The Godfather of Football

"Bayern Munich took the initiative to attack after the start, obviously wanting to take advantage of their home court advantage to swallow up Tottenham Hotspur."

"Robben got the ball on the right and faced Marcelo, one-on-one. Robben dribbled the ball forward, dunked past Marcelo, and distributed the ball to the wing. Lahm stepped in and passed the ball. Kompany blocked it with his body."

"Gomez grabbed the first spot and headed the ball to the left to Thomas Muller. Thomas Muller took the ball with his back and knocked back to the front of the penalty area. Bastian Schweinsteiger came up and it was just like that. A powerful kick!"

"Cech, very steady. Cech hugged the ball. The kick was strong enough, but the angle of the shot was too right. There was no suspense. Cech's position selection was also very critical. The timing of the move was very timely. !”

Cech drove the ball out quickly and turned around. Behind the goal was Tottenham Hotspur's goalkeeper coach Frans Houck. He was also regarded by Cech as his mentor. Under his guidance, Cech has maintained his position as the world's top goalkeeper in the past few seasons.

What Frans Hoque is most talked about by fans is that he often appears behind goalkeepers during games to give them some necessary reminders and support. For example, just now, he reminded Cech to pay attention to Bayern Munich. The rush after the opening.

Although it was just an attack and a shot, Roland on the sidelines received an analysis from the technical team.

"They may want to attack our single midfielder!" Roland thought this would be a problem.

Tottenham Hotspur's use of Pirlo as a defensive midfielder is indeed a weakness. Everyone knows this. They were once beaten by Newcastle and almost lost their unbeaten record, but they can really take advantage of this. There are indeed not many teams that attack Tottenham Hotspur. The vast majority of teams do not have the strength to force Tottenham Hotspur to reveal their flaws.

As for those top teams, there are only a handful of them that have the right players and enough strength to attack this weakness.

After listening to Roland's words, Ye Qiu nodded. If Newcastle is taking advantage of Ibrahimovic's ability to get the ball in the frontcourt, then what Bayern Munich wants to take advantage of is the team's group of German youth. Train players to have outstanding running ability without the ball.

You know, if you look at it purely as a whole, the ability of German football to run without the ball is better than that of any other country, and it is much better. And if you look at it purely as an individual, Thomas Muller, Tony? Klose, Bastian Schweinsteiger and other German youth training players are also quite outstanding in their ability to run without the ball.

The reason why German football is called the Deutsche Chariot is because it refers to the integrity, but behind the whole is the individual running without the ball to form a whole, so Heynckes’ thoughts on this game It is to use pulling to create opportunities to attack the weakness of Tottenham Hotspur's single midfielder.

Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and said to the two players on the court, "Arturo, Aaron!" Then he sat back and waved his hands, indicating that they should maintain close contact and interaction with Pirlo. , don't let Pirlo fall into a lonely battle, and Ramsey should also pay attention to guarding Ram who is attacking.

The two players in the front midfield moved forward somewhat aggressively to open up the distance between them and Pirlo who was trailing behind. Bayern Munich's frontcourt players used their own running without the ball to get the chance to get the ball. The midfielder Then quickly move forward, applying pressure while also getting an opportunity to attack from behind.

In this case, the problem of a single defensive midfielder will be infinitely magnified.

"How long will Bayern maintain this proactive ball-control tactic in this game?" Mauro Tassotti asked with a slight frown.

In fact, he was thinking about this issue himself, but he wanted to hear Ye Qiu's thoughts.

"Heynckes's start seems a bit risky, but actually the risk is not big, because in such a situation, we cannot rush to attack rashly. That would be too risky, and Bayern Munich's defense is not bad, so He judged that we would get off to a solid start, so he attacked aggressively and took the opportunity to take the initiative.”

