"The second half of the game is about to begin, and the Champions League champion this season will probably be decided in 45 minutes!"
"Judging from what we have seen so far on the players on the court, neither team should have made substitution adjustments in the second half."
"This is also normal. The starting lineups of both sides today were selected by the two head coaches after a season of running-in and competition, and they were also the result of careful consideration and careful weighing of the opponents in this game."
"Therefore, this lineup truly represents the best of Bayern and Chelsea."
"Of course, the fact that the personnel has not changed does not mean that the formations and tactics of both sides will not change. In the first half, the two famous coaches Pan Yi and Guardiola have shown us dazzling tactical restraint and targeting. I believe that the second half should Such wonderful off-court games will continue.”
"Okay, the referee has blown the whistle to start the second half of the game. We still have to look at the tactical adjustments of both sides based on the positions of the players on the field..."
"Ah, Bayern seems to be in a four-back position again! Guardiola has indeed changed his formation. He should be trying to reverse the decline in the final stage of the first half."
"Javi Martinez should have returned to the starting center back position, while the midfielder is Xabi Alonso, Vidal and Thomas Muller, and the forwards are Ribery, Robben and Center forward Lewandowski.”
"If you read it correctly, Bayern has changed to a 4-3-3. This should be an adjustment to Chelsea's aggressive 4-3-2-1 formation. Let's take a look at Chelsea's formation. side……"
"Huh? Chelsea turned into a three-back position instead? But instead of bringing David Luiz back, they asked the original right back Azpilicueta to play as a right center back."
"And Marcos Alonso, the left back on the other side... his position is parallel to Bernardo Silva, he is playing as a left winger!"
"House! This is a 3-2-4-1 formation. Pan Yi seems to be putting more emphasis on offense in the second half!"
"The original traditional two-wing-back system instantly changed to a formation without full-backs. To be honest, if Chelsea's players were not all versatile, it would be really difficult to complete such a formation change without substitutions."
"But as I just said, these two tactician masters played their new cards at the beginning of the second half. This is definitely a wonderful scene that is rare in world football for a century!"
"Let us continue to look forward to the second half of the game. Perhaps the tactical duel in this game will be recorded in the history of world football!"
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Chelsea attacked fiercely from the beginning.
After Bayern Munich changed its formation, the intensity of the frontcourt pressing was also reduced.
When attacking in the frontcourt, basically only the frontcourt trident goes up to block the opponent's defender's pass.
Using three people to fight against the opponent's six-person ball shooting system, the effect can be imagined.
What's more, the Trident doesn't press as hard as it did in the first half. Sometimes it's just a feint shot, which slightly affects Chelsea's smoothness of the ball.
This is the compromise Bayern made due to its own physical condition.
There is no way, no player in the world can really run wild for an entire game.
Of course, if a Chelsea player dribbles the ball into Bayern Munich's half, Bayern will immediately speed up!
Especially the three midfielders will press forward in an instant, intercepting and pressing Chelsea, forcing Chelsea to pass the ball back to their own half.
As soon as the ball returned to Chelsea's half, Bayern Munich slowed down its pressing again.
But when Chelsea reorganized and passed the ball across the center line from the other side, Bayern Munich once again accelerated their siege, and the tempo of the game immediately increased.
This goes on and on.
Bayern's offense is concentrated in the moment after the encirclement.
Once the ball is seized, Bayern will immediately distribute the ball to the wing, allowing Robben and Ribery, two wingers with excellent speed and skills, to carry out individual blasts, while Lewandowski will receive the ball in the center. , ready to grab a shot at any time.
This kind of offensive routine is not too complicated in terms of organization, and can also be said to be simple and effective.
Of course, more importantly, this style of play can protect the defense from being broken by Chelsea to the greatest extent, ensure that the team's offensive firepower is not lacking, and can also save physical energy.
Pan Yi was also watching very intently from the sidelines, and naturally noticed the changes in Bayern Munich, and quickly guessed Guardiola's intentions.
"This guy is indeed much more powerful." Pan Yi couldn't help but praise.
