Chapter 901: Battle with Bayern 3
It stands to reason that Trapani's set-pieces are easy to defend, after all, there are only two or three players of such height and length. However, Bayern Munich failed to defend the header relay of Trapani's two central defenders in this set-piece defense. Mertesacker headed back from the back point, and Boateng overpowered Badstuber and headed the ball into the goal, sending the ball into the goal of Bayern Munich again.
Heynckes was angry this time and shouted at the players on the field, but it would be wrong to say that they were not focused on this ball. The attention of Bayern Munich players was still quite focused, mainly because Trapani's set-pieces were of high quality and the landing points were very accurate. This was a routine in normal training. Mertesacker actually did not move much. He relied on his height and strong physique, leaving Bruno, who was shorter than him, helpless.
Of course, Bruno was too polite when defending Mertesacker, and he did not push, pull, and pull hard enough.
Bayern Munich was clearly in a more active position, but they lost the ball at this moment. The players were disappointed. Neuer kicked the ball back into the net fiercely. He was also responsible for this goal. He originally planned to attack to get the ball, but he did not attack subconsciously, which led to Boateng easily suppressing Badstuber.
People who don't know his characteristics will think that the distance is still a bit long, there is a partition in the middle, and it is not a good idea to attack, but at least Heynckes thinks Neuer should be more resolute.
Boateng excitedly rushed to the sidelines and slid to his knees to celebrate. Soon Trapani's players threw him down. There is no better 30 minutes than this. The team scored two goals, and the opponent is still Bayern, which is considered to be no weaker than Real Madrid and Barcelona. It is said that the goal was accidental, but isn't this a reflection of strength?
There was a cheer in the high-level box of Trapani, and 2:0 gave people a sense of security.
"Bad goal! Bad goal! No one thought we would fall behind 0:2 in such a situation. The rest of the game will be even more difficult!" Kahn, the legendary goalkeeper of Bayern in Germany, was a little frustrated in the live broadcast room. He played very well, but why did he still lose the ball?
"A surprising goal! You should know how many goals Trapani's central defenders have scored so far this season, including this goal?! You may not even think that they have only scored four goals in total this season! It stands to reason that Trapani's set-piece ability is very weak, and Bayern Munich's young defense paid the price for this!" Bergomi felt sorry for Bayern Munich's loss of points from the set-piece from an expert's perspective.
"The current game will be more favorable to us. I think Bayern Munich's morale has been hit, and it will be difficult to break through our goal! Coleman struggled on defense, but Mertesacker and Boateng formed our iron gate! They will be the heroes of today's game!" Lombardo sang praises for the two central defenders.
Wenger on the sidelines was not overly excited despite leading by two goals. Trapani's problems still existed. Even the wisest man would make mistakes. Mertesacker, Boateng and Mascherano were iron guards. They could not bear all the defensive pressure in the whole game. This would cause trouble.
Looking at the time, after the restart, the clock was almost 40 minutes. Wenger decided to make adjustments to the right back position in the second half.
There is always a twist in the story here, and a but must be added.
But Trapani did not last the last five minutes. After the restart, Trapani began to gradually gain the advantage in control. Gustavo was given a yellow card and his movements were much smaller than at the beginning. Moreover, Trapani's interlacing runs between the frontcourts were more frequent, especially Messi and Kaka's frequent interplay, which was quite effective.
In the 43rd minute, Trapani attacked forward as a whole, but the attack failed. Bayern Munich held the ball. Kroos launched a long pass attack. Robben successfully countered the offside and went to the meeting alone. Facing the attacking Storari, he calmly sent the ball into Trapani's net.
Bayern Munich's attack this time was a counterattack. It was played vigorously, quickly and fatally. Trapani's defense line had a big problem in keeping a distance from Storari.
An away goal was enough to make Bayern Munich players cheer. They joined Robben's celebration crazily. As for the fans of the away team, they had bright smiles on their faces.
According to the strength shown by Bayern Munich at a certain stage of this game, they have every reason to believe that they will definitely turn the tables when they return to their home court. Holding an away goal is a big advantage.
Storari spread his hands helplessly. As an old goalkeeper, he is very experienced. He has reminded the defense line several times that they need to keep a distance from him and not to blindly try to create offside. This is very dangerous because he knows his characteristics very well. He is not a goalkeeper like Kameni.
Not only Storari, Wenger also emphasized the importance of the distance between the back line and the goalkeeper before the game. He understood better than anyone that Kameni was different from Storari.
Kameni has speed and a wide range of movement, so the distance between him and the back line can be kept longer.
But Storari is a complete defensive goalkeeper, and he is also older. His movement speed is obviously not as fast as Kameni. If the back line still keeps a long distance from him, this will be easily exploited, and the players on the field of Bayern Munich took advantage of this.
"Fuck!" Wenger couldn't help shaking his head and complaining to the coaching staff. After repeated reminders, these guys were still not conscious. Even if they wanted to attack, they couldn't ignore the back. Where did the guards on Robben go? ! Could Robben be fucking invisible? ! To put it bluntly, it was because their attention was relaxed after two goals.
This kind of problem is not the first time. Defenders, defenders, they are so experienced, how could they make such a mistake.
There is no point complaining. The fact is that Bayern Munich has equalized the score, which has also greatly improved their somewhat low morale.
Fortunately, the halftime time soon came and did not leave more time for Bayern Munich. Otherwise, it is really hard to say whether the score of 2:1 can be maintained until the end.
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"A wonderful first half! Don't you think so, Gigi?!" Hoeness may be a stingy guy, but he is still generous in front of Hugo. When they met in the VIP bar, they naturally discussed the first half first. Bayern Munich did not suffer a loss with an away goal.
"Kroos for sale?!" Hugo ignored him and said abruptly.
Hoeness was shocked, "What?!"
"Kroos!" Hugo said calmly.
"How much?! You name a price!" Victor said arrogantly, with a look in his eyes that said he was going to kill you with money. After Bayern Munich scored a goal, Victor was so angry that he actually took it out on Hoeness. Hoeness's comments just now seemed generous with that face, but inexplicably made Victor sound provocative.
It seemed to say that everyone was optimistic about you, look, we can still score goals in Google Stadium, in this awesome stadium!
Unfortunately, he met his opponent. Does Bayern Munich lack money? ! No! Southern Star has the best social resources and network in Germany, and is not short of money at all. Whose credit is all this? It's Hoeness.
If Galliani is awesome, then Hoeness can only be more awesome than him. Galliani relies on the politician Berlusconi, and when Hoeness took over Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich was about to be relegated. It was Hoeness who worked hard for decades to create Bayern Munich with its current status.
No one can get the players he doesn't want to sell, such as Kroos. Hoeness values this player very much and regards Kroos as the core of Bayern Munich in the next ten years. He never planned to buy him.
"Boy, do you want to irritate me?!" Hoeness looked very unhappy.