Chapter 387 Scored 3 goals and toured the Allianz Arena like a king!
The game situation changed rapidly. Ten minutes ago, Bayern fans were still complacent and felt that the game was secure. Some even fantasized about winning four or five games against Manchester City at home.
But Manchester City's counterattack completely shattered their fantasies.
Bayern fans are beginning to realize that Manchester City is not so easy to deal with.
"Guardiola put Lin Huang on the right side as a winger, this is really a stroke of genius!"
"I didn't expect that Lin Huang's threat as a winger would be so great. Bayern simply couldn't stop Manchester City's attack!"
"Haha, when Lin Huang was in the Bundesliga in his early years, he played as a right winger. But after he came to Manchester City, he changed to a free man in the frontcourt. His position on the field was not fixed, so everyone forgot that he had such a skill!"
Bayern's coaching staff began to have a headache, worrying about how to deal with Manchester City's attack on the flanks.
Manchester City has now scored two valuable away goals and has two goal differences.
If they continue to score goals, Bayern will have no chance of winning.
"Tell Alaba not to push too far forward when attacking, always keep an eye on the opponent's right winger, cut off the connection between him and his teammates, and don't give him the chance to receive the ball!"
Heynckes was aware of Lin Quan's threat on the wing. If Bayern was leading at this time, he would definitely arrange more people to defend and restrict Lin Quan.
But now Bayern is behind in the score, they need to invest heavily in attacking, and have no extra manpower to restrict Lin Quan, so they can only pay some attention to defense while attacking.
Now, Bayern needs to score, and score quickly.
The longer they drag on, the lower their chances of winning.
Bayern players obviously knew their team's current situation, so after the restart, they launched a more frantic attack.
Lewandowski, who had excitedly taken off his clothes to celebrate after scoring the goal and thought he had become a hero of the team, was even more active this time.
He ran and pulled frantically in the penalty area, trying to get into open space and get a chance to shoot.
The reason why Lewandowski tried so hard was that on the one hand he didn't want to lose and wanted to reach the Champions League final to fulfill his dream of winning the championship.
On the other hand, he had already taken off his shirt to celebrate. If he couldn't win the game, wouldn't it be a shame? Lewandowski's active performance did cause a lot of trouble for Manchester City's defense.
Seeing how active he was, Bayern players began to pass the ball to him, hoping that he could step up and save the team.
In the 25th minute, Lahm made a diagonal pass from the left, Lewandowski overpowered Kompany, struggled for the header, and with a lion's head shake, he headed the ball into the upper left corner of the goal.
This was almost a sure goal, but Navas predicted Lewandowski's intention in advance and saved the sure goal in a very thrilling way! The Allianz Arena was in an uproar, and both Bayern fans and Manchester City fans were stunned by Navas's god-level save.
Is this a save that a human could pull off?
"Well done Carol!"
"Nice jump!"
When Manchester City's defenders saw their goalkeeper make such a wonderful save, they all came forward to thank him.
If Navas hadn't stepped up just now, Bayern would have scored again.
"This kid's shooting skills are very strong, don't give him too many chances!"
Although Navas completed the save, he was quite afraid of Lewandowski's shot.
The strength shown by the opponent in this game is definitely world-class.
If a player of this level is not taken seriously, he will definitely be punished! Several Manchester City defenders nodded. Kompany, Van Dijk and others have played against Lewandowski before, and they all know his strength, so they will not underestimate him.
After Manchester City's defenders strengthened their defense against Lewandowski, Lewandowski's offensive threat at this point dropped sharply.
Seeing that relying on Lewandowski to break Manchester City's defense was not feasible, Bayern's second attacking point on the front line - Thomas Muller began to exert his strength.
As a player, Muller's dribbling is not top-notch, his breakthroughs and dribbling are not very strong, and his passing ability is far behind those of the top midfielders.
This kind of seemingly "ordinary" player should find it difficult to gain a foothold in a top club, or even become the absolute main force of a top club.
However, Muller has a very prominent advantage - good awareness!
He plays football with his brain, not his body!
Muller has excellent insight and can easily capture information such as the positions and movements of players from both sides on the field.
This excellent insight enables him to make the most reasonable choice.
When to pass the ball, when to dribble the ball, when to run, where there is space, where to pass the ball to create opportunities for teammates, etc., these are all Muller's forte.
Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, Muller is mediocre in all aspects and seems to be unable to do anything, but this guy can always score goals and make assists.
Once or twice it can be attributed to luck, but if it happens all the time, then it cannot be explained by luck. This is Muller's football IQ!
Of course, it is precisely because Muller lacks top-level abilities that he is not suitable to act as the spearhead. In that case, once the opponent targets him, he will immediately lose his threat.
Muller is best suited to being a shadow striker or a second attacker! He is suitable for ambush behind the center and use the opportunities created by his teammates to attract the opponent's attention to complete the attack.
