Fengba Greenery

Chapter 624
Chapter 2 Exploration
The referee whistled and Lewandowski kicked the football.

A flash of light flashed on the stands of the media seats, like bright stars twinkling in the night sky.

After the kick-off, Bayern Munich was not in a hurry to attack aggressively. The two teams did not have many chances to meet and were not familiar with each other. Therefore, the first few minutes were mainly about testing.

Guardiola has instilled his football philosophy into this Bundesliga giant over the years.They handled the ball deftly, and in the midfield, Bayern Munich passed the ball slowly, and they looked very patient.

Harvey Alonso is the commander of Bayern Munich's midfield. Naturally, he is also the focus of Manchester United's care.

It's just that Harvey Alonso didn't get much of the ball during this period. Even if the ball was passed, he would pass it across or back, and there were very few forward passes.

Manchester United is not in a hurry to grab. If it is to cooperate with Bayern Munich's foot skills and short passes in a small area, Manchester United will undoubtedly suffer, so Manchester United still sticks to the center and does not let Bayern Munich in the frontcourt. There is room for any breakthrough.

This much-anticipated game seemed a bit dull at first.

"Bayern have been passing the ball slowly in the backcourt, which reminds me of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona, ​​​​Barcelona is best at using this kind of pass to slowly paralyze the opponent, and then suddenly change the rhythm and catch the opponent by surprise. .” Duan Xuan said from the stands.

"Guardiola really wants to turn Bayern Munich into Barcelona, ​​but obviously he is only half successful. Bayern's passing is a bit like the shadow of the peak Barcelona, ​​but they don't have Messi." Li Yi said side added.

Indeed, if you want to change the rhythm, Messi is undoubtedly the sharpest knife.

And Guardiola once wanted to introduce Neymar as Bayern Munich's Messi, but it is obviously very difficult to snatch the Brazilian genius from Barcelona, ​​​​and Bayern Munich has no tradition of spending big money from abroad—— They are more accustomed to spending less money to discover talents from the Bundesliga, and sometimes there is no transfer fee-Lewandowski is a free agent.

Another damn tradition!
Guardiola is quite unhappy with this tradition.

After failing to introduce Neymar, Bayern dug Gotze from Dortmund, a player whom Dortmund regards as the core player for the next ten years.

From the perspective of transfer strategy, the introduction of Gotze is undoubtedly a very successful signing. First, Gotze is a German international with good strength. Secondly, he was poached from a direct competitor. This is very beneficial to continue to consolidate Bayern Munich's dominance in the Bundesliga.

But for Guardiola, Gotze is a good player, but this German player is obviously not Messi, let alone Neymar. What Messi or Neymar can do, the German international may not necessarily do.

Facts have proved that the same is true. In Guardiola's formation, Gotze quickly changed from a main force to a substitute, and there are very few opportunities to play this season.In such an important competition as the Champions League final, Gotze only sat on the bench.

After Bayern Munich passed slowly in the backcourt for nearly 2 minutes, they finally launched a tentative attack. Harvey Alonso took the ball in the backcourt and made a long pass, which accurately found Ribery.

As a result, Manchester United's defense was not polite. As soon as Ribery got the ball, Cramer rushed up without hesitation. When he squeezed his body, he squeezed Ribery away and grabbed the ball.

However, the Swedish referee Eriksson immediately blew his whistle and penalized Kramer for a foul.

Cramer did not argue that this position on the right side of the center circle, even if Bayern Munich gets a positioner, it will not pose any threat to Manchester United's goal.

Sure enough, Bayern quickly took the free kick. Instead of driving into the penalty area, they passed it back.

Keeping the ball is a very important part of Guardiola's tactical philosophy.If it is not necessary, Guardiola will not allow the ball to be passed directly into the penalty area, and then see if he can get lucky or something.

In Guardiola's view, maintaining possession is far more important than that.

Cramer's defense this time can also see the tone of Manchester United's game. Once Bayern's ball is passed halfway, the defense of Manchester United players is quite tough. They fight close to the body and do not hesitate to foul.

