“…… Both Chelsea and Bayern Munich opted for a 4231 formation today.

The home team's Bayern starting goalkeeper today is Manuel Neuer, and in the backline, Pellegrini still chose the double central defender combination of Alabaga Boateng, with Bernat at left wing-back and Lahm at right wing-back.

Thiago and Javi Martinez played in the back two, Muller in midfield, and Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben in left and right midfield.

The starting center forward was Lewandowski. ”

'Chelsea's starting goalkeeper for the day was Oblak, with John Terry starting the game in place of the injured Harry Maguire and Thiago Silva at the back, with Cesar Azpilicueta and Kieran Trippier at wing-back.

In midfield, Nemanja Matic and Kroos trailed behind, with Leon up front, with Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne flanking him.

The starting center forward was Suarez......"

At the beginning of the game, the commentators of various countries also seized the time to complete the introduction of the starting formations and players of the two teams.

Overall, Chelsea and Bayern Munich are currently facing the embarrassment of injuries to their main players, with Jose Mourinho and Manuel Pellegrini both opting for a more secure starting line-up.

After the official start of the game, the two teams' more cautious passing of the offensive ball on the court can also be seen in the stability of the coaching staff of the two teams in the tactical selection today.

However, Chelsea's Leon, who mainly carries the ball in attack, is indeed more active, and he has also put a lot of pressure on Bayern's midfield defence during several attempts to advance with the ball.

Thiago and Javi Martinez are also old rivals with Leon in the Champions League, and the two dare not be careless.

As soon as Li Ang held the ball and advanced, they were very active in retreating and landing, not wanting to give Li Ang the opportunity to continue to advance to their own defensive third.

Even Alaba, who is now transforming into a central defender and often carries the ball to advance and participate in the attack in the Bundesliga, was honestly squatting in the back in the opening stage of today's game.

Such a scene is relatively rare, Bayern, who have always been strong on the field to control the offensive initiative, but today against Chelsea chose to take the initiative to defend.

Who said that Peigong doesn't know how to be flexible in the choice of tactics?

It doesn't look like it's just going to be a step up of attack!

Manuel Pellegrini also knows that against a more dominant Chelsea, they will need to strengthen their defence before looking for opportunities to counter-attack.

This is the same reason that Pep Guardiola has become more pragmatic in the Premier League.

You can stick to your own tactical philosophy and even experiment with other teams, but when you play Chelsea, you need to be flexible.

Pellegrini will still lead Bayern to play attacking football and suppress other Bundesliga teams when he returns to the Bundesliga.

However, if Bayern wants not to suffer in front of Chelsea today, Pellegrini really needs to change his tactical thinking and not go all the way in attack.

Jose Mourinho was also a little surprised by the change in tactics.

But on second thought, he could understand why Pellegrini had changed so much.

And now, with Bayern relinquishing attacking dominance of the game, a tactical conundrum has emerged in Mourinho's mind.

That's the control of the game, will they Chelsea take it or not?

Is it necessary to press Bayern more aggressively on their home turf?

In the past, such a problem would not have bothered Mourinho, after all, Chelsea have often been the first to defend on the initiative.

But this is no longer the case, even a strong opponent like Bayern Munich needs to bow his head against Chelsea, and Mourinho also needs to consider the possibility that other teams will need to take the initiative in the future.

Holland had a quick discussion with Mourinho on the sidelines.

The pair didn't waste much time, and it was only about two minutes before Holland stepped to the sidelines and made a new tactical gesture to the Chelsea players on the pitch.

Mourinho chose to take over the offensive initiative ceded by Bayern!

Since Pellegrini dares to let it, then he dares to take it.

Taking the initiative is not a problem for Chelsea either, with Jose Mourinho confident that Leon and Kroos will be able to control the ball and sort out the attacking aspects of the team.

After Li Ang confirmed the direction of tactical adjustment to Holland, he changed his previous practice of taking the initiative to advance with the ball to test the strength of Bayern's defense.

He began to drop back more to get the ball, combing the ball with Kroos to drive the team forward as a whole.

Such an organizational effort is not a problem for either Leon or Cross.

The Chelsea squad also quickly pressed across the halfway line and began to put pressure on both Bayern defences in the Bayern half.

This situation made the Bayern fans at the scene feel a little uneasy, but for the Bayern coaching staff, what they were waiting for was such an opportunity!

