Chapter 480: Poor Performance
The illusions in Duan Haoran's heart became less and less as the game passed.
After the initial fanatical superstition of the "RR Combo", his mind gradually calmed down.
As a professional football commentator and a long-term host of football programs, he still has a professional quality in football.
He can see how well a team performs, how well a player performs.
If the first half was too short, I couldn't see any clues.
So it's the second half, and after half-time adjustments, the team's performance still hasn't improved, which is very telling.
Bayern Munich's attacking combination is expected to be high, but there is nothing to do with Stuttgart's defense, which is not normal.
Isn't it abnormal if the "RR combination" is really as good as the media says, but it can't even break Stuttgart's defense?
And it can be seen that although Rongguang and Ma Kai also pass the ball to each other, this kind of passing is not an effective cooperation. Especially when they reach each other's thirty-meter area, the two of them choose to come by themselves.
Although he saw some clues, Duan Haoran still did not rashly express his doubts about the "RR combination" in the game commentary.
He was well aware of the hopes placed on this combination.
If he rejects the "RR combination" like this, he is worried that Chinese fans will not buy it.
And...... Even if it is to be denied, it should not be him as the commentator, but it should be the matter of Bayern Munich coach Magath.
He just said that this combination didn't play well, maybe it had something to do with the fact that the two of them worked together for too short.
“…… Rong Guang took another week off after the World Youth Championships to feel that the team was training with everyone, and his pre-season training camp was already very fragmented. When he and Ma Kai really started to cooperate, it was only ten days away. What is this time for? So even though the 'RR Combo' didn't do very well in this match, we have to give them time and patience......"
Duan Haoran said this, appeasing those Chinese fans who were also a little anxious because of the poor cooperation between Rongguang and Ma Kai.
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The German commentator is not as polite as Duan Haoran.
In the second half, Bayern Munich was still slow to open the situation, and Beckman criticized both Rong Guang and Markay.
Neither of them is at their best, and there is no decent fit. Before arriving at the forbidden area, I basically came by myself.
“…… If that's what kind of attacking combination this is, then I'm sure any team can easily come up with an attacking combination that sounds scary! There is basically no effective connection between Rong and Mackay! There is still a week left before the start of the league, if this is the form that goes into the league...... I don't believe Bayern Munich can do anything good in the league. If Magath insists on using this attacking combination...... Then there's not much time left for him now! ”
Magath had not returned to his seat since the start of the second half, standing on the sidelines, staring slightly anxiously at the pitch.
But even with the head coach on the sidelines, Bayern Munich's performance still did not improve.
However, he never replaced either Glory or Mackay.
He thinks that the poor performance of the offensive combination has something to do with the fact that the two people are not very tacit together.
Since this is the case, let these two people cooperate more and be more familiar with each other in the game.
Play more games and the performance will come naturally.
But what if you lose the game because of it?
Magath has already made a decision in his mind - if it really doesn't work, then give up the League Cup!
Anyway, it's just a warm-up game, so there's no need to take it too seriously.
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Stuttgart, after taking the lead, were even more resolute in their rigid tactics. And after they found out that the "RR combination" that was badly touted before the game was nothing more than that, they were also full of confidence in defense.
The benefit of this confidence is the improvement in form, and in defence, the Stuttgart seem to be omnipresent, they can block Bayern Munich's shot with any leg they stretch, and the Bayern Munich players will easily see any feints when facing them......
That's how to fight, how to have.
Bayern Munich, on the other hand, are in a terrible situation of how to play and how not to play......
In the end, Bayern Munich lost 0:1 to Stuttgart at their home stadium.
The "RR Combo", who had high hopes before the game, basically didn't have any decent performance in this game.
Glory had a total of four shots on goal during the game, and only one hit the woodwork.
Mackay had two more shots than Glory, six of them, but only one was on the woodwork.
Technical statistics such as the number of passes and the success rate of the pass also showed that the two of them were not in good shape.
As soon as the whistle blew at the end of the game, Rongguang quickly left the court with his head down.
