Football giants

Chapter 864 See Tricks and Tricks
"Mr. Kuhn, I'm so glad to see you again at the People's Park Stadium!"

Yang Huan personally greeted Claude Michael Kuhn coming out of the elevator from the chairman's stand.

The white-haired old man had a smile on his face, and anyone who saw it could feel his happiness.

In recent years, Kuhn has seldom appeared in the People's Park Stadium, especially in the past two years, the team's performance has been deteriorating, and he even stayed in Switzerland on the grounds of poor physical condition.

But now, as soon as Kerkhove and others got off the stage, he immediately returned to the People's Park Stadium. This back and forth is indeed enough to arouse people's imagination. Could it be that someone really believes that it is only because of the north-south duel between Hamburg and Bayern Munich?

What's more interesting is that some caring people have long noticed that almost the representatives of the fans of the Hamburg team, as well as those political and business celebrities who can have a relationship with Hamburg, all appeared in the grandstand of the People's Park Stadium this time.

What does this mean?
This almost represented their support for Yang Huan!

In the chairman's stand, the host and guests exchanged polite greetings, and soon found their seats and sat down.

Because, the players of both teams have finished their rest and returned to the court.

Yang Huan also immediately got the starting lineup list of the two teams.

"It seems that Bayern Munich is sure to win this time!" Kuhn glanced at the roster and said with a smile.

Alexander Otto also nodded, but his tone was a bit unconvinced, "Who says it's not? If there is no certainty of winning, how can we be second in the league, but they have a three-back strategy?"

Bayern Munich's starting lineup for this game is a bit like a three-three-four formation.

The goalkeeper is Reina, and the defense is Dante, Javi Martinez and Boateng.

The three midfielders are Thiago, Xabi Alonso and Lahm.

Lewandowski is used as the arrow in the frontcourt, Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben are on the left and right sides, and Thomas Muller is in the middle.

Anyone who looks at it will know that this set of tactics is mainly offensive.

The midfield combination of Thiago, Harvey Alonso and Lahm is even better at possession of the ball.

As for the frontcourt, Franck Ribery and Robben fly on both wings, which is also the high-end configuration of Bayern Munich this season.

The only bigger problem is Lewandowski.

After the Bundesliga striker switched from Dortmund to Bayern Munich this season, he has not yet been able to integrate into Bayern Munich's tactics. However, with Lewandowski's ability, who dares to underestimate it?

The fact that this kind of player can appear on the court is a great deterrent in itself.

Tuchel's Hamburg adopted a four-three-three tactic.

The goalkeeper is Oblak, the defense line from left to right is Osterjolake, Emre Can, Alderweireld and Dick Maier, three players in the midfield, Klassey, Weigel and Baddeley, and the front trident is Douglas Costa, Abubakar and Kingsley Coman.

Compared with Bayern Munich's lineup that is obviously inclined to attack and full of firepower, the Hamburg team's [-] does not have too many surprises, and it is even estimated that even the starting lineup has been guessed.

This is why Yang Huan is not very optimistic about the future prospects of Hamburg.

To put it bluntly, there is only one starting lineup available for Hamburg now. Once there is an injury or the team's tactics are restrained, the overall strength of Hamburg will be greatly affected.

As for young players such as Godino, Hoibel, Kimmich, Sussex, Sane, and Januzaj, they have potential and good strength, but they are still a little young if they want to have a strong dialogue.

After all, Tuchel is not a god.

As a head coach, it is not easy to adjust a main lineup from a lineup with major turmoil in almost every position in just one summer preparation time.

What's more, Tuchel is also actively giving young players opportunities to perform.

Young players like Godino, Hoibel, Januzaj and Sane have each played several times.

The young central defender Yedwai has even started one or two games. These all prove that Tuchel intends to train new players to enrich the team's tactics, but these will take more time and cannot be accomplished overnight.

"Bayern Munich does have this kind of strength, and they also have this confidence!" Yang Huan said lightly.

This kind of arrogance created by dominating the Bundesliga for a long time is not something that any team can have.

And in many games at critical moments, this domineering will often bring a bonus halo to the team.

This is not fantasy or sci-fi rhetoric at all, but a strong self-confidence.

In fact, at the beginning of the game, Bayern Munich actively launched an offensive. The three midfielders composed of Thiago, Harvey Alonso and Lahm firmly controlled the game and took the initiative.

On the other hand, the Hamburg team actively pressed and pressed from the very beginning, without any fear of Bayern Munich's strong offensive firepower, but still adopted the high-position defensive tactics that the team used and insisted on in the past.

This is also the basis for safety and security.

Because Hamburg's tactics are based on a high-level system. If they retreat, they don't need Bayern Munich. Even a relegation team in the Bundesliga can probably kill Hamburg.

Therefore, no matter how big the difference in strength is, Hamburg can only be squeezed out.

The two sides were head-to-head with each other, and the match was heated up from the very beginning, which was very interesting and exciting.

Bayern Munich firmly controlled the ball, while Hamburg used active running and pressing to contain Bayern Munich's offense. Therefore, the pace of the game was very fast, and the ball changed hands back and forth.

