Chapter 92 Bayern's Weaknesses
Chu Zhongtian is looking for key figures on Bayern Munich's defense line. This is a nice saying, but to be unpleasant, it is the weakness on Bayern's defense line.
He glanced at Bayern Munich's central defender Martin Demichelis (martin_gaston_demichelis). The Argentine central defender has long hair and looks handsome, with a nickname called "Marson" because he has a domineering aura than me when playing football. But that was Demichelis at his peak.
His performance has declined in the past season. Most of the time he is fine, but sometimes he gets distracted on the court and makes some inexplicable and very low-level mistakes. Although there are not many such mistakes, who knows when he will do it?
Odo was injured. Although he was on the roster in this game, he was not selected for the starting lineup.
Despite this, Heinx is not useless in the right-back position, such as 24-year-old christian_lell.
But for some reason, Heinx would rather let Lucio, who was not suitable for the full-back position, play right back than give Lyle a chance. Lyle didn't even make the roster in this game.
Lucio went to play the full-back, and the central defender was given to Van Biten and Demichelis.
Although he didn't know the reason for Heinx to arrange this, this lineup allowed Chu Zhongtian to find the weakness of Bayern Munich's defense line.
Demikelis is definitely a time bomb on Bayern's defense.
Although this guy has received a lot of praise, his condition and competitive level have begun to decline in the past year.
Jose Maria Argiria, the chairman of the Argentine Riverbed team, who once debuted, once commented on him: "Watching him plays football reminds me of Beckenbauer back then." I wonder if this is one of the reasons why Bayern Munich fell in love with him at the beginning... Bayern club chairman Rummenigge also said that he is "Santa Cruz on the back line."
Of course, Demikelis plays more often at Bayern, and now he lacks people on the defense line, so he returns to the central defender position.
Such a person who was praised by many bigwigs has become the biggest loophole in Bayern Munich's defense line in Chu Zhongtian's eyes... It's not easy to catch this loophole. Demikelis sometimes gets distracted. If he always puts pressure on him, his performance will get better and better, because his spirit is always highly concentrated. Therefore, Hoffenheim's offense cannot be concentrated on Demikelis, but must be consciously avoided. At the right time, suddenly hit the football to him, so that Demikelis may catch Demikelis off guard.
The first step to dealing with Demikelis is to deal with Van Bommel.
The two fought last time, but at that time, the main offensive forces of Bayern were Ribery, Tony, and Van Bomel's main job was defense, and the offense was basically handed over to Ze Roberto.
And this time, Van Bomel, under Heinx, who is more concerned about offense and defense balance, has become an offensive and defensive hub. His tasks are heavier, and most of Bayern's balls are passed to him.
To curb Bayern Munich's offense, we must curb Van Bomel's dispatch. At the same time, if Hoffenheim wants to score, he must also make a decision from Van Bomel. Because Bayern plays a diamond midfielder with a single midfielder, the weakness of this formation is that there is only one person in the midfield defense. Once the midfielder loses the ball, the opponent can directly make a breakthrough in the middle. This is why there are fewer diamond midfielders now, and double midfielders are popular. In the setting of double midfielders, two defensive midfielders can be arranged, which increases the defense in the midfield and reduces the pressure on the defense line. You can also arrange two midfielders with one offense and one defense to balance the offense and defense in the midfield.
Heinx's setting put Van Bomel in a very dangerous situation. Once he loses the ball, there is not even a person who protects the counter-robbery.
Maybe Heinx will have other settings... But Chu Zhongtian couldn't control so much, so he decided to move his position forward and press Van Bomel in close proximity.
As for the situation behind him... he took advantage of the opportunity to die and ran to Weiss: "You hold on to the middle, Tobias."
Weiss hesitated: "But Ribery..." Head coach Rangnick gave him the task of assisting Chu Zhongtian in defending the middle, and paying attention to Ribery.
"No need, just go and assist in defense, don't bother him. Leave Ribery to Baker." Chu Zhongtian pointed at Baker, and he would talk to Baker about this adjustment later.
"Are you going up?" Weiss guessed Chu Zhongtian's intention.
Chu Zhongtian nodded, and looked at the captain of Bayern Munich opposite and said, "I want to defend Fan Bomel. He is the engine of Bayern's game. If he defended him, Ribery would not have any threat."
Weiss looked over, and then he frowned and nodded: "You are right, Chu. Their captain is the core figure."
"I'll leave it to you in the middle." Chu Zhongtian patted Weiss on the shoulder and ran towards Baker.
He quickly told Baker about his plans. Baker nodded and agreed without expressing his doubts. He chose to believe Chu Zhongtian.
A season of games proved that this person is trustworthy.
※※※When Demikelis habitually passed the football to Van Bomel, he discovered that there was one more person around Van Bomel!
"Hey..." He wanted to shout and remind the captain, but he opened his mouth but didn't know how to shout, and it was too late. After he finished shouting, the ball would have been cut off by the opponent... Van Bomel did not notice that there was one more person behind him. So he leaked the football from between his legs as he had done before and turned around at the same time. This would allow the football to keep stopping and maintain movement and speed. As long as he turned around, he could dribble forward and start a fast attack.
