Chapter 40 Super ball sense, Heynckes' shock
Gomez's accidental injury forced Heynckes to replace him with another substitute center forward, Mandzukic.
Mandzukic was a new signing that Bayern brought back from Wolfsburg for 13 million euros this summer.
Compared to Gomez, who has superb shooting skills, a keen sense of goal and is very good at seizing opportunities, Mandzukic has a big gap in all aspects.
However, Mandzukic is a player with strong mental attributes. He is very competitive on the court and will never give up easily even in adversity.
After he came on the pitch, he actively fought for the ball in the frontcourt and ran back and forth at all costs, which put tremendous pressure on the Werder Bremen players who had the ball.
Inspired by him, Bayern's frontcourt players further increased their pressing intensity.
This time, Werder Bremen's players had even less control over the ball and their mistakes started to increase.
In the 51st minute of the game, Robben broke through and shot, but the ball went over the crossbar and flew into the stands.
Two minutes later, Ribery made a cross from the left bottom, but Mandzukic headed the ball off target due to interference from the defender.
Seeing that his team was besieged by the opponent, Bremen's goalkeeper Milicz wanted to use a goal kick to delay time and give his teammates some breathing time.
He put the football down and picked it up again, as if he was not satisfied with the grass where he placed it, and pretended to step on it a few times.
This time, Bayern's players were fed up and protested to the referee, believing that he was deliberately delaying the game.
The referee saw through his thoughts and immediately gave him a yellow card.
After receiving the yellow card, Milic did not dare to delay and kicked the ball to the front court with a big kick.
Since the players in the backcourt cannot hold the ball, they should kick it to the frontcourt, the farther the better.
Werder Bremen only had one player in the frontcourt, Arnautovic, but he was the first to grab the ball in the header competition with the opponent's defender and headed the ball back to Lin Quan.
After Lin Quan got the ball, he was immediately pressed by Kroos.
Bayern obviously learned the lesson from the previous goal loss and knew that they could not let Lin Quan speed up.
Facing Kroos's pressing, Lin Quan remained calm. He stopped the ball, turned around, and easily passed the latter.
But Lahm came over from the flank again, and Boateng and Gustavo in front of him also blocked his way forward.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Quan was double-teamed by four opponents.
There was no way he could continue dribbling the ball forward, so he immediately changed his dribbling line, moving sideways and dribbling the ball to the left side of the court.
Several Bayern players saw him go to the wing and hesitated for a moment.
Except for Lahm who chose to continue following him and wanted to cooperate with Kroos who was chasing back from behind to defend him, the two defenders Boateng and Gustavo did not dare to continue following him.
They are defenders and dare not lose their position, otherwise their defense will be easily penetrated by the opposing players who come from behind.
Lahm was very fast. He caught up with Lin Quan and grabbed the ball without hesitation.
Although Lahm's attempt to steal the ball failed, he bumped into Lin Quan while trying to steal the ball, causing Lin Quan to stagger.
But Lin Quan insisted on not falling down until he brought the ball to the sideline. When Ram came to grab the ball again, he kicked the ball to Ram's feet and the ball rolled out of the sideline.
The linesman raised his flag to indicate that the ball was in Bremen's possession.
Lin Quan did not throw the ball out of bounds himself, but signaled his teammates to come over and serve.
De Bruyne understood what he meant and jogged over slowly.
It's said to be running, but in fact it's slower than walking.
Bayern players protested to the referee, but the referee ignored their protest.
De Bruyne ran to the sidelines, picked up the football and looked at the players in the frontcourt.
Finding there was no particularly good point to pass the ball, he threw the ball back to his own backcourt.
The Bayern player immediately rushed towards the Werder Bremen player who had the ball, and the player who had the ball passed it back to his own defender.
The defender passed the ball back to the goalkeeper in front of the goal when Bayern's front players rushed over.
The goalkeeper stepped on the ball, and when the opponent was about to rush in front of him, he kicked the ball forward with a big kick.
The Bayern players who had been sprinting all the way here were so angry that they almost died!
They felt that they were being fooled by the other party, who was walking them all the way like a dog.
Their physical strength had already declined in the second half, and after such a sprint, their breathing became even faster.
After the goal kick, goalkeeper Milic glanced at the Bayern players: " Don't you like to grab the ball? Then go grab it! But the distance is a bit far, you have to run a little longer."
In this game, Arnautovic did not have many opportunities in the frontcourt. Werder Bremen had too little ball possession and he was alone in the frontcourt and could not get the ball at all.
Apart from a few headers, he rarely got the ball, so he didn't even sweat much, which meant he still had plenty of energy.
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After seeing the football flying over, Arnautovic jumped high with all his might and grabbed the ball again.
Lin Quan saw his teammates grab the first point and ran to the left alertly. He knew that Arnautovic had a habit of passing the ball to the left.
Sure enough, Lin Quan had just started when the ball fell in front of him.
Kroos, who was marking him, failed to catch up with Lin Quan at the moment he started, which made him a step slower. When he wanted to catch up, he was already at least 2 meters away from the opponent! Two meters is not far. If he is facing an ordinary player, it is possible to catch up with him if he chases back in time.
Because when a player is dribbling the ball, his movement speed will be slower than when he is without the ball.
Kroos was desperately chasing from behind, while Lahm was already in position in front. This time, he would definitely not let the opponent pass him easily.
As Cross chased, he realized something was wrong.
The distance between the two didn't seem to have shortened much! The guy's dribbling speed was almost the same as when he didn't have the ball, and it barely dropped! How is this possible?
Kroos was shocked. He thought he couldn't do this! Not only himself, but also the people around him and even the people he knew, no one could do this! Except for that guy, Barcelona's number 10!
To do this, you need an extremely good sense of the ball!
And Messi just happens to have an excellent sense of the ball at an all-time high!
Could it be that this guy's ball sense is on par with Messi's? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Lin Quan had acquired Messi's attributes, so naturally he had Messi's super ball sense.
So he can easily complete this kind of dribbling that seems incredible to others.
In fact, if you look carefully, you will find it.
Every time Lin Quan touches the ball, the force is evenly distributed, and the distance between the ball and his body will not exceed one meter, even when moving at high speed.
This alone is enough to prove his strength, and this is something that anyone with football experience can see at a glance! Swish! Bayern's 68-year-old coach Heynckes couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and clenched his hands involuntarily.
At this point, he had already realized that he had underestimated the young player on the opposite side.
This young man was better than he had imagined, even better than Messi who had emerged out of nowhere that year! Kroos failed, he could not catch up with Lin Quan.
The latter, at this time, once again faced Bayern's left-back - Philipp Lahm!
(End of this chapter)