striker cool brother

Chapter 423 Rossi is the Center

After the goal, the Bayern players did not celebrate as wildly as before, but clashed with the Manchester City players.

The reason is that at the moment Lewandowski shot, Gundogan, who fell to the ground with a shovel, brought the studs of his left foot to his calf, and fell to the ground in an uncoordinated posture.

Lewandowski, who was not prepared for impact, sat on the turf after a burst of pain in his ankle, unable to get up.

The angry Vidal thought that the opponent was deliberately hurting people, so he directly pushed Gundogan away.

The two also had a quarrel because of this.

The referee hurried forward to stop him, and after inquiring about Lewandowski's injury, he signaled the team doctor to enter the field.

After simple treatment and injury assessment by the team doctor, it was stated that Lewandowski could not continue the game.

At home to equalize the score, Lewandowski, one of the striker's thighs, was accidentally injured, which will be a test for the following games.

Lewandowski's role in the team is no less than that of Rossi.

Moreover, in the winter window, Wagner, another center of the team, transferred to the Super League for gold due to few opportunities to play, and there was no decent center available in the team.

This is not a small blow to Bayern, which has just improved.

After much thought, Heynckes decided to send veteran Franck Ribery.

Rossi was naturally pushed to the center position.

Bayern's formation changed to 4-5-1.

Lewandowski's injury and departure not only weakened Bayern's threat in the frontcourt, but also made the team lack a frontcourt fulcrum to break the oppression.

During the remaining time of the first half, Heynckes temporarily did not think of a strategy to break the game, and carried over the previous tactics again.

Although Muller is the front midfielder, once the attack advances, Rossi quickly pulls to one side, runs without the ball and pulls the defense, giving Muller the position in the middle.

Franck Ribery and Leitona are two full-backs, waiting for opportunities on the outside.

But this tactic requires the midfielder's passing and running ability to be very high.

And those in the team who have the ability to support the striker all sit obediently off the court.

James and Thiago.

Heynckes sighed.

It is impossible for him to use up two substitutions in the first half.

Now I can only hope that the players off the court grit their teeth and persist and drag the tie into the intermission.

Rossi, who has become a shadow striker, has to pay more off-ball runs to mobilize and pull the opponent's defense without a powerful center forward as a cover.

Fortunately, he used a very beautiful "shoulder sinking" before to let the opponent see his ability on the wing.

In just 10 minutes, Rossi finally understood that the shadow striker was a very difficult job.

When attacking without the ball, you must run without the ball and be ready to protect the ball when the striker is tackled or successfully blocked.

When attacking with the ball, you must be able to break through with the ball and create scoring opportunities.

What's more tiring is that you have to run on the flanks to seek a second point of attack, grab the second point, and plug in from the back row.

He even regretted a little, why did he choose such a laborious ability training as a "shadow striker".

Take a walk casually, isn't it fragrant?

Fortunately, the team dragged the tie into the intermission without any risk, and the two sides quickly returned to the locker room to make adjustments.

Bayern's current situation is much more serious.

Over the past ten years, no matter how the players in the team welcome and send, the team must ensure that there is a Zhengyin center.

Toni, Klose, Gomez, Olic, Mandzukic, Lewandowski, these pure strikers are indispensable for Bayern.

Now, Lewandowski is injured and there are only two second forwards on the front line.

Rossi and Thomas Müller.

In terms of tactical play, it is greatly restricted.

Heynckes had to redeploy.

After returning to the locker room, he immediately brought the tactical board, and began to write and draw with a serious expression.

The players saw the old man's serious expression, and all of them looked like kindergarten children, all sitting upright.

The locker room was so quiet that only the tick-tock of the pen on the tactical board could be heard.

"Okay, then you just need to put your ears on your ears and put everything I said into your head."

"Whoever makes a mistake will be replaced immediately."

"J!"

The intermission time was very short, and the staff came to remind both sides to prepare to enter.

With the instructions of the head coach midfielder, the players of both sides started the second half of the game.

Manchester City kick off.

After Aguero passed the ball back, Bayern immediately pressed towards the opponent's half and took the initiative.

In the frontcourt, Bayern dispatched as many as five people to press the ball, and at one point pressed Manchester City's pass to the goalkeeper's feet.

Feeling bad, Guardiola bounced off his chair and rushed to the sidelines.

He discovered that Bayern's formation had changed.

It became a very oppressive 2-3-5 formation.

In this formation, the back and forth of the two full-backs makes Bayern's offense and defense tend to be balanced.

The five-man pressing group in the frontcourt can well target the pass combination of Manchester City's four-man backcourt.

Once Manchester City transfers people from the midfield to respond, Bayern also transfers people from the midfield accordingly to press forward.

The advantage of doing this is to ensure that there are enough people for oppression.

But the shortcomings are also very obvious. Once the full-backs cannot come back, the defense becomes very fragile.

That's why it is said that Bayern's formation tends to be balanced, not really balanced.

Once it reaches 70 minutes, as the players' physical fitness declines, the balance will be broken at any time.

After the opening, Bayern took advantage of this formation to take the initiative in the game.

Rossi continued to serve as the center forward and was responsible for the top fight.

That's right, Rossi is now used as a pure center forward.

But Heynckes' usage of him is different from Lewandowski.

Rossi doesn't need to keep the ball firmly under his feet like a pure center forward.

What he has to do is to use his keen sense of smell, fight for the first point, and try to make the ball in the direction of his teammates.

The remaining robbing balls are completely handed over to teammates.

If he can grab it, Rossi immediately advances and responds to the pass.

If a teammate doesn't grab it, they will immediately launch a counter-attack to get the ball back.

This is why Heynckes will deploy so many people in the frontcourt.

In the 48th minute, Neuer kicked the ball from the penalty area to the frontcourt.

Under the interference of the defender, Rossi won the ball, but the ball came between his teammates and the opponent.

Leitona and De Bruyne went to grab it at the same time, but the long-legged De Bruyne poked the ball away first.

Bayern immediately launched a counterattack, Leitona quickly chased back, and with the help of his teammates, he snatched the ball back from behind.

The cheering sound of the fans at the scene boiled again.

Rossi, who was already in an offside position, stepped back to catch the ball. After turning around, the four defensive players of Manchester City had already settled down.

After Rossi quickly distributed the ball to the unmarked Ribery on the right, he went straight into the penalty area from the center.

Ribery looked up and saw that there were three teammates inside the Manchester City penalty area.

At this time, Rossi's left foot just stepped into the penalty area line.

5v4.

This is the first time since the beginning of the game that Bayern has formed a situation of playing more and playing less.

Rossi and Franck Ribery looked at each other, immediately understood, and made a cross.

Ribery's sudden inward cut attracted the full-back's defensive position.

Rosie suddenly thrusts obliquely into the gap.

boom!
An extremely concealed through ball passed between the two defenders like a scalpel.

Rossi received the ball with the inside of his right foot, turned around and faced the goal.

Although the movement of stopping the ball and turning is very chic, the shooting angle is very small.

The goalkeeper also stood on the goal line in time, lowered the center of gravity, and expanded the defensive area.

Rossi looked at the dead corner above the far post, picked up the ball with his toes, drew an arc above the goalkeeper's head, and dropped towards the dead corner above the far goal.

The home fans opened their mouths, clenched their fists, and stood up from their seats.

Afterwards, after the net rolled into waves, cheers like a tsunami flooded from all directions to the central court.

yeah! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

(End of this chapter)