The Audi Cup schedule is very intensive, so as not to affect the preparation of the teams.

Four teams played four games and were scheduled in two days.

This has the advantage of saving time, but the disadvantage is that it can greatly increase the burden on the players.

After the first day, the final was played on the second day, and the main players of both teams did not have much rest.

However, on the other hand, Manchester City seem to have the upper hand.

Because the first day of the game ended a few hours earlier than Bayern, it was equivalent to an extra few hours of rest.

The first to start was the battle between AC Milan and Sao Paulo for third and fourth place, and with Boateng's goal, AC Milan beat Sao Paulo by one goal and won the third place in this Audi Cup.

After the match between the two teams, it was followed by the match between Bayern Munich and Manchester City.

In this game, Pep Guardiola made a significant rotation of Bayern's lineup.

Götze started alongside summer signing Thiago, with Piggy Weinsteiger being dropped off the bench.

The two wingers, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, also started the game, with Martinez, the main defender of last season, moved back to the position of Pep Guardiola at centre-back.

This change is quite bold, and people can't help but look forward to the effect of his adjustments.

Outcome......

The first half played 25 minutes, the score was 0:1, and it was not Bayern who scored first, but Manchester City.

Martinez has been doing well at centre-back, and his excellent ability to play the ball has improved Bayern's attacking level.

Neuer doesn't have to open his feet, just hand the ball to Hama, let the latter dribble forward, and then hand it to his own midfielder.

The advantage of this is to free up the midfield, so that your own midfielder does not have to retreat to receive the ball.

They can directly press through the half, increase the number of their own attackers in the opponent's half, and thus exert more offensive pressure on the opponent.

However, City's strategy was to play defensive counter-attacks.

All three of their players up front are the kind of small players who are quick and fast, not only fast, but also very good at dribbling and passing.

Your back is pressed over half the court, the ball is in your hands, it's okay to say, the ball is not in your hands, then when I play a counterattack, your back may not be able to go back.

In the 25th minute of the first half, it was the opportunity to take advantage of the Bayern formation to press forward, Manchester City seized the opportunity to play a textbook quick counterattack, and finally Lin Quan completed the shot to rewrite the score.

This goal was not unexpected, Lin Quan often scored on Bayern when he was at Werder Bremen.

What's more, it's to the higher platform of Manchester City!

However, they did not expect Bayern to concede the first goal.

This is completely different from the predictions made before the game!

"What is Guardiola doing? Do you do scientific research? Why was Hama put on the guard by him, isn't this a fool? ”

"Yes, although Hama is good at the back, with his excellent physical fitness and strong coverage, he can play at the back to fully exploit his advantages!"

"Pep Guardiola won't be floating because he won Sao Paulo before, right? If you continue to play like this, the winner of this game will be Manchester City! ”

Criticism of Guardiola's new things on the Internet has begun to appear.

It's not that people can't accept new things, people just can't accept failure.

If Pep Guardiola's new stuff can have a noticeable effect on the pitch, helping Bayern defeat their opponents like chopping melons and vegetables.

Those who criticize him will definitely turn into a song of praise and praise for him.

……

After Guardiola saw Lin Quan's goal, he couldn't help but applaud him.

After applauding, he found that the Bayern fans around him were looking at him dumbfounded, and then he realized that he was now the head coach of Bayern.

Applauding the goal of the opposition player is a bit of an outrage.

"Ahem, adjust the formation, let Martinez return to the midfield position, let Gotze organize the attack, and Muller waits for the opportunity to step forward!"

After the initial makeover was not very successful, Guardiola did not have a.

He himself realized that what he had made up was not working as expected.

"It seems that this idea is still not very mature, and it is a little risky to take it out rashly!"

Pep Guardiola thought quickly and felt that his train of thought was not wrong.

The reason why the effect is not good is that other work has not been done well.

When this game is over, he will study it again, and then experiment on those weaker opponents in the Bundesliga.

Once you've accumulated enough match data, you should have no problem taking it out against stronger opponents.

As for asking him not to fool around and honestly coach according to the successful tactics that have been achieved?

That's impossible!

If he doesn't toss, then he won't be called Guardiola!

After Pep Guardiola made a tactical change, the Bayern players breathed a sigh of relief.

They don't know much about Pep Guardiola's tactics, although they are trying to do what the other side wants.

