The first half of the game continues.
Hamburg still adopted their high-pressure approach, while Bayern defended tightly.
In Bayern's frontcourt, Mandzukic was basically left alone to prepare for the counterattack. Muller, Ribery, Thiago, Kroos and others all shrunk to their own half to assist in defense.
In this case, although Hamburg has an absolute advantage on the field and the two wingers are flying, there are not too many absolute opportunities.
After all, although central defenders like Van Buyten and Dante are a bit reluctant to deal with quick counterattacks or hitting behind, if they stand still and play positional battles, their frontal defensive capabilities are still quite good.
Forwards such as Vardy, Son Heung-min, and Salah who rely more on speed to break through and move, their advantages will be greatly weakened when the space for forward penetration is compressed.
Therefore, in most cases Hamburg only creates opportunities at the front of Bayern's penalty area, allowing De Bruyne and Kanter to plug in from the back row to try long-range shots.
But either there were too many people in the penalty area and it hit the wall, or it was confiscated by goalkeeper Neuer.
After all, Neuer, who is now in his prime, would really be hard-pressed to threaten the gate he is guarding from a long distance if he hadn't gone straight to the blind corner.
This situation also caused commentators around the world to shout surprise:
"Oh my god, Bayern Munich were completely overwhelmed at the Allianz Arena!"
"Hamburg's attack is so fierce. Their high-intensity pressing and pressing ability can really make people collapse!"
"The game has been going on for more than 30 minutes. Not only did Hamburg lead by one goal, they even let Bayern stay in their own half, with almost no decent shots! Could you have imagined this before the game?"
"If I hadn't just confirmed it again, I really thought that the one wearing the white jersey and attacking the red team was Bayern Munich..."
But after this situation lasted for about ten minutes, Guardiola finally got the result he wanted.
Bayern finally regained its footing and began a counterattack.
Mandzukic retreated and formed a coordination with Rafinha. Rafinha passed the ball diagonally behind the defense.
Muller succeeded in countering offside, and after receiving the ball, he was about to enter the penalty area. However, Robertson, who caught up from behind, took the lead and made a decisive tackle.
Robertson tackled the ball first and then brought down Muller. This was a clean and beautiful defense!
At this time, in front of Hamburg's goal, there are Casemiro and Van Dijk ready to fill in at any time.
In other words, even if Muller can break through Robertson's defense, he will have to pass two more levels before he can face Navas!
This is undoubtedly an impossible task for Muller, whose personal breakthrough ability is very average.
This also shows how well Hamburg has done in the defense of the backcourt while maintaining pressure in the frontcourt. It can be said to be almost perfect!
Robertson received the ball from the middle during the attack, and this "half midfielder" now played the role of the key first blockade.
Once it is pried open, go to the second, third...
It even tastes like the Italian chain defense back then!
After the tackle was successful, Kanter, who was nearby, got the ball and quickly moved forward, dribbling the ball straight into the penalty area.
The Bayern players fought and retreated, blocking all the ball routes. Kanter had no choice but to take a quick look and hit.
The ball hit Dante's waist and flew towards the upper right corner of the goal.
Fortunately, Dante's waist also played a role in slowing down the ball, and Neuer had time to lift the ball over the crossbar.
De Bruyne took a corner kick, and Rudiger headed the ball in front of the goal, but it was too high and was blocked by Neuer. This attack ended.
But after going back and forth, Hamburg's number of shots was +1, and Bayern's number of shots was +0.
Overall, in the first half so far, Hamburg has taken 9 shots and scored one goal, while Bayern still has no decent shots.
This really makes everyone feel incredible!
…
The faces of the famous Bayern players in the stands became increasingly ugly.
Bayern's current president Karl Rummenigge is even more so.
So many people were watching and discussing, all saying that Bayern's performance today was too ugly, which really insulted Bayern's reputation.
And the head coach Guardiola who led the team to such an ugly game was the one whom Rummenigge advocated to introduce.
He has seen Pep Guardiola's success at Barcelona and understands his process of creating this cosmic team.
When coach Heynckes retired, Rummenigge strongly invited Guardiola to join him. Such a world-famous coach with experience in leading the Cosmos team would definitely be able to successfully take over the banner of the "New Cosmos Team" , and carry it forward.
But what I didn't expect was that Guardiola lost the German Super Cup as soon as he arrived, and then he was beaten by Hamburg and finished second in the Bundesliga. He was also beaten badly by Manchester City in the Champions League group stage and almost lost the group ranking. position of one.
To be honest, this kind of performance is not particularly bad, but compared with Bayern, which was almost invincible last season, it is just...
What's more, the most criticized thing about Bayern under Guardiola is that although there are more passes and the average ball possession rate per game has increased, they seem to have lost the traditional fast, fierce and hard German football.
Especially today's game against Hamburg, playing like this at home is really a bit unbearable.
Is it true that the Spanish football style is in conflict with the Germans? Not compatible?
But in any case, as the initiator of the introduction of Guardiola, Rummenigge is really to blame.
"I feel more embarrassed in this game than when we played against Manchester City." Legendary striker Gerd Muller shook his head. "In that game, our performance in the first half was okay and we scored two goals. But today, It took more than 40 minutes to get a shot, and it was a long shot from more than 30 meters away!"
"We were completely suppressed." Football Emperor Beckenbauer was furious. "Guardiola must bear full responsibility! How can he be so cowardly? We should put everyone into the attack and strive to get the score back immediately!"
Kahn said: "Judging from the performance in the first half, Hamburg was really outstanding. Especially their physical fitness, running ability and passing and receiving skills left a deep impression on me..."
"If we still play so poorly in the second half of this season, or if we don't achieve anything in the European arena..." Hoeness's eyes shone with a strange light, "Should we change the coach decisively?"
"Change the coach?" Rummenigge's voice was a little low, "Who should I change?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and fell silent for a moment.
This is indeed a problem.
After all, Guardiola is already one of the most prestigious managers in the world today, and he may not even need to add "one".
If he is fired, who else will be stronger than him?
Mourinho? His style seems even less suitable for Bayern.
If he defends himself every day and talks loudly, he will make famous players like Bayern mad to death.
Klopp? It seems appropriate.
But he has coached Dortmund for many years and has an old enemy-like dislike for Bayern, and it is said that he has also reached a private agreement with Liverpool in the Premier League.
Who else?
Tuchel?
Conte?
Ancelotti? This guy is a suitable candidate, but he is now the coach of Real Madrid. Will he come to Bayern? …
"I think this one looks good."
Rummenigge turned around and saw Effenberg.
The blond former tough-guy midfielder pointed under the stands in the direction of the away team's bench.
"Frankly speaking, I am also very disappointed. I also think that Guardiola is not suitable to lead us at Bayern." Effenberg continued, "But just looking at this game, whether it is the fighting spirit of the players or the tactical layout, Guardiola is not suitable to lead us at Bayern." Diora was completely defeated by Pan Yi."
Rummenigge shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Who would have believed this in the past?
Who would believe that the mighty Guardiola, the founder of Barcelona's six-time champion, is worse than a 27-year-old boy?
But tonight, at the Allianz Arena in Munich, in front of hundreds of media and countless fans around the world, Pan Yi completely trampled Guardiola and his Bayern under his feet, rubbing, rubbing, rubbing on the smooth grass.
"I heard him say that the football played by Pan Yi represents the future of football!" Klinsmann, who was sitting not far from Effenberg, pointed at Loew and said.
In fact, when Bayern stars talked about Pan Yi, Loew felt a little itchy and wanted to interrupt, but after all, he has no direct relationship with Bayern, so it would be rude to join the discussion directly.
And Klinsmann is also a Bayern star, so he has no problem speaking.
Klinsmann also guessed what Loew wanted to say, so he said it for him.
"Really? The future of football? So highly rated?" Rummenigge touched his hair.
Although Loew is not from Bayern, he is the head coach of the German national team after all, and his words still have some weight.
And now that he has been asked, Loew is not polite: "From his daily leadership practices, results in the league and Champions League, and today's performance... Do you think I am exaggerating? In fact, some of you Many people in Zhongya think he is an excellent coach, right? Don’t forget, he is only 27 years old this year and he even has a lot of room for growth!"
This rating is indeed very high.
Looking at the expressions of other Bayern stars, Rummenigge already knows the answer.
"Let Guardiola finish this season. If it doesn't work... I'll contact Pan Yi and have a look!" Rummenigge said helplessly.
Almost everyone nodded in agreement with this plan.
The out-tempered Effenberg yelled: "Why not today? Hire him directly and use liquidated damages! In this way, we will strengthen the coaching team and lower the morale of Hamburg. It really kills two birds with one stone..."
Kahn, who was Effenberg's teammate, quickly comforted him: "Don't worry. Today's game has not finished yet, and the Champions League is still being played, so just be patient and wait..."
…
There were no more goals in the first half, and the 0:1 score continued until the players from both sides entered the locker room.
"What were the statistics in the first half?" Pan Yi asked Nagelsmann as he walked.
"The running ability of our players is significantly higher than that of the other players. The average running distance per player is more than 5.5 kilometers, while Bayern's is less than 5 kilometers." Nagelsmann replied, "And our activity level has always been There’s no decline.”
"Very good." Pan Yi turned to Pintus again, "Do you think we can maintain this situation until the end of the game?"
