Chapter 133: Final Rehearsal

Although the Champions League final has already been decided, the final will not be until May 25, three weeks later, and Bayern will now have to think about the league first.

On May 4, the day of the 32nd round of the Bundesliga, which is also the German national derby, Bayern Munich challenged Dortmund away.

Before the game even started, the atmosphere was hot.

The Champions League final ahead of schedule? 》

Champions League Final Warm-up

Bayern's winning streak ends? 》

This year's Champions League final is a matchup between two teams, isn't this the Champions League final played in advance?

Bayern are currently on a 14-game winning streak in the league, just one game away from Bayern's own record for the longest winning streak in the Bundesliga, but this away game against arch-rival Dort is likely to end Bayern's winning streak.

It was also a battle of records, and a win for Bayern would tie the Bundesliga's longest winning streak and Bayern's own 15-game winning streak.

After winning the previous round, Bayern have reached 84 league points, which is already the highest points in the Bundesliga, and this one will set an even higher record if they continue to win.

The match between Bayern and Dort naturally inevitably talks about the focus figure, Götze.

Götze left the field injured in the second leg of the Champions League match against Real Madrid, and Dort has not officially announced the extent of the injury, but many sources say that Götze is likely to miss this year's Champions League final.

After being revealed to be switching to a sworn enemy before an important match like the Champions League semi-finals, Gotze's reputation with the Hornets is completely stinky.

So now although Gotze may miss the Champions League final due to injury, Dort fans don't think so, they think that Gotze is cheating on his injury, this is showing his determination to his new club, and wants to indirectly assist his new club Bayern to win the Champions League.

During this time, there have been fans protesting against Gotze at the door of Dort's club.

Currently in the Bundesliga standings, Bayern has 84 points, Borussia Dortmund 64, Bayer Leverkusen 56 points, and Schalke 04 is 49 points.

This points situation, that is to say, the top three rankings of the league this season will hardly change much, so although the German derby between Bayern and Dort is very hyped, what is the Champions League final that comes in advance, the Champions League final warm-up and other names are very big, but in fact it does not have much practical significance.

Perhaps the biggest meaning of this game is to see if the Hornets can end Bayern's winning streak, preferably at home, so as to kill Bayern's prestige and boost confidence for the next Champions League final.

If it can't be beaten, then it would be good to draw with Bayern and end Bayern's winning streak.

For Bayern, it's best to win, and it doesn't matter if you can't win, anyway, Bayern are aiming for the treble now, and a small winning streak is not too important.

Therefore, in this context, the lineup arranged by Bayern is basically a substitute lineup, with only a few main players in the backline, Boateng, Van Bitten and Neuer.

The frontcourt players were all substitutes, with Ringer partnering Pizarro and Shaqiri in the starting attack, and Gomez playing as a lone striker.

On Dort's side, except for a few players who are temporarily injured, only one Reus of the Hornets is sitting on the bench, and all the other main players who can go up are on it, and it seems that they are aiming to end Bayern's winning streak.

Entering Wester's Stadium, Ringer found another point in the game.

In Dort's home stadium, all kinds of slogans supporting the Hornets to insult Bayern and supporting Dort's victory in the Champions League are all due to the meaning of the question.

But in the slogan inside the stadium, there is another long-awaited object of abuse - Gotze.

"Gotze, you're a money-hungry bitch!"

"CNMD, Götze!"

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The slogans that insult Götze are no less than those that scold Bayern, and even more that they scold Götze.

There were also many fans of Dort's No. 10 shirt wearing Gotze on the sidelines, but they drew a big red cross with a red pen on the shirt number, and even burned Gotze's shirt directly on the sidelines.

This is probably the deep responsibility of love, anyway, Ringer thinks, I don't know what to say.

Although there are various topics, the game still has to go on normally.

To be honest, the fact that the Hornets have been able to achieve such results in recent years is indeed unique.

Uncle Scum's crazy grabbing tactics are really lethal, Dott has the ball at his feet, that is, a whirlwind fast hit, using a fast pace to frantically impact the opponent's defense, without the ball at his feet, then go crazy to force the opponent, find a way to grab the ball, and then copy the set with the ball.

With this style of play, many strong teams are about to be recruited by accident, and Real Madrid, which has just been buried in the Champions League semifinals, is a lesson from the past.

