Chapter 173 The father-son battle with Guardiola (Part 2)

The Audi Cup schedule is very tight so as not to affect the teams' preparations.

Four games for four teams were scheduled within two days.

The advantage of doing this is that it saves time, but the disadvantage is that it will greatly increase the burden on the players.

After the first day, the finals were played on the second day, and the main players of both teams did not have much rest time.

But relatively speaking, Manchester City seems to have the upper hand.

Because they finished the first day's game a few hours earlier than Bayern, which meant they had a few more hours of rest time.

The first battle to start was the third and fourth place battle between AC Milan and Sao Paulo. Thanks to Boateng's goal, AC Milan beat Sao Paulo by one goal and won the third place in this Audi Cup.

After the game between the two teams is over, the next game will be between Bayern and Manchester City.

In this game, Guardiola made major rotations in Bayern's lineup.

Gotze and summer signing Thiago started the game together, while Schweinsteiger was relegated to the bench.

The two wingers Robben and Ribery also started in this game. Last season's main midfielder Martinez moved back and was placed at the center back position by Guardiola.

This change is quite bold, and people can't help but look forward to its adjustment effect.

result……

After 25 minutes of the first half, the score was 0:1, and the first goal was not scored by Bayern, but by Manchester City.

Martinez's performance as a central defender is still good. His excellent passing ability has improved Bayern's offensive level.

Neuer doesn't need to kick the ball hard, he can just pass it to Hammar, let the latter dribble forward and then pass it to his own midfielder.

The advantage of this is that it frees up the defensive midfielder, so that he does not have to retreat to receive the ball.

They can directly press across half the court, increase the number of their own attackers in the opponent's half, and thus exert greater offensive pressure on the opponent.

However, Manchester City's strategy is to play defensive counterattack.

Their three players in the front court are all small and agile players who are not only fast but also have strong dribbling and passing abilities.

It's OK if your defensive midfielder has the ball in your hands after crossing half the court. But if the ball is not in your hands, then when I counterattack, your defensive midfielder may not be able to get back.

In the 25th minute of the first half, Manchester City took advantage of Bayern's forward pressure and launched a textbook quick counterattack. Lin Quan finally made the shot and changed the score.

This goal was not unexpected by everyone. Lin Quan often scored goals against Bayern when he was at Werder Bremen.

What's more, they reached the higher platform of Manchester City! However, they didn't expect Bayern to lose the ball first.

This is completely different from everyone's predictions before the game!

"What is Guardiola doing? Is he doing scientific research? Why did he put Hama at the back? Isn't this nonsense?"

"That's right. Although Hama performs well as a defender, with his excellent physical fitness and strong coverage area, he can fully play his advantages when playing as a defensive midfielder!"

"Is Guardiola getting carried away because of the win against Sao Paulo? If they keep playing like this, Manchester City will win this game!"

Criticisms of Guardiola's new creation have begun to appear on the Internet.

It’s not that people can’t accept new things, it’s that people can’t accept failure.

If the new things Guardiola comes up with can produce obvious results on the field, it will help Bayern defeat their opponents easily.

Then those who criticized him will surely change their attitude and sing praises and flatter him.

…

After seeing Lin Quan score a goal, Guardiola couldn't help but applaud him.

After applauding, he found that the Bayern fans around him were looking at him in amazement. Only then did he realize that he was now the head coach of Bayern.

It is a little unorthodox to applaud the opponent's players for their goals.

"Ahem, adjust the formation, let Martinez return to the defensive midfielder position, let Gotze organize the attack, and Muller wait for the opportunity to advance!"

After the initial transformation was not very successful, Guardiola did not give up.

He himself realized that what he had tinkered with did not achieve the expected results.

"It seems that this idea is still immature. It's a bit risky to bring it out rashly!"

Guardiola thought quickly in his mind and felt that his thinking was not wrong.

The reason why the effect is not good is definitely because other work has not been done well.

After this game is over, he will study it carefully and then experiment on the weaker opponents in the Bundesliga.

After accumulating enough game data, there should be no problem in facing stronger opponents.

As for asking him to stop messing around and coach according to the existing successful tactics? That's impossible!

If he doesn't make trouble, he wouldn't be called Guardiola! After Guardiola made tactical adjustments, the Bayern players all breathed a sigh of relief.