Bayern have almost no rivals in the Bundesliga right now, and Borussia Dortmund have no advantage in direct dialogue with them.

So even if there is no huge point gap with Dortmund in the Bundesliga now, the whole Bayern team does not see the Hornets as a threatening challenger.

Compared with the Bundesliga championship that has been won in recent seasons, the Bayern team naturally wants to continue to write legendary records in the Champions League.

Just as Chelsea see them as their biggest rivals in the Champions League right now, Bayern Munich see Chelsea as their biggest obstacle in the Champions League.

So when it comes to the study of Chelsea, Bayern's coaching staff is no worse than Manchester City's.

Manuel Pellegrini has also studied Chelsea's tactical style of play over and over again this season.

So Pei Gong was very decisive to give up the idea of attacking Chelsea before the game, and he didn't want to fight a positional battle with Chelsea at all.

Because the records and results of dozens of Chelsea games in the past two seasons have clearly told the Bayern coaching staff a fact:

The teams that attacked Chelsea's defence ended up with little to come.

These teams can't get even a single point out of Chelsea, because the teams that dare to press Chelsea are basically crushed by Chelsea's counter-attacks!

The previous Bayern also suffered too much in this regard, so Pellegrini is not willing to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Even if he drew with Chelsea in the first leg and took less than half a point at home, he was reluctant to direct his team to attack Chelsea's tough defence.

Not to mention positional battles, when the tempo of the game is slowed down, Chelsea's defensive system will be their most powerful weapon to win!

It just so happens that Harry Maguire, the young main centre-back in the Chelsea squad, has also been injured recently.

John Terry's speed of movement is not an inherently strong point, so it is only natural that Chelsea will prefer to play positional battles with their opponents and avoid exposing too many shortcomings in the defence.

If Bayern want to break down Chelsea's defensive system in the first leg and take a big enough lead, they will have to avoid being dragged into the quagmire of positional warfare by Chelsea again.

Therefore, the Bayern coaching staff developed a tactical plan to let go of the offensive initiative first.

So far, their plan is running in an orderly manner, and everything is going well.

Chelsea's initiative forward also created the prerequisites for Bayern's quick counter-attack!

Leon also thought on the field that Bayern deliberately relinquished control of the game in order to play Chelsea's counterattack.

But even so, he doesn't think Mourinho's decision to adjust his tactics and take the initiative to besiege Bayern was wrong.

Opportunity and risk always coexist on the field, and you can't eat the dividends of taking the initiative to attack while avoiding the risk of being counterattacked by the opponent.

In fact, the same is true for playing defense, if you have the possibility of counterattacking behind the opponent's defense, you must first bear the risk of being besieged by the opponent and losing the defense.

Therefore, Leon has no opinion on taking the initiative to attack Bayern, Bayern dares to take the initiative to let go of control of the game, and Chelsea naturally dares to take over!

What is there to worry about and worry about?

In attack, is Chelsea still afraid of any opponent in football?

Li Ang looked at his forward teammates in front of him, and his heart was full of confidence.

This is a forward trident composed of Hazard + Suarez + De Bruyne!

Single-point blasting, passing playmaking, penalty area finishing...... This forward combination has nothing to offer, and it is no worse than Real Madrid's current BBC combination.

Leon is confident that his team-mates up front will be able to break down Bayern's backline after getting enough chances to get on the ball.

Bayern's coaching staff had a good idea, but they still seriously underestimated the ceiling of Chelsea's current attacking pairing.

By the end of the season, after Suarez won the Premier League Golden Boot or even the European Golden Boot, no team's coaching staff would dare to develop a strategy that allowed him to attack and shoot......

The whole Chelsea team pressed forward and back at a fast pace.

Manuel Pellegrini still has a lot of confidence in his defenders at this time.

Admittedly, in the Bundesliga, Bayern's current backline does have a faulty lead.

But in the case that Bayern first let go of the offensive initiative and only squatted to defend.

Several players in Bayern's backline don't have the defensive advantage they imagined.

At least Bernat and Alaba aren't at the top of their respective positions in terms of defensive prowess.

Chelsea took down the Atletico backline last summer and have been upgraded this year.

Li Ang to be honest, he really doesn't know where Pei Gong got the confidence to dare to let Chelsea take the initiative to attack first!

