Chapter 950: The Human Wall Is Too High and the Distance Is Not Enough?
Benitez stood on the sidelines, frowning slightly.
He could see that Ribery had changed his style of play in the second half, moving from playing alone to working more with his team-mates.
He doesn't know if it was a change Van Gaal made at half-time.
But he knew that if Ribery was allowed to continue with this wanton, City's goal would become dangerous.
But he couldn't let Glory and Robinho cross and switch back to the right side.
In that case, there would be no pressure on Robben's side, and they could attack with impunity again.
Therefore, letting Glory come to the right to stop Ribery is completely a headache and a pain in the feet, and it is not a cure for the symptoms at all.
Such an adjustment is meaningless, it is better not to adjust.
But if the glory is not exchanged...... What about Ribery?
Benitez looked at the pitch and fell into deep thought.
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Glory doesn't think about how to solve the problem on Ribery's side, all he has to do is very simple, just score goals.
He believes that to change the current situation of Manchester City's passivity, all it takes is to score goals.
When City regain the lead, Bayern Munich's morale will certainly take a hit, and their attack will not be as impressive as it is now.
After all, no matter how good Ribery is, he also has to rely on other teammates.
In the 70th minute, City organised an attack and the ball was handed to Sneijder's feet.
The Dutch midfielder was about to turn to pass the football to Glory when his teammate Van Bommel snatched the ball from behind, lost the ball and fell to the ground, screaming.
The referee blew the whistle decisively and awarded a free-kick in front of Manchester City.
"Foul! Van Bommel fouls! It's a dangerous location......"
The narrator said.
Yes, it's a dangerous position, on the left, about 20 metres from the goal.
It's very, very close to goal!
Seeing this, Van Gaal also got up from his seat and stared at the court a little nervously.
Before the game, he had specifically told his players not to give City a free-kick opportunity too close to the goal. Because Manchester City's glory and Sneijder are both free-kick masters.
Van Bommel saw that the referee actually blew his foul, he seemed a little excited, and hurriedly rushed to the referee, signaling to him that he had not fouled, and that he kicked the ball first.
The other Bayern Munich players also gathered around to speak for Van Bommel.
Everyone knows what the risks are in giving City a free-kick in this position.
Naturally, they were reluctant to allow City to take the free-kick.
Van Gaal also got up from his seat when he saw this, and then walked to the sideline to protest to the fourth official: "This is not a foul! Definitely not! Van Bommel kicked the ball first! ”
But the fourth official did not accept his explanation, and he shook his head.
Van Gaal realised that this was irreparable, so he bowed his head and cursed, and then stood on the sidelines and watched nervously on the pitch.
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The Bayern Munich players also realised that it was no longer possible for the referee to change his decision, so they reluctantly returned to their penalty area and prepared to line up the wall.
Goalkeeper Bout began directing his teammates to the wall.
But unlike in the past, this time he used both centre-backs to build a human wall.
Bad Stuber and Van Bitten!
"Make the wall as high as possible!" This is Bout's instructions.
The two of them were stunned for a moment, but quickly reflected on the significance of Bout's arrangement.
Glory is at this distance and will definitely kick the banana ball with his left foot.
In this case, the higher the wall, the more difficult it will be for the ball kicked by Glory to bypass the wall. In order to get around the wall, the ball must fly high enough, but if it is too high, the distance will not be enough for the ball to fall. The end result is likely to be that the ball either hits the wall or goes around the wall, but directly above the crossbar......
In addition to Bad Stuber and Van Bitten, Mario Gomez was also called back to the wall.
Of the two, Bad Stuber and Gomez are both 1.89 meters tall, while Van Bitten is a terrifying 1.96 meters tall.
In addition, Van Bommel (1.87m) and Thomas Müller (1.86m) are also in the human wall.
These five people form the theme of the human wall, and all of them are Khans who are more than 1.85 meters tall.
Plus a one-meter-eighty-one Schweinsteiger.
The height of the six-person human wall is so high that just one glance will make you feel that this human wall is insurmountable.
"Bayern Munich's wall is really high...... commentator also saw that Bayern Munich called their tallest players to the wall.
"Obviously, they want to rely on this to stop Young's free-kick...... After all, the percentage of free kicks is not particularly high. So the chances of stopping the ball here at the wall are pretty high......," says Alan Hansen.
