Chapter 173 The Father-Son Battle with Guardiola (Part 2)

The Audi Cup schedule is very intensive in order not to affect the preparations of each team.

Four games between four teams were scheduled over two days.

The advantage of this is that it can save time, but the disadvantage is that it will greatly increase the burden on the players.

After the first day, the finals were played on the second day, and the main players of both teams did not have much rest.

But relatively speaking, Manchester City seems to be more advantageous.

Because the first day's game ended a few hours earlier than Bayern, which meant they had a few extra hours of rest.

The first place to start was the battle between AC Milan and Sao Paulo. With Boateng's goal, AC Milan defeated Sao Paulo by one goal and won the third place in this Audi Cup.

After the match between the two teams ended, the match between Bayern and Manchester City followed.

In this game, Guardiola made a substantial rotation of Bayern's lineup.

Gotze started with new summer aid Thiago, and piggy Schweinsteiger was put on the bench.

The two wingers Robben and Franck Ribery also started this game. Martinez, the main defensive midfielder last season, moved back and was placed in the central defender position by Guardiola.

This change is quite bold, and people can't help but look forward to the effect of his adjustment.

result……

The first half lasted 25 minutes, and the score on the field was 0:1. It was not Bayern that scored the first goal, but Manchester City.

Martinez's performance as a central defender is still good, and his excellent ball-playing ability has improved Bayern's offensive level.

Neuer doesn't need to take a big kick, just give the ball to Hama, let the latter dribble forward, and then pass it to his own midfielder.

The advantage of this is to free up the defensive midfielder, so that your own defensive midfielder does not have to retreat to catch the ball.

They can directly dominate the half court and increase the number of their own attackers in the opponent's half, thereby exerting greater offensive pressure on the opponent.

However, Manchester City's strategy is to play defensive counterattack.

Their three players in the frontcourt are all quick and agile little players who are not only fast, but also have strong dribbling and passing abilities.

If your midfielder presses past half court, it's okay to say that the ball is in your hands. But if the ball is not in your hands, then when I counterattack, your midfielder may not be able to get back.

In the 25th minute of the first half, taking advantage of Bayern's forward pressure, Manchester City seized the opportunity and launched a textbook quick counterattack. In the end, Lin Quan completed the shot and changed the score.

This goal did not go beyond everyone's expectations. Lin Quan often scored against Bayern when he was at Werder Bremen.

What's more, it's on a higher platform like Manchester City!

However, they did not expect Bayern to concede the ball first.

This is completely different from everyone’s predictions before the game!

"What is Guardiola doing? Is he doing scientific research? Why did he put Hama as a defender? Isn't this nonsense?"

"That's right. Although Hama performs well as a defender, with his excellent physical fitness and strong coverage area, he can fully exploit his advantages by playing as a defensive midfielder!"

"Guardiola is not going away just because he defeated Sao Paulo before, right? If he continues to play like this, the winner of this game will be Manchester City!"

Criticisms have begun to appear on the Internet about the new things Guardiola has created.

It's not that people can't accept new things, people just can't accept failure.

If the new things Guardiola comes up with can have obvious effects on the field, they can help Bayern defeat their opponents like chopping melons and vegetables.

Those who criticize him will definitely change their minds and give him praise and praise.

…

After Guardiola saw Lin Quan score, he couldn't help but applaud him.

After applauding, he found that the surrounding Bayern fans were looking at him in stunned silence, only to realize that he was now the head coach of Bayern.

It's a bit unorthodox to applaud an opponent's goal.

"Ahem, adjust the formation, let Martinez return to the midfielder position, let Gotze organize the attack, and Muller will wait for the opportunity to move forward!"

After the initial transformation was not very successful, Guardiola was not convinced.

He himself also realized that what he tinkered with did not achieve the expected results.

"It seems that this idea is still immature. It's a little risky to take it out rashly!"

Guardiola thought quickly in his mind, and he felt that his thinking was not wrong.

The reason why the effect is not good must be that other tasks are not done well.

After this game is over, he will study it carefully, and then conduct experiments on weaker opponents in the Bundesliga.

After accumulating enough game data, it should be no problem to use it to face stronger opponents.

As for asking him to stop messing around and coach honestly according to the existing successful tactics?

That's impossible!

If he didn't bother, then he wouldn't be called Guardiola!

After Guardiola made tactical adjustments, Bayern players breathed a sigh of relief.

