In the backyard of Guardiola's home in Munich, Guardiola was sitting on the sofa with a glass of red wine and staring at the moon in a daze.
Although Bayern successfully reversed Porto and advanced to the Champions League semi-finals, they will next face three teams: Real Madrid, Barcelona and Serie A giant Juventus.
No matter who is drawn, it will be a fierce battle.
Moreover, Wolfsburg, a disruptor in the Bundesliga this year, has prevented Bayern from focusing on the Champions League and has to keep some of its energy in the league.
But that's not what bothers Guardiola the most.
It's the attitude of Bayern's senior management towards him.
After winning the championship in the 2013-14 season, Guardiola proposed to Bayern's senior management to sign two stars, Neymar and Suarez.
However, in the end Bayern's senior management sent him Gotze and Lewandowski.
What made Guardiola most angry was that Hoeness actually told him that Brazilian players could not adapt to the German climate and environment.
This is not the first time Bayern executives have rejected him.
Since taking over Bayern Munich, he has successively proposed to Bayern senior management to buy Pogba, Verratti, Hazard, De Bruyne, Thiago and other players.
But after a few years, Thiago came.
Guardiola knows that he is right and so is Bayern. It is just an irreconcilable conflict between the head coach and the manager.
As a head coach, Guardiola wants the best players.
What Bayern needs is the most cost-effective player, and it is often difficult to unify the two.
In the past two years, Guardiola can clearly see the changes in Bayern's top management's attitude towards him.
His contract will expire at the end of next season, but Bayern still has no intention of renewing his contract.
This meaning is actually very obvious. Guardiola can vaguely feel that the day when he leaves Germany may not be far away.
"Buzz!!!!!!!" Just as Guardiola was in a daze, the screen of his mobile phone on the small table in front of him lit up.
"Pep, watch the game between Wolfsburg and Naples, there is a surprise!"
As soon as Guardiola put the phone to his ear, he heard the urgent voice of his assistant coach and gay friend Manil Estiarte.
Guardiola suddenly looked startled, and the figures of Chu Zheng and De Bruyne instantly appeared in his mind.
Since the disastrous defeat to Wolfsburg in the opening game of the second half, Guardiola has become obsessed with the two culprits Chu Zheng and De Bruyne. He arranged for his assistant and friend Mannier to maintain a long-term relationship with these two players.
Pay attention and conduct analysis and tracking.
After a while, Guardiola put down the phone and tried to stand up, but sat back down.
When he thought that he might be leaving Bayern soon, he suddenly lost interest.
But after sitting there for a few minutes, Guardiola patted his bald head, grinned suddenly, and seemed to have thought of something.
So he quickly got up and ran towards the living room.
A few minutes later, Guardiola turned on the TV and the game between Wolfsburg and Naples appeared.
“holy shit!!!”
Seeing Chu Zheng appear on the midfielder, Guardiola was stunned for several seconds.
Although it is relatively common in football for a central defender to play as a defensive midfielder, those players are all experienced defenders.
It is very rare for a young player like Chu Zheng, who has just turned 20, to play as a defensive midfielder, the soul of the team.
Almost instantly, Guardiola realized that Dieter Heijing was using surprise troops and wanted to make a comeback against the wind like him.
Soon, Guardiola saw Chu Zheng's deep-fried ball pass with almost perfect connection and timing.
At this moment, the figure of Barcelona's Iniesta suddenly appeared in Guardiola's mind.
On the court, Chu Zheng broke through and quickly brought the ball to the arc of Naples' center circle.
Seeing that Lopez kept a distance from him after coming up, Chu Zheng raised one corner of his mouth and smiled. This was exactly what he wanted.
At this time, Dost is in the middle, De Bruyne is on the right rib, and Perisic is on the right.
All three are in Napoli's four-man defence.
However, due to the different rhythms of De Bruyne and Dost's back and forth running, Naples' four-man back line was unconsciously no longer a parallel line.
Judging from the broadcast footage, the space in the ribs behind Naples left center back Bristol was almost completely exposed due to the involvement.
On Chu Zheng's side, after just a short delay, Yin Le had already rushed back, positioned himself behind Lopez on the left side to protect him, and at the same time kept an eye on Arnold, who was on Chu Zheng's front right side, preparing to respond.
At the moment when Inler was in position, Chu Zheng, who turned to the right with the ball with his right foot, suddenly turned sideways, and the inside of his right foot, which was turned 90 degrees to the supporting foot, suddenly hit the ball heavily.
Bang! The ball flew quickly between Lopez and Inler and went straight to De Bruyne in front of the right rib defense.
Seeing the ball coming, Bristol quickly stepped up and turned around after preventing De Bruyne from getting the ball.
However, the next second De Bruyne raised his feet and jumped as soon as the ball came over, and missed the ball.
"oh!!!!!"
"Chu Zheng is looking for Perisic on the right!!!!"
“The ball is over!!!!”
“Persilic!!!!!!!
