Since Kahn retired, Bayern has not made clear who its main goalkeeper is.
Neither the management nor Heynckes has appointed them personally, and everyone knows that this is to let Lensing and Neuer compete to see who is more capable of serving as the main goalkeeper and guarding Bayern.
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Lensing had always been the team's backup goalkeeper before. After Kahn was injured, he also served as the main goalkeeper for a long time and performed well. Originally, he was a sure shot at taking over as Bayern's main goalkeeper, but no one expected that Neuer would suddenly come parachuted in.
At the beginning, Lensing was not afraid of competing with Neuer because he had enough advantages.
Even if Neuer works very hard in training, catching up from behind is not so easy to do. For example, Bayern's traditional medicine ball training is very troublesome for Neuer to adapt to, but Lensing is very familiar with it.
What's even more unexpected is that Neuer gritted his teeth and worked hard to practice.
Especially in the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco, Neuer played bravely and made consecutive stunning saves, winning applause from the crowd. This also made Lensing feel the pressure. In the subsequent fourth round of the Bundesliga, Lensing also played bravely.
, won unanimous praise after the game.
The media, head coach and Bayern management all feel that the competition between the two young goalkeepers is beneficial to each other.
Just as Beckenbauer said, he hopes that the competition between Lensing and Neuer can help them continuously improve their own strength, and at the same time help Bayern achieve better results.
The media also believe that Bayern's approach to competition is indeed ideal. After all, there is no favoritism. Both Lensing and Neuer have been given enough opportunities. It just depends on who can perform better.
Don’t young players all grow up under pressure?
But this beautiful wish was soon ruthlessly broken.
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In the fifth round of the Bundesliga, Bayern faced Werder Bremen at home.
Although Schaff is playing away from home, they still adopt their 442, small diamond position in the midfield, headed by Brazilian midfielders Diego and Ozil, who are responsible for delivering cannonballs to Rosenberg and Pizarro in front.
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As early as Wednesday's Champions League group match, Schaff was already practicing this tactic, but it was a zero-0 against Anorthosis of Cyprus. After the game, some media believed that Werder Bremen was saving their strength to play in the Bundesliga.
Battle against Bayern.
Sure enough, Werder Bremen basically copied the Champions League lineup, except that the deep-lying midfielder changed from Frings to Bowman.
As soon as the game started, Werder Bremen turned away and launched a wave of fierce attacks on Bayern.
Bayern was not unprepared. Heynckes had long expected that a team like Werder Bremen would not be willing to defend, and had made adequate plans for their opening attack. The team played without panic.
Until the third minute.
At that time, Mascherano was on the right side of the backcourt, making consecutive steals, knocking down Ozil, and giving Werder Bremen an indirect free kick. Diego stood on the right side of the penalty area and prepared to take the penalty.
Bayern players were also prepared and did not relax.
But when Diego took a free kick and landed at the back of the goal, Pepe was stuck in position and was about to take off.
Unexpectedly, at this fatal moment, Lensing suddenly abandoned the goal and attacked. He jumped up high and raised his hands, trying to intercept the free kick directly in the air, but his move directly affected Pepe's goal.
Take off.
It had an impact. If Lensing could grab the ball, that would be a good thing, but the key thing is that he didn't grab it.
Instead, Rosenberg used the Bayern goalkeeper to attack, blocked Pepe's take-off, and headed the ball first.
The ball slipped out of the goal and did not go in, but Pepe roared at Lensing angrily and kept pointing at his eyes.
"Open your eyes and see clearly, don't attack blindly!"
Lucio quickly ran over and separated Pepe, while also comforting Rensing.
This is indeed a goalkeeper's error.
With Pepe already seizing the position, Lensing should not abandon the goal.
Everyone felt that this was just a mistake caused by insufficient cooperation between the goalkeeper and the central defender. They did not take it to heart and continued to focus on the game.
Especially after just three minutes, Bayern continuously passed and pulled from the outside of Werder Bremen's 30-meter area, moving from the left to the right, and then back to the center. Bastian Schweinsteiger fired a long shot.
It hit Bowman's leg and deflected into the penalty area.
Su Dong stood on the left side of the penalty spot. When he saw the ball coming toward him, he reacted immediately, turned around quickly, stopped the ball with the inside of his left foot, leaned to the right, and hit it firmly.
Got into Mertesacker who rushed towards him.
The Werder Bremen central defender rushed to grab the ball, but Su Dong stopped the ball first and blocked it with his body.
The two tall and strong players had a solid physical contest, and neither one could take advantage.
But the problem is, the ball is under Su Dong's left foot.
I saw Su Dong staggering slightly, his body immediately regained his balance, and he immediately raised his left foot and struck.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"
"Only six minutes into the game, Su Dong opened the scoring for Bayern!"
"One to zero!!!"
