In the first round of a 0-0 home draw with Bayern Munich, Chelsea played in an extremely embarrassing manner. Except for defense, all other statistics were lost to Bayern, and the gap was very disparate.
So much so that even many British media ridiculed that Chelsea played like an amateur team in front of Bayern.
Strictly speaking, this is correct.
Even not only in the first leg, but also in the second leg at the Allianz Arena, Chelsea were still in a state of disarray.
There is no need to say how much Bayern attaches importance to this season's Champions League. You just need to know that this Champions League final will be held at the Allianz Arena. Bayern has no reason to relax its vigilance, and as one of the strongest teams in Europe in the past few years
First, there is absolutely no need to doubt Bayern’s overall strength.
Even before the second leg of the game has started, the German media are building momentum. They want to beat Chelsea at home by more than three goals, and they want to teach the Premier League blue team a lesson to avenge the humiliation of being tied away in the first leg. The morale of Bayern is also high.
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It can be said that before the game, except for Chelsea fans, everyone's predictions for this game were one-sided. Even the odds offered by all bookmakers were for Bayern to concede a goal. This shows that Bayern has an advantage.
How obvious.
A perennial Champions League semi-finalist and winner of the treble for three consecutive years, Bayern is as strong as a dynasty and attaches great importance to this game. It is not surprising that everyone is so optimistic about the German giants.
The trend of the game also seems to confirm this view of the outside world.
In just three minutes, Thomas Muller took advantage of a mistake in Chelsea's defense and received Modric's assist to open the scoring for Bayern, opening the door to victory.
Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena also cheered crazily.
Afterwards, the game completely entered a one-sided situation with Bayern attacking wildly and Chelsea defending.
The Blues' iron-bloodedness and tenacity won unanimous praise in the first round, but in the second round, even though they conceded a goal early, they still defended tightly.
Cech is stationed in front of the goal, Terry is the backbone of the defense, Lampard is in the midfield, and Drogba is at the front. Chelsea's entire central axis supports Chelsea's iron wall. No matter how Bayern Munich attacks, it will always be
Couldn't score Chelsea's goal again.
Under Bayern's successive attacks and crises in front of the goal, Chelsea seemed to be in a precarious situation, but they just refused to fall. Every player on the court was trying their best and condensed into one
An unbreakable whole.
That kind of energy and momentum really makes people sigh.
This is the Iron-Blooded Blue Army!
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"It's really ironic to say that."
Pepe clicked her tongue in surprise, sneered and shook her head.
"Barcelona, coached by Mourinho himself, was forced to play against us, zero to one at home and one to four away. However, the iron-blooded team he left behind actually managed to defend until now under Bayern's powerful offensive.
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Today's Chelsea is still dominated by the team from Mourinho's era, and no one can deny this.
Drogba, Lampard, John Terry and Petr Cech were all the central pillars of the Mourinho period. These veterans stood up the backbone of Chelsea and at the same time preserved Chelsea's spirit.
This is definitely not something simple that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences, but a precious wealth accumulated over many years.
It may gradually dissipate with the departure of this group of veterans, and may even never appear again in the future.
But at least now, at this moment, when facing Bayern Munich, it is still the core fighting force of this Chelsea team.
It is also the most admirable thing about Chelsea.
As for whether it was the veterans who created Chelsea's spirit or Mourinho who created this spirit, there is no need to dwell on it.
"Bayern still has to strive to score one more goal, otherwise it will be very dangerous." Su Dong reminded.
Gomez's performance tonight was pretty average and he didn't get many opportunities to perform in front of Terry and Cahill.
Simultaneously, Franck Ribery and Robben also lost their threat. Thomas Muller also performed but failed to score again.
Today's Bayern Munich offense is very strong and fierce, but it is not efficient. This is a big problem.
Everyone only remembers that Capello is a typical one-to-zero doctrine, but many people forget that Capello also said that one-to-zero is the most dangerous score in the world and is very unsafe.
Does this sound contradictory?
Actually it's not.
Capello's one-to-zero doctrine is not to not attack, but to give priority to defense, ensuring that he does not concede the ball first, and then attacking. Therefore, the investment in the offensive end is very small, and it is more difficult to score goals, so he often only scores one or two goals.
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So why is one to zero the most dangerous?
Because the score could be equalized at any time.
Especially in a situation like Bayern Munich's current situation, which has an overwhelming advantage but has been unable to expand its results. Players will inevitably become a little impatient. Over time, they may make mistakes that should not be made, which is dangerous.
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This is how unpopularity is often born.