After Cramer fouled, Herrera was also whistled for a foul. He collided with Vidal near the center circle and fell to the ground, and was whistled for a foul by the referee.

After getting up, Herrera chattered endlessly. This bulldog-like Basque player was originally a chatterbox.

But he said it, and it didn't affect his defense.

After Vidal got up, he quickly took a free kick and passed the ball to Douglas Costa who came back to meet him.

As a result, Douglas Costa didn't hold the ball firmly, and Herrera took a stride, and while stabbing the ball away, he also knocked the Brazilian to the ground.

The referee Eriksson blew his whistle again.

Herrera fouled! !

In just 5 minutes, Manchester United had three fouls.The game was stopped three times.

Herrera was even whistled for two consecutive fouls within 1 minute.

However, Manchester United's foul actions were not very big. The referee Eriksson didn't mean to draw any cards, nor did he give a warning.

But the German commentator was a little dissatisfied: "The momentum of the game in the past few minutes is a bit towards the rhythm of constant fouls. If the rhythm of Manchester United's constant fouls is not contained, this game will definitely go to a direction that is frequently interrupted. This is the Champions League final, the highest level of football in the world. I think the fans will not want to see this kind of game content. The referee should show Herrera a little bit of color for his continuous fouls and take this momentum. Hold back!"

The German commentator looked quite dissatisfied, but Guardiola on the coach's bench was very calm.

Of course he knows what Manchester United's purpose is. Everyone knows that Guardiola's team is good at possession of the ball, and Ancelotti will of course try his best to disrupt Bayern Munich's passing rhythm.

Three defensive midfielders protect the back line, coupled with such a hard defense, it is really difficult for Bayern Munich to find a breakthrough for a while.

But Guardiola didn't care.

A game lasts nine to 10 minutes. As long as you control the possession of the ball and pass the ball slowly to wear down the patience of the Manchester United players and consume the physical strength of the Manchester United players, you can always find a chance to break through.

It's more than patience, Guardiola is not worried at all.

The only thing Guardiola is worried about is Li Qingshan.

It has to be said that his impression of Li Qingshan is really too deep.

Just a few years ago, it was Li Qingshan who led a Chinese Super League team to eliminate Bayern Munich in the final of the Club World Cup.

In that game, Li Qingshan's four goals made all the stars of Bayern Munich eclipsed.

From then on, Guardiola knew that this player would definitely shine in the European arena.But he found that he still underestimated Li Qingshan. In the past few seasons, Li Qingshan has played data that only Messi and Ronaldo can play in the past.

If Guardiola is asked to summarize Li Qingshan's shortcomings, he can list many, many.

But when it comes to Li Qingshan's advantages, Guardiola has some headaches.

This guy's header is really incomprehensible.

His body is strong, his height and jumping are among the top in the world, his landing point judgment is unrivaled, and his heading skills are unparalleled.

Such a player has to defend, but it is really a bit of a headache-it is impossible for Bayern Munich to suppress Manchester United throughout the game and prevent the opponent from taking the ball to attack.

If Bayern Munich could do this, they would no longer belong to the team on Earth.

In the 5th minute of the game, Bayern Munich organized an attack.

Ribery crossed to find Lewandowski after a breakthrough from the wing, but Rojo went first and destroyed the ball.

Immediately after Manchester United counterattacked with the ball, Mata and Herrera made a cooperation, Mata put the ball straight to the side, full-back Valencia inserted at high speed, and then an inverted triangle cross to the front of the penalty area.

Li Qingshan shot directly, but the ball missed under the interference of Vidal.

This was the only shot from the two sides combined after the start of the game. Bayern Munich held the ball in the backcourt and controlled it for a long time. As a result, the first shot belonged to Manchester United.

The German commentator took the opportunity to blackguard Guardiola again: "Yes, Guardiola's team got 80.00% possession rate, but it was Manchester United who took the lead in creating threats. Guardiola abandoned German football. Pros, let the Germans play Barcelona football, I don't know what's going on in the head of the manager."

