Magath said the team is still in the run-in period...... This is really strange - this league has been going on for almost two months, why is it still in the run-in period? Isn't the run-in period something that should be settled before the league starts? ”

Magath said he was still grinding the team...... I laughed when I heard it - if a manager says he is still grinding the team two months after the start of the league, then I think he would better take the initiative to resign so as not to waste the team's time - a giant like Bayern Munich is still running in? How long will it take? Can the league and Champions League give them that time? In the league, Bayern Munich have lost 0:2 to Hamburg. In the Champions League, Bayern Munich stumbled in the first group game. There's really no way to be reassured by their performance......"

In the aftermath of the game against Hamburg, the media were mocking Magath's "we are still in the run-in period".

But in fact, what Magath said is true, Bayern Munich is indeed in the run-in period.

Glory and Ballack are the central axis of the team, this is something that has not been tried before, and the first time they play like this, they will naturally have to run in.

It's just that the media doesn't know about it.

They thought Bayern Munich would only need to fully activate their glory like Werder Bremen. What does this require to run in?

But there is a problem that these media outlets have overlooked.

Werder Bremen had no choice but to do so, because their other players were no match for Bayern Munich. But Bayern Munich has this condition, in addition to glory, their other players are not weak, why should they only rely on the strength of glory?

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Magath doesn't care about the ridicule of the media, and he has been scolded in the media for his unique training methods.

So I've been used to it for a long time.

His mind was now full of thoughts - to adjust the central axis of glory and Barak.

If Bayern Munich is a car, then he has to tune the chassis now, and if the chassis is tuned, the handling will be better.

In the team's training, Magath will let Rong Guoguang and Ballack be a regular partner, whether it is tactical training, or the kind of simple passing training that is just passing back and forth, Rong Guang is with Ballack.

The previous combination of Xunlan was random, and the coach reassigned it in each training session.

Now Glory and Barak are fixed.

Magath hopes that in this way, Rong Guang and Ballack will get to know each other better, and become familiar with Ballack's style of play.

In addition, Misimovic also needs to integrate with the whole team as soon as possible. He's been playing as a substitute and he wouldn't have gotten so many appearances if it weren't for Mackay's poor performance.

Previously, the team's tactics had always been based on the "RR combination".

It will naturally take time to overturn and start over now.

So Magath said that the run-in time is perfectly normal, but the media doesn't understand it, which leads to such a result.

However, Magath also knows that the media are right about one thing, and that is that there really isn't much time left for Bayern Munich.

It has been two months since the league started to determine the tactics, although there are some objective helpless factors, but the giants usually don't care about those objective factors, they only look at the results. As long as you can't satisfy them with your team's results, then you can be a scapegoat.

He has been in charge of Bayern Munich for one season, winning only one German Cup, and none of the other titles of sufficient weight. Last season, it can be said that because Werder Bremen, where Glory is located, is too strong, Glory is too strong, so Bayern Munich can't compete with Werder Bremen.

Then this season, glory returns to Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich's strength has indeed increased, but at the same time, the pressure on Magath has increased. Because last season's failure is still excusable, but now that the glory is back, it can't be said that it will fail again? The return of glory has cut off all of Magat's back paths, and he now has only one way to succeed.

If he doesn't make a breakthrough this season, he may have to get out......

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Magath kept the team familiar with the new tactics in practice.

But players are people, not machines.

Continuous high-intensity training is easy to fatigue, and fatigue is easy to get injured.

Finally, during training, the team's starting center, Pizarro, was injured......

Because of the continuous starts, there is no rest time, so Pizarro is actually very tired, coupled with the intensity of training, his body can't hold up.

While doing a jutsu move in training, he sprained his ankle.

It's not too big an injury and it won't cause him to miss the rest of the season. But it's a very troublesome injury. Because if it is not completely cured, it is easy to become a habitual sprain, that is, in the game, when the ankle is moving, it will often be easy to be injured, and after frequent injury, the physical and psychological blow to the player is very large, and even some players have plummeted because of this, completely fading out of people's field of vision - this is not alarmist, there are many precedents.

As soon as Pizarro was injured, the team's chief team doctor, Dr. Wolfat, was very nervous and immediately asked Pizarro to stop all training and not participate in any games until he was fully recovered from the injury.

"But then it's the Champions League group stage!" Assistant coach Henk frowned.

"That's not going to work, find someone to replace him." Walfat said.

"Well, Pizarro's replacement...... It's hard to find. Henk scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

In the first group game, Bayern Munich only won by one goal by virtue of their glorious individual play.

