Chapter 44 The Heart of a Champion Cannot Be Underestimated

While Schalke won the Champions League, Klinsmann was sitting at his home in Munich's villa area, watching TV with a very uncomfortable expression.

In the eyes of ordinary fans and the media, Schalke just staged a soul-stirring anti-anti-classic battle, but as Bayern coach, Klinsmann saw more things.

Schalke 04 relied on team defense to withstand the indiscriminate bombing of Liverpool in most half of the field, and finally achieved a quick counterattack with Zhou Tiancheng's appearance. Against a team with a strong overall and key core, Klinsmann has some headaches , with the current situation of the team, it is really not easy.

After turning off the TV, Klinsmann shook his head: "We will finish the Champions League first."

Klinsmann decided to do the easy things first. Bayern has two wins and one tie in the first three rounds of Group F of the Champions League. Compared with the mire of the league, the situation in the Champions League is obviously much better.

And when the Champions League match day is over, the focus of the two Champions League teams returns to the Bundesliga, and the entire German media is paying attention to every move of Schalke 04 and Bayern.

In the Bundesliga, Bayern has its own attributes. Especially after Klinsmann took over, Bayern's performance in the league has experienced a rare big decline. Shake it out.

This is not because the Schalke media deliberately disrupted their opponents before the battle. When the league just reached the third round, Bayern's queen media "Süddeutsche Zeitung" began to question that Klinsmann was not suitable for a giant like Bayern. In terms of formation, Klinsmann has been hovering between 3-5-2 and 4-4-2, and the basic tactics are not clear. After losing 2:4 to Wolfsburg in the away game, Lucio, as the backbone of the defense and the team's deputy, actually publicly bombarded Klinsmann's daily training to the Munich media: "His team has as many as ten players. An assistant, but we have no idea what to practice every day!"

Even the direct descendants of his subordinates showed dissatisfaction, and the entire German media wondered whether Klinsmann had encountered a more serious locker room crisis.

The irony is that when Klinsmann took office, Bayern general manager Hoeness also publicly stated to the media that Klinsmann's arrival would make the team more united...

At this juncture, the meaning of this game is even more subtle. A local sports newspaper "Sportsman" in Gelsenkirchen even released the wind. If Schalke 04 beats Bayern at home, Klinsmann's The handsome position may not be guaranteed.

This is obviously a way to create trouble for the opponent, but it happened at this time. Regardless of whether other media believe it or not, they are very happy to seize this point and make this matter bigger. Soon, Klinsmann was already on the verge of being "dismissed" in many German sports media.

But what is interesting is that everything seems to be very favorable for Schalke 04, but the gates of the Schalke training base were closed a few days before the game, and the entire training ground was blocked with barricades and screens, and the media were completely refused to enter. And filming, on the contrary, it is a state of facing an enemy.

Slomka is very experienced, and only in this way can the interference of outside news be reduced, so that everyone can fully pay attention to this game.

In the past few days of training, the team has trained the side defense very targetedly. Zhou Tiancheng has also been asked to go to the side to help defend more. Slomka has included Frank Ribery in Bayern's squad. The name, just one sentence, this is Bayern's number one dangerous man this season.

Including Zhou Tiancheng,

All the players are staring at each other. Needless to say, everyone understands the rest.

Zhou Tiancheng deliberately called up Ribery's data in the system the night before. He hasn't used the system for a long time, but for a big name like Ribery, and the head coach deliberately makes himself pay attention to the defense, it is still necessary to pay special attention.

System administrator Zidan Harvey gave advice to Zhou Tiancheng: "Frank Ribery is an all-round attacker in the midfield. The ball skill is top-notch, and the inside cut is sharp..."

"Hey, okay, okay, I feel like I've run into a big boss." Listening to the system broadcast, seeing Ribery's speed of 85, shots of 84, and long passes of 88, Zhou Tiancheng felt that Ribery seemed to have no solution.

"The host doesn't have to worry. Based on your current game experience, you should know that no matter how sharp the wing is, all offensive ends must be in the middle, so you have two options, either end the ball before the opponent starts the rhythm, or you must Stand firmly in the key area of ​​the middle lane, and avoid being disrupted by the opponent's impact."

Zhou Tiancheng smiled wryly. This is completely reasonable nonsense. How can it be so easy to completely follow his own rhythm in a high-level duel with a wealthy family?

The importance of both sides in this game is self-evident. Compared with the psychological advantage of the home team, Klinsmann's final mobilization in the Bayern locker room was a bit sad: "The reporters all said that I will hand over the loss of this game." Out of the team, I can go, but you all need to understand that we are a great team, the only top giants in the Bundesliga! This season we lost a lot of games that we could have won. So now against Schalke , we are not fighting for the situation in the standings, but for the dignity and honor that belong to Bayern. If you love this team, please go to the field and beat them, and tell those who want to see our jokes, they Bayern, the weakest in the league, can still reap the Bundesliga leaders!"

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Bayern came with the belief of taking three points, and Klinsmann chose a 3-5-2 attack formation today. Marcel Leif understands very well: "Although the three-back formation is indeed risky in the away game, Klinsmann's consideration is understandable. Bayern has no way out. If they still have ideas about the league championship, they must win. Moreover, the thickness of the midfield in this formation is even more unusual, Schweinsteiger, Van Bommel and Ze Roberto are on the field at the same time, perhaps only in this way can limit the hot Zhou."

Originally, in everyone's mind, Bayern was in a relatively low challenger posture. Schalke 04 only drew a Ruhr Derby at home this year, and won the rest of the games. They had a clear psychological advantage. Minutes later, Klose received a high-point cross from Hamit Altintop from the left and bombed at close range, and Bayern took the lead.

And in the next two minutes, Bayern's midfielder intercepted Rakitic twice, and behind Van Bommel's long pass, Klose's national team partner Podolski ran out twice to form a single.

At the beginning, Schalke 04 was a little confused, and the reporters and commentators were also confused. This is not at all like Bayern in the regular state this season, it is completely the championship posture of last season.

Everyone wondered, what did Klinsmann do to bring this team back to life so quickly?

Taft Baumann, the commentator of Munich TV, finally saw the familiar Bayern. He shouted with joy: "Hahaha! This is what Bayern looks like, yes, that's it! See it? This is just the return of the king. Overture!"

But in the Beijing studio, Duan Xuan's tone was a bit dignified: "Bayern's performance at the start is completely different from before. Schalke 04 is going to be in trouble. Do we need Zhou Tiancheng to turn the tide?"

Tao Wei laughed at the side, and then said: "After all, Bayern has dominated the Bundesliga for a long time. His ranking does not show his strength. He should still be the strongest in the Bundesliga. Facing any team, he still has a psychological advantage. At least he Don't be afraid, on the contrary, other teams have to be afraid of his three-pointers, not to mention he is the defending champion!"

Duan Xuan deeply agreed: "Guide Tao's words hit the nail on the head, and now Bayern has once again explained a truth on the court: the strong are always strong, never underestimate the heart of a champion!"