Chapter 196: The Heart of Playing Tactics Is so Dirty!

"Ribery played this goal very beautifully. Joe Hart's reaction was already very fast, but he still couldn't prevent the goal!"

"Francis Ribery's performance has been getting better and better in the past few seasons. With him and Robben here, Bayern's offense on the wing is simply unstoppable. It's hard for anyone to do it!"

"Yes, there are rumors that Ribery may win the Ballon d'Or this year. Judging from his performance in this game, he deserves this award."

On the sidelines, Guardiola saw Ribery completing the goal so quickly and celebrated with excitement, waving his fists.

This goal was so crucial. After taking the lead, Manchester City couldn't counterattack.

Once they change their tactics, Bayern's advantage will become bigger and bigger.

Sure enough, Manchester City quickly changed their tactics after falling behind.

They increased their pressure in the frontcourt, and the range of player activities also began to expand.

This is a perfect fit for Bayern.

In the 15th minute, it was Ribery again.

This time he received a pass from Kroos, cut inside to open up a little space, and shot directly, seemingly trying to replicate the previous goal.

But this time, the ball was held by Joe Hart.

Although Joe Hart is sometimes unlucky, he will be scored by some weird shots.

But he is still very strong, otherwise he would not be able to become Manchester City's main goalkeeper.

He will not fall twice on the same stone!

During this period, Bayern was particularly ferocious.

Ribery, Robben, Kroos, Muller and even defender Alaba all came up and shot twice.

From the 7th minute until the 32nd minute, Alaba's shot from a small angle in the left penalty area was saved by Joe Hart.

In 25 minutes, Bayern set off a wave of offensive climax. During this period, they fired 7 crazy shots and hit the door frame three times. There was a feeling that the ball might be dropped.

Fortunately, Joe Hart performed well during this period, blocking high and trying to keep the goal.

Although Manchester City looked very passive, they were not allowed to expand the score by their opponents.

However, it would be very disadvantageous for Manchester City to continue to be beaten passively like this. They need to find a way to solve the current difficulties.

Off the court, Pellegrini frowned and thought about how to crack Bayern's tactics.

Guardiola's playing style at Bayern is completely different from his playing style at Barcelona. Bayern does not have players like Messi.

So he gave up the option of attacking from the center and instead took full advantage of Bayern's advantages on the wings.

Ribery and Robben's breakthroughs, cuts and shots put great pressure on Manchester City's two wings. Not only were the full-backs unable to assist, they even had to let the full-backs drop back to help defend together.

As a result, Manchester City's numbers in the frontcourt are seriously insufficient, and not only are their offensive tactics unable to be used.

It also caused Lin Quan and Aguero to fall into an isolated and helpless situation, and they were easily double-teamed by their opponents.

Lin Quan is a little better. His ability to protect the ball is very strong, and his opponent cannot easily steal the ball.

But Aguero cannot. His position is further forward and there are fewer supports around him. Once the ball is passed to him, it is almost given to the opponent.

The two most threatening offensive players were frozen by the opponent, and Manchester City's offense was naturally unable to play out.

Pellegrini glanced at the coaching bench on the other side. Guardiola's wings were flying together, making him feel tremendous pressure.

If this trick is not cracked, then Manchester City's game will be very unlucky!

Thinking of this, and taking advantage of the dead ball, Pellegrini waved and called Lin Quan over.

"Lin, the team's tactics need to change!"

Lin Quan nodded and waited for the other party's next words.

"Did you see Bayern's left-back?"

Pellegrini pointed at Alaba who was moving near the midline and said to Lin Quan:

"In the past 30 minutes, Bayern launched six attacks from the left. He was not absent once and assisted in all of them. We need to suppress the assists of their full-backs and cut off their connection with the wingers. Otherwise, we will not be able to contain our opponents. attack!"

Lin Quan nodded, he understood what Pellegrini meant.

"I know what to do!"

Back on the court, Lin Quan conveyed the coach's tactical arrangements.

The players nodded one after another. At this time, they could only choose to believe in the head coach's adjustment.

Guardiola saw the adjustments made by the Manchester City coach. He was curious, how would the other side adjust?

Bayern's tactics are not impeccable. The two-wings flying tactic is indeed powerful, but if they encounter an opponent who also has two wings flying together, especially a winger with extremely explosive speed, they are likely to misfire, or even be suppressed by the opponent in turn. .

