Chapter 691 Great World Wave
On the afternoon of October 3, Bayern played against Cologne at home.
Although Cologne spent a lot of money to bring in Podolski, its performance in the new season is not ideal. After the first seven rounds of games, the team ranked 17th in the Bundesliga and can almost be said to be a hot candidate for relegation.
The head coach of Cologne is Croatian Soldo, who played for Stuttgart for ten years and retired in 2006. In 2007, he returned to Croatia to coach the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb. He also took over the first team after the winter break and his coaching results were quite outstanding.
Last season, Cologne did not have much pressure to avoid relegation and was always in the lower middle area of the standings. This summer, they spent a huge sum of 10 million euros to buy back Podolski from Bayern Munich. This made the Cologne management have higher requirements for the team's performance, so they changed coaches.
But who could have thought that even though the former prince returned and Soldo also came, the team's performance declined.
You know, at the same time last season, after seven rounds of games, Cologne was ranked tenth in the league, but this season it has fallen to seventeenth. How can this be accepted? The reason for this phenomenon is that on the one hand, with the investment of Bundesliga teams, the overall strength has been improved, but on the other hand, after Cologne bought back Podolski, the overall strength has not increased but decreased, which is very problematic.
Because of this, Soldo was under considerable pressure in the away game against Bayern. He even said before the game that he had to fight for relegation from now on and wanted to lead the team out of the relegation zone as soon as possible.
As the captain of Stuttgart at that time, Soldo played in the Bundesliga for ten years. He is very familiar with the Bundesliga, especially how to deal with giants like Bayern. Therefore, at the Allianz Arena, Cologne set up a strict defense.
There is only one goal, to defend the goal.
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Bayern's luck was not very good either.
Su Dong still did not start, Robben was injured again in the game against Juventus, and Heynckes could only field a combination of Ribery, Klose and Thomas Muller in the frontcourt.
In the midweek match against Juventus, Bayern was very exhausted, so in this match, the team tried to slow down the pace, but Cologne's defense was well organized and Soldo was a defensive player.
This resulted in Bayern's attack being stubbornly blocked.
What’s even more depressing is that Bayern’s luck in the game was extremely bad.
First, Schweinsteiger's header hit the crossbar, and then Klose's header also hit the crossbar.
Tonight, the goal frame of the Allianz Arena seemed to be against Bayern.
For most of the game, Bayern controlled the ball and had the advantage, but they just couldn't break the deadlock or create any threats.
At halftime, Heynckes replaced Olic and continued to strengthen the attack.
Despite Bayern's heavy bombardment of Cologne, they were unable to score.
This not only made Heynckes on the sidelines extremely depressed, but also made the fans in the stands unable to sit still.
Still can't beat Cologne at home? After a long period of failure, Heynckes finally set his sights on Su Dong on the bench.
Su Dong's personal coach Nuno Cruz complained to Heynckes, "Can't Su Dong be allowed to rest for two games? Let his injured muscles recover and play again?"
Heynckes was full of helplessness and wanted to say, it really isn't possible!
It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but that he can’t do it!
Look at these two games, without Su Dong, what happened to Bayern's offense? It was better against Juventus, but against Cologne, Bayern's offense was completely blunted.
So, Heynckes could only put on a smile and said bitterly, "As a professional player, who doesn't have some injuries?"
Su Dong's injury is actually nothing, as long as it doesn't get worse.
After this game, there will be two weeks of national team games. Heynckes promised to give Su Dong a two-week long vacation to recover from his injury.
But tonight, I still have to rely on him! ...
When the game reached the 86th minute, Bayern intercepted the ball and launched a quick attack.
Ribery dribbled the ball down the left flank and made a lob pass to Klose who was advancing on the left side of the penalty area.
Klose headed the ball towards the middle of the penalty area, but Cologne's central defender Pedro headed the ball out.
The ball slowly fell to the outside of the penalty area.
Just when everyone thought that Bayern's attack had failed, a red figure suddenly appeared at the front of the penalty area. It was Su Dong, who had just retreated to receive the ball from his teammate and planned this counterattack.
Su Dong judged the landing point early, and facing the falling ball, he volleyed it directly with his right foot.
A muffled sound was heard at the scene, and the ball shot towards the right side of the goal like a cannonball.
The goalkeeper of the Cologne team was standing to the left, completely stunned, allowing this sudden world-class shot to penetrate the Cologne team's goal and go straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 86th minute, Su Dong scored a great goal!"
"What an amazing volley!"
"Su Dong, who came on as a substitute, scored an amazing long shot and won three points for Bayern!"
The entire Allianz Arena was in complete madness.
One to zero!
