After breaking the ball, Van Dijk glanced back at the referee, and after making sure that there was no foul, he directly got up and passed the ball towards Mane on the left side.

Kimmich leaped forward, leaped high and collided with Sadio Mane in mid-air before the ball hit the latter's head and flew off the touchline.

Drip!

Defensive foul, Liverpool touchline ball.

The two controversial decisions in the opening game made Bayern fans feel dissatisfied, and the scene immediately burst into boos.

Rossi got up from the turf and looked at Van Dijk.

The most likely future world-class guard, speed and reflexes are really not covered.

And he was very decisive in his tackles, and he just broke the ball cleanly.

The thought of playing against such a good centre-back for the next 90 minutes made Rossi both nervous and excited.

Robertson tossed the ball to Mane, and the Bayern players stepped forward to interfere immediately.

The managers of both sides know that the defense of the midfield is the most effective means of intercepting the opponent's counter-attack.

When Sadio Mane was on the ball, full-back Kimmich did not step forward to interfere, but stepped back to mark Robertson, who was ready to plug in.

Boateng premised, intercepting Mane's pass and break down in the ribs.

And teammate Martinez immediately rushed to help the defense.

Mane suddenly went straight forward and wanted to pass to his team-mate, who was already on the edge.

However, Robertson did not start to cut forward because Kimmich had already seen through Mane's flanks to attract the defence and then go straight to the wing.

So, at the moment of his pass, Kimmich had already run back one step ahead.

Robertson saw that the opponent had retreated to defend in advance, so he naturally gave up the forward attack.

After the ball was taken away by Bayern, Liverpool did not retreat, and their three forward players chose to press forward at the first time.

After driving the ball to the wing, Liverpool instantly piled up six players on the wing and pressed.

Klopp's pressing tactics changed the usual pursuit of wide pressure, but concentrated forces to form vertical pressure in the middle.

This kind of aggressive tactics will make the team form a strong pressing threat on the strong side, but for the weak side, there is no protection at all.

Sure enough, Kimmich saw Alaba on the other side raise his hands to ask for the ball, and there was not a single defender around him, so he knocked the ball across to Boateng, and then transferred the ball to the weak side through him.

But the Liverpool players seemed to have guessed that kick long ago, and just as Kimmich passed the ball, Firmino quickly stepped forward, occupied the space for Bayern's lateral transfer, and moved towards Boateng, who was about to receive the ball.

In this way, Kimmich's pass, which is very likely to put his teammates in the opponent's robbery, is an irresponsible pass.

Even if Boateng could catch the ball smoothly, his line of transfer to the other side was cut off and he had to choose to pass back.

In this way, Kimmich, who was holding the ball on the wing, didn't know how to choose the right point of contact for a while.

Liverpool also took advantage of his hesitation, and the two strikers quickly contracted around and wanted to trap Kimmich.

In desperation, Kimmich passed back to goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

But Liverpool's third striker pressed forward quickly, forcing Neuer to pass the ball forward with a big foot.

Thiago in the midfield, with his back to stop the ball, was cut off from behind by Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson.

Fabinho didn't stop the ball and just picked it up to the wing.

Salah retreated to near the halfway line and spotted Trent Alexander-Arnold before stopping the ball and half-turned to sweep the ball forward.

Arnold, who had enough space to sprint, started the 100-meter sprint stage and ran wildly with the ball.

Alaba kept interfering with his hands, and when Alexander-Arnold stepped on the ball, he fell sideways and shoveled the ball off the touchline.

Alexander-Arnold served and centre-forward Roberto Firmino dropped back to catch the ball and bring out Boateng's defence.

After he resisted the confrontation, when he half-turned and plugged the ball through, Bayern's Martinez appeared in time for the pass and used a sliding tackle to cut the ball away.

Martinez got up quickly and distributed the ball to Thiago.

After breaking free from Henderson's defence, Thiago spotted his team-mate on the left flank and delivered a long ball over the top.

Rossi looked at the incoming ball as he ran, first unloaded the ball with his thigh, and then flicked the ball forward with his right foot.

