Chapter 823
"Hi, Messi"
In the player passage at Allianz Stadium, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind and put it on Messi's shoulder.
Looking back, it was Robben. Messi nodded with a smile, "Hello, Robben."
The two of them just said hello and passed by because they had no friendship.
Not far away, several players in the team were talking to Bayern Munich players. They didn't seem to have much thought. Perhaps, this is because they are optimistic and positive by nature.
After Ye Qiu played Bayern Munich in the first leg, he really hid many players in the team in one breath in the game against Sunderland. Many people may not notice anything, but Messi knew very well that this ban was real, or in other words, this was Ye Qiu's most severe warning.
After playing football with Ye Qiu for so many years, Messi knows Ye Qiu's character very well. He first lost to Southampton, and then tied by Bayern Munich at home. Ye Qiu must be crazy because so far this season, the team's momentum is unprecedented, with excellent luck in the FA Cup, no strong opponents, and the league is even early.
In this case, Ye Qiu must have placed his hopes on the Champions League, but the team's performance made him feel very dissatisfied. The locker room was furious and the hiding hiding when he played Sunderland was a wake-up call for all the players. He was reminding everyone not to offend his reverse scale.
Although he was not named, Messi also knew very well that his performance this season was indeed poor. Ye Qiu has also mentioned this several times in the past. In the matches between Southampton and Bayern Munich, Messi's performance was not ideal, especially when playing against Bayern Munich, he disappeared, which made Ye Qiu very dissatisfied.
Sometimes when I think about it, Messi doesn't know what he is for. He loves Tottenham Hotspur and respects everyone in the team, including Mauro Tassoti, but he always feels a little bit unhappy and is not excited enough to play football. In the past, he was happy for a while when he scored goals, and sometimes he even felt that his scalp was numb.
But now, for him, scoring goals is just like eating and sleeping, which is common.
Many times he repeatedly reminds himself to work hard, be diligent and persevere, but for some reason, after performing in one game, he may have scored goals, assisted, or performed well, but he just couldn't find the feeling of playing football in the early years, the feeling of expectation and freshness in every game.
"Is it really because I'm lazy?" Messi sighed in his heart.
Bayern Munich, who played at home, sent all the main players to play in this game. The goalkeeper was Neuer, the defense was Alaba, Dante, Boateng and Rafinia, the midfielder was Schweinsteiger and Ram, the frontcourt was Thomas Muller, Tony Klos and Robben, and the single striker was Mandzukic.
This is also the most powerful main lineup for Bayern Munich this season. It is different from the 433 tactics that Guardiola praised in Barcelona in the past, and it plays a 3l double midfielder tactic.
Tottenham Hotspur still refrigerates the main left-back Marcelo, goalkeeper Cech, defense line Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Kompani and Kyle Walker, midfielder Ramsey, Matic and Vidal, front court Ribery, Lewandowski and Messi.
Because it was playing at home, at Allianz Stadium, Bayern Munich had been pressing from the beginning and adopted the midfield and front-field compression and pressing tactics that Barcelona were good at. Tottenham Hotspur's opening was to seek stability, so it shrank back.
After the opening, Bayern Munich quickly created an opportunity. Thomas Mueller received a pass from Schweinsteiger behind him and wanted to cut inside, but Vidal had already stuck the position first, so he directly made a cross and wanted to go to the middle to find Mandzukic.
At the front of Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area, Mandzukic leaned against Thiago Silva with his body and stopped the ball. He felt that Thiago Silva behind him obviously restricted his left side, which means he would not turn around and go to Tottenham Hotspur's right side, because he was a right-footed player, and it would be very convenient to turn around and shoot with his right foot.
As a last resort, Mandzukic had no choice but to turn left, but his left foot was not outstanding, and he was outside the penalty area, and Kompani was also disturbed, so he didn't have the strength to play at all and was confiscated by Cech.
After that, Bayern Munich still adopted a very proactive ball-handling style, but their style of play was very different from the Heinx period or Guardiola's Barcelona period, but there were many similarities.
For example, when the team gets the ball from defense, the first thing that Bayern Munich thinks about is not to invest in counterattacks at the first time, but to find a way to control the ball first, observe the situation clearly before launching an attack. However, in this way, there is no way to talk about counterattacks, and some golden time for counterattacks is wasted.
This is also very similar to that of Barcelona. For example, Xavi's circles and escape was actually to protect the ball.
Ye Qiu knows Guardiola very well. Espanyol is not unaware of the current situation and trends of football. What he knows is that he is proud to look for his own football. He must further seek changes in rhythm based on insisting on the tactics of ball control and playing, and integrate more things, such as height and body.
There is no so-called good or bad in the style of play. If Guardiola follows this style of ball control and effectively finds an operating mechanism that can suddenly play a high-speed attack in slow ball control, then their style of play will become very threatening. However, from the current point of view, many things are limiting him.