Perhaps Guardiola couldn't guess that Pan Yi would change to 3-2-4-1, but when he saw this formation, he immediately made some fine-tuning based on the midfield arrangement and began to focus on attacking Chelsea's two sides. .
After all, since there are no full-backs in this formation, the defensive pressure on the two wingers is relatively high and there are relatively many loopholes.
If Robben and Ribery are allowed to seize the opportunity, it is very likely that Chelsea's defense will be broken.
This is a keen sense of tactical changes.
When Pan Yi led Hamburg to meet Guardiola in the Bundesliga, it was still Guardiola's first year at Bayern. At that time, Guardiola's tactics were not so changeable.
Especially in Pan Yi's combat history, when Pan Yi started to make changes in on-the-spot tactics, it was generally difficult for the opposing coach to follow Pan Yi's ideas, and the final result was failure.
But today, Pan Yi has changed his formation several times, but every time Guardiola can keep up with the rhythm and respond quickly, which is really commendable.
It can only be said that in this life, under the stimulation of Pan Yi, the "super boss", Guardiola has indeed made much progress than in his previous life.
Of course, now that Guardiola has made new moves, Pan Yi, as the big boss, will naturally not be weak.
As Pan Yi once again walked to the sidelines and gave his first on-the-spot command of the second half, the tempo on the court was once again accelerated.
In particular, the two wing central defenders Ake and Azpilicueta began to support more from the side, striving to activate the wing and at the same time limit the attack of Robery's combination.
In addition, Pan Yi also instructed his disciples to strengthen large-scale transfers on both sides.
Once the ball fails to get a chance on the left wing, it immediately moves to the right wing. Once the right wing cannot find an opportunity to attack, it immediately moves to the left wing.
This frequent transfer of left and right wings is mainly to mobilize Bayern's defensive strength, especially to let their three players in the midfield run back and forth, consuming their energy and physical strength.
After all, Bayern's defense is still under considerable pressure. If you are not careful, Chelsea will find loopholes and attack.
So every time Chelsea made a large-scale move, Bayern's midfielder had to follow. As a result, sometimes the opponent just made a feint attack, but Bayern's midfielder made a round trip and made a useless effort.
After playing a few more times, the patience and spirit of Bayern players will be tortured.
In the 52nd minute, Chelsea transferred the ball from the left. As soon as Ake handed the ball to Marcos Alonso in front, the latter was tackled to the ground by Xabi Alonso who rushed over.
The two "Dragon Brothers" also had some disputes, but fortunately they were separated in time by the referee and teammates.
It can be seen from this ball that Xabi Alonso is as calm as he is, but he is a little anxious mentally.
Chelsea wins a free kick.
Before the Bayern players could take a defensive position, David Luiz quickly sent the ball, and Lukaku rushed up and shot directly.
But the angle of this shot was too straight, and Neuer pounced on it.
Although he didn't score a goal, it was the most threatening shot since the beginning of the second half, so it still won the cheers of Chelsea fans in the audience.
Subsequently, Chelsea launched several more attacks, all of which were sudden increases in speed after large-scale transfers. Harry Kane and Seat B respectively completed quite threatening shots.
This makes Bayern fans feel quite uneasy.
As for the current dilemma on the court, Guardiola is certainly mentally prepared.
He knows very well that Pan Yi's current idea is to use the team's passing and control advantages and use the dispatch of the two wings to further weaken Bayern Munich's physical stock.
Once the "gas" of Bayern players reaches the bottom, Chelsea will launch real waves of deadly attacks.
This can be considered a very common war of attrition routine for Chelsea this season.
Whether it is the Premier League or the Champions League, many teams seem to be able to deal with Chelsea in the early stages of the game, but they often have to pay a huge price of physical exertion to achieve such a balance.
After 70 minutes, Chelsea's strong physical reserves began to show their strength. At this time, opponents often cannot withstand it.
Otherwise, how could there be such a thing as "Pan Yi time"?
However, although Guardiola understands, he does not have a very effective response strategy.
He asked his players at halftime not to let Chelsea have the ball in front of their own 30-meter zone, and they did.
He discovered Chelsea's formation changes after the opening, so he asked the Robbery combination to attack the opponent's wing, and they did it.
