Chapter 513: Double Happiness
On the evening of February 24th, in the 23rd round of the Bundesliga, Bayern faced Wolfsburg at home.
Wolfsburg is currently ranked tenth in the league and has no ambitions, but Bayern is still one step away from the top three in the league.
In this game, Heynckes deployed a 4-3-3 formation and once again used Su Dong as a single striker.
The midfield is composed of Schweinsteiger and Modric, with Mascherano at the back and Marcelo, Sudon and Podolski as the front trident.
Anyone can see that this is the tactic that Heynckes really wants to polish, to launch the attack around Su Donglai.
Marcelo is a left back who plays as a left winger, and Podolski is a left-footed player who plays as a right winger. This can be considered an attempt by Heynckes. After all, Bayern's frontcourt is seriously lacking in wing attackers.
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After the game started, Wolfsburg took the lead in launching an offensive, taking advantage of Bayern's unstable foothold to make the first move.
Marcelinho had a series of chances and created dangerous situations, but failed to score.
As Bayern gradually gained a foothold, the midfield also began to play a role.
The midfield combination of Modric and Schweinsteiger can attack or defend. Both players are capable of both offense and defense. They have very good footwork and can break away from the opponent, advance, and pass the ball at a very high level. This allowed Bayern to gradually control the situation on the field.
This style of play is obviously completely different from Bayern's previous style.
In the 25th minute, Bayern, who had been adjusting for a long time, finally made a move.
After receiving the ball from the right, Podolski started sideways, got rid of the defender, and passed the ball behind him with his left foot.
This pass was very imaginative. Su Dong quickly inserted himself from behind, turned sideways and chested Podolski's lob pass into the penalty area. He accelerated to catch up and shot directly without waiting for the ball to land.
The ball went in a straight line and went into Wolfsburg's goal.
One to zero!
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After taking the lead, Bayern continued to steadily control the ball, but the lack of attackers on the wing led to a slow attack speed for Bayern, and Marcelo was not as active as before.
This is also a common problem among young players.
Just three minutes into the second half, Su Dong received a direct pass from Marcelo on the left, dribbled the ball along the left side of the penalty area, used his speed to break through, and then passed a low ball to the front of the small penalty area.
Podolski sprinted desperately, but was a little slow and missed a great scoring opportunity.
The German prince shook his head regretfully and applauded Su Dong vigorously.
He could feel that Su Dong was sincerely making the ball for him, but unfortunately, he was a little slow to understand Su Dong's intention.
Just seven minutes later, after a pass from Modric, Su Dong turned around and got rid of the defender, then rushed directly into the penalty area with the ball. Inside the penalty area line, he was fouled by Wolfsburg's Dutch central defender Hofland and fell in the penalty area.
The referee awarded a penalty without hesitation and gave Hovland a yellow card.
Su Dong got up from the ground, and all the Bayern players stood consciously outside the penalty area.
The team's top penalty taker is Makaay, but he is now sitting on the bench.
As the team's top star, and the penalty was created by Su Dong, he should naturally take the penalty himself.
But no one expected that after Su Dong got up from the ground, he picked up the football on the ground, walked straight to the top of the arc, and passed the ball to Podolski, indicating that he should take the penalty kick.
Podolsky was surprised, but he quickly understood what Su Dong meant and said gratefully, "Thank you!"
The Bayern fans at the scene also burst into warm applause, and many of them were shouting Su Dong's name.
As a Bayern fan, who doesn't want to see harmony in their own locker room and players united and helping each other?
Podolski scored without hesitation, scoring another goal for Bayern, 2-0! Before the end of the game, Su Dong created another chance. He used the fulcrum in the front court and passed the ball to Marcelo on the left. The latter drove straight into the penalty area from the left rib and passed it to the middle.
Schweinsteiger followed up with a goal and scored another goal for Bayern.
Three to zero! In the end, Bayern won again with Su Dong's pass and one shot.
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Since Werder Bremen and Stuttgart both drew with their opponents in this round, Bayern won the three points and reversed two league rankings in one go, directly rushing to the league runner-up.
In addition, Schalke 04 lost 0-1 to Leverkusen at home in this round and is only one point ahead of Bayern.
When all the games of this round were finished, the entire German football world was shocked.
How surprising!
It took Su Dong only two months and five games to completely reverse the trend of the entire Bundesliga. Is there anything more amazing and surprising than this? Bayern fans are madly looking forward to the team making persistent efforts to defeat Schalke 04 in one go, regain the league title, and strive to win the league championship this season.
And Su Dong won the league's Golden Boot Award!
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A week later, in the 24th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern challenged Hertha Berlin away.
Bayern has tied with its opponent 0-0 when visiting Berlin for two consecutive seasons. This has made many people look forward to whether Bayern, who is distracted by the second round of the Champions League in the middle of the week, can escape unscathed from the away game?