Bayern fought hard for ninety minutes, and finally in the final stage of the game, Su Dong, who came on as a substitute for ten minutes, scored a wonderful world wave.
The fans at the scene were simply going crazy, shouting and cheering at the top of their lungs, all rushing out of their seats, all shouting Su Dong's name frantically, venting their inner excitement.
After being suppressed for the entire game, he finally got a refreshing vent in the final stage! Su Dong even rushed out of the court and waved his fist towards the fans in the stands.
When Heynckes saw this, he excitedly punched repeatedly, appearing extremely excited.
One to zero, Bayern got three points! This is the second time in a row that Su Dong has come off the bench to save Bayern!
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When Su Dong scored an amazing goal against Cologne in Munich, winning three points for Bayern, the news quickly spread around the world after the game, especially the video of Su Dong's shot, which became a hot topic.
That night, the eighth round of the Premier League was being held at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, with Aston Villa playing against Manchester City at home.
A scene very similar to that between Bayern Munich and Cologne appeared on the field. Manchester City completely took advantage of passing and controlling the ball, but was unable to open up the situation on the field.
In the 15th minute, Dunne, the central defender who was sold to Aston Villa by Guardiola, took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to score the first goal for Aston Villa.
Afterwards, Aston Villa defended tightly, allowing Manchester City to control the ball but managed to keep the goal intact.
Manchester City's ability to control the ball was excellent, reaching 69 percent, but in terms of creating offensive opportunities, they were actually not as good as Aston Villa. This is also the norm for Manchester City under Guardiola's coaching this season.
He has excellent ball control, but his offense is not sharp enough, especially his lack of scoring ability.
The two wings formed by Di Maria and Sanchez are very good and can tear apart the defense, but it is difficult to convert them into goals.
Santa Cruz wasted at least two chances in this game.
You know, Manchester City’s ability to create opportunities is not very strong. They wasted two good opportunities. How can they score a goal?
In the end, Manchester City lost 0-1 away from home.
This is Manchester City's fifth defeat this season.
Three wins and five losses in eight games, this is the answer Guardiola gave at the start of the Premier League.
Guardiola himself was very depressed about the result. He kept shaking his head on the sidelines, but he could do nothing about it.
It is estimated that after this game, the media will question again and think that he should not let Dunn go.
He's used to it.
For example, after playing against Arsenal, the media believed that he should have brought in Adebayor and Kolo Toure.
After the game against Manchester United, the media believed that he should have poached Tevez in the first place.
The team's goal scoring dropped sharply, and the media felt that he should not have let Robinho go.
Too many hindsights have made Guardiola aesthetically fatigued.
But one thing is true, and that is that he was under a lot of pressure to perform well.
After eight rounds, Manchester City ranks 12th in the Premier League standings, which is not a satisfactory result.
Apart from anything else, Guardiola himself felt annoyed.
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When the game ended, in the Manchester City office far away at the Manchester City Stadium, the three giants Mubarak, Soriano and Begiristain were all watching the live broadcast. They also saw the close-up of Guardiola and the frustration of the players.
They were also very disappointed.
Manchester City have been particularly strange this season.
Logically speaking, with such huge investment, the overall strength should be strong.
In fact, the team's ability to control the ball is indeed very good. Even when facing a team like Arsenal, Manchester City can grab 67% of the ball possession rate. It can be imagined that Manchester City's technical and tactical content is very high.
On the other hand, although the team had a high ball possession rate, they had few threatening attacks, not many shots, and very few goals.
What’s more interesting is that the wing attack was quite active. Di Maria and Sanchez performed well on both wings and made a lot of dribbles, but the conversion efficiency was very low.
"We can't let the team continue like this!" Mubarak was dissatisfied with the team's performance.
Not only was he dissatisfied, but Mansour was equally dissatisfied.
After investing so much money, the results are so bad? What's the point of just controlling the ball?
It’s a good-looking kick, but is it edible?
In competitive sports, results are the ultimate factor. If you don’t have results, no matter how well you play, if you get relegated, will it be of any use?
"Guardiola said that the team's problem lies in offense and he is making adjustments. Di Maria and Sanchez are both newcomers, and Santa Cruz is also a new player. They all need some time to integrate." Begiristain is also under a lot of pressure.
It was he who strongly recommended Guardiola.
If Guardiola steps down, he, as the technical director, will probably suffer as well.
"The boss has spoken." Mubarak looked serious.
Soriano and Begiristain also looked serious. They knew that what their boss said was extraordinary.
"He believes in your professional judgment and hopes that the team can improve its offense, so he asks us to defeat Sudong no matter what and not delay any longer!" Mubarak said in a loud voice.
"No matter how much it costs, no matter what the price, we will sign him!"
I'm sorry, something happened at home recently.
(End of this chapter)
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