However, Manchester City is not such a team.

So, what will Pellegrini do?

The answer was quickly revealed. Lin Quan and Navas completed the position exchange, and he came to the wing.

"this……"

On the Bayern coaching bench, Grande's eyes widened.

"This seems to be Werder Bremen's tactics last season!"

When Lin Quan was at Werder Bremen, he played as a right winger most of the time.

After coming to Manchester City, his freedom in the frontcourt has been greatly improved. He is no longer limited to one position, and Manchester City has someone on the right, so Lin Quan does not often come to this position.

But today, looking at the way he sprinted along the wing after taking the ball, it was obvious that he would not leave here easily.

Seeing Lin Quan dribbling the ball on the right, Ribery, who had a strong awareness of returning to defense, immediately rushed over and tried to intercept him.

The two faced each other many times on the wing last season, and neither could guard the other.

The result this time was no exception. Ribery was knocked unconscious by Lin Quan in a few moments.

He is good at passing people, but he is not good at preventing others from passing them.

Bayern is very wary of Lin Quan's offense. Guardiola has emphasized many times that he is the most threatening player in the Manchester City team, so he requires the players to increase their defense against him.

Lin Quan had just passed Ribery, and Kroos immediately came over to kill him.

And instead of trying to steal the ball from Lin Quan's feet, he directly fouled Lin Quan and knocked him to the ground.

Alaba is still far away from Lin Quan. By the time he catches up, Lin Quan must have increased his speed, and Alaba may not be able to defend him by then.

Once Alaba is passed, Lin Quan will have the opportunity to cut in and shoot.

Therefore, when you are not sure to steal the ball from his feet, fouling is the best option.

Since Bayern players fouled Lin Quan many times in this game, the referee had only given him a verbal warning before, but this time he could no longer show mercy.

For Cross's foul, the referee chose to show a yellow card as a warning.

Cross didn't protest. He knew that this was a yellow card accumulated from many previous fouls. If he didn't take it, his teammates would also take it.

And he is not the main defensive force. If he takes this card, it will have the least impact on the team.

On the sidelines, Guardiola felt a little tangled in his heart.

From a coach's perspective, he should applaud Cross's decisive interception.

But from the perspective of a father, when he saw Lin Quan being kicked down, he felt a strong pinch in his heart, fearing that he would be kicked down.

Fortunately, Lin Quan patted the grass clippings on his body and quickly got up from the ground. It seemed that nothing was wrong.

Because Bayern's players did not protest against the yellow card, nor did they block the referee. Instead, they chose to retreat and defend in a very disciplined manner.

This left Manchester City with no chance to take a quick free kick.

Lin Quan signaled for his teammates to grab points in the penalty area. He was going to use this free kick to see if he could threaten Bayern's goal.

The ball flew into the penalty area, and the first landing point was controlled by Bayern and failed to pose a threat.

However, the ball that was pushed out by the Bayern players quickly fell to the feet of Manchester City. After Manchester City defender Clichy got the ball, he directly shot a long shot.

Neuer's reaction was very concentrated and he hit the ball with his fist.

Yaya Toure controlled the landing point and fired a volley without stopping the ball. The ball hit the defender's leg and bounced out again.

Because most of Bayern's players are in the penalty area, there are not many players on the outside.

This resulted in the ball still being at Manchester City's feet.

Navas grabbed the ball. Facing the Bayern players who rushed over, he did not dare to take more and quickly passed the ball to Aguero.

Aguero hit the right side and broke into the penalty area.

There was no one in the space on the right, but after Lin Quan took the free kick, he quickly rushed over and appeared here.

Due to Manchester City's two consecutive shots, Bayern's defense showed some confusion.

After seeing Lin Quan take the ball, their attention was attracted by Lin Quan.

"Watch out for the opponent's forward!"

Martinez was the first to rush over, but when he was still approaching Lin Quan, he saw Lin Quan making a passing motion, so he immediately reminded his teammates.

But it's too late by this time!

Lin Quan found a loophole in Bayern's defense and sent a pass through Martinez's crotch to Aguero in the penalty area.

As soon as Aguero ran out of space, the football came to him.

He secretly praised the pass in his heart, then leaned on the defensive player, kicked the ball away with a sweep.

