Chapter 186 Scharf's ambition
After playing against Hertha Berlin, Bayern Munich went away to Portugal to challenge the Portuguese superstar Sporting Lisbon.
Sporting Lisbon is considered the third-level team in this group.
This team has many young people with great potential and are highly favored by giants in Europe, such as Nani, Veroso, Moutinho, etc.
But they belong to the future.
Now, in front of Bayern Munich in good condition, they are a little short of watching.
Although Bayern Munich played at home, he still beat the opponent with one goal.
In this game, Bayern Munich still played a defensive counterattack, and the young people at Sporting Lisbon attacked wildly, hoping to open the door to victory for the team.
But in the end, another young man taught them a lesson.
Taking advantage of a counterattack opportunity, Glory ran 60 meters, crossed the opponent's three defensive players, and then passed the football to Lucas.
At that time, almost all Sporting players were attracted by glory, and no one was defending Lucas Sutton at all.
So Rongguang passed the football sideways without hesitation.
Lucas Sutton is not difficult to deal with such a ball, and he even has time to stop and then shoot calmly.
The football flew into the goal easily, and goalkeeper Ricciardo was out of reach.
After achieving this goal, Bayern Munich continued to shrink and play a defensive counterattack. Sporting Lisbon played very uncomfortable because they always had to be wary of Glory and Podolsky's speed when pressing on the attack.
Especially glory.
So the players of Sporting Lisbon are very uncomfortable in the game.
Especially those young people.
They were still a little dissatisfied.
Nani always wants to give glory a little more powerful in the game.
As the best among the new generation players, Nani is known as the second Cristiano Ronaldo in Portugal, which is both his pride and his pressure.
He wanted to prove that he deserved such a title.
But his fancy feet are not enough to see in front of the speed of Glory.
Faced with Bayern Munich's intensive defense, he could not find any way to break through.
In the end, he could only watch Bayern Munich take away a victory at their home court.
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After returning from Lisbon, Bayern Munich has to face another league match between first and second
Their opponent was replaced, from Hertha Berlin to Werder Bremen.
In recent years, Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen are also considered old rivals.
In the two seasons of Glory at Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich had no chance of winning against Werder Bremen
With the return of glory last season, Bayern Munich's record against Werder Bremen began to reverse.
This season, Werder Bremen's performance is still good, and they are probably the ones who can continue to pose a threat to Bayern Munich.
Klose is as efficient as ever this season. Last season, he was the Bundesliga Golden Boot and became the league's top scorer with 25 goals.
And the glory is only one less than him.
Gao Lin, who performed poorly in shooting last season, also has a complete transformation this season. He scored goals in the first round of the new season and then scored goals one after another. So far, he has scored three goals after seven league rounds.
This goal count is completely incomparable to scorers like Klose and Rongguang, but for Gao Lin himself, it has been a great improvement. You should know that last season, he only scored two goals in half a season.
And now he has only scored three goals in seven rounds of the league, and there is every reason to expect him to score more goals this season.
After the running-in of last season, Gao Lin and Klose's cooperation became more and more pure.
Now even if Krashnich comes back after he recovers from his illness, he can only play Gao Lin's substitute.
Germany is the league where Chinese players go to more.
But it was truly successful. Before the glory, there might be only one Yang Chen. Moreover, Yang Chen's success did not last long.
Now is glory.
After glory, who else can?
It's Gao Lin.
Although Shao Yijia also played in the Bundesliga this season, anyone can see that his performance is far inferior to Glory and is not as good as Gao Lin.
Moreover, the teams he and Gao Lin are not of the same level as each other.
Cottbus is going to fight for relegation, and Werder Bremen competes for the start of the league championship.
Gao Lin's success also made domestic media and fans very pleased.
They have to be particularly grateful for their glory in this regard.
Xia Tian Gao Lin did not return, so the domestic media waiting to interview him were idle. Later, after the new season began, Gao Lin scored in the first game of the new season, and Chinese media flocked to him. Only when he interviewed him did he reveal the reason why he did not return to China in summer.
