Chapter 448: Melon Bald Goes to Manchester City to Relegation
Chapter 448 Gua Tu goes to Manchester City to avoid relegation.
Author: Ant who loves watching football
Chapter 448 Gua Tu goes to Manchester City to avoid relegation.
"A much-anticipated goal feast!"
"Simone is eye-catching, but still lost to Pan Yi"
"Although Atletico Madrid is defeated, it is glorious, they still have a chance"
"There are no losers in this game, the winner is football itself"
This is the next day when the world's major media reported on Atletico Madrid's 2:4 home defeat to Chelsea.
Most people spoke highly of both participating parties.
Everyone agrees that this game is the most exciting matchup in the Champions League this season, or even in the past two seasons.
Not only these six goals, but more importantly, every minute of the game was played in a fast-paced state, and it reflected the extremely high technical and tactical qualities of both sides.
In this way, the game can be described as hearty and hearty, bringing a pleasing game experience to all fans.
Although it is still a bitter defeat for Atletico Madrid fans, compared with the two dull defensive battles between Hamburg and Atletico Madrid led by Pan Yi two years ago, this game is obviously more worthwhile.
fare.
Le Monde stated:
"Pan Yi used his original and highly offensive -1 formation in this game, and the original center Harry Kane was also placed in the attacking midfield position in a different way. This arrangement is obviously
It’s a bit surprising.”
"But what is even more surprising is Simeone. Facing Chelsea with strong offensive firepower, Atletico Madrid also held high the offensive banner today and started to attack Chelsea without showing any weakness."
"Among them, Atletico Madrid's offensive core Griezmann played an extremely important role. He seems to be in the center position, but he is actually much more flexible."
"He can drop back to support the midfielder, dribble the ball himself, shoot, and pass wonderful assists. More importantly, he is the most stable contact point in the frontcourt. Under any circumstances, any kind of pass arrives.
His feet are a nightmare for defensive players."
"It can be said that in this style of play, Simeone took Griezmann's tactical role to the extreme. In fact, both Atletico Madrid goals in this game were instigated by Griezmann.
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"But Pan Yi, as a world-class coach, quickly responded and asked Kanter to focus on Griezmann, greatly reducing his performance."
"At the same time, his attacking tactics paid off and he managed to score four goals to take the lead in the first round of the knockout rounds."
"For Atletico Madrid, Simeone, and Griezmann, the result of 2-4 is undoubtedly regrettable. But now, they can only prepare for the second round."
"If they can perform better on the basis of this game, maybe they still have a chance to break Chelsea's Stamford Bridge victory record this season!"
But "The Times" believes that Chelsea's strength this season is even stronger than last season, and it is almost impossible for Atletico Madrid to make a comeback.
"I still remember that at the beginning of the season, when Pan Yi faced the media reporters, he announced Chelsea's goal of winning seven crowns in a high-profile manner. At that time, many people believed that this unprecedented Grand Slam was not enough even for the powerful Chelsea.
It’s too ethereal.”
"However, as this season progresses, Pan Yi and his Chelsea have used game after game to prove that what they said is true!"
"They have already won the European Super Cup, the Community Shield, and the Club World Cup. Especially, they just won the Premier League championship five rounds ahead of schedule. There are already five championship trophies here!"
"And now, Chelsea has reached the FA Cup final, especially in this Champions League semi-final, beating the already explosive Atletico Madrid 4:2 away. What kind of strength is this?"
"In our opinion, the last two trophies left are really not far away from Chelsea. Can Manchester United really prevent Chelsea from winning the FA Cup? And who can stop them from winning the Champions League?"
"Is it Real Madrid or Bayern Munich? I even think they are just competing for a ticket to watch the Chelsea king take the throne up close."
"Pan Yi will very likely complete three consecutive Champions League titles, and he led two different teams to complete it. If you add his experience in Milan, Pan Yi will become an unprecedented player in the history of European football. , the legendary coach who led three different league teams to win the Champions League with one person!"
"Yes, we are witnessing the birth of a great legendary history!"
Of course, the media will still pay attention to the showdown between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.
This game was held one day after the Atletico Madrid VS Chelsea match, and these two teams have more stars than Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, and they are even more famous!