But now it would be too difficult to ask them to follow Chelsea's two sides and move quickly.
After all, the players' physical energy has been exhausted to a certain extent, and it is difficult to support the team's explosion and suppression similar to that in the first half.
Therefore, Guardiola can only let his players stand in position to defend the area.
Chelsea, aren't you moving left and right? Anyway, I keep my own area and defend when the ball gets here, so I don't just run around blindly!
But in this way, Bayern will sometimes have gaps in defense.
This is the disadvantage of zone defense compared to man-to-man defense. It is prone to errors in judgment, resulting in loose marking.
For example, when an opponent's player enters an area, and this area may belong to player A or player B, who will mark him at this time?
This requires a very good tacit understanding.
For example, in this attack in the 58th minute, Seat B moved his big foot on the right and passed the ball to the left.
After Marcos Alonso stepped in, he stopped the ball forward with his chest, then used his speed to get rid of Ram and then drove forward at high speed.
He formed a beautiful one-two with Harry Kane on the left side and then ran forward, Bayern's defense made a coordination error at that moment.
Is it Ram who is chasing after him, or is it central defender Boateng who is filling in?
It was this space of a few tenths of a second that gave Marcos Alonso the opportunity to make a pass.
He kicked a low pass and sent the ball into the penalty area. Lukaku rushed to the goal and prepared to tackle, but Neuer struck out in time and intercepted the ball before Lukaku's thick leg. , resolved the crisis.
The San Siro Stadium once again let out bursts of screams. Some of them were Chelsea fans who were upset about missing opportunities, but more of them were Bayern fans who were still in shock.
Guardiola on the sidelines was also shocked.
He knew that if Chelsea scored a goal at this time, it would really be over.
But he also felt that captain Ram's physical fitness may have begun to have problems.
Under Chelsea's frequent wing movements and attacks, Lahm's steps have become heavy and he can't keep up with the pace of Chelsea players.
He is 33 years old after all!
Although he will still try his best on the court, time is not forgiving.
Thinking of this, he immediately turned to the bench and started looking for a substitute.
It's time to consider replacing Ram!
"The fourth official held up a sign and it was Bayern Munich requesting a substitution."
"No. 32 Kimmich enters, replacing captain No. 21 Lahm."
"This was a position change. Kimmich came on and stood at right back."
"It's just that Ram was replaced in the 62nd minute of the game, which was relatively rare before."
"This also shows how much pressure he is guarding on the wing under Chelsea's attack!"
"Of course, Bayern fans don't have to worry too much about the fate of their captain. Joshua Kimmich, who was replaced, is known as 'Brother Chicken'. Although he is only a 21-year-old German rookie, he is still young and has great success in the Bundesliga. He has been playing for two and a half years."
"He also performed very well after moving from Red Bull Leipzig to Bayern Munich this season. Now he has become an important player in the Bayern team and has represented the team 36 times in various competitions this season."
"On May 20 this year, in Germany's friendly match against Slovakia, Kimmich started and made his debut for the German national football team. This also proved that his performance was also recognized by Loew."
"Now, the young Kimmich has to face the impact of Harry Kane, Lukaku and others. Let's see how he performs in this important final!"
——
"Please pay attention and ask them to attack Kimmich more."
Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Pan Yi walked to the sidelines and gave instructions to Lukaku who came over to drink water.
At this time, Kimmich had just made his debut. Although he had made rapid progress after one year under Guardiola, he still did not get rid of his weakness of sometimes being irritable when attacking.
In addition, Kimmich is young and energetic and has a hot temper, which can also be exploited.
Lukaku drank water and nodded as he listened to Pan Yi's instructions.
After he finished drinking the water, he threw it away and quickly returned to the court.
"What did the boss tell you?" Harry Kane and Azar both came over.
"The boss said that the boy Bayern just came on has a weakness, so we can hit him hard at that point." Lukaku replied breathlessly.
After replenishing water, he was sweating all over, and white smoke even came out of his shaved head, like a black evil star coming to earth.
Both of them nodded and couldn't help but turn their attention to Kimmich.
Of course, Kimmich's current reputation is far less than that of Lahm, and Chelsea players are not very familiar with him.