For example, Bayern Munich's players' technical skills, pass-and-receive skills and running have made Bayern Munich's threatening passes much less than Barcelona. So at first glance, they have the advantage in the scene, but in fact they do not have effective offensive means and they lack offensive weapons with strong penetration.
In Barcelona, there were Xavi and Iniesta, Pedro, plus the front one Van Persie, and a complete set of technical and tactical frameworks as the foundation, so Guardiola's Barcelona can play very smoothly and gorgeously, but Mandzukic is not Van Persie, and Schweinsteiger and Ram are not Xavi and Iniesta.
A lot of details have caused Guardiola's tactics to be a bit unacceptable.
When Ye Qiu and Mauro Tasotti were preparing before the game, they combined the first round experience of both sides and clearly formulated a targeted tactic. Because Mandzukic is a right-footed player, Thomas Mueller on the left restricted his incisive cutting and cut off his connection with Mandzukic and Tony Klos, and did not allow him to go down the bottom, but allowed him to cross.
Because of such a cross, it is difficult to pose much threat to Tottenham's defense.
Aspiricueta on the right defended Robben. Robben's most sharp weapon is cutting inward, and his left foot will be on the right, so he is allowed to go down the bottom, but minimize his crosses and connections with Mandzukic.
Judging from the opening, Tottenham Hotspur's defensive team was stretched very wide. Bayern Munich took the initiative to actively press forward and adopted high-intensity midfield and frontcourt pressure, hoping to directly press Tottenham Hotspur in the half, or even play within the 30-meter area.
To use the statement that Guardiola joked when he met Ye Qiu before the game, he wanted to let Ye Qiu see the progress he made after a year of rest, and at least let Ye Qiu see how different he was from Guardiola in the past.
In fact, there are differences, but progress may not be possible. This kind of thing is different and wise.
At least, from the perspective of the dominance of the game, Bayern Munich is not as good as Barcelona's peak.
Tottenham Hotspur played away and was determined to start, so he was not in a hurry to play. However, Bayern Munich was very devoted from the beginning, especially through frequent running of players, actively creating a numerical advantage in local areas, and investing a lot of troops. However, after ten minutes of the game, Guardiola also realized the danger and did not dare to continue playing like this.
As soon as Bayern Munich retreated, Tottenham Hotspur's overall formation was pushed out, and the two sides began to stand stalemate in the midfield, but since the opening, Tottenham Hotspur had very little time to control the ball, but Bayern Munich almost completely controlled the ball advantage.
Seeing that his side had such a clear ball-handling advantage, but failed to form an effective offensive in terms of offense, Schweinsteiger also began to further increase his efforts to advance. After all, there was a Ram beside him.
But just as Schweinsteiger pushed forward, Vidal, who had already prepared for a while, chased back from the front and intercepted the ball, stabbed the ball to Kyle or Walker.
The moment they concede the ball, Bayern Munich's reaction mechanism was exactly the same as Barcelona. The difference is that no player can hold on to Kyle O'Walker at the first time, and many people have to come over, such as Thomas O'Müller.
Kyle Walker caught the ball on the right and saw Thomas Muller and Schweinsteiger pushing towards him and immediately passed the ball back to the center back Kompany behind, while the Belgian central defender ran back and passed the ball back to the penalty area before Mandzukic approached.
Cech could not hold the ball with his hands, but he stopped the ball with his feet, kicked it out, and gave it to Thiago Silva. At this time, the Brazilian central defender had already pulled to the left side of the top of the penalty area, and turned around calmly when receiving the ball, because Cech passed the ball to him, which was actually reminding him that he was safe.
If it is unsafe, Cech will make a sound reminder and will not even pass the ball to him.
Thiago Silva turned around, Mandzukic was a little far away from him, so he led him forward and pulled Robben over, and then distributed it to Aspiric, who was close to the left side. After Espanyol stopped the ball, he passed it back to Matic who was pressing forward in the middle without waiting for Rafinia to get closer.
After Matic stopped the ball, Ram was in front of him. At this time, he was close to the center line, but Matic did not stick too much, because after seeing Rafinia grabbing, there was a large gap behind him, while Ribery raised his hand to ask for the ball on the left.
I saw the Serbian rub his left foot and cross the left diagonal pass, crossing the center line, and reaching the left side of the front of Bayern Munich with 30 meters. He leaned against the left line. Ribery stopped the ball forward with his chest and quickly chased after him. No one was defending him in front.
After Ribery rushed into the 30-meter area, Boateng realized the danger and left the penalty area. But as soon as he moved, Ribery made a pass behind him with a diagonal pass. Ramsey rushed into the penalty area quickly from Boateng. After receiving the ball on the left side of the penalty area, he passed the ball across the middle, and Lewandowski followed and pushed the ball with his right foot.
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"Lewandowski scored a goal, Tottenham Hotspur scored in the 17th minute, and scored a goal."