In addition, the duel between Guardiola and Zidane is also a match between football stars of the previous generation, and everyone is still paying close attention to it.
Between these two bald heads, is Gua Tu's tactics more reliable, or Qi Tu's metaphysics more effective?
That night, the eyes of the world's media and fans also gathered at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Of course, Pan Yi also attaches great importance to this game. After all, there are potential final opponents of Chelsea here.
After returning to London from Madrid, he first led the team to conduct recovery training, and then watched the game with his assistants.
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However, unlike everyone's expectation that Bayern Munich would use their home advantage to suppress Real Madrid, Real Madrid had the upper hand in this game.
Today, Bayern did not use the -1 formation that Guardiola has practiced relatively proficiently this season, but used a formation to confront Real Madrid, which is also in the same formation.
The goalkeeper is Neuer, and the back four are Alaba, Boateng, Javi Martinez, and Lahm.
The three midfielders are Vidal, Alonso, and Thiago, and the three forwards are Ribery, Lewandowski, and Douglas Costa.
As for Robben, of course he is absent due to injury.
However, Bayern's generals felt a little uncomfortable with this system and were suppressed by Real Madrid's BBC+ midfield three.
In the 15th minute of the first half, Real Madrid launched a very threatening attack.
After Casemiro passed a long pass, Boateng quickly chased back and destroyed the opponent's pass with a header. However, Javi Martinez wanted to make a big-footed clearance, but Benzema rushed forward with a big step. Go forward and block the ball, then hit the goal directly.
Neuer's position was very good, and he directly flew to save the ball sideways.
Benzema quickly followed up, grabbed the ball and tried to beat Neuer, but the German goalkeeper knocked the ball out with a single punch, and Javi Martinez followed up and cleared the ball with a kick.
Two consecutive shots from close range allowed everyone to see the ferocity of Real Madrid.
When the game reached the final stage of the first half, Real Madrid launched several consecutive attacks and created several shooting opportunities.
First, Carvajal passed the ball from the right. Cristiano Ronaldo stepped into the back of the attack and headed the ball four meters away from the goal, but it was slightly higher than the angle of the goal.
After that, Modric made a direct pass to the left rib, and Ronaldo succeeded in countering offside. He inserted into the left side of the penalty area and pushed the shot. However, Neuer gave up the goal early and fell to the ground when he shot.
His shot was blocked.
Bell, who came in from behind, caught up with the ball and hit the goal again, but with a hasty kick, the ball hit the side netting.
Real Madrid's unremitting offensive efforts paid off in the last minute of stoppage time in the first half.
At that time, the referee could be said to have held the whistle in his mouth, and the game would end at any time.
But Cross played the ball from the center, and after Casemiro cooperated with Modric, the latter passed the ball diagonally to the left. Marcelo quickly inserted the ball with his left foot, and the placement was very accurate.
At this time, Bayern Munich's players were a little unfocused. As a result, Cristiano Ronaldo jumped up high and gave a powerful headbutt to break through the gate guarded by Neuer!
The away team fans immediately burst into cheers.
On the sidelines, Zidane touched his bald head and congratulated the players for their success; while Guardiola was so angry that he hugged his bald head on the sidelines, looking extremely regretful.
In the second half, the situation was still under Real Madrid's control, but Bayern Munich's defense became extremely strong, defusing Real Madrid's attacks time and time again.
When everyone thought the game would end with 0:1, Bayern actually played an efficient attack.
Neuer destroyed Ronaldo's chance to get a one-on-one ball at the top of the penalty area, and then drove the ball into the penalty area with a big kick.
Lewandowski beat Pepe to grab the first shot. After the ball fell, Ribery followed up with a volley.
Because the distance was too close and the ball was too fast, Real Madrid goalkeeper Navas failed to react.
Bayern equalized the score before the end!
1:1, this score, especially the process, actually surprised everyone.
Although Real Madrid seems to be stronger from the perspective of the team's lineup, after all, today is at the Allianz Stadium.
Everyone thought that Bayern would cause more trouble to Real Madrid at home, but they didn't expect that Nan Dawang would play so unsatisfactory, and were almost beaten by Real Madrid.
