Chapter 867: Don't Admit Defeat So Early!
“goallllllllllllllll?lllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!”
The on-site commentator of the People's Park Stadium, the shout that seemed to tear through the voice, resounded throughout the audience.
Then there was Aboubakar, the leading scorer in the Bundesliga, who burst out of Bayern Munich's penalty area and galloped all the way to the sidelines, celebrating his goal with a beautiful kneeling motion.
It was a valuable opener!
What's more, the opponent in this game is Banba from the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich!
Behind him, his teammates pounced on him one after another, and finally hugged him tightly.
In the stands, almost all the fans in the stadium stood up and applauded and cheered for them.
It's so beautiful, it's so wonderful!
"In just thirteen minutes, Hamburg took the lead with a quick counter-attack and knocked on the goal of Bayern Munich!"
"All the Hamburg fans, let's cheer, cheer and celebrate the team's goal!"
"Remember our attacking heroes, the great African Cheetah, Aboubakar, our Magician from Brazil, Douglas Costa, and last but not least, our midfielder, Weigel......"
The on-site commentator read to the end, and almost the audience cheered.
That momentum, that momentum, made the opponent tremble.
In front of the away team's coach's box, Guardiola shook his head vigorously, and kept saying in frustration, "Wrong, wrong, wrong, I was wrong!" ”
Obviously, he was regretting his first change of formation on the spot.
"We still underestimate the burger!" Assistant coach Carlos Pranchot also shook his head and sighed.
He was Pep Guardiola's right-hand man in charge of Barcelona and was adept at scouting players and analysing tactics.
"Yes, Lewandowski and Thomas Muller pulled the side, although the attack of the two ribs was lively, but once we lost the ball in the frontcourt, no one could put in time and put in the first place to counter-attack, especially in the middle of the frontcourt."
Domenech Torrent, who is also Guardiola's most relied on tactical analyst, shook his head helplessly and sighed.
In the goal just now, after Alderweireld broke the ball, no one forced Weigel to rush in the middle area at all, and even later Weigel advanced with the ball, and the midfielders were relatively slow to keep up.
As for Weigel's later pass to Douglas Costa, who then broke through Jerome Boateng one-on-one, the whole process was a natural continuation of the previous mistakes, and there is nothing worth studying and discussing.
In the final analysis, it was the first time that the on-the-spot command was adjusted, which led to the weakening of the frontcourt on-the-spot counter-robbery, and Hamburg seized the opportunity, passed to the frontcourt, and easily beat the defender.
But it can't be said that the first adjustment is a mistake.
Because, if you look at it from the point of view of strengthening the rib attack, the first adjustment works.
"What do we do now?" Domenech Torrent looked at Pep Guardiola.
At this time, it is very important for the manager to come up with a decision.
Do you want to stick to the tactics you made the first adjustment? Or do you want to make further adjustments depending on the game scene?
Pep Guardiola's deep eyes were fixed on the pitch as the game resumed.
"Wait a little longer, we'll see."
But soon, Pep Guardiola made a tweak, "Let Thomas Muller go to the left." ”
It's also a compromise, with Thomas Muller's running ability and positivity keeping him in the middle, and it's a big addition to the on-the-spot counter-attacking up front.
But Hamburg realised the problem after a few probes and Tuchel immediately fine-tuned it so that Hamburg always had a player to make room for a counter-attack after the ball was broken at the back.
"Our midfielders don't press the opposition enough!" Carlos Planchot said.
Seeing Hamburg play two or three more rather dangerous attacks, especially on the two flanks.
With Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman too active on the flanks, and with Abubakar in the middle of the pitch as a cheetah, Hamburg's front trident is not a good one.
And they're not just going to attack, they're defending? The contribution is not small.
Of course, Hamburg's midfield is the key link in their pressing up front.
Cracy, in particular, has been eye-catching on both ends of the floor.
Seeing that his two-rib offensive tactics were thoroughly explored, and the opponent took the opportunity to play a threatening attack, Guardiola also realized that he could no longer afford not to adjust.
"Domenech, give up the frontcourt pressing tactics and retreat!" Guardiola said lightly.
"What? Drawdown? Domenech Torrent was a little surprised.
He immediately understood what Guardiola meant, "Pep, like Southampton's tactics, we have only practiced it a few times, and now we use it, will it be ......?"
Pep Guardiola shook his head, "Hamburg used the front court to press and press, and we withdrew to restrain them. ”
This is indeed true in theory.
Because all teams that press and press in the front court will leave a big gap behind them.
If Bayern Munich can stabilize their team's defense at this time and then play Hamburg's counterattack, then a large gap behind the Hamburg defense will be exposed.
Directly instigated by the midfield, initiating long passes, finding the frontcourt, using the ability of the frontcourt players to hold the ball, and then instantly speeding up and launching an attack, this is simply fatal for a team like Hamburg that defends high.
Southampton's tactics this season have been one of the ways they play.
Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Bielsa's team does not seem to be as high as before, and it is not so pressing so hard in the front, and the main battlefield for the ball is placed in the middle line.
