Chapter Seventy-Nine: The First Victory in the Champions League

As for the performance of the players in the first half, Benjamin was generally satisfied.

Being able to play against Bayern away from home without falling behind already says a lot.

But the problem is that what he wants is a win, and that's not enough.

Although the "hair dryer" had already been activated once before the game, now in the away dressing room, Benjamin had to do it again.

"Everybody started pressing me aggressively from the front! Compress the space for Bayern players to hold the ball and respond, forcing the opponent to pass the ball backwards.

There is no need to rush to steal, since they like to pass the control, let the other party fall in front of their own door.

Then it's about Alonso, N'Golo Kante and Dembele, a little bit more of a team.

Be sure to limit the Spaniards' passing routes, so that they have no way to calmly organize and dispatch in midfield!

Separate their midfielders! Don't let a few Bayern midfielders easily complete the connection.

Then there's the question of fighting back! No matter where the ball is broken, don't delay, give me a counterattack on the spot!

The switch between attack and defense must be fast enough to catch the opponent off guard.

That's pretty much it, coming back on the pitch in the second half, scoring for me, it's something as simple as that, can you do it? ”

It seems very simple to say, but it is not easy to really do it.

In addition to the requirements for the strength of the players themselves, they also need to be able to cooperate with each other, and the team as a whole can unite and strictly implement the manager's arrangement.

"Yes!"

Benjamin smiled in satisfaction, confident in his teammates.

And on the field, the premise of being able to do what he asks for is that Alderweireld and N'Golo Kante, two defenders in the central midfield, are excellent in interception and defense, and have good ability to play the ball.

The outcome of the game will depend on who will have the upper hand in the second half.

At the beginning of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Neuer crossed from the back, and Benatia was forced by Eriksen at the back and made a mistake in stopping the ball.

However, the Dane's right-footed shot was not of high quality and was saved by Neuer with a single palm.

Eriksen's corner was headed out of the box by Boateng.

Dembele's long-range shot from outside the box grazed the turf and went just wide of the left-hand post.

Pep Guardiola asked Dent to warm up on the sidelines and be ready to play.

It seems that the Bayern coach can't stand it and doesn't want to see Benatia, who has performed poorly, continue to stay on the field.

With his impressive performances in Serie A last season, the Moroccan joined Bayern from Roma for a transfer fee of 28 million euros.

But it is clear that Benatia's performance today is difficult to satisfy Guardiola.

If it weren't for the injury of German centre-back Bad Stuber in the last game against Stuttgart, Benatia would probably not have gotten the chance to start.

However, some opportunities fell on his head and he didn't know how to cherish them, and in the 56th minute, Dante came on as a substitute to replace the Moroccan.

Muller leaned on Vertonghen in the box to try to defend the ball, but lost his balance.

In the moments before falling to the ground, Erwa used her heel to make the ball to Gotze on the other side.

Mariogetze fired a low right-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net, and Lloris fell sideways to save the ball.

Lloris kicked the ball forward and unfortunately failed to return the ball to his teammates to Bayern.

As soon as Xavi Alonso got the ball, Dembele pressed it.

The Spaniard had no choice but to pass the ball, but Kante guessed the opponent's passing intentions correctly and cut the ball off with a clever kick!

Tottenham steals in front of the field and immediately launches a counterattack on the spot!

N'Golo Kante split the ball down the left flank and Danny Ross and Sadio Mane played a one-two to get past Bayern's defenders.

Kane, who entered the box, didn't touch Mane's cross, and Townsend followed up with a powerful volley!

German international Manuel Neuer stood in front of goal, did not receive interference from Kane's lack of grabs, and flew up to knock Townsend out with a double fist.

Eriksen again crossed the ball into the box, and in the confusion one of the white-clad figures scurved the ball first.

Sure enough, it's Harry Kane! He got rid of the entanglement of the Bayern central defender and stabbed it with a kick!

Neuer couldn't defuse the shot that was close to goal, and could only watch as the ball crossed the goal line past him.

The ball is in!

The visitors were the first to break the deadlock on the field!

Kane, who scored the goal, was full of joy and smiled, excitedly celebrating his first goal in the Champions League with his teammates.

On the sidelines, Benjamin held his arms high, and the cacophony of tens of thousands of Bayern supporters in the stadium seemed to be a tribute to him.

Of course, the game is not over yet, and Pep Guardiola's side still have a chance to equalize or even overtake the scoreline.

Raphinha's 45-degree cross was fired by Muller's long-range shot from the edge of the box, and the Bayern players' emotions gradually became irritable.

Two minutes later, Muller sprinted down the right and forced his feet to get off the corner when he was forced by a Tottenham defender.

Erwa's long-range shot went high again, and Guardiola on the sidelines looked very dissatisfied with Muller's irresponsibility.

Bayern's head coach continued to make substitutions, replacing Thomas Muller with Arjen Robben and Pizarro a few minutes later.

Gotze cut inside from the left and slotted into the box to shoot but Vertonghen gave up to block the ball.

Bayern took a corner from the left, Lloris failed to touch the ball with his reckless attack, but Alderweireld in front of goal cleared the ball and Tottenham escaped.

Bayern, who were eager to equalize, pressed all the players and formed a siege on the visitors' goal.

Benjamin's team led the score, and the overall chaos was not panicked, except for Lowry's mistake just now, the defensive jersey did not give the opponent too good a chance.

Bernat ran out of the left and crossed to the middle, and seeing that Lewandowski in the middle would get a great chance to score, Vertonghen fell to the ground and tackled to defuse the danger in time.

Boateng won the ball 30 meters from the goal outside the penalty area, and saw that there was no one around him to shoot.

There was no mistake in this ball, and he actually took the ball with both hands and pressed it under him.

"Fight back! Counterattack! ”

Lloris tossed the ball to Alderweireld and the Belgian centre-back's pinpoint long ball went over the head of the Bayern defence and into the front court.

Sadio Mane, Kane and Townsend started one after the other, cutting forward at high speed, with Bayern's defenders chasing after them but getting farther and farther away.

Kane chested the ball to the edge of the penalty area, faced the attacking Neuer, and selflessly knocked the ball to Mane on the left.

The Senegalese pushes the empty goal!

Two to zero!

Tottenham scored another goal to extend their lead!

After conceding the ball again, Guardiola became lighter and did not change, just looked at Kane and Mane who were celebrating on the field in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Benjamin used up three substitutions in turn, with Son Heung-min, Milinkovic and Alex Sandro coming off the bench.

While delaying a little time, they also get a feel for the atmosphere of the Champions League.

Ninety minutes of regular time came to an end and the game went into stoppage time.

Lahm took the ball from the right, Pizarro's shot was blocked out of the box, and Gotze snatched the second penalty back.

Robben's shot flew into the stands.

At full-time, Tottenham Hotspur won 2-0 away at Bayern Munich.

Benjamin won the game in his first meeting with Pep Guardiola!