If Bayern players had not shown great resilience and equalized the score at the last moment, perhaps everyone would now think that Real Madrid had already entered the finals with one foot.
"The score was 1:1 at home. Not only could we not win, but Real Madrid also scored an away goal. I think it will be difficult for Bayern in the second round." Arteta analyzed:
"Based on past data, in the history of the European knockout rounds, less than 35% of the teams that ended in a draw at home in the first round were able to advance."
"If the away goal is scored first, the probability of promotion will be even lower. And considering that we will go to the Bernabeu Stadium in the next round..."
Everyone nodded.
This is basically in line with everyone’s feelings about the Champions League knockout rounds.
After all, if you cannot defeat your opponent at home, the second round will become very difficult, especially in a Champions League semi-final.
Not to mention the Bernabeu Stadium, which can be said to be the most difficult to conquer in European football in the past few years.
Bayern Munich's team is so miserable at home, how can they perform on the road?
"By the way, boss, what do you think?" Arteta turned to look at Pan Yi.
The coaches are also looking at their head coach.
Since the semi-final ended, Pan Yi seemed to be sitting on his chair thoughtfully and did not express any opinions.
Is it possible that he has a different point of view?
Sure enough, Pan Yi said as soon as he opened his mouth: "I don't think Bayern Munich has no chance. On the contrary, Bayern's resilience may play a greater role in the next game."
Then, Pan Yi talked about his views on this game in more detail.
On the one hand, Bayern equalized the score at the last moment of the game, which is good for shaping the team's psychology.
In the past two or three years, Bayern Munich has been criticized for being unable to withstand critical moments and will always lose in the end.
This also led to the fact that although Guardiola's league results at Bayern were not bad, he never made it to the Champions League final.
This season, Bayern has shown time and again their ability to fight tough, which is crucial in one or two knockout matches that determine the outcome.
On the other hand, although they were beaten 1:1 by Real Madrid at home and they scored an away goal, but from another perspective, what if Bayern could also score a goal first at the Bernabeu Stadium?
This means that Real Madrid must score two more goals to ensure promotion. If Bayern scores two goals, then Real Madrid must score three goals.
Therefore, in the second round, the pressure on both sides is actually about the same, and Real Madrid will not have much advantage because it is home.
Yes, if the score can be 0:0, then Real Madrid can rely on the advantage of more away goals to advance, but the question is at the Bernabeu Stadium, can Zidane's team really wipe out their dignity and show off?
At this time, playing at home has become a burden, because Real Madrid must still press out to attack, which in itself lacks a tactical option.
When it comes to tactics, Pan Yi believes that Guardiola chose to use them at home instead of the -1 he has often used recently, probably because of Robben's absence.
In Guardiola's view, Lewandowski + Ribery + Robben + Muller + Vidal + Alonso are the best candidates for his six frontcourt players. They are both offensive and defensive, flexible.
Speed, control, hardness, technology, and high points are all at work.
Especially on the two wingers, the Robery combination can be very effective.
In the next round, Robben is likely to return from injury, and Bayern will be a complete player by then.
It is also at that time that fans at the Bernabeu will truly see the highest-level confrontation between Real Madrid and Bayern!
"My point of view is that if Guardiola uses his best -1 to play against Real Madrid, he will not necessarily lose at the Bernabeu."
What Pan Yi said was well-founded and convincing, and everyone nodded when they heard it.
How should I put it, although everyone is a professional coach, in front of Pan Yi, I always feel like a primary school student...
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Chelsea's powerful coaching staff are all primary school students, while the media, who are relatively more amateur, are kindergarteners.
On the day after Bayern Munich drew with Real Madrid 1:1, almost most of the media were very dissatisfied with Bayern Munich's performance in the first round and thought Guardiola's team played very ugly.
In particular, the local media in Munich said that based on Bayern's performance in the first round, the visit to the Bernabeu Stadium is likely to be a disastrous defeat.
Comments from Bayern fans were even more direct:
"Guardiola has not brought any progress to this team in the three years since he came to Bayern."
"Guardiola is only obsessed with his passing and controlling style, but has abandoned Bayern's unique German team's simple and direct style of play!"
