Bang~bang~bang~bang~

When two players walked out of the player's passage one after another, shocking drums rang around them, followed by a thunderous cheer!

Do you think this is Allianz Stadium?

Wrong, this is the Glory Square in Southampton!

Glory Plaza is the artificial island where the new stadium in Southampton is located.

In order to welcome the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, the club broadcast the game live on the huge advertising screen on the exterior wall of the Honor Stadium, allowing all interested fans to gather in the Honor Plaza to watch the game together.

On this day, all the shops in Honor Plaza were grandly opened!

Especially the Saint Harry Bar, after rushing to work, was completed the construction the day before and officially moved to the Plaza of Glory.

Not only that, brands including Heineken, Kelone Family, Cadbury, PepsiCo and other Honor Plazas also opened together on this day and held a massive promotion.

So, that night, people were rushing in Glory Square.

In front of the four super-large screens surrounding the stadium, thousands of fans gathered.

They wore Saints' jerseys and brought various fan props, gathered here to cheer for the saints far away in Munich, Germany!

Although no official statistics were conducted, at this moment, Glory Plaza attracted at least 50,000 people to gather.

Therefore, when the two teams of players walked out of the player channel on live TV, the entire Glory Square was like a volcano that burst out, creating a momentum that moved the entire city.

"We have now got the starting lineup of both teams."

"Bayern Munich's starting goalkeeper is Thomas Craft, who is Bayern Munich's youth training player."

"The defense is Contento, Boateng, Dante and Rafinia, the three midfielders are Schweinsteiger, Thiago and Ram, and the front tridents are Ribery, Thomas Muller and Robben."

"This lineup is also the strongest lineup in Bayern Munich this season, with a very complete staff."

"Southampton is also strong."

"The goalkeeper is Neuer. This German goalkeeper once approached Bayern Munich in 2011, but was intercepted by Southampton in the middle of the journey. This made Bayern Munich senior executives very angry, but also led to the youth training young player Craft as a result."

"However, Craft's performance in recent seasons has not been satisfactory, so Bayern Munich's pursuit of Neuer is still very enthusiastic. However, as the captain of the Saints, Neuer has always been the decisive needle on the Saints' defense."

"On the defense line, David Alaba also came from Bayern Munich's youth training camp, but he didn't get the chance and switched to Southampton. The two central defenders are a combination of Xavi Martinez and Varane, and the right back is Azpilicueta."

"The Southampton midfielder still adopts a double midfielder, which is a combination of Tony Cross and Modric."

"The three offensive players in the frontcourt are Hazard, Suarez and Sanchez, and the center player is Ibrahimovic!"

"Interestingly, when Ibrahimovic switched to Southampton from Barcelona, ​​he had a big fight with the then Barcelona coach Guardiola. This time it was also the first time that the Swedish center met Guardiola after leaving Barcelona. So before the game, the Swedish center said that he would definitely use goals to prove to Guardiola!"

"The two teams have a grudge and entanglement between the two players, which is the key Champions League semi-finals, so the gunpowder smells strong before the game."

"The referee of this game is Pedro Pronza from Portugal."

When the players of the two teams lined up in front of the player passage, the camera swept through the players of the two teams one by one, as well as the referee group in the middle, and then a big panoramic view came.

At the same time, the camera also gave the head coaches of the two teams on the sidelines, Guardiola and Bielsa.

"We saw that Guardiola took the initiative to shake hands and communicate with Bielsa. It is said that before Guardiola coached, he went to Argentina to ask Bielsa for coaching. Many of Guardiola's tactical ideas were also derived from Bielsa."

"So, in the eyes of many people, this will be a showdown between a master and a disciple!"

The camera went up further and fell to the chairman's stands at the Allianz Stadium.

"We can also see that the senior management of both teams attaches great importance to this game!"

"This is the interim chairman of Bayern Munich and also the chairman of Adidas. After Heinez resigned from all his posts in Bayern Munich due to tax storms at the beginning of the year, Heinez served as the interim chairman position."

"This is Rummenigge, CEO of Bayern Munich. We can also see that Bayern Munich's honorary chairman Beckenbauer also appeared in the chairman's stands."

"Sitting next to them is the boss of Southampton, Yang Huan from China. This is also a popular figure in European football in recent years. In just four years, it has brought out a powerful Southampton team, which is a miracle!"

"The ones next to Yang Huan are Nikola Cotes, Saints' executive chairman, Peter Kenyon, and Chief Operating Officer, Ron Gurley, who are full of senior management!"

"We also have absolutely reason to believe that this will be a wonderful showdown!"