They have little understanding of Guardiola's tactics, although they are trying hard to follow the opponent's requirements.

But Bayern rarely played pass-and-control football before. They have just gotten started with Guardiola's pressing style, and they are far from comfortable with it.

Therefore, the players played awkwardly on the court. At this time, they were allowed to use familiar tactics, and Bayern's players immediately became good at playing football again.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, Thomas Muller took advantage of an opportunity to advance forward and received an assist from his teammate to score and equalize the score.

Bayern fans in the Allianz Arena were relieved to see that the team was finally back to normal.

However, I saw Guardiola still using Heynckes’ tactics.

Bayern fans can’t help but think:

Since Guardiola can only follow the rules, why do they invite Guardiola?

Fans are like this, they will be dissatisfied if the team's tactics are reformed.

Without reform, they will be dissatisfied.

All in all, it is not easy to satisfy them.

…

I have to say that the sense of oppression brought by Bayern, the new European champion, is still quite sufficient.

In front of Bayern, Manchester City exposed many problems on both offense and defense.

The first is the problem on the offensive end. After all, Lin Quan's time in Manchester City was too short. The tacit understanding between him and his teammates was not enough, and neither of them was familiar with each other's playing style, which led to frequent mistakes in their cooperation on the field.

If they are playing against a weak team, this problem will not be exposed, and they can complete the offense with their strong personal strength.

But when facing a strong team like Bayern, personal strength alone is not enough.

Bayern has not seen much personnel changes this season, and their main lineup basically continues the lineup from when they won the championship.

This prevented Bayern's combat effectiveness from declining.

Bayern's defense has withstood the test of the Champions League level. If it can be broken so easily, then so many teams will not be defeated when facing Bayern.

Manchester City's players couldn't work together, and they were in a battle situation with each other, unable to penetrate each other's defense.

On the contrary, after Bayern gave up the pressing attack, the powerful offensive capabilities of their two wings were reflected.

The combination of Robben and Ribery put Manchester City's defense under a huge test.

Especially Robben. Manchester City's full-backs knew that he was going to cut inside, but they just couldn't guard him.

Fortunately, Robben's condition today was not very good. The few shots he completed after cutting inside failed to convert into goals.

Otherwise, Manchester City might be lagging behind now.

Robben is in bad form, but Ribery is in very hot form on the other side.

His breakthrough and passing on the other side not only turned Manchester City's right side upside down, but also caused a disconnect in Manchester City's formation.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Ribery broke through and sent a high-quality cross, assisting teammate Mandzukic to score a header.

2:1, Bayern reversed the score.

Seeing that the opponent's offensive threat on the wing is getting bigger and bigger, Pellegrini made adjustments to the team's defense, increasing interceptions on the wing and not giving the opponent the opportunity to make unscrupulous passes.

However, after strengthening their wing defense, their defense in the middle became a problem again.

Gotze, who had been invisible for nearly half the game, finally began to become active in the 75th minute of the second half after Manchester City's players reduced their close defense against him.

In the 82nd minute, Gotze sent a through ball, and Mandzukic knocked the ball back to the forward Thomas Muller.

The latter's shot was saved by Joe Hart, and the ball flew out of the penalty area and landed at Robben's feet.

Robben, who had wasted countless shooting opportunities before, this time hit a long shot that was not of high quality.

Faced with this shot, Joe Hart seemed to be ill-prepared. Although he made a sideways dive, he was half a beat too late.

The football still slipped past his hand and flew into the net.

The score became 3:1, and Bayern expanded its lead.

Seeing this goal scored, Robben himself was a little confused.

After playing, he felt that the ball was gone. How could he have expected that the ball had actually been scored!

Did the opposing goalkeeper make a mistake?

Old Man Luo couldn't care less. He ran excitedly, jumped high, and punched in the air to celebrate his goal.

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The Manchester City players put their hands on their hips. You look at me and I look at you. All of them look quite depressed.

This ball...

I don’t know what to say about this ball. There must be something wrong with the defenders.

Someone should have stepped forward to block the shot of the forward Thomas Muller, but they missed it.

The opponent's shot was saved by Joe Hart, and Manchester City's defenders couldn't help but praise their teammates.

There was nothing they could do about Robben's follow-up shot, but Joe Hart didn't save this low-threatening shot.

All right!

Manchester City's defenders decided to take back the praise they had just sent.