"Don't tell me about the last-minute equalizer. Guardiola plays sissy football! He even harmed German football!"
"As soon as he came to power, he was eager to abandon the established system, but his new system was not as good as the original one."
"The captain also experienced several setbacks. He combined the characteristics of Bayern's personnel and took the strengths of each school to form a style of play that shocked the entire Europe and massacred him all the way. After Guardiola came to power, he quickly erased the traces of his predecessor and painted it with his own colors.
.Then what?"
"Alas, Bayern's performance has not been as good as before since he came to power. Football relies on performance. When performance is not good, this kind of change cannot be recognized."
"Miss Heynckes..."
"Fortunately, this is already the last season for him to harm Bayern. No, in another month he will leave Munich and go to harm Manchester City, haha..."
"Haha, the oil guys don't know what they like about him. Just wait until Melon spends hundreds of millions and go to the Premier League to avoid relegation!"
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Now from the perspective of reality, the predictions of Bayern fans are obviously a bit too "optimistic".
But these remarks have indeed been widely reported in major Bayern fan forums. Almost all Bayern fans are glad that Guardiola has finally left, and they do not understand why Bayern executives still want to renew the contract with Guardiola...
It can only be said that there are some things that ordinary fans may not see very clearly.
And Pan Yi, who is well aware of all this, will certainly not leave the field to talk to the fans about the future.
He still has his own business to do.
On May 1, Chelsea ushered in the 35th round of the Premier League, sitting at Stamford Bridge and facing the challenge of Manchester City.
This was originally a very important focus battle.
Because it is sandwiched between two Champions League semi-finals and facing Manchester City, Pan Yi's lineup deployment is a relatively big challenge.
But because Chelsea had already won the Premier League championship ahead of schedule, everything suddenly became much easier.
Pan Yi used all his substitutes to play in this game, allowing the main lineup to rest.
Manchester City, which is still striving for a place in the Champions League, will play with all its main players.
But what I didn't expect was that Chelsea's substitute players performed at a higher level and defeated Manchester City with a score of 2:1!
Of course, it may be a bit exaggerated to say that Chelsea's level is higher.
After all, Manchester City still has a certain advantage on the scene, with a 60% ball possession rate and a 12:6 shooting ratio, which illustrates the trend of this game.
And they also opened the scoring with Aguero in the 25th minute of the first half.
But no matter what... their goalkeeper is Joe Hart!
Joe Hart, who has the aura of being "brought into the world"!
In the second half, Goretzka and Matic each hit a world wave from almost the same position, about thirty meters away from the goal.
It was also powerful and heavy, and it was also stuck in the blind corner of the goal. Joe Hart also made the same save action, but he also failed to save it.
As the saying goes:
If the sky has feelings, the sky will also grow old, and it will give Hartmon a kick.
There is always love in the world, just see Hart ejaculate.
If you don’t know the true face of Mount Lu, Hart will be the backdrop.
After ten years of life and death, Hart was also the background wall.
The butterflies dance all the time, making Hart feel miserable.
Alone as a stranger in a foreign land, shoot if you see Hart.
There are green mountains and buildings outside the mountains, and Hart misses the ball even in his dreams.
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In short, Chelsea still took all three points, which also made Manchester City's goal of competing for fourth place lag a little behind. They can only place their hopes on the last three rounds of the league.
For Chelsea, such a victory will allow them to face the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals in midweek, which starts on May 4, with a more relaxed mentality.
However, unlike a week ago, the first game this time was Real Madrid's home game against Bayern Munich on May 3.
The match between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid will be played one day later.
Pan Yi also attached great importance to this game and arranged for everyone to sit in the coach's office to watch the live broadcast.
And just as Pan Yi expected, Guardiola arranged a -1 formation today, with Robben starting the game and Ribery on one side.
Xabi Alonso serves as the single defensive midfielder, and behind him is Xavi Martinez, who serves as the key "midfielder swing position".
Moreover, Bayern ignored the cheers of the 80,000 fans at the Bernabeu Stadium and launched a fierce attack from the beginning.
This also made Real Madrid a little unresponsive.
