Chapter 144: A big win over Bayern

After arriving in London, Magath said at a press conference that Bayern came to Stamford Bridge for only one purpose, to break the myth of Chelsea's unbeaten home game, and let the Premier League boss taste the pain of losing at home.

Germany's Bild newspaper reports that Magath suddenly burst into confidence with the big game looming, although the bookmakers are overwhelmingly optimistic about Chelsea, who have been unbeaten at home in the Champions League.

However, Magath is confident that 'it doesn't work, we're going to give Chelsea a taste of defeat at home'.

Chelsea's home form has been phenomenal, but Magath says the Blues are by no means invincible: 'We want to be the first to break down the door for Chelsea, and now we are in better physical condition than Chelsea, so that dictates that we need to play more physically, and I think we have more fitness than Chelsea because of the winter break'.

In an interview with British television yesterday, former Bayern Munich coach Heathfield believes that although Mourinho has excellent coaching achievements, he is arrogant and lacks sportsmanship.

In response to Heathfield's remarks, Magath said, "Mr. Heathfield certainly has the right to express his own views and to express whatever he wants at any time." Bayern manager Hornes was reluctant to let the war of words continue, taking over the topic and saying, "As far as the game is concerned. We watched Barcelona's 4-2 defeat to Chelsea and they had three goals that were quick counter-attacks and that didn't happen to us."

'If we can play like we did against Arsenal, we'll have a lot of chances, it's a great challenge to play against Chelsea and we'll create a lot of chances. We don't come for 0-0, we want to score".

According to the German media, the current Chelsea team is in shambles. Jose Mourinho's ban has forced his assistant Brito to come to the dugout, Mourinho will not be there to direct the game, and Chelsea will be investigated for allegedly using illegal drugs. And private contact with Cole also faces the possibility of a points penalty in the Premier League. All in all, Chelsea are in turmoil and this is the perfect opportunity for Bayern Munich to win.

Magath's Stuttgart side were knocked out of the Champions League by Chelsea last season, but they were knocked out by an accidental goal at home, and now Magath has a squad far from the quality of Stuttgart's young recruits, and he believes this is the time to repay Chelsea's blood debt.

Chelsea eliminated rivals Barcelona 5-4 over two legs in the quarter-finals, while Bayern also beat Arsenal 3-2 to advance. Magath was knocked out by Chelsea in charge of Stuttgart last season, but his main strikers Mackay and Pizarro both missed last weekend's league game with injuries. Teenager Guerreiro started, while Hargreaves and Ze Roberto also replaced Schweinsteiger and suspended De Michelis respectively.

Chelsea winger Arjen Robben is out with an ankle ligament injury. Full-backs Pacos Ferreira and Bridge were also unavailable, while Kezman was suspended from the game. Luckily, Jonk came off the bench at the last minute, while manager Jose Mourinho was unable to take command from the pitch due to a UEFA ban.

Chelsea took the lead in the fourth minute when John Terry's long pass from the back was headed away by Robert Kovac and Duff crossed for Joe Cole, who fired a powerful shot from 25 yards out on the right, the ball deflected off Lucio's leg and bounced into the near corner, with Kahn deflecting into the far corner.

From the outset, the scales of victory were already tipping in Chelsea's favour.

Without Mourinho, Chelsea still maintain a strong fighting spirit. However, as the game progresses, people will quickly forget about the pre-match man.

Before the Chelsea and Bayern Munich games, there was a name on the lips of people: Jose Mourinho, where he would be and how he would control his team, which became the most talked about topic...... But in the game, the name was changed to Frank Lampard, and the glow of the Blues' midfield soul overshadowed his manager, and the British news agency even exclaimed: With Frank Lampard as a leader on the pitch to lead the whole team, who needs a coach on the sidelines!

Two left-footed touches at the intersection of the instep and the arch of the foot pulled the balance between the two giants, and Frank Lampard saved Chelsea at the most crucial moments, yes, a save, and when Schweinsteiger equalised early in the second half, Bayern played with more confidence and overall control, and the balance even began to tip in favour of the visitors.

However, two of Frank Lampard's goals came just in time to turn the tide of the game in moments like these, and between the 1-1 and 4-1 frenzy, Lampard was the key to making all the difference.

The first goal was typical of Lampard's style, succinct but deadly. In the 59th minute, Didier Drogba's aerial duel was just right, as Frank Lampard cut in to shake off the defending Frings and fired a low left-footed shot from outside the box without pause. The lethal thing about the shot was its directness and speed, the defenders didn't have time to come forward to block, and Kahn was halfway through the block, only to watch the ball pass past him and into the net.

