Chapter 296 Guardiola Is at It Again!

Real Madrid won the La Liga championship four rounds in advance.

This became the biggest news in Spanish football that day and even in the next few days.

But for the players of Real Madrid.

After the award ceremony at home, they will be involved in the next game.

Because at this stage of the season, Real Madrid still has the task of the Champions League semi-finals, and they can't take a special holiday to hold the championship float parade or something.

They still have to prepare intensively for the first round of the Champions League semi-finals.

Real Madrid is like this.

Bayern is also like this.

Munich, Germany.

In Guardiola's office at the training base of Bayern Munich, the most frequently talked about thing is Li Mo and Real Madrid.

Real Madrid has a chance to win the triple crown this season.

The same is true for Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich has won the Bundesliga championship three rounds in advance and has also reached the final in the German Cup.

It's similar to the current Real Madrid.

This is Guardiola's second season in charge of Bayern Munich.

Last season, Bayern was eliminated by Real Madrid and stopped in the semi-finals.

This season, Bayern will meet Real Madrid again in the semi-finals - and it is a stronger Real Madrid than last season!

This has caused some concerns among Bayern fans, German media, and German football legends.

However, the temptation of the treble is too great.

The so-called treble.

refers to winning the Champions League and the league in a single season.

At the same time, winning the major domestic cups.

For example, the FA Cup in England, the Copa del Rey in Spain, etc.

It is not easy to win the treble.

This means conquering the domestic league, cup, and Champions League.

Winning the championship on three fronts requires extremely strong foundation.

Guardiola is now a "Li Mo Tong".

In his office.

It is full of various materials about Li Mo.

Although Real Madrid has many stars.

But in Guardiola's view.

This team is actually an enhanced version of "Li Mo's Arsenal".

Under the influence of Li Mo.

The other players of this Real Madrid team have basically become tools to revolve around Li Mo.

Li Mo is now considered by many to be the world's number one star - Guardiola disagrees with this view, he thinks Messi is better.

But this does not mean that Guardiola dares to underestimate Li Mo.

How to deal with such a popular star?

Guardiola frowned and thought about this problem.

The more he thought about it, the more terrible he felt that Li Mo was.

He was too comprehensive.

Guardiola thought about it.

There is really no good way.

"I suggest using offense to suppress Real Madrid!"

Guardiola's assistant said. .

Guardiola shook his head.

Guardiola is not confident that his team can have the strength to completely suppress a team like Real Madrid.

Especially in their home court.

Once the suppression is unstable, it is equivalent to giving Li Mo a large open space.

The degree of danger here is self-evident.

"Impossible, we don't have such power now!"

Guardiola said.

Bayern Munich is the top giant.

Their match with Real Madrid can be called the European Derby, which is enough to prove Bayern Munich's status.

In fact, the super giants in the world all have their own backyards.

For example, the backyards of Real Madrid and Barcelona are the vast Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries.

To be precise.

It is Latin America!

This is where all kinds of geniuses come from.

And the backyard of Bayern Munich is the German-speaking area in Eastern Europe.

The talented stars who came out of this area have some yearning for Bayern Munich.

Therefore, Bayern Munich can have a daunting lineup when the overall investment is difficult to compare with Real Madrid.

But no matter how strong Bayern's lineup is, Guardiola has no confidence to suppress the current Real Madrid.

Guardiola is having a headache about how to deal with Li Mo.

And Zidane is considering how to deal with Bayern Munich.

Guardiola is having a headache.

But Zidane is not afraid of Bayern Munich.

Real Madrid is in too good a state this season.

This makes Zidane and his Real Madrid full of confidence now.

Zidane's idea is simple.

The first round will be at the Bernabeu Stadium.

We must strive to win by a large score!

These days, Zidane and the coaching staff's work is to adjust the team's status.

Considering that the Champions League games are played in the evening.

Zidane also arranged a day for an evening team game.

This is to allow the players to adapt to the Champions League game time as much as possible.

