Chapter 456: Facing Bayern in the group stage!
"Then it's the visiting team Bayern Munich!"Goalkeeper: Ulreich
Defenders: Marco Friedel, Sule, Jerome Boateng, Kimmich
Midfielders: Vidal, Rudy, Tolisso
Forwards: Thiago, Lewandowski, Robben
Head coach: Heynckes
Stamford Bridge was bustling with people. Judging from the starting lineups of both sides and the players sitting on the bench, both the Blues and the Southern Kings attached great importance to this game.
There is no other way, these two teams must fight for first place in the group!
"Here at the Bridge whether rain or fine~"
"We can shine all the time~"
“Home or away come and see us play～”
"..."
A familiar team song sounded on the field. Jiang Yuan leaned back in a chair on the bench, with Chelsea captain John Terry sitting next to him.
"Bayern doesn't seem to be in very good shape"
Terry said suddenly.
Jiang Yuan asked Cahill in front of him for a piece of gum and chewed it slowly: "It's only been three minutes, how did you know that?"
"It was the previous game, they almost lost to Roma"
Terry explained, patting Jiang Yuan on the shoulder: "So I feel like we have a great chance today, it's very likely that you don't even need to play to win."
“That would be great.”
Jiang Yuan twisted his neck: "But I still want to go up and try it."
In the few days since returning to the team, Jiang Yuan participated in Chelsea's internal competition. Although he only played for more than 10 minutes, Jiang Yuan believed that he already had the ability to play in the Champions League again.
"Hey, Jiang!"
The fans behind the bench shouted Jiang Yuan's name. Jiang Yuan turned his head and gave the fans a thumbs up.
"Wow!"
"Jiang, when are you going to play? Are you ready to play?"
Compared to Moses, Chelsea fans obviously want to see Jiang Yuan play against Bayern.
"I don't know either"
Jiang Yuan spread his hands: "It depends on the situation, ok?"
……
Jiang Yuan's absence made Chelsea's forward firepower a little muted, but the strength of Chelsea's midfield was still there. Hazard and Pogba kept cooperating. It can be said that Chelsea's ball possession rate was achieved by these two guys.
On the bench, Jiang Yuan bit the gum in his mouth tightly and frowned.
Terry said Bayern has been in poor form recently, but now it seems that is not the case.
"Vidal's 45-degree cross!"
"Very accurate, Zouma and Lewandowski are fighting for it!"
"Levan!"
"Header!"
"Almost!"
“Just a little bit more!”
In the camera, Lewandowski held the back of his head with both hands.
His header was pushed over the crossbar by Courtois!
"Watch him, he's in the penalty area!"
Courtois yelled at Zouma. Not only Courtois, but also Tuchel in front of the bench was a little anxious.
The forward line of Thiago, Lewandowski, and Robben put a lot of pressure on Chelsea's defense.
Thiago and Lewandowski are worth 5000 million and 8000 million respectively, and Robben is worth only 1000 million euros, which is the most difficult to deal with.
Although Robben's current transfer value is only over 1000 million euros, this is the result of his age limit.
If we have to make a horizontal comparison, Robben's lethality to Chelsea's defense may not be weaker than Thiago on the left.
The game came to the 23rd minute, it was Bayern's attack!
Rudy and Tolisso made a one-two combination, and Tolisso kicked a high ball to Lewandowski at the top of the arc.
Lewandowski was very smart. Faced with this opportunity, he did not stop the ball himself, but used his head to pass the ball to Robben on the left.
Robben is ready to go down the line!
Make a fake move, Azpilicueta is watching closely!
Robben goes down the bottom and cuts inside!
Chelsea players are all familiar with Robben. Seeing Robben moving towards the penalty area, Kante moved over immediately, ready to stop Robben from reaching the right position for shooting.
As a result, something bad happened. Robben saw Pogba running from behind, and he dribbled the ball with his left foot and suddenly walked from the middle to the bottom line.
fuck!
Robben's move directly shook Pogba and Azpilicueta at the same time. Realizing that something was wrong, Azpilicueta quickly went to fill his position at the baseline.
Stretch out your feet and grab it!
It's too late!
Snapped!
Robben crosses with his right foot!
The ball was moving very fast, and Courtois decided not to attack after careful judgment. Walker, who was in defensive position, fell to the ground and stretched his foot, trying to make a wonderful extreme clearance.
But Walker's legs were too short and he didn't touch the ball.
Done!
Jiang Yuan saw clearly from the bench that Thiago was running up from the left.
boom!
A push shot went straight into the blind corner on the right side of the goal!
"The ball is in! The ball is in!"
"Thiago!"
"From Robben's cross, Thiago puts the ball into the goal!"
"Bayern Munich scored the first goal!"
After scoring the goal, Thiago started his celebration immediately, and the director replayed Robben's wonderful change of direction.
Although he did not produce any actual outstanding data, Robben did limit both Pogba and Azpilicueta at the same time.
"Fuck, his rhythm is so good!"
Terry, who was sitting next to Jiang Yuan, was cursing. It was obvious that the Blues captain was not very satisfied with Bayern's first goal.
Jiang Yuan didn't say anything, he was thinking.
If he had been asked to handle the position just now, he would probably have to go to the bottom and then force a breakthrough or pass the ball in a triangle. Robben's way of cutting inside and switching back and forth is indeed worth learning for Jiang Yuan.
The game reached the 30th minute and the ball possession data for both teams were given at the bottom center of the live broadcast screen.
Chelsea: 52%
Bayern Munich: 48%
Chelsea leads in ball possession, but they have two fewer shots than Bayern.
You don't need to watch the game, just look at Chelsea's lineup, and then compare these data to know where the team's problems lie.
The attack didn't work!