"I don't think the problem is big." Pintus also replied, "I just looked at the data, and this is actually a reflection of our usual training level. Kanter has already run 6.2 kilometers in the first half, but I think he Running another five or six kilometers won’t be a big problem.”
"What about them? Bayern?"
"Their vitality declined in the last 10 minutes of the first half, and their physical fitness should have almost reached a limit. So I estimate that even after the halftime break, they can only last 30 more minutes at this intensity. Until 35 minutes."
At this time, Inzaghi also analyzed: "I think Guardiola may make substitutions in the midfield. In addition to resting the players who consume a lot to keep up with our rhythm, he should also want to take the opportunity to change his style of play and get rid of The current passive situation.”
Pan Yi nodded: "He will probably replace Javi Martinez to increase the hardness of the midfield. But we will adapt to the changes by staying the same. As long as we insist on playing like this, after 75 minutes, we will use our new force to attack them!" "
All the coaches nodded in agreement.
Pan Yi's grasp of the data and status of both sides, as well as Guashuai's strategy, can be said to be very accurate.
Working under such a head coach, I have one word in my mind: peace of mind!
…
As Inzaghi expected, Guardiola made a substitution adjustment at halftime, replacing the poor Thiago with Javi Martinez.
After Hama came on the field, he formed a double midfielder with Ram, and the formation also became a 4231.
Guardiola's intention is obvious, to enhance the interception ability of the midfielder, and to use Hama's relatively comprehensive offensive and defensive capabilities to reverse the passive lagging situation in the first half.
In his opinion, Hamburg's almost crazy pressure and astonishing running distance in the first half should have exhausted the physical energy of Hamburg players.
He asked Bayern players to focus mainly on defense for this purpose.
After all, players are not machines, and they cannot keep running like this.
In the second half, the best Hamburg can do is take advantage of the little energy they recovered during the halftime break and then slow down the pace, otherwise no one will be able to withstand it.
At this time, Guashuai replaced Hama, who is versatile on both offense and defense, and he will definitely be able to bring the situation back!
However, when the second half started, Guardiola found that he was wrong again.
Simply outrageous!
Hamburg continued to chase Bayern.
10 minutes passed in the second half, 15 minutes...
Not only did Guardiola hug his bald head on the sidelines for a long time, but everyone present was shocked to find that Hamburg showed no signs of slowing down.
Look at that Kante, look at that Casemiro...
Often, one second he was intercepting and stealing in his own half, and the next second he was at the front of Bayern's penalty area, ready to receive a shot.
What kind of monsters are these!
Bayern's players, however, were just gritting their teeth and keeping up with Hamburg's rhythm, which was already exhausting them.
Although the appearance of Javi Martinez has indeed improved Bayern's midfield defensive ability to a certain extent, it is still far from being able to "turn the situation" in terms of controlling the ball.
After all, Hamburg's unremitting running can form a situation of playing more and playing less in many areas of the stadium. It is like having one or two more people on the field than Bayern.
(In the 2022 World Cup, when Saudi Arabia unexpectedly defeated Argentina 2:1, the entire Saudi team ran more than ten kilometers more than Argentina. This was also the key to their victory.)
If you look at the real-time running data of both sides at this time, you will be surprised to find that even Hamburg’s center Vardy ranks second in Bayern’s running distance, second only to their captain La Mu.
…
When the game reached the 70th minute, Bayern made the second and third substitutions of the game.
This time Guardiola replaced right back Rafinha with forward Pizarro and replaced Contento with Alaba.
After this substitution, the positions of Bayern's players have undergone major adjustments.
Mandzukic and Pizarro formed a double striker at the front, while Lahm returned to the right back position, with Xavi Martinez and Kroos in the middle of the midfield.
This is to adjust the formation to 442!
On the one hand, it was Guardiola who saw that his two full-backs were exhausted under the constant impact of Hamburg.
Moreover, their ability level is indeed relatively low, and they are simply unable to cooperate with the midfield and frontcourt to provide decent assists.
So now Guardiola has replaced the two full-backs with the more powerful combination of Alaba + Lahm, hoping to combine the two powerful forwards to launch a more threatening attack on Hamburg's penalty area!
On the other hand, this is because there is not much time left in the game, and Bayern is still one goal behind. If they don't strengthen their attack, it will be too late!
He can't afford to lose this game!
If they lose tonight, Bayern will be 5 points behind Hamburg in the standings, and it will be difficult to regain the leadership position.
As a result, Guardiola's authority and status at Bayern will be greatly questioned, and it may even affect his future work.
He has no choice!
As if in response to Guashuai's change of formation, Pan Yi also made a substitution.