They only had a vague understanding of Guardiola's tactics, although they tried their best to do as the opponent required.

However, Bayern rarely played passing and controlling football before, and they have just started to learn Guardiola's pressing style of play and are far from being proficient in it.

So the players played awkwardly on the field. At this time, they were allowed to use familiar tactics and Bayern players immediately became able to play football again.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, Thomas Muller took advantage of an opportunity to advance and scored with the assist from his teammates, equalizing the score.

The Bayern fans in the Allianz Arena breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the team had finally returned to normal.

It’s just that I see Guardiola is still using Heynckes’ tactics.

Bayern fans couldn't help but wonder: Since Guardiola can only follow the rules, why did they hire Guardiola?

Fans are like this. They will be dissatisfied if the team's tactics and playing style are changed.

Without reform, they will not be satisfied.

All in all, it is not easy to satisfy them.

…

It has to be said that the pressure brought by Bayern, the new European champion, is still quite strong.

In front of Bayern, Manchester City exposed many problems on both offense and defense.

First of all, there are problems on the offensive end. After all, Lin Quan has been in Manchester City for too short a time. He and his teammates lack tacit understanding and are not familiar with each other's playing style, which leads to frequent mistakes in their cooperation on the field.

If they are playing against a weak team, this problem will not be exposed, and they can complete the attack with their strong individual strength.

But when facing a strong team like Bayern, personal strength alone is not enough.

Bayern has not had many personnel changes this season, and their main lineup basically continues the lineup when they won the championship.

This means that Bayern's combat effectiveness has not declined.

Bayern's defense has withstood the test of the Champions League level. If it could be broken so easily, then so many teams would not have failed when facing Bayern.

Manchester City players were unable to cooperate with each other and were stuck in a situation where they were fighting each other, and they couldn't break through the opponent's defense at all.

On the contrary, after Bayern gave up the pressing attack, their strong offensive capabilities on both flanks were demonstrated.

The combination of Robben and Ribery put Manchester City's defense to a huge test.

Especially Robben, Manchester City's full-backs knew he was going to cut inside, but they just couldn't stop him.

Fortunately, Robben's condition was not very good today, and his several shots after cutting inside failed to turn into goals.

Otherwise, Manchester City would probably have fallen behind by now.

Robben was not in good form, but on the other side Ribery was in very hot form.

His breakthrough and dribbling on the other side not only turned Manchester City's right side upside down, but also caused Manchester City's formation to become disjointed.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Ribery broke through the bottom line and made a high-quality cross, assisting his teammate Mandzukic to score with a header.

2:1, Bayern reversed the score.

Seeing that the opponent's offensive threat on the wing was increasing, Pellegrini made adjustments to the team's defense, increasing interceptions on the wing and not giving the opponent the opportunity to cross the ball recklessly.

However, after strengthening their wing defense, their central defense became a problem again.

Götze, who had been invisible for nearly half the game, finally became active in the 75th minute of the second half after Manchester City players reduced their close defense on him.

In the 82nd minute, Gotze made a straight pass and Mandzukic knocked the ball back to Thomas Muller who was making a forward run.

The latter's powerful shot was saved by Joe Hart, and the ball flew out of the penalty area and landed at Robben's feet.

Robben, who had wasted countless good shooting opportunities before, this time made a long shot of not very high quality.

Facing this shot, Joe Hart seemed unprepared. Although he dived sideways, he was half a beat slow.

The football still slipped past his hands and flew into the net.

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The score became 3:1 and Bayern expanded their lead.

When Robben saw the ball go in, he was a little dazed.

After the shot, he thought the ball was gone. Who would have thought that the ball would actually go in? Did the opponent's goalkeeper make a mistake? Luo Laohan didn't care about that. He ran excitedly, jumped high, and punched in the air to celebrate his goal.

…

The Manchester City players put their hands on their hips, looking at each other, and each of them had a very depressed expression.

This ball...

I don't know what to say about this ball. There must be something wrong with the defenders.

Someone should have stepped forward to block Thomas Muller's shot, but they missed someone.

The opponent's shot was saved by Joe Hart, and Manchester City's defenders couldn't help but give a thumbs up to their teammates.

They had no way to stop Robben's follow-up shot, but Joe Hart failed to save this shot which did not pose much of a threat.

All right!

Manchester City's defenders decided to take back the likes they had just given.

