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Chapter 720 Ferguson is already confident!

On the evening of March 24, Ao went to the Schalke Stadium.

In the German Cup semi-final, Schalke [-] played against Bayern at home.

Schalke 6 took advantage of the home court advantage to launch a fierce attack on Bayern and created a very good opportunity in the [-]th minute. Kuranyi quickly counterattacked and passed the ball. Baumjohn made a low shot and was caught by Neuer.

Facing his old club, the Bayern goalkeeper showed no mercy at all, and quickly threw the ball to Ram to launch a counterattack.

Ram dribbled the ball along the right and quickly passed the ball to Robben in front.

When the Dutchman stopped the ball, facing Westermann's defense, after a feint, he forced a breakthrough with the ball, abruptly used his speed, and brought the ball along the right side to the 30-meter area of ​​Schalke [-] before being caught up.

After an emergency stop, Robben glanced at the center, skillfully dunked the ball with his left foot, changed direction and cut inward, sent a diagonal pass from the inside of his left foot, and passed the ball directly to the front of the penalty area.

I saw Su Dong sprinting forward quickly, ahead of Schalke [-]'s central defender Höwedes, probing the ball forward and entering the penalty area, while he accelerated to catch up, facing the rebounding football, and shot directly.

With the momentum of thunder, the ball went straight to the bottom of the goal net, beyond the reach of the goalkeeper.

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After Su Dong opened the scoring for the first time, the two teams still played very vigorously.

Schalke [-] aims to score goals, and although Bayern seeks stability in the away game, they are not too far behind.

The two teams come and go, the ball changes hands back and forth, the game is very intense and the pace is fast.

In the 10th minute, Su Dong blocked the defender with his body in front of the penalty area, received a long pass from the backcourt, stopped the ball, turned around and sent a kick behind him.

Robben slanted behind him from the right rib and formed a one-shot after receiving the ball, but the shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper and missed a good chance to score.

The Dutch looked very depressed.

In fact, he didn't get less chances, but there was a very obvious gap between Su Dong's shooting efficiency and Su Dong's.

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After that, the two sides came and went to a stalemate, and no one was able to create a good chance.

Until No. 20 minutes, after receiving a diagonal pass from Schweinsteiger on the left, Ribery suddenly cut inside, passed the defenders one after another, rushed directly to the bottom line of the penalty area, and passed the ball to the goal.

Sudong knocked Hewedes away with his body, rushed to the goal, overwhelmed all the defenders, and headed the goal from close range.

The ball was directly headed into the goal by Su Dong, two to zero!

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After leading by two goals, Bayern continued to play steadily.

Schalke [-] tried to counterattack, but was afraid of Bayern's counterattack.

After changing sides in the second half and fighting again, Schalke [-] once played a ten-minute attack after the opening. Rakitic, Kuranyi and other players also got the chance to kick, but failed to score.

Bayern then used a counterattack. After Su Dong retreated to respond, he dribbled the ball forward to instigate the attack, and passed it diagonally to Robben.

The Dutchman dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the right, crossed to the back point, and Ribery followed up with a shot that hit the side net.

Although this counterattack did not score, it shocked Schalke Zero Four.

Until the end of the game, it was another quick counterattack by Bayern. Su Dong distributed the ball to Robben on the right in time, and he himself attracted the attention of the defensive players in the middle.

Robben dribbled the ball along the right side of the road all the way. After passing two players from Schalke [-], he broke into the right side of the penalty area and dunked Moritz. He volleyed with his left foot and hit the far corner to seal the victory for Bayern, [-]-[-]!

In the end, relying on Su Dong's brace and Robben's goal, Bayern beat Schalke [-] [-]-[-] and successfully advanced to the German Cup final.

In another game, Werder Bremen defeated Augsburg with the goals of Pizarro and Marin, and joined Bayern in the final.

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On March 27th, the No.20 eighth round of the Bundesliga, Bayern will host Stuttgart at home.

The stalemate lasted for nearly half an hour in the first half, until No. 208 minutes, when Pepe made a long pass and found Su Dong.

Su Dong distributed the ball to the left, and after handing it over to Toni Kroos, he turned around and moved forward quickly.

Toni Kroos got the ball, sent a diagonal pass, and accurately found Sudong who advanced into the penalty area.

Su Dong volleyed from close range and broke through Stuttgart's goal, [-]-[-]!

Only 4 minutes later, Bayern scored the ball from the center to the left. Contento, who replaced Marcelo as the starter, found Toni Kroos in front with a direct pass. The latter sent another cross from the left side of the penalty area.

In the penalty area, Su Dong volleyed and broke the goal of Stuttgart again, further expanding the score for Bayern, [-]-[-]!
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As they are about to go to Manchester to challenge Manchester United in the middle of the week, Bayern has almost discharged most of the substitute lineup in this battle.

With a [-]-[-] lead in the first half, Su Dong and Pepe were substituted at halftime.