And now is the best time for Muller to perform! After Lewandowski was watched, Ribery, Robben and others began to cooperate with Muller frequently.
Muller did not disappoint his teammates. He always ran to the most suitable position to receive the ball and always passed the ball appropriately at the first time.
With his support, the offensive threat of Robben and Ribery suddenly increased.
In the 30th minute, Muller received a pass from Robben and broke into the penalty area, shooting the ball from a small angle in the penalty area and the score became 3:2!
Bayern took the lead at home again!
This time, neither Ribery, who scored the goal, nor the Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena were as excited as before.
One goal was not enough, far from enough. To win, they had to score at least two more goals! So, after scoring the goal, Ribery did not waste time celebrating. Instead, he rushed into the goal, fished out the ball, and ran back to the kick-off point with the ball in his arms.
On the sidelines, Guardiola had a complicated expression on his face.
A large part of Muller's abilities were developed little by little after he joined Bayern.
The original intention of developing Muller's abilities was to help him capture cities and strongholds, but unexpectedly, they became an important weapon for Heynckes to use against him.
Should we say that this is self-inflicted? Muller is not really mediocre. His movement is excellent, his left and right feet are very balanced, and he does not have an inverse foot.
He also has a good long shot and an excellent header. Although his shooting skills are not as good as top shooters like Lewandowski, they are definitely first-class.
More importantly, in addition to completing the attack himself, Muller can also cooperate with his teammates to complete the attack.
Such a player must not be ignored! At Guardiola's signal, Kante increased his pressure on Muller.
Even Kroos often cooperated with his teammates to double-team Muller.
However, Bayern has too many offensive points, and it is not enough to limit Lewandowski and Muller.
Ribery and Robben were still able to step up and send the ball into the goal!
In the 39th minute, Robben once again used his signature move of breaking through the wing and cutting inside to shoot.
Everyone knew what he was going to do, but they just couldn't prevent it.
Kolarov was left more than a meter away by Robben and couldn't even commit a foul. He could only watch the opponent complete the shot and send the ball into Manchester City's goal.
4:2!
Bayern scored two goals in a row and took a two-goal lead again, and the total score was tied to 4:4!
However, before Bayern fans could be happy, Manchester City also scored a goal.
In the 40th minute, Manchester City launched a quick counterattack. Lin Quan broke through three Bayern defenders on the wing and rushed into the penalty area, unreasonably sending the ball into the goal guarded by Neuer.
This was his second goal of the game, and he was only one goal away from the hat trick he had promised!
After scoring this goal, the score on the field became 4:3, the total score was 5:4, and Bayern was still behind.
Both teams played like crazy in this game. Before the first half was over, the total number of goals scored by the two teams had reached 7.
Judging from the situation, the total number of goals for both teams in this game might even reach double digits!
You have to know that this is the Champions League semi-final, not the group stage where the giants bully the weak! Manchester City and Bayern are both top European teams. In such a strong duel, such an exaggerated score shows how terrifying the offensive firepower of the two teams is.
I saw both sides attacking frantically and scoring goals continuously on the field.
The audience watching the game were all excited and said it was so exciting.
The number of viewers watching this game also continued to soar, quickly breaking through from 500 million to 600 million or even 700 million.
This viewership rating has broken the historical record of the Champions League. Even the Champions League final did not have such a high viewership rating before. This shows how popular this game is.
"It's really a blessing to be able to watch this game live. I haven't seen such an exciting game in a long time!"
"Haha, this game is probably much more exciting than the finals!"
"That's true. Since ancient times, there has been no famous final. In order to compete for the championship, both teams dare not take risks. The game is often boring and not interesting at all!"
“I hope both teams can keep up the good work and try to score another 7 goals in the second half!”
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"Wow, wow! If both teams can score so many goals in the second half, how exaggerated will the score be?"
"I don't know how exaggerated it is, but it is certain that it will break the Champions League record!"
Just as the fans were discussing heatedly, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game.
Players from both sides walked off the court, breathing heavily.
This high-intensity, fast-paced, and high-frequency offense is a huge test for the physical fitness of players on both sides.
With the speed at which both teams consumed energy in the first half, it would be impossible for them to maintain this offensive intensity in the second half.
In the locker room, physiotherapists from both teams were busy massaging the players to relax their muscles.
The head coaches of both teams were also racing against time to deploy their troops and arrange tactics for the second half.
"Keep attacking in the second half!"
Guardiola defined the second half of the game as soon as he opened his mouth! The total score between the two teams is now 5:4, with Manchester City leading by one goal, but because of the away goal advantage, this goal can be regarded as 1.5 goals.
Bayern must score two more goals to beat them.
It is not difficult for Bayern to face both teams, so they cannot play passive defense and must maintain the same offensive rhythm as in the first half.
The players nodded one after another. Before the game started, they were worried whether Guardiola's tactics were too risky.
