Chapter 38 Lin Quan VS Neuer
After conceding the ball, Werder Bremen's players looked upset.
They lost their temper with this goal.
If the opponent scores a goal because of their own mistakes, they can still find ways to make up for it.
But with this goal, Bayern purely used their stronger personal abilities and teamwork to tear open Werder Bremen's defense with high-speed passing and receiving.
The opponent increased the tempo too quickly. Werder Bremen's players could not keep up with the opponent's rhythm, and it was easy for them to make defensive mistakes.
However, the opponent's ability to seize opportunities is particularly strong. Werder Bremen's defensive loopholes can easily be caught by the opponent and then change the score.
On the Bayern coaching bench, Heynckes nodded with satisfaction after seeing the team equalize the score.
After his training, this group of players has become more mature and stronger this season, and they have truly achieved the goal of not being arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat.
With their current form, there should be no problem in regaining the Bundesliga championship trophy this season.
Even last season's champions, Dortmund, couldn't stop them.
Even, maybe something can be gained in the Champions League this year.
On the visiting team's side, this lost goal woke up Schaaf.
Before the game, they had already formulated the tactics of setting up the iron barrel formation, but because the team scored first, the players and their mentality were a little relaxed, and they did not strictly implement the tactics.
This led to the loss of the ball this time. If the forward line had completely withdrawn to its own half, shortening the distance between it and the back line.
And if captain Fritz is asked to take a step back and the formation becomes five defenders, the opponent's goal may not happen.
Thinking of this, Schaff immediately shouted to the players on the court and asked them to implement the plan made before the game.
A one-to-one score is not unacceptable. Anyway, the game only lasts 60 minutes. After the 60 minutes are over, the two sides can decide the winner in a penalty shootout.
At that time, no matter how strong Bayern's hard power is, it will be useless, because the penalty shootout is more of a test of luck.
Sure enough, after the game restarted, facing Werder Bremen who had set up an iron barrel formation, Bayern really had no choice.
The 1:1 score remained until the end of the first half.
Back in the locker room, Schaff praised the players' performance in the first half.
He admitted his fault and believed that he was careless and did not remind his players to retreat after scoring, which led to the loss of the ball later.
This move made the Werder Bremen players a little embarrassed. In fact, they knew in their hearts that this matter had little to do with the head coach and was entirely their own problem.
"Okay, forget about the first half, our first priority in the second half is defense.
When attacking, don't pass the ball directly to Lin Quan like in the first half. The opponent is closely guarding him. If you pass the ball directly to him, it will be difficult for him to get the ball.
Therefore, when we counterattacked in the second half, we looked more for Anautovic.
Remember not to overdo it in the midfield to avoid losing the ball and being hit by the opponent on our counterattack.
As long as there is an opportunity, just shoot big shots from the backcourt. If Arnautovic can win the ball, fight for it. If you can't win, try to interfere with the opponent's ball and buy time for his teammates to position themselves on defense. "
What Schaff said has been discussed by the players before.
However, they were besieged by the opponent later and did not have much possession of the ball. They were too hasty in several counterattacks and failed to form a tacit understanding. Therefore, the previously discussed tactics were not implemented.
Now, after Schaaf emphasized this tactic again, the players will follow his instructions in the second half.
The second half of the game started quickly, and Werder Bremen did not make any personnel adjustments.
But Bayern Munich changed two players.
No. 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger came on as a substitute, replacing No. 36 Emre, and No. 7 Ribery came on, replacing No. 11 Saric.
Werder Bremen kicked off, and the ball was passed at their feet three or two times. Under the pressure of Bayern players, they quickly lost it.
As a result, the game seemed to have returned to the familiar scene in the first half - Bayern formed a siege on Werder Bremen's goal!
But the difference is that this time, Werder Bremen's backcourt is very dense.
Of their 11 players on the field, 10 were in their own half.
Even Lin Quan himself would retreat to catch the ball, leaving Arnautovic hanging around the center circle.
The dense number of players in the backcourt made Bayern's offense very difficult, and they were unable to score points.
Breaking through dense defense is a worldwide problem. When a team is determined to defend, even the top teams will find it difficult to break through their door.
Two months ago, the national football team had a warm-up match with World Cup champion Spain.
In this game, the Chinese football team set up a big team. As a result, Spain, which played all its main players, fired dozens of shots throughout the game, but was unable to break through the door of the national football team.
If it weren't for the last five minutes, when the national football players were exhausted and their concentration dropped, and were successfully pushed by David Silva, they might have been able to draw with the all-powerful Spanish national team.
The strength gap between Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich is far smaller than the gap between the national football team and the Spanish national team.
So when they were determined to make a big move, Bayern was like a hound that encountered a hedgehog and didn't know where to start.
Werder Bremen could settle for a draw and then penalties to decide the outcome.
Bayern can't accept it!
As a result, Bayern further increased its offensive, and the defensive players originally located near the midfield also joined the attack, leaving only Boateng at the back.
This allowed Werder Bremen to see an opportunity!
In the 46th minute of the game, Ribery's shot was blocked by the defender with his body.
Werder Bremen's captain Fritz grabbed the spot, and Lin Quan and Arnautovic began to rush towards Bayern's half the moment the ball was transferred.
Fritz glanced at the team's two forwards who were running forward, and kicked the ball forward with a big foot.
This ball is not going towards someone, but towards the space in the opponent's backcourt.
After seeing the opponent's big kick, Bayern's players didn't take it to heart at first.
It is difficult to defeat Bayern with long passes because they have a goalkeeper with a wide range of activities.
Neuer has a wide range of activities in front of the goal. Sometimes he will even leave the penalty area and run outside the penalty area to act as a back ball point for the team and participate in the overall offense. Therefore, he is called a goalkeeper by fans. .
Bayern had a great advantage in this game, so at this time, Neuer had already left the penalty area.
After seeing the landing point of the ball, Neuer knew in his mind that his teammate Boateng should be able to win the ball, so he did not rush back to the penalty area and planned to take advantage of Boateng to control the landing point of the ball. Respond to the other party.
Boateng saw the football flying towards him. He judged the landing point and then jumped high, intending to tip the ball to his teammates behind him.
However, just as he took off, a tall figure rushed over and bounced off the ground almost at the same time.
The two are about the same height, but Boateng takes off from where he is, while the other takes off after a run-up.
As a result, Boateng watched helplessly as the football was pushed away by the opponent when it was only a few centimeters away from him.
At this moment, another figure flashed past the two of them.
At the same time, Neuer, who realized that the situation was not good, also stretched out his long legs and went straight to the football.
He and Lin Quan were about the same distance from the football, and he was far away from the goal, so it was definitely too late to retreat.
If he doesn't attack to grab the ball, the opponent can directly hit the goal after getting the ball, and he will definitely not be able to catch up!
Lin Quan obviously knew this too.
So, at this moment, it depends on who of the two is faster!
