Chapter 34 Against Bayern Munich

"CCTV, CCTV, dear viewers, this is the semi-final of the 2012 Deutsche Telekom Cup brought to you by CCTV, between Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen."

"I am the commentator He Wei!"

"I am Xu Yang!"

“The one wearing the red jersey today is the home team Bayern Munich, and the one wearing the green jersey is the visiting team Werder Bremen.

In this game, Bayern Munich’s formation is 4231, and the starting lineup is:

No. 1 Neuer, No. 30 Gustavo, No. 28 Badstuber, No. 17 Boateng, No. 21 Lahm, No. 39 Kroos, No. 36 Emre Can, No. 11 Shaqiri , No. 25 Muller, No. 10 Robben, No. 33 Gomez.

The formation adopted by Werder Bremen is 433, and the starting lineup is:

No. 1 Militz, No. 13 Schmitz, No. 15 Pledel, No. 22 Papastathopoulos, No. 23 Selassie, No. 16 Yunuzovic, No. 8 Fritz, No. 6 Germany Browne, No. 11 Elia, No. 10 Lin Quan, and No. 7 Anautovic.

The lineups on both sides are very young. It is worth mentioning that Werder Bremen has Chinese players in the starting lineup. "

Xu Yang on the side answered:

"Yes, his name should be Lin Quan. He was loaned from the Barcelona youth team by Werder Bremen. This is his first official game on behalf of Werder Bremen!"

The commentator He Wei stared at the starting list of the game in his hand, checked the information and said with a smile:

"This player is very young. He is currently only 16 years and 167 days old. He should be the youngest starting player in the history of the Telecom Cup. Coach Schaff seems to be very bold in hiring people. In this game, he should train young players It’s all about the players.”

Xu Yang nodded: "Indeed, for Werder Bremen, they were drawn against Bayern Munich in the first game. Their luck is really bad."

Obviously, both of them are not very optimistic about Werder Bremen, and both think Bayern will win this game.

With the referee's whistle, the game officially started.

After Bayern kicked off, they immediately launched a fierce attack on Werder Bremen's half.

The two sides play in the same league, and each knows the other's strength thoroughly, so there is no need to test, just attack and that's it.

In this game, Heynckes did not send all the main players to play.

Bayern's left winger Ribery, midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and forward Mandzukic were all on the bench.

However, with this lineup of Bayern's starting lineup, it does not seem to be difficult to defeat Werder Bremen. The paper strength gap between the two sides is huge.

Although before the game, Lin Quan was already prepared for this game.

But when the game actually started, he still clearly felt the gap.

Compared with Werder Bremen's previous warm-up match opponents, Bayern Munich is obviously much stronger.

The cooperation between their players, the speed of passing and receiving, and the players' personal abilities are all far beyond those of the teams they have encountered before.

This makes the pace of the game extremely fast, and if you are slightly careless, it is easy for the opponent to seize the opportunity to complete a fatal blow.

In the first three minutes of the game, the ball was always at Bayern's feet. Werder Bremen's players did not touch the ball once.

Fortunately, coach Schaff was prepared for this situation. After the game started, except for Lin Quan, everyone else on the team retreated, and Werder Bremen's formation became 4141.

In the midfield, they have a total of five defenders, one of whom is behind to protect, and four of them adopt a diamond position to increase the interception range and intercept the opponent's passing line, and quickly press the ball holder to prevent them from organizing an offense. of time and space.

This style of play temporarily suppressed Bayern's offensive, and the two sides fell into a fierce stranglehold in the midfield.

On the sidelines, Heynckes frowned slightly after seeing his opponent's tactics.

The opponent's tactics will definitely not be able to limit Bayern's offense. Judging from their current offensive rhythm, it will only be a matter of time before they score.

However, what does Schaff, an old boy, want to do when he puts a sixteen-year-old young man in the frontcourt?

Is it possible that he hopes to rely on this young man to break through Bayern's door?

Or is he planning to take advantage of Neuer's preference for large-scale attacks to target Neuer?

Thinking of this, Heynckes glanced at his goalkeeper.

Sure enough, Neuer ran outside the penalty area again and became his favorite goalkeeper.

However, he did not let Neuer go back. After all, Neuer often did this in the Bundesliga and even the Champions League. Heynckes still trusted his abilities.

Seeing that the opponent had a strong force in the midfield and it was difficult for their own attack to penetrate the opponent's defense, Bayern's players immediately changed their tactics and began to launch attacks from the wings.

In the seventh minute of the game, Cross saw the space on the wing and immediately passed the ball to Robben on the wing.

In order to create a breakthrough opportunity for Robben and help him get rid of the defensive player, Kroos cleverly gave some advance time with this ball.

Robben understood it and immediately started running, getting the ball before the defensive players.

Peter Pan, whose speed has increased, immediately ran with the ball after getting it.

Robben was extremely fast, and Werder Bremen's defenders were chasing after him, but they couldn't catch up with him.

Yunuzovic wanted to step forward to intercept, but was deceived by the opponent's fake move. He rushed forward but failed to grab the ball. Instead, he was passed by the opponent.

After passing the second defender, Robben immediately cut inside.

He is a left-footed player, so he does not have the problem of backfoot. After cutting inside, he can either hit the goal or pass the ball to his teammates, so he is a great threat.

Seeing Robben cutting inside to the edge of his own penalty area, Werder Bremen's captain Fritz immediately came over to cover the defense.

As soon as Fritz left, a short defensive gap appeared in front of Werder Bremen's penalty area, and De Bruyne had not yet returned to defend in time.

Bayern Munich's attacking midfielder Thomas Muller is unguarded. If Robben passes the ball at this time, Muller can pass it to Saric who is advancing forward, creating a chance for a single goal, or he can directly hit the goal.

With Werder Bremen's defensive formation already being deflected by Robben, passing the ball to teammates who are in open spaces will definitely create better opportunities.

But unfortunately, Robben is not a player with strong team attributes. He has a nickname called The Lone Ranger.

If you create an opportunity yourself, you must complete the last kick yourself!

So, even after seeing that Werder Bremen's captain was blocking the ball, Robben still dribbled the ball horizontally, swung the ball slightly away from the angle, and hit the goal directly.

Fritz immediately raised his foot to intercept, but did not touch the ball.

Fortunately, Werder Bremen's goalkeeper was well prepared and saw the opponent's shooting route and confiscated the ball directly.

Seeing the opponent's goalkeeper blocking his shot, Robben shook his head and was very dissatisfied with the kick he just made.

Muller on the side showed his hands to his good friend Kroos, obviously very dissatisfied with Robben's choice just now.

Just when Bayern's players were annoyed and dissatisfied for wasting this great opportunity, the goalkeeper quickly ran out, threw the ball near the penalty area line, and passed the ball to De Bruyne.

De Bruyne knew that he could not delay at this time and had to play quickly.

So he half-turned after stopping the ball and passed the ball to the right front before the opponent's defender interfered.

"Lin, rush!!"