"This is a carefully planned counterattack after intercepting the ball. Bayern Munich's midfield and frontcourt compression tactics did not work for Tottenham Hotspur, especially their excessive emphasis on regional pressing, which made their players press too far, and there was a large gap behind them."
Tottenham Hotspur rushed out of the court one by one, rushed to the sidelines, and hugged them together.
"Tottenham Hotspur is temporarily leading, and the current situation is somewhat unfavorable for Bayern Munich, because they need to strive for goals, which may make them more proactive."
After seeing Lewandowski scored, Ye Qiu laughed, "He said he wanted to give me a report card, so I'll give him a good lesson."
Mauro Tasotti, who was standing next to Ye Qiu, was in a very good mood. In fact, this was the details of his prior-match arrangement.
Vidal stared at Schweinsteiger. Don't force the piglet too fiercely, but give him some opportunities and space to push him up. After he pressed up, he would try to intercept the ball and hit the counterattack.
Bayern Munich has a fatal point, or it is also a midfield and front-field pressure, but their pressure and pressing efficiency are much worse than Barcelona, so they often have to invest more running and troops, but there are so many people on the court. If you invest more troops, there will be more flaws in other areas.
This is a problem of detail that affects the whole body
After the re-telection, Bayern Munich was clearly strengthening the offensive and pressing pressure against Tottenham Hotspur, which was their only bargaining chip to win the game, because in terms of the rich and diverse offensive methods, they were not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, in terms of the firmness of the defense, they were not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, and even in terms of midfield strength, they were not as good as Tottenham Hotspur.
In this case, the only thing they can rely on is ball control and oppression tactics.
Guardiola has not yet found an effective way to enrich the team's offensive methods.
The offense is not flexible enough, which is an old problem that has been around since Heinx's time, so don't watch many games Bayern Munich plays so hard that their opponents are all over the ground, but when they encounter teams with relatively compact defensive formations, or teams with better defense, Bayern Munich has no way to do it at all.
Just like the beginning of this game, in the first ten minutes, Tottenham Hotspur retracted and played, adopting a stable defensive strategy, letting you attack, I see how you attack
What happened? Bayern Munich began to turn his feet down and began to pass horizontally, from left to right, from right to left, constantly, but it was all back and crossed, and there was no way to pass the deep threat ball at all.
It should be said that the only threatening offensive routine in Bayern Munich is the right side, Robben takes the ball and cuts in, the right back inserts into the side and the bottom. In addition, the existence of a front midfielder makes Bayern Munich's right offense often take advantage of some teams whose defensive formation is not strict enough or whose front edge covers strongly in the penalty area.
However, after the opening, Tottenham Hotspur reduced its overall formation. Even though Tottenham Hotspur just took a defensive attitude away, Bayern Munich had no choice but to do anything, because once the right was restricted, they had no way to resist.
Therefore, after conceding the ball, Bayern Munich had to counterattack, but he didn't dare to push up easily on the right. It was more because Robben fought alone in front, and Rafinia was asked not to push up so much, so Bayern Munich's offense was greatly reduced.
Tottenham Hotspur is not in a hurry. Ye Qiu did not ask the team to retreat this time, but asked them to press forward and play against each other.
So an interesting phenomenon occurred on the scene. When the ball hit Bayern Munich's feet, the rhythm slowed down, but once the ball was intercepted by Tottenham Hotspur, the rhythm was immediately pulled up.
"We have to admire that Tottenham Hotspur players can always find fast routes and contact points on the court, so they have very skilled and very fast shots."
The commentator's praise is not an exaggeration, because Tottenham Hotspur has made several simple and direct passes the ball to Bayern Munich's half, even within the 30-meter area.
It was as if this time, it was another triple pass. Ramsey passed the left side in the middle line, and Ribery stopped the ball from the left side and rushed forward, speeding up and catching up. This time Rafinia and Ram were both following Ribery.
In the penalty area, Lewandowski rushed to the right corner of the small penalty area alone, Vidal had already rushed to the top of the penalty area, and Ramsey was also rushing forward quickly, which made Bayern Munich's entire defensive attention fall at the front point and the middle.
Ribery was one-on-two on the left, but was not afraid. Facing Rafina, French Scarface accelerated and stopped, accelerated and sprinted again. The continuous change of speed finally made some gaps from the Brazilian fullback. After pulling out half of his body, he made a cross with his left foot.
I don't know if this cross was intentional or the strength was not accurate. In short, it didn't fall to the front point of the penalty area and the middle. Dante flew up, but still couldn't get the ball.
Messi and Alaba were on the right side of the small penalty area, and saw Messi get stuck first and stop Ribery's cross from his chest. He also stops in front of him, on the right side of the small penalty area, and then he quickly catches up and shoots a very difficult arc shot with his left foot.
I heard a bang, and the ball drew a strange arc and shot towards the goal. Even Messi didn't know if he could suppress the ball and hit the right head
Chapter completed!