While Guardiola's brain was running at high speed, Chelsea also continued to play threatening offense.
In fact, in addition to the wrong tactics, there are also factors that cannot be ignored.
That is to say, Bayern Munich's advantage since the start of the game is based more on physical running coverage and high-position pressing without begging for life.
But these will continue to be lost as the game progresses and the body is depleted.
That's why Guardiola desperately wants to score a goal first, and then seek a balance between tactical pressure and physical distribution.
Even if it is only the first half of the half, I bet the player's physical consumption will be very high.
It's a bit like if I'm participating in a 5,000-meter or 10,000-meter race, but if I run 400 meters or even 100 meters in the first few laps, I'm sure I won't be able to follow behind.
So now that Pan Yi has changed his playing style and focused on attacking from the wing, Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso can also get frequent opportunities to intervene.
Could it be that the physical energy consumption of Bayern Munich players is very high, which is no longer enough for them to cover and run like they did in the opening game.
Regardless of Alaba or Lahm, after many sprints, we now need to slow down.
At that time, Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso were pressing forward, and if they tried to defend, they would feel a little powerless.
Of course, the physical factor was also considered by Pan Yi when he changed the tactical formation.
Why don't you take advantage of my illness and ask for my life?
And as Bayern's physical strength continues to be depleted, such opportunities will become more and more obvious, and Chelsea will attack more and more times.
In the 35th minute, Hazard took a corner kick from the left, and Van Dijk grabbed the first spot in the middle and headed the goal!
But the ball was a little too high and flew directly over the crossbar and landed on the top of the net.
Neuer took a goal kick and handed the ball to Lahm on the wing.
But as soon as Ram handed the ball to Xavi Alonso in front, it was intercepted by Kante who was actively grabbing it. Then Kante took a step forward and took a long shot!
That shot was very powerful, but the angle was too right, and Neuer pounced on it.
Chelsea's offense was getting higher and higher, and the continuous shots posed a threat, which also greatly excited the Blues fans at the scene.
After being silent for most of the game, they also began to wave the flags and scarves in their legs, shouting loudly to cheer for their team!
The first half hour after the game started was really depressing.
The whole Bayern Munich team was playing like a chicken in the East, suppressing Chelsea in a very embarrassing situation, and there was no danger in front of the goal.
Well now, half an hour has passed, Bayern Munich's physical fitness has begun to slip eastward, and after many exciting games between Guardiola and Pan Yi, Chelsea has gradually begun to find the feeling of the game.
That's not the Chelsea that Blues fans are used to seeing!
Chelsea remain unbeaten in the Premier League and Champions League for two seasons!
Seeking Chelsea to fight for the glory of seven crowns!
Only that kind of Chelsea can truly excite fans!
On the field, Chelsea also played more freely amid the cheers from the fans.
Only three minutes after Kante's long-range shot, Chelsea once again created a chance.
After David Luiz intercepted the ball in midfield, he quickly handed it to Seat B.
Seat B moved forward after receiving the ball, and before Vidal could get close to press him, he hit a through ball.
The ball was sent forward close to the turf, just behind Boateng and Xavi Martinez.
That's the change in Pan Yi's wing attack routine.
The main question is whether to play on the wing, but when you see Bayern's defensive forces tilting towards the wing, they will combine the wing and the center, and the main goal is to attack the east and attack the west!
It is precisely because of this that Bayern's two central defenders are positioned closer to the two wings at this time, resulting in a relatively large space between the two.
Seat B also wisely sensed the gap and accurately delivered a through ball.
On the other side, Chelsea center Lukaku, who is at the front, is like a sharp arrow, starting quickly!
He passed between two Bayern Munich defenders, successfully countered offside, received the ball before anyone else, and entered the penalty area.
Is that a one-shot deal?
At that time, the only person standing in front of Lukaku was Neuer.
The fans at the San Siro Stadium couldn't help but stand up.
"Bernardo Silva makes a direct pass, single-handedly!"
"Lukaku is very fast. He cut into the penalty area and directly faced Neuer!"
"He feinted a shot and made a fake shot. Neuer fell to the ground!"
"Lukaku threw the ball out, hoping to pass Neuer and then hit the empty goal. But Neuer's second reaction was very quick. He was lying on the ground, but he swung his right leg and hit the ball!
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"Lukaku could have chased the ball, but then the best opportunity to shoot has been missed. Boateng and Xavi Martinez also returned to defend in place."
"In desperation, Lukaku just passed the ball back and handed it to Hazard who was following behind."
"Hazard shot directly! He wanted to shoot quickly while Neuer was barely back in position, but he pursued the angle a bit too much, and the ball missed the post and went out. Wow!"
"It can be said that it was a direct contest between the striker and the goalkeeper, but Neuer won. That time he decisively abandoned the goal and showed the decisiveness and calmness of the German goalkeeper."
