Chapter 404: Dare to Attack Bayern? Yes, but not much
While the two teams were in full swing, news came from the other side of the court.
Benfica led AEK Athens 2-0 at home and basically sealed the win.
In this way, Bayern only need to draw to qualify second in the group.
However, the managers of both teams are not satisfied with the current score.
The group winners who have already been confirmed are Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund.
If Bayern finish second in the group, they will have to avoid Borussia Dortmund in their home league, and the rest of the opponents are very strong, and Heynckes does not want to run into them so early.
Ajax is a typical Dutch team that focuses on attacking and not defending, and in the face of a strong team like Bayern, if the defense dies faster.
Also, with Heynckes making everything public, you Ten Hag can only draw at home, which is not good-looking.
Brother Teng also wants to save face.
With a combination of on-field and off-field factors, the two teams will not stop in the last 20 minutes.
After the substitutions between the two sides, the tempo picked up again.
In the 72nd minute, Bayern took the lead in opening the group.
Neuer picked up his opponent's corner with both hands and crossed it, then trotted and sprinted to flick the ball forward.
Lewandowski returned to Thiago in the middle circle and turned forward.
Due to De Ligt's involvement in the corner kick attack, there was no time to return to the defense for a while, and De Jong could only reach out and pull to try to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.
But Thiago dribbled with a low center of gravity and a sharp pace, accelerating with a slight change of direction, and shook off De Jong's hand.
After taking a few steps, Retona was already plugged in from the back row and ran all the way along the baseline.
After receiving a pass from a colleague, he took advantage of a pause to change the tempo and mobilize Mazraoui's center of gravity to stride the ball forward.
This time, Mazraoui was not slow to turn around, clinging to the left side of Retona to block the lines of in-and-out cuts and crosses.
In the forward acceleration, Mazraoui has been trying to use his body to counter and disrupt the rhythm of his opponent's dribbling.
But Retona's center of gravity has not been affected in the slightest.
Just as the two were about to enter the box, Retona took the ball a little wider, the ball was a little out of his control, and Mazraoui fell to the ground to tackle it.
But he still underestimated Retona's speed, and his foot was swept away by Retona before it touched the ball.
This time, the strength was also a little stronger, and with the forward rush of the body, Retona could no longer stop the ball, and could only sweep the ball to the goal.
Onana blocked the near corner, but the ball was fast enough to get under his armpit.
When he looked back, Lewandowski had already appeared.
The door is empty!
Just as the home fans behind the goal hugged their heads and got up, a figure suddenly came, and before Lewandowski could shoot, he fell to the ground and slid away, clearing the ball in front of the goal line.
[Incredible, simply incredible! γ
[Ajax staged the ultimate save on the goal line! ] γ
[It's their captain!] γ
[Central defender De Ligt! γ
[Can you believe that he was fighting for a header in the Bayern penalty area just now!] γ
[I actually returned to my own home defense area so quickly!] γ
[This speed! γ
[This struggle! γ
[This is Captain Ajax!] γ
After completing the clearance, the stadium suddenly erupted in an amazing roar.
It's so stable, it's too morale-boosting!
After the clearance ball was unloaded by Blind with his chest, he moved directly to the right side with his feet.
This time, to Ajax's counterattack.
Before Retona could get back into the picture, Vidal immediately pounced on the ball.
Hakim Ziyech made a sudden stop, flicked the ball between Vidal's legs with his right foot, avoided a vicious tackle and cut inside.
Tadic was already moving forward, running from the ribs to the Bayern penalty area.
Bang!
Hakim Ziyech's pass went straight between the two centre-backs.
[Very clever pass, pass behind Hummels!] γ
[Let him have no time to take care of it!] γ
[Neuer is out!] γ
Ooh!!!!
The home fans were amazed only to see Neuer get ahead of the opposition and shovel the ball off the touchline.
The suffocating offensive and defensive transformation of the two teams did not look like they had fought for 70 minutes at all.
The reason for this is the tactics of both sides.
Both emphasize high pressing and back-row teams, which can frequently use each other's space to attack and score goals.
If they encounter weak teams that are afraid of their own strength and choose to retreat to defense, it will be difficult for them to find space to attack.
Both teams are old giants, how can they shrink back and play defense?
In the past few years, there are actually not a few teams that dare to play against Bayern.
Especially after the 70th minute, there are very few teams that can draw with Bayern.
That alone makes Ten Hag's level of coaching not to be underestimated.
However, just after the game entered the 80th minute, the balance of the close was instantly broken.
First of all, it was Bayern's substitution adjustment, removing Retona and replacing it with Kingsley Koeman.
In this game, Retona's performance was quite remarkable, forming several threats on the flanks.
Ajax's corner, cleared by Hummels, fell to Thiago.
Under Blind's pressure, Thiago passes back to Kimmich.
Bang!
Kimmich guided the ball to Koeman's feet with a precise kick at the back, creating a 1v1 situation on the wing.
Koeman was not obsessed with breaking through with the ball, and when he saw Rossi cut forward, he used the arch of his right foot to push a curling ball behind him and go around Tagliafico.
Rossi was in a good position when he stepped forward, deliberately slowing down and adjusting his balance.
This pause caused left central defender Worbel to make a mistake in judging the tackle.
The moment he hit the ground, Rossi flicked the ball away at a faster pace.
His tackle not only failed to hit the ball, but instead tripped Rossi in the box.
The moment the whistle blew, he knew that he had made a serious mistake, and he got up and raised his arms, looking very innocent.
But the referee decisively pointed to the penalty spot and showed him a yellow card.
There is nothing wrong with that.
Rossi stood in front of the penalty spot and after hearing the referee's whistle,
run up
Shoot hard!
No one expected that Rossi, who has always been skillful, would actually blast a simple and direct powerful volley.
The whole process, as if to say, sorry, I'm in a hurry!
Goalkeeper Onana didn't have time to react before the ball flew into the net, and he angrily kicked the ball into the net again.
After falling behind, Ajax immediately stepped up their attack.
They used up their last substitution, removing full-back Tagliafico and replacing him with attacking midfielder Raboouyad.
But at this time, the rhythm of the game is no longer on Ajax's side.
Bayern's upper robbery, tight and flexible, counter-robbery but not too much requirement to break the ball, emphasizing retreat but not brainless all defense, but there is a rush and harassment to retreat in an orderly manner.
With such a defense, the Ajax backline played with fire, and Vuber made a mistake in passing, which was cut off by Muller.
Bayern immediately launched a counter-attack.
Muller passed to the middle, Lewandowski met the ball with his back, and directly used the arch of his foot to cushion the left side without stopping the ball.
Rossi also didn't stop the ball and used the arch of his foot to cushion the ball to Coman on the right.
A succession of passes combined to play the Ajax defence.
On the weak side, Coman was unguarded, faked a real pass, and stuffed the ball forward.
Lewandowski then cut in and stabbed the ball into the net.
γGOALοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌ γ
[Bayern can lock in this win in advance! ] γ
[Ajax did a perfect job for the first 80 minutes!] γ
[But in just a few minutes, there was an instant rout!] γ
[Bayern leads 3:1!] γ
[In retrospect, there are not a few teams that dare to play against Bayern! γ
[But there are not many who can win!] γ
[Ajax's courage, willpower and hard work are worthy of respect! γ
[But today's winner is Bayern Munich!] γ
(End of chapter)