Like him, all the Bayern players hurried away from the turf of the Allianz Arena, leaving Stuttgart to celebrate the victory.
After the game, the reporters who were still touting the "RR combination" before the game turned their guns on Magat, asking him why the "RR combination" performed so badly in this game, and why the glory of Lu and Ma Kai lacked effective cooperation.
In this regard, Magath adopted a unified answer: "After all, Rong and Ma Kai have only been together for less than half a month, and the lack of tacit understanding between them is because the cooperation time is too short." I'm sure this will be resolved as time goes on, as the number of times they play together increases. ”
A reporter stood up and asked: "Does this match mean the failure of the 'RR combination' tactic?" ”
Magath shook his head resolutely: "No! One game doesn't say anything. I think all they need is time, just time. ”
The reporters did not continue to question Magat.
Because they think the same thing as Magath – this game really doesn't say much. The problems between Rong and Ma Kai may really just be caused by the fact that they have been together for too short a time. What did Glory report to the team later? On July 3, the team reported, and more than ten days have passed when Glory came to the team.
Therefore, Rongguang's poor form may also be understood because he has not fully participated in the team's pre-season training camp, so he has not fully integrated into the team.
After all, this Bayern Munich team is completely foreign to him.
If it were Werder Bremen, I'm afraid there wouldn't be such a problem.
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Bayern Munich's elimination in the Carabao Cup is not necessarily a bad thing for Magath.
The League Cup is gone, and the most important thing is the league.
He can give Rongguang and Ma Kai more time in training and let them work together a little better.
After all, cooperation can not only be accumulated in the game, but also in training.
With the start of the league now a week away, Magath is hoping that the issue will be resolved before the league starts.
Not only Magath, but Rongguang also felt that he played awkwardly in this game.
But he didn't know what to do with it.
There are times when he should be in this position, but there is a Mackay not far away, and as a result, Stuttgart's defenders are all gathered here, and they don't want to have room to play at all.
Football says a thousand things and ten thousand, and to put it simply, it is just a game of time and space.
In football, all the actions done by both sides are to increase their own time and space, while compressing the opponent's time and space.
But in the match against Stuttgart, the glory of time and space was not felt.
He was always playing in an environment where time and space were compressed......
Naturally, it will be awkward.
But Glory doesn't understand the deeper stuff yet.
He simply felt that he was playing awkwardly in the front court, and he would always collide with Ma Kai.
But if he is to avoid Mackay, then he has to go to the wing, or play further back, so that he is much less of a threat to the goal and becomes as if he is acting as a foil for Mackay......
Rongguang didn't have the idea of actively competing with Ma Kai - at first, he didn't think of Ma Kai as his opponent at all. But subconsciously, he was not willing to sacrifice his position for Mackay.
This is the instinct of Glory's character.
When he was still a rookie who didn't understand anything, in the face of Kaka, he didn't say that he wanted to back down and be a green leaf for Kaka. Not to mention that now that he has achieved fame and has a high popularity, it is even more impossible for him to take the initiative to give in in the face of Ma Kai.
So in the game, he never took the initiative to back down for Mackay, he stuck to his own area, how he usually played in Werder Bremen, how he still played in Bayern Munich. He thinks he is the best in this area, and he likes to be active in this area, so why should I let someone else come?
After the match, he heard in the media what he said about his performance in the match.
One of them said that he was impressed.
“…… Rong has only been in the team for more than ten days, and because he did not train with the team at the beginning, he has left a lot of 'homework'. Not keeping up with the team's training rhythm from the start was also the main reason for his poor performance in this game......"
Is that really the case?
Is it really too much homework that has been missed?
In that case, let's continue training and make up for the lessons you missed!
With this thought, Glory entered his own special training world again.
Every day I put all my energy into training.
He hopes to be able to catch up with the pace of the team before the league starts.
He suddenly felt a little sorry for the prize money after losing the League Cup, but he also knew very well that the league was the most important thing compared to the League Cup.
He can not do well in the Carabao Cup, but he must not do well in the league!
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