Chapter 532: Bundesliga opponents, you are in trouble!
Many fans actually have a serious misunderstanding about the Bundesliga, thinking that Bayern is the only team in the Bundesliga.
This is certainly not wrong. Bayern is indeed unique in the Bundesliga, but it does not mean that other Bundesliga teams are not competitive. On the contrary, if Bayern relaxes even a little, it will be defeated by other Bundesliga teams.
The Bundesliga's competition system gives them a natural advantage in the Champions League that other leagues do not have.
If you carefully compare the competition systems of the four major European leagues, you will find that the Bundesliga and the Premier League have the earliest start time, with the battle starting on August 10, while La Liga and Serie A will not start until the end of August.
However, if we look at the time of the final games, the Premier League will end the earliest, on May 10th. The Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga will all end a week later than the Premier League, around May 17th and 18th.
Then the interesting thing comes. As we all know, the Bundesliga has only eighteen teams and only thirty-four rounds.
In other words, a Bundesliga season is longer in time span than the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga, but they have fewer games, four fewer, so the pressure of the competition is naturally lighter and the burden on the players is also lighter.
In addition, the Bundesliga has another very obvious advantage, which is the extremely long winter break.
Looking at the map, Germany has a large north-south span, bordering Denmark and other Nordic countries in the north. In the severe winter, it is covered with heavy snow, making it difficult to hold football matches. Therefore, the Bundesliga often has a winter break of about one and a half months in late December and January.
Of course, Bundesliga teams will still conduct training camps and warm-up matches during this period, but the players will not have too much game pressure. For the second half, they will be better prepared and in better shape.
This is still a great advantage for Bundesliga teams competing in the Champions League.
Especially for the Premier League, when the Bundesliga has an extra-long winter break, the Premier League ushers in the most intensive Christmas devil schedule of the entire season. As a result, the Premier League is indeed at a disadvantage in terms of schedule.
It can be said that the Bundesliga has a unique advantage in terms of schedule and competition system.
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In the new season, Bayern's first game is the first round of the German Cup.
The opponent was Burghausen on the border between Germany and Austria.
This is a team from the fourth-level league. Although they are playing away, Bayern did not take them seriously.
Heynckes kept players such as Sudon, Mascherano, Modric, Pepe, Marcelo and Robben on the bench, asking them to stay in Munich and focus on preparing for the first round of the Bundesliga at the weekend against newly promoted Rostock.
Ribery, Klose, Schweinsteiger and other players all went to the away game to challenge Burghausen.
Logically speaking, this should be a sure win, as the gap in strength between the two sides is too great.
But no one expected that Bayern would encounter Burghausen's tenacious sniping on the road.
After the first half ended in a 0-0 draw, Burghausen scored a goal from a free kick in the second half. Demichelis did not keep a good eye on his opponent when defending, resulting in a goal.
Bayern launched a fierce attack, but it was not until the end of the game that Ribery assisted Klose to score a header from a corner kick to equalize the score.
After that, the two sides entered overtime and then a penalty shootout.
In the first five rounds of penalty shootouts, the two sides were tied at 3-3, and Demichelis also missed a penalty. Fortunately, Kahn then saved two consecutive penalties from the opponent, saving Bayern Munich and allowing the Bundesliga giants to beat their opponents away from home with penalties.
In the entire 120 minutes of the game, Bayern had 52 shots on the road and only scored one goal.
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After the German Cup, the entire German football world was in an uproar.
Bayern, which had just spent a huge amount of money on restructuring in the summer transfer market, almost suffered a major setback at the hands of a fourth-tier league team in its debut of the new season. How could the German media and fans not be shocked?
The biggest upset in the first round of the German Cup was Leverkusen's 0-1 loss to St. Pauli away from home, but the problem is that St. Pauli is at least a newly promoted team in the German 2nd Division and has good strength.
But Bayern's opponent Burghausen is a fourth-level team. Even if Bayern played with half of their main players, they almost capsized in the ditch. Is it justifiable?
In an interview with the media, Heynckes was not satisfied with the team's debut, believing that the team created enough scoring opportunities, but the efficiency was still a bit lacking.
"This may be related to the fact that the players have just finished summer training and have not yet fully found their game form."
But such an argument is unsatisfactory.
Bild wrote an article pointing out that the most serious problem of Bayern's debut was that they took more than 50 shots but only scored one goal. This was absolutely not right and could not be covered up by poor form.
"If Bayern wants to play like this in the new season, I'm afraid their Bundesliga rivals will be very happy."
Bayern chairman Beckenbauer also pointed out in his column that Bayern players were too arrogant, too relaxed and did not pay enough attention to their opponents, which almost ruined Bayern's debut.