"In comparison, Manchester United's offense is much simpler and more effective. Because they have an air fighter like Li Qingshan, they will of course try to create a tactical environment suitable for Li Qingshan to play. What style does a team play? Football should be based on the players the team has, not on the football the coach wants to play. I think Guardiola should understand this sentence carefully.”

Guardiola obviously couldn't hear the commentator's complaints about him, but from these few minutes of the game, he still had a premonition of danger.

The 5-minute game time is almost a blink of an eye on the field.

Soon, the testing of the players on both sides was completed. After all, for professional players, 5 minutes is enough for them to find the feeling of the game.

Manchester United began to step up their pursuit of Bayern Munich's ball-handling players. Mata, Di Maria, and Li Qingshan also joined the rush.

Under the pressure of not sparing physical strength, Bayern Munich's possession of the ball also began to feel a little embarrassed.

It is difficult for Harvey Alonso to organize an effective offense under Herrera's entanglement. In this game, Herrera's focus is on the Bayern Munich midfield commander.

Before Harvey Alonso found a close entanglement against Herrera for the time being, Bayern Munich's offense seemed to have lost its direction.

Manchester United's sudden premise caused Bayern Munich to be in a hurry. In this case, the probability of making mistakes is naturally quite high.

After Vidal took the ball, Fellaini immediately posted it, and then Vidal was about to pass the ball across a wide range to the other side.

This was originally the job of Xavi Alonso, but Vidal felt that he could also have a kick.

Vidal's passing skills are much worse than Xavi Alonso's.

He passed the ball, and full-back Alaba was ready to step forward to meet it.But Vidal's passing line was too low, and Li Qingshan just got stuck in his passing line, and with a little header, he pointed it to Mata.

There is a large open space in front of Mata-Alaba's position is premised, and Bayern Munich's full-backs are not in the position.

Mata is not fast, but the large space in front of him allows him to choose to dribble forward by himself.

Harvey Alonso is not fast either. He has tried very hard to catch up, but he has not shortened the distance with Mata himself.

The central defender Boateng had to come out, ready to intercept Mata.

After the central defender came out, Mata passed the ball to Li Qingshan who was responding in the middle. Li Qingshan did not stop the ball, he passed the ball directly.

Mata passed Boateng, and the Bayern central defender wanted to foul, but it was too late.

Li Qingshan and Mata easily passed Boateng in two and one.

But after Mata got the ball again, the shooting angle was already very small.

Mata struggled to control his center of gravity and picked the ball up.

"Mata cross!!!!!!"

The narrator exclaimed! !

Li Qingshan rushed into the restricted area and jumped up.

Central defender Martinez took off with him, and now Boateng is no longer in the defensive position. At present, Martinez is the only one who can compete with Li Qingshan for the header.

Li Qingshan didn't have any pressure to fight for the header one-on-one with the central defender.

Li Qingshan had been stuck in his position since the jump, no matter how hard Martinez tried, Li Qingshan was firmly stuck behind him.

Li Qingshan took off!
He got the point!
header! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Slightly off the post! ! ! !

Neuer didn't touch the ball. When Li Qingshan shook his head to attack the goal, he didn't have time to react. He watched the football pass the baseline before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Damn it, the opponent's counterattack was too sharp! ! !

Manchester United's bench and the coach's bench all let out a sigh of regret. Ancelotti leaned back a bit, and then he clapped his palms vigorously, applauding the players' performance.

Just now Manchester United's offensive investment was actually two people, but it has received very good results. If Li Qingshan's ball position is more correct, he will definitely score!

There was also a sigh of regret in the stands, and then the Manchester United fans burst into cheers, shouting Li Qingshan's name.

After landing, Li Qingshan didn't hold his head in regret. If the pace of the game continues, it will be a matter of time before he scores a goal.

On the header, it is difficult for Bayern to limit him.

Seeing this header, Guardiola's brows jumped.

This doesn't seem like a good sign...

(End of this chapter)