"On the court, what they saw was nothing that happened in an instant, but through slow-motion playback, you can see that Lukaku made at least two fake shots to confuse the goalkeeper before hitting the ball, and even one of them was tragic.
Fooled Neuer and made him fall to the ground."
"But was Neuer's reaction really too fast? He also predicted the direction of Lukaku's ball, and before the ball was about to cross his control, he barely touched the ball with his leg."
"That was a very crucial touch! Lukaku and Hazard look very regretful, because Chelsea once again missed an excellent opportunity to win."
"But judging from the course of the game, after 30 minutes, Bayern Munich's physical condition deteriorated. Chelsea not only stabilized their position, but also launched a wave of threatening offensives, hitting several consecutive shots.
Very threatening, especially Lukaku's single shot and Hazard's subsequent shot."
"Is it now Guardiola's turn to reconsider Bayern Munich's tactics?"
"At the beginning of the game, Bayern was able to contain Chelsea with their abundant physical fitness and efficient tactical execution of the players on the court. Guardiola also changed the formation and took the advantage."
"But now with the decline of physical fitness, the offensive and defensive effectiveness of the Bayern players has declined, and the flat Christmas tree formation of -1 drawn by Pan Yi has also made it easier for Chelsea to pull through the combination of wings and center.
Neutral, and then create murderous opportunities."
"It can be seen that Chelsea is getting better!"
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Pan Yi on the sidelines couldn't help but hold his head and felt deeply regretful when he saw Lukaku miss a single shot.
But there is no way, it is not realistic, especially when I am facing the best goalkeeper in the world.
That's not Pan Yi's nonsense. In the 2014 World Cup, Neuer was the best goalkeeper, and he also ranked among the top three in the Ballon d'Or selection.
Moreover, in the subconscious mind of ordinary fans, it seems that it is easy to score even if it is single-handedly, and basically any good striker can score.
But what about the facts?
Statistics show that in the five major leagues, the average single goal rate is only... 32%!
In other words, if those players who can play in the best league in the world can score one goal when they get three solo goals, they are already average.
Generally speaking, if two swords can be inserted into one, the legs will be high!
Looking at history, the player with the highest single-handed success rate should be Ronaldo.
Although there is no data to support it, he is known as an alien, has superb shooting skills, and likes to pass the goalkeeper before shooting, so it should be taken for granted that he has a high success rate.
Having said that, Lu Yuanwai is certainly not as good as Ronaldo, so it is understandable that he missed a single shot when he faced Neuer.
As long as your mentality is not affected, it won’t happen if you come back again!
When Pan Yi looked at Lukaku again, he saw that he was indeed a little regretful at first, but he quickly got up from the ground, ran back quickly, and rejoined the game. He looked very calm.
That made Pan Yi on the sidelines very satisfied and applauded vigorously:
"Well done, just play like that! Take your time, don't be anxious, more opportunities are waiting for us!"
Pan Yi shouted those words so loudly that even Guardiola in front of the visiting team's coaching bench heard him.
Guardiola touched his bald head and immediately stood up.
He knows that the game is now beginning to tilt in Chelsea's favour.
And of course he had already prepared in advance the changes after Tike Dong skated at the beginning.
Now is the time to make a decision, otherwise it will be too late to lose the ball.
That formation really has too many loopholes when attacking from the wrong side!
Guardiola was thinking deeply just now about whether he could reduce his own physical consumption and better respond to Pan Yi's -1 tactics...
Now he has thought about it.
After Guardiola kept shouting and kicking on the court, Bayern Munich changed its formation again.
Ribery and Robben returned to the midfield position, while Xavi Martinez, who was originally at the center back position, moved forward to form a three-back midfielder with Xabi Alonso and Vidal, and Chelsea's three midfielders.
Fight in separate courts.
And Thomas Muller, who was on the striker, also returned to the attacking midfielder position, and Bayern's overall formation became a -1 position.
As a result, the two full-backs Alaba and Lahm move more in their ribs, and are actually more like "side midfielders".
Adding to the three defensive midfielders and two full midfielders who were already in the midfield, a densely packed iron wall was formed at the front of the penalty area.
That's very different from the bus tactic. Due to the offensive attributes of the defensive midfielders and full midfielders, coupled with the supporting midfielder Müller and the forward forward Lewandowski, Bayern can still launch a quick and effective attack in an instant.
So, the tactical battle between Pan Yi and Guardiola has officially entered the third round!
-1 VS -1!
However, although Guardiola's tactics can restrain Chelsea's midfielder and winger from controlling the midfield and wide areas to a certain extent, Bayern's players are currently unable to execute tactics due to their reduced physical fitness.
It dropped a lot.
Therefore, in the initial stage of the half, Chelsea continued to attack and defended.
