Chapter 870: The Final Shot

Keep the tie? Or win?

Thomas Tuchel stood in front of the home team's coaching bench, feeling very conflicted.

Judging from the current situation, although Bayern Munich equalized the score, after Tuchel's adjustments, Hamburg managed to stabilize the situation and did not give Bayern Munich the opportunity to pursue the victory.

However, Badley had exhausted his strength and could not hold on any longer.

Just now, the Croatian midfielder had a cramp, which caused the game to be temporarily interrupted.

Judging from the gestures he made to himself, he could no longer hold on.

If you change players at this time, how should you choose?

Should we continue to strengthen our offense and strive to win a victory at home?

Or should we take the safer approach and maintain the score of 3-3?

Tuchel is indeed in a difficult situation!

To be realistic, as a head coach, a draw is already a pretty good result given how the game was played.

However, if Tuchel is not content with a draw and takes the initiative again, if Bayern Munich scores, all the hard work of everyone in the team will be in vain.

Of course, from the head coach's perspective, he will not be blamed.

Because even if Hamburg loses in the end, the fans will not be too harsh on them.

But Tuchel was unwilling to accept losing in his heart, he wanted to win!

But if you want to win, you have to take risks!

To fight or not, it all depends on Tuchel's decision!

Even the assistants around him were unable to give him any advice.

The young German coach closed his eyes, and all he could hear was the cheers of the fans pouring down from the stands.

They were cheering for the team, shouting at the team not to give up, to keep scoring goals and to beat Bayern Munich.

Is this what they really think?

What if, by some chance, we fail to beat Bayern Munich and lose the game instead, will they blame me?

As he was thinking about it, Tuchel couldn't help but think of what Yang Huan had said to him in the player tunnel during the halftime break, "We must beat Bayern Munich no matter what!"

"I've already taken out the money, please don't ask me to deposit it back. I, Young Master Huan, can't afford to lose face!"

Thinking of this, Tuchel suddenly wanted to laugh.

Although Master Huan's words sounded a bit patronizing, he was very enterprising.

So, Tuchel opened his eyes, turned his head and looked at the bench.

There were seven players sitting on the bench. Except for goalkeeper Drobny, the other six players had already been ready to go, waiting for the head coach to give the order to make substitutions.

Now, seeing Tuchel turning around, everyone had to look over eagerly.

"Adnan, warm up!"

As soon as he heard his name, Januzaj jumped up from his seat, but he said, "No, sir, my body is always warm and I can go anytime!"

There was a hint of fanaticism in the eyes of the young Belgian player.

This game is against Bayern Munich. What an honor it is to be able to play against such a giant.

As for the other players on the bench, they all looked a little lonely and disappointed.

Everyone can see that Tuchel's purpose of replacing Januzaj is to further strengthen the attack.

In this game, the whole Hamburg team was in good shape. After all, it was a game a week, so the pressure was not too great, and the players also fought very hard, so they played quite well.

In this case, Tuchel will not easily change players.

Tuchel has no time to care about the disappointment of the players on the bench, because professional football is so cruel. Anyone who wants to perform well must show his strength instead of sitting on the bench and complaining.

"Adnan, come here!"

Tuchel called Januzaj to his side.

"You have been watching from the sidelines for so long, you should be able to see that the Bayern Munich midfielders have almost exhausted their energy, especially Xabi Alonso, who is probably in a very bad situation."

Januzaj kept nodding his head.

Badelj, who is in his prime, suffered cramps from fighting hard. Do you think the aging Xabi Alonso can recover?

In addition, Xabi Alonso himself is not the kind of player who is good at man-to-man defense. He is better at predicting the path of the ball.

When it comes to movement and coverage, Xabi Alonso is simply terrible compared to those regular midfielders.

"Sir, you mean..."

Tuchel nodded heavily, "Yes, just try your best to get the ball to Xabi Alonso and kill him!"

Feeling the weight of the coach's words, Januzai finally understood why it was him.

When it comes to the central attacking midfielder position, Thorgan Hazard is more experienced and more capable than himself.

But Thorgan Hazard is not good at dribbling and breaking through. If he is used, the most he can do is pass the ball, and it is difficult to achieve what Tuchel said, which is to blow up Xabi Alonso.

Therefore, Januzai knew very well what he should do when he came on the court.

"Don't worry, I will arrange the two wings and try to open up space for you. The middle is up to you!"

Having said that, Tuchel slapped Januzaj hard on the shoulder.

"Don't let me down, and don't let everyone here down!"

Januzai nodded heavily, turned around and walked to the sidelines.

While Hamburg was making substitutions, Bayern Munich was also preparing to make substitutions.

Guardiola wants to use midfielder Rod as a substitute, but it is unclear who he will replace.

The physical strength of both Xabi Alonso and Thiago has been almost exhausted. No matter who is substituted in, it will be difficult for Bayern Munich to launch an effective attack.