Wu Lei came on to replace Son Heung-min, and Paulinho came on to replace De Bruyne.
This is an adjustment based on the physical exertion of players on the field.
Especially De Bruyne, who frequently followed Vardy's footsteps in the pseudo-winger position to carry out large-scale transfer support, and the fuel tank was indeed almost bottomed out.
At this time, if a strong man like Paulinho comes up to compete head-on with Bayern's midfielder, it will have better results.
As for replacing Wu Lei, it is a routine operation for Hamburg.
Using a winger with better physical strength and faster speed to maintain impact and counterattack efficiency is a big killer in the final stage of the game!
With the substitutions over, Hamburg's pressure on the court was no longer as pressing as before. Instead, after a symbolic grab, they quickly retreated, and more often struggled with the opponent near the midline.
From the perspective of Bayern's coaches and players, it seems that Hamburg's physical strength has finally been exhausted at this time, so it took the initiative to retreat.
Then, Bayern, which had been suppressed for almost the whole game, could finally counterattack and feel proud!
In the home team coach's command area, Guardiola began to signal the team to press forward and strengthen the attack!
…
Time passed by minute by minute.
Under Pan Yi's command, Hamburg moved its front slightly back and steadily dealt with Bayern's final counterattack.
After changing to 442, Bayern also increased its crosses from the wing, trying to directly find Mandzukic and Pizarro in the penalty area, and use the two forwards' ability to compete for the top and grab points to score.
But Hamburg have been doing a good job defending against them.
Van Dijk and Rudiger, two strong central defenders, have always kept Bayern's two forwards out of the danger zone, preventing them from easily facing the goal.
In terms of controlling high-altitude balls, in addition to the two central defenders, Casemiro will often return to the penalty area to help defend, which makes Bayern forwards often helpless.
Unknowingly, the time entered 90 minutes.
Bayern players were very tired, but their excellent professional attitude still allowed them to hold on on the court and continue to launch attacks against Hamburg again and again.
Of course they don't want to suffer a humiliating defeat at the Allianz Arena!
But sometimes, mental power cannot control the flow of physical functions.
When the Bayern players began to run no longer, Hamburg was still running!
In the second minute of stoppage time, Bayern once again advanced past the center line. A long pass was intended to go to the front to find Mandzukic, but Hamburg center back Rudiger headed back from the front of the penalty area.
Paulinho in the middle judged the landing point, turned his back to the direction of attack, and headed the ball directly.
The ball fell towards the center line.
Wu Lei ran back from the front and caught Paulinho's header in the no-man's area.
Stop the ball, turn around, start!
As soon as the Dragon Kingdom winger started, his speed immediately picked up, and he dribbled the ball directly between Hama and Kroos.
Before the two Bayern midfielders had time to flank, they were rushed over by Wu Lei.
Whether it is Hama or Kroos, speed is not their advantage, but Wu Lei, who just came on the field, is very good at running and is extremely fast!
Bayern captain Lahm saw Wu Lei starting to attack his defensive zone and quickly stepped forward.
Bayern central defenders Van Buyten and Dante flanked Vardy to prevent him from cooperating with Wu Lei.
But as Wu Lei advanced rapidly, Vardy rushed diagonally towards the top of the arc to distance himself from Wu Lei.
The purpose of this is to get rid of the opponent's central defender and then use his running position to create a better passing space for Wu Lei.
Wu Lei also understood it clearly. When he dribbled the ball into the thirty-meter area, he had already found a path to Vardy.
He didn't wait for Ram to grab the ball, and after calling Vardy, he quickly sent a diagonal pass to the ground.
The ball passed by Lahm, slipped past Van Buyten and Dante, and fell directly in front of Vardy.
Whether it was Van Buyten or Dante, they could only watch the ball fly past, but they could do nothing.
They were completely thrown off by Vardy.
The game has gone on for more than 90 minutes. Vardy is still actively running at high speed, but Bayern's central defender cannot keep up. This is the gap in physical fitness and running ability.
At this time, Vardy moved forward quickly and made a sliding tackle!
His toe just touched the ball, causing the ball to change direction and go straight to the blind spot on the left side of the goal.
Neuer struggled to make a save, but the ball was too close.
His fingertips almost touched the ball, but he still couldn't stop it from hitting the net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"The ball goes in again, Vardy again!"
"Towards the end of the game, Wu Lei, who came on as a substitute, passed the ball and Vardy grabbed the spot and shot, once again piercing Bayern's goal!"
"The score now becomes 0:2, Bayern is two goals behind at home! Who could have imagined this before the game!"
"There is not much time left in the game, and Hamburg's players, coaches, and fans are celebrating wildly!"
"There is no longer any suspense about the outcome of this game!"
(End of chapter)
