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Chapter 97 Positioning the ball(1/2)

When the game began, Bayern Munich launched a fierce offensive against Manchester City's goal.

This game only has ninety minutes, maybe it is the last ninety minutes of Bayern Munich in the Champions League this season.

In order not to make all this happen, Bayern Munich must seize these 90 minutes of game time, strive to win this game and renew their lives.

At this time, they didn't think about what to do after the attack was overwhelming.

They are not qualified to consider this issue either.

Because if you are afraid of losing the ball and dare not attack, you will still be dead.

If you can score a goal earlier, you may have the initiative in the game firmly in your own hands. Manchester City will not be able to fight back at that time.

On the other hand, Bayern Munich also hopes to scare Manchester City through its aggressive offensive first, so that they can realize the importance of this game to Bayern Munich, so that they can retreat.

So in the first ten minutes, Bayern Munich almost bombarded Manchester City in halftime.

It seems that they are very close to the goal, and maybe the goal will come in the next attack.

Bayern Munich fans in the stands were also excited, and every shot from Bayern Munich could inspire their cheers.

Even commentator Marcel Lef thought Bayern Munich performed better: "...If we had performed like this, why would we wait until this time to compete for the right to qualify in the group?"

The guest next to him said, "But it's not too late to work hard now..."

Marcel Leif cast his eyes on glory.

Whether it's too late or not is too late, he has the final say...

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Robben is also very active in Bayern Munich's offensive, and compared with the first encounter between the two sides, he has more contact with his teammates. He no longer dunks the ball, either shoots with one shot or is cut off by the opponent.

He will pass the ball with his teammates, and his teammates will pass the ball to him. And he and Ribery will occasionally make some shifts.

The two of them connected, making Bayern Munich's offense even more threatening.

In the eleventh minute, Ribery suddenly cut inside, attracting most of Manchester City's defensive attention.

But just when the blow was thinking that he was going to shoot with his right foot, he passed the football out.

Passed to Robben.

After receiving the ball, Robben walked out the football sideways, and then accelerated to chase the ball himself, and he cut inside from the side

Then Robben shot from the far corner with his left foot

Joe Hart immediately took off and flew to the side.

Fortunately, he was tall and his arms were long, and his arms were stretched out finally rubbed against the football and pushed the football out of the bottom line.

"Robern's beautiful shot Bayern Munich won a corner kick"

Bayern Munich defenders rushed into Manchester City's penalty area, intending to compete for the top spot.

Including two centre-backs Van Biden and Demikelis, as well as full-back Bad Stuber.

They are all big men over 1.85 meters tall.

Even if you just stand in front of Manchester City's goal, it can put tremendous pressure on Manchester City's defenders.

"It is said that before this game, Van Gaal specially asked the players to practice a variety of set-piece offensive tactics. Obviously, he wanted to work hard on set-pieces. Corner kicks were originally an important scoring method in the game..." Marcel Leif said.

Bayern Munich has many players of good heights, and it is not surprising to score using set pieces.

In this game, Van Gaal abandoned the 32 formation when the two sides first met. It was because of this formation that Bayern Munich's wings made Manchester City a sieve... and it also led to Bayern Munich's failure.

So in this game, Van Gaal returned to the 442 formation, which is more balanced in offense and defense.

Van Gaal didn't expect to score easily when besieging Manchester City. He felt that as long as the besieged can create a set-piece opportunity like a corner kick.

Creating a large number of set pieces is the killer of Bayern Munich's score.

So what Marcel Leif said is right, the rumors from the outside world are correct, Bayern Munich is indeed practicing set pieces to score.

In this regard, the coaching staff and the players have worked hard.

It can even be said that this is a big killer that Bayern Munich can qualify from the group.

Manchester City obviously also has information about Bayern Munich in this regard, so they also know that they also attach great importance to set pieces defense.

Even Glory returned to the penalty area and participated in this corner kick defense. His bounce ability and heading skills can also be used to head the ball to clear the ball.

