Chapter 243 Get Rid of Inner Demons
The fifteen-minute intermission passed with lively discussions and praise for Zhouyi.
Players from both sides reappeared on the court with the same staffing as in the first half, with no substitutions.
There were no adjustments to tactics either.
There is no team that has to play offensive defensive counterattacks in the second half just because the opponent plays offensive football in the first half.
It's still a confrontation.
Attack without reservation.
Dortmund's head coach Klopp is a head coach with a great personality, and it is not surprising that he would make such an arrangement.
But Heynckes is clearly a mature and prudent coach, so why does he behave like a passionate young man?
For Heynckes, he coached Bayern Munich for two seasons and struggled with Dortmund for two seasons.
In these two seasons, in order to defeat Dortmund, he tried every means and tried many things tactically.
After so many trials, no tactics can be considered effective.
Therefore, before the Champions League final, it is almost impossible to come up with any unexpected tactics to catch the opponent off guard.
In this case, why bother to adjust tactics?
Let's just go against Dortmund, put aside all the conspiracies, and see whose offensive firepower is sharper and more ferocious.
This approach is also very in line with the appetite of Bayern Munich players - we, the mighty Bayern Munich, are going to face our mortal enemy Dortmund head-on! Only by winning in this way can the other party be convinced!
The first half was a lively match between the two sides, and the defense frequently called the police.
Heynckes turned a blind eye to this and continued to ask his players to step up their attack in the second half and keep putting pressure on Dortmund. He told his players to believe in themselves. In terms of offensive firepower, they will never lose to Dortmund, and they will even be stronger than Dortmund!
These words greatly boosted the morale and confidence of the Bayern Munich team.
So at the beginning of the second half, Bayern Munich used their powerful offensive firepower to slowly gain the upper hand.
In the fifty-fifth minute, Bayern Munich got a corner kick opportunity.
After Robben took the corner kick, Javi Martinez nodded the ball in front and then hit the goal. Mandzukic followed closely and nodded the ball in the back!
But maybe Mandzukic didn't expect Martinez's header to rub back. The ball had no power and was easily caught by Weidenfeller.
Just a minute later, Bayern Munich made a comeback.
First, Dortmund launched an attack to get through, but it was destroyed by the opponent in front of Bayern Munich's 30-meter area. The football fell to the center circle for Robben to receive.
"Peter Pan" dribbled the ball forward, but the Dortmund players were very afraid of Robben's speed and did not dare to rush forward, for fear of being pierced by Robben with a single pass.
So even though Dortmund had five people on the back line, no one dared to come up and steal the ball from Robben. They could only retreat and retreat, hoping to compress Robben's sprinting space. When there was no space behind them for Robben to use his speed advantage, , the threat of this attack was minimized.
But Robben is not a fool, and he can't just dribble the ball all the way to the bottom of the net - although he does play like this most of the time, this is the Champions League final where he wants to redeem himself, and there is always something to change.
So when he just entered the 30-meter area of Dortmund, he gave the football to Ribery, who was supporting him on the wing.
After Ribery got the ball, he immediately became the focus of Dortmund's defense.
He did not pass the football out immediately, but took the ball to the baseline. It seemed that he was going to break through directly from the wing.
This action certainly attracted the attention of Dortmund defenders.
Piszczek strictly guarded the inside line and prevented Ribery from breaking through.
But after Ribery was about to make a move, he suddenly stopped and changed direction, heading towards the middle!
This action completely attracted the attention of Dortmund's defense, and immediately the Dortmund defenders rushed towards Ribery.
Piszczek, Subotic and Hummels all rushed forward and blocked Ribery!
At this time, everyone's eyes were on Ribery, completely ignoring everyone else.
But Ribery did not. After dribbling laterally, he suddenly pushed the football out with his right foot. Instead of passing it to the center, he passed it to the penalty area and passed behind the Dortmund defense!
There is still an opening there!
Robben rushed into the penalty area like a red lightning and received the ball!
When Piszczek looked back, he saw Robben receiving the ball and raising his arm to indicate that the Dutchman was offside.
But the referee Rizzoli ignored it because he could see clearly that Robben's ball was definitely offside!
"That's a good goal! A chance for Bayern Munich!!"
Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller decisively abandoned the goal before Robben could catch the ball.
He knew things could still be saved.
When Robben is facing the goal, he cannot shoot directly. He must adjust. And he can take advantage of his opportunity to adjust and force him to the baseline, causing him to lose the angle of shooting... As long as Robben is not allowed to Ben shot, this defense can be described as a success.