However, Bayern have rarely played pass-and-control football before, and Guardiola's pressing style of play has only just been used, and it is far from being handy.

So the players played more awkwardly on the field, and at this time they were able to use familiar tactics, and the Bayern players immediately became able to play again.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, Thomas Muller took advantage of a chance to cut forward and received an assist from a teammate to complete the goal and equalize the score.

The Bayern fans in the Allianz Stadium were relieved to see that the team had finally returned to normal.

It's just that Guardiola is still using Heynckes' tactics.

Bayern fans can't help but think:

Since Pep Guardiola will only follow the rules, why should they ask Pep Guardiola?

Fans are like that, they will be unhappy if they reform the team's tactical play.

Without reform, they are also dissatisfied.

All in all, it's not an easy task to keep them satisfied.

……

I have to say that Bayern, the new European champion, still has a lot of oppression.

In front of Bayern, Manchester City has exposed a lot of problems at both ends of the pitch.

First of all, there is the problem of attack, Lin Quan's time at Manchester City is still too short, the tacit understanding between him and his teammates is not enough, and they are not familiar with each other's style of play, resulting in their cooperation on the field often mistakes.

If you play against a weak team, this kind of problem will not be exposed, and they can rely on strong individual strength to complete the attack.

But when facing a strong team like Bayern, individual strength alone is not enough.

Bayern have not seen much personnel changes this season, and their main structure has largely continued from the line-up they won the championship.

This has not allowed Bayern's combat effectiveness to decline.

Bayern's backline has been tested at the Champions League level, and if it can really be broken down so easily, then so many teams will not be defeated when facing Bayern.

Manchester City's players can't work together, they are in a situation where they are fighting each other, and they can't penetrate each other's defenses at all.

On the contrary, after Bayern gave up the pressing attack, the strong attacking ability of their two wings was reflected.

The combination of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery has put City's backline to the test.

Especially Robben, Manchester City's full-back knew that he was going to cut inside, but he just couldn't prevent him.

Fortunately, Robben was not in great form today, and the few shots he made after cutting inside failed to convert into goals.

Otherwise, Manchester City would be behind now.

Arjen Robben is not in good form, but on the other side of Ribery is in very hot form.

His breakthrough and passing on the other side not only turned Manchester City's right side upside down, but also caused City's formation to be disjointed.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Ribery broke through the bottom and sent a high-quality cross to assist teammate Mandzukic to head home.

2:1, Bayern reversed the score.

Seeing the growing threat of attacking on the wings, Manuel Pellegrini made adjustments to the team's defence, increasing interceptions on the flanks and not giving the opposition the opportunity to cross unscrupulously.

However, after strengthening their defense on the wings, their defense in the middle was problematic again.

Gotze, who had been invisible for almost half the game, finally came alive in the 75th minute of the second half after Manchester City's players reduced their close defence against him.

In the 82nd minute, Götze sent a through ball and Mandzukic knocked the ball back to Thomas Muller, who was cutting forward.

The latter's powerful shot was saved by Joe Hart and the ball flew out of the box and landed at the feet of Robben.

Robben, who had squandered countless chances to shoot on goal before, hit a long-range shot that was not of high quality this time.

Joe Hart seemed to be ill-prepared for this shot, and although he made a side-saving move, he was half a beat slower.

The ball still slid past his hand and flew into the net.

The score became 3:1 and Bayern extended their lead.

Seeing that the goal was scored, Robben himself was a little confused.

After the game, he felt that the ball was gone, where did he think that this goal was actually scored!

Was the opposing goalkeeper a mistake?

Luo Laohan couldn't care so much, he ran excitedly, jumped high, and made a fist in the air to celebrate his goal.

……

The Manchester City players put their hands on their hips, you look at me, I look at you, and their expressions are quite depressed.

This ball......

I don't know what to say about this goal, there must be something wrong with the defenders.

Thomas Muller's shot from the front should have been blocked, but they missed it.

Joe Hart's shot was saved, and City's defenders couldn't help but give a thumbs up to their team-mates.

They couldn't help Robben's follow-up shot, but Joe Hart didn't save this shot that didn't pose much threat.

All right!

Manchester City's defenders have decided to retract the likes they have just given.