The second goal was a sight to behold, with Lampard becoming a dancer. In the 70th minute, after receiving a direct pass from Claude Makelele, he chested the ball and turned outside, then turned around and fired a left-footed shot into the back corner, the British news agency formed this turn after the game as "dazzling", in this moment, the sense of bearing, balance and accuracy of the shot were on display by Frank Lampard, and after his dance, only the lamenting Kahn was left in front of Bayern's goal.

Left foot, both times, was what made Lampard so excited after the game. 'I was very happy that it was 1-1 and it was great to score two goals and open up the gap,' said Lampard. "And they were all left-footed, and the second goal was particularly satisfying to me." Powerful long-range shots, free-kick assists, forward scores, long balls and now a dance-like show. Frank Lampard is a never-to-be-all-powerful man who is always inspired, and you can always look forward to new surprises from him.

Frank Lampard has fought back against criticism of Chelsea's style of play, with Barcelona and Bayern Munich scoring four goals each, and who can justifiably say that this is a team that doesn't want to go ahead and only defends?

'It's been proven wrong to say we're boring or not exciting,' Lampard said after the win over Barca, 'and it gave me and the other lads an extra bit of motivation. Because no one likes to see such an evaluation, we know that we are a top team and whether we can give top games. ”

On Frank Lampard. You can see Chelsea's style, calm, tough and straightforward, he may not be flashy, but he is by no means 'boring'. He interprets the meaning of passion by shaking up the opponent's net. This is exactly what opponents fear. 'Frank Lampard scored two brilliant goals and he put us on the back foot. Fellow England team-mate, Bayern midfielder Hargreaves is willing to bow to the upper hand and as an opponent, he knows best who has turned the tide when they see hope.

What inspires Lampard's enduring vibrancy, and he reveals that he has always been able to draw nourishment from the great ones around him.

"I was a supporter of my dad when he played at West Ham. But when I was a kid, it was Gaza who lifted me the most. I love watching him play and trying to imitate him, but of course, I can't do his acrobatics! …… When I came to Chelsea, I started watching Gianfranco Zola in action and he always practised set-pieces after training and that inspired me to do the same......

Frank Lampard's dream was to be a striker when he first stepped onto the pitch, but soon found out he wasn't that kind of material, so he quickly switched careers.

'When I was young I wanted to be a striker but then realised I didn't have lightning speed, but when I was in midfield I felt like I had the mind to read the game...... 'Frank Lampard didn't play as a striker but didn't lose his sharpness, and he scored his 13th and 14th goals of the season in this game, and from the point of view of a central midfielder who can play both attack and defence, I am afraid no one can match him.

'Look at the great midfielders, Patrick Vieira, Keane, Steven Gerrard, they're all dominants between the two boxes, and if you want to be a well-rounded midfielder, you also need to be aggressive...... When you're a normal player, you want to be a good player, when you're a good player, you want to be great, and now I'm a good player and I want to be one of the greats. In this way, little by little, Lampard moved towards his goal, modestly calling himself a "good midfielder", but on this crazy night, no one would deny that he was truly great.

There's always someone in the Chelsea squad who will step up and win for the team when it matters most, last time it was Jork, this time it was Frank Lampard, and who will be next?

On the bench, seeing his team's big win over Bayern, Jonk did not forget to observe the game and calmly analyze the opponent, Bayern is very strong and resilient, but the timing of Lampard's goal was too crucial, five minutes after Bayern's second-half equaliser, Lampard suddenly broke out, destroyed Germany's will with a goal, and laid the foundation for the team to win.

It turns out that there is a way to break out, Lampard is close to the 60th minute of the game, obviously increasing the speed of his feet and inserting more often, this is the experience of the game, or the talent to control the game, when to change something, this is what Jonker has to learn.

Get the most out of your win at the most critical time!

I didn't sit on the bench for 90 minutes in vain, at least I gained something.

After the game, the media even exaggerated this great victory, Mourinho cannot be found in any corner of Stamford Bridge, but Mourinho exists in every corner of Stamford Bridge, if you have to use a very typical character to describe this strong-willed person, he is the black man in "The Matrix" whose mental power is everywhere.

Mourinho, the man in black, is gone, but the horror he left behind has been implanted in the bone marrow of every Chelsea player, and he disdained to even use modern tools such as mobile phones and walkie-talkies when he was sent off, and simply threw a very old bag at his assistant Brito to level Magath, leaving no way out.

Is there any other defensive team in the world that can make the offense so sharp?

No! Two games. In the face of Barcelona and Bayern, the two top teams, Chelsea was able to score 8 goals, which in itself is a betrayal and transcendence of the so-called "system".

