Chapter 610: The hopeless Rensing
Since Kahn retired, Bayern has not yet determined who will be their main goalkeeper.
Neither the management nor Heynckes had made a personal choice, and everyone knew that this was to allow Rensing to compete with Neuer to see who was more capable of serving as the main goalkeeper and guarding the goal for Bayern.
Rensing had always been the team's substitute goalkeeper. After Kahn was injured, he also served as the main goalkeeper for a long time and performed well. It was originally a sure thing for him to take over as Bayern's main goalkeeper, but no one expected that Neuer would suddenly come in.
At the beginning, Rensing was not afraid of competing with Neuer because he had enough advantages.
Even though Neuer worked very hard in training, it is easier said than done to catch up. For example, Neuer had a hard time adapting to Bayern's traditional shot-ball training, while Rensing was very familiar with it.
What is even more unexpected is that Neuer gritted his teeth and worked very hard to practice.
Especially in the European Super Cup in Monaco, Neuer played bravely and made consecutive great saves, winning applause from the audience. This also made Rensing feel the pressure. In the subsequent fourth round of the Bundesliga, Rensing also played bravely and won unanimous praise after the game.
The media, head coach and Bayern management all feel that the competition between the two young goalkeepers is beneficial to both sides.
Just as Beckenbauer said, he hopes that the competition between Rensing and Neuer can help them continuously improve their strength and also help Bayern achieve better results.
The media also believe that Bayern's approach to competition is indeed ideal. After all, there is no favoritism. Both Rensing and Neuer are given enough opportunities. It just depends on who can perform better.
Aren't all young players growing up under pressure? But this beautiful wish was soon ruthlessly broken.
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In the fifth round of the Bundesliga, Bayern will host Werder Bremen at home.
Although Schaaf was playing away, they still adopted their 4-4-2 formation with a small diamond in the midfield, led by Brazilian midfielders Diego and Ozil, responsible for delivering ammunition to Rosenberry and Pizarro in front.
As early as Wednesday's Champions League group match, Schaff had already been practicing this tactic, but at that time he was tied 0-0 with Anorthosis of Cyprus. After the game, some media believed that Werder Bremen was saving its strength for the Bundesliga match against Bayern.
As expected, Werder Bremen basically copied the Champions League lineup, except that the defensive midfielder was replaced by Baumann instead of Frings.
At the beginning of the game, Werder Bremen took the initiative and launched a fierce attack on Bayern.
Bayern was not unprepared. Heynckes had long anticipated that a team like Werder Bremen would not be content to defend, and had made sufficient plans for their opening attack, so the team did not play in a panic.
Until the third minute.
At that time, Mascherano made continuous steals on the right side of his own backcourt and kicked down Ozil, giving Werder Bremen an indirect free kick opportunity. Diego stood on the right side of the penalty area ready to take the penalty.
Bayern players were also on high alert and did not relax.
But when Diego took the free kick and the ball landed behind the goal, Pepe was already stuck in position and was about to jump.
Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Rensing suddenly left the goal and jumped high with his hands raised, trying to intercept the free kick directly in the air, but his action directly affected Pepe's jump.
It had an impact. If Rensing could grab the ball, that would have been a good thing, but the key point is that he didn't.
Instead, Rosenberg took advantage of the Bayern goalkeeper's attack, blocked Pepe's jump, and headed the ball into the goal first.
The ball slipped out of the goal and did not go in, but Pepe yelled at Rensing angrily and kept pointing at his eyes.
"Open your eyes and see clearly, don't attack blindly!"
Lucio quickly ran over and separated Pepe, while also calming Rensing.
This was indeed a goalkeeper's mistake.
When Pepe had already taken the position, Rensing should not have abandoned the goal.
Everyone thought that this was just a mistake caused by a lack of coordination between the goalkeeper and the central defender, so they didn't take it to heart and continued to focus on the game.
Especially just three minutes later, Bayern made continuous passes and pulls outside the 30-meter area of Werder Bremen, moving from the left to the right and then back to the middle. Schweinsteiger made a long shot that hit Baumann's leg and deflected into the penalty area.
Su Dong was standing on the left side of the penalty spot. When he saw the ball coming towards him, he reacted immediately, turned around quickly, stopped the ball with the inside of his left foot, leaned to the right, and bumped into Mertesacker who was rushing towards him.
The Bremen center back rushed over to grab the ball, but Su Dong stopped the ball first and blocked it with his body.
The two tall and strong players had a solid physical contest, and neither of them was able to gain an advantage.
But the problem is that the ball is under Su Dong's left foot.
Su Dong staggered slightly, then immediately balanced himself and swung his left foot to hit.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Just six minutes into the game, Su Dong scored the first goal for Bayern!"
“One to zero!!!”
