Chapter 321 Bayern Munich’s Self-Defeating Tactics, the Sea-Style Tactics Are Still Popular in Chelsea

Because on April 26, Chelsea played Aston Villa, Arsenal played Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-finals.

So in the 34th round of the Premier League, which started almost at the same time, the match between Chelsea and Arsenal was postponed.

But three days later, Chelsea still did not escape the pressure of the Premier League schedule.

On April 29, Chelsea ushered in the 27th round of the Premier League supplementary match with Leicester City.

According to common sense, Chelsea, who had already won the championship in advance, no longer needed to consider the remaining Premier League schedule.

But in order to achieve the league goal of winning the championship unbeaten this season, Chelsea's coaching staff did not dare to directly arrange youth players to play in rotation.

So it is necessary to arrange a rotation lineup with main players.

In the case of good physical condition, Li Ang naturally did not escape Mourinho's "exploitation".

He and Hazard, Matic, and Thiago Silva became the main players of Chelsea who started in this round of supplementary matches.

For the rest of the positions, Mourinho used rotation substitutes.

At present, Leicester City is barely able to stay in the league, and Mourinho is fully capable of dealing with the Foxes with such a lineup.

Facing Chelsea, which has already won the championship in advance, Leicester City did not have any intention of taking advantage of the situation.

They kept a low profile at home and directly set up a 532 defensive counterattack formation, which seemed to be quite cautious at the tactical level.

In fact, neither of the two teams had a strong desire to attack in this make-up match.

Chelsea's goal in the game is very simple. Anyway, the bottom line is that they cannot lose. It is best to win, but it doesn't matter if they can't win.

Leicester City is more practical. They just want to get points in the match against Chelsea. One point is enough.

There is no gunpowder smell in the game. At the King Power Stadium, Leicester City is a little tired, but the defense is very tenacious.

Mourinho saw that he really couldn't take advantage of anything, and directly adjusted the tactics to let Li Ang and his teammates control the field more.

Li Ang looked at Drinkwater and Cambiasso opposite him, and he was actually a little eager to try.

After all, his opponents today were only Brother Drinker, who had not yet reached his peak, and Commander Kan, who had already passed his peak.

He was at least 80% sure that he could suppress the midfield combination of these two and turn the tide in Leicester City's midfield and backcourt.

But when he saw Hutga and Morgan in the Leicester City penalty area, Li Ang grinned and gradually gave up the idea of ​​going to Leicester City's defensive hinterland to cause trouble.

The defense of these two central defenders was tough enough. Even Ibrahimovic might not be able to withstand it today, let alone Torres who was in average form. Li Ang didn't want to go head-to-head with these two central defenders...

After the tacit mutual probing ended, Leicester City took the lead in expressing its sincerity.

Their two forwards Vardy and Ulloa directly returned to the top of the arc in the center circle of their own half.

Chelsea's offensive mode has basically become Hazard's personal show. Li Ang basically gave Hazard the offensive ball rights and let him play freely.

Hazard almost broke through Leicester City's right defense several times during the game.

However, Torres, who started today, had a very average shooting accuracy, and missed one shot in each of the first and second half.

These were the two most threatening offensive opportunities for Chelsea in today's game.

In the end, the two teams shook hands and made peace at 0-0 at the King Power Stadium, which was also a happy ending for everyone.

Three days later, the 35th round of the Premier League was held as scheduled.

The away challenge was also against West Bromwich, which had just escaped from the relegation zone. Chelsea also adopted a large-scale rotation.

Li Ang got a chance to rest in this round of the league. He didn't even make the 18-man roster for the game, and just stayed at home and lay down for a day.

Lukaku scored the first goal in the second half of the game, but in the injury time of the game, West Bromwich seized the opportunity of a set-piece to equalize the score.

This was a small accident, but in the end Chelsea still held on to the draw and continued to maintain its unbeaten record this season.

After this round of the league, the prelude to the Champions League battle slowly opened.

Chelsea and Bayern Munich will be the first to appear on May 6.

The two teams that have already won the league championship in advance are considered to have rested and prepared fully.

Without the burden of the league, Chelsea and Bayern Munich put all their minds on the upcoming Champions League semi-finals.

Chelsea wants to seek revenge on Bayern last season, and the Bayern team also has a psychological advantage in the game.

After all, they defeated Chelsea in both rounds of the Champions League semi-finals last season.

Although Bayern's players are afraid of Chelsea's current strength, they still firmly believe that they will win in the end.

After Pellegrini took over as the head coach this season, he still held high the banner of offensive football in Bayern.