Aguero's shot was less than seven meters away from the goal, which was too close.

No matter how quickly Neuer reacted, he still had no time to save.

In the 35th minute of the first half, Manchester City equalized the score. It was Aguero who scored and Lin Quan who assisted him.

This goal came very timely and reversed the previous low morale in one fell swoop.

The Manchester City fans at the scene also cheered immediately after seeing this goal.

"Well done Akun!"

"Well done!"

"Super striker, Aguero!"

"Lin's pass was so beautiful!"

"What a thrilling kick!"

They had been beaten by Bayern before, and the atmosphere at the scene was very depressing.

At this moment, the team finally scored a goal, and the fans at the scene suddenly felt elated, sweeping away the previous gloom.

So, they began to take turns singing Aguero's song and Lin Quan's song, praising the two's wonderful performance!

Since David Silva retired due to injury, Lin Quan and Aguero have become more and more cooperative.

In the Premier League, we have repeatedly seen the wonderful cooperation between them.

This makes Manchester City fans full of expectations: When David Silva returns from injury, what kind of power will their trio's cooperation in the frontcourt have?

On the sidelines, Pellegrini hugged several assistant coaches excitedly after seeing the team equalize the score.

Guardiola, on the other hand, touched his bald head. He was not depressed at all, but he just felt like he had bad luck.

As long as the ball can land once in front, it won't be shot continuously by the opponent.

Bayern's defense is actually very solid, but after being shot so many times, many players lost their positions, and holes naturally appeared in the defense.

If it were an ordinary team, they might not be able to catch this kind of loophole.

But when you meet Manchester City and Lin Quan, there is nothing you can do.

After Manchester City finished celebrating, the game resumed.

Manchester City, inspired by the goal, finally got rid of Bayern's suppression during this period.

They began to form an offensive climax.

Unfortunately, Bayern's defense was very tight and Manchester City's offense failed to score.

Aguero even received a yellow card when he brought down Raphinha from behind because he was too eager to grab the ball.

But he is an offensive player, and this yellow card will not have a great impact on him.

At the end of the first half, both sides scored one goal each and the game was tied.

The second half of the game was played again at another location, and neither side made any personnel adjustments during the halftime break.

Relying on the momentum at the end of the first half, Manchester City launched an attack on Bayern at the beginning.

In the 47th minute, Manchester City got a corner kick.

Lin Quan stood in the corner kick area. After placing the ball, he left the corner kick area, seemingly intending to let other teammates take the penalty kick.

Navas also saw Lin Quan's gesture, so he slowly walked towards the corner kick area.

Lin Quan had already left the corner kick area at this time.

Bayern's players felt that the opponent was just taking a corner kick, which was too much.

Don't go there until you don't want to take the penalty!

However, it was still very early before the end of the game, so they did not think that the other party was deliberately delaying time.

Manchester City, playing at home, should be more hopeful of winning this game, so they must attack against the clock and there is no suspicion of delaying time.

However, because Navas, who took the free kick, was not in position yet, Bayern's players felt a little relaxed.

But at this moment, something suddenly happened on the field.

When Bayern's players had just relaxed their vigilance, Lin Quan unexpectedly shot back, suddenly turned around and kicked the football.

The football flew close to the ground towards Bayern's penalty area. A blue figure burst out from the crowd. Before Bayern's players could react, he scooped the ball and sent the ball into Bayern's goal.

Aguero!

Scored twice!

Manchester City leads Bayern 2:1!

"foul!"

"This ball doesn't count!!"

Several Bayern players protested loudly to the referee. They were not prepared for the ball, so the opponent took a penalty kick and then scored.

They questioned the opponent for violating the rules, but the referee indicated that the goal was valid.

Who takes the free throw is Manchester City's own business. It doesn't mean that Lin Quan waved Navas over, and Navas must take the free throw.

Bayern's players themselves were careless and can't blame others.

Thinking of this, the referee couldn't help but glance at Lin Quan:

This guy is so young, how come he has so many clever ideas?

Did he learn it from a certain bald coach on the sidelines?

People who play tactics are so heartless!

Guardiola on the sidelines felt a hundred injustices: I didn’t teach him this trick!

Not to mention teaching Lin Quan, Guardiola himself couldn't think of this tactic.