Captain Football System

Chapter 169 Guardiola's Plan

After experiencing the previous episode, the Bochum players put their energy on the league again.

At 3:15 on the afternoon of March 03th, the No.30 Bundesliga round five, Bochum played against Mainz at home. Now the gap between Bochum and Bayern is already 20 points, so they can no longer lose the game, otherwise there is really no hope of winning the championship.

The good thing is that Bochum won the game very easily. It can be seen that the players are not so nervous.

In this game, Shen Peng scored twice and helped the team beat the opponent [-]-[-] at home. On the other hand, Bayern Munich also defeated Leverkusen [-]-[-]. Although they did not continue to win by a big score, they finally won the game and scored [-] league points. Therefore, the score between Bochum and them has not been narrowed.

On the other end, the score in the relegation zone has finally slowly opened up. Nuremberg, which performed well at the beginning of the second half of the season, seems to have been beaten back to its original form. After a wave of two consecutive losses, it returned to the second-to-last position in the league.

And the bottom one has been Brunswick since the beginning of the league. This team, which was promoted as No.2 in the Bundesliga last season, will return to the Bundesliga next season if there is no accident.

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3月23日下午05:30，德甲No.20六轮，波鸿对勒沃库森。

Leverkusen performed very well in the first half of the season and once came to second in the league, but their performance in the second half of the season was a bit worse than the first half of the season, and now they have fallen to fifth in the league.

In the end, Bochum defeated the opponent 22-3 and continued to bite Bayern Munich. The gap between the two sides is still [-] points. However, Bayern Munich had [-] wins and [-] losses in the league before, without a single loss, so many people think that Bochum has no chance.

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At 3 o'clock in the evening on March 26, in the seventh round of the No.20 Bundesliga, Bochum played against Hannover 96 at home. In the end, with a goal and an assist from Shen Peng, they defeated their opponents [-]-[-].

In this round, because Bayern Munich also defeated their opponent Hertha Berlin [-]-[-], the point difference between the two teams is still eight points, and Bochum's hope of winning the championship is getting smaller and smaller.

Of course, there are still some variables. This variable is the next league game in a few days, Bochum will challenge Bayern Munich away.

If Bochum wins this game, it will reduce the point difference to five points. In the case of six league rounds, five points is not too big; and if Bochum wins this game, it will bring a lot of pressure to Bayern Munich.

In order to cope with this game, Bochum even started preparations two weeks ago, including Bayern Munich's current tactical characteristics, the technical characteristics of each player and so on.

And the time of this game is 3:29 pm on March 03. On the other side, Bayern will challenge Manchester United away in the Champions League quarter-finals on April 30. Guardiola will definitely not be satisfied with winning the Bundesliga championship. He will definitely focus on the Champions League, so this game gives Bochum a great possibility.

Coupled with the current Bundesliga championship and runner-up competition, there are many gimmicks in this game, and many people therefore position this game as the most critical game of this round of the Bundesliga, or even this season.

Of course, many people are used to seeing Bayern Munich win the championship, so a dark horse like Bochum suddenly appeared this season. Many neutral fans support Bochum.

In addition, there are many other Bundesliga head coaches who are paying attention to this game, especially the head coach of the team that played against Bochum. They all come to learn and see how Guardiola, the famous coach, defends Shen Peng.After all, Shen Peng is now a headache for all teams in the Bundesliga. He has scored 33 goals in the league so far, which is quite a terrifying statistic.Prior to this, these head coaches have been looking for a way to deal with Shen Peng, but they have not found it.

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"Pep, do you really decide to play the main force in this game?"

"I have decided that we must win this game. As long as we win and lead Bochum by [-] points, then we can devote the rest of our energy this season to the Champions League. The advantage of the league can give us complete peace of mind. But once we lose, we must not only prepare for the Champions League, but also worry that Bochum will overtake us in the league. This is what I don't want to see." Guardiola looked at his assistant coach and said.

"But I still think it's better to rotate a few main players. Bochum's strength on paper. Except for one Shen Peng, the others are not strong."

"Don't forget Bochum's current record. They only lost two games at the beginning of the league. Now they have 21 wins, four draws and two losses, 24 points more than Dortmund. If it weren't for them, we would have been the Bundesliga champions this season." Guardiola said, they lead Dortmund in third place by [-] points. In addition to this round of games, there are only seven rounds left in the league, so they have already won the Bundesliga championship.

"In that case, will we face Manchester United in the Champions League..."

"Don't worry, Manchester United changed their head coach this season, and their strength is not as good as before. Next season's Champions League qualification is hanging in the balance. Although they have entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League, in my opinion, they are even better than Bochum. And as long as we win Bochum, the main force can focus on the Champions League. Even if we lose the first round and the second round is at home, we will be able to equalize the disadvantage." Guardiola said.

"It seems that you have already thought about it..."

"Bochum's morale is booming now, and that boy Shen Peng performed very well in the previous two games against us. This time we can no longer let him play. So if we are on the bench, we may become the background of that kid's performance again, which hurts morale."

"Then who are you going to let Shen Peng defend? It won't be Boateng, right?"

"Why not?" Guardiola smiled, "Boateng is very strong, we have to trust him."

(End of this chapter)