But now, after the two teams' crazy confrontation in the first half, Manchester City players feel that Bayern is just so-so.
Although the opponent currently has the advantage in the score, they only scored one more goal than them, which is no big deal.
Therefore, Manchester City players had no objection to Guardiola's arrangement for them to continue attacking the opponent in the second half.
"Don't underestimate the enemy. The opponent's physical fitness is better than ours. In the second half, especially after the 70th minute, Bayern's physical advantage will be revealed. Then we have to be careful."
Guardiola is not as optimistic as his players because he knows that the reason why Manchester City can keep up with Bayern's rhythm is because the players still have the physical strength to run and attack.
But once their physical strength declines and they can no longer run, the situation will become unpredictable.
The second half of the game started quickly and the two sides changed sides.
Neither team changed their tactics. They skipped the probing phase right after the start and immediately launched a fierce attack on the opponent.
The audience watching the game breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that both sides continued the offensive tactics from the first half.
They were a little worried that the two teams would change their tactics in the second half, in which case they might not be able to see a game as exciting as the first half.
Perhaps it was because they adapted to the opponent's offensive rhythm. Although the offensive intensity of both sides remained high in the second half, the efficiency of scoring goals was greatly reduced.
When the game reached the 65th minute, the score was still 4:3. Neither side scored a goal in these 20 minutes.
However, this balance was gradually broken as the game progressed.
In the 68th minute of the second half, Xabi Alonso got rid of the defender and shot a cold arrow outside the penalty area. The speed of the ball was so fast that Navas missed the save.
Lewandowski followed up and scored with a supplementary shot before the defender broke the ball, changing the score to 5:3.
Bayern once again took a two-goal lead and the total score between the two sides was once again tied.
At this point, for Bayern, they only need to score one more goal to advance to the final!
Bayern fans are getting excited again!
Just one goal away, one more goal and they will make it to the finals!
This was their third time to equalize the total score, the first two times they failed because of Lin Quan's goal.
Will they make the same mistake again this time? The old saying that things never happen more than three times seems to have been proven true.
This time, Bayern did not let down again.
In the 77th minute of the game, Lahm's long-range shot broke through Manchester City's goal for the sixth time, changing the score to 6:3, and the total score of both sides was also changed to 6:5!
For the first time, Bayern Munich overtook Manchester City in the total score! The ticket to Berlin seemed to be in front of them, just waiting for them to reach out and take it! In the box of the Allianz Arena, several senior executives of the Bayern Munich Club, including club manager Hoeness, club chairman Rummenigge and the club's honorary chairman, Beckenbauer, who is known as the football emperor, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after seeing Lahm's goal.
"We're finally going to win. Manchester City is such a tough nut to crack!"
Hennes sighed.
Rummenigge and Beckenbauer nodded slightly: "Manchester City's physical fitness has problems. They couldn't keep up with our rhythm and didn't protect the dangerous areas enough. This gave us the opportunity to score from long shots."
"If Guardiola can't find a way to limit our long shots outside the penalty area, we should win this game!"
The reason why Bayern's attack is difficult to defend is that their attack is three-dimensional and multi-point.
There is Lewandowski in the penalty area, Ribeiro on both wings, Muller in the shadow striker position, and long-range shots from Lahm and Alonso outside the penalty area.
How can opponents resist Bayern, who has such rich offensive means?
Guardiola did not choose to defend blindly, and this choice was correct.
In the first half, Manchester City did hold off Bayern's attack, but unfortunately, they were still a little short of the mark.
"Haha, in that case, it looks like the ticket to the finals belongs to us!"
Hennes said confidently.
However, he was soon slapped in the face!
In the 79th minute of the game, Lin Quan once again put on an unreasonable personal performance on the wing.
He broke through the interceptions of Ribery, Alaba, Thiago and others one after another.
When facing Boateng, Lin Quan used his signature shoulder-dropping move, causing Boateng to lose balance and fall into the penalty area.
Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena were stunned, feeling that this scene seemed somewhat familiar.
Boateng: Why is it always me? Neuer didn't have time to pay attention to his teammate who fell to the ground. He roared and rushed towards Lin Quan viciously.
No matter what, he had to stop the opponent. If the ball was scored, all Bayern's previous efforts would be in vain! Facing Neuer's attack, Lin Quan aimed at the goal and pretended to shoot. Neuer knew that the opponent might be faking it, but the opponent's fake move was too real. He didn't dare to gamble, so he had to open his arms to save the ball.
Taking advantage of the moment when Neuer was slow to move, Lin Quan quickly flicked the ball sideways, shook off Neuer's interception, and sent the ball into the empty goal! 6:4!
The total score was tied at 6:6! Lin Quan scored his third goal of the game, completing a hat trick at the Allianz Arena once again! After scoring, Lin Quan turned up his collar and looked around, like an invincible king, inspecting the entire stadium!
(End of this chapter)