Joe Hart himself was also very depressed. He had just completed a save and the opponent continued to shoot. When he stood up to save the ball for the second time, he slipped on the grass, causing his movement to be a little slower.

Otherwise, with his strength, he would have been able to save the ball.

Near the center circle, Lin Quan put his hands on his hips and looked at Joe Hart, who had a depressed look on his face, with a frown on his face.

He remembered that there was a joke about Joe Hart in the domestic football world: "If the sky has feelings, it will also grow old. When it sees Hart, it will kick him."

Joe Hart seems to be unlucky when it comes to defending long-range shots.

It's not that he lacks ability, his shot-saving technique is up to par.

However, he always has bad luck when facing the opponent's long-range shots.

Either the opponent made all kinds of incredible shots, or he himself made all kinds of low-level mistakes.

There was not much time left in the game, and after the restart, Manchester City increased their offensive intensity.

After Lin Quan realized the lack of tacit understanding between himself and his teammates, he gave up cooperating with other teammates and only cooperated with his national team teammate David Silva.

They have played many games together, and recently fought side by side for half a month in the Confederations Cup. They have a high level of understanding between each other.

Plus, both of them are players with sophisticated skills and high basketball IQ.

There is no need to communicate with each other at all. Just a glance is enough to complete the communication and let the other party understand your intentions.

As the cooperation between the two increased, Bayern's defensive pressure in the frontcourt increased sharply.

Martinez and his teammates thought Lin Quan was the biggest threat, so they guarded him very closely.

This is also the tactic formulated by Guardiola!

No one understands his son's strength better than him!

However, the opponent's defensive tactics were exactly what Lin Quan wanted.

He knew that he would be closely guarded, so he had no intention of playing the role of a terminator. Instead, he planned to complete the final pass as an organizer and assist his teammates to score.

It was the 89th minute of the game, the last minute of regular time.

After Lin Quan and David Silva made consecutive wall passes on the wing, he dribbled the ball to the 30-meter threat area in front of the penalty area.

For Lin Quan, this position is already within his shooting range.

Whether it is a long shot from outside the penalty area or dribbling into the penalty area after another breakthrough, it can pose a huge threat to Bayern's goal.

The Bayern players, who had experienced Lin Quan's strength many times last season, did not dare to slack off at all.

Including Martinez, as many as four players immediately rushed towards Lin Quan.

In the coaching booth on the sidelines, Guardiola became nervous when he saw Lin Quan dribbling the ball into this area.

This kid, even though he couldn't form a tacit cooperation with his teammates, could still achieve this level. I think I underestimated him! But it doesn't matter. The first few steps are easy, and the last step is the most difficult.

It is certainly possible for Lin Quan to break out of a double-team, after all, he has accomplished such a feat in previous games.

However, such things, which are called miracles, cannot happen every time.

Once he is double-teamed, the probability of him being intercepted is much higher than the probability of successfully breaking through.

As for whether he will pass the ball to his teammates, Guardiola is also on guard against this.

In addition to arranging players to focus on defending Lin Quan, he also sent people to mark David Silva, denying the latter the opportunity to receive the ball and shoot.

David Silva's physical confrontation ability is not strong, and he does not have the outstanding breakthrough ability like Lin Quan, so it is necessary to send too many people over. It would be enough to arrange a strong defender to watch him.

After making these arrangements, Guardiola felt relieved.

Boy, show me all your skills and let me see what surprises you can bring me!

Facing a double-team from Bayern players, Lin Quan pretended to force his way inside, which scared the Bayern players so much that they retracted their feet to prevent being passed.

Taking advantage of the opponent's reaction, he decisively passed the ball through the gap between people.

Not surprisingly, the ball was passed to David Silva.

Haha, it was exactly what the head coach expected!

After seeing Lin Quan's pass, Bayern's left-back Alaba sneered and was about to move forward to press David Silva.

Alaba is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 80 kilograms.

David Silva is 1.7 meters tall and weighs 68 kilograms.

Not only is there a big difference in height between the two, but there is also a big difference in weight.

Alaba was very confident that he could knock the opponent to the ground in one go! However, what shocked Alaba was that David Silva did not catch the ball.

He deliberately passed the ball to another teammate - Aguero!

Aguero shot the ball without stopping and broke through Bayern's goal again with a powerful shot.

The score became 3:2.

There is still suspense in the game! (End of this chapter)