The entire Allianz Arena was boiling in an instant, and all the fans were shouting Su Dong's name.
His teammates also rushed over to celebrate Su Dong's goal.
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After the goal, Bayern continued to exert offensive pressure on Werder Bremen.
Bremen was obviously prepared for conceding the goal first, so they were not in a hurry and launched a quick counterattack as soon as they got the ball.
Bayern gradually gained the advantage on the field. After all, they had overall superiority in strength and it was their home court.
But just as Bayern was pressing forward, Werder Bremen suddenly launched a quick counterattack.
Diego made a long pass, accurately sending it behind the Bayern defense.
Former Bayern player Pizarro successfully made an offside move and sprinted all the way into the penalty area.
Lucio also chased back desperately at a very fast speed, trying to force Pizarro to the bottom line, but Pizarro's personal ability was not bad. After stopping the ball, he tried to move it towards the goal.
Under normal circumstances, Lucio would press Pizarro and compress his shooting angle, and Rensing only needed to maintain the shooting angle. After all, Pizarro's shooting angle was not large.
But what was unexpected was that after a slight hesitation, Renxing abandoned the goal and attacked again.
If he had abandoned the goal and attacked immediately when Pizarro stopped the ball just now, there would not have been a big problem, but he waited until Pizarro stopped the ball before attacking, which was equivalent to giving his opponent a chance.
When Pizarro saw Rensing's attack, he decisively kicked the ball.
Halfway through the attack, Renxin saw the opponent's lob shot and immediately tried to block it, but it was too late! The ball passed Renxin's hands and fell far into the goal behind him.
One to one!
Everyone in the audience, including the players on the field, were dumbfounded.
Is there such an operation?
Just now, he almost conceded a goal with his attack. Now he's doing it again? Of course, strictly speaking, this time, it can't be completely blamed on Rensing. After all, who can say for sure what happened at that moment?
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After the opponent equalized the score, Bayern remained stable, continued to play steadily and put pressure on Werder Bremen.
Just five minutes later, Bayern attempted a long pass into the penalty area, but was blocked by the opponent's central defender. Lucio then crossed the center line, stopped the ball, took two steps forward, and quickly passed it to Su Dong's feet.
There was a defensive player behind Su Dong. He did not stop the ball, but passed it directly to Modric who ran into the open space.
The Croatian midfielder understood the hint, stopped and dribbled the ball to the top of the arc in front of the penalty area.
Su Dong rushed forward quickly, got into a favorable position in time, and headed the ball into the right side of the penalty area.
Robben, who had been lying in ambush on the right flank waiting for his chance, suddenly shook off the defender, cut diagonally to the right side of the penalty area, stopped Su Dong's pass with his chest, and shot directly with his left foot, making it two to one!
Bayern made a beautiful aerial relay, Su Dong headed the ball and assisted Robben to surpass the score again! …
After taking the lead again, Bayern's morale was high and they launched an attack on Werder Bremen.
Werder Bremen focused on defense, but also patiently waited for the opportunity to counterattack.
The game started to get into a stalemate.
Bayern slowed down their attack and tried to control the tempo of the game and the ball, while Werder Bremen focused on defense.
This stalemate continued until the end of the game.
Diego caused Mascherano to foul when he broke through with the ball.
The Argentine midfielder was attacked by Diego and Ozil tonight and was under great pressure, but his performance was still remarkable.
Diego and Ozil ran over to take the direct free kick.
The location is very good, in the middle of the field, about twenty-five meters away from the goal.
Diego feinted a shot, and Ozil suddenly rushed out and kicked a curved ball with his left foot.
The ball passed the wall and fell into the lower left corner of the goal.
Rensing determined where the ball was going to land and dived sideways, but for some reason, he managed to block the ball with a fist with one hand.
The ball didn't go in, but how can you control the ball with one fist?
After the ball bounced, Naldo, who was closest to the ball, kicked the ball into Bayern's goal.
Two to two! Everyone at the scene was stunned again!
If the previous attack could only be considered controversial, then this time it was absolutely confirmed.
This free kick cannot be said to be easy, but the distance is far, the speed is not very fast, and after going around the wall of people, the angle is not big. Rensing obviously judged it, but how could he let it slip away?
Why did he punch the ball out with one fist? After Rensing got up from the ground, he immediately roared and complained that his teammates did not clear the ball immediately, which allowed Naldo to score.
But Lucio, Pepe and others in the penalty area turned away silently and no one paid any attention to him.
Everyone knew that he had somewhat lost his mind at this moment.
This was his third serious mistake in the game, resulting in two goals.
What's even more surprising is that he only blocked the opponent's shot into the goal frame once in the entire first half, which was the free kick just now. However, the ball was still hit out and Naldo seized the opportunity to score.
This is really a bit frustrating!
(End of this chapter)
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