This free-kick looks like it's twenty meters from the goal.
The distance between the human wall and the football must be 9.15 meters, which is 10 yards, so that the remaining distance is about 10 meters. That's just a little bit farther away than a penalty spot from the goal.
At such a close distance, it is difficult for a football to fall below the height of the beam in such a short time and at such a close distance, even if it goes around such a high human wall......
It has to be said that Bayern Munich's strategy is correct.
Van Gaal was relieved when he saw the scene on the sidelines.
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Rongguang was originally going to come to play with the football in his arms, but when he saw this human wall, he was also stunned for a moment.
Sneijder, who was standing next to him, frowned and said, "This wall is really high......
He almost looked up.
For Sneijder, who is only 1.70 meters tall, Van Bitten, who is 1.96 meters tall, really needs him to look up......
"It's probably not easy for you to spin the ball over the wall, right?" Snead said to Glory, looking up at the human wall.
Holding the glory of football and frowning: "It's really hard to ......"
He was going to kick the banana ball with his left foot, which is best at this distance.
But such a high wall of people added a lot of difficulty to him.
He thought for a moment, then leaned over and began to lay out the football.
Unlike when he played banana ball, he didn't place it so casually, but very seriously.
He carefully fastens the ball to the turf to make sure that it doesn't shake when he releases his hand, so that the valve-core of the ball is always facing him.
Sneijder saw him so seriously arranging the football, and he was a little surprised when he thought of Glory's practice: "You want to play...... The ball? ”
Glory nodded: "Hmm." ”
As he spoke, he had already set up the football.
Then he straightened up and stepped away.
"I'll give you cover...... Sneijder wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything about his doubts. He's also a free-kick master, but there's only so much he can do when he takes the penalty with glory.
Sneijder's suspicion is that the "elevator ball" practiced by Glory is obviously used when the distance is far enough, and the farther the distance, the better the effect, because the speed of the football is too fast, if the distance is not enough, it may not have time to suddenly change direction, and fly out of the bottom line......
At a distance of 20 meters, the use of "elevator ball" is too exaggerated, right?
He thought it would be better to just kick the ball and shoot hard to see if he could shoot through the wall, and if he was lucky, he might be able to pass through the gap in the wall.
Rongguang did not refuse Sneijder's suggestion, so Sneijder stood next to the football and made a posture to hit the goal with his right foot.
He doesn't know if this kind of interference will work, and hopefully it will make Bayern Munich's wall hesitate for even a second.
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After the football was placed, the wall of people over there was also lined up, and these people were not only high, but they also stood on tiptoe in the middle of the wall, as if they were afraid that they were not high enough......
Rongguang turned his head to look at the referee and waited for the whistle to blow.
When the referee saw that the wall was lined up, he blew the whistle in his mouth.
Glory began to run, his feet running as if they had springs attached to his ankles.
Sneijder noticed that he didn't start very fast, and could even say he was jogging. He controlled his speed.
Then, Glory's right foot kicked the football!
As soon as his toes touched the football, Sneijder saw that Glory quickly retracted his feet, and it was clear that he had controlled the output of power, and this kick was not as powerful as the ball he had kicked in practice.
Then the soccer ball flew towards the wall!
Sneijder's eyes widened as he stared at the soccer ball in the air. He could clearly see that the soccer ball in the air did not spin at all!
Here it comes!
But will the ball be able to successfully go over the wall and then drop to a suitable height within a distance of 10 meters?
At the same time, the Bayern Munich players in the wall jumped up and wanted to do their best to block the football, and if they could get the football to hit them, it would be the best result.
But they didn't touch!
The ball went over the head of Van Bitten, the tallest, and although Van Bitten jumped, he couldn't stop it!
Looking at this height over the human wall, the football will almost certainly rise above the crossbar, and the target is the stands of Manchester City Stadium!
But at this time, the football suddenly fell!
A fall without warning!
It was as if a huge force suddenly pulled the soccer ball down from the depths of the earth.
Then the ball grazed the crossbar and plunged into the goal!
And Bayern Munich's goalkeeper Bout was still standing stupidly in front of the goal line, except for twisting the head to send the football into the goal, he did not make any save.
No one thought that football would be so ...... Entered!