Chapter 662: Entering the final again
On May 2, the 30th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern faced Monchengladbach at home.
In the final stages of the league, there are two types of teams that are the most difficult to play against.
One is the team in the championship zone, and the other is the team in the relegation zone.
Borussia Mönchengladbach belongs to the latter category.
After 29 rounds, they are in 17th place in the Bundesliga standings, but are only two points away from Cottbus, which is 15th in the league, which is the difference between the victory and defeat of one game.
Therefore, even when facing Bayern away from home, Borussia Mönchengladbach gave 100% of their strength.
As the team had given its all in the away game against Manchester United in the midweek, and as the team will face Manchester United at home next week, Heynckes saved his strength for this game and made major rotations in the team's lineup.
However, due to the excessive rotation, the team's overall performance was not very ideal.
It was not until the 33rd minute that Podolski made a diagonal pass behind him, and Olic scored with a low shot, opening the scoring for Bayern.
In the 38th minute, a free kick from Borussia Mönchengladbach caused Rensing to lose the ball. When he tried to save it for the second time, he directly knocked down Bradley who was following up with a shot, and was awarded a penalty kick.
Borussia Mönchengladbach captain Dams took the penalty kick himself and equalized the score for the visiting team.
Afterwards, the game fell into a stalemate again.
It was not until the 60th minute that Heynckes finally couldn't bear it anymore and made a substitution, with Su Dong taking over.
Just two minutes later, Toni Kroos made a diagonal pass from the left to the middle of the penalty area. After Su Dong ran out of the open space, he headed the ball in an unguarded position in front of the goal and headed the ball into the near corner, allowing Bayern to increase the score again, 2-1!
In the 65th minute, a low pass came from the right, and Su Dong knocked the ball with his heel four meters in front of the goal and sent the ball into the goal again, 3 to 1!
A minute later, Olic made a cross from the left, and Su Dong headed the ball from eight meters in front of the goal and scored again, making it four to one!
The entire Allianz Arena was filled with excitement! Su Dong scored a hat trick in just six minutes! Bayern fans simply couldn't believe it.
Even in the following games, Su Dong continued to create threats.
Especially in the 87th minute, after Su Dong received the ball with his back to the goalkeeper, he turned around and shot hard, deceiving the goalkeeper, but the ball hit the post and bounced back into the penalty area and was cleared by the opponent.
Although he missed the chance to score four goals in a row, he still managed to score a hat trick. Su Dong also received warm applause from Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena after the game. They were obviously very satisfied with his condition and performance.
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On the evening of May 5th, in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, Bayern faced Manchester United at home.
When the game reached the 17th minute, after Bayern advanced to the frontcourt, Carrick successfully intercepted Bayern's pass, handed it to Scholes, and planned a counterattack on the spot.
Robben returned to defense and entangled Scholes at the first moment, forcing the ginger head to pass the ball back.
But just as Evra was about to step forward to receive the ball, Modric suddenly rushed out from the side, got one step ahead of Evra, intercepted the ball, and quickly dribbled the ball straight to the baseline, forcing Evra to quickly return to defense.
On the right side of the penalty area, in front of the baseline, Modric stopped the ball and made a low cross to the front point.
Su Dong and Vidic both advanced at the same time, but Vidic stood between Su Dong and the goal, making it difficult for Su Dong to threaten the goal directly, and Modric's pass came very quickly.
Due to Vidic's interference, Su Dong stopped the ball high.
After seeing Su Dong stop the ball high, Van der Sar attacked immediately, obviously wanting to take advantage of Su Dong's high stop and steal the ball. Unexpectedly, Su Dong's reaction was also very fast. Without waiting for Van der Sar and Vidic to approach, after stopping the ball, he immediately turned sideways and made a bicycle kick.
Su Dong's physical fitness was fully demonstrated at this time, especially this side-flip and overhead hook, the movement was very smooth and the attack was very sudden.
Van der Sar stretched out his arms, but the ball passed between his hands and went straight into Manchester United's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
"In the 17th minute, Su Dong scored the first goal for Bayern!"
“This is a very exciting overhead kick!”
"A wonderful goal from Su Dong, Bayern leads 1-0, the aggregate score is 3-1!"
Su Dong jumped up from the grass, rushed out of the court excitedly, ran all the way, and finally rushed to the bottom of the stands where Wang Chuqing was, kissing the ring on his left hand hard.
The entire Allianz Arena was shouting Su Dong's name, and Bayern fans were cheering for him wildly.
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After losing 1-2 at home in the first leg, Manchester United adopted a strong attacking tactic from the start of the second leg at the Allianz Arena.
But in fact, when it came to the game, Manchester United still played more cautiously, just not as conservative as in the first leg.
Bayern still focused on stability, and Heynckes did not play more actively just because it was a home game.
The two old foxes battled with each other in wits and strategy, and it was not easy for them to be fooled by the other.
But it was Manchester United that got angry first.
