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Chapter 142 Fierce Battle

Throughout the second half of the first half, Manchester United's offensive was more threatening to the goal than Bayern Munich's.

Bayern Munich mainly relied on Robben before they lost the ball in the first half, but when they lost the ball, Manchester United grabbed this side and played hard, and instead pressed Bayern Munich's offense back.

Manchester United's offense made the few Manchester United fans in the stands excited and cheered again and again.And Bayern Munich watched in distress at their home court, Manchester United frequently threatened Bayern Munich's goal.

And the first half of the game ended amidst the cheers of Manchester United fans.

Manchester United drew Bayern Munich [-]-[-]. This seems to be an acceptable result for everyone, but in terms of advantages, Manchester United can accept such a draw, a draw, and an away goal. For Manchester United This is a very good result, but Bayern Munich cannot accept it.

After the goal, Manchester United was not quickly overtaken by Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich was still very passive on the scene until the end of the first half, and had no ability to overtake the score at all.

This is what makes Manchester United fans happiest.

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When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, there was a huge burst of cheers in the audience area behind the Bayern Munich goal. The cheers came from Manchester United fans who came from afar to support Manchester United.

During the 15 minutes of the intermission, Manchester United fans can spend it in a very relaxed and happy mood.

The Manchester United players were also very satisfied with this first half. When they left the field, they chatted with each other with relaxed expressions.

On the other hand, the Bayern Munich players lowered their heads when they were off the field, with a dignified expression.

There is a stark contrast and contrast.

In the locker rooms of both sides, the atmosphere is completely different.

At Bayern Munich, Van Gaal was criticizing Robben's performance in the first half, although of course he did not criticize directly.

"...we didn't play well in the first half, especially defensively. We had only three defenders in this game, and two midfielders had to drop back to defend. But if it's just that, it's still Not enough. In no game, the defense will only be a matter of the defensive players, and the offensive players must also actively return to the defense to form a number and advantage locally."

Van Gaal still saves face for Robben, after all, he is his fellow Dutchman.

But between the lines, everyone could still hear that he was referring to Robben.

Who didn't actively return to defense in the first half?Robben of course!

Ribery often returns to defense actively. Although his offensive performance is not very eye-catching, he is still diligent in defense. His active return to defense also caused Rooney to encounter some problems here. Apart from that goal, there was nothing too good about it.

On the other hand, Robben always let the back line face Nani and Li Xiaoming alone every time, but Li Xiaoming and Nani broke into a sieve.

If Robben can actively return to defense and help his teammates defend, the effect will be much better.

Van Gaal was actually criticizing Robben.

Sure enough, after hearing Van Gaal's words, the expression on Robben's face was a bit unnatural.

The atmosphere in Bayern Munich's dressing room is generally dull, with no other voices except for Van Gaal's criticism.

Everyone bowed their heads and listened to the coach's criticism.

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While Martin Taylor was in the studio analyzing Manchester United's gains and losses in the first half to the TV audience, in the Manchester United dressing room, Ferguson was also giving tactical instructions: "The first half was very good, but we still need to Do better, for example we can't let Bayern Munich go into an attack like they did in the first half of the first half."

Lowering his head slightly, Ferguson continued: "We can't give Bayern Munich too much space to allow them to freely control the ball outside our 30-meter area. This is obviously wrong. So we have to change this in the second half, Baker Ham, Carrick, you two helped the two wingers in the second half, especially Ronaldo. Their cooperation must be cut off and they must be disturbed as much as possible. As for Klose, I believe Vidic and Rio Can watch him. Another thing to note is that Robben is in such a good shape this game, if he is not good defensively, put him in the corner, don't let him cut in, then I believe he is good Our defense doesn't have any threat."

Carrick raised his hand and asked, "Where's Bailey?"

Ferguson nodded: "I believe that in the second half, Bayern Munich will play as a team. Unlike Robben, it is Ribéry that needs our attention. The Frenchman is very fast, and he has been tempered with the team for a longer period of time. Better, so I believe that our defense needs to cut off Ribéry from his team-mates."

Ferguson focused more on defense, and he had full confidence in Manchester United's offense.