"Harry Kane got the ball and shot! Oops, the ball was a little high."
"Lukaku headed the ball! But it was saved by Neuer."
"Hazard curled the ball into the far corner! Neuer made another wonderful save."
"Starting from the 30th minute, Chelsea gradually regained the feeling of the game and launched a fierce offensive."
"Chelsea's two wings were playing very fast. Harry Kane and Lukaku both frequently created threats, including Hazard."
"But Chelsea also missed several excellent opportunities to win, and now the two sides are still zero to zero."
"Ah, a whistle! The referee finally blew the whistle at halftime."
"Zero to zero, the two sides exchanged red rolls, and no one could break the wrong team's goal."
"Judging from the performance in the 45 minutes of the half, both sides played well."
"Bayern Munich created continuous opportunities after the opening, but they were unable to break through Chelsea's goal. The Blues failed to exert their strength in the second half. In the first ten minutes, they launched waves of very threatening attacks, but they were also unable to do so.
Beat Bayern Munich's goal."
"In addition to the wonderful performances of the players from both teams, the fighting style between Pan Yi and Guardiola was also breathtaking."
"Except for the forty-five minutes at halftime, they actually changed three formations and played in three different formations. To that extent, he will be able to say that he will live for a long time."
"Of course, from his point of view, he would be more optimistic about Chelsea."
"Because Bayern Munich's physical strength was poor after sliding eastward, the pressing and pressing was obviously not as good as the opening game. I believe this situation will become more obvious in the east half."
"No matter how exciting the tactical game between the two sides is, players have never been required to be present to execute it before. If the physical fitness drops, the execution intensity will also drop, and the tactical power will be greatly reduced."
"The fact is, from Guardiola's last change of formation before halftime, it can be seen that the coach is a bit out of his depth."
"Of course, after a fifteen-minute break and adjustment in the middle, there may be many variables between the two teams, which will also affect the direction of the east half."
"Then, after a red-blooded but actually very exciting half, let them watch a commercial first, and then continue to enjoy the east half of the game!"
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"He is not born strong, he is born to be strong!"
“I don’t need to understand the football emperor to understand football?”
"When looking for a job, talk directly to the boss!"
"XX Shenbao, if he is good, so will he."
"Snow Beer, Chelsea's official beer..."
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As soon as the half-time game ended, the players ran into the tunnel and went to their locker rooms to rest.
Chelsea's coaching staff immediately gathered together and quickly exchanged tactics for the eastern half.
Arteta believes that Bayern Munich in the east half can no longer maintain the high-pressure tactics they used in the half.
But it would not be wrong to say that they have completely collapsed.
After all, the will and quality of the Germans are not very strong, otherwise they would not have been able to break through Real Madrid's gate at the earliest moment in two consecutive games.
"Guardiola will play a more balanced game and won't be as offensive as in the half. Only in this way can his players' fitness last until the end of the game." That would deny Arteta's prediction.
"What if the game ends in a tie at 90 minutes and goes into overtime?" Steve Holland asked.
"He didn't think about overtime at all," Pan Yi said with a smile.
In fact, there is nothing that can be done after using the "burn the cauldron" strategy.
The most typical example is the Madrid Derby in Pan Yi's previous life in the 2013-2014 Champions League final.
Atletico Madrid did very well outside the 90 minutes, pressing the whole game and taking a 1:0 lead.
It turned out that Ramos scored the equalizing goal in the first moment of the game, and then his physical condition collapsed in overtime, and he was completely unilaterally slaughtered by Real Madrid.
It cannot be said that Simeone's tactics failed. The fact is that his style of play was extremely successful and he almost won the championship, but he failed at the first tremor.
For the current Pan Yi, the situation is actually the same. Just to prevent Guardiola's tactics from scoring outside the 90th minute, Chelsea has already won.
But Pan Yi didn't want to do that.
He wanted to resolve the battle outside ninety minutes and achieve a real tactical knockdown against Guardiola!
After returning to the home team's locker room, Pan Yi organized and pondered his own thoughts and words, and then said:
"Time is running out, so he tries to keep his words short."
Pan Yi's words made all the players look at him.
The development of the game at halftime actually made them all feel a little depressed.
It was certainly not pleasant to be kicked out by Bayern Munich at the beginning;
Later, after Pan Yi and Guardiola continuously adjusted the game, Chelsea took the advantage of the field, but the attacking legs in the frontcourt including Lukaku, Harry Kane, and Hazard all missed scoring opportunities in a row, which of course was not good.
Even the forwards are a little stressed.
After all, can it be the Champions League final!
If you miss an opportunity in such a demanding game, sometimes you have to pay a heavy price!
But Pan Yi quickly helped them relieve some of the pressure:
"We can rest assured that they will score sooner or later, so we beg us to do as he said."
