Chapter 194 The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman wins
Under the "treatment" of a top "talking therapy master" like Pan Yi, Son Heung-min was not affected by this salary increase incident.
In the 12th round of the Bundesliga, Hamburg faced Mainz at home, and the Korean King continued to maintain his good form in recent days.
Even more intense!
In the 33rd and 63rd minutes, he used long-range shots from the left and right outside the penalty area, helping Hamburg win the opponent 2:0 and take all three points.
Since the Bundesliga schedule will be relatively intensive in the next two weeks, there will be more games three or four days apart. Pan Yi also performed some rotations in this game.
Although this caused Hamburg to look a bit rusty offensively, the final result was still good.
Getting three points is the best result!
In this round of competition, there was also a minor upset.
That was Nuremberg, ranked 15th, who tied with Bayern Munich, ranked 1st, 1:1 at home!
And it was Nuremberg who scored the most advanced goal in the game.
At the beginning of the second half, Hiroyuki Kiyotake assisted Feiner to hit the goal, giving the home team the lead.
In this game, Nuremberg's pure defensive formation of 4141 gave Bayern a headache, and the overall ground advancement was greatly affected.
It wasn't until the 78th minute of the game that Bayern equalized the score with a diagonal pass from Tymoshchuk and a header from Mandzukic.
But in the end, Bayern had no way to score a second goal and could only shake hands with the opponent and make peace.
This result shows that even the lower-tier teams in the Bundesliga are actually quite difficult to offend, and they can overturn if they are not careful;
The second is that I feel that Bayern's morale is indeed declining after losing to Hamburg. This requires the coaching staff headed by Heynckes to make correct adjustments as soon as possible.
Of course, this draw will not affect Bayern's status as the Bundesliga leader for the time being.
After all, others may not win.
For example, Schalke 04, which has been ranked second in recent rounds, lost to their strong rival Bayer Leverkusen 0:2 in this round.
Goals from Kiessling and young player Schürrle helped the pharmaceutical company win this strong match.
As for Frankfurt, they lost in the last round.
Of course, they did not lose unfairly, their opponent was Bayern Munich!
Bayern had just lost to Hamburg, and when they returned home, they needed an opponent to vent their anger, and Frankfurt came to meet them.
With the goals of Ribery and Alaba, Bayern also easily defeated their opponents.
So, after the 12th round, Bayern, with 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, still ranked first in the standings, but now in second place is Hamburg, with 7 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses and 24 points!
Ranking third and fourth are Schalke 04 and Eintracht Frankfurt, who both have 23 points.
And this 1-point gap widened again after the 13th round of the Bundesliga.
Schalke 04 and Frankfurt ushered in a head-to-head confrontation in this round.
This decisive battle between three or four people was extremely fierce.
After all, they are two of the most powerful contenders for the Champions League seats this season. If they can defeat their opponents in direct confrontation, they can have a great advantage in the competition!
And the results seem to prove that they are really indistinguishable.
Full-back Atsuhito Uchida assisted Dutch forward Huntelaar to score in the 11th minute, giving Schalke a one-goal lead at home.
Frankfurt retaliated 2 minutes later. Takashi Ini, also a Japanese international, assisted teammate Aigner on the other side to score in the 13th minute, allowing Frankfurt to equalize the score.
After that, the two sides entered into a fierce strangled battle. The scene was more intense than exciting, and there was no more scoring performance.
Frankfurt forward Bartmore also received a yellow card in the 55th minute and 87th minute respectively. Two yellow cards turned into a red and he was sent off.
Fortunately, it was near the end of the game, and in the end Frankfurt held on to the 1:1 score, preventing itself from being defeated by its direct competitors.
But the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman gains.
In the same round, Hamburg defeated Dusseldorf with another 2:0, then expanded their lead over Schalke 04 and Frankfurt, and also consolidated their second position in the standings.
Facing a newly promoted team that was only ranked 16th in the standings, Pan Yi still made some rotations, but still played smoothly.
——This is the method that Pan Yi has gradually figured out, which is to only rotate a maximum of three to four people at a time.
This can ensure that the overall strength of the team will not be greatly affected, allowing the main players to rest as much as possible and reducing the accumulation of fatigue.
In the game, captain Westermann succeeded in the 25th minute with a heavy shot from 30 meters away.
In the 78th minute of the second half, Turkish teenager Calhanoglu, who came on as a substitute, once again displayed his free kick skills and kicked a curved ball with a weird trajectory into the dead corner of the goal.
The distance of this shot was more than 35 meters!
Hamburg also relied on these two world waves to score three points and continue to rank second in the standings with 27 points.
As for Bayern, which ranks first?
They defeated Hannover 96 5-0 at home, causing another tragedy and announcing their return to form.
In fact, based on Pan Yi's 8 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses and a total of 27 points in the first 13 rounds, it is already a very good record no matter which league he is in.
If you consider that it is only the first time for Pan Yi to independently coach a top league team, this report card is even more amazing.
In many cases, Hamburg may even have a chance to compete for the league title!
But unfortunately, they encountered a monster Bayern Munich team in the Bundesliga this season.
11 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and 34 points. This 7-point gap is as insurmountable as a gutter in front of such a stable Bayern team.
Even after extensive rotations, they can still field a star-studded lineup and still be able to steadily suppress their opponents.
Most teams can only parry when facing Bayern and have no power to fight back.
Not to mention the Bundesliga, they also just slaughtered Lille with a score of 6:1 in the Champions League, defeated Borisov 4:1, and easily qualified first in the group stage.
——The five-time champion Cosmos team is arguing with you? Traveler spoiler: Later in the knockout round, they can even defeat Barcelona 7:0 in two rounds!
This once again illustrates how difficult it is for Hamburg to defeat Bayern...
Therefore, Pan Yi's current goal is to continue to stabilize Hamburg's second position in the standings and firmly control the initiative in the battle for Champions League seats!
In the next round, the 14th round, Pan Yi will face an important battle.
Hamburg will face the team currently in third place at home.