Star Coach

Kante has good defensive ability, but he is still very young and inexperienced. Jiangshan let him start the game with a breath of fresh air in his heart, and the pressure is not small.

Fortunately, his tactical system is very complete. Everyone is clear about what to do and everyone's defensive range. There are clear definitions of where to make up for the defense and where to change defense. After the opening, Kante also adapted to the rhythm of the game.

He cooperated more and more tacitly with his midfield teammates, and began to show his sticky defensive ability.

After Ribery and Robben cut inside, they always encountered a piece of black sticky candy, which was very uncomfortable. They had to pass the ball to the middle, but Gomez was restricted by Hummels and could not play the advantage in the air.

Cahill is becoming more and more mature, and he is not afraid of Gomez at all, especially when facing a tough striker. His role is very obvious. Moreover, Cahill's mind is clearer than Upson and he will not kick randomly.

In the opening ten minutes, West Ham did not lose the wind and played evenly with Bayern away.

Van Gaal's face was not very good. He specifically explained this game and even gave up the Bundesliga. Even though they had no pressure in the Bundesliga, they had to express their attitude.

"Can't break through West Ham's defense? Jiangshan's arrangement is really depressing!" Van Gaal shook his legs, and his expression seemed very relaxed, but only he knew the tension in his heart.

In the 30th minute of the game, West Ham's situation on the field was a bit passive. The combination of Ribery and Robben was difficult to deal with. Even if Jiangshan was familiar with this group of players, it was still not easy to kill them.

Muller was added to the field. This guy's running position was very agile and especially difficult to defend. Glen Johnson and Hummels were greatly involved in his energy.

Jiangshan stood on the sidelines and let Bell gradually return to defense to assist in defending Robben, so that the midfielder could free up some energy to deal with Muller.

"I can't play freely. It's really difficult." Jiangshan was also entangled in his heart. If he let go of this game, the players' consumption would increase, and he might not necessarily win. He could only carefully control the rhythm of the game.

Bale is a defender and has better defensive ability than Reus. Of course, he is the first choice for defense, but it also limits his performance on the offensive end.

West Ham's main counterattack, Reus, Suarez and Bale, three fast horses, constantly cause trouble in Bayern's backcourt.

If there is no counterattack by three people, Bayern's offensive intensity will be further increased, but it is not possible now. Schweinsteiger was scared by Suarez and kept shrinking in the backcourt to help Gustavo defend.

Suarez's smart running really caused huge trouble for Bayern. They had to separate players to defend his running. Reus and Bale, who could score goals if they were not careful, also need special care.

"We are still missing a strong full-back. If the full-back assists are stronger, West Ham will not be able to threaten us." Van Gaal looked at the situation on the field calmly, "Alaba from the reserve team is a good choice. In the second half of the season, promote him."

Alaba is Bayern's Liu Xing, who looks very much like Zhang Yishan, uh, Xia Yu or who is it?

At the end of the first half, both sides were grinding their butts and had no achievements. Jiangshan made the first substitution in the second half, replacing Kante, who was particularly struggling in defense, with Ballack, who was still strong.

Kante was very focused, but he was bombarded and had received a yellow card. If he continued to stay on the court, he might make mistakes. Young people need confidence and stop when they are ahead.

Jiangshan also kept encouraging him, "You performed very well and locked up Bayern's frontcourt offense. There will be more opportunities in the future. Keep improving."

Kante was very happy. This was his first time to appear in the Champions League, and he was facing a giant team like Bayern.

Ballack, who came on as a substitute, was recuperating in the West Ham sanatorium and was in good shape recently. Jiangshan let three control players play, Modric was in the front position, and the three midfielders had strong ball control and accurate positioning.

Facing Bayern's offensive group, there was no big problem.

The key is that West Ham defended in the first half and had to fight for victory in the second half. Jiangshan didn't want to return home with a score of 0:0.

This is the death group, and every point is very important. Jiangshan vaguely remembers that when Manchester City was divided into the death group of the Champions League, they rushed to more than 10 points, but still couldn't qualify from the group. It was miserable.

Seeing Jiangshan suddenly change players, Van Gaal was a little surprised, "What's going on? Does Jiangshan want to score points in our home court? Even Kante was replaced? Are you ready to attack? Impossible, impossible."

In order to deal with Kante's midfield defense, he also replaced Gustavo, who was responsible for defense, with the more energetic Tymoshchuk, but he didn't expect to miss.

"Jiangshan's tactical adjustment is really annoying!" Van Gaal snorted a few times and sat back in the coaching seat, "But our control is stronger, they should have no chance."

After the start of the second half of the game, Van Gaal suddenly discovered that West Ham's control was not worse than Bayern at all, and it was even stronger.

Their three-man midfield combination was excellent in both passing and controlling the ball, crushing the combination of Tymoshchuk and Schweinsteiger. More importantly, Schweinsteiger's technical characteristics were targeted by Jiangshan, leaving him no room to play, and the game was very difficult.

"It's not easy to deal with Jiangshan, this guy is really good."

Ribery continued to attack West Ham's defense and indeed created some opportunities, but unfortunately De Gea and the back line made up for the mistakes in time and did not lose the ball. The game was very difficult.

West Ham's counterattack speed is getting faster and faster, and it is constantly tearing Bayern's defense line. The combination of Boateng and Van Buyten is also as huge as a mountain. If it weren't for Neuer's bravery, they would definitely have lost the ball.

Both sides are dancing on the edge of a knife, and whoever is not careful will be killed.

The progress of the game is quite subtle, and it is a test of the head coach's skills. Jiangshan also agrees with Van Gaal's coaching ability, "This guy's ability to coach the team is not covered. If he hadn't gone to the Dutch national team, he could have maintained his peak state for about 5 years."

In the previous life, Van Gaal resigned as Bayern's head coach after losing to Chelsea in the Champions League final and coached the Dutch national team. He also led the team to third place in the 2014 World Cup and became a little famous.

Unfortunately, after coaching the national team, his coaching ability was also fixed, and he failed to continue to break through and could not go further. Just like Capello and Lippi, their coaching abilities were fixed after coaching the national team and could not continue to break through.

Jiangshan didn't want to coach the national team too early. He had already led the Chinese national team to win the Asian Champions League. If he were to coach the national team again, he would have to prepare to leave the coaching position.

The game went on for 65 minutes and the score remained unchanged, 0:0. Jiangshan played his cards again, and the veteran Drogba came on the field.