This puts Bayern Munich under tremendous pressure.

In the next Champions League group stage, Bayern Munich's opponent is the strongest opponent in this group - Juventus.

If Bayern Munich are to fight for top of the group, the home game against Juventus must be won.

In fact, it is not only the top of the group, if Bayern Munich wants to qualify from the group, it is better to beat Juventus at home.

However, before such an important match, Pizarro was injured......

Pizarro is not a big player in the team, but the role of the tactical fulcrum is very obvious, and he is an important member of Bayern Munich's starting line-up.

His absence is not just as simple as the absence of a center forward, Glory can score consecutive goals, and Pizarro has a lot to do with the opponent's defense in front.

After Pizarro was injured, Bayern Munich had to find a replacement, and this replacement could not just find someone to go up.

First of all, this man has to have the ability to score, so that when the opponent is focused on Glory and Ballack, he needs to be able to step up and shoot and score.

Secondly, this person has to have the ability to play the ball to his teammates, he has to be able to pass the ball, this will not simply pass the football to his teammates, but he must be able to create some scoring opportunities and provide assists to his teammates.

Thirdly, and most importantly, this person must have a spirit of selflessness. But if a center forward is good at scoring goals, how can he be selfless? Successful, good centers are selfish. But if he didn't have such a spirit, when Glory, Ballack and others ran to the position, he didn't choose to pass the ball, but came by himself, causing the team to miss a good chance to score. Do you want tactical discipline anymore?

Just when Genk didn't know what to do, head coach Magath suddenly said: "Michael, have you forgotten? We've got a center. ”

"You mean Roy?" Henk asked with some hesitation.

When did Magath change his impression of Mackay and give him a chance at such a time?

But Magath shook his head: "Of course it's not him, but someone else." ”

"Not Roy Mackay?" Henk was stunned for a moment, then slapped his head sharply: "yes, how did I forget him?" ”

Then both of them set their sights on the training ground and focused on one person at the same time.

That person is ...... The team's substitute center Lucas Sutton!

The substitute center who was bought as a replacement for the injured Santa Cruz was still getting a minute of playing time.

"Yes, in this very tactical position, Lucas's tactical acceptance is very outstanding." Genk remembered Lucas's performance in training.

With all the tactics overturned, Lucas Sutton accepted it as the fastest in the team.

Even faster than Glory adapts.

Tell him about tactics and he will understand. In this respect, he is even better than Glory. Glory's ability to understand tactics is actually not very outstanding......

Lucas doesn't really look like a Brazilian player...... In football. His style of play is very simple, but very efficient. His adherence to tactical discipline also surprised Bayern Munich's coaching staff. Few Brazilian players have performed so well in terms of tactical discipline......

There are a lot of Brazilian and South American players in the Bundesliga, and everyone knows what their performance is like.

There is no doubt that the Brazilian players are talented and have outstanding individual qualities. But God is fair, the Brazilian players are very talented and have good individual ability, they often lack tactical discipline, they are always loose in the game, and they do not follow the tactics assigned by the manager.

In this regard, although Rong Guang is not a Brazilian player, he also embodies this characteristic of Brazilian players. Sometimes, when the killing rises, he doesn't care about the tactics arranged by the manager, and relies more on the individual than the team, which is also his problem.

But in Lucas Sutton, this is not seen at all.

He did what the coaches told him to do. Tell him not to do anything, he will not do it, obedient is almost like a German......

Outside the football pitch, of course, Lucas is a standard Brazilian, with a bubbly, enthusiastic and cheerful personality.

is also a South American, and in terms of tactical execution, Lucas is stronger than Pizarro.

'We haven't given Lucas a chance to play because he doesn't fit in well with the team's tactics. But now I don't think that problem exists anymore. And he has a good relationship with Rong, and the cooperation is more tacit......" Magath said. "In the next game, let him start in place of Pizarro."

In fact, Mackay can also play center, but Magath doesn't seem to plan to give this player who dares to face him a chance, he wants to completely block Roy Mackay.

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When Pizarro was injured, Glory was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at his friend Lucas.

He noticed that Lucas's eyes were sparkling.

Although it is a little unfair to Pizarro to say this, this is the truth - Glory saw Lucas clenching his fists when Pizarro was injured, and there was an expectant look on his face!

And he had to admit that he had thought of it in that moment, otherwise he wouldn't have turned his head to look at Lucas.

Pizarro injured, Lucas' chances ...... Here it comes!