Chapter 549: Carry King
The German Cup draw did not cause much discussion in the Bayern dressing room.
The opponent was only a team from the third-level regional league, and no one took them seriously. However, the distance of the game was quite far, basically flying from the south of Germany to the north-central part of Germany, which caused quite a lot of complaints from Bayern.
The main reason is that the schedule is too tight.
After the ninth round of the Bundesliga, there will be two weeks of national team matches, followed by the tenth round of the league, where Bayern will play away against Bochum, and then the third round of the Champions League group stage, where they will face Lazio of Serie A at home. This game is absolutely not to be lost.
After playing against Lazio, they went north to challenge Dortmund away.
Although the Hornets have been weak in recent years, they should not be underestimated, especially at home.
After playing against Dortmund, the German Cup will start immediately, and the opponent will be in the area around Dortmund.
So everyone in Bayern had a lot of opinions, because after playing against Dortmund, the team went south to rest for two or three days, and then had to go north to play in the German Cup. This kind of back and forth travel would make the players more uncomfortable with the exhaustion from the journey than from the game.
Especially considering that the team has a lot of injuries right now.
But no matter what, the game must go on.
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In the ninth round of the Bundesliga, Bayern will face Nuremberg at home.
Although Podolski returned after recovering from a cold, Heynckes still let Schweinsteiger play on the right side and continued to line up a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Toni Kroos as the attacking midfielder and Modric and Mascherano as the double defensive midfielders.
After the start of the game, the connection between Toni Kroos, Modric and Ribery was very active, creating opportunities one after another and completely suppressing Nuremberg in the half.
Even in the 16th minute, Ribery and Toni Kroos performed a two-pass wall combination, and Modric made a long shot from behind, almost breaking Nuremberg's goal.
In the 27th minute, Ribery's lob pass from the left rib sent the ball into the penalty area. Su Dong came in from behind, stopped the ball with his chest, and then volleyed with his left foot to break Nuremberg's goal.
Just four minutes later, Bayern got a free kick in the frontcourt. Schweinsteiger made a long shot and once again penetrated Nuremberg's goal, making it 2-0.
Before the end of the first half, Pepe made a long pass from the backcourt, Su Dong quickly inserted himself and stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty spot in the penalty area before anyone else.
After unloading the ball, Su Dong attracted the attention of two defensive players and the goalkeeper, and suddenly kicked the ball back with his heel.
Toni Kroos chased up from behind and shot a long shot. The ball stuck to the grass and flew into the lower right corner of the goal.
After scoring the goal, Toni Kroos was so excited that he rushed to Su Dong, hugged him tightly and celebrated the goal together.
This was his first goal in the Bundesliga! After the second half, Ribery was more active. He once passed two players and shot into the penalty area, but was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. However, in the 78th minute, Su Dong received a pass from Toni Kroos at the front of the penalty area, stopped the ball with his back, turned around, and sent a ball behind him with his left foot.
Ribery cut into the left side of the penalty area and had a one-on-one opportunity, and easily pushed the ball into the goal.
Four to zero! Three minutes later, Su Dong created another corner kick, Modric took the corner kick, and Lucio scored with a header, sealing the victory for Bayern.
In the end, Bayern won 5-0 against Nuremberg at home and won three points again! …
With nine consecutive wins, Bayern's momentum continues to be high.
Su Dong's performance once again received applause from the media and fans.
After the game, Toni Kroos said in an interview that his goal came from Su Dong's reminder.
"He told me to keep up with his pace. He said he wanted to help me create scoring opportunities. So, after seeing him move forward, I followed him. I didn't expect he would give me such a special gift."
Regarding his own goal, Toni Kroos said that it was because Su Dong's heel pass was so comfortable that he took advantage of the situation and directly pushed the ball without stopping.
"Most of the credit for this goal goes to Su Dong!" The talented young German player praised wholeheartedly.
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After two weeks of national team matches, the Bundesliga reignited the battle.
In the tenth round of the Bundesliga, Bayern will challenge Bochum away.
At the beginning of the game, Bochum, playing at home, played with the momentum of the home team and launched a fierce attack on Bayern, forcing Bayern to temporarily stabilize its position and strengthen defense.
But in the ninth minute of the game, Bayern successfully defended and intercepted the ball. Under the pressure of the opponent, the ball was passed back to goalkeeper Rensing. Rensing stopped the ball in the penalty area and wanted to pass the ball to Lahm on the right.
With no pressure from defensive players around him, Rensing actually passed the ball too small. However, Grote on the left side of Bochum quickly made a run, broke into the penalty area before Lahm, and scored with a single shot.
This goal ignited the atmosphere at Bochum's home stadium and also dealt a heavy blow to Bayern.
It was clearly a successful defense, so how come the opponent scored a goal? …
After taking the lead, Bochum started to play more conservatively.
