On match day, the Etihad Stadium was packed, with most of the stadium's stands filled with City fans in sky-blue jerseys.

There are actually a lot of Bayern fans traveling with the team, but the Etihad Stadium is much smaller than the Allianz Arena and has fewer seats, so it is not easy to grab tickets.

The visiting fans were only given 3,000 away tickets, and the rest of the fans couldn't grab tickets at all, so they had to watch the game outside the stadium.

In addition to the fans of both teams who came to watch the game, the match attracted hundreds of millions of fans in Europe and around the world.

Looking at the soaring ratings backstage, UEFA's official mouth was crooked.

This season's Champions League broadcast ratings are so high, which means that their revenue from broadcast rights will also rise next season.

Higher income means more prize money, and the teams in the major leagues will have to do their best in the Champions League in order to compete for the prize money, and the Champions League will be even more attractive.

UEFA is very ambitious, they have always been unwilling to be suppressed by FIFA, and want to use their strong financial resources and influence to get rid of FIFA's control and sit on an equal footing with each other.

To achieve this goal, UEFA's influence needs to be further increased and more people know about their existence.

"Hehe, it seems that everyone is looking forward to these two teams joining forces to put on a wonderful performance for everyone!"

"Yes, Manchester City and Bayern are both known for their attacks, and the collision between these two teams will definitely be very exciting, just thinking about it is very exciting!"

In CCTV's live broadcast room, seeing so many viewers at the scene, the mood of the two commentators also became excited.

They quickly introduced the starting line-ups on both sides, and then chatted while the game had even started.

"Pep Guardiola has used a full-back tactic in the league before, and this tactic shows a terrifying attacking prowess, but in the Champions League, he has rarely used it, I wonder if Guardiola will use this tactic in this game!?"

"It's hard to say, the outside world is analyzing that this tactic will weaken the defensive ability of the wings, and Bayern just has the top two wingers, and flying on both wings is Bayern's forte, if Guardiola really uses this tactic to deal with Bayern, it will be in Bayern's hands."

"Yes, what you said makes a lot of sense, if this game allows Bayern to score too many away goals, it will definitely not be a good thing for Manchester City, after all, Bayern's fighting power at the Allianz Arena is obvious to all!"

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Because of the result of this match, it is likely to determine who will advance to the final, so the two teams in the other half of the division have also sent people to watch the game.

Real Madrid sent French legend Zinedine Zidane, who is now an assistant coach of Real Madrid.

Zinedine Zidane studied with Carlo Ancelotti for a year and has begun to take charge of Real Madrid's B team this year.

He is a key player for Real Madrid and is a candidate who intends to take over the position of manager of Real Madrid after Carlo Ancelotti leaves in the future.

The Champions League semi-finals are such an important game as an opportunity for Zidane, who is in dire need of coaching knowledge and experience, not to be missed.

"Heynckes' tactics are wide open, advancing extremely fast when attacking, intercepting layers of interceptions and retreating when defending.

Coupled with Bayern's perverted physical strength under the blessing of the full-court pressing and active running, as well as the extremely fast offensive and defensive transition after successful interception, once the opponent can't keep up with their rhythm, it is easy for them to play a very exaggerated score and be slaughtered, just like Porto who was 8:1 before. ”

Zidane summed up the characteristics of the Bayern team under Heynckes, and couldn't help but be in awe of the old man in his heart.

"As for Pep Guardiola, his team has implemented the tactics to the extreme, the position of each player on the field, how to stand when attacking, how to pass, how to run, how to intercept when defending, how to help defend, how to protect, etc., are all arranged in detail.

The whole team has been built by Guardiola into a sophisticated machine, running at high speed and steadily according to his intentions.

These two have very different coaching styles and characteristics, but they have something unique and desirable about each other, and I can learn useful things from them to improve my own tactical play. ”

Just as Zida was thinking about these things in his heart, the referee whistled for the start of the game.

As soon as the game began, Bayern's players began to rush towards Manchester City's half.

