Chapter 500: A Way to Break the Dense Defense
With the help of his team-mates, Mackay did get a few chances, including one very threatening one, as Mackay's shot came close to knocking off the goal of the Hannover 96. If it weren't for Hannover 96's goalkeeper Enke who did well and saved the football......
But that's enough to get McKay's supporters excited.
Mackay himself seemed to see hope, so he didn't have any regrets because of this shot.
He believes he is in good shape and that his team-mates will continue to create opportunities for him.
Then it's only a matter of time before he scores in this game.
Even now he is not satisfied with just one goal, he wants to score twice...... No, it's a hat-trick!
A brace can no longer satisfy him, and only a hat-trick can make him overwhelm the limelight.
Now, Mackay is confident of scoring a hat-trick as well.
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"In this game, Ma Kai got more support from his teammates, but the opportunities were limited, and when Ma Kai got more opportunities, Rong Guang got fewer opportunities...... "CCTV commentator Duan Haoran complained a little, he thought that Bayern Munich's players were a bit biased in favor of Ma Kai, which is not a level playing field.
His idea is representative of the vast majority of Chinese fans who tuned in to the live broadcast of the game.
For a while, many people on the Internet were scolding the Bayern Munich players - these fans were not actually Bayern Munich fans, but because Glory played at Bayern Munich, they watched Bayern Munich's games.
Among these people, there are people who will become Bayern Munich fans because of glory, but after all, there are few.
Once Glory changes teams, they will also switch supporters. Just one summer ago, for example, these people were still applauding Werder Bremen's league title......
They are fans of Glory and only support Glory.
Seeing that the Bayern Munich players were more passing the ball to Mackay than to Glory, they were also worried about Glory while scolding the Bayern Munich players.
If Mackay performs well in this game, will Glory's dominance in the team's attack be threatened?
That's what they care about most.
In previous games, everyone could see how important the role of glory is in the team's attack. Therefore, some media said that Magath is considering redesigning the team's attack with glory as the core.
Mackay will be eliminated from the competition.
But now, if let Ma Kai reverse. Although it is said that the status of Glory will not be worse than it is now, it ...... Who doesn't want their favorite player to perform better and have a more important place in the team?
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Just because there are fewer opportunities doesn't mean there are no opportunities at all.
Bayern Munich's players don't really have too much favoritism. While creating offensive opportunities for Ma Kai, he will also pass the football to Glory, but unlike Ma Kai's concentrated attack opportunities, Glory's offensive opportunities are interspersed.
Glory gets the ball on the edge of the box.
The players of Hannover 96 have set up their defence. From the very beginning of this game, Hannover 96's tactics were clear, that is, to resolutely play defensive counterattacks.
The first goal is not to concede a goal.
No way, who called Bayern Munich's attack too strong?
In fact, many teams will choose to defend and counterattack when facing Bayern Munich.
I thought that Bayern Munich was too strong, and if I attacked Bayern Munich, especially at Bayern Munich's home stadium, I would definitely die a miserable death.
However, Rongguang is no stranger to fighting positional warfare, and he doesn't feel that there is anything uncomfortable.
Because when he made his debut in Europe, the first team he played for was Werder Bremen. Werder Bremen is an attacking team, although they can also play defensive counter-attacks, but the overall tactics are still attacking, which is their business card.
Therefore, after Werder Bremen's opponents know their style, many teams will choose to play defensive counterattacks with Werder Bremen, first defend against Werder Bremen's attack, and then wait for an opportunity to sneak attack. This tactic worked well until the glory came, and once Werder Bremen's attacking line couldn't score goals, their backline would have problems.
But after the glory is gone, the quality of Werder Bremen's attack has greatly improved, and many teams have already conceded goals before they can counterattack......
Next, it was naturally completely crushed by Werder Bremen's powerful attack with a devastating momentum.
Later, as Werder Bremen's results got better and better, the team facing Werder Bremen was no longer defending against the counter-attack, but defending to the death, and their defense was tighter.
At this time, it also tests Werder Bremen's ability to break through dense defense.
Fortunately, there is a Miku in Werder Bremen, and the passing ability of the positional battle is very good, and Glory has also benefited a lot.
Moreover, in the later stage of Werder Bremen, he gradually began to learn how to make the most difficult pass in front of the penalty area, which also increased Werder Bremen's positional combat ability.
So in fact, Rongguang has very rich experience in positional warfare.
Some people think that Rongguang is fast, so he is good at counterattacking and not good at dealing with dense defense. Glory is indeed very good at counterattacking, but in fact, Glory is also not afraid of dense defense.