This is also the reason why Guardiola is reluctant to make substitutions.

He still wants to win!

When the game reached the 82nd minute, there was a dead ball opportunity and Januzaj finally came on as a substitute, replacing the team's captain Badelj.

The Croatian midfielder limped to the sidelines and immediately sat down on the grass, apparently having cramps again.

But this time, he won cheers from all the fans.

Everyone could see that he had tried his best.

As long as you have tried your best, who will blame you whether you win or lose?

Januzaj's appearance gave everyone a very clear and obvious signal that Hamburg was not willing to settle for a draw.

To win!

We must beat Bayern Munich at home!

This substitution once again won cheers from all the fans in the stadium.

The loud team song once again resounded throughout the People's Park Stadium.

After the team showed such tenacious determination and fighting spirit, the fans were not willing to be outdone.

Although they cannot play football on the field, they will support the team with their singing and applause.

The game soon resumed.

Bayern Munich also paid certain attention to the new player Januzaj.

It was Januzaj's first time to take on such a big responsibility in such a crucial match against a top team. He felt a little uncomfortable and the first few touches of the ball were not effective and he made mistakes.

This made Tuchel frown on the sidelines.

There is no doubt that the advantage of mid- and lower-level teams is that there are many opportunities for players to train.

Just like the opportunity Januzaj had tonight, if he was in a top team, even in Southampton, which attaches the most importance to the training of young players, it would be difficult for young players to expect to get it.

But in Hamburg, he got it.

Because there is no one more suitable than him on the bench.

But opportunity is a double-edged sword. If you seize it, it will become a valuable positive experience.

But if I can't bear the pressure and collapse, then...

How many talented young players have lost confidence in their lives and become mediocre because of a mistake in a major game.

Is Januzaj next?

Just when Tuchel was worried, he saw that although Januzai had made several mistakes, he was still actively raising his hands to ask for the ball. He did not seem to be affected by the mistakes at all, but was gradually letting go.

This made Tuchel on the sidelines nod his head continuously.

I have always heard that Southampton's youth training, in addition to improving the players' game ability, pays more attention to the cultivation of the players' psychological qualities.

It now seems that Januzai's psychological quality is still very strong.

I will tell Bernhard Peters later that he must learn Southampton's psychological training methods.

Guardiola on the sidelines was also frowning and was already shouting at Rod to get ready to go on the court.

He finally realized that Hamburg was going to target Xabi Alonso.

There's no way we can let Hamburg get their way, right?

But just as Rod was standing on the sidelines, waiting for a dead ball opportunity and preparing to go on the court, Januzaj received the ball again.

Young player Weigl saw that even when Xabi Alonso's physical strength was almost exhausted, he still blocked the ball path to Januzaj quite well, making it difficult to pass the ball, so he seized an opportunity and dribbled forward.

Januzaj understood what he meant and retreated from the front.

After only two steps, Weigl's pass had already reached Januzaj's feet.

Behind him, Xabi Alonso was already approaching.

But we saw that Januzai stopped the ball, suddenly turned to the right, and immediately started moving, with the ball skillfully under his feet.

Xabi Alonso reacted and rushed forward immediately.

But he was fast, and Januzai was even faster. He just turned around and passed the ball forward with his right foot.

When Januzai retreated, Abubakar also retreated to the front of the penalty area.

He had already been keeping an eye on the movements of Jerome Boateng and Javi Martinez.

Abubakar knows the characteristics of these two central defenders and what tactics to use against which ones.

Seeing Januzai suddenly get rid of Xabi Alonso and pass the ball, Abubakar immediately rushed to the right side of the arc.

Moreover, he was smart and knew that Bernat was too far away to have time to touch the ball, so he deliberately did not catch the ball, but ran between the ball and Javi Martinez, blocking the Spanish central defender.

He was in the penalty area and Javi Martinez didn't dare to move too much.

But Abubakar's physical fitness is quite strong, and he can go head-to-head with Javi Martinez without losing at all.

As soon as he saw the ball coming, he immediately turned around and started, just like an agile cheetah.

Januzai's lob pass was very smart. It landed on the ground and bounced gently.

After Abubakar caught up, he had the strength to volley the ball with his right foot without waiting for the ball to hit the ground.

The ball was like a cannonball shot out of a gun, heading straight for the goal at lightning speed.

Reina reacted and flew to save the ball.

But Abubakar's shot was so powerful and fast that he was still half a beat late.

The ball brushed against Reina's fingertips and hit the goal, as if it was going to shoot through the net.

The entire People's Park Stadium fell into deathly silence!

Everyone was staring at the stadium in a daze. After scoring a goal, the African cheetah Abubakar ran out of the penalty area in excitement, shouting all the way.

This is the winning shot that can make him famous!

Behind him, the players of Hamburg team rushed forward one after another.

Beat Bayern Munich, they did it!

Really did it!