Ye Qiu pointed to Bayern Munich's three midfielders and defense on the court, "Have you noticed that Gustavo is mainly responsible for defense, while Bastian Schweinsteiger and Toni Kroos are responsible for controlling the ball in the midfield? , the distance between the two is very close, and the contact with the frontcourt Thomas Muller is also very frequent. The latter seems to be playing on the left, but he basically cuts inside to the center.”

When Thomas Muller cuts in to the center, Toni Kroos will consciously pull to the wing, forming a ball-controlling triangle in the midfield between the two and Bastian Schweinsteiger. Many of the shots on the field are completed by Thomas Muller. This player's off-ball movement and awareness are indeed quite outstanding.

Also because these three players have excellent tacit understanding with each other, as well as very solid basic skills and foot skills, they successfully helped Bayern Munich win possession of the ball in the midfield.

Of course, there is another factor in this, especially after Ye Qiu arranged for Vidal and Ramsey to retreat to protect Pirlo, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield gave up a large part of the ball.

It's not that Tottenham Hotspur were willing, but Bayern Munich was very fierce after the opening, and the defensive line was under great offensive pressure, so Ye Qiu had to adopt the idea of ​​​​stabilizing first and then slowly plotting.

If you drop the ball now, it will be useless no matter how hard you think.

In addition, there is another very important reason for Tottenham Hotspur's passive start, and that is Messi.

As early as the coaching staff meeting before the game, when Ye Qiu saw the tactical analysis report submitted by the coaching staff, he put forward some of his own ideas. He believed that the reason why Bayern Munich suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup , a very important reason is that it gave Shinji Kagawa too much space.

But Shinji Kagawa can't catch up with Messi, so Heynckes will not only plug this weakness and loophole in this game, but also further strengthen the defense of Ribery and Messi. They won't be given too many opportunities to get the ball in the midfield and frontcourt, because everyone knows that giving the superstar the ball in the frontcourt is tantamount to suicide.

In fact, even though the game had just begun, Ye Qiu noticed that Bayern Munich did not invest much troops in the attack. They would only press forward when they got the ball in the frontcourt, and basically It was Toni Kroos and Bastian Schweinsteiger. Gustavo and the two full-backs basically didn't go up, obviously to guard against Tottenham Hotspur.

Therefore, Heynckes' tactics seem to be to gain the initiative, but in fact he is still very cautious and focuses on stability.

When Bayern Munich's defense lines are basically parallel, Gustavo's range of activities is so large and covers such a wide area. In addition, Bastian Schweinsteiger stays more in the midfield and backcourt, which makes the entire Bayern Munich defense Very strict.

Tottenham Hotspur tried to pass the ball to Messi and Ribery several times, but the effect was not obvious. Bayern Munich obviously made targeted arrangements to prevent Tottenham Hotspur from playing effectively. counterattacks and offensives.

"Let me tell you, Heynckes is an old fox. He is not so stupid that he fell down twice in the same place!" Ye Qiu shook his head and smiled. He actually had certain psychological expectations for this kind of unfavorable start.

The process of the game is actually a process of constantly trying various evolutions and targeted attacks. If the attempt is successful, you will score. If the attempt fails, and the opponent's attempt is successful, then you will lose. This reason is very simple.

It should be said that Heynckes gained both fame and fortune at the beginning. They got the name because they took a certain initiative with Tottenham Hotspur after the opening attack, and they gained because their defense contained Tottenham Hotspur. Effective counterattack from Tenham Hotspur.

Mauro Tassotti also smiled helplessly. He didn't have high hopes of defeating Bayern Munich by adopting the same tactics as Dortmund. He just thought that he could give it a try and use Tottenham Hotspur's overall tactics. Execution ability, once the attempt is unsuccessful, other offensive methods can also be adopted.

"Do we need to make adjustments now?" Roland asked.

Ye Qiu glanced at Fatty Luo. He was not nervous at all. He smiled and said, "We can't continue to waste time with our opponents on a dead end that is destined to be unreachable, right?"

Fatty Luo immediately walked to the sidelines and made his first tactical adjustment to the players on the court less than ten minutes into the game, which was to suppress Bayern Munich's offense.