The Bundesliga won the championship four rounds in advance. So far, Bayern has scored 92 goals and conceded only 16 goals in 31 league rounds.

This terrifying offensive firepower and top offensive and defensive level have attracted the attention of all the European giants.

Even if we compare Bayern's record at this time last year, this year's Bayern Munich is not bad in terms of data.

Two more goals, one more goal conceded, and the same league title won ahead of schedule. The data comparison is very intuitive.

So Bayern fans also have strong confidence in their own team.

In the eyes of most neutral fans, Chelsea is very strong this season, but Bayern and Chelsea are still the same top European teams.

Before this round of war, Bayern Munich, with the title of defending champion of the Champions League, even won more fans' optimism.

On the afternoon of May 5, the entire Bayern team arrived in London by plane, and countless English reporters flocked to interview the players of Bayern Munich.

Sky Sports even directly put the headline "European Overlord Arrives in London" on the front page of the next morning.

There is no way, Bayern's triple crown last season is indeed very oppressive.

As the European overlord whose performance is second only to Mourinho's Real Madrid in the past five seasons, Bayern has enough confidence to bear the optimism and boasting of countless fans.

In this public opinion environment, the entire Chelsea team maintained an abnormally low profile.

Even in the pre-match press conference, Mourinho directly ignored the reporters' questions about the strength evaluation of the two teams.

This silence was regarded by many neutral fans as a manifestation of Chelsea's lack of confidence.

In contrast, Chelsea fans are much more powerful online and offline.

Li Ang's social media was also quiet, and he did not tease Bayern's "old friends" as usual before the big game.

At the critical moment, it was Kroos who stood up and said, "We will beat Bayern at home!" The mobilization statement.

Last summer's transfer drama was indeed the fault of Bayern's top management.

But now Kroos is no longer a member of Bayern, so Bayern's fans are quite dissatisfied with his radical statement that he declared war on his old club.

There are even Bayern fans who said that they will definitely let Kroos deeply experience the taste of "going home" in the second round.

The verbal attacks of the two teams' fans became more and more intense. In the afternoon of the game, there was even news that the two teams' fans had a small-scale conflict outside Stamford Bridge.

Fortunately, there was no fighting or bloodshed.

But such news undoubtedly further aggravated the gunpowder smell before the game.

Neither Mourinho nor Pellegrini released the starting 11 of their team in today's game in advance.

Therefore, it was not until an hour before the game that the media reporters got the specific lineup information.

When the live broadcast started that night, commentators from various countries took the time to analyze the tactical play of the two head coaches before the game.

In the PPTV studio, Zhang Lu looked at the starting lineup arranged by Pellegrini today and directly raised his doubts.

"This is indeed the 433 starting formation that Bayern has used the most this season, but there are still big differences between the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

Today, Pellegrini used Schweinsteiger and Diego to sit in the middle. Is it a bit too arrogant?

There will be a lot of hidden dangers in defense! I still think that the double defensive midfielder combination of Martinez and Schweinsteiger will be more secure..."

Accompanied by the analysis of Zhang, in the live broadcast of PPTV, the players of the two teams also followed the referee team to step onto the court.

Zhan Jun took over the conversation tacitly at this time. As the pre-match ceremony went smoothly, the live broadcast also began to show the starting lineups and player information of Chelsea and Bayern today.

"Chelsea's starting goalkeeper today is Czech goalkeeper Cech.

On the back line, Bertrand, Terry, Thiago Silva and Azpilicueta lined up from left to right.

In the midfield, Matic and Kroos are still partners today, Li Ang rushes forward as the front midfielder, left forward Hazard, right forward De Bruyne.

The starting center is the Swedish magic Taib."

"For Bayern, today's starting goalkeeper is German national goalkeeper Neuer.

On the back line, Benatia and Boateng form a double center back, left back is Bernat, right back is Lahm.

In the midfield, Pellegrini chose his most trusted midfielder Thiago this season to partner with Schweinsteiger, Muller as the front midfielder, Ribery and Gotze on both sides of the midfield, as left and right forwards.

The starting center is the Polish striker Lewandowski!"

With Zhan Jun's introduction, the 4231 starting formation used by both teams today was also presented to all Chinese fans.

Compared with the previous Bayern, this season's Bayern has made significant adjustments in the starting lineup.

Martinez and Robben have been gradually excluded from the starting lineup due to too many minor injuries this season.

The direct beneficiaries are naturally Thiago and Gotze.

On the defensive line, after Dante was sold, Benatia became Boateng's new partner.