The football emperor reminded Bayern's players, "The Bundesliga opponents will be countless times stronger than Burghausen!"
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August 11th afternoon, Allianz Arena, Munich.
Except for the mobile seats that had to be reserved, the entire Allianz Arena was packed.
70,000 Bayern fans gathered at the Allianz Arena to cheer for the team's first league game of the new season.
But everyone was also full of anxiety, especially when the team had such a hard time playing away against a fourth-level league team three days ago, which made Bayern fans feel even more uneasy.
Will it be the same today when we play against Rostock?
The live broadcast was announcing the starting lineups of the two teams, and the players of both teams entered the stadium one after another.
Bayern's goalkeeper is captain Kahn, and the defense line is Lahm, Lucio, Pepe and Marcelo. Sagnol was seriously injured and has not recovered. Lahm was adjusted to the right, and Brazilian teenager Marcelo started on the left.
This player is strong in attack but weak in defense, and defense is a big problem. Fortunately, Schweinsteiger and Mascherano are in charge of the midfield.
Another midfielder is Modric.
Although Bayern adopted a 4-2-3-1 formation, in fact, the players' positions during the game were irregular.
The front trident, Ribery, Sudon and Robben, all started at the same time.
Especially when Su Dong entered the stadium, 70,000 Bayern fans were shouting his name in unison, showing their admiration for Su Dong.
"Last season, Su Dong won the La Liga, Bundesliga and Champions League Golden Boots alone. He was also the European Golden Boot winner, showing his charisma as the best player in world football."
"We hope that he can continue his outstanding performance from last season in the new season, continue to score for Bayern and continue to bring us more exciting goals."
Along with the live radio commentator's call, the Bayern fans at the scene shouted Su Dong's name in unison.
There was desire in their cries.
But this time, Su Dong didn't let them wait too long.
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After the start of the game, Bayern firmly controlled the situation and ball possession on the field, and frequently exerted force on the offensive end.
Ribery received a lot of criticism after the last game against Burghausen. Although he assisted Klose to score, he also wasted a lot of opportunities.
In that game, almost every Bayern player was criticized by the media and fans, including Klose.
In this game, Ribery was quite active from the start and created threats repeatedly, but he was always a little short of scoring.
It was not until the 14th minute that Ribery received a pass from Marcelo, dribbled the ball diagonally into the left side of the penalty area, and quickly passed it across the middle.
Su Dong rushed over, used his body to push away the central defender who was defending him, and took the lead to shoot the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Bayern's first league goal of the new season!"
"Just fourteen minutes into the game, Su Dong scored a goal."
"This was an opportunity created by Ribery who broke through to the left side of the penalty area and passed the ball to the middle. Su Dong decisively seized the opportunity and calmly shot the ball into the goal, opening the scoring for Bayern."
“One to zero!”
After Su Dong scored a goal, he rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.
Ribery and other teammates followed closely behind and celebrated Su Dong's goal together.
This is also Bayern's first league goal of the new season.
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After Su Dong scored the first goal, Bayern began to get into the groove and played more and more smoothly.
Ribery was still quite active, causing Rostock's defensive focus to shift towards their own right side, which was Bayern's left side, with the focus on freezing Ribery.
But in this way, Robben also got a chance to shoot, but it was saved by the goalkeeper.
Marcelo and Schweinsteiger also got chances to shoot from behind, but failed to score.
It was not until the 28th minute that Ribery got the ball in the 30-meter area on the left rib, continued to dribble forward, attracted the Rostock defensive players, and sent a pass behind him.
Su Dong quickly cut diagonally to the left side of the penalty area and caught up with Ribery's through pass on the left side of the small penalty area. He first made a feint and then made a low shot with his left foot. The ball passed through the goalkeeper Wicht's crotch and rolled directly into the goal behind him.
2-0! "Su Dong scored again! Scored twice!"
Along with the broadcast from the Allianz Arena, all 70,000 Bayern fans rushed out of their seats frantically, shouting Su Dong's name at the top of their lungs.
Su Dong also rushed to the sidelines again, first waved his fist excitedly at the fans, then turned around and hugged Ribery, who made the assist, around the waist.
He believes that next, the Bundesliga defenders will be depressed to find that facing Bayern's trident is really painful for them.
They can't defend one-on-one, but if two or even three people double-team them, other parts of the team will be exposed.
Therefore, their only choice is to shrink their defense and adopt a solid defense.
But with a high point like Su Dong, even if an iron bucket formation is set up, it may not be effective.
So, they were in trouble!
When they meet Bayern, they don’t know how to defend!
(End of this chapter)
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