Chapter 100: Collective Silence
Glory's goal greatly hit Bayern Munich's morale.
These Bayern Munich players all reacted at this moment, and they were facing glory
They know very well what it feels like to be a glorious opponent, because in the past three years, they were able to see with their own eyes how the opponents opposite them struggled in pain in every game.
The struggle that you want to let go but dare not attack but cannot attack but cannot do it is really tormenting.
After the game started again, Bayern Munich's morale declined, and their offense was not as fierce as before. Instead, Manchester City, who scored the goal, gradually gained the upper hand.
It looks like Manchester City is more like they are playing at home.
After leading, Manchester City did not continue to chase and fight. They kept the football firmly under their feet and played with the ball.
Through back and forth transmission and running, Bayern Munich players were mobilized, leading them by the nose.
Bayern Munich players were depressed and did not try too hard.
In this way, the first half of the two sides ended.
Bayern Munich, who played at home in 0I, fell behind.
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During the halftime break, Benitez did not make any suggestions for the team's performance. This game was irrelevant to Manchester City, and it would be meaningless to arrange the tactics seriously. It would be better to let the players play by themselves and see what kind of football they can play.
At the same time, Benitez decided to start substitutions earlier in the second half, so that more players could get the chance to play in the Champions League - in fact, he did not send all the main players in this game. This is also what made Bayern Munich very happy before the game, thinking that they had the opportunity to take advantage of it.
How could you expect the glory to explode?
So no matter how many main players Manchester City replaced, as long as Glory is still on the court, there is actually no difference.
Benitez did not intend to replace Glory in advance.
In the locker room on the other side, Van Gaal was cheering up his team and he saw the team's morale decline after conceding the ball.
The players must be restored to their fighting spirit.
"... Think about the ridicule of Real Madrid after they were eliminated. Are you willing to be treated like that? Don't be scared by a loss of the ball."
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After the second half restarted, neither side made a substitution, but the Bayern Munich players' attitude towards the game was much more positive than the last stage of the first half.
It seems that Van Gaal's adjustment during the halftime break is still effective.
Bayern Munich players have regained their fighting spirit, and Bayern Munich fans have also started to cheer them up again.
The Allianz Stadium returned to its noisy again, just as before the first half of the glory goal.
Manchester City, which has a one-goal lead, launched a defensive counterattack, which is the tactic that Benitez's team is best at.
With glory and David Silva and other players, Manchester City does have the capital to play defensive counterattacks.
Next, the two sides started a tug-of-war. Bayern Munich still used set pieces to threaten Manchester City's goal, and Manchester City also used Bayern Munich's opportunity to threaten Bayern Munich's goal by counterattack.
Both sides have a chance, but neither side scored a goal.
As time goes by, the score still remains unchanged, and Bayern Munich, who plays at home in 0I, is still behind.
Bayern Munich began to look a little impatient.
Robben is more of aristocratic than seeking cooperation with his teammates. As long as the football falls under his feet, it is difficult to expect him to pass the football again. In the end, he must be running all the way and then cutting in and shooting - this is a good result. Most of the time, he can't break through to Manchester City's penalty area and shoot at all.
Manchester City has also started to substitution.
Benitez replaced Berbatov and Sneider.
Sneider did not start in this game, and Benitez gave him a rest.
Sneider now does not mean strengthening the offense, but an adjustment to strengthening midfield control.
In the midfield, there is more person who can control the ball and stop it, and you can increase your control in the midfield, so that you can control the football more at your feet and waste time.
This is better than easily handing football to Bayern Munich and then allowing Bayern Munich to continue to attack.
After Sneijder came on the court, Manchester City's game pace was much slower.
But at the same time, their counterattack was even sharper.
Because Sneider passes better than Errano...
This made Bayern Munich very uncomfortable.
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In the following time, Manchester City used counterattacks to deal with Bayern Munich, and the score remained unchanged until the 80th minute.
"There is not much time left for Bayern Munich," said CCTV commentator He Ping. "If they still want to qualify in the group, they must score two goals in the remaining ten minutes. At this time, Bordeaux is already leading Real Madrid 2l at his home court. Real Madrid is attacking Bordeaux's defense. I don't know if Bordeaux can withstand it. Perhaps Bayern Munich can only count on their opponent Real Madrid if they want to qualify in the group..."
He began to analyze the situation of the group for domestic audiences.
On another stadium, Bordeaux was indeed besieged by Real Madrid and pressed and beaten.
The goal from Real Madrid was generated during this period.
Real Madrid has been greatly motivated because of this and plans to score another goal, or even two goals.
