i want to be king

Chapter 743 The boat of friendship is overturned

If we say that in the first [-] minutes of the game, both Bayern and Barcelona threw their arms away and wanted to make big things, then after the enemy and us each scored a goal, they both calmed down and woke up.

Bayern is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by anyone, and Barcelona's passing and possession advancement and penetration are also hard to guard against.

Even if they are as strong as Bayern, they can only adopt a defensive stance in the face of Barcelona who is in possession of the ball.

Bayern's body has an advantage, whether it is height or strength, so set kicks are also a very important scoring weapon.

But Mourinho obviously also strengthened the defense in this area. Bayern failed to take advantage of several free kicks and corner kicks in the first half. Su Dong, Lucio and Pepe all faced strict marking.

In the end, the two sides shook hands one-on-one in the first half and entered the intermission.

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From leading by one goal to being equalized by the opponent, there was only 2 minutes in the middle.

I have to say that conceding a goal has dealt a big blow to Bayern.

Heynckes was satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, but there were also serious problems.

According to Bayern's pre-match plan, the team should press the opponent from the forward line and prevent the opponent from passing the ball into the midfield. After the frontcourt pressure fails, Bayern will immediately retreat and organize a solid defensive line.

This plan looks beautiful, and with Bayern's tactical discipline, it is not difficult to implement, but when it comes to implementing it in the game, there are still some deviations.

Many of Mourinho's tactics are direct long passes to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. This caused Bayern to quickly settle down and organize defenses before they started high-position presses. The frontcourt presses were basically gone.

Although Barcelona's long pass turnover rate is very high, Ibrahimovic did not take advantage of Lucio and Pepe, but Barcelona's frontcourt pressing ability is very strong, and the midfielder's ability to control the ball is excellent.

In fact, Barcelona is pressing up as a whole, while Bayern is retreating as a whole.

Especially after the one-to-one match, Barcelona began to invest in the frontcourt, which made Bayern's situation even more passive, with only [-]% of the ball possession rate, and Barcelona had an overwhelming advantage.

This was originally a situation in favor of Bayern, because Bayern can fight back.

However, Barcelona invested a lot of troops in the counterattack after losing the ball. The key is Bayern's two flanks. Franck Ribery and Robben did not perform well under the impact of Alves and Maxwell.

Alves was very active. In several forward attacks, Ribery was forced to retreat deeply, but there were still several embarrassing scenes, and Robben was not much better. Although Maxwell was not as sharp as Alves, Maxwell was the key to Barcelona's goal 2 minutes after losing the ball.

In that conceded goal, Robben was absent.

Maxwell and Iniesta were able to penetrate Lahm's side because Robben did not perform the task of following up and defending Maxwell.

After the one-to-one match, both Ribery and Robben began to pay attention to the follow-up defense against the full-backs. After becoming reliable, Bayern's offense was also contained, especially the wings.

In the first half, Ribery and Arjen Robben made [-] attempts to break through with the ball, and they succeeded only twice, but they failed to create a threat.

The winger was absent, and Su Dong was closely guarded by Barcelona after scoring a goal. Bayern's offense was naturally lackluster.

The offense is not very good, but the defense is organized quite well.

Especially after the one-to-one match, Barcelona had more possession of the ball, but they were still unable to create a threatening offensive, and it was even difficult to dominate the rhythm of the game. Instead, they were very depressed by Bayern.

They wanted to slow down, and Bayern rushed to grab a wave at a fast pace, which made Barcelona play very awkwardly.

During the halftime break, Heynckes focused on praising the team's performance in the overall defensive formation.

Throughout the first half, especially after the one-to-one draw, Bayern devoted a lot of energy to maintaining the overall formation, keeping the team's three lines compact and orderly, and not giving Barcelona players too much space to take the ball.

It can be said that Bayern has done a very good job in this regard.

"In the second half, we need to maintain this concentration, continue to contain Barcelona's pass organization and penetration, and stabilize the defense while actively counterattacking. The focus is to attack Barcelona's two wings."

On the tactical board, Heynckes drew two circles on the two wings behind Barcelona's defense, reminding the players to hit these two areas when they counterattack.

Both Franck Ribery and Robben should retract appropriately to keep up with Alves and Maxwell, and the support point in the frontcourt is Su Dong.

Heynckes hoped that Sudong could pull more to the side when counterattacking.

"They built a steel cage for you in the middle, and when you get the ball, you can easily fall into the circle, so I think you should expand your range of motion, especially to the wings."

This is not only Su Dong doing, but also Messi. In this game, he is the one behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the [-]. He has a wide range of activities and is very free.

This change by Heynckes was actually liberating the Soviet Union and East.

Su Dong in the frontcourt was free, and players such as Ribery and Robben came in from the back, and they naturally followed Su Dong.

In fact, this is to further establish the strategic core position of the Soviet Union and the East.

"Understood!" Su Dong nodded and agreed, "If possible, pass to the right side more."

Heynckes and everyone were taken aback, "Why?"

Everyone in the locker room was confused.

Isn't it?
What's the difference between left and right?

Su Dong pointed to Puyol on the tactical board, and smiled slightly: "This guy has short legs!"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

This reason is absolutely perfect!
But after careful consideration, Su Dong's words are not unreasonable.

Mourinho is a head coach who pays great attention to details. How detailed is it?

In the combination of Puyol and Pique as two central defenders, the left and right positions of the two are actually often changed. It is more about power. For example, Pique is more reckless.

This is actually quite interesting, because Puyol used to be an attacking central defender, but now it was his turn to drag Pique's ass behind, and he was actually quite stable.

But tonight Puyol is on the left. This is obviously not aimless, but because Puyol's pursuit is faster, defending Robben on the right side of Bayern, especially Robben's inside cut. Puyol is right-footed, which happens to block Robben's inside cut.

So here comes the problem, Pique is also right-footed, and Ribery on the left of Bayern is also good at cutting inside, what should we do?
Although Yaya Toure was a midfielder in this game, he actually often returned to a position almost equal to that of the central defender.

This is just a little thought in the formation of troops, but from the perspective of habit, it is really helpful to contain the opponent.

And what Su Dong said is also the same.

He is tall and has long legs. If Puyol cuts inward with his feet, Puyol has short legs, and it is difficult to completely block Su Dong's shooting angle.

Of course, this is just theory, and it is not so easy to practice.

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After the intermission, the players of the two teams left the locker room.

In the player tunnel, Su Dong met the Barcelona players and felt that everyone looked very serious.

Before the game, they would take the initiative to greet Su Dong, chatting and laughing with each other, but now they all seemed to be sworn enemies.

I have to say that it was only at this time that there was a real rivalry atmosphere.

"What's going on? What did you go through during the halftime break?" Su Dong jokingly walked up to Messi and Iniesta and asked with a smile.

He is full of confidence in the second half, and naturally he will not be too worried.

Messi looked around and said to Su Dong in a low voice: "Don't laugh, our boat of friendship has capsized."

"Huh?" Su Dong was taken aback.

Can this boat of friendship turn over at any time?

"The madman in our family said that we are too polite to you, especially to you." Iniesta stabbed again.

Su Dong couldn't listen to this anymore.

"We have to speak conscientiously when we speak, come here, look, who kicked this foot?"

Su Dong pointed to the red scratch on the outside of his right calf, which was still dripping with blood.

Iniesta was immediately embarrassed, "I was really anxious at the time, who knew you wouldn't take your legs?"

"Fart, the ball is under my feet, I take my legs? Why don't you just let me pass the ball to you?"

Now not only Messi and Iniesta were amused, but even Puyol and Harvey couldn't help laughing.

"You're kidding, Kars, you used all the dirty tricks on me in the first half, and I remember them all." Su Dongtong complained.

Puyol smiled and waved his hands again and again, "Okay, just let the horse come here!"

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The second half of the game restarted.

Barcelona continued their possession advantage in the first half and suppressed Bayern from the very beginning.

Bayern continued the stable defense in the first half and continued to organize the defense steadily.

Bayern's traditional advantage is discipline, the players' tactical execution is very high, and the overall defensive organization is in place. Even Ribery and Robben actively retreated to defend Alves and Maxwell.

The space in the frontcourt was basically left to Su Dong.

Bayern's ball possession rate has always remained at around [-]%, and Barcelona is in possession of the ball most of the game.

Sudong ran actively and participated in the press of Barcelona's defense line and Yaya Toure's position. As soon as Bayern steals the ball, he will immediately run towards the nearest side.

Barcelona is also on guard against this, after all, Bayern also played like this in the first half.

Su Dong patiently looked for opportunities.

When the game progressed to 3 minutes, Bayern moved to the left after stealing the ball from the backcourt and handed it to Marcelo.

Marcelo stopped the ball forward and launched a counterattack.

After dribbling the ball across the center line, it was intercepted by Alves. Marcelo smashed the ball and walked towards the center line. He glanced ahead. Ribery and Schweinsteiger were advancing quickly, but they were surrounded by Barcelona players.

What about Su Dong?
Marcelo didn't find Su Dong's figure in the front or in the middle, so he glanced at the far right and saw the familiar red figure.

Su Dong ran to the gap and was raising his hand for the ball.

Marcelo made a decisive decision and sent a long diagonal pass with his left foot.

(End of this chapter)