Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"...Today both Chelsea and Bayern Munich chose to start with a 4231 formation.

The home team Bayern's starting goalkeeper today is Neuer. In the defense, Pellegrini still chose the double central defender combination of Alaba and Boateng. The left back Bernat and the right back are still Lahm.

Thiago and Javi Martinez serve as the double defensive midfielders, Muller serves as the attacking midfielder, and Ribery and Robben serve as the left and right midfielders.

The starting center is Lewandowski. "

“Chelsea’s starting goalkeeper today is Oblak. In the defense, Terry replaced the injured Maguire and Thiago Silva. The left and right full-backs are Azpilicueta and Terry respectively. Pierre.

In the midfield, Matic and Kroos trailed behind, Li Ang served as the attacking midfielder, and Hazard and De Bruyne lined up on both sides of Li Ang.

The starting center is Suarez..."

When the game just started, commentators from various countries also took the time to introduce the starting lineups and players of the two teams.

In general, Chelsea and Bayern are currently facing the dilemma of missing the main players of the team, and Mourinho and Pellegrini have also chosen a more stable starting lineup.

After the game officially started, the two teams' more cautious passing and attacking tests on the court can also show the prudent tactics adopted by the coaching staff of the two teams today.

However, Chelsea's Li Ang, who mainly takes the ball on the offensive end, does have to be more active. He also put a lot of pressure on Bayern's midfield defense in several attempts to advance with the ball.

Thiago and Javi Martinez are also old rivals with Li Ang in the Champions League, and they dare not be careless at all.

As soon as Li Ang advanced with the ball, the two of them retreated very actively and did not want to give Li Ang the chance to continue to advance into his own defensive third zone.

Even Alaba, who has now transitioned to playing as a central defender and often carries the ball to advance and participate in attacks in the Bundesliga, was still squatting in the backcourt during the opening stage of today's game.

Scenes like this are relatively rare. Bayern, which has always had strong control of the offensive initiative on the field, chose to actively defend against Chelsea today.

Who said that Peigong doesn't know how to be flexible in his tactical choices?

It seems like this is not just about strengthening the offense!

Pellegrini also knows that facing the now more powerful Chelsea, he needs to consolidate his defense first and then wait for opportunities to counterattack.

This is the same reason that Guardiola has become more pragmatic in the Premier League.

When playing against other teams, you can stick to your own tactical concepts and even do tactical experiments, but when you meet Chelsea, you need to be flexible.

When Pellegrini returns to the Bundesliga, he will still lead Bayern to play offensive football and strongly suppress other Bundesliga teams.

However, if Bayern wants to avoid suffering in front of Chelsea today, Pellegrini really needs to change his tactical thinking and cannot go all the way on the offensive end.

Mourinho was also a little surprised by Pergone's tactical changes.

But after thinking about it, he could understand the reason for Pellegrini's change.

And now as Bayern gives up the offensive dominance of the game, a tactical problem also appears in Mourinho's mind.

That is whether Chelsea will take control of the game or not?

Should we launch a more proactive pressure attack against Bayern at their home court?

In the past, such problems would not have bothered Mourinho. After all, Chelsea was often the first to defend.

But today is different from the past. Even powerful opponents like Bayern need to bow their heads first when facing Chelsea. Mourinho also needs to consider the possibility that he will need to take the initiative when encountering other teams in the future.

Holland had a quick discussion with Mourinho on the sidelines.

The two did not waste too much time. After about two minutes, Holland stood on the sidelines and made a new tactical adjustment gesture to the Chelsea players on the field.

Mourinho chose to take over the offensive initiative given up by Bayern!

If Pellegrini dares to give in, then he dares to accept.

Taking the initiative to attack is not a problem for Chelsea. Mourinho believes that Leon and Kroos will control the ball and sort out the team's offense.

After Li Ang confirmed the direction of tactical adjustments to Holland, he changed his previous practice of taking the ball forward to test the strength of Bayern's defense.

He began to retreat more to get the ball, and worked with Kroos to sort out the ball and drive the team forward as a whole.

Such organizational work is not a problem for Leon and Cross.

The Chelsea team also quickly pushed past the midline as a whole and began to put pressure on Bayern's two lines of defense in the Bayern half.

This situation made the Bayern fans at the scene quite uneasy, but for the Bayern coaching staff, this is the opportunity they are waiting for!

