Chapter 229 Free Kick

The game between the two sides has been going on for more than ten minutes, and although the score has not changed, it is clear that Bayern Munich have the upper hand on the field, and they continue to launch attacks, putting huge pressure on Manchester United's defence.

Bayern Munich showed a strong desire to win from the start, and when faced with the desire for the Champions League final, the Bayern Munich players were fully engaged and launched a fierce attack on Manchester United's goal.

It is clear that Heynckes' side have been focusing on Manchester United. His tactics today were very targeted.

On the offensive end, Bayern Munich are very good at taking advantage of Muller's ability to move around the flanks.

Muller doesn't look like a top player on a technical level, whether it's his dribbling, his pace, his shots, but the German has a trait that is hard to match with other players – his movement is very weird!

Muller has tended to create some difficult threats on the flanks of the penalty area, and he can play some nice combinations with Ribery on the left and Robben on the right.

Therefore, Bayern Munich's offensive during this period has a lot to do with Muller's play.

Ancelotti looked at the situation on the field, he also stood on the sidelines, asking the team to strengthen the defense of Muller, Bayern Munich's offensive is becoming more and more fierce, if you don't make a little arrangement on defense, I'm afraid Manchester United's goal will not be able to defend.

Herrera became the one who kept an eye on Muller in that area, and after having a special person to keep an eye on him, Muller's threat was really much smaller. However, Bayern Munich can still create chances through crosses from both sides. However, compared to the early stages of the game, Bayern Munich's attacking threat was much less.

The success rate of a simple side cross is not high, after all, not every team has a Li Qingshan.

With less pressure on the defence, United are starting to free up their hands to make a difference in attack.

In the eighteenth minute of the game, Pogba won the ball in midfield and sent a through ball.

Li Qingshan withstood the impact of Xavi Martinez and led the ball to his right foot, and then volleyed directly on the line of the big penalty area!

The football flew towards the goal on the turf, Neuer reacted very quickly, he had just left Li Qingshan's instep when the ball had moved in the direction of the ball, and then he quickly fell to the ground to save, blocked the ball in the penalty area, and then faced Mata's follow-up shot, Neuer flew out quickly and hugged the ball into his arms.

Li Qingshan's shot made almost a whole exclamation at the Allianz Stadium, and for Bayern fans, Li Qingshan's goal must be no stranger to them.

As early as a few years ago, when Li Qingshan was not playing in Europe, he faced Bayern Munich and staged a senior celebration...

If you say who is the player that Bayern Munich fans hate the most, Li Qingshan may not be on the list, but if you talk about the player they fear the most... Then Li Qingshan will definitely get a lot of votes, after all, Li Qingshan has scored too many goals for Bayern Munich.

And just now, he almost broke through Bayern's goal again...

As the game time went on, the two teams began to go back and forth, and Bayern Munich could not continue to press Manchester United to attack, and Manchester United did not say that Bayern Munich had no chance at all.

Both sides can create chances, and now it's up to both teams to see who has the better chance of taking their chances.

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Manchester United's left winger Angel Di Maria forced Lahm to foul him with a beautiful break, and United were awarded a free-kick on the left side of the pitch.

At this time, Bayern Munich fans are nervous, everyone knows that Manchester United's front-court set-pieces are very threatening!!

At this time, Li Qingshan stood in the center of the penalty area, including Pogba, Kramer, Hummels, Eric Bailly, these players who are more than 190 cm tall all squeezed into the penalty area, and the backfield of the back line pressed up, dragging Herrera and two fullbacks who were chasing fast.

All the United players who could head the ball in front of Bayern Munich came to Bayern Munich, and it was a good opportunity.

The free-kick was ideally placed, just on the edge of the box, much closer to goal than a corner, and it would be difficult for Bayern to defend.

The live TV camera locked on Li Qingshan.

Everyone knows Li Qingshan's ability to head the ball, so Bayern Munich is also focusing on this, and the two central defenders are standing next to Li Qingshan, sandwiching Li Qingshan in the middle, almost all-round restrictions.

Juan Mata and Di Maria both stood in front of the ball, with Di Maria setting up the ball and playing left and right with Mata.

Bayern Munich didn't know who was going to take the free-kick, so they were even more nervous in the box, with at least one defender following every Manchester United player!

Mata stared at the situation in the penalty area, he and Di Maria covered their mouths for a while, and finally decided that the ball should be taken by Mata with his left foot, so that the arc of the football and the direction of the goal are opposite, so that the player who heads the ball at Manchester United can borrow the power of the rebound and make the header more powerful!!

Unsurprisingly, many players in the Bayern Munich penalty area have focused on Li Qingshan, after all, Li Qingshan is Manchester United's main attacking point, and compared to Li Qingshan, other threats are much smaller.

However, Mata decided not to send the ball to Li Qingshan's head this time, and he raised his right hand.

Manchester United's players knew what he was going to do as soon as they saw Mata's gesture, because Manchester United has a lot of tall players, so the free-kick tactical combination in front of the field has always been one of the key routines of Manchester United's attacking tactics, which has been practiced many times on the training ground.

Heynckes was also a little nervous, shouting from the sidelines, directing his team to defend the free-kick, which is not easy for an elderly man in his seventies.

The Bayern players on the pitch were also very focused, and wherever the United players in the box ran, they were clinging to them and not letting them get out of the way of the defence.

When the referee's whistle blew, Di Maria ran first, and he was a character who bobbed a shot.

Sure enough, by the time Di Maria ran past the ball, Juan Mata had already run up.

He didn't drive the ball into the box, but pushed it sideways!!

In the stunned eyes of the Bayern Munich players, left wing-back Sandro came up and comfortably won the volley!!

Sandro had the shot completely undefended, and Bayern's defence was pinned down in the box by United's attacking players!

Neuer's vision was disturbed, and by the time he saw the ball flying towards the goal, it was too late to react!

The ball flew into the goal against the post!!