringer, he's been called to the sidelines to warm up, I don't know if he'll be able to play in this game." As soon as the domestic broadcaster saw Ringer going to warm up, he immediately said loudly.
Ringer and Luis Gustavo went to the sidelines to warm up, where Arjen Robben and Mario Gomez had been warming up for a long time.
Arjen Robben suffered too many injuries in the first half of the season and has not been in great form since the start of the second half of the season, with most of the time coming off the bench so far. As for Mario Gomez, the Super Mario of the year, now he has to compete with another Mario, Mario Mandzukic.
Brazilian Gustavo was the main defensive midfielder last season, but this season after the arrival of Spanish defender Javi Martinez, Gustavo can only play as a substitute.
In the 63rd minute, Bayern replaced Ribery with Robben, which was a simple counterpoint substitution, and let Robben go up and try. Ribery was average in this game, and the best performer in the Bayern team was Muller.
Then in the 68th minute, Bayern made another substitution, Gustavo came on to replace Toni Kroos in the front, which is obviously to strengthen the defense, let the defensive back go up to play a cameo role in the front midfield, but Gustavo, as a Brazilian, still has some offensive ability.
Seeing that the two substitutions were quickly used up, Ringer was a little anxious.
He and Gomez are still warming up, and the last substitution, if any, will definitely be used on one of the two of them.
After continuing to warm up for a few minutes, Ringer finally heard the voice he wanted to hear: "Lin, come here." ”
Ringer knew that he was probably letting him play, and this should be the time to explain the tactics.
"You go up and play right midfielder later, and let Thomas go up front and play as a lone striker." It was for him to come on for Mandzukic, but Ringer went to replace Thomas Muller at right midfield, leaving Muller up front to play as a lone striker.
"Remember, you have to be careful when you go on the pitch and use your physical strength to keep up with Podolski on the opposite side, he seems to be a little excited against us in this game, he keeps running and running, and Philip [Lahm] can't keep up with him."
Podolski was Arsenal's starting left midfielder, attacking Bayern's right side of defence. And Bayern on the right side, the right midfielder is Muller, Muller's offensive state is very good in this game, and many times he is actively helping the attack, leaving only one right full-back Lahm, who is a little bit of a loss in the face of Podolski alone.
The main reason for Bayern's previous goal loss was Neuer's mistake in attacking, but there was also a secondary reason why Lahm did not keep up with Podolski.
In the 78th minute, Bayern used a third substitution, with Ringer coming on for Mandzukic.
'With less than 80 minutes to go, Heynckes used up three substitutions, and if there is an injury next, Bayern will be very passive. The German TV commentary questioned Grandpa Hai a little, and he used up all three substitutions so quickly.
The German team have replaced their new signing during the winter break, Chinese Lin, who has also been linked with Arsenal in the past. He hasn't made much of an appearance since arriving at Bayern, making his Bundesliga debut last weekend, and now having him featured on an important occasion like the knockout stages of the Champions League could be an opportunity for Arsenal. ”
The British commentary questioned whether this substitution was used on Ringer because it was too careless.
"Ringer, who came off the bench in the 78th minute, became the fourth Chinese player to make a Champions League appearance and the third Chinese player to make a Champions League knockout game." The Chinese commentator was very happy about Ringer's appearance.
Ringer came on the stage and told Heynckes about the change arrangement, and the captain of the team, Ram, immediately understood the meaning of the manager's arrangement, afraid that he would not be able to prevent Podolski, but he was not unhappy, but said to Ringer: "You be careful, that guy has a lot of strength, and he is still a little excited." ”
Ringer was going to come on the pitch to help the defense, but he didn't expect to be involved in the offense as soon as he got on the pitch.
In the 80th minute, Bayern broke the ball in the midfield, Lahm dribbled forward along the right side, Ringer followed the whole team to press up, and was running to the right corner of the opponent's penalty area, Lahm was blocked by Arteta and Vermaelen, and passed the ball to Ringer.
"Ringer, he got the ball for the first time." The Chinese commentator even has to talk about him when he gets the ball, isn't this the treatment that only Messi Ronaldo's level stars have?
Ringer turned to catch the ball, faced the incoming ball and just raised his right foot to stop the ball at his feet, did not turn around or look behind him, directly knocked the ball with his heel, and knocked the ball in the direction of the corner flag area.
"Ringer, nice heel knock!"
Ringer's handling of the ball was a bit surprising, but Gramm was prepared, shook off the defender and went down to the bottom, and there was no one around him to receive the ball, and he comfortably crossed it.
"Ram~~ Cross!"
Lahm's pass went towards the back of goal, and in the face of an unexpected attack, Arsenal's Sagna chased it near the landing point first, but it was a little rushed and there was no time to clear the ball properly.
Sagna scrambled to clear the ball and then the ball reached Robben, who had cut into the box, and Robben met the ball and the ball flew into the Arsenal goal.
"Toooor~~~Robben~Robben's goal, he came off the bench to help Bayern score, and the score became 3:1!" The long roar of the German narrator reappears.
In German, the goal is Tore, but the elongated tone in the football commentary shout is more like shouting Tor.
"The Germans once again used team cooperation to break down the Arsenal goal, and I think Arsenal's Champions League this season has ended early, and it is another round of 16." The British commentary was completely deflated.
'Just now Bayern relied on team cooperation to break the Arsenal goal again, and Ringer was also involved, and his back-heel bump gave Lahm an imaginative one, and he also contributed to this goal. The Chinese commentator speaks of Ringer as always.
The whole Bayern team celebrated and the game resumed.
Ringer is ready to meet Arsenal in the end, although he was also involved in the attack just now, but that is only a plus, and the work arranged by the coach is the first thing to do.
But Arsenal seems to have given up on treatment, Wenger still has a substitution to use, but he is sitting there with the old god, and there is no intention of asking the team to fight for the last ten minutes.
However, in the face of his old club Podolsky, he still fought very hard, Ringer fought against him twice, and found that the other party was indeed strong, but unfortunately the speed was not fast, and if he couldn't run, he had no impact, and it was not a big problem to die, not to mention that there was Rahm behind him to help.
Seeing that Arsenal had no fighting spirit, Podolski was still struggling to run, but it had no effect at all, Ringer wanted to tell him: You should go to Japan to play with your sister Yui Hatano, Europe is no longer suitable for you.
But if you want to come to the other party's "dirt bun", you must have never heard of the famous Yui Hatano, so forget it.