On the afternoon of October 3rd, Bayern faced Cologne at home.
Despite spending a lot of money to bring in Podolski, Cologne's performance in the new season is not ideal. After the first seven rounds, the team is ranked 17th in the Bundesliga and can almost be said to be a favorite for relegation.
The head coach of the Cologne team is Croatian Soldo. He played for Stuttgart for ten years before retiring in 2006. In 2007, he returned to Croatia to coach the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb, and again in the winter.
After the break, he put out the first team fire and his coaching performance was quite outstanding.
Last season, Cologne did not have much pressure to relegation. They were always in the middle and lower reaches of the standings. This summer, they spent a huge sum of 10 million euros to buy back Podolski from Bayern Munich. This made Cologne
Cologne's management had higher requirements for the team's performance, so they made a coaching change.
But who would have thought that the former prince returned and Sordo also came, but the team's performance dropped instead.
You know, at the same time last season, after seven rounds of games, Cologne was ranked tenth in the league, but this season it fell to seventeenth. How can people accept this?
The reason for this phenomenon is that on the one hand, with the investment of Bundesliga teams, the overall strength has been improved, but on the other hand, after Cologne bought back Podolski, the overall strength did not rise but fell. This is
It's very problematic.
Because of this, Sordo was under considerable pressure in their away game against Bayern. They even shouted before the game that they would avoid relegation from now on and wanted to lead the team out of the relegation zone as soon as possible.
As the captain of Stuttgart and having played in the Bundesliga for ten years, Sordo was very familiar with the Bundesliga, especially how to deal with giants like Bayern. Therefore, at the Allianz Arena, Cologne set up a tight defense.
There is only one purpose, to hold on to the goal.
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Bayern's luck is not very good either.
Sudong was still missing, and Robben was injured again in the game against Juventus. Heynckes could only line up a combination of Ribery, Klose and Thomas Muller in the frontcourt.
In the midweek match against Juventus, Bayern was very exhausted, so in this battle, the team tried to slow down the pace, but Cologne's defense was well organized, and Sordo is a defensive player.
This resulted in Bayern's offense encountering a tough block.
What's even more depressing is that Bayern's luck was extremely bad in the game.
First, Schweinsteiger's header hit the crossbar, and then Klose's header also hit the crossbar.
Tonight, the goal frame of the Allianz Arena seemed to be struggling with Bayern.
For most of the game, Bayern controlled the ball and the advantage, but could not open up the situation and create a threat.
At halftime, Heynckes replaced Olic and continued to strengthen the offensive.
Although Bayern bombarded Cologne indiscriminately, they were unable to score a goal.
This not only made Heynckes extremely depressed on the sidelines, but also made the fans in the stands unable to sit still.
Playing at home, still unable to win against Cologne?
After being unable to attack for a long time, Heynckes finally turned his attention to Su Dong on the bench.
Su Dong's personal trainer Nuno Cruz complained to Heynckes, why can't Su Dong be allowed to take a good rest for two games? He should heal the injured muscles and then start again?
Heynckes was helpless and wanted to say, it really can't work!
It’s not that he doesn’t want to, it’s that he can’t do it!
Look at these two games, without Su Dong, how would Bayern's offense look like?
It was better against Juventus, but against Cologne, Bayern's offense was completely blunted.
Therefore, Heynckes could only keep his smile and say bitterly, "As a professional player, who doesn't have some injuries on his body?"
Su Dong's injury is actually nothing, as long as it doesn't get worse.
After this game, there will be two weeks of national team games. Heynckes promised to give Su Dong two weeks of leave to recover from his injuries.
But tonight, we still have to rely on him!
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When the game reached the 86th minute, Bayern stole the ball and launched a quick attack.
Ribery dribbled the ball from the left rib and passed it to Klose who was running forward on the left side of the penalty area.
Klose headed the ball towards the center of the penalty area, but Cologne's central defender Pedro headed the ball to clear the ball.
The ball slowly fell to the outside of the penalty area.
Just when everyone thought that another Bayern attack had failed, a red figure suddenly appeared at the edge of the penalty area. It was Su Dong who had just retreated to receive the ball from his teammates and planned this counterattack.
Su Dong judged the landing point early, faced the falling ball, and volleyed directly with his right foot.
A muffled sound was heard at the scene, and the ball quickly shot to the right side of the goal like a cannonball.
Cologne's goalkeeper stood to the left and was stunned. He allowed this sudden kick to penetrate the Cologne goal and hit the upper right corner of the goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"In the 86th minute, Su Dong kicked a great world wave!"
"What an amazing volley!"
"Su Dong, who came on as a substitute, used an amazing long-range shot to score three points for Bayern!"
The entire Allianz Arena went completely crazy.