They have indeed missed the team qualifying, but they still have to fight for honor.
It would be the most successful team in the history of the Champions League. It would be fine if it missed the knockout stage for the first time in history. If there was no victory in the group stage, it would be too unreasonable...
So if Bordeaux loses the game, it doesn't matter if Bayern Munich loses this game.
Many Bayern Munich fans think it is already difficult to defeat Manchester City. It is better to expect Real Madrid, who is fighting for honor, to give some strength...
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In the last ten minutes, Bayern Munich surrounded Manchester City's penalty area and bombarded.
Except for glory, Manchester City everyone returned to defend near their penalty area.
David Silva was replaced, he did not play any role in defense, and it would be enough to have a glory in the offense, without his position.
After he went down, Benitez replaced the centre-back Godin and formed a defensive formation of three central defenders to strengthen defense in the penalty area, especially high altitude balls
Godin is also a central defender who is good at using his head to clear the ball.
Another minute later, he replaced Sabaleta with Richards and continued to strengthen his defense.
Bayern Munich replaced Olic and Tymoshchuk...but none of these were useful.
The game soon entered injury stoppage time.
The scores of the two games still remained unchanged.
Bayern Munich trails Manchester City at 0l at home, while Bordeaux still leads Real Madrid at 2l at home.
Bayern Munich gave four minutes of injury time in this game.
At this time, a huge boo sounded in the stands.
I don’t know if these fans are dissatisfied with only four minutes of injury time, or are dissatisfied with the team’s performance, or... both are there.
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The last four minutes were also Bayern Munich's last madness.
"...If you don't make any effort, Bayern Munich will have only the last four minutes left in the Champions League this season," Marcel Leif shouted anxiously.
Bayern Munich players also realized this. They attacked desperately, and at this time they didn't care whether the huge gap behind the defense line could be radiated by glory.
If you can't score a goal, what's the point even if you don't lose the goal?
However, in the first three minutes, their siege did not achieve any results.
When injury time entered the fourth minute, Manchester City got possession.
Sneider quickly passed the football to Glory.
A burst of exclamations rang out from the stands.
"Rong—" Marcel Leif's voice was filled with fear.
He thought glory would dribble the ball into Huanglong.
But this time, Rongguang did not go straight to the goal.
He didn't even fight back quickly.
After receiving the ball, he stopped the ball at his feet and walked forward without rushing.
After all the Bayern Munich players returned to defense, he passed the football back to Sneijder.
Sneider realized the intention of glory, so he did not continue to pass the ball forward, but passed the ball backward.
In this way, the Manchester City players fell down in the middle and backcourt.
"Rong seems to not want to embarrass Bayern Munich any more. Elimination is a foregone conclusion. If you lose one more goal, it will not look good in terms of face..." John Motson explained to the English fans in front of the TV.
"...At this time, everyone can understand Glory's approach. He can score a goal, but there is no need to score this goal. Whether he can score this goal or not, Bayern Munich is unable to make the best. After all, he is his old club, Glory still leaves some face for Bayern Munich. But Bayern Munich is not good..." He Ping also sighed. "Seeing that Rong left Bayern Munich, he has lived a better life, made a lot of money, and his honor is increasing. I really don't know what Heness feels at this time..."
"Manchester City fell down in the backcourt, Rong was alone in the frontcourt, but no ball was passed to him, he didn't run, and he didn't raise his arm to ask for the ball. He just stood there. The game was over," Marcel Leif sighed and said, Rong Guang had done his best, and no one could blame anything.
The only goal that Rong Guang scored was due to the professional ethics of professional players, and now he chose not to score was due to his feelings for Bayern Munich. He became the world's number one player here, and there are many wonderful memories of him, and he doesn't want to do things too well.
At this moment, the latest news came from another stadium - the match between Bordeaux and Real Madrid was over. Bordeaux withstood the stormy offensive at the last moment and finally defeated Real Madrid with a score of 2l
In this way, Bordeaux scored eight points and jumped to second place, while Bayern Munich ranked third with seven points. Even if Bayern Munich were able to score a goal and equalize the score, and the same eight points as Bordeaux scored, it would be useless.
Because when the same score is in comparison, the winning and losing relationship between each other is necessary. In this regard, Bordeaux, which wins and draws one by one, is dominant.
Bayern Munich...has been eliminated
The Allianz Stadium stands, which had been noisy for almost the entire game, quieted down. In the last thirty seconds of the game, Bayern Munich fans used silence to bid farewell to their 2092010 European Champions League season.
Chapter completed!