Chapter 38: Lin Quan VS Neuer
After conceding the goal, the players of Werder Bremen looked frustrated.
They lost their temper when they conceded this goal.
If it's their own mistakes that cause the opponent to score, then they can still find a way to make up for it.
But just this goal, Bayern purely used their stronger individual ability and team cooperation to tear apart the Werder Bremen defense with high-speed passing.
The opponent raised the tempo too fast, and Werder Bremen's players could not keep up with the opponent's tempo, and it was easy to make defensive mistakes.
However, the opponent's ability to seize opportunities is particularly strong, and the defensive holes on Werder Bremen's side can easily be caught by the opponent and then rewrite the score.
On the side of Bayern's coach's bench, Heynckes nodded with satisfaction after seeing the team equalize.
After his tutelage, this group of players has become more and more mature and strong this season, and they have truly achieved victory without arrogance or discouragement.
With their current form, there should be no problem in reclaiming the Bundesliga trophy this season.
Even last season's champions, Borussia Dortmund, couldn't stop them.
Even, this year, maybe in the Champions League, there will be something to gain.
On the visitors' side, the goal woke up Schaaf.
They had already formulated the tactics of setting up the iron bucket formation before the game, but because the team scored first, the player and his mentality were a little relaxed, and there was no strict implementation of the tactics.
This led to the goal conceded this time, if the front line was completely withdrawn to their own half, the distance between the front line and the back line would be shortened.
And if the captain Fritz takes a step back and the formation changes to a back five, the opponent's goal may not happen.
Thinking of this, Schaaf immediately shouted at the players on the field and told them to carry out the plan they had made before the game.
The 1-1 score is not unacceptable, anyway, the game is only 60 minutes, and after 60 minutes, the two sides can use penalty shootouts to decide the winner.
At that time, no matter how strong Bayern's hard power is, it will be useless, because the penalty shootout is more of a test of luck.
Sure enough, after the game restarted, facing Werder Bremen, who had set up an iron bucket formation, Bayern really had no way to speak.
The score of 1:1 also remained until the end of the first half.
Back in the dressing room, Schaaf affirmed the performance of the players in the first half.
He admitted his fault, believing that he was careless and did not remind the players after scoring the goal and told them to retreat, which led to the subsequent goal.
This move made the players of Werder Bremen a little embarrassed, in fact, they knew in their hearts that this matter had little to do with the manager, and it was completely their own problem.
'Well, forget the first half, in the second half our priority was to defend.
Don't pass the ball directly to Lin Quan like in the first half when attacking, the opponent is very strict with him, and it is difficult for him to get the ball if he passes the ball directly.
So, in the second half, when we were on the counter-attack, we looked for Arnautovic more.
Remember, don't overdo it in midfield, so as not to lose the ball and be hit by the opponent on the counter-attack.
As long as you have the opportunity, you can directly open the backfield, Arnautovic can fight for the ball, and if you can't fight, try to interfere with the opponent's ball, and give your teammates time to settle and defend. ”
What Schaaf said, the players had already discussed.
It's just that they were besieged by the other side later, and they didn't have too much ball, and they were too anxious to fight a few counterattacks, and they failed to form a tacit understanding, so the tactics discussed before were not implemented.
Now, after Schaaf has emphasized this tactic, the players will play according to his instructions in the second half.
The second half started very quickly, and Werder Bremen did not make any personnel changes.
However, Bayern Munich made two changes to their players.
No. 31 Schweinsteiger came off the bench to replace No. 36 Emre, and No. 7 Ribery came on for No. 11 Saric.
Werder Bremen kicked off, and the ball was passed three or two feet at their feet, but under the pressure of the Bayern players, it was quickly lost.
As a result, the game seemed to return to the familiar picture of the first half - Bayern formed a siege on Werder Bremen's goal!
But the difference is that this time, Werder Bremen is very densely packed at the back.
Ten of their 11 players were in their own half.
Even, even Lin Quan himself would retreat to catch the ball, leaving Arnautovic dangling near the center circle.
The dense players at the back caused Bayern's attack to play very hard and scoreless.
Breaking down dense defense is a global problem, and when a team is determined to defend it, it is difficult for even the top teams to break through their gates.
Two months ago, the national football team played a warm-up match against World Cup champion Spain.
In this game, the Chinese football team set up a bus, and as a result, Spain, which was the main force, bombarded dozens of feet throughout the game, but it was unable to break through the door of the national football team.
If it weren't for the last five minutes, the national football players were physically exhausted, their concentration dropped, and David Silva pushed the shot, maybe they could have drawn the invincible Spanish national team.
The difference in strength between Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich is much smaller than the gap between the national football team and the Spanish national team.
So when they are determined to set up the bus, Bayern is like a hunting dog that has met a hedgehog, and they don't know where to start.
Werder Bremen can settle for a draw and then decide the outcome from a penalty.
Bayern can't accept it!
As a result, Bayern stepped up their attacking efforts further, with defenders who were originally near midfield joining the attack, leaving only Boateng at the back.
This gave Werder Bremen an opportunity!
In the 46th minute of the game, Franck Franck Ribery's shot was blocked by a defender with his body.
Werder Bremen's captain Fritz grabbed the spot, and Lin Quan and Arnautovic began to rush towards Bayern's half of the court the moment the ball was converted.
Fritz glanced at the team's two speeding forwards, one kicking the ball forward.
The ball is not going to people, but to the vacancy in the opponent's backfield.
After seeing the opponent's big kick kick, Bayern's players didn't pay attention to it at first.
It's hard to break down Bayern with a long pass and a hanging style because they have a goalkeeper with a lot of range of movement.
Manuel Neuer has a wide range of movement in front of goal, and sometimes he will even leave the penalty area and run outside the box to act as a rear exit point for the team, participating in the overall attack, so he is called a goalkeeper by fans.
Bayern had a great advantage in this game, so at this time, Neuer had already left the penalty area.
After seeing the landing point of this goal, Neuer knew in his heart that his teammate Boateng should be able to win this goal, so he did not rush back to the penalty area, and planned to catch the opponent after Boateng controlled the landing point of the ball.
Boateng saw the ball flying towards him, judged the landing point and jumped high to tip the ball over to his team-mate behind him.
However, just as he was jumping, a tall figure rushed over and bounced off the ground almost at the same time.
The two were about the same height, but Boateng jumped on the spot and the other jumped after the run.
As a result, Boateng watched as the football was carried away by the opponent when it was only a few centimeters away from him.
At this moment, another figure flashed past the two of them.
At the same time, Neuer, who realized that the situation was not good, also opened his long legs and went straight to football.
He and Lin Quan are about the same distance from football, and he is far from the goal than from the ball, so it is definitely too late to retreat.
If he doesn't attack to grab this ball, the opponent can directly hang the door after taking the ball, and he will definitely not be able to catch up with it at that time!
Lin Quan obviously knew this as well.
So, at this moment, it depends on which of the two is faster!