When the TV commentator said this, a crisp whistle came from the scene.

With the whistle of referee Pedro Pronza, the game officially kicked off!

A burst of thunderous cheers suddenly broke out in the entire Glory Square, and almost all the Saints fans were cheering and supporting the teams thousands of miles away!

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Yang Huan frowned from the first minute of the game.

Because he found that Southampton's tactics are a bit strange today.

The starting lineup is very strange, why use Suarez?

You should know that in many games this season, Bielsa started at the same time with Suarez and Ibrahimovic, and they arranged for the Uruguayans to play on the wing, and James Rodriguez was basically the one who occupied the middle.

Even in some Champions League events, Bielsa uses Kaka in the front midfielder position.

But in this game, Kaka and Jamez Rodriguez did not play, but instead let Suarez play in the middle of the frontcourt and cruis behind Ibrahimovic, which is quite puzzled.

What makes people even more depressed is that Bielsa's team has been shrinking its defense from the beginning.

This is not Bielsa's style at all!

You know, what the Argentine madman talks about the most is his desperate attack.

But now, when you come, you play defense?

Didn’t this become Mourinho?

Southampton's contraction defense made the ball come out.

But when Beckenbauer, who was sitting next to Yang Huan, saw this situation, he seemed to frown deeper than Yang Huan, sighed even more, and said, "This game is difficult!"

"Yes, I didn't expect that even Bielsa became so pragmatic!" Rumeneg also smiled helplessly.

If Yang Huan talks about watching football, his ability is very high, but if he compares with people like Beckenbauer and Rummenigge, he is still inferior. At least he has been dealing with football all his life and has played professional football for twenty or thirty years. Can it be the same?

But from their words, Yang Huan vaguely understood something, that is, Bielsa's change made them feel uncomfortable, as if they were just stuck in some of their weaknesses.

What makes your opponent uncomfortable is definitely right!

So, Young Master Huan laughed and was in a good mood.

It's good to be pragmatic!

Aya Goebbels, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona and other things, it is as easy to reach the Champions League semi-finals as a meal, but we are Southampton. We have finally struggled for more than a hundred years, and then we have a chance to reach the semi-finals. Can we not be more pragmatic?

Besides, Bielsa is actually not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart.

He has been reflecting since Argentina suffered a humiliating Waterloo in the Korean and Japanese World Cup.

After coming to Southampton, he came into contact with European front-line events. With his accumulated experience, he continued to improve.

At least he understood that professional football sometimes needs to be more pragmatic!

Let me ask, isn’t Barcelona Dream Team 3, which is as strong as Guardiola, ever pragmatic?

Isn’t it a pragmatism that they try hard to beat the ball possession rate?

Besides, with Bielsa's personality and personality, no matter how pragmatic he is, he will not become Mourinho!

As the competition gradually spread out, Yang Huan gradually saw some tricks.

The Saints' overall tactics are mainly about guarding, which is understandable. After all, they are facing such a powerful Bayern Munich, who is also visiting the Allianz Stadium and the first leg of the semi-finals. Focusing on guarding is the most reasonable tactic.

But Bielsa's preservation is very particular.

When Bayern Munich got the ball, Southampton steadily shrank backwards, allowing Bayern Munich to push up.

When the ball entered his own half, Ibrahimovic and Suarez stood by Bayern Munich's defense, and their defense mainly cut off Bayern Munich's passing route.

Don't you want to possess the ball?

OK, I let you control the ball, and I won’t compete with you for the ball. As long as I can hold on, the longer you control the ball and the more times you pass the ball, the more problems you will be, and as long as I catch your mistake, I will fight back firmly.

It was not until this time that Yang Huan realized why he wanted to join Suarez.

Southampton also treats the difference in defense against Bayern Munich's three midfielders.

Focus on Ram and Thiago, relax Schweinsteiger.

This is also of particularity.

This season, Guardiola was not satisfied with Schweinsteiger, thinking that his playing characteristics are more risky, always tend to advance, and has a higher turnover rate.

Data shows that Schweiingsteiger averaged one-point loss per game, three times that of Ram.

So, there was a time when Guardiola used Ram to play single midfielder.

Similarly, the defense against Bayern Munich's frontcourt Trident is also very targeted.

Bayern Munich used Thomas Munich to start playing in the middle, so Bielsa asked Azpilicueta and David Alaba on both sides to prevent Ribery and Robben from cutting inward, allowing them to cross from the bottom.

Because you don’t have a point to connect to the middle, what’s the use of your crossing?

Don't go down, don't cross, go inside?
To be continued...