Chapter 222 Guardiola: Give Manchester City a little Bundesliga shock!
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Xian Xue Niao
Chapter 222 Guardiola: Give Manchester City a little Bundesliga shock!
December 12, Allianz Arena, Munich.
Twelve minutes have passed since the game between Manchester City and Bayern, and the score on the field is 12:2.
The home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.
Almost the same as the last match, Bayern suppressed Manchester City with a strong offensive in the opening stage and scored a goal.
The difference is that this time Bayern scored more goals, they scored two goals.
It was Müller and Gotze who scored goals for Bayern.
Watching the score on the field, the Bayern fans who came to the Allianz Arena were collectively excited.
They had thought that the team would win, but they never thought that the team could get such a big lead at the beginning.
Manchester City has never failed on all fronts this season. The last time the two sides played against each other, the opponent even defeated them at home.
This made Bayern fans subconsciously think that this game may be very difficult. Even if they can win, they will have to pay a huge price. It must be very hard to win.
But what they didn't expect was that they had achieved such a big lead in only ten minutes.
According to the promotion rules of the UEFA Champions League, when the two teams have the same points and the same win-loss relationship, they will be ranked based on goal difference.
Among them, the goal difference of the direct confrontation between the two teams ranks first. If this is the same, then look at the total goal difference.
In the last round, Bayern lost to Manchester City with a score of 2:3, and they only lost one goal.
If they can beat Manchester City with a score of 2:0 this time, then their goal difference in the game against Manchester City will be overtaken.
Therefore, according to this score, Bayern will replace Manchester City and get the first place in Group D.
Seeing this score, Bayern fans who had doubts about Guardiola all began to sing his praises.
The reporters who came to the scene have already started to write in their hearts, and began to think about how to praise Guardiola and the Bayern team under his rule.
Ranked first in the league points and remained unbeaten, and qualified first in the Champions League group. Such a record is even better than last season.
This kind of record is naturally worthy of praise!
In the box at the Allianz Arena, Rummenigge also smiled and clapped his hands after seeing Gotze's goal.
"Guardiola has done a good job. The team's record and stability have improved a lot compared to last season."
If they beat Manchester City in this game to win the first place in the group, they will occupy a favorable position in the knockout stage, and it will be easy to advance to the quarterfinals.
"Hehe, although Guardiola's coaching style is different from Heynckes', his coaching ability is beyond doubt."
Hoeness on the side saw that Rummenigge was very satisfied with Guardiola, so he quickly sent a rainbow fart.
Summer glanced at the other party speechlessly. In his impression, Hoeness didn't think so highly of Guardiola before.
"Well, Müller is up, I think he's playing smarter than before, isn't he, Mathias?"
Summer nodded: "Both Muller and Kroos have made great progress, and Lahm has also become more comprehensive, but..."
The arrival of Guardiola has injected fresh blood into Bayern.
Under his training, the skills at the feet of Bayern players have become more and more delicate, and their cooperation on the field has become better.
Their technical and tactical styles gradually tend to align with La Liga teams, which is a change that makes him very happy.
However, some of Guardiola's reforms made it a bit difficult for the club.
For example, Guardiola doesn't like to use or is not good at using centers.
This has led to a very strained relationship between Mandzukic and Guardiola, with the former already putting pressure on the club through his agent:
If he can no longer guarantee his main position, Mandzukic is likely to leave Bayern.
With Gomez already let go, Mandzukic is Bayern's only reliable striker.
If he leaves, Bayern will not have a strong center to use.
Although Guardiola doesn't like to use centers very much, Bayern is a giant and cannot live without players in this role.
Fortunately, Bayern's signing list is not without alternative players, such as Dortmund striker Lewandowski.
Sammer remembered that the opponent's contract will expire next summer. At this time, Dortmund has not completed the contract renewal with the opponent, indicating that the opponent has the intention to leave Dortmund.
That being the case, why not get in touch with the other party to see if he is interested, just buy him.
So taking this opportunity, he mentioned this matter.
"Dortmund's No. 9? That's a really good centre-forward. If you can sign him for free, it's still a good deal."
Rummenigge has an impression of Lewandowski. This guy once scored a hat-trick at Bayern and stole their championship trophy.