"Drogba is a very experienced player and very tenacious. Once he is negligent and he seizes the opportunity, he will be able to score goals every minute. By that time..."
Su Dong hadn't finished speaking yet, but Pepe and others all raised their heads and looked at him.
Since the team eliminated Barcelona and reached the Champions League final, everyone was very happy, so they decided to have a team building dinner at Su Dong's house and watch Chelsea's away game against Bayern together.
At this moment, when everyone heard what Su Dong said, they were all reminded.
In the first leg of the match at Stamford Bridge, the two sides shook hands with each other 0-0. If Bayern can maintain the current 1-0, they will naturally be able to advance to the final smoothly. However, if they are defeated by Chelsea in the later stages, the score will be
It becomes one to one.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The total score is even, but the problem is that Chelsea has a precious away goal, which is equivalent to a reversal.
Heynckes is obviously aware of this, so he keeps reminding the players on the field to stay steady, not to let go, to slow down the rhythm appropriately, and to stabilize the rhythm and defense.
"Bayern is a little anxious now." Toni Kroos also realized the seriousness of the problem.
When he was playing football before, he really didn't think too much about it. He just followed his temperament and habits. But after two years of playing under Guardiola, his level of controlling the ball and rhythm in the midfield has really improved a lot.
Big, many things that I didn’t understand before, but I barely understood them, now I basically understand them, and I can naturally see Bayern’s current problems at a glance.
In other words, so far in the game, it seems that Bayern is leading and has the advantage, but Chelsea may reverse at any time.
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The further we get to the end of the game, the more nervous everyone becomes.
Not only were the two sides on the court nervous, but even the people watching the game were nervous.
Everyone can see that Bayern has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, but Chelsea is simply too tenacious.
The two teams were attacking and defending, but Bayern couldn't really defeat Chelsea.
At this time, the commentator of the live TV broadcast said, "At this critical moment, Bayern Munich fans must miss Su Dong very much, because in the past, at times like this, it was Su Dong who stepped forward and came to the rescue.
Team, try to turn the tide."
"After Su Dongyuan left for Manchester City, although there are stars such as Franck Ribery, Robben, Modric and Gomez in the Bayern Munich team, at this critical moment, no one can stand up and contribute to the team.
Score another goal and establish an advantage so that both teams are fighting for suspense."
When everyone in Manchester City heard this, they couldn't help but turn around and look at Su Dong, feeling admiration in their hearts.
The commentator is absolutely right, Su Dong's role becomes more obvious at critical moments.
Especially for the players on the court, this is a feeling that cannot be explained clearly to outsiders. Anyway, with Su Dong by your side, you feel at ease when playing football. Without Su Dong, it is easy to worry about gains and losses when playing football.
Time passed little by little, and Bayern still failed to score a goal, but it seemed like they were going to hold on to the 1-0 score.
But in the 88th minute of the game, Chelsea counterattacked in the frontcourt and got a corner kick opportunity.
"I don't know why, but I always feel that this corner kick is very dangerous." Su Dong shook his head.
It's a sense of smell that comes from a scorer's instinct, a keen sense of danger.
Just when the surrounding Manchester City players were puzzled, Juan Mata took a corner kick, and there was chaos in the penalty area. Drogba broke out among the crowd, just got ahead of everyone, and headed the goal from close range.
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The ball was tipped into Bayern's goal!!!
The Elephant King of Côte d'Ivoire charged on the court like crazy!
All the Chelsea players were chasing him crazily, roaring and venting at the top of their lungs.
One to one!
Chelsea reversed course at the last minute of the game!
In front of the TV, everyone in Manchester City was dumbfounded, especially looking at Su Dong like a magician. They wanted to ask, how did he know he was going to score?
In the subsequent game, Bayern Munich counterattacked wildly and created continuous opportunities. They even got a penalty kick at the last moment of overtime.
Robben took the penalty himself.
This was originally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but in the end, Robben's penalty kick was saved by Cech.
The entire Allianz Arena was in despair.
Many Bayern fans couldn't help crying.
They led for ninety minutes, but at the last moment, they were denied qualification for the finals.
Chelsea are indeed tenacious and persistent, but the problem of Bayern losing the game lies with themselves, not others.
Whether it was a defensive error at the corner kick, too many opportunities wasted, or Robben missed the penalty kick in the end.
"As I just said, Bayern Munich will miss Su Dong extremely!" the on-site commentator said with emotion.
"Just like all teams that have lost Su Dong, only when they lose will they understand the value of Su Dong and feel regret."
"Maybe, no, I should say, 100% sure, Bayern fans will continue to miss Su Dong for many, many years to come!"