Because he was a midfielder with a back position and no one to guard the position, so when he did this before, there was no defensive pressure. Unexpectedly, Chu Zhongtian appeared quietly behind him, and the football he missed happened to fall at Chu Zhongtian's feet.
When he turned around, he realized this scene. Chu Zhongtian was stepping on the football under his feet, looking at him.
Van Bomel was stunned for a moment, then reacted and rushed towards Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian took the opportunity to thrust the ball outward and dodged Fan Bomel's steal, which was more fierce.
"Chu Jue the ball successfully! He avoided Van Bomel's counter-robbery!"
After Chu Zhongtian avoided Van Bomel, he did not pass the ball, but continued to dribble the ball and went for Van Biten.
Demikalis was still a little nervous, thinking that the other party would come to him because he was closest to Van Bomel. He was ready to face the enemy, but he didn't expect that Chu Zhongtian suddenly turned towards him when facing him... and rushed towards his central defender partner Van Biten.
Demichelis was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that this kid must have been afraid of him, so he chose to avoid him... This discovery made Argentina's "marshal" a little proud. However, he did not intend to let Chu Zhongtian go just like this.
He also rushed over, intending to attack Chu Zhongtian with Fan Biten.
Unexpectedly, Chu Zhongtian was waiting for this moment. When he passed Van Bomel, he had quickly observed the situation around him and saw a gap behind Demikalis. If his teammates could observe there, it would be a fatal pass.
Sure enough, Demikalis rushed up, and there was nothing behind him... Chu Zhongtian did not look up, but instead pushed out a diagonal pass with his left foot while running straight. The football passed between Van Biten and Demikalis!
"Here you come! This is Chu Zhongtian's special penetrating direct pass! Although the distance is not long, it is very fatal in this place near the penalty area!" Duan Bin shouted excitedly.
"Bayern's defense has been penetrated!" Marcel Leif served as a commentator again in this game. The last time the two sides fought, he and Beckenbauer were the commentator. Although Hoffenheim did not win in that game, he successfully tied Bayern. After the game, Marcel wrote an article with a very profound title, saying, "David did not defeat Goliath, but David appeared." This time he and Effenberg accepted the game, and he wanted to see with his own eyes whether David could defeat Goliath this time... "Demikelis lost his position! This is so stupid!" The commentator Effenberg was also very dissatisfied with Demikelis' defense.
Just as the commentators commented on this offense and defense, the football had already passed into Bayern Munich's penalty area and appeared behind Bayern's defense line. The people who appeared behind him were Hoffenheim player O'Brassi in blue!
However, he did not stop the ball as soon as possible. After all, his tacit understanding with Chu Zhongtian is not as good as Chu Zhongtian and Ibicevic, so he ran half a beat faster than Chu Zhongtian's pass. As a result, he stretched out his long legs and barely controlled the ball. In this way, the next shot would have to be adjusted too much, and with this time, all Bayern's defenders returned to the right.
Since you can't shoot directly, then just pass the ball... Hoffenheim's trident on the forward line is very tacit. When Obasi barely controlled the football, he knew that he had no chance, so it would be better to give the opportunity to his teammates. He swung his foot and shot, which attracted the attention of Bayern defenders and goalkeepers to him, but he passed the football horizontally to the other side of the goal!
This time, the Bayern player caught off guard. It was too late to chase the ball. They could only turn their heads and watch Demba. Ba appeared in front of the football, then stretched out his feet and pushed it... "The ball is in!!"
Since its completion, there has been no such huge cheers. If there is a decibel measuring instrument on site, you can see if it is comparable to the burst at Schalke 04 at home.
"Hoffenheim leads Bayern Munich at their home court! This is their second time leading Bayern in the game! It seems that Bayern Munich's future nemesis is Hoffenheim..."
The fans in the stands made their biggest voice to announce to Bayern Munich players and fans who are the masters here.
Fritz Abel stood among a large group of fans in blue, shouting slogans with the people around him, and then applauded and sang. He did not dare to do such things when he was at the Allianz Stadium, but here he could vent his inner emotions without any worry about causing a riot in the stands, or being bullied or beaten. For the first time, he declared himself so proudly that he was a Hoffenheim fan!
The singing of Hoffenheim fans sounded, and he sang loudly.
"We come from the countryside, we have nothing!"
"We are extremely strong, we advocate freedom!"
"We are rural, but we are full of pursuits!"
"We will win in the end, the cup is full of beer!"
"Occurrence! Attack! The blood of the attack will always flow!"
"We-is-Hoffenheim! Let you taste-our football!"
As he sang, Abel was suddenly touched by the lyrics. He felt that he had some similarities with this small team, but he was not as good as this team. They were both very low-level, looked down upon and laughed at. But the two embarked on different paths. Hoffenheim is now the first in the league and can lead Bayern Munich at home. As they sang in their songs, they were "extremely strong". And what about themselves? They are still the coward who keeps their heads down when talking to others.
