Last season, Bayern Munich was beaten by Real Madrid in the knockout round of the Champions League.
Real Madrid relies on quick counterattacks.
At that time, Barcelona and Spain were almost invincible and reached the top, carrying forward the pass-and-control football philosophy. In recent years, there have been many cases of overturning.
From Barcelona to Spain being eliminated from the group stage in the World Cup and going home, the reasons for the overturn are basically the same.
Pass control won the game, but did not create enough threats.
The opponent's use of defensive counterattacks and extreme counterattack tactics to crush their defense at speed has become the mainstream means of countering passing and control tactics.
Manchester City is not a team that has never played in passing control.
So Bayern Munich wants to control the ball, but they can't.
Can only wait.
Wait for Bayern Munich to speed up, attack, and nurture opportunities for counterattack while withstanding the threat of the opponent's attack.
This is fundamentally different from those teams that were humiliated and defeated by passing passes.
Because their mentality is more mature.
Know what teams like Barcelona and Bayern Munich are planning.
Now that you are mentally prepared, you will certainly not fall into a trap.
As long as they remain patient and use their strength at critical moments, they may not be able to defeat their opponents.
Guardiola looked helpless.
Bayern Munich now lacks Ribeiro and their combat effectiveness has dropped significantly.
In other words, the offensive end has lost the means to tear apart the opponent's defense.
In Barcelona, Xavi and Iniesta can use wonderful transfers like a stroke of genius or directly deliver threatening balls to attack the opponent's defensive areas.
In Bayern Munich, the traditional method in the past was for Ribeiro to fly with both wings, ruthlessly tearing apart the opponent's defense like a sharp knife drawn from its sheath.
In the absence of Ribeiro, Bayern Munich's passing pressure is like a step away from Manchester City.
At the end of the half, Manchester City returned to the locker room with a one-goal lead.
Pellegrini is satisfied with the current situation.
Taking the lead, the team continued to fight back in the second half.
As for what adjustments Bayern Munich will make, as long as Ribeiro is not on the court, there seems to be nothing to worry about.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Bayern Munich reduced the time of passing possession and launched threatening attacks more frequently.
But there are only crosses that come and go.
Both Gotze and Muller were unable to tear apart Manchester City's defense with the threat of a single attack.
Muller is good at seizing opportunities, even full of metaphysics.
There is no advantage in confrontation, and Erwa, who is not fast, can appear at the right point.
But this requires the team to tear apart the opponent's defense from both wings.
Gotze seemed to have exhausted his lifelong luck and talent in the overtime final of the World Cup final.
Instead, Bayern Munich struggled.
When the ability is insufficient, Bayern Munich's passing and control cannot pose a threat, but the forced speed increase makes Manchester City feel like a fish in water.
Playing for rhythm and pursuing speed is what the Premier League has been doing in the past ten years.
In the 64th minute of the game, Manchester City's quick counterattack swept Bayern Munich's frontcourt.
After Hao Qiang and Aguero changed positions, they cut inside from the wing to encounter Lahm and Alonso. There was no bells and whistles, and they forced a change of direction for a physical confrontation. Lahm's confrontation was like hitting an iron plate and being bounced away.
Alonso immediately launched a counterattack.
At this time, Hao Qiang passed the ball diagonally back to find David Silva who was following up. The latter passed the ball two meters away from Alonso.
Hao Qiang steps forward and Manchester City is approaching!
David Silva sent a through ball.
Aguero crossed into the empty space behind Boateng.
Boateng turned around and chased back, but Benatia made a diagonal cover and returned to defense, seemingly out of reach.
Neuer was forced to walk out.
Just after taking a step, Aguero passed the ball across.
Neuer immediately gritted his teeth and turned around to rush towards Hao Qiang.
However, Hao Qiang gave up the first shot when responding, and Neuer struggled to save his shot that might have blocked him to the limit.
So he calmly moved the ball to the right, and crossed paths with Neuer who made the save!
Neuer closed his eyes in despair.
It’s over!
Hao Qiang passed by Neuer who was making a save and then faced the empty goal and easily pushed and scored!
After Hao Qiang scored the goal, he ran directly to hug Aguero.
David Silva smiled and ran over to hug Hao Qiang's body.
Guardiola was expressionless on the sidelines, and the Bayern Munich fans in the stands were in pain and despair!
Manchester City fans cheered.
"Is this the way Bayern Munich wants to score the most goals?"
"Haha, they dared to fight against us head-on? The result was a very different outcome!"
"When you see the combination of Hao Huang and Aguero, just defend obediently and don't mess with those bells and whistles that are useless."
Manchester City 2:0 Bayern Munich.
The Bundesliga squad loses face at home.
Guardiola immediately made substitutions.
Robben, Dante and Pizarro appeared.
Muller, Benatia and Rafinha exited the game.
Is this going to be a fight?
Two forwards and one defender.
Remove one forward and two defenders.
Bayern Munich strengthens its offensive firepower.
After Robben came on, he started to make trouble on the right.
But the combat status with injuries is average.
Especially when the score is behind, the mentality will also be a little anxious.
In the 78th minute of the game, after Bayern Munich's cross from the wing was cleared, Fernandinho passed the ball to the wing.
Clichy sent a direct pass from the backcourt.
Aguero received the ball from the left and quickly dribbled to advance the attack.
Hao Qiang moved in the middle to respond.
Bayern Munich's defense fell apart on the way back.
Dante kept tabs on Hao Qiang.
When Hao Qiang responded, he immediately engaged in physical resistance and pressure.
Hao Qiang remained as still as a mountain.
As long as he doesn't turn around, basically no defensive player can make him lose the ball.
What's more, he also kicked the ball very decisively.
David Silva followed up in the middle, Boateng immediately stepped forward to intercept, and the former sent a diagonal pass to the ground.
Agueron cut inside and headed towards the left side of the penalty area.
Dante turned back to the defense and pursued him.
Aguero passed the ball across the left rib area of the penalty area to the right rib area of the penalty area where Hao Qiang ran.
When Neuer attacked, he pointed at Aguero, allowing Dante and Boateng to block it.
Dante marks Aguero.
Boateng blocked Hao Qiang's passing route.
The situation became one-on-one between Hao Qiang and Neuer.
Neuer will gradually reduce Hao Qiang's shooting angle during his attack.
It's not that Hao Qiang doesn't have the confidence to challenge Neuer, it's just that the team has better choices.
When Neuer came in front of him, Hao Qiang swung his right leg to take a shot. The shooting action was basically completed, but he did not shoot the ball.
After kicking the football away from you, when you retract your legs, knock the ball back with your heel.
Neuer had already pounced.
Hao Qiang's shooting action was so realistic that I didn't expect it to be a false shot.
Everyone's eyes turned.
David Silva, who had just entered the penalty area, received Hao Qiang's backheel pass.
Stop the ball, adjust and shoot again.
There is plenty of time and space.
The football shot with his left foot was not fast but flew into the center of the goal at a tricky angle, just to the lower left.
When Neuer stood up again, he could only look up to the sky and sigh!