The dashing stop-and-go did not allow him to tear through Liverpool's defence.

Joe Gomez, who started in place of Joe Matip, turned and chased back very quickly, and when Rossi pulled the ball, he reached out and poked the ball away from Rossi's feet.

The fast-paced offense and defense are simply suffocating.

The fans didn't dare to gasp for breath, for fear that the opponent would rush to the goal in an instant.

Klopp's high pressing seemed to give the opponent a chance to attack on the weak side.

In fact, this is a defensive trap he leaves for his opponents.

As soon as the opponent tries to move the ball, the Liverpool players will immediately press and interfere, forcing the opponent to make mistakes.

In response to Liverpool's quick counterattack after the tackle, Heynckes' tactic was to let the full-backs keep an eye on the forward insertion of the opposing wide player, and let the midfielder Martinez check and fill in the gaps at the back at any time to block Liverpool's sharp counterattack.

In response to Bayern's rib attack, Klopp's tweaks were to use the faster Joe Gomez to keep a guard on the erratic Rossi.

The head coaches of both sides also looked downcast, quickly returned to the rest area, and took out the tactical board.

After a few rounds of testing, they knew in their hearts that they had made detailed arrangements for each other's pre-match tactics.

In the face of Bayern's orderly defense and interception, Liverpool made the first change, allowing Henderson to cut diagonally from the midfield to the wing, quickly forming a numerical advantage on the wing.

In the 10th minute, Henderson, who was diagonally on the side, received a high ball from a teammate and headed it back.

After winning the ball on the wing, Salah used his own dribbling to dribble into the box and fired a low shot into the near corner.

Bayern captain Manuel Neuer fell quickly to the ground and blocked the ball off the line with his hands.

Liverpool took a tactical corner and Sadio Mane moved to the wing to try to link up with Salah and threaten the Bayern goal.

The two are Liverpool's fast wingers, not only able to break down the wings, but also cut inside and use dribbling to disrupt the defence.

Under the continuous pressure of the two, Bayern's formation was pressed so flat that the defense was lax outside the big penalty area.

Salah suddenly reversed the triangle and Wijnaldum in the ribs fired a shot that went over the crossbar.

Under the continuous attacking pressure of Liverpool, Bayern can only retreat.

In the full fifteen minutes, Liverpool had three shots on goal, while Bayern did not have one.

Heynckes was also very anxious about this, his face turned red, and his expression was very terrible.

In the past, when Heynckes was directing off the field, his cheeks always turned red because of his emotions.

But this season, since taking over the team halfway, no matter what the situation is, the old coach's face has never been so serious.

Even if it was a 3-1 defeat to Barcelona, there was no such situation.

The Champions League final finally made his long-dormant heart surging again.

Under the command of the old coach, Bayern finally ushered in an offensive opportunity.

Thiago picked up a pass from the back, and central defender Joe Gomez jumped up and went up, not only did not touch the ball, but instead gave Rossi a chance to form a one-on-one shot.

Van Dijk quickly pressed in on him and quickly formed a defence.

When arranging Joe Gomez as a centre-back, Klopp had that in mind.

Therefore, Van Dijk has been dragging his feet until the end, so that he can fill in the gaps at any time.

In the face of Rossi, the Dutch central defender did not dare to be careless, defended sideways, and fought and retreated.

Rossi slammed the ball with his left heel to the other side as he pushed forward, shook off Van Dijk's defence and cut inside towards the middle.

Van Dijk was careful enough, but he never imagined that Rossi's left-footed technique would be so good.

He quickly balanced his body and quickly moved in the direction of Rossi's breakthrough.

Rossi was also amazed by Van Dijk's physicality and ability to quickly adjust his defensive balance.

Fortunately, he did not plan to continue to dribble the ball, but after shaking off the defense, he chose to pass the ball as soon as possible.

Lewandowski in front of the goal, under the interference of Fabinho, forced a push into the far corner of the goal, which was saved by Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson.

Just one meeting made it clear to each other that they would each have to defeat the opponent in this match.

Rossi, Lewandowski,

vs

Van Dijk, Fabinho.

(End of chapter)