The Red Devils took Anderson off the field and let Scholes start in this game, which obviously meant to strengthen the offense.
The ginger-headed player is very strong, but his age is there. Midfield defense and interception are big problems. And I don’t know if it was Ferguson’s instruction, but he almost used himself as a central midfielder in this game and basically didn’t consider defense.
In the first leg, it took Fletcher, Anderson and Carrick three players to barely suppress Bayern's midfield. Now that Anderson has been taken off and Scholes, who has insufficient running ability, has been put on, this is obviously weakening the midfield.
As for the forward line, Tevez was replaced by Berbatov, and Ronnie returned to the wing where he was best.
This should have been a happy situation for everyone, but before Manchester United could adjust their attack, Bayern took advantage of a pass error in Manchester United's midfield, quickly counterattacked, and scored a goal.
Most of the credit for this goal goes to Su Dong.
Especially that wonderful overhead kick, which is definitely a reflection of personal ability.
After scoring a goal, Manchester United stabilized their position somewhat, but Bayern took advantage of Evra and attacked him fiercely.
After the effect of attacking Vidic in the first round, Heynckes switched to attacking Evra in the second round, letting Robben specifically attack this point. Modric's cross just now hit Evra's defense area.
Manchester United's left-back's performance in recent times has indeed been unsatisfactory.
Throughout the first half, Bayern's right winger Robben had eight shots, twice as many as Su Dong, but failed to score a goal.
However, it is not difficult to see from the number of shots how obvious Robben's advantage is on this side.
But as Bayern frequently posed threats, Manchester United players became more and more anxious.
As the first half was about to end, Manchester United attacked again and just after crossing the center line, they wanted to go directly behind Rooney, but they were judged to be offside.
After finally creating an opportunity, it was blown off. Rooney was so angry that he kicked the ball out of the field.
In an instant, the entire stadium was filled with boos.
You know, this is Bayern's home ground and Manchester United is playing away.
The referee also saw Rooney kicking the game ball away, which is strictly prohibited. He immediately ran over and took out a yellow card towards the England striker, then reached into his chest pocket and took out a red card.
Everyone then realized that Rooney had been shown a yellow card in the 25th minute for actively returning to defense and tripping Lahm who was dribbling the ball. Now his two yellow cards have been turned into one red card.
Rooney himself was confused!
It was only at this moment that he suddenly remembered that he had just received a yellow card.
But it's too late to regret now? ...
The first half ended with Rooney's red card.
Falling behind by one goal and having one man less, Ferguson couldn't come up with a better solution.
Even if he was asked to intensify the attack, he did not have the courage and could not make such a decision.
You know, facing a team like Bayern, if they really go all out, they might be beaten by a big score, and then Manchester United will be really finished.
After all, no one wants to experience that kind of devastating defeat, it's too hurtful!
There was no choice but for Ferguson to strengthen his defense and wait for a chance to counterattack.
Who is Heynckes?
With his cunning character, how could he not guess Manchester United's plan? So, after having the numerical advantage in the second half, Bayern began to control the ball, slow down the pace, and organize penetration, but they were not in a hurry and patiently grinded with Manchester United.
Manchester United really has no solution to this.
Throughout the second half, Bayern had the advantage in numbers, but the number of attacks was not as good as in the first half.
This caused the game to become very stalemate and not interesting to watch.
But in the end, Bayern defeated the ten-man Manchester United with a score of 1-0 thanks to Su Dong's goal.
Ferguson's team suffered another defeat at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern also defeated Manchester United with a score of 1-0 and an aggregate score of 3-1, and advanced to the Champions League final again!
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When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the entire Allianz Arena was filled with joy.
All the Bayern fans were celebrating wildly in the stands.
Getting a ticket to the Olympic Stadium in Rome is definitely a big event worth celebrating for Bayern.
This means that Bayern is one step closer to the dream of defending the treble.
In the stands, Bayern fans were shouting Su Dong's name in unison. Obviously they all knew that Su Dong was crucial to the team's ability to defeat the powerful Manchester United and reach the Champions League final again. He was the team's number one contributor.
So, they did not hesitate to give their applause and cheers, and shouted for Su Dong at the top of their lungs.
The entire stadium seemed to be shaking, and the fans' shouts were overwhelming.
It was in this atmosphere that Manchester United players left the field.
Su Dong didn't even have time to say goodbye to Ronnie before the Portuguese left in disappointment.
Tonight, he worked hard throughout the game and created chances, but unfortunately, he failed to score.
He was alone and was completely helpless facing Bayern's defense.
Ferguson brought Berbatov on the pitch, originally intending to open up the defense for Ronnie, but unexpectedly, Ronnie played even worse than in the first round, and the contribution of the cool brother was far inferior to Tevez.
Ronnie felt helpless about this and didn't know how to face Su Dong, so he left silently.
When he left the field, the entire stadium was cheering for Su Dong, and the noise was deafening and lasted for a long time.
This made him very envious!
(End of this chapter)
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