Just 5 minutes into the game, Franck Ribery from Bayern's left dribbled the ball and passed it straight to the frontcourt to Thomas Muller.
Muller pulled the ball to the left, got rid of the defender, and passed it diagonally to Lewandowski who cut into the penalty area. The latter didn't stop the ball and fired a furious shot.
But the ball hit Ramos and bounced back to the front of the penalty area.
At this moment, Robben on the right suddenly came up from behind and fired directly at the ball.
Only a bang was heard, and the ball hit the underside of the crossbar with lightning speed and bounced into the goal.
Facing such a shot, Navas was helpless.
0:1! Bayern scored!
And this goal almost changed the trend of the entire game.
If this score continues, Bayern Munich will advance!
But soon, Real Madrid's stars responded.
Goalkeeper Cech Navas took a goal kick and landed in the frontcourt. Benzema grabbed the first spot and headed the ball behind Bayern Munich's defense.
Cristiano Ronaldo is extremely fast, and he and Benzema cooperate tacitly. He quickly cuts behind him and chases the ball.
At this time, Bayern Munich's central defender Boateng chased back and defended closely.
When Ronaldo got the ball first and just entered the penalty area, Boateng made a decisive tackle, but he directly knocked Ronaldo to the ground with the ball.
The whistle sounds, penalty kick!
Amidst the thunderous cheers of the entire Bernabeu Stadium, Ronaldo personally took the penalty kick and scored the ball!
1:1! Total score 2:2!
The two sides have returned to the same starting point, and the scores in the two rounds are now exactly the same!
After that, the two sides started fighting more intensely, but the score in the first half never changed.
In the second half, the game changed sides again, and it was Real Madrid who scored first.
This time it was a simpler and more effective attack. Bell drove along the wing for tens of meters and then passed across to the center. Benzema easily connected and shot, 2:1!
Real Madrid overtook the score and at the same time began to drive Bayern Munich into the abyss of death!
Because at this time, the game time has reached 65 minutes.
The game passed minute by minute, Bayern Munich organized attacks again and again, but was blocked from the goal again and again.
Real Madrid played its best defensive counterattack, causing Bayern Munich's offense to come back in vain again and again.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, used the speed of the striker to shoot many threatening shots.
This isn't the first time this has happened.
In the Champions League, Real Madrid has staged such dramas many times.
However, Guardiola stood on the sidelines today, seemingly unfazed, as if he was not affected by the game at all.
Seventy minutes...eighty minutes...
He was still standing there, motionless.
"Is he admitting defeat?" Arteta couldn't help but ask in front of the TV.
"No, I feel like he is waiting." Pan Yi said.
"What are you waiting for?"
"It's just like when we played Atletico Madrid, we'll wait until Real Madrid's players lose their physical strength."
As soon as Pan Yi finished speaking, Guardiola began to make substitutions.
He replaced Robben, Ribery and Muller with Coman, Douglas Costa and Gotze.
This is to use younger and more impactful players to take the field in the last ten minutes to rush forward!
Bayern Munich's players on the field had obviously received the latest instructions from Guardiola, and all the players began to press hard.
In the second minute of stoppage time, Bayern launched an attack. Douglas Costa rushed along the wing like a mad dog, and Real Madrid had to come up with two players to help defend.
But after Douglas Costa rushed to the baseline, he took two steps back and suddenly passed back to the front of the penalty area.
At this time, Gotze suddenly inserted himself into the penalty area like a ghost.
Everyone in Real Madrid was shocked. Casemiro, whose attention was distracted by Douglas Costa, immediately flew towards Gotze.
But Gotze poked Casemiro ahead of him and kicked a very fast ground ball.
Navas' vision was disturbed, and by the time he reacted, the ball had already rubbed the right post and entered the bottom of the goal net.
Everyone was stunned at this moment!
Not only the fans at the Bernabeu Stadium, but also Arteta and others in front of the TV were stunned.
A goal! Bayern scored a goal!
Another winning goal at the last moment, the most critical moment!
The referee's crisp whistle announced to the world that the goal was valid.
2:2!
And this is also the final score.
Bayern Munich advanced to this season's Champions League final with the advantage of more away goals!