What's more, neither Ruben nor Kezman are there. Even if they are all there, plus Gudjohnsen and Drogba in Mourinho's hands, they are not "ten thousand enemies" like Sheva and Luo Fei who enter and exit the enemy line like no one, at best they are quasi-first-class strikers in G14, as for Jonker, there is no chance to perform on the bench.

But Jose Mourinho's slashing down on a thunderous front line after entering Stamford Bridge has created an unprecedented amount of attacking energy for Chelsea. It's a hacking mystery.

So surrender to Mourinho. This former translator, former Ma Tsai, former intelligence collator, seems to have oddly assembled a seemingly contradictory system, installing the most effective weapons of murder under the banner of defensivism, so that all your interpretations will be useless. The combination of "back-chain defense" + "back-back attack" + traditional wing breakthrough is in Yuterry. Carvalho + Frank Lampard. After Makelele + Duff and Robben, it was made into a lifeless but cold and cruel sensory effect.

It must be admitted that Chelsea in the Champions League and Greece in the European Championship are fundamentally different. The latter also exudes the primitive air of a spontaneous revolution. The former is a deliberate self-consciousness – Mourinho corrects our prejudice about 'Chelsea defensivism' with his neurotic philosophy.

So surrender to Mourinho, so dare to admit that Mourinho has brought football tactics to a realm at least in stages, which is cold, lonely, boring but also mythical, it is no longer a defense of 10 people and 1 man is cruising defense, it will erupt with amazing devouring power many times - but what is it? Except for Mourinho, no one knows what to do.

Magath also wanted to know about the road, and at 4-1, the TV broadcast showed a shot of Magath looking up. He even smiled, but with a blank smile. The man who prides himself on being able to pinch the team into an iron bucket is so weak in front of the deeper blue; Roman Abramovich was also curious, and his trademark innocent look in the stands at Stamford Bridge was a bit of confusion – was last summer's deal really going to be such a huge gain? The returns in 9 months have come faster and more in cash than oil.

Mourinho was once again pushed to the altar, there was no god there, but the game was the old god.

After such a heavy defeat, the Germans may be able to find plenty of past glory to revive their confidence in a comeback, after all, their predecessors have put on too many counter-attacks, such as the victory over Hungary in the World Cup final, or the victory over France after falling behind by two goals in extra time.

However, unlike the classic game of going from behind to overtaking in the middle of the game, the two-legged knockout format gives both sides more opportunities to prepare on a psychological level, and there is only a question mark over how much of a difference the German's tenacity will play in a week's time, and there is even good reason to wonder if Bayern today really have the same tenacity as their predecessors.

The Champions League (Champions Cup) history seems to give Bayern a glimmer of confidence to turn the tables back, they have managed to turn the tables four times in the seven knockout games they lost in the first leg, but this record is also full of water, because the reversals are invariably against second-rate teams from second-rate leagues, and Bayern have never had a chance against real powerhouses such as AC Milan and Ajax.

What's more, this time it was the difficult task of scoring two goals for Bayern, and the 40-year European record Bundesliga boss has only once staged a miracle of two goals behind, that was in the 1988-1989 season of the UEFA Cup, Bayern lost 0-2 at home to Inter Milan and then turned the tables 3-1.

I don't know if today's Bayern players have witnessed that history when they were young - Inter Milan were as unstoppable in the domestic league as Chelsea today, and finally wrote a league record of 58 points to win the championship, but Bayern achieved the impossible - the same strong opponents, the same slim hope of qualifying, a comeback is a dream for Bayern to rewrite history, against Chelsea, who have never conceded by two goals this season, this dream means writing a miracle.

Magath undoubtedly knows how difficult it can be to turn the tables around, but just as he scolded his players for conceding in the last moments to create chances after beating Arsenal 3-1 at home, the boss did not see a 2-0 win at home as a myth.

He made it clear that what he was looking forward to was the return of two of the strikers, and if Pizarro could maintain his usual sharpness in Europe, and if Mackay could make a comeback like Shevchenko this morning, then the team would only need to score first in Munich and the situation would be in chaos again.

Of course, against Chelsea, who have almost driven Mourinho-style ruthlessness into the team's bones, it will be another battle of will and will.

Regardless, the Chelsea squad can now settle down at home in London for a while and let their opponents show their fears.

The two go hand in hand, Chelsea seem to have a season to win trophies, the Premier League title is almost no longer in suspense, the Champions League has almost one foot in the door of the semi-finals, the rest of the days Chelsea will have to do is to remove almost, straight to the fruits of victory. (To be continued......)

PS: I've had to adjust it recently! The reason for the river crab, many things that are set up can no longer be written!