In the 9th minute of the first half, Li Ang stepped in to participate in the attack.

After quickly transferring the ball to De Bruyne, he stepped forward to the back of the Bayern penalty area to divert the attention of the Bayern defenders.

De Bruyne also tacitly hoisted the football towards the front of the Bayern penalty area.

Suarez, who broke free from the shackles of defense, ran smartly and forced Neuer to make the first god-level save of the game with a stab!

The football was finally saved by Neuer, and after getting up from the turf in a slightly embarrassed way, Neuer also directly roared and signaled his defensive teammates not to play with fire!

At this time, Boateng was also very aggrieved, after all, when Li Angqian inserted into the penalty area just now, he had to stick to the defense as soon as possible.

At this time, the responsibility for keeping an eye on Suarez obviously has to be borne by Alaba.

Alaba was scolded for a moment of defensive negligence, which was obviously a bit unfair.

But as the current organizational leader of Bayern's backline, Boateng can only hold back his emotions and signal to Neuer that he understands.

But he didn't expect it to be just an attacking appetizer for Chelsea.

Since then, Leon has maintained aggressive pressure on the Bayern defence, and Boateng can only passively focus more on Leon.

Boateng is not to blame for this, after all, everyone knows how much of a threat it is for Leon to step in and participate in the attack.

Leon can be a feint at this time, pulling the Bayern defense for Suarez.

But as long as Boateng and Alaba switch defenses, then Leon can become the main attacker at any time!

Do Bayern's defenders afford to bet?

Don't dare to gamble, because the end of gambling and losing is likely to be conceding the goal, who would dare to take such a responsibility?

Pellegrini looked at the passive situation of his own defense, and his heart was somewhat shaken.

Chelsea's attacking routine is all about conspiracy, with Leon's focus on Boateng allowing Suarez to have the upper hand in the attacking and defensive battles with Alaba.

Bayern will either further mobilize their midfielders to drop back to defend and trap Chelsea's forwards, or they will resist the current defensive pressure and continue to wait patiently for counter-attacking opportunities.

Such a multiple-choice question has always been difficult to do, and Pellegrini was a little hesitant to make adjustments on the spot, and it was really difficult for him to make a choice for a while.

And the consequence of his hesitation is that the Bayern backline is constantly being dragged by Chelsea.

When the defensive pressure is too high, the movement of the defensive players will inevitably be affected and deformed.

In the 28th minute of the first half, Chelsea, who had been putting pressure on Bayern's defence for more than ten minutes, once again found a threatening attacking opportunity.

Leon ran to concede the ball and sent De Bruyne's cross straight to Kroos, who was cut in.

A sharp through ball from the former Bayern midfielder allowed Hazard, who was diagonally inserted into Bayern's half-rib area, to easily get the ball into Bayern's defensive hinterland!

All of a sudden, there was chaos in Bayern's penalty area!

Hazard took the opportunity to send a cross, and Boateng gritted his teeth at this time and put down Leang, who continued to feint, and went straight to the back of the penalty area!

Suarez's movement at the back of the Bayern penalty area has already taken a step ahead of Alaba to establish a favorable attacking position.

He originally wanted to shake his head directly to attack the goal, but seeing Boateng who quickly helped to defend, Suarez also quickly changed his offensive idea.

After jumping, shaking his head, and completing the header ferry, Suarez set his expectant eyes on the middle of the Bayern penalty area!

In the area where Suarez was looking, Leon had already stopped the ball steadily, and then almost did not help to run on the spot and shot angrily!

Neuer, who was disturbed by too many players from both sides in front of him, gritted his teeth and made a save choice, but his save reaction this time was still half a beat slower!

The football that Leon drew out whistled quickly like a cannonball, and plunged headlong into the net in the upper left corner of the Bayern goal!

In the next moment, in the suddenly dead silence of the Allianz Arena in Munich, Leon opened his arms and ran passionately towards the corner flag area of Bayern's half!

The rest of the Chelsea players also swarmed up and celebrated with Leon at Bayern's home stadium!

With this away goal, Chelsea will get the result they want most at Bayern's home stadium!

And Pellegrini, who was distracted at the moment, looked at Leon who was roaring passionately, and couldn't help but shake his head again and again.

He lamented in his heart like countless Bayern fans now.

Blunder!

What a mistake!

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