They came three days in advance to prepare for the game, and the players were very fit, and they started pressing on Manchester City as soon as they came up.

Bayern's pressing is not the individual action of one player, but the collective action of the whole team.

After the Manchester City players received the ball, as long as they delayed for a while, they were immediately surrounded by several Bayern players.

These people have a clear division of labor, some cut off the passing routes of Manchester City players, some come forward to press, some cooperate with the pack, and are ready to counterattack as soon as the pressing is successful.

Pressing up front and quick transitions between attack and defense are the specialties of the Bayern side under Heynckes.

Pep Guardiola had planned to control the tempo of the game at the beginning of the game, testing the opponent's weakness with a few attacks and looking for weaknesses in the opponent's defense.

But he didn't expect the opponent to play so actively away from home, which caught Manchester City off guard.

In the first ten minutes of the game, Manchester City played very passively, and the players were not used to Bayern's pressing style of play, and there were several mistakes when passing.

Fortunately, Pep Guardiola focused on the defense before the game, and the Manchester City players immediately counter-attacked on the spot after conceding the goal, and fouled immediately if they couldn't grab it, and didn't give Bayern too much of a chance.

Ten minutes later, City's players were getting used to their rhythm and they were starting to pick up the pace of passing, receiving and running.

Seeing that his opponent had quickened his pass, Heynckes immediately cheered up and stared at the pitch like lightning.

Manchester City picked up the tempo of the game, which he expected, as Bayern's tactics were meant to force their opponents to pick up the pace.

And once the opponent picks up, then the error rate will inevitably increase greatly, and Bayern will be able to seize the opportunity of the opponent's mistake to launch a fierce attack, and then create a chance to score.

Bayern play a lot of fast-paced games like this, and the players are very comfortable with it.

Two years ago, they used this tactic to defeat the cosmos team Barcelona, and they also played a shocking 7:0 score!

Barcelona are the pinnacle of pass-and-control football, and even they were crushed by Bayern, and Heynckes does not believe that Pep Guardiola's Manchester City can hold on, after all, Guardiola has not been in Manchester City for long.

His transformation of Manchester City has not been completely completed, and Manchester City at this time may not be stronger than Barcelona two years ago.

On the side of Manchester City's coach's box, Guardiola couldn't help but stand up after seeing the pace of the game suddenly increase.

He has coached Bayern, and of course he knows how good Bayern are at this style of play.

So, to get the players to speed up the pace of the game, that's actually his arrangement.

Most of the teams that were slaughtered by Bayern were collapsed because they couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm of the game, especially the extreme offensive and defensive switching rhythm.

But as long as the opponent can keep up with Bayern's rhythm, the power of Bayern's tactics will naturally be greatly reduced.

And it is not for nothing that can withstand Bayern's attack, and Dortmund once did it.

The Dortmund team a few years ago, under the leadership of Jurgen Klopp, played a youth storm, their game was equally fast-paced, and the players were running all over the field.

Therefore, Bayern's move did not work for Dortmund, and the two sides played fast to see who could stab who to death first.

And Dortmund, who have a younger squad and more impactful, have taken advantage more often.

The average age of Manchester City's squad is around 25.5 years old, which is not as young as the Dortmund team, but it is definitely not old.

And their players are all top players in various positions, both in terms of personal strength and game experience, they are much more than ordinary players.

Therefore, they may not be able to keep up with the pace of Bayern.

Pep Guardiola's judgment was right, after Manchester City took the initiative to speed up, although the player's error rate increased a lot, but it was not dragged down.

And after getting used to the rhythm of the game after the speed, Manchester City's error rate immediately dropped.

"Sure enough, there are two brushes, it seems that it is unlikely that Manchester City can easily be beaten by this method!"

Seeing that his opponent was keeping up with his own pace, Heynckes' eyes were full of approval.

If Manchester City is too weak and can be beaten by his Bayern so easily, it may not be a good thing for Bayern.

Barcelona and Real Madrid are both the top teams in football, and the winner between the two of them is definitely not that easy to play against.

