Football’s First Defender

For Bayern, who played away and fell behind by a big score of 1 to 2, this game is completely a last stand.

Bayern can only continue to attack in the game. Although they are only behind by one goal, for Bayern, scoring one away goal is not enough. Bayern must score two goals in the away game at the Bernabéu Stadium to be eligible to go Fight for promotion.

Otherwise, even if they win 1-0, they will be eliminated due to the disadvantage of away goals.

This is also a lot of pressure for Bayern's offensive players.

After all, for Real Madrid, the defense line composed of two top central defenders, Yang Feng and Ramos, is not so simple and easy for Bayern to score points.

"With the whistle of the referee, the game officially begins."

Before the commentator finished speaking, on the screen, Bayern's first wave of offensive was already launched.

Lewandowski kicked off the ball in the middle circle and passed the ball directly to Xavi Alonso quickly and shortly.

And Brother Long didn't stop to observe the ball, he would directly move the ball diagonally to the left and make a long pass, directly hitting Real Madrid's right defense.

This is an opening offensive tactic that Bayern has purposely rehearsed before.

At the moment of kick-off, Ribery, Vidal, Robben, and other players with speed advantage went straight to Real Madrid's defense to cooperate with Alonso's pass.

Especially Vidal, in Lewandowski, it is impossible to have such a speed, when he went straight to the Real Madrid defense line, the task of competing for the first high point fell to Vidal.

Not to mention, with the kinetic energy of the fast sprint, Vidal's take-off height was not low, and he directly overwhelmed Carvajal and snatched the first landing point.

Although in the confrontation with Carvajal, he could not accurately take off and control his figure, Vidal still tried his best to head the ball and head the ball directly forward.

And it was Ribery who responded quickly.

Ribery exploded with his own speed and went straight to the point where Dahl's pass landed. The area behind Carvajal is exactly where the space is.

It can be said that Vidal made a very threatening landing point under extremely unfavorable conditions.

It's just that at this time, Yang Feng's value lies in standing up and showing up.

When Carvajal defended Vidal, some space behind him was automatically covered by Yang Feng.

After confirming the location of Vidal's header, Yang Feng directly and quickly left the penalty area and came to defend.

Although Yang Feng may not be able to fully compete with Ribery in speed during the game, Yang Feng's ability to accurately judge the landing point can still give him a certain starting advantage.

Ribery showed his speed and was indeed the first to unload Vidal's pass, but Yang Feng also rushed there immediately, and completed the close defense of Ribery before the bottom line.

After Ribery received the ball, he wanted to complete the attack immediately, but near the bottom line, Yang Feng could save one side of defense and fully defend Ribery's attack on the upper line.

Although there was still a small space near the bottom line, Ribery, as a top attacker, knew that Yang Feng had deliberately left it for him.

If he really chooses to go to the bottom line, with Yang Feng's defensive ability, he can quickly complete the attack, and within the scope of reasonable confrontation, he can block himself from the bottom line with the ball.

Franck Ribery's final on-the-spot decision was to go online, trying to force Yang Feng.

However, Yang Feng's defensive position is very good. Even though Ribery is a breakthrough player on the side, but in the case of Yang Feng fighting and retreating, there is no chance to display his breakthrough ability in the game.

Ribery knew that there was not much time left for him. After all, this was Real Madrid's defensive hinterland. Carvajal on the other side quickly retreated to the vicinity of Yang Feng after finishing the fight with Vidal, and came to assist. Defend.

When the double team was completed, Ribery did not choose to play hard, but quickly passed the ball to the outside, allowing Bayern to reorganize the attack.

In the first second of the game, Bayern seized the time to launch an attack to grab the start, but returned without success, and could only patiently organize the next attack slowly.

As soon as the game kicked off, Bayern launched an offensive in an instant. For Bayern, who need at least two goals in the away game, in this game, they are destined to invest more on the offensive end.

The ball passed through the two feet and went directly to Harvey Alonso near the middle circle.