But since the head coach has given the order, there must be no problem in following it.
No one knows the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent's players better than Pan Yi! ——
Kimmich feels a little hairy.
"What are they looking at me for?"
Just as Boateng was standing next to Kimmich, Kimmich turned to ask his big brother.
"I don't know, but it's definitely not a good thing." Boateng glanced at the Chelsea players who were looking over and snorted, "Don't worry so much, just play as the coach arranges."
Before Kimmich could answer, Boateng added: "Pay attention to your defensive actions."
Obviously, Boateng also knows that Kimmich, his little brother, sometimes makes excessive movements when defending and causes fouls, so he reminds him.
But Kimmich nodded on the surface, but felt a little unconcerned in his heart.
Mainly because he felt that Boateng's own defensive actions were not very good either!
In last season's Champions League knockout match, when Bayern lost 0:3 to Barcelona, Boateng made an extremely difficult 360-degree flip when facing Messi, and then could only watch as Messi West scored with a shot, and in the end Bayern was eliminated by Barcelona and missed the final.
This shot is still replayed in countless football videos. Who are you, Boateng, to tell me to pay attention to my defensive moves? ——
The game starts again.
"Chelsea passed the ball across the halfway line again, let's see how the attack goes this time."
"They are still attacking along their left wing. It seems that after Bayern took Lahm off, Chelsea still did not change the direction of their attack."
"But now Bayern Munich's defense in their own half is very well organized, and Chelsea's chances are not very good."
"Chelsea slowly passed the ball to the right. Alaba came to defend, but there was still no space. Seat B continued to pass back."
"David Luiz made a long diagonal pass and the ball returned to the left! This time it was Hazard who got the ball!"
"Danger!!!!"
"Hazard quickly crossed into the penalty area from the left rib, and he was about to go in..."
"Eh? What's going on? Hazard fell in Bayern's penalty area, and behind him was Kimmich with his hands raised."
"Hazard seemed to be protesting, and Kimmich pushed someone behind him, but Kimmich said he didn't commit a foul."
"Let's take a look at the slow-motion replays from other angles. Kimmich did have a relatively secret push action, which caused Hazard to lose his balance and fall forward to the ground."
"But the referee seemed to think that Hazard lost his balance and fell? Oh, the linesman also waved the flag. He whispered a few words to the referee, and the referee pointed his hand in the direction of the Bayern players!"
"Bayern committed a foul, but it wasn't a penalty! It was a free kick on the line of the penalty area."
"This shows that Kimmich pushed Hazard down while defending, but the push was outside the penalty area. Hazard just fell inside the penalty area."
"Kimmich also received a yellow card for this. It was less than five minutes before he was substituted..."
"Ah, what happened on the field? Kimmich seemed to accuse Hazard of diving, and the two got into a fight!"
There was a bit of chaos on the field.
Kimmich and Hazard were holding their heads and exhaling fragrance, while the players on both sides were busy fighting.
After all, this foul was not a big one and could not be called a quarrel.
As for the Bayern players, Kimmich received a yellow card just after he came on the field. If he received another yellow card because of a quarrel, wouldn't it be a huge loss?
So let’s pull away.
Since the quarrel took place near the sideline, the substitute players who were warming up outside the sideline also joined in trying to break up the fight.
Kimmich's German national team teammate Goretzka even stretched out his strong arm to pull Kimmich aside and persuaded:
"Brother Chicken, forget it..."
Of course, the more important thing is that the head coaches of both sides are also scolding their players to go away.
"Play well and don't cause trouble for me!"
This is almost the common wish of Pan Yi and Guardiola.
They all hope to show their best skills and tactics in such a peak match today, instead of wasting time and energy in such talk.
So the game quickly returned to normal.
Although a little reluctant, Kimmich hugged and shook hands with Hazard, which represented reconciliation.
Hazard is ready to take the free kick.
Although the ball is not far from the goal, the angle is very biased and is not suitable for direct shooting.
Therefore, he is ready to cooperate with his teammates.
As for how to cooperate...
Now several leading players including Van Dijk, David Luiz, Ake and others have entered the penalty area, and it seems that they are going to kick a high ball to compete for the top.
