In the eyes of other Schalke people, what they are about to face is just a team that is on par with them in the standings. They can only score 50-50 at best, and with the away disadvantage, they can only score 46-60 at most. In Feng's eyes, what he was preparing to fight was a group of aliens who dared to pinch Barcelona's neck and drink them a large bottle of Seven-Up.
If things are changing in world football, then starting from this Champions League semi-final, the wind and water have begun to shift from Spain to Germany.
With Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund beating Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively in the Champions League as a symbol, and with the German team winning the World Cup next year as the culmination, German football will usher in a truly prosperous era.
Stevens is not as optimistic as his disciples, but he cannot show this worry. Instead, he has to show more confidence than the players.
"Our opponent, Bayern Munich," Stevens tapped on the tactical board, "an old friend."
"Hehehe..."
"We are about to make history, guys, the Champions League final and the Champions League title are there, and as long as we get past Bayern Munich, we will be the biggest winners of the season!"
Hewedes stood up, "League champion! Champions League champion! German Cup champion! Triple crown!"
"Triple Crown!"
"Wrong, it's the five-time champion!"
"Yes, don't forget we have won the German Super Cup and European Super Cup this season!"
Stevens said to the silent Yang Feng: "Yang, do you have anything to say?"
Yang Feng was still brewing, and Sane was already pretending to be lip-syncing beside him: There is an old saying in China...
The others immediately laughed.
Yang Feng didn't see him playing tricks, and he said as expected: "We have a saying in China... If a marathon is one hundred kilometers long, half of the work is actually done when you reach ninety kilometers, and the remaining ten kilometers are That’s the hardest thing…”
After explaining to a group of illiterate people in the most straightforward way, Yang Feng said about this game, "The current league requires not making mistakes. As long as we maintain normal performance, both we and Bayern Munich can get the remaining points." To win all games, whoever makes a mistake will be eliminated, but this game is different. Not only can we not make mistakes, we must also be brave and diligent, do everything to the best, and even perform beyond normal, break through our own limits, and break through. The limit of the whole team!”
I originally planned to end it here, but in the end I added, "Don't underestimate Bayern!"
"Don't underestimate Bayern," Stevens repeated. "I said they are our old friends, but I hope everyone will not really treat them as old friends, but as someone we don't understand at all. A powerful enemy to look at..."
Stevens' words exposed his inability to grasp Bayern in preparation for the game, but only Raul and Yang Feng saw this. Fortunately, others listened to his words.
After training, the players come out.
Raul said: "Why do you always have something to say about China? Don't you know how to say it yourself?"
"If your country has a history of thousands of years, and your ancestors have already summarized all the truths for you, you will always say 'our country has a saying,'" Yang Feng said, "especially when you have a Chinese teacher In the case of my mother.”
"Suddenly I understand where your pride comes from..."
Many famous German football players came to the scene.
Kahn, Matthaus, Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller...
"The gratifying thing is that both teams are fully staffed, with no main players injured, and can appear in front of us with the strongest lineup. However, Bayern Munich implemented a large-scale rotation in order to prepare for the Champions League, while Schalke 04 , most of the players are fighting on two fronts. Fortunately, the two rounds of games are held locally, otherwise Schalke 04 will be even more affected.
Bayern Munich 4-2-3-1:
Goalkeeper: 1 Neuer;
Defenders: 21 Lahm (C), 17 J. Boateng, 4 Dante, 27 Alaba;
Midfielder: 8 Xavi Martinez, 31 Schweinsteiger-10 Robben, 25 Thomas Muller, 7 Ribery;
Forward: 33 Gomez.
Compared with Schalke 04, which is almost led by Yang Feng alone, Bayern Munich does not have very outstanding players this season. They only have Thomas Muller and Gomez in the top ten of the Bundesliga scorer list, and they are both ranked. It’s not high, but there are three players in the top five in the assists list, which shows that their offensive firepower is very even, and players in almost every position can create threats..."
“Schalke 04’s HYR team reunited and finally played the familiar 4-3-3.
Goalkeeper: 34 Hildebrand;
Defenders: 22 Uchida Atsuto, 4 Hwedes (C), 32 Matip, 23 Fuchs;
Midfielder: 12 Hoegel, 31 Draxler, 17 Farfan;
Forwards: 7 Raul, 25 Huntelaar, 9 Yang Feng. "
Without any testing, Bayern turned away from home at the beginning of the game and launched an offensive from the wing.
Robben showed his true qualities as a flying hero, passing Raul and Draxler and then rushed to the penalty area.
Fuchs tried to block his incoming route, but Robben suddenly made a pass and sent the ball into the penalty area.
Javi Martinez went straight from the right, but instead of hitting the goal with his kick, he cleverly followed up with his heel.
Robben threw Fuchs away and shot low with his left foot against the rolling football!
Hildebrand didn't react at all, and at the critical moment, Hewedes suddenly fell to the ground and made a sliding tackle, almost saving the ball from the goal line.
