1162 Tonight's Bernabeu Belongs to You!

"Bayern got the ball at the back and Vidal passed it to Rafinha."

"Rahhm came and got the ball, brought it forward, Toni Kroos came back and put him back to cover the ball."

"To Thomas Müller on the wing."

"Real Madrid's defense was stretched and Gotze ran back."

...

Almost at the moment when Gotze retreated, Ram suddenly advanced quickly and formed a cross run with Gotze.

Thomas Muller on the right also quickly sent a diagonal pass behind him knowingly, and passed directly to the bottom line to find Lahm.

Ram made a quick move forward and went straight to the bottom line.

At the critical moment, Courtois decisively abandoned the goal and rushed straight out of the small penalty area, directly ahead of Lahm, fell to the ground and threw Thomas Muller's pass into his arms.

Ram also reacted quickly, jumping up directly, avoiding Courtois who fell to the ground.

There was a burst of exclamation from the entire Bernabéu stadium.

This is the threat of Guardiola's tactical play.

Through this continuous movement of the players, especially the confusing cross movement, the defensive team's formation is disintegrated, and an offensive threat is formed.

It is entirely predictable that if Lahm took the first step to catch the ball just now, and Courtois did not abandon the goal to attack, then the result must be that Lahm made a direct pass.

Mandzukic in the middle and Ribery in the back will be very threatening support points.

This kind of ball is really difficult to defend.

...

Guardiola scratched his head with his hands a little depressed, watching the game on the court, feeling a little lost.

Courtois' attack was too timely!

If he had been slower, or hesitant, Bayern would have been able to create a threat this time.

Opportunities like just now will not appear again and again. If you don't grasp it this time, you don't know when the next time will be.

Crossovers like Gotze and Ram often require tacit understanding and timing.

From the opening to the present, more than ten minutes later, Bayern kicked out just once.

"Courtois is tall, but the defensive area is very large." Torrent is also hard to hide his loss.

In this defense just now, Real Madrid's defense line has been penetrated, but the goalkeeper has made up for it.

That's the value of a goalkeeper.

In many cases, the defensive system and the goalkeeper are a complementary role.

"With a burly body of nearly two meters, it is very rare to have such a reaction and flexibility, and to get off the ground fast enough." Planchart also appreciated it very much.

Bayern is short of a top goalkeeper right now.

Although Ter Stegen was bought, he has to wait until next season to use it.

"In the year he was at Leeds United, he improved a lot. Gao Shen specially arranged for the Italian goalkeeper coach to train him, just to improve his landing speed, and the defensive area is also very large.

It is really not easy for a goalkeeper with such height and goalkeeping skills to possess such abilities. "

Having said that, Guardiola paused, "It's just that the pass is not good enough."

Planchart and Torrent looked at each other, and both smiled wryly at the same time.

If a goalkeeper like Courtois has excellent passing skills, it will be perfect.

But in this world, perfection is never allowed.

What's more, Courtois's passing is actually not bad. Even compared with top goalkeepers, his passing is probably considered very good. Influenced by a tactical system, passing the ball is not bad.

Guardiola's so-called poorness is naturally compared with the goalkeeper with the best pass.

As I was talking, I saw Courtois in the penalty area, holding the ball, and Ronaldo in the frontcourt was closer to the middle, just near Lahm and Schweinsteiger, waving non-stop, in the Call on your teammates to pass the ball to you.

"Tonight, Ronaldo's position is very close to the middle, and it is always near our double midfielders." Planchart reminded.

"Benzema too, I always feel awkward," Torrent said.

No one would feel comfortable being pressed against one's throat by two top attackers like daggers.

"Four four two, when defending, Real Madrid is this formation, and Toni Kroos is close to the left." Guardiola also frowned, apparently still a little unpredictable about Gao Shen's deployment tonight.

Di Maria dropped back to kick the right midfielder, which is understandable for him.

This winger is really comprehensive. His retracement is not only to assist the defense, but also to actively play the advantage of plugging in. Real Madrid has used this set in the past two seasons.

Sometimes, Gao Shen even makes Di Maria and Modric cross-swap, let alone the cross-swap of the front trident.

Even as an opponent, Guardiola has to admit that Gao Shen really played very well in Real Madrid.

Of course, this team is also very comprehensive and extremely malleable, allowing Gao Shen to play so many tricks.

If this is changed to Bayern, how to play?

Staffing determines the richness of tactics, and Guardiola is also suffering from it now.

"There are still three midfielders, and now they often take turns to come forward, so we must also pay attention." Guardiola said.

...

On the court, Courtois quickly threw the ball to Ramos, who made a long pass directly to the front.

Ronaldo has been asking for the ball, which is already very obvious, but this time when the header grabbed the spot, he didn't grab Vidal, and was stuck by the latter, and the header came back.