A quick goal was scored at the beginning of the first half, but fortunately, Ronaldo's goal equalized the score 1:1 before the end of the first half, but Real Madrid did not resist at the beginning of the second half, and Dort played crazy for 20 minutes, and the score quickly became 4:1.

Real Madrid were simply stunned.

Heynckes has also been a victim of this tactic, having moved from Bayer Leverkusen to Bayern Munich in recent years, with two wins, four draws and eight defeats against Uncle Scum, with his only two victories coming this season, beating Borussia Dort 2-1 in the German Super Cup and winning 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the German Cup.

Heynckes should be a little intimidated by Dort's style of play.

However, Uncle Scum's tactics also have great shortcomings, one is that the physical exertion of the players is particularly large, and the team is often seized by the opponent in the final period, and after 80 minutes, Dort conceded the most goals, because the previous fast attack and fast play consumed too much physical strength, and the final stage often made mistakes in defense. The second leg of the Champions League semi-final went to the Bernabeu, and Dort's two goals were conceded after 80 minutes.

The second is that this tactic is very costly for players, and players under this tactic are basically out of fatigue for a long time, and injuries will occur after a long time, or even large-scale injuries.

Dort was strong in the first two seasons, but at the beginning of these two seasons, he could not compete with Bayern at all, and injuries were the biggest reason. Of course, after the decline in performance, Dort is not a giant team, and the core players cannot be retained, and they are poached one after another, which is also a big reason.

Bayern came off the bench this time, so the start was a bit conservative.

Dort, on the other hand, opened the spree as always.

However, the first chance of the opening game was won by Bayern.

In the 8th minute, Dort's madness pressed into the back of an obvious gap, Ringer got the ball and kicked it through, and Shaqiri successfully countered offside on the right side. But this thing is too greedy, on the other side there is Gomez, who ran to the empty space and was unmarked, but he did not pass the ball, chose to hit the goal by himself, and was saved by Dort's old goalkeeper Weidenfeller.

Although Bayern got a chance at the beginning, it could not affect Dort's attack in the slightest.

Just three minutes later, in the 11th minute, Dort's midfield broke off the ball and immediately attacked, Shahin crossed the ball over the top, Bwaszzczykowski received the ball on the left and crossed, and Grosskreutz volleyed the ball into the back of the net.

"Dot~~ Bumblebee! They scored against Bayern Munich in the opening 11 minutes, and they were the only German team to have scored first since March! ”

Next, Bayern players began to infringe on Gundogan one after another, Gundogan was violated twice in four minutes, the one time Tymoshchuk tackled the opponent's ankle, and the Ukrainian himself received a yellow card.

Now that Dort's Gotze is injured and Reus is on the bench, Pro-Dogan is naturally the core of Dort's midfield and is taken care of.

Perhaps seeing that his team was already ahead and fearing that Gundogan would be injured, Klopp used his first substitution in the 15th minute, with Leitner coming on for Gundogan.

In fact, although Gundogan was constantly violated at that time, he didn't look injured at all, and Gundogan himself did not express discomfort, so Uncle Scum replaced him.

This substitution is a bit inexplicable, maybe Gundogan's medicine jar itself is injured and unknown, but this did weaken Dort's firepower, Bayern's morale rebounded, and the score was soon equalized.

In the 21st minute, Ringer equalised with a header from Pizarro after linking up on the left flank, and Gomez ran to the goal to head in front of goal.

'Bayern equalised just 10 minutes down and the rehearsal for this Champions League final was not conservative.

The commentator was too early to rejoice, and after two goals, neither side scored again in the first half.

However, Dort still has the advantage on the field, and under their constant pressing, it is a little embarrassing to substitute Bayern.

At the beginning of the second half, the scene was a little more flat.

Dort's side thinks that it is enough to force Bayern to draw, and Bayern does not have too strong desire to attack, and no one wants to miss the Champions League final because of injury.

It was a Champions League final, and many players might only get one chance in their lifetime.

There are many top stars in football who have never participated in the Champions League final, such as alien Ronaldo, the king of the small penalty area, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Wolves Totti, Vieira, Cannavaro, and now the big Ibrahimovic and Van Persie, all of whom have never participated in the Champions League final in their careers.

