Chapter 125 A High-Level Equal Match

Heynckes had a headache, but he was not helpless against Zhou Yi.

Since Heynckes wants to help Bayern Munich regain the league title it has lost for two seasons, it is impossible to bypass the opponent Dortmund. Since they are going to duke it out with Dortmund, Zhou Yi is a key figure that cannot be ignored.

So he must have done a lot of research on Zhouyi.

In Heynckes' view, Zhou Yi is not without weaknesses. Although his physical fitness has made great progress, his strength has increased slowly. It has been several years since his debut, and his physical fitness can already support him to play a full game continuously. , but his body shape has not changed much, which shows that he is still not the kind of player who is good at physical confrontation and has sufficient strength.

Why is this happening? There are many reasons, maybe because Zhou Yi feels that he doesn't like to be a muscle maniac, maybe because the improvement of strength is too slow, maybe because he is not willing to invest as much energy in strength training as in physical training.

In short, Zhou Yi until now has not been a player who can face his opponent's close combat and still have the upper hand.

Then one way is to use more physical advantages in defense to backlog his living space.

In this game, Heynckes also asked Javi Martinez to not be stingy in using physical confrontation as long as he had contact with Zhou Yi. Of course, this physical confrontation must be well-scaled. It must be able to cause trouble for Zhou Yi, but it must not be easily fouled. If you commit a total foul, you will easily be spotted by the referee and receive a yellow card. Once you have a card on your body, you will have to take a lot of care when making defensive actions, which will greatly reduce the defensive effect.

Heynckes cannot teach this issue of scale to Javi Martinez. He can only let the Spanish midfielder experience and figure it out on his own.

Another way is a kind of thinking-since Zhou Yi is like a slippery loach and it is difficult to trap, then why should we insist on defending Zhou Yi itself? Why not start with Zhouyi's passing targets? Zhou Yi is an offensive organizer. No matter what he does, he will always pass the football to other teammates in the end. So if we can defend his passing target, will it be much easier to defend Zhou Yi?

Heynckes also adopted this strategy in this game.

A two-pronged approach, vowing to win Dortmund at home and achieve a landmark victory - in the past two seasons, Bayern Munich faced Dortmund in the league and lost all four games. This is for Bayern Munich, which has always been the leader of the Bundesliga. Such a result is simply a shame.

Although the point difference is not big, it is only a difference of two goals at most. But the opponent that had not won in two years still made Bayern Munich suffocate.

In the German Cup final last season, Dortmund and Bayern Munich met. As a result, Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich with a disparity of 5:2 in the final. The failure of this game cannot be explained by reasons such as "Bayern Munich needs to prepare for the Champions League final to preserve its strength."

It wasn't until the Super Cup before the league this season that Bayern Munich finally defeated Dortmund.

The victory in this game is also regarded as a turning point. Defeating Dortmund is very important for the restoration of morale and confidence of the Bayern Munich team.

Now in the league, Bayern Munich naturally hopes to continue their momentum in the Super Cup, defeat Dortmund again in a more valuable league, and completely end the embarrassing situation of not winning against Dortmund.

Because they were well prepared, Bayern Munich had the advantage on the field at the beginning of the game, making their offense more threatening and limiting Dortmund's offense.

Although Zhou Yi relied on his running to avoid Javi Martinez's close defense, it was impossible for others in Dortmund to run all over the field like him at first, regardless of the formation. They also have to stay in their positions and use passing and running movements to coordinate with others. When Bayern Munich targeted them, Zhou Yi's passing was of little use.

Formation is the foundation of modern football. All tactics are based on formation. Without formation, there would be no rich and varied tactics, and there would be no enjoyment of football. Think about it, one person is rushing forward with the ball, without even passing the ball. He is surrounded by teammates who are running with him. Nine people just rush towards the opponent's goal, or they finish the shot with one shot. Attack, or the ball is intercepted by the opponent... What's so exciting about this kind of football game?

But at the beginning of modern football, this is how the game was played...

At that time, passing the ball was considered a cowardly act of evading responsibility. Passing the ball was not encouraged and was meaningless and useless. The game of football is to charge with the ball and then shoot the football into the opponent's goal. If a player lets the football escape his feet, he has failed. No matter how tight the defense is, he has to rush forward in order to show his manliness. If he passes the football, oh my God, he must be afraid of confrontation. He is a coward without courage!