Apart from Lin Quan last season, Lewandowski is the second striker who impresses him in the Bundesliga.
Bayern is good at being an excavator in the Bundesliga, digging out outstanding players from other teams.
The advantage of doing this is not only that it can save a lot of transfer fees, but also weaken the strength of competitors and make Bayern's dominance in the Bundesliga stronger.
"Chairman, Schweinsteiger is a bit dissatisfied with not being able to start, you see..."
Club manager Hoeness saw that Rummenigge was in a good mood, so he took the opportunity to speak.
The arrival of Gotze and Thiago has made the competition in Bayern's midfield more intense, and Schweinsteiger's starting position is no longer so secure.
Coupled with the fact that the number of injuries to Piggy is indeed a bit more, Guardiola has recently tended to abandon him.
Just like this game, such an important game, Schweinsteiger didn't even make Guardiola's squad.
Xiaozhu is a serious Bayern youth player. He joined Bayern at the age of 14 and has played for Bayern for more than 15 years.
For such a meritorious veteran, Bayern can't kill the donkey or wash it out roughly.
That would chill the old players and arouse the dissatisfaction of the fans.
Therefore, Hoeness originally planned to talk to Guardiola.
However, after seeing Guardiola lead the team to achieve such good results, he was a little bit lacking in confidence.
"Well, I see!"
Rummenigge nodded, just saying that he knew about it, but did not make it clear that he would intervene.
Among Bayern's 11 players, except for Dante and Ribery who are 30 years old, and Lahm's age is close to 30 years old, the rest of the players are very young.
Goalkeeper Neuer is 27 years old and has just entered the peak period of goalkeepers. He can still play for Bayern for at least seven, eight or even ten years!
Defender Boateng and Alaba are 25 years old and 21 years old, and they can play for Bayern for at least ten years!
The midfielders Thiago, Gotze and Kroos are all born in the 90s. The oldest Kroos is only 23 years old, and the youngest Gotze is only 21 years old. It is no problem to play for Bayern for ten years.
Muller, who played in the frontcourt in 89, is only 24 years old this year. It is no problem to play for [-] years.
Mandzukic is the same age as Neuer and is now in his prime.
If he leaves and is replaced by Lewandowski in 88, Bayern's lineup will be further rejuvenated.
As long as these players can be retained, Bayern's main framework for the next ten years will not need to be adjusted.
These players are not only young, but also very strong, and more importantly, they have all proved their strength in Bayern.
Once Guardiola is allowed to completely finalize Bayern's technical and tactical play, even if he leaves Bayern, Bayern's record will not decline too much.
In this case, it is actually not very good for the club to intervene in his reform of the team.
At most, Rummenigge just came forward to appease the pig's emotions, and then chatted with Guardiola to see if he could take a step back.
However, Rummenigge actually agrees and even appreciates Guardiola's bold use of young players.
Good at using young players, good at training young players, and willing to give young players a chance to play, this has always been the evaluation and praise of Guardiola from the outside world.
It was precisely because of this that Bayern invited him to coach.
They hope that Guardiola will help Bayern achieve a smooth transition after winning the championship and lay the foundation for the next rise.
It now appears that Guardiola has perfectly completed the tasks they assigned.
More importantly, after he transformed Bayern's team lineup, he also maintained an excellent record in both the league and the Champions League.
What else can such a coach ask of him?
Therefore, even Rummenigge would not dare to have a deadlock with Guardiola at this time.
If he runs away in anger, where can I find such a good coach?
……
On the sidelines, Guardiola did not seem very excited to see the team take the lead early.
In order to beat Manchester City in this game, he made some adjustments to his tactics.
Although not good at using centers, he still put Mandzukic in the starting list.
Facts have proved that this decision is very correct.
Mandzukic acted as a fulcrum in the frontcourt, and his ball created favorable conditions for Bayern's offense.
Muller's first goal was assisted by Mandzukic, and Gotze's goal also has a lot to do with him.
But now that the score is leading, the opponent is likely to launch a counterattack.
Guardiola is thinking about whether to change to a fast winger who can break through in the second half and replace Mandzukic?
In this way, when Manchester City launches an attack on them, they can try to use their speed to hit the opponent's counterattack.
But it is a pity that Robben was injured, and now only Ribery is left in the Robbery combination.
Fortunately, Shaqiri is still sitting on the bench. Although his strength is not as good as Robben, it is still enough.
But everything is still early, and it is impossible for Manchester City to do nothing after falling behind.
Thinking of this, Guardiola turned his attention to the young player wearing the light blue No. 10 jersey on the field.
Lin, your team is in a desperate situation, what will you do?
On the field, Manchester City's players were a little stunned.
Bayern's strength is really strong, completely different from the opponents they encountered in the league.
In the last home game, they were once suppressed by Bayern and breathless.
After coming to the opponent's home court this time, this feeling became even stronger.
Due to Pantilimon's poor performance in the league, Pellegrini lost confidence in him.
This time Manchester City's starting goalkeeper was replaced by Joe Hart.
However, after two bangs in the first half, the gate guarded by Joe Hart was breached twice by the opponent.
This made Joe Hart a little ashamed, and he was very nervous, for fear of being replaced by the coach in a fit of anger.
Fortunately, Pellegrini did not blame the goalkeeper for these two goals.
The Chilean engineer is now even more troubled by the team's defensive problems. He has been transforming the team's defense since he first entered Manchester City.
Various guard combinations have been tried, but the results are still unsatisfactory.
In the Premier League before, they often conceded goals in the face of underdogs' offenses. Now in the away game, facing the powerful Bayern Munich, expect this defense to not concede a goal?
Go dream!
It's just that he didn't expect to lose the ball so early and lose so many!
Two goals behind in 12 minutes, this situation is too passive!
"Bayern seems to have seen through our defensive characteristics, and their offense is very targeted!"
"Mandzukic is basically a cover today. He just acts as a fulcrum in Bayern's offensive process, but the existence of Muller, the second striker, keeps Bayern's threat in the middle from falling!"
The first conceded goal came from Mandzukic's return pass, and Müller's unmarked forward shot.
This was a mistake on Manchester City's defense. After he changed his defensive strategy, Muller began to pull the side again, cooperating with the players on the side to attack Manchester City's defense.
Bayern's full-backs are very capable of assisting, and their wingers are even more outrageous.
After Muller also joined in, Manchester City's wing was undoubtedly blown up.
Gotze's second goal came from the wing!
Now they don't know what to do!
It feels that no matter which position the defense is strengthened, it will not help the team.
Pellegrini glanced at Bayern's coaching bench with some apprehension. All his decisions seemed to have been seen in advance by that man.
He felt that way the last time he was at the Etihad Stadium.
This time at the Allianz Arena, this feeling is even more obvious!
Pellegrini was a little frustrated, could he really not defeat this man?
Seeing that the coaching staff hadn't made adjustments for a long time, the players on the field couldn't wait any longer, so they gathered together and discussed.
"Anyway, it's already behind, or let's give it a go and go attack!"
What's the point of defending in your own half when you're two goals behind?
To compete for the first place in the group, you must attack and score goals!
"Okay, I don't want to guard anymore, I have long wanted to rush out and kill them!"
"That's right, so what if Bayern is stronger? It's not like we haven't won before!"
"We were able to reverse them last time, and we can do the same this time!"
The players talked to each other, and the morale was successfully mobilized.
Although they were behind by two goals, they did not see expressions of frustration or fear on their faces, but only anger and dissatisfaction.
Obviously, the Manchester City players have not lost their fighting spirit, and are even a little irritated.
"Lin, which side to fight?"
As the core of Manchester City's frontcourt attack, the players all looked at Lin Quan, waiting for him to make a choice.
Lin Quan took a look, Ribery was on the left side of Bayern, and Gotze was on the right side.
He has played against both of them. If he is to judge, Goetze is obviously a soft persimmon among the two. Whether it is physical confrontation or game experience, he is not as strong as Ribery.
That being the case, let's beat Gotze this time.
"David, let's fight like this..."
He discussed with several players, and then looked at Gotze in unison.
Gotze felt a few unkind eyes looking at him, and when he looked up, he met the eyes of Lin Quan and several other Manchester City players.
Seeing the smile on the corner of the other party's mouth, Getze felt baffled.
You are two goals behind, and you can still laugh?
If we want to laugh, we should laugh, right?
However, after the game restarted, Gotze couldn't laugh.
Because he saw the core of Manchester City, he went straight to the door after dribbling the ball and appeared in front of him.
(End of this chapter)
December 12, Allianz Arena, Munich.
Twelve minutes have passed since the game between Manchester City and Bayern, and the score on the field is 12:2.
The home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.
Almost the same as the last match, Bayern suppressed Manchester City with a strong offensive in the opening stage and scored a goal.
The difference is that this time Bayern scored more goals, they scored two goals.
It was Müller and Gotze who scored goals for Bayern.
Watching the score on the field, the Bayern fans who came to the Allianz Arena were collectively excited.
They had thought that the team would win, but they never thought that the team could get such a big lead at the beginning.
Manchester City has never failed on all fronts this season. The last time the two sides played against each other, the opponent even defeated them at home.
This made Bayern fans subconsciously think that this game may be very difficult. Even if they can win, they will have to pay a huge price. It must be very hard to win.
But what they didn't expect was that they had achieved such a big lead in only ten minutes.
According to the promotion rules of the UEFA Champions League, when the two teams have the same points and the same win-loss relationship, they will be ranked based on goal difference.
Among them, the goal difference of the direct confrontation between the two teams ranks first. If this is the same, then look at the total goal difference.
In the last round, Bayern lost to Manchester City with a score of 2:3, and they only lost one goal.
If they can beat Manchester City with a score of 2:0 this time, then their goal difference in the game against Manchester City will be overtaken.
Therefore, according to this score, Bayern will replace Manchester City and get the first place in Group D.
Seeing this score, Bayern fans who had doubts about Guardiola all began to sing his praises.
The reporters who came to the scene have already started to write in their hearts, and began to think about how to praise Guardiola and the Bayern team under his rule.
Ranked first in the league points and remained unbeaten, and qualified first in the Champions League group. Such a record is even better than last season.
This kind of record is naturally worthy of praise!
In the box at the Allianz Arena, Rummenigge also smiled and clapped his hands after seeing Gotze's goal.
"Guardiola has done a good job. The team's record and stability have improved a lot compared to last season."
If they beat Manchester City in this game to win the first place in the group, they will occupy a favorable position in the knockout stage, and it will be easy to advance to the quarterfinals.
"Hehe, although Guardiola's coaching style is different from Heynckes', his coaching ability is beyond doubt."
Hoeness on the side saw that Rummenigge was very satisfied with Guardiola, so he quickly sent a rainbow fart.
Summer glanced at the other party speechlessly. In his impression, Hoeness didn't think so highly of Guardiola before.
"Well, Müller is up, I think he's playing smarter than before, isn't he, Mathias?"
Summer nodded: "Both Muller and Kroos have made great progress, and Lahm has also become more comprehensive, but..."
The arrival of Guardiola has injected fresh blood into Bayern.
Under his training, the skills at the feet of Bayern players have become more and more delicate, and their cooperation on the field has become better.
Their technical and tactical styles gradually tend to align with La Liga teams, which is a change that makes him very happy.
However, some of Guardiola's reforms made it a bit difficult for the club.
For example, Guardiola doesn't like to use or is not good at using centers.
This has led to a very strained relationship between Mandzukic and Guardiola, with the former already putting pressure on the club through his agent:
If he can no longer guarantee his main position, Mandzukic is likely to leave Bayern.
With Gomez already let go, Mandzukic is Bayern's only reliable striker.
If he leaves, Bayern will not have a strong center to use.
Although Guardiola doesn't like to use centers very much, Bayern is a giant and cannot live without players in this role.
Fortunately, Bayern's signing list is not without alternative players, such as Dortmund striker Lewandowski.
Sammer remembered that the opponent's contract will expire next summer. At this time, Dortmund has not completed the contract renewal with the opponent, indicating that the opponent has the intention to leave Dortmund.
That being the case, why not get in touch with the other party to see if he is interested, just buy him.
So taking this opportunity, he mentioned this matter.
"Dortmund's No. 9? That's a really good centre-forward. If you can sign him for free, it's still a good deal."
Rummenigge has an impression of Lewandowski. This guy once scored a hat-trick at Bayern and stole their championship trophy.
Apart from Lin Quan last season, Lewandowski is the second striker who impresses him in the Bundesliga.