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A student in a coaching training class once asked Ye Qiu a question. He said that since tactics are so important, it is assumed that the head coaches of both sides did not make mistakes when designing and arranging tactics, or in other words, they only made mistakes. If there are some local mistakes that do not affect the overall situation, will the game become a draw?

This is indeed an interesting question.

Because from a tactical level, the head coach arranges and designs tactics according to his own lineup. If he does not make any mistakes, it means that there are no obvious weaknesses in this set of tactics, which means that it is reasonable and stable, so in theory it should It was a draw because both sides could only stay in a stalemate.

But there are too many and complicated things involved, such as the head coach’s adjustments when commanding on the spot, whether the players are executing the tactics properly, and the players’ own problems, etc. There are a lot of restrictions, specific to a game. In the game, there are too many changes, and sometimes a player's mistake may change everything.

Tottenham Hotspur had the advantage in this final, but Tottenham Hotspur did not start well. They focused more on the offensive end and failed to produce results. However, on the defensive end, the team's The entire defensive system was built very solidly and no fatal mistakes or mistakes were made.

Heynckes is an experienced coach, and he is also very aware of the special nature of the Champions League final. Therefore, when he arranged tactics, on the surface, Bayern Munich attacked at the beginning, but in fact he invested very few troops. , the effect of attacking is not obvious, and their midfield defense is also very strong and stable.

It can be said that neither side made any unforgivable mistakes in the deployment of troops, and both sides were designed very specifically.

So in this case, both players are playing very hard, because there are no problems with each other's tactics, so they can only compete with each other to see who can perform better, or who can play better in the game. When the other party has no loopholes or weaknesses, rely on your own efforts to create loopholes for the other party.

This is what many people call a tough battle!

With Tottenham's adjustments, especially as the game progressed, Ye Qiu gradually figured out Bayern Munich's tactics. At the same time, he also saw through Heynckes's trump card on the offensive level, which was to use Gomez to contain two central defenders in the middle, so that Thomas Muller and Robben could get more opportunities and space to get the ball in the two sidelines of the penalty area.

The entire attack was obviously still aimed at Tottenham's single defensive midfielder, but as Ye Qiu pulled Vidal and Ramsey back, Tottenham's protection of the two ribs was relatively strong, and Tottenham did not suffer any loss in the direct confrontation in the midfield, so the situation quickly stabilized.

After stabilizing the situation, Tottenham's advantages gradually emerged.

The first thing was to be able to use their fast-paced one-foot pass to quickly avoid Bayern Munich's crazy pressing at the moment of getting the ball, and stabilize the ball as soon as possible, instead of being as flustered as at the beginning.

In terms of passing, Cavani was asked by Ye Qiu to move in the frontcourt, Messi and Ribery switched positions back and forth, and the team's ball was mostly advanced through the wing, or through the diagonal long pass from the midfield to the two wings of the frontcourt penalty area, and then through the personal ability of several players in the frontcourt to complete the cut from the wing to the middle.

Just like this time, Ribery ran back from the front to the Bayern Munich midfield to receive a through ball from Pirlo, with Schweinsteiger of Bayern Munich behind him. After receiving the ball, Ribery turned and cut to the middle, and passed the ball directly to Cavani who was retreating in the middle with his right foot.

After the Uruguayan striker pulled out to receive the ball behind Gustavo, he knocked it back, and formed a quick two-on-one cooperation with Ribery around Gustavo. After Cavani completed the knock back, he quickly turned and sprinted forward. After receiving the ball, Ribery faced Gustavo who was pressing all the way, and he passed the ball to the right with his right foot.

Messi and Contento were competing in speed. The Argentine was faster, but Contento was in a better position and directly destroyed the ball out of the sideline, giving Tottenham a chance to get a throw-in in the frontcourt.

Tottenham fans cheered in the stands. The team needs such cooperation. Tottenham is best at playing at such a rhythm. They need a certain amount of ball control and players need to run and pull actively.