At first, when he fell in love with Hoffenheim, he felt that this team was as weak as himself and was unknown. Unexpectedly, this small team was like a phoenix nirvana in less than two seasons. They became great heroes that the world attracted attention. The boy who fell in love with them because they were just as weak was still weak now... He suddenly stopped singing, just staring at the Hoffenheim players wearing blue home jerseys off the court.
Hoffenheim dares to challenge powerful enemies like Bayern. Why can he choose to bear silently when facing those who bully and laugh at him?
※※※Demba Ba rushed to the corner flag area and was excited to take off his clothes. He was just halfway through, but suddenly he thought that the game had just started. If he had just carried a yellow card, it seemed not good... He woke up and put down his raised clothes again.
He was soon surrounded by his excited teammates.
Unlike the Hoffenheim players who celebrated crazy, Bayern players were a little confused by the goal so quickly. The game only took twenty-one minutes and they fell behind with one goal. Although Hoffenheim is currently ranked first, many people still think that this is just a dark horse, and the performance is temporary. But Hoffenheim used this ball to make them realize that perhaps in the coming years, Hoffenheim will be their strong rival, not a dark horse... Ribery stood on the court with his hands on his hips, looking helplessly at the Hoffenheim players who were celebrating the goal. He really didn't expect that the small team he used to look down on was now at the top of the Bundesliga.
When he followed Metz to play football in that small village, how could he think of today?
His eyes followed Chu Zhongtian, seeing him and his teammates celebrated, seeing him finish the celebration, seeing him waving his arms into the stands, arousing the emotions of the fans... He is really good at being the captain... But he was like this when he was at Metz, but he was more skilled at Hoffenheim... If the score is maintained until the end, it is hard to say whether Bayern Munich can still participate in the European Champions League next season... Ribery certainly doesn't want this scene to come true. In his first season as he joined Bayern, Bayern could only play in the League Cup, and in the second season, this season, it was this season. He doesn't want to play in the League Cup again. He comes to Bayern because this is a giant, and he can pursue more glory. What's the point of not being able to play in the Champions League? In any case, he will not allow his team to lose to Chu Zhongtian's team in this game!
Although everyone knows that they are good friends with good relationships, few people know that they are also competitors. Ribery has never been convinced in his life. No matter who he competes with, he hopes that he can win, even his best friend.
Ribery, who was observing Chu Zhongtian, suddenly found that Chu Zhongtian looked at him, and then he shrugged at him.
Hey!
This is a provocation.
Ribery didn't respond because he couldn't find a more appropriate way to hit the ball than to score.
※※※"Although Hoffenheim is currently leading, the game has only been more than twenty minutes, and it is still long. The last time the two teams met, Hoffenheim scored the first goal, and then Bayern Munich scored two goals in a row. If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian's goal in the end, Hoffenheim would probably have lost..." As a commentator, you must be fair, so even if Hoffenheim's situation is good at this time, Duan Bin must be despised, otherwise a large number of Bayern fans will be unhappy... But German colleagues don't have so many concerns. Whoever performs well will praise whoever performs poorly, and whoever performs poorly will criticize whoever. Especially the commentator Effenberg, who is famous for his rebellious personality when playing football. After being a commentator, he is even more unforgiving.
He ruthlessly criticized Demikalis' performance: "Demikalis performed well in the midfielder position. Maybe he stayed in the midfield for too long and forgot how the central defender should play? The midfielder can be grabbed, but the central defender must be cautious. Look at the large area of space behind him! You should really put a pair of eyes on the back of his head!"
"He has too long hair, even if he pretends to be eyes, he will be blocked..." Marcel Leif's words were also very sharp.
Effenberg curled his lips. "If he focused on the hair care of his mind, he wouldn't have had those low-level mistakes."
"Hoffenheim performed well, especially their captain Chu. This time the attack was when he stole Van Bomel's ball and then passed it straight behind Demikelis..." Leif praised Chu Zhongtian's performance.
Effenberg also nodded and said, "His performance reminded me of when I played football. A midfield commander must have such ability to discover the gaps in the opponent's defense line and also be able to use it. For now, some people can discover but cannot use it, and some people can use it but lack the ability to discover it. Chu combined both abilities well. I think he would be a promising player." The rebellious Effenberg rarely publicly praises a player like this. It can be seen that he really appreciates Chu Zhongtian.
Lef smiled: "In fact, he had proved this in the last fight between Hoffenheim and Bayern."
"Yes, the last goal was very beautiful. In the confrontation, Van Bommel was completely at a disadvantage. Before the game, I said Bayern Munich should be able to win, but I didn't expect them to be tied. That game made me realize that Hoffenheim and Chu, both of them were excellent."
With the two people praising Chu Zhongtian, the game has started again.
Ribery dribbled the ball and broke through forcibly, and then no one passed, and a shot came, but the football went above the crossbar.
Schweinsteiger signaled that he was in a good position and that Ribery should pass the ball.
Ribery made an apologetic gesture to him, but he was planning to admit his mistake in his heart. He wanted to score a goal by himself, and he must score a goal.
This is not a match between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich, it is a match between Frank Ribery and Chu Zhongtian.
Chapter completed!