Although Southampton's players are also very good defensively, it is still difficult for a team of Bayern's level to even create a shooting opportunity.
Bayern quickly completed an attack. After Kroos and Thiago made a two-on-one cooperation in the midfield, they passed the ball to Gotze who switched to the center. Gotze turned around with the ball and was directly hit by Casemiro.
He fell to the ground and received a free kick in the frontcourt.
Robben took the free kick but hit the wall. The ball bounced back to the Dutchman's feet again. He took off again and shot hard, and the ball went over the crossbar.
A few minutes later, Bayern's offense came back. Robben took the ball from the right and forced it into the middle, and then passed it to the left. Alaba, who advanced to assist, took a shot. Otamendi flew to block it and blocked the ball.
After being attacked several times by Bayern, Southampton quickly launched a counterattack. Casemiro's long shot sounded the clarion call for Southampton's attack. Then they began to keep taking the ball in the midfield, constantly
When launching an attack, the focus is on pressing Martinez - the midfielder is a very important part of Guardiola's tactics. He is not the organizational brain or the source of offense, but he is a very important player.
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This role was filled by Busquets when he was at Barcelona. After coming to Bayern, Guardiola asked Lahm to take this position. However, it is obvious that the Bayern captain is not particularly used to this ball position.
After all, he has been playing on the wing from the beginning. Even when he is playing in the midfield, he is also playing on the wing. The vision requirements and technical characteristics of getting the ball in the center are hugely different from those on the wing. A man in his thirties
It will also be difficult for the Bayern captain to adapt again.
Although he did pretty well, it was difficult to reach a very high level.
Therefore, Bayern used Martinez in this game to see if, as a Spanish player, he could truly replace Professor Bu's role at the time.
Of course, it turns out that there is only one Professor Bu in the world, just like there is only one Harvey and novice.
Even if Kroos and Thiago are also very good players, they are not Xavi and Xiaobai after all.
Under Southampton's pressing, Bayern's offense began to suffer a big blow. The two wingers were occasionally able to create some opportunities, and during Southampton's offense, their defense was also under great pressure.
Bayern's two central defenders have excellent physical fitness and speed. However, facing a cunning forward like Suarez, they still struggled to play.
The game reaches the 28th minute...
Southampton once again played an extremely beautiful attack.
Casemiro took the ball and passed it to De Bruyne. De Bruyne turned around with the ball and seemed to be going for a long pass. However, Lukaku rushed a little earlier and saw that Lukaku was already in an offside position.
Browne did not pass the ball, but turned around to pass the ball back. Lukaku also started to turn around and walk back.
Under such circumstances, Bayern's defense seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
However, at this moment, De Bruyne suddenly pulled the ball back and at the same time kicked the ball behind Bayern's defense!
This time, the one who pushed forward was Suarez, who was originally a little further back!
His forward penetration was very resolute, and De Bruyne's long pass was equally resolute.
Such determination resulted in a beautiful overhead kick.
Neither Boateng nor Dante could react.
Alaba, the only one who reacted, made his final defense. He flew into the air and tried to intercept the ball midway. However, he was still a step too slow. The ball flew past his feet. Alaba, who failed to intercept, fell down in embarrassment.
Suarez successfully received the ball from De Bruyne and formed a single!
Neuer rushed out, but Suarez did not give Neuer a chance to be a hero. He made a fake shot while running, causing Neuer to lose his balance. Then Suarez rushed past Neuer.
Neuer once wanted to reach out and pull Suarez down, but at this time, his last rationality stopped him - this pull was a red card, and in two rounds of the game, such a red card may be more fatal than a conceded goal.
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Suarez, who was looking away from the corner of his eyes, noticed that Neuer had no extra movement. He could only sigh in his heart, then accelerated into the penalty area and kicked the ball into the empty goal.
Two to zero, this is Suarez's fifth goal in the Champions League this season. In the group stage, he scored four goals in five games, and his efficiency is already quite high.
Of course, there is no comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese played five times in the group stage and scored nine goals. Messi scored six goals in four games. No one can compare with these two monsters...
In less than half an hour, Southampton took a two-goal lead. This reminded Southampton fans of the good life in the Europa League last season. At that time, they only had to watch from the stands.
I can see that their team defeated the opponent by three goals at home, and then went to the away game to advance comfortably...
This season looks a lot like this too!
Bayern? What happened to Bayern? How many divisions does he have?
The jubilant Southampton fans obviously haven't fully understood the cruelty of the Champions League knockout rounds.
In fact, Southampton's players don't know much about it either.
After all, they have never really played in the knockout rounds of the Champions League.
Now among the players in their team, basically all of them are only qualified for the knockout rounds of the Europa League and the Champions League group stage. Suarez played in the Champions League when he was in Ajax, but that was only the group stage. In Liverpool,
It's been a miserable few years, not having played in the Champions League. Matic could only play in the Europa League at Benfica, and the only one with experience in the knockout stages of the Champions League was Klose.
In fact, even Klose's performance in the knockout rounds of the Champions League was not very good.
This is lack of experience.
They don't know, they don't understand, under such circumstances, even if they lead by two goals in thirty minutes at home, it doesn't mean that they have a great advantage, nor does it mean that they will definitely be able to achieve good results in the game.
There are too many ups and downs in the Champions League. If you don’t believe me, just ask Milan.
Although Bayern's players suffered a heavy blow, in terms of experience, they are undoubtedly higher than Southampton.
So when Southampton's players were celebrating a little too complacently, they knew that they still had a chance.
The game starts again.
Southampton's players began to look a lot more aggressive in attack, and Bayern's slight retrenchment only fueled this arrogance.
It was Noriya who should have reminded them at this time, but Noriya also lacked experience in playing against top teams in such an important game. Although he felt that something was wrong, he also felt that there would not be too serious consequences.
Moreover, with such a suppressive attack, it is easy to score the third goal. By then, it will really be settled!