Ferguson looked at Li Xiaoming who was enjoying the masseur's massage, but he didn't say anything.

There is really nothing to say about Li Xiaoming.Li Xiaoming did a very good job in the first half. His two wonderful breakthroughs and position changes helped Manchester United create enough threats.

And the adjustment just now is actually to increase Manchester United's chances of counterattack, increase the strength of interception in the midfield, strive to grab more balls from the feet of Bayern Munich players, and then give the football to Li Xiaoming, let Li Xiaoming pass the football to the striker , the striker will fulfill the great trust of the team.

Ferguson believes that Li Xiaoming is very clear about his mission. He is a rhythm point in the transition of Manchester United's offense and defense. As long as Li Xiaoming speeds up, it means that Manchester United's offense will speed up.

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The 15-minute intermission passed quickly. In the second half, neither side made any substitutions, and they changed sides to fight again.

After the game started, everything was no different from the second half of the first half.

Bayern Munich took advantage of their kick-off opportunity in the second half and firmly controlled the football at their feet. They were not in a hurry to hit Manchester United's penalty area, but fell down for a while in the midfield and backcourt.

At the beginning, Rooney and Nani of Manchester United took advantage of their speed and went up to grab it, but after Bayern Munich fell for a while, the football was still under their feet, and the Manchester United players took it back one after another and stopped grabbing.

If they continue to rob, it will only cause more loopholes in the back line, so they must be quickly recovered and filled up before the loopholes are caught by Bayern Munich.Soon the game returned to the stage of Manchester United's shrinking defense and Bayern Munich's siege.

It seems that Bayern Munich has more control of the midfield initiative and has the upper hand.But Manchester United did not show weakness.

Carrick and Neko have stepped up their tackles in midfield and their runs are much more aggressive than before.

To talk about the changes in Manchester United, the Bayern Munich players on the field may be the first to feel it.

Especially Franck Ribery and Schweinschneider, when the two of them are the offensive core and playmaker of the frontcourt when they take the ball in the frontcourt, they encounter greater resistance and greater pressure.The passing between them was not as smooth as in the first half.

Schweinschneider turned the main target of the pass to Robben.

Franck Ribery seems to have been heavily guarded by Manchester United... Even the passing route was completely guarded by Manchester United.

Robben was as active as he was in the first half, putting tremendous pressure on Manchester United's defense.

Seeing Robben's performance, Schweinsschneider was relieved - Robben's personal ability on the wing is beyond doubt, and his quick breakthrough and shooting may find opportunities for Bayern Munich. In this stalemate, local pressure is too much The meeting led to the collapse of one side. With Ribery being the focus of defense, Schweinschneider chose to put his trust in Luo himself.

"Roben dribbles laterally! Nice past Rafael! Shot from outside the box... oops, what a pity!"

"Roben breaks into the box and shoots! Just wide..."

"Roben! Robben!"

The commentators kept chanting his name, and everywhere he passed on the court, there was a scene of people on their backs.

Manchester United's players looked very embarrassed in front of Robben, and their defenders even had to use both hands and feet to stop Robben's ball.A young player like Rafael is obviously not enough in front of Robben with extraordinary personal ability.

Bayern Munich fans were also reassured by United's stellar performance.Although the score is still 1:1, in the minds of these Bayern Munich fans, Bayern Munich seems to have taken the lead.

They laughed at the Man Utd players who were scrambling in front of Bayern Munich and cheered Robben.

Everyone felt that it was only a matter of time before Bayern Munich broke Manchester United's goal for the second time.

Robben once again took the ball and dribbled horizontally in the attack. Facing Manchester United's pursuit and interception, he seemed very calm.

Then he saw Klose, who was facing him in the penalty area with his back to the goal.

Generally speaking, at this time, he only needs to pass the ball, and after passing the ball, he continues to run forward.As long as Klose passes the football smoothly, Robben can drive the ball into the penalty area. Once he enters the penalty area, Manchester United's goal will be dangerous.

But Robben didn't do that.He saw Klose running towards the defense of Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, and felt that the pass would definitely lose the ball, so he might as well do it alone, after all, he had already broken through the defense, and this distance was within his range.