The entire Allianz Stadium was boiling in an instant, and all the fans were chanting Su Dong's name.
Teammates also rushed over to celebrate Su Dong's goal.
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After the goal, Bayern continued to exert offensive pressure on Werder Bremen.
Bremen was obviously well prepared to concede the ball first and did not play in a hurry. As soon as they got the ball, they quickly launched a counterattack.
Bayern gradually took advantage of the field. After all, the overall strength was superior and it was their home court.
But just as Bayern was pressing forward, Werder Bremen suddenly launched a quick counterattack.
Diego sent a long pass, which was accurately passed behind Bayern's defense.
Former Bayern player Pizarro successfully countered offside and sprinted all the way into the penalty area.
Lucio also chased back desperately, very quickly, trying to force Pizarro to the baseline, but Pizarro's personal ability was not bad. After stopping the ball, he tried to lead it toward the goal.
According to normal circumstances, Lucio forced Pizarro and compressed his shooting angle. Lensing only needed to maintain the shooting angle. After all, Pizarro's shooting angle was not large.
But what he didn't expect was that after a slight hesitation, Lensing gave up and attacked again.
If it was the moment when Pizarro stopped the ball, it would not be a big problem if he abandoned the goal immediately and attacked. However, if he waited until Pizarro stopped the ball before attacking, this would be equivalent to giving the opponent a chance.
After Pizarro saw Lensing's attack, he decisively took a shot.
Halfway through the attack, Lensing noticed the opponent's shot and immediately took action to block it, but how could he catch it in time?
The ball passed Lensing's hands and fell far towards the goal behind him.
One to one!
Everyone in the audience, including the players on the field, were all dumbfounded.
Is there still such an operation?
The attack just now almost resulted in a conceding goal, and now you're going to do it again?
Of course, strictly speaking, Lensing cannot be entirely blamed this time. After all, who can say for sure what happened at that moment?
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After being beaten to an equalizer by their opponents, Bayern still performed very steadily and continued to play steadily and put pressure on Werder Bremen.
Just five minutes later, Bayern tried to pass a long pass into the penalty area. After being blocked by the opponent's central defender, Lucio crossed the center line, stopped the ball, took two steps forward, and quickly passed the ball to Su Dong.
of feet.
Behind Su Dong was a defensive player. He did not stop the ball, but directly passed the ball to Modric who ran out of space.
The Croatian midfielder understood the idea, stopped and rubbed, and passed the ball to the top of the arc at the front of the penalty area.
Su Dong quickly rushed forward, got in a favorable position in time, and headed the ball into the right side of the penalty area.
Robben, who had been ambushing in the right rib, waiting for an opportunity, suddenly threw away the defender, crossed into the right side of the penalty area, stopped Su Dong's pass with his chest, and hit the goal directly with his left foot, two to one!
Bayern made a beautiful alley-oop, Su Dong passed the header and assisted Robben to exceed the score again!
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After surpassing the score again, Bayern's morale was even more high, and they launched a siege against Werder Bremen.
Werder Bremen focused on defense, but at the same time were patiently waiting for opportunities to counterattack.
The game began to fall into a stalemate.
Bayern slowed down their offense and tried to control the rhythm of the game and the ball, while Werder Bremen focused on defense.
This deadlock lasted until the end of the game.
Diego caused a foul on Mascherano when he broke through with the ball.
Argentina's defensive midfielder was hit by Diego and Ozil in turn tonight, and the pressure was also great, but his performance was still remarkable.
Diego and Ozil ran over and took the direct free kick.
The location is very good, in the middle of the stadium, about 25 meters from the goal.
Diego feinted a shot, and Ozil suddenly came out and kicked a curve ball with his left foot.
The ball bypassed the wall and landed in the lower left corner of the goal.
Lensing judged where the ball would land and jumped sideways, but somehow, by some strange combination of circumstances, he made a fist with one hand and blocked the ball.
The ball did not go in, but how can one control the ball with one punch?
After the ball rebounded, Nardo, who was closest, took the lead and scored the ball into Bayern's goal.
Two to two!
Everyone at the scene was confused again!
If the attack just now can only be regarded as controversial, then this time it is definitely a stone hammer.
This free kick cannot be said to be easy, but the distance is long, the speed is not very fast, and the angle after bypassing the wall is not large. Lensing obviously judged it, but how could he let it go?
Why is it possible to hit the ball with a single punch?
After Lensing got up from the ground, he immediately roared and complained that his teammates did not clear the ball immediately, and then Naldo scored.
But Lucio, Pepe and others in the penalty area turned around and walked away silently, and no one paid him any attention.
Everyone knows that he has lost his mind at this moment.
This was already his third serious mistake in this game, conceding two goals.
What's even more surprising is that in the entire first half, he blocked the opponent's ball in the goal frame only once, which was the free kick just now. However, he still hit the ball and Naldo seized the opportunity to score.