In order to adjust the game state to the best!

The coaching staff unanimously agreed.

The home game is very important to the team.

In order to defeat Bayern Munich.

The team is now in a very tense preparation from top to bottom.

Zidane also had a private conversation with several core players of the team.

"Bayern Munich is a very strong opponent!"

Zidane said to Li Mo.

Bayern Munich is very strong, so you'd better get into the state early, and it's best to shoot one for me in the first attack of the game.

Li Mo nodded: "To be honest, boss, I can't wait to play a game with Bayern Munich!"

Zidane smiled.

If Li Mo's fighting spirit is not a problem.

Then he doesn't have to worry too much about this game against Bayern Munich!

After carefully studying Real Madrid and Li Mo.

Guardiola knew that it was not realistic to completely freeze Li Mo.

But no matter how difficult it is, he has to come up with a solution.

Guardiola believes that we should start with the connection between Li Mo and other Real Madrid players.

We should cut off the connection between Li Mo and other players as much as possible.

Let him get less ball, and it is best to isolate him.

However, any opponent can think of this strategy.

Because more than one team has used similar tactics to deal with Li Mo.

So Real Madrid must have a way to deal with it.

And from the video of the game.

Li Mo's range of activities is very large.

It is really not easy to prevent him from getting the ball completely.

So we have to combine it with tighter defense.

Modern football defense is not a one-on-one fight.

But it has a tight organization.

As long as the organization is tight.

Li Mo's breakthrough can be restricted.

However, these are conventional methods.

Guardiola believes that to restrict Li Mo.

It is also necessary to take an unconventional approach.

Everyone knows how difficult it is to play Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Zidane will definitely think that Bayern Munich will choose a relatively defensive and safe tactic away from home.

If Bayern Munich wants to defend.

What about Real Madrid?

Of course they will attack!

Real Madrid is not afraid of the opponent's stubborn defense.

The more the opponent defends, the more active Li Mo will be.

And what Guardiola needs is exactly Real Madrid pressing forward.

In this way, there will be a lot of space behind them to use.

The match day is coming soon.

The Bernabeu Stadium was already full of people two hours before the game started.

The stands were packed.

The league championship has been won.

Now the team is still competing for the Champions League and the King's Cup.

And once these two championships are also won.

The team will have won an unprecedented triple crown!

It's embarrassing to say.

Although teams like Bayern, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Inter Milan and others have won the glory of the triple crown.

But Real Madrid, the best club of the 20th century and the world's top giant, has never touched this honor.

So now the fans of Real Madrid are very much looking forward to it.

But it is definitely not easy to win the triple crown.

Because, their opponent in the semi-finals is Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich is a familiar opponent of Real Madrid.

Real Madrid fans dare not underestimate Bayern.

The outcome of this European derby is unpredictable.

Whether it is in Spain or in Germany.

The general argument of the media is the same.

They all think that the strength of the two teams is close, and who can advance depends on who performs on the spot.

It is not surprising that anyone makes it to the final.

On the contrary, it is another semi-final.

The media generally believes that Juventus is not Barcelona's opponent.

And this time, the collision between Messi and Ronaldo seems to be less concerned because of Li Mo's presence.

The match day is coming.

The Bernabeu Stadium is full of enthusiasm for the Champions League.

Fans seem to have a lot more passion in the Champions League than in the usual league.

Seeing the atmosphere of the Bernabeu Stadium.

Many Spanish reporters at the scene have more confidence in Real Madrid's advancement.

"Under this atmosphere, Bayern Munich may face a tough battle in this stadium!"

"If Real Madrid wants to advance, they must beat Bayern Munich at home. Of course, a score of 2-1 is definitely not acceptable. If this score is achieved at the Theatre of Dreams, Real Madrid will be in danger!"

"I am looking forward to Li Mo's performance in this game."

Reporters in the media seats were talking about it.

The competition between Li Mo, Messi and Ronaldo is what they like to see the most.

The Champions League has been played for fifty or sixty years.

