Chapter 614: Holy Hip Neuer
On the afternoon of September 27th, Bayern challenged Hannover 96 away.
Just seven minutes into the game, Su Dong attracted the defense's attention during a corner kick, headed the ball, and assisted Pepe to score with a header, opening the scoring for Bayern.
Falling behind at home, Hannover 96 launched a fierce counterattack.
First, Forssell's sudden shot after a breakthrough was saved by Neuer with one hand, and Justi's follow-up shot was also firmly caught by Neuer's second save. This consecutive save won Neuer the recognition of his teammates.
Just seven minutes later, Hannover 96 won a free kick in the frontcourt in a very good position.
Justi took a very high-level direct free kick, trying to hit the goal corner.
Neuer stood in front of the goal and judged the ball's direction early on. He leaped forward and, with his tall stature and long arms, he used an extremely difficult move to block Justi's free kick out of the goal with one hand.
When the Bayern goalkeeper fell heavily to the ground, there was a burst of enthusiastic exclamations at the scene. Even the fans of Hannover 96 were shocked by Neuer's save.
"Wow! Great job!"
“That’s amazing!”
The teammates around him came over, pulled Neuer up and praised him.
Such saves are undoubtedly very morale-boosting.
"The free kick he takes is not as fast as yours, and the arc is not as strange as yours. It's actually not difficult!" Neuer smiled at Su Dong.
Su Dong couldn't help but slap him on the shoulder. Isn't this too Versailles?
Is there anyone who talks like you?
However, this flattery is still pretty good.
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With Neuer's outstanding performance, Bayern's defense has stabilized and the team has also invested more manpower in the frontcourt.
Especially in the second half, Ribery came on as a substitute again, and the front trident was finally complete.
Su Dong scored a goal in the 54th minute and was substituted by Podolski in the 60th minute.
In the 67th minute, Podolski assisted Ribery to score a goal.
In the end, Bayern won 3-0 against Hannover 96 away from home and won six consecutive games.
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While Bayern Munich won a perfect victory over Hannover 96 away from home, Werder Bremen welcomed Hoffenheim at home.
This dark horse from a small rural village once again shocked the entire German football world.
Facing the powerful Werder Bremen away from home, Hoffenheim lost the ball just eight minutes into the game, but Ibisevic's assist helped the team equalize the score, but soon, Bremen scored three goals in a row and led 4-1.
If it were any other team, they would have surrendered long ago given such a huge disparity in the score.
But Hoffenheim managed to score three goals in a row and made the score 4-4, which was simply unbelievable.
Although Bremen scored again in the final moments and defeated their opponent 5-4, this battle still surprised the entire German football world, especially Hoffenheim's fighting spirit.
Not to mention the three promoted teams, even in this season's Bundesliga, Hoffenheim's performance is obvious to all.
Everyone also began to take a new look at this newly promoted team.
With Hoffenheim's strength, it is indeed very difficult to challenge Bayern's dominant position, but they still have a good chance of getting a good ranking in the Bundesliga, especially if they can show the same momentum as against Bremen.
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What is the biggest challenge of playing away against Zenit St. Petersburg? Heynckes believes that the biggest opponent is not the strength of the UEFA Cup champion team composed of Arshavin, Danny and others, nor the challenge of the away game, but the climate of St. Petersburg.
When the daytime temperature in Munich is close to 20 degrees, the temperature in St. Petersburg has reached single digits, and is close to zero degrees at night. The drastic temperature difference in a short period of time is a huge challenge for any away team.
In addition to the huge temperature difference, St. Petersburg is in the rainy season, and the wet and cold weather is very deadly, especially since Zenit sprinkled water on the field. This is simply trying every means to create trouble for the visiting team and take advantage of its home advantage.
Bayern was extremely uncomfortable. Zenit launched a fierce attack on Bayern right from the start. It was obvious that they wanted to use their home advantage to defeat Bayern in one fell swoop and avenge the loss in the European Super Cup.
Heynckes and Bayern were mentally prepared for the difficulty of away games, but in the match against Zenit, everyone was confused by the opponent from the beginning and fell into a passive position.
I was dizzy for the entire first half.
Yes, Bayern was beaten by Zenit for forty-five minutes.
What an incredible thing! As strong as Bayern is, when has it ever been beaten so badly by its opponents? But in front of nature, no matter how strong Bayern is, it is useless.
Mascherano ran tirelessly to cover and intercept, Pepe and Lucio's legs and bodies blocked countless shots from the opponents, and Neuer made consecutive saves to ensure that Bayern's goal was not lost.
It can be said that it was thanks to the outstanding performance of the midfield and backcourt, as well as the tenacious fighting spirit, that Bayern incredibly maintained the score of zero to zero in the first half.