So Robben turned around and shot without even a trace of hesitation!
But this time, Van der Sar seemed to have been prepared. He closed his jaw and chest, and very calmly hugged the football that Robben shot over.

He caught it!

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Robben's shot was caught by Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. Klose, who ran away but didn't receive the pass, was a little dissatisfied with Robben's choice of shooting himself. He opened his hands to Robben to express his dissatisfaction mood.

But the red-eyed Robben ignored him. Seeing that Van der Sar wanted to drive the football directly, he rushed up to stop and interfere with him.

His interference had an effect.

Although Van der Sar wanted to launch a counterattack directly, but when Robben came up to interfere with him, he was not sure to throw the football directly to the frontcourt. It was a safe approach. Since he could not launch a counterattack directly, he should not use it in the backcourt. Lost the ball again.

So Van der Sar took the football back, held it in his arms, and waited for everyone to get out of the penalty area, waiting for the Bayern Munich players to retreat to their half, although a chance to counterattack was lost, but the team's goal would not face threats.

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Van der Sar drove the football to the side. After several passes, Manchester United sent the football to Li Xiaoming's feet.

When Li Xiaoming received the ball, his back was facing the attacking direction. Schweinschneider just stuck it up from behind, intending to make Li Xiaoming unable to turn around. In the last match, he knew that he could not defend Li Xiaoming, so this time against Shi Weinschneider's goal for himself is to prevent Li Xiaoming from turning around. As long as Li Xiaoming is not allowed to turn around, his defense will be successful, otherwise it will fail.All he had to do was wait until Badstuber arrived.

Schweinschneider is not the kind of defensive midfielder who is good at defense. He is more about control and scheduling in the midfielder position.

But now in Bayern Munich's starting lineup, in the midfield, other defensive players also have more important defensive tasks.Therefore, Li Xiaoming, who was in the middle, could only be handed over to Schweinschneider.

Facing the tough defense of the Germans behind him, Li Xiaoming didn't feel that he was under much pressure. You must know that he has been baptized by the tough guys in the Premier League. .

When the football was passed, Li Xiaoming tapped the football behind him with his right foot.

Schweinsteiger will stretch out his foot to steal the ball at this time.

But at this moment, Li Xiaoming's left heel came up and swiped the football behind Schweinschneider with the outside of his instep!
Schweinschneider jumped into the air!

And what about Li Xiaoming?
When he used his left foot to touch the ball, he had already completed the turn, went around from Schweinschneider's other side, turned around and passed the ball!

At that moment, Schweinschneider fell into the dilemma of chasing the ball or blocking people.

In the end he didn't complete the choice, he didn't even turn around.

He just turned his head to see Li Xiaoming bypassing him and catching up with the football...

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pretty! ! He Ping clenched his fists and shouted. "Schweinschneider looked clumsy like a rusty robot in front of Li Xiaoming. Look at his movements just now. Compared with Li Xiaoming's extremely creative turn around, he was too completely taken by Li Xiaoming." deceived by tricks. ! "

Li Xiaoming's turn caused a burst of exclamation from the stands at the Allianz Arena.

The Bayern Munich fans never expected that Li Xiaoming would take the football away with his back to Schweinschneider without even a pause.No matter how bad the German's defensive ability is, it won't be too bad. Although he is not a full-time defensive player, he should not be easily passed by.

But Bayern Munich's midfielder, Henan assigned extra people to defend Li Xiaoming.They still have more important people to look at, such as Rooney, such as Berbatov, these are stars who have proven their worth in their long careers, and these people are more worthy of attention in Bayern Munich.

After Li Xiaoming easily got rid of Schweinschneider, he took the ball and ran forward.

He was in the middle, facing the Bayern Munich left-back Bad Stuber who came up to defend him. After Li Xiaoming made a posture to go to the baseline, he slammed the football inside with the heel of his right foot in high-speed motion. At the same time, Li Xiaoming made an emergency stop and changed direction, using his left foot as the pivot to support his body, and turned to the middle, passing Badstuber just like that!

(End of this chapter)