Everyone knows that Robben is very unique. When he gets the ball in front of the goal, it is almost impossible to ask him to pass the football. He must end the attack with a shot. If he scores a goal, he cheers, but if he does not score, he will cheer. Just let out a long sigh.
In fact, Weidenfeller's defensive strategy almost succeeded.
After Robben received the ball, he really couldn't shoot directly. Weidenfeller had already forced himself to his side. If he forced the shot now, it would most likely hit Weidenfeller's body for the third time. Another perfect one-on-one opportunity wasted.
So Robben didn't shoot, but moved the football diagonally toward the baseline. Weidenfeller followed closely and continued to block the angle of his shot.
Seeing Robben choose to go to the baseline, Marcel Leif shouted in disappointment: "No shot!"
He Ping also felt that Robben's choice was questionable: "Still bringing it? Bringing too much!"
Seeing that football is about to be pushed out of the bottom line by Robben, Weidenfeller has a chance to win!
I saw Robben step up with a lunge, and then before the football came out of the baseline, he half-turned and kicked the football towards the goal with his left foot!
Not a shot, but...a cross!
At this moment, Robben, who had been cutting in and shooting from the right, seemed to have turned into the flying left winger he was at Chelsea!
When Weidenfeller saw that it was a cross from Robben, he quickly stretched his legs to block it.
But he failed. The football passed him by and rolled past him into the open space in front of the goal!
Sven Bender, who returned to the goal, watched the football fly over, braked forcefully while retreating, and then stretched out his foot to kick the football away.
But his retreating body prevented him from touching the football...
He could only watch helplessly as the football passed in front of his feet and flew straight to the back of the goal!
There, it was Bayern Munich center Mandzukic who came up!
To be honest, the Croatian center's position is actually not very good. He is too close to the football and has almost no space and distance to shoot.
But Mandzukic knows that there is no need to exert force at this time, as long as he can hit the football!
He stepped aside and then swept his left foot sideways!
He hit the football!
The football was swept out of a parabola and then flew into Dortmund's goal...
Dortmund, which had the advantage in the first half, was actually scored first by Bayern Munich!
Seeing this scene, many people thought of this sentence: wasting opportunities will definitely lead to retribution!
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"Ah - ah! Ah..." He Ping was in a complicated mood and didn't know what to say. He didn't want Bayern Munich to take the lead...
"Mario Mandzukic!!!" Marcel Leif didn't have so many thoughts. When he saw the football flying into the goal, he jumped up from the commentary box and raised his arms and shouted. "Bayern Munich takes the lead! In the 56th minute, the deadlock was broken!"
The entire Wembley Stadium was filled with cheers from Bayern Munich fans.
After scoring, Mandzukic ran towards the billboard behind the goal, put his hands behind his ears, and celebrated as if he was listening.
Because the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half, Bayern Munich attacked towards the stands where its own fans were. Behind Dortmund's goal was the stand where Bayern Munich fans gathered. Here, he could directly hear the cheers of Bayern fans.
He even pulled up the Bayern Munich emblem on his chest in excitement when he ran to the commercial to make money, and then slapped his heart hard.
Other excited Bayern Munich players rushed up and celebrated the goal with him and the Bayern Munich fans in the stands.
The TV broadcast began to replay Mandzukic's goal just now.
Although the goal was scored by Mandzukic, the most important contributor to this goal is indeed Robben. It was him who launched the attack with the ball in the center circle, and it was he who cleverly ran forward to receive the ball behind the Dortmund defense. It was him. After leading goalkeeper Weidenfeller out, he made an accurate cross and sent the football to Mandzukic's feet, giving him a chance to hit an empty goal.
Robben, who never passed the ball before and always shot no matter what, gave such a high-quality assist.
It's amazing.
At this time, many people remembered that when Robben became famous at Chelsea, he played as a left winger!
Creating murderous intent on the left wing is his job.
But later in Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, after he mastered the trick of rushing in from the right, cutting inside, and dribbling laterally to shoot, everyone could no longer see his performance on the left. They only knew that he was A left-footed scorer who cuts in from the right.
But in this final, he suddenly came to the left wing, returned to his old profession, and was willing to make wedding dresses for his teammates.
I can’t help but feel emotional...
The defeats in two Champions League finals and a World Cup final left him with endless pain and an inner demon.
And today, he challenged his inner demon and he wanted to defeat it! (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )