Chapter 62 Competition for the first place in the group (7/36)(1/2)
In the ninth round of the league, Bayern Munich challenged Schalke away 04.
Last season, Schalke 04 also specially dug up Elton and Korstadic from Werder Bremen, intending to compete with Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen to win a league championship or something.
Unexpectedly, Elton performed averagely in Schalke 04, and only scored twelve goals in a season.
It also caused a lot of trouble to the team and the club.
With him in Schalke 04's locker room was almost uneasy.
Originally Schalke 04 thought he was a player who could compete with Rong Guang, but who knew it wouldn't work at all. And it also made the team's exceptions a mess.
So before last season ended, the club arranged to send him away.
In the new season, he transferred to Türkiye's team Besiktas.
Schalke finally sent this "plague god" away.
However, after sending Elton away, Schalke 04's strength did not improve.
Schalke 04 was able to compete for the league championship with Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich in the league standings last season until the last few rounds.
And now, the league has just begun, Schalke 04 has gradually fallen behind.
They were five points away from No. 1 Bayern Munich.
There is nothing to say about this game itself, Schalke 04's people know very well that they cannot compete with Bayern Munich.
On the road, Bayern Munich Uj Schalke 04.
But this score does not mean that Bayern Munich won the hardship, but that they did it intentionally.
Because there is also a Champions League match with Bruges in the middle of the week, Bayern Munich has been playing since the beginning
This is actually a very bullying approach, because it shows Bayern Munich's idea that I can beat you away without doing my best.
This idea is insulting to Schalke 04.
Even last season, Bayern Munich would not dare to think so when he challenged Schalke 04 away. At that time, they were also staying at Schalke 04's home court? That would be a tragic death...
Of course, Schalke 04 and Elton at that time, and Bayern Munich at that time had no glory yet.
Now Schalke 04 drives Elton away, while Bayern Munich attracts glory.
One is getting better and the other is getting worse, and it is nothing strange that Bayern Munich stays hard to play Schalke 04 away and wins.
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Glory did not score in this game, and Lucas Sutton also did not score.
However, now there is no ridiculous that Lucas Sutton is a parallel person who has gained power with glory thighs.
In this game, Lucas Sutton, who had no goals, completed an assist.
With his back to the goal in the penalty area, he pushed Ram's pass to Barack who was inserted into the back with his chest. Barack shot directly after winning the ball. The football rushed through Schalke 04 goalkeeper Rost and flew into the goal.
With this goal, Bayern Munich defeated Schalke 04 with one away goal.
After the game, Lucas Sutton added an assist in technical statistics.
In three games, five goals and one assist were obtained. Such technical statistics are already amazing.
Moreover, the assists in this game also showed everyone Lucas' assist ability, telling everyone that he not only relies on receiving Rong Guang's passes and shots, but also creates opportunities for other teammates.
Who doesn't like such a player?
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Next, Bayern Munich went away to challenge his third opponent in the Champions League group stage, Belgian team Bruges.
In this game, Magath sent all the main players.
In fact, Bruges' strength is inferior to Schalke 04, so in theory, Magath should not attach so much importance to Bruges.
He has no need to keep his strength in the game against Schalke 04, but should do his best to ensure that the team beat Schalke 04 away, and then the game against Bruges can be more rested.
But Magath didn't do that.
Obviously, in his opinion, the Champions League match is more important than the domestic league and the Champions League match is more difficult to play.
His arrangement was correct.
The first goal in the game was Bruges, who played away.
Bayern Munich's players seem to be somewhat relaxed and underestimated after defeating Juventus three goals at home.
They think that with Bruges' strength, so what if he is at home? We won easily without any chance.
But the home team scored the goal as soon as they came up.
This really gave Bayern Munich players a blow.
However, Bayern Munich is Bayern Munich after all, and the huge gap in strength between the two sides is there.
When Bayern Munich players began to take serious care, with Bruges' strength, they could not be stopped.
In the end, Schweinsteiger, Misimovic and Lucio each scored a goal to help Bayern Munich reverse the away game, and Bl defeated Bruges.
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After returning to Germany, Bayern Munich defeated Duisburg 40 at home.
Rongguang scored a goal in this game, and his goal was assisted by Lucas.
Immediately afterwards, in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, Bayern Munich welcomed Bruges at home. This time, Bayern Munich did not show any pride and underestimate the opponent in the game.
They were all focused and devoted from the beginning of the game.
With Bayern Munich not underestimating the opponent, it is impossible for Bruges to defeat Bayern Munich at the Allianz Stadium.
In the end, Bayern Munich defeated Bruges 20 at home.
With four rounds of the Champions League group stage, they won all four games, accumulated 12 points, and topped the group. Juventus won three wins and one loss in four games, earning nine points, ranking second in the group.
As everyone analyzed after the draw results were released, this group, whether it is Vienna fast or Bruges, cannot threaten the positions of Bayern Munich and Juventus. Even in the first round of group stage, both teams caused some minor troubles for Bayern Munich and Juventus. In the first round of group stage, Bayern Munich was fast in the away game, relying on his personal performance of glory. Juventus was also 2IJ Bruges away.
Now with two rounds left in the group stage, Bayern Munich has obtained the right to qualify in the group in advance.
The third place is Bruges. They won one game in four games, defeating Vienna 0 away quickly. Even if they win all the last two rounds, they will not be able to surpass Bayern Munich's twelve points. They can threaten Juventus with nine points...
Of course, even so, Bruges only has the possibility of qualifying in groups in theory
The only focus game left in the group stage is that Juventus will face Bayern Munich at home.
This is the match between the two teams for the first place in the group.
Juventus not only has to beat Bayern Munich at home, but also win with a big score, otherwise they will be the second in the group.
Now no one knows what Covero Capello thinks.
When there are no big problems in the group stage, is Capello willing to let the team put in so much energy and take such a big risk just to be the first in the entire group?
This is hard to say.
But no matter what, the media are happy to see the encounter between two strong teams.
Moreover, Juventus was very dissatisfied after losing to Bayern Munich away.
In an interview after the game, their players said that Bayern Munich's goal luck was very good, and they were defeated by three balls with almost the same routine, so their luck was too bad.
Just because of this loss and giving up the first place in the group, how can Juventus players swallow this?
Although later in the Bundesliga, Glory, Lucas and Misimovic have proved that this is not their luck, this is their strength.
But... As a Serie A player, who would care about the Bundesliga game?
Anyway, Bayern Munich won theirs only for good luck.
This account must be calculated with Bayern Munich at home
Before this game, Bayern Munich still has two league games to play, while Juventus has three games.
On the afternoon of October 29, Bayern Munich defeated Cologne 2l away, which was the 11th round of the Bundesliga.
On this night, Serie A will usher in a focus battle, that is, the civil war of the "Sacred Alliance", with AC Milan playing against Juventus at home.
This game has attracted much attention throughout Europe.
Juventus' dominance in Italy has almost reached a peak, and Capello's Juventus is so stable that it is hopeless.
AC Milan just won the title of king in Europe last season and is also at its peak.
The team formed with Kaka as the core is taking shape.
Even the German media are paying attention to this game.
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In the home team locker room at San Siro Stadium, Ancelotti is making the final pre-match mobilization for the players.
"Remember the video of Bayern Munich vs. Juventus that I have shown you before. Find their defensive loopholes in the game. As long as they give them enough impact, they can definitely worship their seemingly impenetrable defense..."
Kaka heard the head coach's words and remembered the game.
A week before the game started, AC Milan was preparing for this game. At that time, Ancelotti played the game video edited by him to the whole team, using this game as a template to tell everyone how to deal with Juventus.
To be continued...