The players listened attentively.
They all know that Pan Yi's midfield adjustments can often be effective.
That's why they regard Pan Yi as their god!
"After the crazy half-hour before half-time, Bayern Munich's energy consumption was very high, and we must have felt it in the first ten minutes."
"The east half will be more obvious, so their pressure will not be as strong, and what they need to do is to take advantage of their pressure to reduce, take advantage of the opportunity to control the ball and rhythm, and then control the game."
"And their current formation is -1. That formation can cope with Bayern's wing attack, but it is not too flexible."
"Therefore, he will change the formation to -1 in the east half and push the formation forward! Especially their midfielder, they must try to push their ball control area as far as possible from the 30-meter area on the opposite side to the midline.
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Hearing what Pan Yi said, everyone's brows widened.
The Chelsea players are already very familiar with the formation of Lord No-1.
With the current starting players, in that formation, the three central defenders will be Ake, Van Dijk and Azpilicueta, and the double midfielder will still be David Luiz and Kante.
Marcos Alonso was pushed to the frontcourt, forming four attacking legs with Hazard, B seat, and Harry Kane to cooperate with center Lukaku.
Using that formation means that Chelsea will attack with all their strength to defeat Bayern's defense!
Then, Pan Yi added: "Except for that formation, they have practiced it the most and used it most in actual combat, so he shouldn't need to say too much."
"We need to control the game in the way they are familiar with and good at, and attack the wrong leg. Pay attention to maintaining width and depth, pulling the wrong side's defensive formation, creating loopholes, and then interspersing attacks."
"Believe him, guys, just ask us to compete according to our normal training level, and the initial victory will definitely belong to them!"
In response to the coach's instructions, the Chelsea players immediately shouted!——
"It was only in the first ten minutes of the half that Chelsea's true strength was revealed."
In the visiting team's locker room, Guardiola was also making midfield adjustments and analyzing the tactics of the enemy and his opponents.
"Being suppressed by them at the beginning was actually one of Pan Yi's tactics. They must not be fooled."
"In the time after they changed their tactics, they caused many more threatening shots than they did!"
"Obviously, they will continue to take advantage of the situation and continue to attack in the east half, and they will probably attack even more fiercely."
"He doesn't want to play overtime, and based on what he knows about Pan Yi, he doesn't even want to! So it can be expected that they will be even more overwhelming in the east half."
After hearing what Guardiola said, every one of the Bayern Munich players showed solemn expressions.
Are they the ones who are here to meet and cross paths with Chelsea players? Of course they know whether what the coach said is wrong.
When Chelsea really puts their efforts into action, it's really hard to resist!
With a score of 0-0 at halftime, it can be said that luck favored Bayern.
Guardiola emphasized his tone:
"He guessed that Pan Yidong would be good at changing formations at halftime, but he admitted that he couldn't guess what he would look like now."
"But no matter what, they must not allow Chelsea to smoothly control the ball from the 30-meter zone to the midfield line. Once they enter the other half, they will beg for it and do not hesitate to use their physical strength to grab it."
"You know how dangerous it can be if you let a player like Hazard, Ben B or Harry Kane get the ball in front of their penalty area."
"In addition, please pay attention to their full-back assists. Whether Marcos Alonso or Azpilicueta, when they insert from the back, it is often when Chelsea attacks aggressively."
Then, he put it on the tactical board:
"As to whether he can achieve those two tactical goals, he will take the initiative to change from -1 to -1 in the east half."
"The back line is still Alaba, Boateng, Xavi Martinez, Lahm, the midfielder has become Xabi Alonso, Vidal, Thomas Muller, and the forwards have Ribery and Robben.
and center Lewandowski."
"The key point there is their three midfielders. Please pay attention to what he just said. Don't let Chelsea control the ball comfortably from the 30-meter area to the midfield line!"
Xavi Alonso, Vidal, and Thomas Muller also nodded, indicating that they understood Guardiola's arrangement.
After Guardiola saw the player's statement, he nodded heavily and applauded vigorously:
"Boys, there is no Champions League final there! He knows that we want to win that trophy more than he wants to add glory to his career!"
"Now, what stands in front of them is Chelsea, the most terrifying team in Europe in those two seasons, but they are not easy to mess with either!"
"Their strength is also better than last season. He firmly believes that they have the ability and determination to defeat the wrong leg, even if they lose Chelsea!"
"But that also requires us to give 100% of our efforts, and it also requires each of us to grit our teeth and withstand the pressure of the game and the wrong leg."
"When both sides are physically exhausted, the only thing that matters is willpower! Just survive the eastern half, and they will usher in the final victory!"
"Go, go fight, prove to the world that Bayern Munich is the king of Europe!"
As Guardiola shouted at the top of his lungs, there were also shouts in the locker room, and everyone was high-spirited!