Bayern Munich's corner kick was taken out.

It really made Bayern Munich's people compete for some

"Van Biten—"

Amid the shouts of commentator Marcel Lef, Van Biden jumped high, overwhelming his younger brother Kompany in the Belgian national team, and pushed the ball towards the goal

Because the distance was too close, it was too late for Joe Hart to make a save at this time.

Everyone stared at the football.

Bayern Munich fans raised their arms upwards, intending to cheer for the goal.

But the football ended up slightly higher than the beam and flew out of the bottom line

"It's a pity, but Bayern Munich's efforts in set pieces have already seen the effect. I want to continue like this. It won't be long before they will use set pieces to open the goal of Manchester City," Marcel Lef sighed and said loudly, giving Bayern Munich fans in front of the TV a reassurance.

Bayern Munich fans are really relieved to see the team performing like this.

If this continues, Bayern Munich can still play in the Champions League knockout round.

As long as we can enter the knockout stage, we will definitely be able to revive in full health and form. What is the embarrassment in the group stage? We can definitely reach the Champions League final, defeat our opponents at the Bernabeu, and win the championship trophy

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Bayern Munich fans see hope in this corner, as do Bayern Munich players.

This corner kick made them clear that pre-match training was meaningful.

So in the next game, Bayern Munich became more and more excited and his confidence grew rapidly.

It seemed as if the goal was getting closer and closer to them.

In the next ten minutes, they won a total of three corner kicks and a frontcourt free kick.

All four set pieces pose a certain threat to Manchester City's goal.

In the 30th minute, Bayern Munich won their fifth corner kick in the game.

They are also central defenders, and the full-backs are pressing up and participating in this set piece.

"Bayern Munich won another corner kick, which is their good opportunity to score. In the previous few corner kick competitions, Bayern Munich players won the first landing point three times, and their advantage in the air was undoubtedly revealed," Marcel Lef said excitedly.

Rongguang also returned to the goal again to help defend.

Although he has bounce and heading skills, as an offensive player, corner kick off and corner kick defense are still completely different. When defending the ball in the air, it does not mean that you can definitely defend if you jump high and head well.

The offensive and defensive modes are different, so Glory Back reflects more an attitude than it can really play a role.

Defence depends mainly on the defenders.

This time, Van Biden plans to rush to the front point to hit the goal. The front point is a point with a very high scoring rate and an offensive routine that is very commonly used in corner kick tactics.

Not enough this time he encountered resistance.

When he was pushing forward in the crowd, he soon couldn't squeeze.

Lucio stood in front of him.

He turned his back to Van Biten, his hands slightly spread out, his knees bent, his body slightly leaned back, and he pushed Van Biten.

This pair of central defenders who once cooperated with Bayern Munich have a tacit understanding now have a direct showdown.

Van Biten did not intend to fight against Lucio, but decided to bypass the other side.

The corner kick will be sent soon, and he doesn't need to waste time with Lucio here. He knows Lucio's front-facing defensive ability very well.

But he didn't go around. Although Lucio did not look back, he was moving with him. No matter where Van Biten went, Lucio was always in front of him.

Van Biten frowned. Ribery, who was driving the ball, couldn't always wait for him. He had to drive the corner kick out. What should he do?

At this moment, it seemed that it could not wait, Ribery kicked the football over

Corner kick was taken

At this time, Van Biten didn't care about his former partner friendship and tried his best to push Lucio away to the side so that he could clear out space for himself.

But he didn't push.

He seemed to push against a solid wall, and the reaction force almost staggered himself.

Van Biten had to change his plan temporarily. He decided to jump directly on the spot and forcefully headed the ball with his height of 1.96 meters.

But just as he jumped up, a figure suddenly rose up like a rocket, faster than him and higher than him

Of course, he also grabbed the ball in front of him and shook his head and pushed it away.

"Lucio—" John Motson and Marcel Leif shouted almost at the same time.

Returning to Allianz Stadium is not just a glory
To be continued...
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