Heynckes did not give his all in this game, saving a lot of energy for the Champions League match in the middle of the week.
After all, the 2-3 score away from home gave Bayern a chance to advance.
Sudon, Marcelo and Salihamidzic formed the front trident.
In the 30th minute of the first half, Marcelo broke through near the left baseline and made a cross. Su Dong headed the ball in front of the penalty area and directly blasted the ball into the left side of Hertha Berlin's goal, scoring the first goal for Bayern.
One to zero!
Just two minutes later, Hertha Berlin kicked off. After Bayern midfielder Demichelis intercepted the ball, Modric launched a counterattack. Salihamidzic made a lob pass from the right side of the frontcourt. Su Dong broke into the penalty area and volleyed with his left foot, sending the ball into Hertha Berlin's goal again. 2-0! After just one round of rest, Su Dong scored twice again!
After the second half, Makaay came on as a substitute and scored another goal for Bayern after playing for three minutes, making it 3-0! However, in the final stage of the game, Hertha Berlin scored a goal to save the home court's face.
In the end, Bayern defeated Hertha Berlin 3-1 with two goals from Sudon and a goal from Makaay.
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When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, a coach rushed out from the Bayern coaching booth and shouted loudly to the players on the field, telling them that Schalke 04 had lost the game against Hamburg at home not long ago!
Schalke 04 has lost two consecutive home games! Under the pressure of Bayern's six-game winning streak, Schalke 04, which has been leading the standings since the 13th round, could not bear the pressure again and lost two consecutive home games, giving up the position of the league leader.
Bayern, who won three points in this round, successfully reversed Schalke 04 and topped the Bundesliga standings!
All the Bayern players on the field celebrated wildly.
They have been frustrated for several months, and their confidence and fighting spirit have been declining as the game went on. Even players like Salihamidzic and Pizarro have become discouraged and chosen to leave the team on free transfers, while Hargreaves has directly transferred to Manchester United.
But now, they finally made it!
Bayern finally came out of the dark period of turmoil! After hearing the news, the old goalkeeper Kahn roared excitedly, just like the roar of the Golden Lion King, making everyone feel the frustration that Kahn had suppressed in his heart for a long time.
"Su!" Kahn rushed straight to Su Dong and picked him up.
Other Bayern players also gathered around.
Everyone knows that the biggest changes brought about by the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are the greatest.
Even during the worst downturn, Bayern's strength was second to none in the Bundesliga. The key was the team's poor performance and lack of backbone. In addition, head coach Magath had conflicts with the players, which led to the team's performance getting worse and worse and the players became less and less confident.
It was not until Su Dong joined the team that he led the team out of adversity through his goals, and through a series of victories, Bayern players gradually regained their confidence.
The players surrounded Su Dong and walked off the field. Heynckes also came up to greet him with great satisfaction.
"Ha, Su, let me tell you another good news."
Everyone immediately looked at Heynckes, including Su Dong.
The old man did not keep the audience in suspense and shouted loudly: "Gomez still didn't score a goal this round."
After hearing this, everyone cheered again.
"That's great, Sue!"
"It seems like you really want to compete for the Golden Boot."
"Oh my god, you've really overturned my worldview. You've only played six games, and you're going to compete with others for the Golden Boot?"
"Are you too strong, or are our Bundesliga strikers too weak?"
Everyone was happy for Su Dong, but they were also filled with regret.
There is no harm without comparison.
In the past, they all thought that the Bundesliga's top forwards like Makaay, Gomez, Klose and Kuranyi were strong enough, but they didn't expect that after Su Dong landed in the Bundesliga, he scored thirteen goals in six games. This was simply too much of a threat!
Gomez worked hard for more than twenty rounds to score thirteen goals, while Su Dong only took six games!
Forwards on the team, such as Makaay and Podolski, also looked embarrassed. They felt that they had worked hard for most of the season, but were not as good as Su Dong in playing a few games.
But on second thought, I am indeed convinced.
Many times, there are many opportunities that they would not be able to seize at all, but Su Dong can always seize them.
Not only is he tall and strong, but what's more terrifying is that he is fast, has delicate footwork, and moves in an elusive way, making it difficult for defensive players to defend against him.
Such players, let alone other Bundesliga opponents, even Bayern's central defenders, all begged to be in the same group with Su Dong when the team was divided into groups.
Why?
No need to embarrass yourself! Having such a teammate is the luck of all the team members, but it is also the nightmare of the competitors. Who can grab a starting position in front of such a Su Dong? Anyway, Ma Kai didn't feel it before, but now he feels more and more that he is too old to play football.
It’s better to retire in the Eredivisie!
(End of this chapter)
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