Chapter 911 Second Round 5
Messi will never forget Fontano. After scoring, he ran to the sidelines, turned around, smiled and pointed at Fontano.
"I agreed that I would pass the ball to you, but I didn't expect you to assist me first today! Thank you, buddy!" Messi said with words of thanks.
"I don't think my shot is as good as yours!" Fontano actually had the opportunity to shoot himself, but he chose to pass the ball. On the one hand, it was because Badstuber was moving and might block his shot, and passing to Messi was safer. On the other hand, he realized that this goal would be crucial and important. He was worried that he would miss such an opportunity. Ballon d'Or winner Messi seemed to be a very good choice.
Fontano trusted him!
Messi was about to say something, but he saw that his enthusiastic teammates had already swarmed in, and he shut his mouth!
Everyone gathered together happily, and the captain Evra also came over. Everyone gathered in a circle. Amid the boos and insults of Bayern Munich fans, Evra said loudly: "That's it! We will definitely advance! That's it!"
After scoring a goal, he did not forget to mobilize. Evra really has some potential to be a captain.
When everyone dispersed, Messi grabbed Fontano and covered his mouth with his hand to communicate with him.
"Ping pong! You have to have confidence in yourself. If you don't have confidence in your shooting skills, how can you become a good striker!" Fontano has a nickname "Ping pong" in the team, a very strange nickname. This nickname means that he likes to play table tennis very much and is recognized as the best player in the team. Even Wenger has teased him that maybe Fontano can also try to become a professional table tennis player.
"You have a selfless quality, but it would not be wrong if you choose to shoot yourself. Think about it, the person standing opposite you is the popular top-notch goalkeeper Neuer. It feels great to beat him!" Messi said at the end with a smirk on his face, deliberately relaxing the teaching atmosphere.
"Okay, I need to score now!" Fontano nodded.
"In short, the team's victory is very important, and your selflessness is also fine, but you must learn to be confident!" Messi's words are good advice.
Fontano likes Messi because Messi is generous and not afraid of competition. Of course, Messi himself actually wants to challenge, not just to give in. Sometimes he is not satisfied with the coach's decision. Now it seems that Wenger still satisfies him overall.
For example, Messi is very satisfied with the tactics in the second half, because it is the most correct decision to adopt such a defensive counterattack tactic against Bayern Munich at this time, and it gives him unlimited space to play, and he does not have to focus on defense.
Messi's double goal is very important, because Trapani has already scored two away goals. Now the score is 2:1, and the total score is 6:3. Bayern Munich has to score four goals to advance directly. This is simply purgatory. I'm afraid they themselves don't believe that they can complete this task. There is only a maximum of 30 minutes left.
Even if they score three goals in the remaining time, it doesn't matter. They still can't advance directly. They have to spend overtime with Trapani and beat Trapani in overtime.
According to the current tactics of both sides, it is simply impossible to suppress Trapani without giving Trapani space to counterattack. The technical level of Trapani is not bad. The short board of the lineup may be Mertesacker, who transferred from the Bundesliga to the Italian Super League during the winter break.
No matter how bad the other players are, they are still a little bit worse. After all, the most common thing that Trapani players who were trained crazily in the Bielsa era did was pass and run.
Heynckes kept shouting on the sidelines, asking the players to concentrate and fight to the death, asking them to make more crosses, and to make full use of Gomez and Muller in the middle. You can't always hit the wall at the same point. Obviously, the attack on the wing is not smooth, why not try the middle, why not try a header? !
Schweinsteiger played very unhappily today. The midfield he and Kroos partnered in was not strongly blocked by his old teammates. He and Kroos certainly knew that this was to lure them to go deep, but they had to eat a set. There was no way not to eat it. This was the team's strategy.
But what made him unhappy was the team's performance on the offensive end. It was hard to say that it was bad, but no goals were always a clear proof of weak offense.
Schweinsteiger tried several long shots, but some of his habits were accurately mastered by Mascherano, who always blocked him at the right position.
"What the hell is internal discord! It's all fake. I'm sure the Sicilian kid is a master at setting off smoke bombs!" Hoeness cursed Hugo in his heart.
Hugo, who was far away at home in Trapani, felt his ears burning.
Bayern Munich gradually gave up the breakthrough on the wing and began to frequently cross the ball. This routine was even more useless. Trapani had no shortage of high points in the penalty area. When Trapani gave up the attack, some disadvantages on the defensive end could be compensated, such as the slow turning of the defenders and the small range of Storari's activities, which made Bayern Munich even more uncomfortable.
There were boos at the Allianz Arena. Trapani played very pragmatically and rogue, not like Wenger's style. Allianz fans don't want their opponents to be such a team.
Time was running out, and there was really not much time left for Bayern Munich. Messi was torturing their defense and might even make the final decision, but Messi did not sprint at high speed every time. His physical condition did not allow it, and he had to control it. Anyway, the opponent had learned a lesson and did not dare to steal him, so why not slow down the rhythm and waste some time.
Until the 83rd minute, Messi suddenly went crazy again, speechlessly, and it happened to be during the positional attack. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Bayern Munich was eager to steal, he decisively made a two-on-one cooperation with Fontano. His pass in the penalty area was not good. He wanted to force Fontano to create a chance. He was playful and relaxed.
The pass was not authentic, and the position was not very good, so Fontano had to compete with Van Buyten for the landing point at the same time. Fontano flew, and the ball passed by Van Buyten. Neuer's sight was blocked by the defender, and he reacted quickly to make a save, but Fontano's shot was untraceable and unnatural, so he still failed to save the ball.
The ball flew into the dead corner, and when Fontano flew, he used his heel very imaginatively, which was too concealed. He was the only way he could think of to solve Messi's bad pass.
Of course, Messi's pass also made Fontano successful. This shot was very Ibrahimovic's nature, so many fans gave Fontano a new title "Little Ibrahimovic"!
Shocking skills!
This shot can only be described as stunning. The commentators in the Italian live broadcast room cheered as if they had seen a martial arts genius of a century. Fontano became famous very early, but his talent was realized too late. In fact, Trapani delayed him, but at this moment, everyone finally saw the agility contained in Fontano's big body.
The fans at the Allianz Arena were completely defeated by this goal!
Wenger raised his hands high. Today's unconventional tactics were correct. The efforts were paying off. 7:3, he was sure that his team had completely defeated Bayern Munich.
"We still need to grow!" Hoeness sighed to other senior executives, "They are the ones who will win the Champions League in the end! It's really too difficult to beat them. It requires the right time, the right place, and the right people!"
Of course, there are also things that Hoeness can't figure out. For such a competitive team in the Champions League, why can't the performance in the league be described as bad? ! No one can know the answer to this question. Only the players know this answer.