After the match between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea, fans and media turned their attention to another Champions League semi-final - Real Madrid vs Bayern!
After Guardiola was idle at home for a period of time, he took over the Bayern coach from Heynckes, introduced the pass-and-control tactic, and transformed Bayern.
With its strong strength, Bayern has won the Bundesliga championship and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, taking a firm step towards defending the title.
Before the game, the media was very optimistic about Bayern, not only because of Bayern's strength, but also because Guardiola is so familiar with Real Madrid.
Bayern coach Guardiola has already stated that he will carry out the pass-and-control game to the end and defeat the Galacticos with a frantic attack.
Most European media are still full of confidence in Bayern's promotion because Real Madrid has the "German Curse".
In the past 60 years, Real Madrid has only won 2 of the last 27 away games in Germany, with 6 draws and 19 losses in the remaining 25 games. In addition, Bayern returned to home court after losing 0:1 in the first round of the European knockout rounds 6 times.
Won them all and advanced 5 times.
The only negative factor for Bayern is the referee. The referee Proenza is from Portugal. He has refereed Bayern's games three times in the past, and Bayern has never won.
On April 24, Real Madrid faced Bayern at home.
The reporters are very satisfied with UEFA's arrangements, as they don't have to travel all the way.
At 8:45 pm, the game started on time at the Bernabeu.
Guardiola's Bayern took control of the tempo at the beginning of the game, with the ball rolling at the feet of Bayern players.
Ancelotti's team chose to stay in the penalty area!
An offensive and defensive battle began at the Bernabeu.
In the 19th minute of the first half, Real Madrid played a textbook quick defensive counterattack. Benzema completed the final blow and penetrated Bayern's goal.
With this goal, Real Madrid defeated the powerful defending champion Bayern 1-0 at home!
Although he was disappointed with the result of the game, Bayern coach Guardiola refused to admit that the team's performance was not as good as Real Madrid's after the game. "This was a very difficult game and the result was not satisfactory, but I am proud of the team's performance. We
To have a very powerful opponent at your fingertips, and this is at the Santiago Bernabeu.
You must know that Real Madrid is the most threatening team in the world to counterattack, and it is very difficult to control their counterattack. Of course, we controlled the situation, but we still lacked a key away goal. Fortunately, we still have nine games left.
Ten minutes of opportunity."
Although Guardiola downplayed the defeat, there was a different voice in Germany.
"Kicker" said, "Bayern felt desperate in the face of Madrid's efficiency, and Real Madrid had no difficulty in maintaining the victory to the end."
"Le Monde" commented, "Bayern is beginning to worry about the prospect of defending its title. Although the team has nearly 70% of the ball, they have failed to create any threatening opportunities."
Compared to the media, football emperor Beckenbauer reacted more intensely, "When the opponent seizes the opportunity, the possession rate is worthless. We must think about it carefully. We should really feel that Real Madrid only scored one goal."
Happy.'
Earlier this season, Beckenbauer criticized Guardiola's changes to Bayern's style of play: "I don't want to see Bayern play the sleepy game of Barcelona."
Guardiola hit back on Beckerbauer: "I just like to have the ball, and we did that in the game, but we just couldn't seize the opportunity to score. In fact, after this game, I have no doubts about promotion.
More optimistic!”
After losing this game, Bayern's top spot in the Champions League winning odds was surpassed by Real Madrid for the first time this season, but Bayern does not need to worry too much about this.
Previously, Bayern lost 0:1 in the first leg of the European knockout rounds 6 times, but returned to home and won all of them, advancing 5 times. The only exception was the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in the 1989/1990 season.
Real Madrid's away record in Germany is 2 wins, 6 draws and 19 losses, including 1 draw and 9 losses against Bayern. They have been eliminated from 5 Champions League semi-finals against Bayern 4 times. Facing the second round of a life-and-death battle, the "Bundesliga giant" can be full of confidence.
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The French team commented: "Yesterday's Bayern was a complete replica of Barcelona. They showed off their passing skills and coordination throughout the game. Even goalkeeper Neuer occasionally participated in this drumming and passing game.
On the surface, Real Madrid couldn't touch the ball and only had a poor 28% ball possession rate in the game.
But when Bayern really hit the last 20 meters in front of the penalty area, whether it was a long shot, a 45-degree diagonal pass or a low pass to Mandzukic, Real Madrid saw through it early, and it was completely useless.
Such a scene is reminiscent of last year's Champions League semifinal between Bayern and Barcelona.
At that time, Bayern, led by Heynckes, while solidly defending, used textbook midfield combination and rigorous tactical execution ability to completely defeat Barcelona, which continued Guardiola's tactics - 0:4 away from home, 0:0 at home.
3, breaking the most shameful record in the team’s 114-year history.
Obviously, the lessons learned from Barcelona last year did not arouse Guardiola's enough vigilance. Perhaps he believed that he was the genuine version and that the copycat version lost because of poor academic skills. However, it turns out that without the core players in good condition, the ball possession rate is just a paper tiger.
Beckenbauer was a little dismissive of Guardiola's ball-control style of play: 'If this continues, one day we will be like Barcelona, with an extremely boring and desperate style of play! No one wants to see you just passing the ball.
Passed around.'
What’s even more embarrassing is that when reporters asked Beckenbauer to compare Guardiola with his predecessor Heynckes, Beckenbauer made no secret of his admiration for Heynckes: “Guardiola has made his debut since 2008.
He has always coached wealthy clubs, and he has achieved success on this basis. Heynckes is different. He has coached many clubs and achieved success in all of them.'
Beckenbauer was very angry, and the consequences were serious. It was time for Guardiola to face up to tactical issues - Di Matteo followed Mourinho's tactics and led Chelsea to eliminate Barcelona; Heynckes studied Barcelona thoroughly and controlled the ball.
The style of play has reached 18 levels of hell; Ancelotti is more cunning now, it’s time for Bayern to make changes!”
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Li Chuanqi has been very tired recently, and the competition has been too intensive.
There wasn't much of a problem with my physical recovery, but I was very tired mentally.
After playing against Chelsea, Atletico Madrid will have their last La Liga match against Barcelona at the weekend.
Simeone gave up the game without hesitation: "We have won the championship. Our most important game now is the Champions League. There is no need to fight to the death with Barcelona."
At the team meeting, Simeone said straight to the point: "Our most important game now is the second leg against Chelsea."
Everyone nodded.
"Our tactic in the second round was defensive counterattack."
Simeone analyzed the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals: "Currently we are one goal ahead and have the advantage. Chelsea can only attack. We certainly cannot fight against the opponent. Defensive counterattack is the best tactic!"
Atletico Madrid's specialty is defensive counterattacks, and Chelsea's attack was exactly what they wanted.
Three days later, the final round of La Liga began.
Simeone sent out a substitute lineup, and Li Chuanqi, Costa and other main players were not even on the substitute list.
Barcelona also sent out a substitute lineup. After all, the World Cup is coming, and the stars have shifted their focus to the World Cup.
After ninety minutes of fierce battle, Barcelona won 2-0 and won the league runner-up.