Now, he takes the ball against the Hannover 96 defence, in the box, outside the box, it is densely packed with people.
Hannover 96 had eight defenders inside and outside the box at this time, plus Bayern Munich's seven players involved in the attack, and there were fifteen people squeezed into the area 30 meters from the goal, and there were few gaps to exploit.
Generally speaking, Glory should choose to pass, he is not a real offensive playmaker after all.
Organizing an offensive should be left to a more professional person.
However, there is a flaw in Bayern Munich's starting lineup, that is, there is no real person to organise the attack.
Ballack is the closest man to that position, but he's actually better at controlling the tempo and scoring his own goals, allowing him to do more fine-grained playmaking? He was almost on fire.
In fact, on the bench at Bayern Munich, there is a person who is good at this, and that is Misimovic.
The German-born player of Bosnian nationality is a standard striker.
It's a pity he didn't play this game.
Not only in this game, but in the previous games, he came on as a substitute. Because in the "RR combination", Rongguang and Mackay actually played double forward midfielders, occupying Misimovic's position. So he couldn't start, and when he came off the bench, Misimovic always replaced the underperforming Mackay. It can be seen that if Mackay does not perform well and loses Magath's trust, in fact, the biggest beneficiary is Misimovic......
Without Mosimovic, Bayern Munich's attack would have been a little simpler and rougher, using the individual abilities of their stars to create chances.
Glory has often done this in previous games, saving the team on his own.
Now, he's going to do it again!
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"Little Pig" Schweinsteiger saw that Rongguang was holding the ball, so he took the initiative to run up to meet Rongguang.
He played a few passes to Mackay, but in order not to favor one over the other, he was also very active in supporting Glory's attack.
Glory can pass the football to him, and then cut the empty position, and if he can run out of the gap, he can pass the football to Rongguang himself.
That's what Glory did before.
But this time......
Rongguang made a move to pass the football to Schweinsteiger, his body twisted, and the Hannover 96 player, who was defending him in the front, pounced in the direction of his pass and tried to break the ball.
But at this time, Rongguang's right foot swept over the meat football and shook a shot!
When he retracted his leg, the sole of his right foot pulled the football behind him!
Immediately after, he turned around and passed by the Hannover 96 player who broke the ball!
The opponent was caught off guard, and could only turn his head and watch as Rongguang used the outside of his right foot to slide the football out of the air, and then accelerated...... Shake him off!
"Glory! Nice turn to get rid of! Duan Haoran shouted excitedly.
I've been waiting for so many minutes, and that's what I've been waiting for!
What awaits is the explosion of glory!
Especially on the premise that Ma Kai got more support, Rongguang's action made Duan Haoran even more excited.
What if you have more support? Our glory can be decided by ourselves!
The Chinese fans who were still worried about Rongguang in front of the TV also put their worries behind for the time being, staring closely at the TV screen, for fear of missing any detail.
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The glory was so sudden that it caught the players of Hannover 96 off guard. Then they saw Rongguang move the football forward, and immediately thought that he was going to break through! This makes them highly nervous.
So as soon as Rongguang took a step out of the football, the back line of Hannover 96 stepped back one meter as a whole!
It's even more effective than the instructions of the Hannover 96 manager!
There was only one thought in everyone's minds - he must not be allowed to enter the forbidden area!
In the previous game, Rongguang relied more on individual breakthroughs, so his breakthroughs were impressive.
Hannover 96 couldn't have been able to defend the Glory Breakthrough before the game.
But they ignored one thing...... Glory not only has a breakthrough, but also a long shot!
Seeing that the opponent's back line as a whole retreated more than a meter, his front suddenly became open, and Rong Guang did not hesitate at all, and directly picked up his right leg.
He had plenty of time to prepare.
He can round his right leg with a kick!
Boom!
The outside of the right foot hit the ball hard.
"Long Shot ——!!" Marcel Leff shouted in a long voice.
Just as Glory made a long-range move, the defenders of Hannover 96 realized that they had made a mistake.
So someone turned back and pounced, trying to use his body to block Glory's shot.
But it's too late!
They had just turned around and pounced when the ball was whizz past them!
There was even a wind that blew their hair......
The ball drew a clear outside arc in the air, bypassing the defenders and the goalkeeper Enke's ten fingers, and then was blocked by the net, which rotated and rubbed violently, and after exhausting all the energy, it fell suddenly...... In the goal!
The ball is in!!
Breaking dense defenses can not only rely on exquisite passing and cutting coordination, but also the simple and crude way of long-range shooting is also very effective!