Bochum, playing at home, made up their mind from the beginning to go for a chance at the start and then launch a defensive counterattack after scoring a goal.
Bayern had no choice but to increase their offensive intensity and try to equalize the score as soon as possible.
Rensing's terrible mistake put Bayern in trouble.
Of course, given Bayern's strength, the predicament only lasted for more than half an hour.
Towards the end of the first half, as Bayern's pressure increased, Bochum's defense made mistakes.
Su Dong chased the pass all the way, approached the center back, and then turned and pounced on the left back Pfertzer.
As soon as Pfeffertzer stopped the ball, he felt a huge pressure like a mountain coming towards him, and the first thing he thought of was to pass the ball quickly.
But before he could pass the ball, a pair of long legs had already kicked out and pushed the ball to the right.
After successfully stealing the ball, Su Dong quickly pointed forward.
Schweinsteiger understood what he meant, caught up with the ball and passed it behind his back.
The ball was passed diagonally from the right to the penalty area. Su Dong sprinted at the fastest speed and caught up with the ball on the right side of the penalty area.
As soon as the game stopped, center back Yahya was already in position.
One on one!
Su Dong was a skilled and bold man. He did not give the opponent any chance to react. He stopped abruptly as soon as he caught up with the ball, which scared Yahya so much that he also stopped abruptly. However, Su Dong started again suddenly, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and relied on his even better explosive power to shake off Yahya, dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area, and shot directly with his right foot.
From stopping the ball to emergency stop, and then sudden acceleration, the whole process was done in one go. Yahya was not given any chance to react at all. He could only respond passively and was directly thrown away by Su Dong.
Goalkeeper Rashtuvka was also shocked. Facing Su Dong's powerful shot, he was powerless.
One to one!
"Wow! A great goal!"
"Su Dong relied on his personal ability to steal the ball in the frontcourt and then dribbled into the penalty area to equalize the score for Bayern!"
"Faced with such an unstoppable force, Yahya probably has no better solution but to raise his hands and surrender."
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The team ended the first half in a 1-1 draw, and Su Dong scored his 20th goal in the Bundesliga.
During the half-time break, Heynckes criticized Rensing, saying that his mistake was very bad. Rensing accepted the coach's criticism and apologized to his teammates in public.
Heynckes asked the team to increase its offensive strength in the second half, especially to cooperate more with Su Dong.
Just five minutes into the second half, Su Dong cooperated with Ribery on the left flank. After receiving Ribery's cross pass, he stopped the ball and turned around, then passed the ball behind him with his left foot. Ribery broke into the penalty area and calmly shot the ball into the goal, making it 2-1!
When Bayern started to find their rhythm, Bochum was no match for them.
In the 78th minute of the game, Su Dong and Ribery cooperated again. The French scarred face passed the ball from the left side of the penalty area to the right side, and Schweinsteiger shot and scored, further expanding the score.
Three to one!
Bayern finally reversed Bochum 3-1 away from home and won ten consecutive victories!
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After the game, Su Dong once again appeared at the center of attention in the German media.
The most important thing is that he not only scored the 20th goal, but also provided an assist.
Last season, Su Dong played in the Bundesliga for half of the season. Although he scored 25 goals, he only had five assists. He won the Golden Boot Award and received a lot of applause.
But this season, Su Dong's performance has obviously improved. So far, he has scored 20 goals in ten league games and also provided seven assists, which has exceeded the halfway point of last season.
More importantly, Su Dong's number of assists has caught up with Werder Bremen's midfield core Diego.
Diego also had seven assists.
His number of goals leads the Bundesliga scorer list, and his number of assists is on par with the Bundesliga assist king Diego, which has once again shocked the entire German football world and even the European football world.
Does that mean that Su Dong is planning to take both the top scorer and top assists titles at once? Bild believes that with Robben injured and Ribery's performance not very stable, Su Dong is like a steady helmsman, steering the giant ship of Bayern and sailing smoothly in the vast ocean.
In the match against Bochum, it was Su Dong who carried the whole game again, leading Bayern forward and saving Bayern with his goals and assists.
Hoeness told Bild, "For us, Su Dong is the most indispensable player."
The Bayern giant believes that he can't imagine how Bayern will face Bochum away without Su Dong. Hoeness also has a very clear understanding of the team's problems. On the one hand, he said that this is caused by injuries, but on the other hand, he also believes that Bayern should not be blindly arrogant.
"We don't have the power to surpass all our opponents, at least not yet."
This is basically consistent with what Heynckes said in the locker room after the game, that is, Bayern has a strength advantage in the Bundesliga, but is not so arrogant as to despise all opponents.
Only by playing every game seriously and giving full play to your strength can you defeat your opponent.
Although Podolski has recovered from illness and returned, he has not yet regained his form. For the time being, there is still only Su Dong on the front line.
Bayern also needs Su Dong!
(End of this chapter)
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