Joe Hart himself was also depressed, he had just made a save and the opponent hit the goal in succession, and when he got up for the second time to make a save, he slipped on the turf, causing his movements to slow down a little.

Otherwise, with his strength, he won't be able to save this ball.

Near the middle circle, Lin Quan crossed his hands on his hips and looked at Joe Hart with a depressed face with a frown.

He remembers a joke about Joe Hart in domestic football:

'If there is love in the sky, the sky will be old, and I will see Hartmund with a kick'

Joe Hart seems to have been a bit unlucky when it comes to defending from long range.

It's not that he's not capable, his saving skills are online.

However, when he encounters a long-range shot, his luck is always not good.

Either the opponent played all kinds of unbelievable fairy balls, or he made various low-level mistakes.

Time was running out and after the restart, City stepped up their attack.

After Lin Quan realized the shortcomings of the lack of tacit cooperation between himself and his teammates, he gave up the cooperation with other teammates, and only cooperated with his teammate David Silva of the national team.

They have played many games together, and not long ago they played side by side in the Confederations Cup for half a month, and they have a high degree of tacit understanding with each other.

In addition, both of them are the kind of players with delicate skills and high ball quotient.

There is no need to communicate with each other at all, and a glance can complete the communication, so that the other party understands their intentions.

As the cooperation between the two increased, the defensive pressure on Bayern's front court increased dramatically.

Martinez and his teammates thought Lin Quan was the biggest threat, so they kept him very close.

This is also the tactic developed by Pep Guardiola!

No one understands his son's strength better than him!

But the opponent's defensive tactics are in Lin Quan's hands.

He knew he would be targeted, so he didn't intend to play the role of a finisher at all, but intended to complete the final pass as a playmaker and assist his team-mate to complete the goal.

The 89th minute of the match, the last minute of regular time.

Lin Quan hit the wall with David Silva on the wing in a row, and then dribbled to the 30-meter threat zone at the edge of the penalty area.

For Lin Quan, this position was already within his range.

Whether it's a long-range shot from outside the box or another breakthrough and then dribbling into the box, it can create a huge threat to Bayern's goal.

The Bayern players, who coached Lin Quan many times last season, did not dare to slack off at all.

Including Martinez, as many as four players immediately rushed towards Lin Quan.

In the coach's bench on the sidelines, Guardiola's heart also lifted after seeing Lin Quan dribbling to this area.

This kid, when he can't form a tacit cooperation with his teammates, can still do it to this extent, he still seems to underestimate him!

But it doesn't matter, the first few steps are easy, and the last one is the most difficult.

Lin Quan is certainly likely to fight his way out of the encirclement under the encirclement of multiple people, after all, he has accomplished such a feat in the competition before.

However, this kind of miracle cannot be staged again and again.

Once caught in the trap of multiple people, the probability of him being cut off is much greater than the probability of a successful breakthrough.

As for whether he will pass the ball to his team-mates, Guardiola is also on guard.

In addition to arranging for players to focus on defending Lin Quan, he also sent people to mark David Silva and did not give the latter a chance to catch the ball and shoot.

David Silva's physical confrontation ability is not strong, and he does not have Lin Quan's excellent breakthrough ability, so he has to send too many people over, just arrange a strong defender to watch him.

With all that in mind, Guardiola feels at ease.

Boy, show all your skills and let me see what surprises you can bring me!

In the face of the multi-person bag of Bayern players, Lin Quan was about to break inside, which scared the Bayern players to retract their feet to prevent being passed.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the opponent to react like this, he decisively passed the ball through the crack.

Unsurprisingly, the ball was passed to David Silva.

Hehe, it was as expected by the manager!

Bayern's left-back Alaba sneered when he saw Lin Quan's pass, and was about to step forward to force David Silva.

Alaba is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 80 kilograms.

David Silva is 1.7 meters tall and weighs 68 kilograms.

Not only is there a lot difference in height between the two, but there is also a big difference in weight.

Alaba is confident that he can knock the opponent to the ground in one fell swoop!

However, to Alaba's stunned, David Silva actually didn't catch the ball.

He deliberately leaked the ball to another team-mate - Sergio Aguero!

Sergio Aguero kept meeting the ball and fired a powerful shot past Bayern's goal.

The score became 3:2.

There is still suspense in the game!

(End of chapter)