"First Evolution"
"...Only a little bit! Bayern Munich's offensive was very strong. Robben and Javi Martinez almost knocked on the Schalke 04 goal! Höwedes made a save at the goal line, and Matip's big kick Rescue..."
The football came to the midfield, and Raul passed the header to Yang Feng.
Yang Feng gently touched the ball with his thigh and glanced at Bayern's goal.
Neuer stayed in front of the goal obediently. As if he felt Yang Feng's gaze, he also raised his head and glanced at him.
Want to hang the door again? come on!
Yang Feng really took a direct kick, but the football did not fly towards the goal. Instead, it flew high and landed on the right side of the penalty area.
Farfan chested the ball a little, then dunked hard and hit the goal with a kick.
The football flew high over the crossbar and failed to put any pressure on Neuer.
Huntelaar in front of the goal raised his arm in displeasure, indicating that Farfan should pass the ball.
Neuer kicked the ball out, and Bayern took advantage of the situation through active and effective midfield pressing. Yang Feng and Raul had to retreat significantly to build the team's first line of defense.
Yang Feng firmly believes that the most effective strategy for Schalke 04 can only be to use offense instead of defense. The frontcourt players use a stormy offensive to put pressure on Bayern. They are definitely better than several of them who have to retreat to their own half to participate in defense. Good, but Bayern gave him almost no chance. From the first minute of the game, Schalke 04 was unable to fight back through various skillful interspersed runs and quick passes.
"What's going on? Is this still Bayern Munich? Why does it feel like a different team?"
Just 20 minutes had passed in the game, but Hewedes felt as if he had played for most of the game, and his physical strength and energy had been greatly exhausted.
In fact, I already had this feeling during the second duel in the league, but this time it was especially obvious.
Before Matip had time to talk, Bayern came again.
Robben once again brought the ball to the side of the penalty area, made an inward cut and then suddenly pushed the ball towards the baseline secretly.
Lahm rushed past him, cut inside laterally, and fired with a blast.
"Robben, too fast! Pass the ball and Lahm hits the goal!!"
The football flew straight to the left side of the goal, hit Matip with a "bang" and bounced out of the baseline, but several Bayern players in the penalty area raised their hands and shouted.
"Handball! Handball! Foul, penalty!"
"He had a handball! Where is the referee? It was a handball!"
Referee Kaushoy from Hungary shook his head and just gave Bayern a corner kick.
Ribery's eyes widened in disbelief, and he was about to rush to the referee to argue. Ram quickly held him back firmly, "It doesn't matter! Listen to the referee!"
"This is so outrageous! Is he blind?"
"Okay! Keep playing! There's still a chance!"
"Look at the replay... Oops, it's really hard to say about this ball. The football did hit Matipu's right hand, but whether it should be a penalty kick... Well, it's a bit hard to say..."
With Ram's "taking the overall situation into account", the game was able to continue.
The corner kick went straight to the right side of the penalty area, and Muller ran out again without a trace, and took a light shot at the football.
The angle of the kick was very tricky, but Hildebrand seemed to have an extra pair of eyes and confiscated the ball immediately.
He was probably very frightened. After holding the ball firmly in his arms, he suddenly roared, as if venting his dissatisfaction.
"Hildebrand has become the busiest person on the field. Bayern Munich's offense is really too fierce. Schalke 04 must control the rhythm!"
Hildebrand threw the ball to Uchida Atsuto. Uchida Atsuto took the ball to the center line and then kicked the ball to Yang Feng.
Yang Feng passed the ball along the way, threw Javi Martinez away again, dribbled the ball in the middle, and suddenly shot a cold arrow in front of the pockets of Boateng and Alababu, and it was a cloud-piercing arrow.
The quality of the ball was unexpectedly high. Yang Feng estimated that even after he stepped on the left side of the penalty area and triggered the long-range shot "SS", he might not be able to hit such a cool long-range shot.
The ball is fast, has a tricky angle, and has a crazy trajectory.
But Neuer seemed to be hanging up. He made a save at the same time as Yang Feng shot, and even blocked the ball with one hand before the football was about to get into a theoretical dead corner.
The home fans cheered loudly in the stands.
Yang Feng suddenly felt that God had cheated Bayern as a whole.
"After Hildebrand's wonderful save, Neuer also made a thrilling save, and the game turned into a contest between the two generations of German national goalkeepers."
Neuer himself was also very excited. He slapped his chest and shouted angrily before kicking the ball out.
Bayern did not restrain themselves at all because they were almost defeated. Instead, they played more and more boldly.
In the 40th minute of the game, Bayern attacked twice after a corner kick was cleared. Robben padded the ball into the right side of the penalty area.
As soon as Muller caught the ball, Fuchs caught up with him.
Erwa couldn't find the shooting angle and could only pass the ball back to Robben.
Yang Feng stepped forward to block, but stretched his foot too late. He could only watch as Robben completed a cross with his right foot.
The football flew to the back of the goal. Dante beat Atsuto Uchida with a header and the football flew to the other side of the goal.
Muller scored with a header from close range next to the right post, 1-0.