Until later, the Scots took the lead in this regard. Compared with the English who like to charge with the ball, they prefer to pass the football around. And they relied on this kind of football that looked as ridiculous as a sideshow to the English media to defeat the arrogant English team, and gradually changed everyone's attitude towards passing.

As passing gradually became an important method in football matches, the concept of formation also appeared. Football is no longer about ten people lining up in a line to charge collectively, but some people are behind to be responsible for defense, and some are in front to be responsible for offense. The existence of the formation makes passing meaning, and passing the ball makes the formation begin to develop and change.

After a step-by-step evolution, the football form we see now was finally formed.

It may be hard for people today to imagine that passing, the most important technical and tactical method in football, was not used more than a hundred years ago...

Football today is based on formations and passing.

The formation ensures that tactical concepts can be executed on the court by players using passing and movement. If there is no formation, it will be a mess and no one will know how to play.

In view of Dortmund's reliance on Zhou Yi's passing organization, Bayern Munich strengthened its defense against other players, making it difficult for Zhou Yi to find suitable passing objects, which had the effect of preventing Dortmund's offense.

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Of course, Dortmund can't just surrender.

After slowly adapting to Bayern Munich's tactics, they also made adjustments.

Their adjustment is to strengthen the running of all players involved in the offense, so that they are no longer limited to their current position and prescribed position when attacking, and encourage players to change positions. Playing while standing is the lowest form of kicking, and is the easiest to be guarded by opponents. Although playing according to fixed routines is more advanced than playing while standing, there is still the possibility of being figured out by the opponent.

However, if you change positions during the attack and play Shift of the Universe, it will be exponentially more difficult for the opponent to limit the attack. Although it cannot be said that the opponent's defense is 100% ineffective, it can increase the chance of a successful attack on your own side.

The biggest disadvantage of this approach is that it requires high physical fitness. If the physical fitness of the whole team is not up to standard and someone cannot run, then there will be problems with this tactic, which will eventually lead to collapse.

But this is not a problem that Dortmund will worry about, because the physical fitness of the Dortmund team is notoriously good. Even people like Zhou Yi who were physically unable to finish a game have now become "unable to run" running all over the field.

Another problem is that such frequent position changes require players to have a deep understanding of tactics and high requirements for tacit understanding. This is not a blind run. Just running around in order to prevent the other party from catching the pattern will not bring any good results.

But Dortmund actually doesn’t have to worry about this, because there are three players in Dortmund’s starting lineup for this game who are particularly good at playing The Great Shift.

They are Zhou Yi, Mark and Gotze.

In this game, Klopp did not make Royce the starter, but asked him to play as a substitute. The purpose was to give Mark a chance to play. Klopp also expected how Bayern Munich would deal with him in the game, so he was prepared.

The three of them lined up behind Lewandowski in this game, with Zhou Yi in the center, Mark on the right, and Gotze on the left.

But the three of them actually have no fixed positions. Once the offense starts, the three of them will constantly change positions, running at a dizzying pace. When he passed the ball last time, Gotze was still on the left. Well, when he receives the ball next time At that time, he may have reached the middle, while Zhou Yi went to the left wing.

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The two evenly matched teams were inseparable in the game. Each could threaten the other's goal, but there were also times when it was threatened. Just looking at this scene, it's hard to say who is sure to win the game.

Commentator Marcel Leif is satisfied with this situation: "This is the highest level of German football competition! Whether it is the technical content displayed by the players or the tactics carefully prepared by the coaches of both sides for this game, it is It embodies the highest level of German football! The scene is stalemate and full of suspense. Both laymen and experts can see what they hope to see in this game. It is simply perfect!"

Chinese TV commentator Duan Xin also praised the performance of both sides: "...Although the score has never been changed, such a game, even if it ends at 0:0, is still full of exciting scenes. Dortmund is in In the process of dominating the Bundesliga in the past two seasons, as their opponent, Bayern Munich was not at its best. But this season, Bayern Munich's outstanding performance gave Dortmund the best opponent. It can be seen that these two teams I think the competition between strong teams is also a blessing for all Bundesliga fans!”

Amid the praises of the commentators, the first half of this powerful dialogue came to an end.

Although everyone had some opportunities during these forty-five minutes, no one seized them, or they all did a good job in defense.

In short, there was no goal, and the two teams entered the halftime break with a score of 0:0. (To be continued.)