Seven Hundred and Fourteenth Paranoid Tyrant

On the evening of April 6th, Allianz Arena in Munich.

The players of the two teams have finished the pre-match training and returned to the locker room.

At this time, the stands of the Allianz Arena were already full of people, and there were no empty seats.

Tonight, a total of 66,000 fans walked into the stadium to cheer for Bayern.

Although Van Gaal's team has not performed particularly well this season, it still has the support of the fans.

The game has not yet started, but the atmosphere of the fans is already quite enthusiastic.

Among them, countless flags were raised in the stand area where the diehard fans were located.

Bayern has no hope of catching up in the league this season, and basically has no chance in the German Cup. The only hope now is the Champions League. Therefore, fans hope that the team can continue to move forward.

But unfortunately, the draw drew the superb Manchester City.

The whole world knows that Gao Shen is best at playing cup games, and Manchester City is also one of the strongest teams in European football this season.

This undoubtedly cast a shadow over the prospects of this game.

The Bayern giants sitting in the administrative area of ​​the chairman's stand also looked dignified at this moment. They were obviously worried about this game, and all of them lost their former ease.

"Van Gaal is too stubborn!" Hoeness already knew the team's starting lineup tonight.

"Refused to adjust?" Rummenigge asked.

Hoeness snorted and laughed, "I think too much, he won't compromise."

Stubborn, in fact, can be a neutral word.

Stubbornness is a good quality when one sticks to what is right.

When a person is obviously wrong, but still insists on his own opinion, that stubbornness will become his most fatal flaw.

Van Gaal is such a person, and he never compromises.

"Before this game, Ram talked with him a lot on behalf of the team and reflected on the defensive problems, but it seems that he still insists and is unwilling to change himself." Hoeness said helplessly.

This is actually a very bad thing.

The whole world knows how strong Manchester City's offensive strength is.

Even at home, Bayern Munich is really very dangerous to face Manchester City with their defensive fragility.

Once Manchester City gets an away goal, or even let Manchester City score first, Bayern will be very passive, even bad.

Therefore, whether it is Hoeness, Rummenigge, or the players in the locker room, they all feel that Bayern, who are playing at home, should try to defend steadily.

But Van Gaal doesn't seem to think so.

What he wants is always to score more goals than his opponent.

"Do you know what mood I am in now?" Hoeness asked with a depressed smile.

"Contradictions!" Rummenigge replied.

Hoeness nodded.

It seems that Rummenigge is the same.

Why did you choose Van Gaal in the first place?

Because Gao Shen didn't come.

Then why choose advanced?

Because Bayern realized that the team's skills and tactics have reached the point where innovation is needed.

Especially after seeing Klopp in Dortmund and the brand-new football trend set off by Tuchel in Mainz, Bayern executives are soberly aware that the times have changed.

They chose Van Gaal because they wanted him to transform Bayern.

Van Gaal did it.

Now Bayern has become more controlled, more aggressive, and the style of play is also good-looking, but the problem is that the defense is also fragile.

In fact, these problems were not exposed last season.

Because there was another Demichelis in the lineup last season.

The Argentine is the main force of the central defender, and his ability to hold and play the ball is very strong.

But the player fell out with Van Gaal, asked for a transfer during the winter break, and went directly to Malaga in La Liga.

The current ambivalence of the Bayern management is that Van Gaal has indeed transformed Bayern, but the current situation makes them hope that Van Gaal will not change so much, and go back a little bit.

However, Van Gaal refused!

"You know what? He makes me feel like a tyrant still living in the early 1990s." Hoeness said with a wry smile.

Professional football in that era was much simpler than it is now. The head coach often gave orders directly to the players, and the players did their best to execute them without much doubt. This is the authority of the head coach.

But it's clearly different now.

From the Bosman Act to today's information age, players' self-awareness has become stronger and their personalities have become more and more prominent, which makes it difficult for the head coach to unilaterally deal with the The players call the shots.

What matters now is communication.

An excellent head coach will rely on personal prestige and charm, through effective communication, instill his ideas into the players, and let the players execute them willingly.

But Van Gaal's way of managing the team seems to be still in the early 1990s.

This is actually not a problem.

If he was coaching a small team like Alkmaar and his players were nobody, then of course there would be no problem, everyone would obey and listen to him.

But he coaches Bayern.

"If we had worked harder at the beginning and signed Gao Shen before Manchester City, then the current situation may be completely different, and perhaps we would have lost a lot of troubles." Hoeness sighed regretfully tone.

"It's not possible, it's certain!" Rummenigge felt the same way.

But this world is without ifs.

...

When the players of the two teams lined up at the player tunnel and were about to play, Gao Shen came out of the visiting team's locker room.

As soon as he came down the stairs and came near the entrance, he saw Van Gaal leading the coaching staff standing at the end of the Bayern player queue, and he immediately smiled and nodded to Van Gaal.