Unexpectedly, after changing sides to fight again in the second half, Stuttgart took advantage of Bayern's unstable foothold and scored two goals in No. 40 six and five 10 minutes, successfully equalizing the score.

This seriously disrupted the deployment of Heynckes. Although Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery came off the bench successively, in the end Bayern suffered a [-]-[-] draw with Stuttgart at home and failed to take all three points.

After the game, Heynckes publicly admitted that he had made a mistake in controlling the game, but he didn't think it would affect the overall situation of the team. He believed that Bayern could get a satisfactory result in the UEFA Champions League midweek at Old Trafford.

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"Heynckes is such a bad old man!"

On a flight back to the UK from Germany, Ferguson complained to his brother Martin Ferguson, who was sitting next to him.

With the improvement of Bayern's performance, Heynckes, who had been in the dark in his career, was completely revived and became the hottest coach in European football. Many people even began to scramble to praise him.

Ferguson's evaluation of Heynckes is not low, but it is not as high as the rumors outside.

Heynckes has its own advantages, but also has shortcomings, and his most obvious advantage is stability.

Really stable as an old dog!

No matter what the game is, he can line up his troops in an even and steady manner without obvious mistakes.

For a team like Bayern, especially with a top attacker like Su Dong, as long as the team does not make mistakes, the possibility of the opponent making mistakes is very high, and Bayern's victory is a high probability event.

This is the biggest advantage of having a top scorer like Su Dong.

Watertight, this is the label of Heynckes.

Even before the game, he seemed to have guessed that Ferguson would come to spy on the military situation, so he deliberately dispersed the Trident and some players, so that Ferguson could not see Su Dong, Ribery and Robben playing together on the spot.

"Hmph, this old guy thinks I won't be able to guess what he's thinking by playing this game?" Ferguson laughed complacently.

"Since this season, the state of Ferdinand and Vidic has declined significantly, and Bayern's two wings Ribery and Arjen Robben are very sharp, plus a Su Dong, our defense may be very difficult." Martin Ferguson said worryingly.

Ferguson looked at his younger brother who looked very similar to him, and laughed.

"No matter how strong the wing is, you are still the wing. After all, you still have to go to the center to score goals. So you see Stuttgart's wing completely lost in the second half, but did Bayern score?"

Martin Ferguson suddenly realized something.

"Bayern's offensive core is only Su Dong. No matter how strong Ribery and Robben are on the wing, if there is no center forward, their threat will be greatly reduced. In terms of scoring ability, they are not strong."

Ferguson's reference standard is obviously the world's top level of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, otherwise, the attack power of Ribery and Robben can be regarded as world-class stars.

"But it's also the most troublesome thing. Ferdinand and Vidic couldn't defend Su Dong when they were at their peak before. Can they do it now?" Martin Ferguson was still a little anxious.

Ferguson was chewing gum, still smiling, "So, when you meet Bayern, you can't always think about defending. You can't defend. Heynckes' tactics are too stable. If you fight with them, your defense will be broken by Su Dong sooner or later."

"So..." Martin Ferguson vaguely guessed something.

Ferguson narrowed his eyes, "So, don't compete with Bayern for consumption, and win by surprise."

This is also some of the experience Ferguson got after losing a few games.

Facing a stable team like Bayern, if you seek stability like him, the game will fall into a stalemate and become a war of attrition, and Su Dong's super personal ability will often play a miraculous effect in this stalemate.

Therefore, facing Bayern, being conservative is tantamount to slow suicide.

Of course, a blind attack would lead to a worse death, which has already been confirmed by countless precedents.

But Manchester United is different. The Red Devils not only have strength, but also will not be blind.

Bayern have a natural flaw, and have had it for a few years, and that is Marcelo on the left.

This Brazilian defender is notoriously strong in offense and weak in defense. Even in one-on-one defense, he is not very reliable, not to mention that he often advances to participate in offenses, and even uses himself as a winger.

It can be said that playing behind Marcelo is an offensive strategy that all teams will consider when facing Bayern.

The difference is that some teams will use it, and some teams will use it to create smoke.

Ferguson has played that side too, so he knows the effect.

If you want to talk about Bayern's defense, the most obvious weakness is the left. This is also the area where Ferguson is most sure to make a breakthrough. However, Manchester United did not take advantage of it very well in the previous few times.

But this time, Ferguson felt that this would be a key point.

After many years of coaching, Ferguson has become more and more aware that there is no fixed pattern for the formation of the head coach.

Sometimes the conventional style of play and winning by surprise are basically two sides of the same coin. The key lies in the grasp of favorable combat opportunities and how to expand the results of the battle.

Against a team like Bayern, it is basically impossible to have a long-term stalemate. Players such as Su Dong, Franck Ribery and Robben may change the situation at any time and turn the tide of the battle. Therefore, Manchester United must seize the opportunity from the beginning to expand their advantages, and then tilt the balance of victory.

Ferguson is already confident about this!
(End of this chapter)