This led to them being singled out for praise by Heynckes during the half-time break.
Everyone knows how difficult it is to play an away game like this.
After the change of sides in the second half, Bayern continued to defend tightly.
Among them, Neuer once again performed a wonderful save, passing Arshavin directly to Danny's volley, and then flew to save the ball from going out of the baseline, once again ensuring the safety of the goal.
In such cold weather, Bayern's players were basically silent.
The midfield formed by Schweinsteiger and Modric also had trouble playing, especially since the field was so muddy and slippery. It was a nightmare for Bayern, who had stronger passing capabilities, so the whole team was forced to defend.
Due to the poor field and weather conditions, Heynckes didn't even dare to replace Ribery, for fear that the French scar-faced player who had just returned from injury would be injured again, which would be a real loss.
Everyone knows that if they fail to win this away game, the difficulties they will face in the fifth round away to Borisov, Belarus, will not be much better than now, and Bayern will have no chance of retreating.
Su Dong also remained focused on the court, patiently waiting for opportunities.
In such cold weather, he spent more of his energy on himself rather than on his opponent.
Zenit's players were obviously more adaptable than Bayern, so they wanted to defeat Bayern right from the start.
But now, not only did he fail to swallow the first bite, he couldn't even bite the second and third bites. Su Dong believed that they would definitely reveal their flaws.
Sure enough, when the game reached the 71st minute, Zenit's attack was intercepted by Schweinsteiger and Mascherano in the midfield. Modric sent a lob and kicked the ball directly behind the defense line.
Su Dong quickly inserted himself from behind, headed the ball to the front right before center back Puigrinier, and then quickly sprinted forward.
Robben rushed along the right side, caught up with Su Dong's header, took a big step forward, and rushed directly to the right side of the penalty area with the ball. Facing the left-back who returned to defense in time, Robben quickly made a fake move and cut inside, and kicked the ball directly with his left foot. The whole action was extremely skillful.
But I don’t know if it was because of the climate or because of excessive physical exertion, Robben’s shot went astray.
After Robben kicked the ball off target, it hit the center back Puiglinier who was following Su Dong all the way and was deflected.
Su Dong was right next to Puigrinier and reacted very quickly. He took the lead to stop the ball with his foot, turned around and adjusted, then shot directly with his left foot.
The ball went faster along the wet grass and went straight into the lower left corner of Zenit's goal before goalkeeper Malafeev could save it.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 71st minute, Su Dong scored the first goal for Bayern!"
“One to zero!!”
"It was really a very, very crucial goal!"
"Bayern was suppressed by Zenit throughout the game. The climate and the field were really not favorable for Bayern. On the contrary, Zenit played better and Bayern was very passive on the field."
"But at the critical moment, Bayern counterattacked quickly and Su Dong headed the ball to Robben, but Robben cut inside and kicked the ball wrong, the ball hit the defender and changed direction. Su Dong's reaction was really fast."
"We can see this slow-motion replay. Su Dong stopped the ball, adjusted, and then shot directly. He was very decisive!"
"One to zero, this goal is so important for Bayern!"
"We saw Su Dong run to the sidelines to celebrate, but we have to say that his celebration of the goal was nothing new. I personally suggest that he should find someone to design a set of celebration moves for when he scores a goal, such as sliding on his knees and leaving three marks. It would definitely be very unique."
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Su Dong's goal broke the deadlock on the field, but failed to reverse Bayern's disadvantage.
When Zenit fell behind, they launched a more fierce attack and launched offensives against Bayern in turns.
Heynckes had no choice but to immediately replace Robben with Tymoshchuk to strengthen the team's defense.
Tymoshchuk is obviously more adapted to this climate and is more familiar with Zenit. His coming on as a substitute has greatly eased the pressure on Bayern's defense, especially the double defensive midfielder formed by him and Mascherano.
Zenit gave it a try and continued to make substitutions to intensify the attack.
Edvocat's goal is very clear, which is to at least get a draw at home.
Facing top clubs like Bayern and Real Madrid, Zenit's biggest advantage is their home court. If they can't win the home court, what else can Zenit use to compete for the qualification for the group stage?
In the icy away game, Neuer showed his greatest advantage and played the most exciting game since he joined Bayern. Especially in the last minute of the game, when Zenit launched a crazy counterattack, Neuer managed to block high and low to keep the goal.
This not only amazed Heynckes on the sidelines, but also amazed the Bayern players on the field.
Facing such a Neuer, it was not unfair for Rensing to lose.
In the end, Bayern narrowly beat Zenit St. Petersburg 1-0 away.
Goalkeeper Neuer was named Man of the Match.
As Marcelo and Ribery joked in the locker room after the game, Neuer was a god tonight.
Holy ass Neuer! I'm going to kill you with my ass!
(End of this chapter)
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