"Tuchel is really a very good head coach, with good defensive organization and targeted tactics." Kuhn only watched it for less than a few minutes, but he already praised it very much.

As an old fan who has watched football for decades, he can always see the way quickly.

"That's right!" Yang Huan nodded, "The three midfielders still focus on defense. Klassey and Badley both pay attention to the protection of the ribs when defending. Weigl is not the kind of positioning midfielder. He prefers to be close to his teammates. The three midfielders form a wall. Bayern Munich can't attack the big penalty area at all."

After the opening, Bayern Munich attacked a few times. Although they were able to score into the 30-meter area basically every time, it was difficult to pass the ball into the penalty area because Hamburg protected well on both ribs.

Lewandowski is not in good condition, Thomas Muller's ability to drive the ball is not good, and the two ribs are an important means for Bayern Munich to attack in the 30-meter area. Therefore, Tuchel focused on the two ribs to block Ribery and Robben.

Although these are two superstars, if it's a one-on-two match, they don't have many chances.

Speaking of which, Bayern Munich's midfield is also quite interesting.

The combination of Thiago, Lahm and Harvey Alonso is indeed very good in control, but there is no attack from the back.

Therefore, Tuchel's move pinched both ribs, and half of Bayern Munich's offense was abolished.

And it can be seen that Hamburg's set of tactics has been rehearsed. The players are very skillful in cooperating, organized in an orderly manner, advancing and retreating at a pace, and there is no sign of panic.

That's why Kuhn said that Tuchel is a very good head coach.

"Then shall we continue to defend like this?" Alexander Otto asked.

Yang Huan glanced at him. This guy has watched football for decades, but he hasn't made much progress.

"It's not that simple, Guardiola will adjust soon."

"Then what shall we do?" Alexander Otto asked again.

"Cold salad!" Yang Huan said with a smile.

Kuhn nodded and sighed, "That's right, our skills are not as good as others, so we can only passively see our moves, but adjusting tactics before the battle is a double-edged sword. It may hurt the enemy, but it may also expose our own weaknesses."

"That's right, so we can only wait."

Guardiola made his first on-the-spot adjustment in about the 10th minute.

After adjustments, there is a very interesting change, that is, Lewandowski is close to the right to find Robben, while Thomas Muller is to the left to find Ribery to cooperate.

The purpose of this adjustment is to give full play to the advantages of the players' personal abilities and penetrate the Hamburg team's defense.

Not to mention, with Guardiola's adjustment, Bayern Munich's offense is threatened.

He scored into the Hamburg team's penalty area twice in a row, and once Robben's shot was crooked.

Another time it was Thomas Muller's kick and was hugged by Oblak.

Although they failed to score a goal these two times, they also created enough threats, and at the same time woke up Hamburg. After all, their skills are inferior to others!

No matter in terms of overall strength or overall tactics, there is a considerable gap between Hamburg and Bayern Munich.

But when Bayern Munich's offensive started, Tuchel immediately made adjustments.

But unlike Guardiola's adjustments that achieved immediate results, Tuchel's adjustments are like mud cows entering the sea, bottomless.

Bayern Munich once again attacked the front of the Hamburg team's big penalty area.

Ribery took the ball, but was flanked by two players, Dickmeier and Baddeley at the same time. He wanted to pass the ball to Thomas Muller, but Alderweireld suddenly grabbed the ball and broke the ball.

Weigl, who had been stationed at the top of the penalty area, suddenly rushed forward. Bayern Munich didn't even have a player in the middle of the frontcourt. Therefore, Weigel got the ball.

As soon as he got the ball, Weigel directly passed it diagonally.

The whole process was actually not fast, but because Thomas Muller and Lewandowski both pulled to the ribs, there was no one in Bayern Munich's frontcourt and center at all, who could counterattack Hamburg immediately after losing the ball.

Weigel's pass directly crossed the midfield and fell to the left side of the frontcourt.

Douglas Costa rushed forward quickly, facing the incoming ball, unloaded his left foot, and unloaded the ball in front of him.

At this time, he has entered the 30-meter zone of Bayern Munich, but he is not in a hurry.

Jerome Boateng approached, but he didn't get close for the first time, but kept a certain distance.

Douglas Costa took the ball forward, not fast, he was waiting for his teammates in the center and right to catch up.

Coming to the left side of Bayern Munich's penalty area, the Brazilian finally decided to go up.

I saw him dribbling the ball and preparing to cut into the penalty area, attracting Boateng to grab it. A skillful and eye-catching cycling action tricked Boateng into taking a kick, but he dribbled the ball towards the baseline.

This beautiful breakthrough allowed Douglas Costa to shake off Boateng. After catching up with the ball, he made a cross and hoisted the ball into the penalty area.

The ball landed exactly at the front of the small penalty area, the area where the goalkeeper can't handle it the most.

But, rushing up from behind like a tank on a rampage, Abubakar slammed into the Bayern Munich penalty box, one step ahead of Javi Martinez, leapt high and headed home.

The ball hit Abu Bakar's head, swerved in one direction and crashed into the Bayern Munich goal.

At this moment, everyone in the entire People's Park stadium was stunned!

(End of this chapter)