Bayern is good at being an excavator in the Bundesliga, digging out outstanding players from other teams.
The advantage of doing this is not only that it can save a lot of transfer fees, but also weaken the strength of competitors and make Bayern's dominance in the Bundesliga stronger.
"Chairman, Schweinsteiger is a bit dissatisfied with not being able to start, you see..."
Club manager Hoeness saw that Rummenigge was in a good mood, so he took the opportunity to speak.
The arrival of Gotze and Thiago has made the competition in Bayern's midfield more intense, and Schweinsteiger's starting position is no longer so secure.
Coupled with the fact that the number of injuries to Piggy is indeed a bit more, Guardiola has recently tended to abandon him.
Just like this game, such an important game, Schweinsteiger didn't even make Guardiola's squad.
Xiaozhu is a serious Bayern youth player. He joined Bayern at the age of 14 and has played for Bayern for more than 15 years.
For such a meritorious veteran, Bayern can't kill the donkey or wash it out roughly.
That would chill the old players and arouse the dissatisfaction of the fans.
Therefore, Hoeness originally planned to talk to Guardiola.
However, after seeing Guardiola lead the team to achieve such good results, he was a little bit lacking in confidence.
"Well, I see!"
Rummenigge nodded, just saying that he knew about it, but did not make it clear that he would intervene.
Among Bayern's 11 players, except for Dante and Ribery who are 30 years old, and Lahm's age is close to 30 years old, the rest of the players are very young.
Goalkeeper Neuer is 27 years old and has just entered the peak period of goalkeepers. He can still play for Bayern for at least seven, eight or even ten years!
Defender Boateng and Alaba are 25 years old and 21 years old, and they can play for Bayern for at least ten years!
The midfielders Thiago, Gotze and Kroos are all born in the 90s. The oldest Kroos is only 23 years old, and the youngest Gotze is only 21 years old. It is no problem to play for Bayern for ten years.
Muller, who played in the frontcourt in 89, is only 24 years old this year. It is no problem to play for [-] years.
Mandzukic is the same age as Neuer and is now in his prime.
If he leaves and is replaced by Lewandowski in 88, Bayern's lineup will be further rejuvenated.
As long as these players can be retained, Bayern's main framework for the next ten years will not need to be adjusted.
These players are not only young, but also very strong, and more importantly, they have all proved their strength in Bayern.
Once Guardiola is allowed to completely finalize Bayern's technical and tactical play, even if he leaves Bayern, Bayern's record will not decline too much.
In this case, it is actually not very good for the club to intervene in his reform of the team.
At most, Rummenigge just came forward to appease the pig's emotions, and then chatted with Guardiola to see if he could take a step back.
However, Rummenigge actually agrees and even appreciates Guardiola's bold use of young players.
Good at using young players, good at training young players, and willing to give young players a chance to play, this has always been the evaluation and praise of Guardiola from the outside world.
It was precisely because of this that Bayern invited him to coach.
They hope that Guardiola will help Bayern achieve a smooth transition after winning the championship and lay the foundation for the next rise.
It now appears that Guardiola has perfectly completed the tasks they assigned.
More importantly, after he transformed Bayern's team lineup, he also maintained an excellent record in both the league and the Champions League.
What else can such a coach ask of him?
Therefore, even Rummenigge would not dare to have a deadlock with Guardiola at this time.
If he runs away in anger, where can I find such a good coach?
……
On the sidelines, Guardiola did not seem very excited to see the team take the lead early.
In order to beat Manchester City in this game, he made some adjustments to his tactics.
Although not good at using centers, he still put Mandzukic in the starting list.
Facts have proved that this decision is very correct.
Mandzukic acted as a fulcrum in the frontcourt, and his ball created favorable conditions for Bayern's offense.
Muller's first goal was assisted by Mandzukic, and Gotze's goal also has a lot to do with him.
But now that the score is leading, the opponent is likely to launch a counterattack.
Guardiola is thinking about whether to change to a fast winger who can break through in the second half and replace Mandzukic?
In this way, when Manchester City launches an attack on them, they can try to use their speed to hit the opponent's counterattack.
But it is a pity that Robben was injured, and now only Ribery is left in the Robbery combination.
Fortunately, Shaqiri is still sitting on the bench. Although his strength is not as good as Robben, it is still enough.