It turned out that he ran to go to special training with Rongguang.
He practiced shooting for a summer and of course he was able to score in the first game of the new season...
Then the reporters realized that the rapid progress of Gao Lin was behind the glory.
Glory's reputation in the country surged again.
Many fans said that Glory is true patriotism. He is unwilling to join forces with the Football Association, but at the same time he is using his own way to help Chinese football progress.
This can be seen from his help to Gao Lin.
However, Rongguang himself doesn't care what he thinks about him in China.
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The match between Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen is now a fixed "China derby".
When we first met, it was just the Chinese media hyping this concept, and now even the German media have been involved.
Because Gao Lin's performance is much better. In addition to three goals, he has two assists. Werder Bremen has scored 18 goals so far this season, five of which are directly related to him. Such a striker has taken off the hats that many people questioned - when he first entered Europe, many German media and fans were looking at him with a scrutiny.
On the one hand, he believes that he will definitely live in the shadow of glory, and on the other hand, he is full of doubts about his own strength.
Last season, if Krashnich had not been injured, his ability would have been unable to play with the main players at all. It also seems to prove the German media's evaluation of him.
But this season, Gao Lin's performance has been completely transformed.
Now he is an indispensable member of Werder Bremen's forward line. Schaff also favors him, and has praised Gao Lin's hard work and rapid progress in public more than once.
Only when two Chinese players meet like this can you think of a derby meaning.
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Although Werder Bremen is one of the few teams that can bring some trouble to Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich still does not pay enough attention to them.
After last season's running-in, Bayern Munich is already able to dominate the Bundesliga.
Werder Bremen or something may cause trouble for them in one or two games, but it cannot change the final result.
Because there is a very important difference here.
Even if Werder Bremen doubled against Bayern Munich in two games, they would not be able to win against other opponents. Bayern Munich could.
The final match of the league championship is the total points, rather than the mutual victory and loss relationship between Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen.
So this direct conversation is actually not very meaningful.
Even if Bayern Munich loses to Werder Bremen, he can still continue to rank first with one point advantage
Of course, Magath would definitely not want the team to lose to Werder Bremen. Who wants to lose if he can win?
But the players are a little unhappy.
Don't take your opponent seriously.
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But on Werder Bremen's side, Schaff attached great importance to this game.
Now Werder Bremen ranks second, Bayern Munich is the first, and both sides checked four points. If Werder Bremen can beat Bayern Munich at home, they can narrow the gap to one point. After Glory left the team, this is their closest time to Bayern Munich.
This can greatly stimulate the team's morale and fighting spirit. If we can bite Bayern Munich like this all season, we will definitely be able to compete with Bayern Munich for the league championship in the end. Maybe there is really hope.
Because Schaff has seen that this season, Magath focuses on the Champions League. He doesn't care much about the league. Perhaps he has won a league championship and plans to give up the league this season. Perhaps he feels that even if they don't do their best, they can still win the league championship.
No matter which reason it is beneficial for Werder Bremen.
In addition, Gao Lin's performance is getting better and better, and the cooperation with Klose is becoming more tacit.
So Schaff had a little ambition.
Originally, if Bayern Munich wanted to make a difference in the league, with Werder Bremen's strength, he would not be able to compete with them. This was the case last season.
But this season when Bayern Munich shifted its focus to the Champions League, maybe Werder Bremen can take the opportunity to sneak attack and take a championship from Bayern Munich?
Schaff wanted to give it a try.
For this reason, Werder Bremen must win this game.
He made a lot of preparations in tactical and training.
Then the most important thing is... psychological adjustment.
Since Glory left, Werder Bremen seemed to be a little confident when facing Bayern Munich. He always felt that no matter how hard he tried, he could not defeat them. It was not how powerful Bayern Munich itself was, but because Bayern Munich had a glory.
They couldn't understand Rongguang very much, and they knew how powerful Rongguang was.
Glory's performance at Werder Bremen for two seasons has created a deep-rooted impression in the minds of Werder Bremen players.
It's not that easy to get rid of this impression.
Chapter completed!