Bayern's overall formation is very high. The two central defenders are stepping on the midfield line. Goalkeeper Neuer has extended his defensive position outside the penalty area early and has become a veritable goalkeeper. .

Bayern pressed aggressively from the very beginning, and at the beginning of the game, Real Madrid did not siege the frontcourt too much. Instead, all members retreated to their own half and entered the game state first.

Before the game, Zidane actually realized that Bayern might choose to start the away game. If this was an ordinary league game, Zidane might have asked Real Madrid to start a frontcourt siege to fight the opponent head-on.

But this is the Champions League knockout round, and more importantly, Real Madrid has a clear lead.

In addition, the opponent is Bayern Munich after all, and it is also a team with excellent combat power. Naturally, Zidane will not take the risk of directly disrupting the battle with the opponent during the game.

To attack in an all-round way and disrupt the battle with Bayern at the beginning, that is to give away one's own advantage. For Real Madrid, this is impossible.

In the opening arrangement, Zidane showed his football wisdom and did not give Bayern a chance to disrupt the game.

However, in the face of Real Madrid's comprehensive retreat, Bayern did not choose to organize the offense patiently.

For Bayern, or for Bayern coach Ancelotti who formulates the tactics, this game, the away game, with a huge disadvantage, naturally cannot play the game step by step.

Bayern needs to play more aggressively, and needs to launch more effective attacks on the offensive end.

And Bayern's players, as the top group of players, when they really want to make a risky pass, as long as the ball can be passed in place, they can also create a huge threat.

The players of Real Madrid may all think that Bayern must organize the offense patiently. After all, Bayern's main offensive method still needs to dispatch the opponent's defense line, and then attack the wing.

However, Harvey Alonso, who received the ball in the middle circle, played the role of his midfield commander. While Real Madrid's defensive center of gravity is biased towards the defense of wide players, Harvey Alonso Suo chose to pass the ball directly from the ground to find his teammates in the middle.

Although Harvey Alonso is too old for a midfielder and has limited physical fitness, he has to admit that as a former world-class midfielder, Harvey Alonso has not stopped his progress footsteps.

Harvey Alonso, who was known for his ability to transfer the ball with long passes in the past, also passed the long-distance ground pass very well this time.

Harvey Alonso, although his physical function will inevitably decline with age, but he can use his own experience and further increased passing ability to still be qualified for the starting position of the giants.

After all, it is also Real Madrid's tenth Champions League feat. In fact, many Real Madrid players are still familiar with Xavi Alonso's passing ability.

Just like the wonderful wide-range transfer ball sent by Xavi Alonso in the backcourt at the kick-off, those are well-known by the players of both teams.

But this time, Harvey Alonso suddenly sent a fast and precise through pass to the middle, but Real Madrid's defensive players did not expect it.

Moreover, the offensive point Harvey Alonso is looking for this time is not Lewandowski, who is being defended heavily, but Ribery, who suddenly crosses from the left.

This time, the connection between Ribery and Harvey Alonso directly caused Real Madrid's defense to become disconnected in an instant.

In the process of following Ribery, Carvajal was half a beat slow.

And let Ribery get a very brilliant offensive opportunity. During the cross-cut process, Ribery happened to receive a precise pass from Xavi Alonso, and then directly penetrated into the penalty area.

Fortunately, this time it was Yang Feng who made the meritorious service again.

Among these Real Madrid players, perhaps Yang Feng, does not have much intersection with Harvey Alonso.

So unlike other players who have a fixed impression of Harvey Alonso's pass when defending, Yang Feng's back room preparations have always been quite adequate, taking into account various situations.

Yang Feng, who had seen a little emptiness in the middle before, this time directly moved his position forward in advance, trying to expand his defensive influence as much as possible.

Although Lewandowski's threat is great, Zidane knows that Bayern not only has one Lewandowski, but also the threat of Bayern's other offensive players.

And as a slightly traditional high center forward, although Lewandowski's running ability is good, he is not as ghostly as Thomas Muller in the first round.

