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Chapter 348 The Fourth Round

On September 9, the fourth round of the Bundesliga began. At 18:03 pm German time, Bayern Munich continued to sit at home to face the challenge of Cologne.

For this game, Bayern Munich seemed full of confidence. After all, the strength of the two teams is not at the same level. Bayern Munich is the defending champion and the overlord of the Bundesliga, while Cologne is a downstream team and a relegation team.

But on the football field, strength does not mean a certain victory. Football games are full of accidents. There is a saying that the ball is round, so any accidents may happen.

In this game, Ribery, who was suspended in the middle of the week, returned to the starting lineup, and Klose, who scored a goal against Roma, also appeared in the starting lineup, forming a double forward with Muller. Kroos continued to start, appearing on the right, and other positions remained basically unchanged.

Maybe it was because the last game against Roma was played too crazy. At the beginning of this game, Bayern Munich did not show their due arrogance, and the players did not seem excited enough.

On the contrary, it was Cologne, which frequently scored Bayern Munich's half after the opening. In the 5th minute, Cologne got a free kick and Podolski's shot went slightly wide.

No. In the 11th minute, Cologne midfielder Yarshin tested Bout's reflexes with a long shot, and then received a knockback from Podolski and shot a powerful long shot from outside the penalty area.

It was not until the No.15 minute that Bayern Munich completed the first kick. It came from Franck Ribery. After receiving a pass from Li Feng, the French scarman staged a one-stop attack. He broke through Fries and Clemens on the left, cut into the penalty area, and swayed Pezzoni to complete a strong shot.

Franck Ribery's performance was not bad, but Cologne's goalkeeper Mondragon rejected Ribery's shot, and then Bayern Munich took a corner kick. Badstubel won the first place, and the header slammed the goal and failed to hold down. Flew out of the baseline.

With the end of this wave of offensive, Bayern Munich gradually recovered its form, and the players returned to Bayern Munich's feet, but Cologne was unusually decisive. After Bayern Munich recovered its form, Cologne began to put up an iron barrel formation.

Cologne coach Sordo had never thought of playing against Bayern Munich. In this game, Cologne only left Podolski in the frontcourt to counterattack. However, Bayern Munich was not in a good state at the beginning, so Cologne played a few good offensives.

Now that the Bayern players are gradually getting into shape, Cologne will naturally shrink their defense. After 2 minutes, Bayern Munich continued to attack, and it still came from Ribéry. If anyone has the most physical problems in this game, except for Li Feng, who is a pervert, he belongs to the French. After all, he did not appear in the midweek Champions Cup due to suspension.

No. In the 20th minute, Ribery moved across the middle after getting the ball, and was entangled by Yayalo. In this regard, Ribery and Muller made a collision with the wall, and then suddenly entered the penalty area again. Unfortunately, his shot finally hit Jeromeer's feet and popped out.

Three minutes later, Schweinsteiger stepped in from behind and shot a long shot from outside the penalty area. The ball still missed the goal. Then, Li Feng intercepted the ball in the middle, Ribery made a pass from the bottom, and Klose rushed to the top.

No. 305 minutes, Li Feng hit the first shot of the game, Ribery's breakthrough from the side attracted the attention of the defense, then the Frenchman passed the ball to the middle of the crowd, Li Feng followed up, volleyed, the ball drew a beautiful arc, but unfortunately it finally flew out of the baseline against the goal post.

No. 40 minutes, Li Feng sent an overhead pass, Klose unloaded the ball near the penalty spot, completed a volley, which was saved by Mondragon.

At the last moment of the first half, Cologne completed a kick after the attack. This shot came from the 19-year-old teenager Clemens. After breaking through Contento, he cut inside and finally completed a shot in the right penalty area.

In the end, neither of the two sides could break the deadlock in the first half, and the game entered the intermission with a 0:0 game. Regarding this, Van Gaal's face was not very good. If his state had not recovered later, then he would have to bear the dreadful anger of the Dutch coach this time when he returned to the locker room.

In the end, Van Gaal laid out his tactics for the second half expressionlessly, which was to strengthen the offense, especially on the right. In the first half, Kroos and Müller were almost invisible throughout the first half.

But the first shot in the second half still belonged to Cologne. As soon as the game opened, Cologne gave Bayern Munich a surprise attack. Yayallo and Fries quickly broke into the Bayern Munich half.

But Podolski was not ready to shoot. After attracting Van Buyten and Badstuber, he passed the ball out with his heel. Li Feng immediately stepped forward to fight for it, but Fries, who got the ball, did not let the ball stay under his feet.

In the end, the ball failed to hold down and went above the crossbar. Bayern Munich was naturally upset. Then Li Feng staged a solo performance. He was double-teamed by Petit and Yarshin, and finally came to the outside of the penalty area.

In the next first half, Kroos and Muller started to attack because of lack of performance. In 3 minutes, Schweinsteiger scored a goal, Kroos moved across the middle, and finally shot a long shot from the penalty area.

Then Müller pulled out of the penalty area to cooperate with Li Feng, and also completed a long-range shot in the frontcourt. There was no way to do this. The defense in Cologne's penalty area was too dense. Bayern Munich had no choice but to use long-range shots to attack the goal.

As time passed, Bayern Munich still failed to break through Cologne to hit the goal. Van Gaal began to seek changes. He replaced Klose with Gomez to strengthen the impact on Cologne's penalty area.

It is a pity that Gomez's condition is not ideal. In the fourth round of the league, Gomez has not yet started to play. Even the first three rounds totaled less than 10 minutes without scoring a goal. He has almost become Bayern Munich's fourth striker. You know, a season ago, Gomez was the player who created Bayern Munich's transfer record.

Therefore, even if Gomez was replaced, it would not help. Super Mario, who was in poor condition, disappeared into the crowd in the Cologne penalty area. Although Bayern Muyou still attacked wildly at the last moment, Li Feng also completed a long shot and a direct free kick. However, luck was not on Bayern Munich's side.

Coupled with the excellent performance of the Cologne goalkeeper, Bayern Munich scored a draw at their home court. After four league rounds, the defending Bundesliga champions only won one victory.

(End of this chapter)