The Dutch old man also noticed him, and returned the greeting with a slight smile.

The two are not familiar with each other and have not communicated much.

For Van Gaal, Gao Shen still admires him very much. He even studied Van Gaal's books carefully in the tactical library. It can be said that he is profound and has his own unique understanding of football skills and tactics.

In this regard, Gao Shen is extremely admirable.

Van Gaal is a great manager, there is no doubt about that.

But just a little paranoid.

Gao Shen discovered that it seemed that these football philosophers were all paranoid.

Such as Van Gaal, such as Bielsa, such as Guardiola...

Although many people also think that Gao Shen is good at thinking and exploring, but he has never been paranoid.

Even, he is more like Ancelotti in terms of getting along with players.

This is also the reason why the two can talk so well, they are both good at chatting.

No, according to Ancelotti, his chattering ability is far less advanced.

Tonight, Bayern will still face off with a four-two-three-one lineup.

Goalkeeper: Kraft.

Defense: Planic, Budstuber, Tymoshchuk and Ram.

Midfield: Gustavo and Schweinsteiger form a double midfielder, in front of Ribery, Thomas Muller and Altintop.

Center: Gomez.

This is actually not unexpected.

Van Gaal's main lineup this season is this set, unless he encounters injuries, he rarely adjusts and changes.

But tonight, he brought both Breno and Van Buyten into the bench.

It is not difficult to see from this that Van Gaal's starting lineup has not changed, but he is still somewhat hesitant in his heart.

Manchester City also played with the full main lineup here.

Goalkeeper: Neuer.

Defense: Felipe, David Luiz, Kompany and Lichtsteiner.

Midfield: Javi Martinez trails, David Silva and Rakitic center.

Forwards: Gareth Bale, Suarez and Arjen Robben.

Among them, Robben returned from injury.

Gao Shen did not hide his intentions, playing away games with all the main players, Manchester City just wanted to score goals.

He believes that Van Gaal should also be fully prepared.

...

Under the leadership of the Spanish referee, the players of the two teams walked out of the player channel one after another.

The atmosphere in the entire Allianz Arena became even more enthusiastic.

Bayern fans have always been fanatical, and the Allianz Arena has taken this into account at the beginning of its design, which makes the atmosphere of the whole stadium very good.

After Gao Shen led the coaching staff out of the player tunnel, Van Gaal walked over as soon as he arrived at the coaching bench of the visiting team.

The two didn't communicate the whole time just now, but at this time, according to the usual practice, the head coach of the home team should come over to say hello.

The two shook hands and exchanged a few polite words.

In fact, they have met on other occasions and chatted several times.

But anyone who is familiar with Van Gaal knows that this guy can't get along with anyone, and he has this kind of personality.

After seeing off Van Gaal, Gao Shen went straight to the sidelines and watched his players set up their positions. He also greeted his players one by one, which was actually just some gestures.

After getting along for a long time, before the game, when Gao Shen wants to tell him something, he often makes a gesture, and the players know it all.

For Manchester City, the start of this game will be very important.

He had a premonition that Van Gaal belonged to the kind of head coach who would rather die than submit. He would never be conservative, and would definitely fight against Manchester City, even at the expense of letting Manchester City score an away goal.

Van Gaal's character belongs to that type, who would rather die standing than linger on his last breath.

Knowing that Manchester City's offense is strong, Bayern will try to score one more goal than Manchester City.

Sometimes, Gao Shen really hopes to see with his own eyes that Van Gaal and Capello have a match.

That must be so much fun!

...

With a whistle, Manchester City took the lead to kick off.

As soon as Suarez and Gareth Bale served and passed back, Bayern quickly pressed up, and it was a direct press.

Manchester City passed quickly and wanted to pass the ball to the front, but after Suarez received the ball with his back, he was blocked by Gustavo and Schweinsteiger before he could stop.

The ball changed hands!

Manchester City was also not to be outdone, and quickly stepped forward to press and press, directly forcing Bayern's ball out of bounds.

Rahm kicked the ball into Gareth Bale's foot and it bounced out of bounds.

Manchester City still put pressure on the frontcourt, and did not choose to retreat.

This also shows that Gao Shen's attitude tonight will not be conservative.

"The two head coaches are world-renowned coaches, and they have adopted relatively active tactics. I believe tonight's game will be a wonderful confrontation. Will Van Gaal win? Or is the sophistication of the young team better?"

Gao Shen didn't know what the commentator was talking about, he was more observing the players' running positions and overall formation.

At the same time, he is still paying close attention to the team's pressing and pressing.

Manchester City have been consciously trying to force Bayern's ball back to the central defenders, and even the goalkeeper.

As long as they are forced back, Gao Shen's carefully deployed tactics before the game will work.

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