The Portuguese were helpless.

But the ball was still in Real Madrid's hands and Toni Kroos got it.

After the German midfielder stopped the ball with his chest, his right foot stopped and he directly controlled the ball.

At this time, there were no defensive players around him. The Bayern players on the opposite side were once his teammates, and they were all retreating at this moment, preparing to organize a tight defense.

Toni Kroos guessed the other party's intentions in his mind, but at the same time, he also remembered what the head coach Gao Shen said to him when he chatted with him this morning.

"I think you are not brave enough to play, and you are a little reluctant to let go. You are always restraining yourself."

"Sane and calm, that's of course very important, but it takes you out on the pitch without any surprises or changes."

"Sometimes, you need to calm down and listen to your inner voice."

"Especially when it comes to organizing offense."

Gao Shen was giving him encouragement at the time, hoping that he could let go of his arms, release his passion and show his talent to his heart's content, but this is obviously not Toni Kroos' style.

Growing up, he didn't play like this.

Parents, family, teachers, coaches...everyone is telling him that football is a team sport, a collective sport, he must actively integrate into the team, and he must always restrain his personality and ideas.

But the person who encouraged him was Gao Shen!

It has been almost two seasons since he came to Real Madrid. Under Gao Shen's command, Toni Kroos has become the world's top midfielder, but many people still question him, thinking that his playing style is even and stable, and there are no surprises.

He is not as good at defending as Xavi Alonso, nor is he as good at breaking away and advancing with the ball as Modric.

He was like a wall, always passing the ball, passing the ball, passing the ball.

And, it's all those smooth, no-surprise passes.

I don't know since when, the head coach has been persuading him not to play too rigidly, and not to be afraid of making mistakes. Gao Shen even told him that if he wants to go further, he must let himself play more freely.

But he has never been able to do it.

But today, facing his old club, facing this team that he thought he would play for his whole life, but he couldn't get into it no matter what, he felt an urgent desire in his heart.

"I have a hunch, Tony, tonight, the Bernabéu will belong to you!"

This is an encouraging word from head coach Gao Shen when he hugged him in the locker room before the game.

Gao Shen will hug the players every game and say a lot of words of encouragement, but tonight's words are very different for Toni Kroos.

He believed it!

At this moment, standing in the Bernabéu stadium, catching Vidal's header, Toni Kroos was surrounded by no one for a while, which gave him an extremely short time to think.

And what flashed through his mind was all the things before the game, what the head coach said to him, and everything that happened between him and Bayern in the past few years...

He felt a desire like never before.

This was extremely rare in the past.

He was a little impulsive.

In the past, in situations like this, he would choose to suppress it, because he wanted to remain calm and rational.

But tonight, he obeyed that voice in his heart.

...

Marcelo comes up.

Toni Cross didn't even need to turn his head to notice him out of the corner of his eye.

So, almost without thinking, he passed the ball horizontally and passed it to the front of Marcelo's forward line, allowing the Brazilian to catch up and just within reach. This is a kind of scheduling and let Marcelo run.

And after passing the ball, Toni Kroos himself ran forward quickly.

This is not only to stretch the defenders for Marcelo, but also to put pressure on Bayern's defense.

Sure enough, Bayern's defensive focus was a little distracted when Toni Kroos drove straight from the left rib cage.

If there is a camera overlooking from a high altitude at this moment, it will be found that Harvey Alonso has been standing at the back all the time. Before and after Toni Kroos, Modric, who was about to go forward, also stopped Yes, even faintly leaning towards Harvey Alonso.

This is a tacit understanding of the Real Madrid midfielder.

Toni Kroos knows it without looking, he believes in his teammates.

Just like, if Modric or Xabi Alonso go up, he will drop back.

But at this moment, from defense to offense, Di Maria on the right should move forward quickly and decisively switch to an offensive role. This is also a tacit understanding established through long-term cooperation.

After Marcelo caught up with the ball, he quickly crossed it to Toni Kroos.

Under the pressure of Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos stopped the ball with his back and blocked the Bayern defender with his body. And Ram's nervous.

But suddenly, Toni Kroos did not stop the ball and turn to the center, but the opposite direction, stopped the ball to the outside, turned to go outside, which immediately made Rafinha, who was originally marking Marcelo, and Thomas, who was back on defense Muller was taken aback.

All of a sudden, on the left side of Bayern's penalty area, three defensive players formed a triangle attack.

Seeing that the double-team defense was about to be completed, Toni Kroos suddenly made a very stealthy and fast movement on the outside of his right foot, kicking the ball to the baseline.

From the outside, Marcelo was seen advancing at high speed, passing Rafinha, and chasing a pass from Toni Kroos.

Bayern's defense was disintegrated!