Everyone uses the same gimmicks.

And in these fifty or sixty years.

Although professional football has changed a lot.

But in fact, the top teams are still the same.

There is not much change.

Everyone can only hype up the feuds between teams.

At the beginning, everyone thought it was very interesting - what about strong dialogues, fateful enemies, etc.

Later, there were more games.

Everyone was a little aesthetically fatigued.

And when Messi and Ronaldo rose.

Everyone began to hype up the duel between players.

The two heroes of the ages, the battle of the century, etc.

And now Li Mo has joined.

The two heroes of the ages have become a battle of three heroes!

Such competition attracts the attention of a large number of media and fans.

So much so that Real Madrid's games now.

There are also many Messi and Ronaldo fans watching.

Of course, they are not cheering for Li Mo.

They just wanted to see if Li Mo could have a bad performance so that they could ridicule him.

They did wait for it.

Because the game was played for ten minutes.

Bayern Munich took the lead.

After Bayern Munich took the lead, they took it back.

Real Madrid had been attacking like a tide during this period, and the atmosphere at the Bernabeu Stadium was very warm.

Zidane's face was livid.

The luck in this game was too bad.

In the eighth minute of the game.

Bayern Munich scored a goal.

The reason was the slackness of Real Madrid's defense.

Bayern Munich made a quick counterattack.

When Lewandowski scored the ball into the goal held by Casillas.

Zidane was so angry that he cursed in French on the sidelines.

Bayern Munich started the game with an aggressive offensive, just to start the game!

The key is.

They succeeded!

This is fatal.

After Guardiola's "Barcelonaization" transformation, Bayern Munich's ball control ability has been greatly improved.

Next, Bayern Munich will definitely control the ball when they have it, and defend when they don't have it, and fight Real Madrid's counterattack.

And Bayern also got an away goal!

This makes the situation facing Real Madrid even more difficult. They must at least complete a reversal at home to give them some advantage in the second round away.

The disadvantages of the home-first-away schedule are now fully demonstrated.

"Bayern Munich's opening attack strategy was too successful. They successfully took the lead and scored an away goal. Now Real Madrid is in trouble!"

"Bayern Munich's control is very strong. Based on German football, Guardiola has transformed this super giant. Their control over the game when they are leading will definitely give Real Madrid a headache!"

"Zidane must think of a way. If Real Madrid presses forward now, the space behind them may be used by Bayern. You know, Lewandowski is also one of the best center forwards of this era! Once he gets the chance, Real Madrid will be punished!"

"Although Bayern's lineup in this game has almost no fast wingers, in this situation, they can also have stronger defensive capabilities after taking the lead!"

The commentators were shaking their heads.

Everyone felt that Real Madrid was in trouble.

Ribery left the field due to injury in the 59th minute of the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals this season, and then missed the rest of the season.

Robben, another veteran on Bayern's wing, was also absent for a long time.

Therefore, Bayern played a strange formation in this game - Guardiola often makes some experimental formations in Bayern's lineup, which is also considered by Bayern's famous players to be one of Guardiola's "original sins".

Just like the formation of today's game.

Guardiola made a strange formation of 3421.

The three defenders on the back line are Rafinha, Boateng and Benatia.

Four defensive midfielders were placed on the back line.

Bertner, Schweinsteiger, Lahm (yes, Lahm plays defensive midfielder), Thiago.

Gotze and Thomas Muller were placed in the front midfielder position.

Then Lewandowski was at the front.

After such a strange formation came out.

Many fans shouted "Guardiola is doing it again"!

But now.

They don't say this anymore.

Because Bayern Munich scored a goal.

Goals are the hard truth.

Can win.

If you let Neuer play as a center forward, people will say you are a tactical master.

If you can't win, it's useless to say anything.

So now it is Bayern that has the advantage, and the camera gives a close-up of Li Mo.

It's now this moment.

Real Madrid also needs a hero to stand up and help the team solve the problem. (End of this chapter)