So Zidane chose to believe in Ramos and use Ramos to defend Lewandowski 1v1. Instead, he completely liberated Yang Feng, took advantage of Yang Feng's defensive coverage ability, and Yang Feng's reasonable use of defensive space. Fill in the loopholes in the defense that may appear everywhere.

At least in less than a minute of the opening, Zidane's defensive strategy was quite effective.

Two times in a row, Yang Feng appeared in time, rushing to the defensive position the moment Ribery took the ball.

Although it is impossible to directly eliminate the opponent's offensive threat, it also makes the opponent completely unable to create further threats.

When Yang Feng appeared in front of him again, blocking his way forward, Franck Ribery had a sentence in his heart that MMP didn't know whether he should say it or not.

You must know that Real Madrid's defensive players will be concentrated in their own half, but they are in the game, and they pay more attention to the defense of the side.

And the moment Harvey Alonso completed the pass, there were already Real Madrid players who began to shrink to the center to complete the defense.

There is also not much room left for Ribery to get rid of Yang Feng.

This time, Ribery was forced to choose to play the ball to Lewandowski at close range. He looked forward to playing a wall-hitting cooperation with Lewandowski in the Real Madrid penalty area, while Ribery himself was without the ball. Next, give full play to his speed advantage, and go straight into the penalty area diagonally.

It's just that Ribery's expected pass from Lewandowski did not come true.

Yang Feng's defensive decision on the spot was very good. The moment Ribery hit the ball, Yang Feng gave up the idea of ​​chasing Ribery and competing with Ribery for speed. Instead, he turned directly to Lewandowski's side, and pulled Moss double-teams Lewandowski.

It was not easy to catch the fast pass at close range, but Ramos and Yang Feng's offer defense made it impossible for Lewandowski to hit the ball with one kick.

With this ball, as soon as Lewand's foot touched the ball, Ramos took the lead in completing the clearance and kicked the ball out of the penalty area.

On the periphery of the penalty area, Isco just returned to the defense and controlled the ball.

At this time, Isco's role was reflected. After Bayern lost the ball, the midfielders immediately launched a frontcourt press, and did not give Real Madrid an easy chance to counterattack.

Although this kind of frontcourt pressing will be carried out from the very beginning of the game, it will be a severe test for the physical fitness of Bayern players, but the Bayern players who need to fight back to the wall have already prepared this game before the game, and use a more active approach. Running, to create the psychological preparation for the miracle of away game reversal, not afraid of hardship, not afraid of tiredness, but also pose enough threats to the opponent.

However, although Bayern's press was very fierce, Isco, who got the ball at the first time, played his own advantage.

Zidane, Isco was sent in this game to use Isco's ability to control the ball at his feet, so that Real Madrid can have more time to control the ball in the game, which can suppress the rhythm of the game, or The rhythm of the game was incorporated into the rhythm familiar to Real Madrid.

Isco's flickering and maneuvering in place made Vidal's upper grab empty.

However, even though Isco has excellent technical ability at his feet, it is difficult to beat four hands with two fists.

When other Bayern offensive players nearby also came over to cooperate with Vidal to put pressure on, Isco did not dare to overdo it, so he could only quickly choose to pass the ball.

"Don't hold the ball in the dangerous area of ​​your own half, pass the ball when you need to."

Isco did not forget Zidane's instructions to himself before the game. It would indeed take a lot of risk to show off his skills before the penalty area. Isco didn't want to make his own mistakes and leave opportunities for his opponents.

Isco still chose to pass the ball to Marcelo on the left.

It's just that the enthusiasm of the Bayern players today is really too high.

Bayern's frontcourt pressing is not one or two people's pressing, but almost all players are constantly pressing to provide enough pressure for Real Madrid players.

Under the pressure of the opponent, Marcelo could only choose to make a clearance in a hurry, which shows how much pressure Bayern put on Marcelo.

Bayern, who fought their backs, really showed enough will to win at the beginning of the game.