"Although they failed to enter the penalty area, this kind of cooperation is very threatening. Ribery took the initiative to find Cavani to hit the wall, and then passed it to Messi. If Messi got the ball, Cavani would appear in the penalty area, and Ribery would also insert from the middle. Ramsey would have appeared at the right winger position at this time."

"The entire Tottenham Hotspur's offense is very deep and wide, and it is really troublesome to defend!"

"And it must be taken into account that Badstuber and Jerome Boateng do have certain weaknesses and shortcomings in defending high balls. If they can make good use of this, I believe Tottenham Hotspur will have great potential."

Heynckes also noticed this. He walked to the sidelines and shouted at the players. This is the fourth time Tottenham Hotspur has dribbled the ball from the wing to find teammates to cooperate. Although only one of these four opportunities entered the penalty area, the problem is, if Tottenham Hotspur plays a wall-to-wall cooperation in the 30-meter area again, who can guarantee that they will not lose the ball next time?

You know, Ribery, Cavani and Messi are all superstars who can create deadly threats by holding the ball!

Time on the court passed by minute by minute, and Bayern Munich's defense was also very good and in place. More importantly, Bayern Munich's players were very dedicated when executing tactics. Once they lost the ball, they immediately invested their manpower to actively counter-rob, which made it difficult for Tottenham Hotspur to play an effective and quick counterattack.

Obviously, Bayern Munich tasted the sweetness when playing against Real Madrid. Although they won one and lost one in the two rounds against Real Madrid, Bayern Munich had a certain advantage in ball possession, basically with a ball possession advantage of about 10%, and Heynckes had said more than once that Bayern Munich needed to control the ball to create threats.

Therefore, after seeing Bayern Munich's active counter-rob, Ye Qiu immediately realized that this was an opportunity. He asked Ribery, Messi and Cavani to actively retreat to the midfield to ensure that the team could hold the ball stably and then slowly organize the offensive, instead of blindly competing with Bayern Munich.

When Tottenham Hotspur holds the ball, Bayern Munich has to steal it, because they are not used to being controlled by others, so when they lose the ball, they will immediately fight back, even at the cost of deploying enough troops for this.

The North London team uses its skillful ball control and one-touch passing to quickly pass the ball out of the threatening area.

Just like this time, as soon as the ball was intercepted in the frontcourt, Ribery, Ramsey, Pirlo and Kyle Walker passed the ball from the left to the middle to the right several times in a row, and the ball escaped from Bayern Munich's key pressing area and returned from the frontcourt to the backcourt, and by the way, the back line was pressed forward.

Bayern Munich was unable to snatch the ball and immediately began to organize defense, but Tottenham Hotspur methodically carried out tentative attacks on the right. Thiago Silva dribbled the ball forward, Ribery, who had switched to the right, retreated to the frontcourt and received the ball with his back, but Contento was behind him, so the French scarface directly stopped the ball and gave it to Kyle Walker who was advancing close to the right sideline.

After passing the ball, Ribery turned and rushed to the bottom line, which made Contento also return to defense to prevent Kyle Walker from passing the bottom ball to Ribery directly on the right, but in this way, Kyle Walker in the frontcourt won some time.

At the same time, Cavani and Messi also actively moved to the right and the middle, leaving only captain Lahm in the entire left half of Bayern Munich's backcourt, but his position was also quite close to the middle, after all, he had to keep a distance from Jerome Boateng to avoid being pulled away by the opponent.

Kyle Walker didn't wait for Toni Kroos to get close, and swung his right foot directly to make a large-scale transfer, transferring the ball from the right to the left. Ramsey rushed up from behind, and the ball fell just behind Ram and in front of Ramsey.

But seeing that Bayern Munich's iron-clad defense was torn into a bloody hole, Ramsey was not in a hurry at all. After stopping the ball steadily, he even turned his back to the direction of attack to protect the ball. It seemed that he was about to miss the opportunity!