One to zero!
Bayern fought hard for ninety minutes, and finally in the finale of the game, Su Dong, who came on as a substitute for ten minutes, scored a wonderful goal.
The fans at the scene were simply crazy, shouting and cheering at the top of their lungs. They all rushed out of their seats and shouted Su Dong's name crazily, venting their inner excitement.
After suppressing the whole game, I finally got a refreshing release in the final stage!
Su Dong even rushed out of the stadium and waved his fist at the fans in the stands.
When Heynckes saw it, he also punched repeatedly in excitement, looking extremely excited.
One to zero, Bayern gets three points!
And this is Su Dong's second consecutive substitute appearance to save Bayern!
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When Su Dong used an astonishing kick in Munich to break Cologne's goal and bring three points to Bayern, the news spread quickly around the world after the game, especially the video of Su Dong's shot.
It spread like wildfire.
That night, the eighth round of the Premier League was being held at Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, England. Aston Villa faced Manchester City at home.
The scene was very similar to Bayern Munich's match against Cologne. Manchester City completely occupied the advantage in passing and controlling the ball, but they were unable to open up the situation on the court.
In the 15th minute, defender Dunn, who was sold to Aston Villa by Guardiola, took advantage of a corner kick to open the scoring for Aston Villa.
After that, Aston Villa defended tightly and allowed Manchester City to control the ball, but tried to keep the goal.
Manchester City's ability to control the ball is very good, reaching 69%, but in terms of creating offensive opportunities, it is not as good as Aston Villa. This is also the norm for Manchester City under Guardiola's coaching this season.
Excellent in ball control, not sharp enough in offense, especially lacking in scoring ability.
The two wings formed by Di Maria and Sanchez are very good and can tear apart the defense, but it is difficult to convert into goals.
Santa Cruz wasted at least two chances in this game.
You know, Manchester City's ability to create opportunities is not very strong. They wasted two good opportunities, so how can they score goals?
In the end, Manchester City lost 0-1 in the away game.
This is Manchester City's fifth defeat this season.
Three wins and five losses in eight games, this was Guardiola's answer at the start of the Premier League.
Guardiola himself was very depressed about this result. He kept shaking his head on the sidelines, but he was helpless.
It is estimated that after this game, the media will question again and think that he should not let Dunn go.
He's already used to it.
For example, after playing for Arsenal, the media believed that he should have brought in Adebayor and Kolo Toure.
After playing against Manchester United, the media believed that he should have poached Tevez in the first place.
The team's goals dropped sharply, and the media felt that he should not let Robinho go.
There are so many hindsights that have made Guardiola tired of his aesthetics.
But one thing is true, that is, he is under great pressure to achieve results.
After eight rounds, Manchester City is ranked 12th in the Premier League standings. Such results are unsatisfactory.
If nothing else, Guardiola himself felt annoyed.
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When the game ended, in the Manchester City office far away at the Manchester City Stadium, the Big Three of Mubarak, Soriano and Begiristain were all watching the live broadcast. They also saw Guardiola's close-ups and the players' frustration.
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They were also very disappointed.
Manchester City has been particularly strange this season.
Logically speaking, having invested a huge amount of money, the overall strength should not be weak.
In fact, the team's ball control ability is indeed very good. Even when facing a team like Arsenal, Manchester City can grab 67% of the ball possession rate. It can be imagined that Manchester City's skills and tactics
The content is very high.
On the other hand, the ball possession rate is high, but the team has few threatening attacks, not many shots, but very few goals.
What's more interesting is that the wing attack is quite active. Di Maria and Sanchez performed well on both wings and passed a lot of people, but the conversion efficiency was very low.
"We can't let the team continue like this!" Mubarak was dissatisfied with the team's results.
Not only was he dissatisfied, Mansour was also dissatisfied.
After investing so much money, the results turned out to be like this?
What's the point of just controlling the ball?
It looks great, but can I eat it?
Competitive sports, after all, still rely on performance. If you have no performance, no matter how good you play, will it be useful if you are demoted?
"Guardiola said that the team's problem lies in the offense. He is making adjustments. Di Maria and Sanchez are both new arrivals. Santa Cruz is also a new player and they all need some time to integrate." Begiristain is also very good.
pressure.
Guardiola is still highly recommended by him.
If Guardiola steps down, his technical director will probably suffer as well.
"The boss has spoken." Mubarak looked solemn.
Soriano and Begiristain also looked serious, and naturally they both knew that the boss's words were unusual.
"He believes in your professional judgment and hopes that the team can improve its offense, so he asked us to win over Sudong no matter what, and we can't delay it any longer!" Mubarak said loudly.
"No matter how much it costs, no matter what the cost, we will sign him!"