Azar also raised his left hand to signal his companions' attention.
Then, he took a running start and kicked the ball out!
But somewhat surprisingly, Hazard did not pass the ball into the penalty area.
The ball fell to the top of the arc in Bayern Munich's penalty area.
Is this another long-range shot from behind?
I saw Harry Kane running towards the ball, as if he was about to shoot.
Bayern left Robben at the top of the arc to defend, but Kimmich also reacted.
Eager to make a contribution, he immediately abandoned Lukaku, who he was defending, and rushed directly towards Harry Kane.
But Harry Kane was a fake shot and a real pass. He first used a beautiful fake move to deceive Kimmich and then pushed forward.
What he passed to was Lukaku, who was unguarded at this time!
Then, Lukaku shot!
“The ball went in!!!!”
"Lukaku finally scored!!!!"
"This is a wonderful free kick! It is also a wonderful cooperation between Chelsea's front three."
"Hazard passed the ball to Harry Kane who came in behind. After this action attracted Kimmich's attention, Harry Kane passed the ball to the unguarded Lukaku!"
"Lukaku did not waste the expectations of his two teammates and calmly sent the ball into the goal."
"One to zero!!!"
"We can see the whole wonderful process of scoring the goal from the slow-motion replay."
"Kimmich is probably responsible for conceding the goal because he was a little bit out of position to block Harry Kane, which caused Lukaku to be released. And when the ball reached Lukaku's feet, there was nothing he could do. He chased back to the goal as soon as possible.”
"If Kimmich had kept the ball out of position and asked Robben to block Harry Kane, the ball might not have been able to reach Lukaku so easily."
"Considering that this free kick opportunity was also caused by Kimmich's foul, he was really unlucky to concede this goal."
"However, we cannot be too harsh on this young player. There is indeed a certain gap between his current abilities and captain Ram, and the loss caused by Ram's end is still huge."
"Guardiola must also feel helpless about this because he doesn't have many options. Due to Bayern's high-pressure tactics in the first half, coupled with the pressure caused by Chelsea now, Lahm is indeed unsustainable..."
The moment Lukaku calmly pushed the ball into the goal, the entire San Siro stadium was completely boiling.
The blue waves cover the red and become the main color of this stadium!
Pan Yi was so excited on the sidelines that he clenched his fists in the air and kept roaring at the players on the court, venting his inner excitement.
He knew that his judgment was correct.
Kimmich's side is indeed the breakthrough point!
But he didn't expect it to work so quickly!
And this goal, which came belatedly after more than 60 minutes, is indeed very important to Chelsea!
Opening the scoring, this undoubtedly broke the balance of power on the court.
This is undoubtedly an ideal result for Chelsea, who began to control the rhythm of the game from the second half.
If we don't score a goal and the stalemate continues, it's hard to say what will happen next.
So Pan Yi was still very excited about this goal.
"Well done, guys!" Pan Yi hugged Lukaku, who was running towards him, and was hugged tightly by Hazard, Harry Kane and others who followed him.
"Keep working hard and keep doing this, and you can continue to score goals!"
With Pan Yi's encouragement, everyone's morale was greatly boosted. After all the players cheered in unison, they turned back to the court.
But in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, it wasn't as lively as here.
Guardiola looked very depressed.
Why doesn't he know that Kimmich's mentality and state are difficult to adapt to a game of this intensity and level?
But if Ram is not replaced, the result will only be worse.
After all, a veteran without physical strength will only become a breakthrough point for his opponents on the court.
We can only hope that the young general will enlighten him soon.
So, while Chelsea was celebrating, Guardiola grabbed Kimmich by the collar and loudly reminded him of the precautions on the field.
"Pay attention to your emotions! Pay attention to your position! Don't lose your position! Remember it for me!"
"If you keep messing around, I will still replace you!"
"I believe you will adjust! I told you that you can take over from Ram in the future, and you can become Bayern's new captain! Understand!"
Kimmich was like a child who had made a mistake at this time. He dared not move and could only nod obediently.
He does regret a little now, why didn't he listen to what the big brother said earlier...
(End of chapter)