The moment he saw Chu Zheng passing the ball, Perisic, who had been ambushing on the right side to reduce his presence, suddenly started to speed up and left Gillam behind him, like a sharp blade slanting into the right side of the penalty area. He realized it later.
He Wei and Zhang Lu both exclaimed.
On the field, on the right side of the penalty area, the ball comes and people come.
The moment Perisic touched the ball, he directly pushed the ball across the penalty area in the middle of the penalty area.
At this time, Dost was already half a length ahead of Albiol.
The two stretched out their feet at the same time, one wanting to destroy and the other wanting to shoot.
In just one breath, the winner was decided between Dost and Albiol.
Dost successfully grabs a shovel and shoots!
Facing such a close range shovel shot, Andujar had no choice but to surrender!!!
"Goal!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Goal!!Goal!!!!!!!!!Goal!!!!!!!!!!!"
In the live commentary stand, Stevenson was stunned for a second or two, and then let out a cathartic shout and cheer with an expression of incredible ecstasy.
The Sao Paulo Stadium also erupted in annoyance and wails at the moment the goal was scored!
On the sidelines, Dieter Heijing in the coaching area suddenly turned around and threw an uppercut.
“Snap, snap, snap!!!!”
In the living room, Guardiola subconsciously applauded the tacit cooperation between Chu Zheng and De Bruyne, his expression a little intoxicated.
Chu Zheng's through ball not only tore apart Naples' defense, but also created a huge offensive space, which really surprised Guardiola.
The scouts from various clubs scattered around the top of the stands also took deep notes on Chu Zheng's outstanding performance.
Among this group of scouts, Chelsea scout Johansson was definitely the first one to notice Chu Zheng.
He can almost be said to have witnessed Chu Zheng's growth for most of the season.
Chu Zheng's growth rate really made Johns feel a little incredible, it was too fast.
In all the years Johns has been a scout, he has never seen a player grow so fast, as if there is no upper limit.
"Chu! The transmission is great!"
"Man, I love you so much!!!"
On the court, Perisic, who received an assist, rushed in front of Chu Zheng like a playful little pony, directly hooked Chu Zheng's neck, wildly ravaged Chu Zheng's newly grown hair, and yelled
Shout out to express the joy in your heart.
After a while, De Bruyne also rushed over. After giving Chu Zheng a heavy hug, he smiled and said: "Chu, that's a beautiful pass!"
Chu Zheng suppressed the excitement in his heart, made a fist with his right hand and hit De Bruyne's chest, and said with a smile: "You taught me well!"
Although the passing technique that De Bruyne taught Chu Zheng requires high precision and strong muscle strength, it has to be said that it is really easy to use once mastered.
At this moment, Chu Zheng felt that the blood flowing in his body was hot. He liked the position of his lower back. He loved this feeling of freedom.
In this position, he has a lot of ball rights and can handle the ball based on his reading of the game.
This feeling is very different from playing as a defender, and it is this feeling that makes Chu Zheng's blood boil.
So when the game restarted, someone soon discovered that Chu Zheng had entered a crazy competitive state.
In the 12th minute of the game, after Chu Zheng crossed the center line, he received a lateral transfer ball from Sebastian Rong on the right in front of the arc of the center circle.
As soon as Chu Zheng caught the ball, Yinle and Lopez were immediately alert. The two quickly moved closer to each other, with a clear division of responsibilities.
Inler on Chu Zheng's left front quickly approached to press, while Lopez on the right front cut off Chu Zheng's passing line to the top of the arc.
As a result, Chu Zheng, who was facing the ball on the right half court, took the ball directly with his left foot the moment he caught the ball, and then used his explosive speed to get rid of Inle.
The timing of the breakthrough happened at the moment when Inler was approaching, which amazed countless fans.
However, this was not over yet. After Chu Zheng caught up with the ball, he quickly followed up with his right foot without stopping the ball and sent another scalpel through ball.
Naples' defense was bloodily torn apart by Chu Zheng again.
The ball passed through the right rib and reached the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, and successfully met Perisic.
Perisic once again seized the opportunity, quickly adjusted before Gillam could get closer, and then took a cross pass to the back point.
Outside the upper left corner of the small penalty area, Caligiuri was in place and won the top battle with Albiol.
However, due to interference, he did not completely touch the ball, causing his shot to hit the post and hit the net outside the goal.
In the coaching area on the sidelines, Benitez couldn't calm down.
Chu Zheng's performance was beyond his expectation.
Benitez never expected that a young player who had just turned 20 years old playing as a defensive midfielder would be so experienced.
But after being nervous for a while, Benitez relaxed again.
They now have two away goals, and it is Wolfsburg who should be anxious.
Benitez did not believe that his players would not be able to catch the space behind Wolfsburg's crazy attack.
As long as they can fight once, he can kill the hungry wolf of the Bundesliga!
However, the subsequent development of the situation far exceeded Benitez's expectations, and even deviated from Dieter Heijing's pre-game expectations, leaving countless people stunned and exclaiming that they were very satisfied.