But everything is still early, and it is impossible for Manchester City to do nothing after falling behind.
Thinking of this, Guardiola turned his attention to the young player wearing the light blue No. 10 jersey on the field.
Lin, your team is in a desperate situation, what will you do?
On the field, Manchester City's players were a little stunned.
Bayern's strength is really strong, completely different from the opponents they encountered in the league.
In the last home game, they were once suppressed by Bayern and breathless.
After coming to the opponent's home court this time, this feeling became even stronger.
Due to Pantilimon's poor performance in the league, Pellegrini lost confidence in him.
This time Manchester City's starting goalkeeper was replaced by Joe Hart.
However, after two bangs in the first half, the gate guarded by Joe Hart was breached twice by the opponent.
This made Joe Hart a little ashamed, and he was very nervous, for fear of being replaced by the coach in a fit of anger.
Fortunately, Pellegrini did not blame the goalkeeper for these two goals.
The Chilean engineer is now even more troubled by the team's defensive problems. He has been transforming the team's defense since he first entered Manchester City.
Various guard combinations have been tried, but the results are still unsatisfactory.
In the Premier League before, they often conceded goals in the face of underdogs' offenses. Now in the away game, facing the powerful Bayern Munich, expect this defense to not concede a goal?
Go dream!
It's just that he didn't expect to lose the ball so early and lose so many!
Two goals behind in 12 minutes, this situation is too passive!
"Bayern seems to have seen through our defensive characteristics, and their offense is very targeted!"
"Mandzukic is basically a cover today. He just acts as a fulcrum in Bayern's offensive process, but the existence of Muller, the second striker, keeps Bayern's threat in the middle from falling!"
The first conceded goal came from Mandzukic's return pass, and Müller's unmarked forward shot.
This was a mistake on Manchester City's defense. After he changed his defensive strategy, Muller began to pull the side again, cooperating with the players on the side to attack Manchester City's defense.
Bayern's full-backs are very capable of assisting, and their wingers are even more outrageous.
After Muller also joined in, Manchester City's wing was undoubtedly blown up.
Gotze's second goal came from the wing!
Now they don't know what to do!
It feels that no matter which position the defense is strengthened, it will not help the team.
Pellegrini glanced at Bayern's coaching bench with some apprehension. All his decisions seemed to have been seen in advance by that man.
He felt that way the last time he was at the Etihad Stadium.
This time at the Allianz Arena, this feeling is even more obvious!
Pellegrini was a little frustrated, could he really not defeat this man?
Seeing that the coaching staff hadn't made adjustments for a long time, the players on the field couldn't wait any longer, so they gathered together and discussed.
"Anyway, it's already behind, or let's give it a go and go attack!"
What's the point of defending in your own half when you're two goals behind?
To compete for the first place in the group, you must attack and score goals!
"Okay, I don't want to guard anymore, I have long wanted to rush out and kill them!"
"That's right, so what if Bayern is stronger? It's not like we haven't won before!"
"We were able to reverse them last time, and we can do the same this time!"
The players talked to each other, and the morale was successfully mobilized.
Although they were behind by two goals, they did not see expressions of frustration or fear on their faces, but only anger and dissatisfaction.
Obviously, the Manchester City players have not lost their fighting spirit, and are even a little irritated.
"Lin, which side to fight?"
As the core of Manchester City's frontcourt attack, the players all looked at Lin Quan, waiting for him to make a choice.
Lin Quan took a look, Ribery was on the left side of Bayern, and Gotze was on the right side.
He has played against both of them. If he is to judge, Goetze is obviously a soft persimmon among the two. Whether it is physical confrontation or game experience, he is not as strong as Ribery.
That being the case, let's beat Gotze this time.
"David, let's fight like this..."
He discussed with several players, and then looked at Gotze in unison.
Gotze felt a few unkind eyes looking at him, and when he looked up, he met the eyes of Lin Quan and several other Manchester City players.
Seeing the smile on the corner of the other party's mouth, Getze felt baffled.
You are two goals behind, and you can still laugh?
If we want to laugh, we should laugh, right?
However, after the game restarted, Gotze couldn't laugh.
Because he saw the core of Manchester City, he went straight to the door after dribbling the ball and appeared in front of him.
(End of this chapter)