So for a player, it's a huge honour to be able to play in the Champions League final, maybe only once in a lifetime, and no one wants to be absent.

But that's not what Ringer thinks, and it's an honour to play in the Champions League final, but he doesn't want to just mess with the final.

For an important game like the Champions League final, the manager would be cautious, and Ringer knows he will probably miss out on starting.

Once the starting line-up is arranged, unless it is a substitution such as delaying time in the final minute of the game, or an unexpected situation such as an injury during the game, as long as it is not his own team that is in an extremely disadvantageous situation, the manager will not easily make adjustments.

In most of the Champions League finals, both sides did not use up their three substitutions, because the head coach is seeking stability, as long as his team situation is still passable, then don't gamble on substitutions easily, because the strongest squad that can play in the Champions League final must be on the pitch.

In the 10-year Champions League final, Bayern lost 0:2 to Inter Milan, but Inter Milan, who was leading by two goals, used up three substitutions in order to delay time, and Bayern, who lost the game, had one substitution that was useless.

Why? When Bayern fell behind by one goal, Bayern coach Van Gaal did not dare to take the risk of substitutions easily, only one goal behind still has a chance, there is no need to risk gambling. But when he fell behind by two goals, after trying to make a substitution, he still saw that the overall situation was hopeless, so he directly admitted defeat and did not continue to make substitutions, so as not to lose even worse.

Similarly, in the 11 Champions League final, Barcelona, who led 3:1 early, used up three substitutions in a row at the last moment to delay time, and Manchester United, who lost the game, only used two substitutions in total. In the same way, the situation is not completely passive, Ferguson will not easily gamble on substitutions, the situation is already completely passive, and it is too late to make another substitution.

In last year's Champions League final, Bayern had an overall advantage in the whole game, and it can be seen from the exaggerated data comparison that the ratio of shots on goal between Bayern and Chelsea was 43:9, and the ratio of corner kicks was 20:1. However, the score was bite, only Bayern had a five-minute lead, and the rest of the time the score was even.

In such an exaggerated situation that was extremely suppressed, even if extra time was played, the whole game was over, and Bayern and Chelsea only used two substitutions.

Bayern couldn't open the situation for a long time, but at least the score was not behind, and even Bayern had the advantage on the field, so the veteran Heynckes did not dare to gamble on substitutions easily, and one of his two substitutions was a substitution to strengthen the defense after taking the lead, who knew that Chelsea turned around and equalized.

Chelsea, on the other hand, are more conservative, although the scene is extremely suppressed, as long as the score is not behind, it is even more afraid to make substitutions.

This is also the reason why there has been no name in the tournament since ancient times, from coaches to players, everyone will be extremely conservative and focus on stability.

So for Ringer, even if he is Bayern's super substitute, he will face the situation that he is likely to not be able to play in the Champions League final.

If the Champions League final is anxious and Heynckes will probably not make substitutions easily, then he will not have a chance to play in the Champions League, or he will only play in the last injury time to delay time.

If he wants to play, he has to perform well in this so-called final preview to earn impression points for himself.

In the German Cup quarterfinals and Dort's game, Ringer came off the bench to assist his teammates to kill, and if he can perform in this game, then he has a good performance against Dort twice, and if he needs to face Dort in the final, Heynckes must be the first to think of him.

As a result, everyone else was somewhat restrained, and when it came time to save strength for the Champions League final, Ringer became the most active one on the field.

But in many cases, it is not possible to have an effect by being positive, and it may even be counterproductive.

In the 60th minute, Dort's attack came, Ringer actively returned to help the defense, Shahin's shot on the left side of the penalty area went straight to him, Ringer jumped to block, put his hands on his chest to protect his body, and the ball reached his arm.

Although it was handball, Ringer's arms were not open, and he did not use his open arms to expand his defensive area, which did not constitute a foul.

Beep~

Unexpectedly, the referee blew the whistle and not only blew the handball, but also gave Dort a penalty.

"Hey, my hand is on my chest and it's not open, can't you see?"

Ringer is a bit hot, how can this ball be a handball? Giving a penalty to the opponent? Is this TM trying to blow the black whistle?

Lao Tzu just wanted to perform well and make a good impression for the Champions League final, but he was hacked a penalty like this?