Bayern now has almost no opponents in the Bundesliga, and Dortmund has no advantage in direct dialogue with them.

So even though there is not a huge points gap with Dortmund in the Bundesliga, the entire Bayern team does not regard the Hornets as a threatening challenger.

Compared with the Bundesliga championship that has been weak in recent seasons, the Bayern team naturally wants to continue to write legendary records in the Champions League.

Just as Chelsea regards them as their biggest opponent in the Champions League, Bayern naturally regards Chelsea as their biggest obstacle in the Champions League.

So when it comes to studying Chelsea, it can be said that Bayern's coaching staff is no worse than Manchester City's coaching staff.

Pellegrini has studied Chelsea's tactics over and over again this season.

Therefore, Pergone very decisively gave up the idea of ​​attacking Chelsea before the game, and he did not want to fight a positional battle with Chelsea at all.

Because the records and results of dozens of Chelsea games in the past two seasons have clearly told the Bayern coaching staff one fact:

Teams that stormed Chelsea's defense ultimately ended badly.

These teams couldn't get even a single point from Chelsea, because the teams that dared to attack Chelsea were basically defeated by Chelsea's counterattack!

Bayern had suffered too many losses in this regard before, so Pellegrini was unwilling to make the same mistake again.

Even if he tied with Chelsea in the first round and gained less than half a point at home, he was unwilling to direct his team to attack Chelsea's tough defense.

Not to mention positional warfare, when the pace of the game is slowed down, Chelsea's defensive system will be their most powerful weapon to win!

It just so happens that Chelsea's young main defender Maguire has been injured recently.

Terry's movement speed is not his strong point. Chelsea will naturally prefer to engage in positional battles with opponents to avoid exposing the shortcomings of the defense too much.

If Bayern wants to disintegrate Chelsea's defensive system in the first round and get a big enough lead, it must avoid being dragged into the quagmire of positional warfare by Chelsea again.

Therefore, the Bayern coaching staff formulated a tactical plan to give up the offensive initiative first.

As of now, their plan is running in an orderly manner and everything is going smoothly.

Chelsea's active forward pressure also created prerequisites for Bayern's quick counterattack!

Li Ang also thought on the court that Bayern deliberately released control of the game in order to defeat Chelsea's counterattack.

But even so, he does not think Mourinho's decision to adjust his tactics and actively attack Bayern was wrong.

Opportunities and risks have always coexisted on the court. You cannot reap the benefits of proactive attack and avoid the risk of being counterattacked by your opponent at the same time.

In fact, the same principle applies to counterattacking. If you get the bonus of being able to counterattack behind the opponent's defense, you must first bear the risk of being surrounded by the opponent's defense and losing the defense.

Therefore, Li Ang has no objection to taking the initiative to attack Bayern. If Bayern dares to take the initiative to let go of control of the game, Chelsea will naturally dare to take over!

What's better than worrying and worrying too much?

In terms of offense, is Chelsea still afraid of any opponent in football?

Li Ang looked at his forward teammates in front of him and felt full of confidence.

This is the striker trident composed of Hazard + Suarez + De Bruyne!

Single-point blasting, passing organization, penalty area finishing... This striker combination has everything it wants, and it is no worse than Real Madrid's current BBC combination.

Li Ang firmly believes that after getting enough opportunities to have the ball, his forward teammates will be able to break down Bayern's defense.

Bayern's coaching staff thought well, but they still seriously underestimated the upper limit of Chelsea's current forward combination.

By the end of this season, after Suarez has won the Premier League Golden Boot or even the European Golden Boot, no team's coaching staff will dare to formulate tactics that allow him to attack and shoot...

The Chelsea team started to press forward and attack at a very fast pace.

Pellegrini is still very confident in his defense players at this time.

It is true that Bayern's current defense line in the Bundesliga does have a gap-like strength lead.

But when Bayern gave up the offensive initiative first and just squatted in defense.

Several players on Bayern's defense do not have as strong a defensive advantage as they imagined.

At least the defensive capabilities of Bernat and Alaba are not at the top level in their respective positions.

Chelsea took advantage of Atletico Madrid's defense last summer, and they have upgraded their forwards this year.

Li Ang told the truth, he really didn't know where Pei Gong got the confidence to let Chelsea take the initiative to attack first!