Because of his age, Lahm and Rafinha rotated at right back this season.

However, in important games, Pellegrini still trusts Lahm and will still choose him to start.

After Pellegrini promoted Thiago, Schweinsteiger directly became the core deputy.

This is not wrong, because Schweinsteiger's performance this season is indeed not very stable, and it is time for Bayern to replace the midfield core.

If Kroos had not fallen out with the Bayern executives, he would have been the absolute midfield core of this new Bayern.

Unfortunately, the Bayern executives are stubborn and do not admit their mistakes. They are so stubborn that they directly sold Kroos to Chelsea.

Thiago has done a good job at Bayern this season, but his attendance rate is still not comparable to Kroos.

Pellegrini just took office a little late, otherwise he would definitely try his best to keep Kroos.

It can only be said that Cross and Bayern are destined to have no fate.

Today, Kroos and Bayern are actually hostile to each other on the playing field. Let's think back to the days when Kroos was the future core of Bayern.

Many Bundesliga fans are also lamenting...

At 19:45 London time that night, the first game of the Champions League semi-finals started on time at Stamford Bridge!

Bayern, who got the right to kick off the ball, took the initiative to press forward and start the attack.

Their firepower has not diminished this season, they have defeated countless teams on the offensive end, and their self-confidence is quite high.

Thiago and Gotze were once defeated by Li Ang, but now they are eager to challenge Li Ang again.

Continuous wins and success will indeed greatly enhance the players' self-confidence.

But to a certain extent, such continuous victories will also blind the players' vigilance and awe of powerful opponents.

In the opening stage of the game, seeing Gotze wanting to challenge Matic's defense when he got the ball, Li Ang's first reaction was:

"This kid got kicked in the head by a donkey today?"

If the person who did this was Robben, then Li Ang would not have such thoughts at all.

Because Robben has this qualification, his speed advantage can give him an advantage when facing Matic.

Why do you Gotze?

The speed is not as fast as Ribery and Robben, and the skills are not top in Europe. Why do you have the confidence to challenge Matic?

Gotze's strength lies in his versatility and threatening passing.

As a midfielder and integrated into the tactical system, there will naturally be a lot of room for performance.

But if you want to get out of the system at this time and follow Robben's example of blasting at a single point, isn't that looking for death?

Li Ang's complaints soon became a reality. Matic, who was at home today and didn't worry much about the direction of the whistle, would not spoil Gotze.

After getting stuck in position, Matic decisively stepped forward to press.

In terms of confrontation, Gotze was no match for Ma Ma, and this 1-on-1 contest ended very quickly!

At this time, Muller had already inserted himself into the rib area of ​​Chelsea's half, waiting for Gotze to pass the ball.

As a result, he turned around and saw that Matic had grabbed the ball from Gotze and started to counterattack. This scene really left him speechless.

Ma Ma's forward thrust was just a feint. When Thiago moved to intercept him, he directly passed the ball diagonally to Li Ang!

Li Ang, who had already accelerated at this moment, was completely unreasonable against Bastian Schweinsteiger.

With a burst of acceleration, he was stunned in the confrontation and forcefully broke through Xiaozhu's interception!

But this time, there is no Martinez behind Schweinsteiger to help him defend!

Like a fish entering the sea, Li Ang went straight towards Bayern Munich's backcourt defense.

Suddenly, the siren blared in Bayern's penalty area, and Boateng and Benatia's retreat speed could not keep up with Li Ang's advancement speed!

In desperation, Boateng could only choose to take the initiative to intercept, and Li Ang decisively sent a through ball at this moment!

Ibrahimovic stretched out his long legs, got rid of Benatia's defense in three or two steps, and fired a non-stop shot towards the Bayern goal!

At this moment, the game had only started for about two minutes, and seeing Chelsea getting such a threatening opportunity, countless Bayern fans in front of the TV all exclaimed in pain!

At the critical moment, it depends on Neuer abandoning the goal and attacking.

The German national goalkeeper raised his waving arm high and touched Ibrahimovic's powerful shot. Ibrahimovic's powerful shot from close at hand finally missed the goal frame!

After the successful save, Neuer was not very happy. Instead, he yelled angrily to let his defensive teammates focus!

Li Ang, like Ibrahimovic, covered his head at this moment, regretting that the goal was not scored.

But after a brief period of regret, he became more confident in winning today's game.

Because Bayern has indeed abandoned its martial arts skills as Mourinho said before the game.

As for Heidegger Bayern's tactical orthodoxy, what does that have to do with Bayern?

Now at Chelsea!