To put it bluntly, it's not Bielsa's team that has slipped in control, but the result of tactical adjustments.
Proper retraction can block the gap behind the front pressure of the back line and reduce the danger of being beaten and counterattacked.
Second, the frontcourt players have excellent personal ability, withdraw appropriately, and then launch a long pass from the midfield, plan a counterattack, as soon as the ball reaches the front, the team immediately accelerates, and the personal ability of the frontcourt player, with the midfielder's back insertion, to catch the opponent off guard.
One of the reasons why Guardiola decided to bring in Xavi Alonso at the last moment of the transfer period is because of the Spanish midfielder's accurate long pass from the back.
As for the frontcourt, it goes without saying that Ribery and Robben have individual abilities, Lewandowski is also the world's top frontcourt fulcrum, and Thomas Muller is a jack-of-all-trades player in the frontcourt.
With such a front-court combination, Bayern Munich only needs to be tactically right, who are they afraid of?
Pep Guardiola's adjustment, which is reflected on the pitch, is that Bayern Munich retreated, and then used more longitudinal passes such as long passes and through plugs to attack from the back.
However, Hamburg still used a high defensive tactic and wanted to continue the tactics that had worked before.
But the problem now is that Bayern Munich is backward at the back and the pace is slow.
The Hamburg team pressed forward, but there was a kind of rush by Bayern Munich's midfield monkey.
But once you seize the opportunity, it's like this time......
Xavi Alonso dropped back to almost the same position as the centre-back to pick up the ball, glanced ahead and fired a long ball straight away.
The pass landed behind the Hamburg defence and was found by Arjen Robben.
Although Hamburg left-back Osterzoleck reacted immediately, Robben was faster, and after the successful anti-offside, he grabbed Osterzoleck, unloaded the ball and made a sharp stop.
Osteroilek rushed too hard and couldn't contain the momentum, so he could only watch Robben cut inside with the ball.
Lewandowski pinned down the two centre-backs, and Robben cut inside to attract Weigel.
The Dutch winger crossed to the edge of the penalty area, Thomas Muller rushed up, slammed the ball past Emre Can and slammed it away, 1-1!
There was a burst of sighs from the entire People's Park stadium!
How long has this been the lead?
It's only about twenty minutes.
As a result, it is now equalized by Bayern Munich!
In the midst of the sighs and boos of the audience, Yang Huan, who was sitting in the chairman's stand, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
That's the advantage of having an advantage and a strong lineup.
Bayern Munich's strong control has given Pep Guardiola the confidence to adopt this set of tactics.
Similarly, Southampton, who are in control, are able to adopt such a tactical approach.
But what about burgers?
Not with hamburgers!
The midfield composed of Weigel, Clasea and Baddeley is indeed excellent in defense and pressing, but in terms of control, not to mention Bayern Munich, even compared with Arsenal, it is greatly inferior.
"Pep Guardiola's tactics are very similar to your Southampton!" Kuhn said with a smile.
At his age, he has already reached the point of being pampered, so how could he affect his mood because of a goal lost by Hamburg?
"Yes, Pep Guardiola is a really good manager, and he is humble enough to be willing to study, which is so important for a manager!"
Someone once asked Yang Huan, what is the difference between Ferguson and Mourinho?
Yang Huan's answer is that Ferguson is hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, while Mourinho is hard-mouthed and not soft-hearted.
Don't look at Ferguson's mouth all day long, his tone is too hard, but he knows himself very well in his heart, and he is very good at learning from his opponent's strengths and absorbing them for his own use.
But what about Mourinho?
is also full of cannons, but from his debut to the present, it is almost impossible to see any progress in him.
Even in the season when he led Inter Milan to win the Champions League, he was rumored to be miraculous, but in fact, he just gave full play to his usual advantages.
But Pep Guardiola is different from Alex Ferguson, the former is more persistent and prefers to delve into it.
Perhaps, this has something to do with Guardiola's debut leading the trend of world football tactics.
Bielsa, on the other hand, has always been at the forefront of the tactical trend in professional football, and he has not changed for many years.
Therefore, managers like Pep Guardiola and Bielsa must keep studying, forge ahead, and break through themselves in order to maintain the momentum of improvement.
As for Tuchel, for the time being, he can only target Pep Guardiola and Bielsa.
If the first goal was a bit sudden, then Bayern Munich's reversal goal completely reflected the current bottleneck between Hamburg and Tuchel, as well as the disparity in the overall strength of the two sides.
After Bayern Munich scored the first goal, less than ten minutes, it was a long pass from the backfield, which accurately found Lewandowski, who stepped forward in an offside position, formed a single knife after unloading, and finally picked the goalkeeper Oblak to score, 2 to 1!
From a one-0 lead to two goals in a row now, Hamburg's advantage has been lost in an instant.
The goal came in the 44th minute, and the first half was about to end.
Kuhn shook his head helplessly after Lewandowski's goal, "It seems that this battle is still helpless Bayern Munich!" ”
But after he said this, Yang Huan shook his head and said, "Mr. Kuhn, let's not admit defeat so early!" ”