Chapter 1096, The Old Man and the Old Master

"Hello all viewers, this is BT Sport, I am your old friend Trick, and the person commentating the game with me today is my old partner Nori."

"After experiencing the Champions League quarter-finals, the four best performing teams this season met in the Champions League semi-finals. The game we live broadcast today is the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. The Bundesliga hegemon Bayern will face the seventh champion at home. King Manchester United!”

"Both Manchester United and Bayern are in very good shape in the recent period. Both teams have won their respective league championships ahead of schedule, and have also successfully advanced to domestic cup competitions. Now the most important goal for both sides is to compete for the Champions League title."

"Heynckes deployed a 4-4-2 formation for this game: Neuer is the goalkeeper; Boateng and Hummels are paired as a central defender in the defense, and Alaba and Rafinha are on the left and right; Martinez and Vidal are in the middle of the midfield, with Robben and Ribery on the left and right; the two centers are Muller and Rooney. The substitutes are Ulreich, Sule, Bernat, Thiago, Tolisso , James Rodriguez, Koeman."

"Although Bayern has also used a 4-4-2 formation this season, they have used 4-5-1 the most. It seems that there will be some changes in Heynckes' tactics today, let's wait and see. "

"On Manchester United's side, Kim Tiger still arranged a 4-3-3 formation: De Gea is the goalkeeper; Van Dijk and Koulibaly are the central defenders on the defense, and Alonso and Kimi are on the left and right. Hi; the midfielders are Kante, Kroos and De Bruyne; the two wingers Sane and Mbappe are on the left and right; the center position is Griezmann. The substitutes are Romero and Ashley Young , Valencia, Carrick, Lingard, Alli, Martial.”

"Manchester United has suffered a lot of injuries recently. Bailly, Lewandowski and Salah are still recovering from injuries. Nainggolan was injured again in the game against Arsenal and had to rest for a while. According to internal news from Manchester United , Nainggolan and Salah may return in the next round, but Lewandowski and Bailly still need to rest for a while.”

"Manchester United is on full fire this season, and they remain undefeated so far! They are definitely the hottest team in Europe. Can Bayern take advantage of their home court advantage in this game to tear apart Manchester United's defense?"

"With the referee's whistle, the game begins!"

"Bayern kicks off first in this game! Let's see how Bayern's players position themselves in the midfield?"

"Although in the list reported before the game, Bayern wrote that the midfielders were in parallel positions, but what we saw on the scene was different. Martinez and Vidal formed a double midfielder, firmly guarding their own half. while Robben and Ribery press higher up the pitch, wandering between the wide midfielders and wingers.”

"Ribery broke through Kroos' defense with the ball! His speed and dribbling are superb!"

"Alonso stepped forward to block Ribery, and Kante also came over to defend! Ribery suddenly overtook with the ball and rushed to the bottom line!"

"Cross from the bottom! Rooney comes in from the back and heads the ball over the top!"

"The ball was saved by De Gea! This ball is so dangerous!"

"If it weren't for De Gea's heroic performance, Manchester United would have conceded the goal at the beginning!"

After saving Rooney's header, De Gea was still frightened. He shook his numb wrist. Rooney's header just now was extremely powerful.

Koulibaly and Van Dijk did not expect that Rooney would head the ball so quickly that they did not react.

At this time, the Manchester United coaching staff on the sidelines also broke into a cold sweat.

Felan let out a sigh of relief: "It was so dangerous! I almost lost the ball!"

Jin Taige also frowned: "Even though he is 32 years old, Rooney's impact is still top-notch."

Scholes looked at Rooney on the court, and he recalled in his mind many years ago that Lu Xiaopang who debuted from Everton and newly joined Manchester United, the impactful man who was once known as "Manchester United" together with Ronaldo. Gemini” England geniuses.

Although Bayern played a 4-4-2 formation in this game, they still had some changes in the midfield and frontcourt. Especially Rooney, who often appears in the Manchester United penalty area with Muller at the same time, and sometimes returns to the penalty area to cooperate with Robbery. The tactical changes are very flexible. From this point of view, although Bayern played a 4-4-2 formation, with Rooney's recovery, the formation often changed to 4-5-1. The two formations switched seamlessly, causing great trouble to Manchester United players. pressure.

On Manchester United's side, although their defensive pressure is not small, they still maintain a continuous rapid attack.

Unlike Bayern's main attacking wing, Manchester United's offensive starting points are all in the center.

In addition to Rooney, Cross, who also faced his old team, was also in great form today. In the fight with Martinez just now, Kroos, who has always had no physical advantage, actually risked being kicked, forced his way away from Martinez, and passed a wonderful through ball.

Although Griezmann's shot did not score, it also made Neuer very difficult to save.

Griezmann got up from the ground and gave a thumbs up to Kroos who was passing the ball.

Seeing that Cross and Rooney both performed well, Trick in the live broadcast room was very emotional.

"Both Kroos and Rooney faced their old clubs today and both performed well in the opening stages. Both of them have left their old clubs for 4 years and both performed well in the current team. This is actually very interesting. They are in Neither of them can start in their respective teams, but when they come to the new team, they are all indispensable members. Maybe it is really a foreign monk who can chant sutras?"

Norrie also praised the performance of the two: "The game has been going on for 15 minutes now, and the two teams are attacking and defending each other. However, it is obvious from this game that Rooney and Kroos are the core of the offense of their respective teams. "

"On Bayern's side, Rooney created many opportunities through his wide range of running. His position today was to switch between forward and attacking midfielder, which made Manchester United's defensive players very uncomfortable. As long as Kanter got close to him and marked him, he would immediately Just give the ball to Robben or Ribery and let the attack go from the wing, which makes Manchester United's defense a little exhausted. When Alonso and Kimmich faced Robben or Ribery alone, they defended It’s all a bit difficult.”

"Look at this opportunity! After Rooney and Robben cooperated, Rooney's pass found Muller! Van Dijk took the first kick and poked the ball out of the baseline! It was a corner kick!"

"Ribery took the corner kick! He found Rooney in front of the penalty area again!"

"Rooney's header went slightly wide of the goal!"

"Bayern's wing attack is simple and clear. It is through Robery's wing attack and Rooney is roaming in the frontcourt. Rooney is definitely the key figure in Bayern's frontcourt in this game!"