If Bayern had won too easily in the semi-finals and had not improved themselves to the best of form, they might not have won in the final against the winner between these two teams.

But if they go through an uphill battle with Manchester City, the players find their best form in the game, and they find their weaknesses in the team through the grinding stone of Manchester City.

Then when it comes to the final, Bayern will undoubtedly be stronger!

This is the same as raising momentum, climbing from the trough little by little, and when it reaches the peak, it will meet the final decisive battle.

Simply speeding up the pace of the game doesn't work, so what about adding this trick?

Heynckes stood up from the dugout, walked to the sidelines, and made tactical gestures to the Bayern players on the pitch.

Bayern is about to start using killer moves!

Bayern's players saw Heynckes' gesture and immediately began to make adjustments.

In the next game, it can be clearly seen that Bayern's attack is more concentrated on the two wings.

These two wings of Bayern are undoubtedly the most dangerous in Europe, and their two wingers are extremely strong individually.

And full-backs like Alaba and Lahm are very good at setting up side assists.

The whole of Europe knows that Bayern's wing attack is very strong, but it is useless to know it, because it can't be prevented at all!

In the 33rd minute, Ribery broke through with the ball and distributed the ball to Lahm on the wing, who drew the Manchester City full-back to defend and sent a cross.

The quality of this ball pass was extremely high, and Lewandowski was able to stretch out his long legs to complete a shot under the confrontation of Kompany.

Thankfully, Manchester City's goalkeeper Keylor Navas was focused and saved his shot to defuse a crisis.

The Bayern fans who came to watch the game couldn't help but let out a sigh, and then applauded Lahm for passing the ball and Lewandowski for shooting.

On the other hand, Manchester City fans breathed a sigh of relief.

The opponent's striker is a bit strong, this body, this movement, this foot technique, it looks very good.

I don't know what's going on with Dortmund, how can such a player let him join Bayern for free?

Why not renew it early?

Even if the other party is unwilling to renew the contract, can it be sold early?

A striker of this strength, if he sells it, he has to have a minimum guarantee of 30 million euros, right?

And it's better to sell to a team in another league than to keep him on the side of the league's rival and disgust himself, right?

The managers of both teams were applauding, and Heynckes was applauding the team's attack.

Although there was no goal, the effect of the attack was played.

With this dangerous attack, Manchester City's right side is bound to be more afraid of their attack in the coming period and dare not press too forward.

Pep Guardiola's applause clearly praised the players for completing the defence, and although the defense was not perfect, it was a success if it could prevent the opposition from scoring.

Bayern have two top wingers in their squad, and after Ribery has completed an attack, Robben has put on a spectacular individual performance on the other side.

In the 41st minute of the game, Robben broke through and cut inside.

This guy is more solitary and doesn't like to pass the ball very much, and when he gets to this position in front of the box, he usually likes to shoot on his own.

So City's wing-backs and centre-backs were defending Robben and ready to interfere with his shots.

Surprisingly, however, the Maverick Robben didn't shoot and instead passed the ball to his teammates.

Bayern full-back Alaba, who didn't know when he had rushed from midfield, quickly slammed the ball back into the middle before Kolarov could rush up to defend.

However, this ball is not passed to Robben, Robben is just a cover, and the real killer is Thomas Muller, the shadow striker who follows behind Robben!

Muller received the ball and slotted into the box and passed the ball to Robert Lewandowski before Van Dijk rushed up.

Lewandowski started quickly, shaking off defenders and taking the lead in the crowd to receive the ball and aim for the far corner of the net to finish a shot.

Navas quickly fell to the ground to save, but the angle of the ball was tricky and he didn't touch the ball.

Just when the hearts of Navas and Manchester City fans were already in despair, a collision sound like a fairy sound sounded.

The ball slammed into the post and popped off the baseline.

Manchester City escaped!

Lewandowski couldn't help but reach out and scratch his head when he saw that the goal didn't go in.

Manchester City fans, on the other hand, slapped their chests and breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that anyone can see that Manchester City is suppressed by Bayern on the field!

(End of chapter)