Joe Hart himself was also very depressed. He had just completed a save and the opponent hit the goal continuously. When he stood up for the second time to save, he slipped on the lawn, causing his movement to be slightly slower.

Otherwise, with his strength, he would not be unable to save the ball.

Near the center circle, Lin Quan put his hands on his hips and frowned at Joe Hart, who looked depressed.

He remembered a joke about Joe Hart in domestic football:

"If heaven has feelings, it will also grow old. If it sees Hartmon, it will kick it."

Joe Hart seems to be a little unlucky in preventing long shots.

It's not that he's incapable, his saving skills are online.

However, when he encounters the opponent's long-range shot, he always has bad luck.

Either the opponent played all kinds of incredible magic balls, or he himself made all kinds of low-level mistakes.

There was not much time left in the game. After the restart, Manchester City increased their offensive intensity.

After Lin Quan realized the shortcomings of insufficient tacit understanding between himself and his teammates, he gave up cooperating with other teammates and only cooperated with national team teammate David Silva.

They have played many games together and recently played together for half a month in the Confederations Cup. They have a high degree of tacit understanding with each other.

In addition, both of them are players with exquisite skills and high golf intelligence.

There is no need to communicate with each other at all. Communication can be completed with just one look, letting the other party understand their intentions.

After the cooperation between the two increased, Bayern's defensive pressure in the frontcourt increased sharply.

Martinez and his teammates thought Lin Quan was the biggest threat, so they monitored him very closely.

This is also the tactic formulated by Guardiola!

No one knows his son's strength better than him!

But the opponent's defensive tactics played right into Lin Quan's plan.

He knew that he would be heavily targeted, so he had no intention of playing the role of a terminator. Instead, he planned to complete the final pass as an organizer and assist his teammates to score.

The 89th minute of the game, the last minute of regular time.

After Lin Quan and David Silva hit the wall continuously on the wing, he dribbled the ball to the 30-meter threat zone at the front of the penalty area.

For Lin Quan, this position is already within his shooting range.

Whether he is hitting a long shot outside the penalty area or dribbling the ball into the penalty area after completing another breakthrough, he can create a huge threat to Bayern's goal.

The Bayern players, who had coached Lin Quan many times last season, did not dare to slack off at all.

Including Martinez, as many as four players immediately rushed towards Lin Quan.

On the coaching bench on the sidelines, Guardiola's heart was lifted when he saw Lin Quan dribbling the ball into this area.

This kid, even though he couldn't form a tacit understanding with his teammates, was still able to achieve this level of success. It seemed that he still underestimated him!

But it doesn't matter, the first few steps are easy, but the last step is the most difficult.

It is certainly possible for Lin Quan to break out of a tight siege under multiple teams. After all, he has accomplished such a feat in games before.

However, this so-called miracle cannot happen again and again.

Once caught in a double-team, his probability of being intercepted is much greater than his probability of successfully breaking through.

As for whether he will pass the ball to his teammates, Guardiola is also on guard against this.

In addition to arranging players to focus on guarding Lin Quan, he also sent people to mark David Silva, denying the latter a chance to catch the ball and shoot.

David Silva's physical confrontation ability is not strong, and he does not have Lin Quan's outstanding breakthrough ability, so he must send too many people over and just arrange a strong defender to watch him.

After making these arrangements, Guardiola felt relieved.

Boy, come out with all your skills and let me see what surprises you can bring me!

Faced with multiple double-teams from Bayern players, Lin Quan tried to force his way in, which frightened the Bayern players into closing their feet to prevent them from being passed.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the opponent to react like this, he decisively passed the ball through the gap.

As expected, the ball was passed to David Silva.

Haha, it was indeed within the head coach’s expectation!

After Bayern's left back Alaba saw Lin Quan's pass, he sneered and was about to step forward to press David Silva.

Alaba is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 80 kilograms.

David Silva is 1.7 meters tall and weighs 68 kilograms.

Not only are there a huge difference in height between the two, there is also a huge difference in weight.

Alaba is very confident that he can knock the opponent to the ground in one go!

However, what stunned Alaba was that David Silva did not receive the ball.

He deliberately missed the ball and passed it to another teammate-Aguero!

Aguero kept hitting the ball and fired furiously, and once again scored Bayern's goal with a powerful shot.

The score became 3:2.

There is still suspense in the game!