In the 9th minute of the first half, Li Ang stepped in to participate in the attack.

After quickly transferring the ball to De Bruyne, he penetrated into the back of Bayern's penalty area to divert the attention of Bayern's defensive players.

De Bruyne also tacitly hoisted the football to the front of Bayern's penalty area.

Suarez, who broke free from the shackles of the defense, moved smartly and shot with a kick, forcing Neuer to make his first divine save of the game!

The football was finally saved by Neuer from the bottom line. After getting up from the turf in a slightly embarrassed manner, Neuer also roared directly to signal his defensive teammates not to play with fire!

Boateng was also very aggrieved at this time. After all, when Li Ang entered the penalty area just now, he had to defend him immediately.

At this time, the responsibility of marking Suarez obviously falls on Alaba.

Alaba's momentary defensive omissions caused him to be scolded, which was obviously unfair.

But as the current organizational leader of Bayern's defense, Boateng can only hold back his emotions to show Neuer that he understands.

But he didn't expect that this was just an appetizer for Chelsea's offense.

Since then, Li Ang has maintained aggressive pressure on Bayern's defense, and Boateng can only passively focus more defensive energy on Li Ang.

This is not to blame Boateng, after all, everyone knows how big the threat is when Li Ang intervenes and participates in the attack.

Li Ang can be a feint at this moment, involving Bayern's defense for Suarez.

But as long as Boateng and Alaba switch defenses, Li Ang can become the main attacker at any time!

Do Bayern's defense players dare to take a gamble?

Those who dare not gamble, because the result of losing the bet is probably to lose the ball. Who dares to bear such responsibility?

Pellegrini looked at the passive situation of his own defense line and felt somewhat shaken in his heart.

Chelsea's offensive routine is completely a conspiracy. Li Ang specializes in Boateng, which allows Suarez to gain the upper hand in the offensive and defensive battle with Alaba.

Bayern can either further mobilize its midfielders to retreat to defend and double-team Chelsea's forwards, or they can withstand the current defensive pressure and continue to wait patiently for counterattack opportunities.

Such multiple-choice questions have always been difficult to answer. Pellegrini was hesitant to make on-the-spot adjustments. It was really difficult for him to make a decision for a while.

The consequence of his hesitation was that Bayern's defense was constantly beaten and dragged down by Chelsea.

When the defensive pressure is too great, the movements of defensive players will inevitably be affected and deformed.

In the 28th minute of the first half, Chelsea, which had exerted continuous pressure on Bayern's defense for more than ten minutes, once again found a threatening opportunity to attack.

Li Ang moved and gave up the ball, causing De Bruyne's cross pass to go directly to the feet of Kroos.

The former Bayern midfielder's sharp through ball allowed Hazard, who was diagonally inserted into the rib area of ​​Bayern's half, to easily get the ball and enter Bayern's defensive hinterland!

Suddenly, there was chaos in Bayern's penalty area!

Hazard took the opportunity to send a cross. At this time, Boateng gritted his teeth and put down Li Ang, who continued to feint, and went straight to the back of the penalty area!

Suarez's movement at the back of Bayern's penalty area has already established him in a favorable offensive position ahead of Alaba.

He originally wanted to directly attack the goal with a swing of his head, but when he saw Boateng quickly coming to help defend, Suarez quickly changed his mind about attacking.

After taking off, shaking his head, and completing the header pass, Suarez turned his expectant eyes to the center of Bayern's penalty area!

In the area Suarez was looking at, Li Ang had already stopped the ball steadily, and then shot angrily from the spot with almost no run-up!

Neuer, who was disturbed by too many players from both sides in front of him, gritted his teeth and made a save choice, but his save reaction this time was still half a beat too slow!

The football that Li Ang pulled out roared like a cannonball and plunged into the net in the upper left corner of Bayern's goal!

The next moment, in the suddenly silent Allianz Arena in Munich, Li Ang opened his arms and ran passionately towards the corner flag area of ​​Bayern's half!

The rest of the Chelsea players also swarmed over and celebrated with Li Ang at Bayern's home court!

With this away goal, Chelsea will get the result they want most at Bayern's home court!

At this moment, Pellegrini, who was absent-minded, looked at the passionate and roaring Leon and couldn't help but shake his head.

He was lamenting in his heart like countless Bayern fans now.

unwise!

What a mistake!

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