Tuchel reacted very quickly and asked the team to expand the width of the attack in the midfield.
Using width to attack was the first tactical adjustment Tuchel made.
Of course there is another one.
Tuchel turned to face the bench and made an upward gesture: "Jiang, go warm up"
"Oh? Here we come!"
The CCTV commentator's eyes lit up: "Jiang Yuan has started warming up!"
"Hiss! Because we just finished a high-intensity game, we all thought Jiang Yuan would go to bed after 70 or 80 minutes, but Tuchel asked him to start warming up before the end of the first half."
"Is this intimidating the opponent? Haha, Mourinho used to like doing this kind of thing. He let some core players stand on the sidelines, but just didn't replace them."
"I don't think so. Chelsea can't attack now. Tuchel needs to take out a knife from the bench."
"Süle and Friedel's restrictive effect on William is too obvious"
The experience of last season should have told the fans the truth, that is, in Chelsea's tactical system, it will not work if there is only one wing that can be played.
There is only one way to play, and the result is that we are constantly being contested like last season.
The biggest change Tuchel made to the team's tactics after taking office was to increase the frequency of the team's ball transfer between the left and right sides.
Breaking through back and forth on the left and right sides will put great pressure on Bayern's defense.
In the final minutes of the first half, Chelsea got a set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt. Tuchel originally wanted to replace Jiang Yuan to take the free kick directly.
But it didn't seem right. Jiang Yuan's feet hadn't even touched the ball yet, so if he went straight in, his chances were slim.
In the end, Tuchel gave up the idea of making direct substitutions.
Behind the set-piece spot, Pogba and Kante were one in front and one behind.
"Beep!"
"Pogba, run forward, he missed it!"
"Kante!"
"Just give it a kick!"
"Shoot directly and the ball hits Boateng!"
"There's still a chance, Ibrahimovic!"
Snapped!
Ibrahimovic made a volley, but the shot was too straight and the ball was pushed directly over the crossbar by Ulreich.
Chelsea's corner kick, this one goes to Azpilicueta!
The one given is the back point!
boom!
Pogba volleyed the ball from the back post, but the Frenchman failed to control the ball and it flew directly into the stands.
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The first half of the game is over!
[What is Tuchel doing? Let Jiang Yuan get on board quickly]
[Oh my god, Pogba, hahahaha, Pogba is so brave, he almost hit the fans on the head]
[Jiang Yuan cannot be substituted now. Did you just watch the game? Jiang Yuan’s condition will be low for a while after he came back from the national team game. Tuchel asked Jiang Yuan to warm up just to intimidate him. He may not really be substituted.]
[It's a pity for Lewandowski. If he had seized the opportunity just now, Chelsea would have fallen behind by one goal.]
【The Chinese national football team has advanced to the World Cup!!!】
[Jiang Yuan warming up? No, is Xiao Jiang really okay? Didn’t he play for 120 minutes with an injury? ]
[I feel okay. Didn’t you watch the overtime? A hat trick in 15 minutes. I guess it’s not a serious injury. It will just affect the performance in the game.]
【《Influence on Game Performance》】
[After saving the Chinese national football team, can Xiao Jiang save Chelsea as well? Bayern is a bit strong.]
At midfield, in the home team's locker room, Tuchel was anxiously waiting for the players to come in from outside.
"Hurry up, hurry up, run!"
Jiang Yuan hurried into the locker room with the ball and kicked the door shut.
"Wait about 65 minutes, or a little earlier, depending on the situation, and I will replace you then."
Tuchel said.
Although such a substitution was not good for Jiang Yuan who had just finished the game, Tuchel couldn't help it.
Damn, when I was in Dortmund, I was beaten by Bayern, and now I'm in Chelsea and I'm going to be beaten by Bayern again.
There was really nothing you can do about being beaten when you were at Dortmund, but Tuchel is now the head coach of Chelsea.
Tuchel could see that Chelsea, with all their starting players, were not inferior to Bayern at all.
Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement, and then kicked short passes to warm up with the cooperation of assistant coach Love.
"I think you should be able to see that they don't go very deep every time they go down the crease. This is their special tactic today. They don't go very deep when they go down the crease. Our full-backs have already pushed forward."
"Don't be afraid of this. Kyle can run very fast. You should stand forward and participate in the passing of the ball in the midfield. Only when there are more people passing the ball can we trap the opponent in it..."
There are many ways to deal with Bayern Tuchel.
After all, Bayern is an old rival to him.
On the other side, in the Bayern locker room, coach Heynckes was also under a lot of pressure.
He was just hired for the second time by Bayern two weeks ago, and after only one league game, they had to play against Chelsea in the next game.
Playing Chelsea, me?
Yes, it’s me!
Heynckes is a little happy now. The smart AFC has moved the second leg of the play-offs three days earlier, which can be said to be a big help to Bayern.
I can only say it’s really big!
Because of the schedule of the Asian zone of the World Cup qualifiers, Bayern can face Jiang Yuan for at least 60 minutes less.
These 60 minutes are full of opportunities for Bayern!
"I think you can feel that we are not far from victory now."
Heynckes said this in the locker room.
……
The second half of the game begins!
"Lewandowski, receive Tolisso's cross!"
"Header!"
"It didn't work. There's nothing we can do about it. The first header didn't go in. Chelsea's defense is now in place."
"Wait, push the ball and it goes in!"
"Lewandowski's goal!"
"Two to zero, two to zero! Bayern Munich has extended the lead!"
Courtois sighed as he stood on the goal line. Lewandowski's cold shot hit the post and rolled into the net, which was obviously beyond Courtois' expectations.
He didn't expect that in this situation Lewandowski would still choose to shoot directly by himself!
What a mistake!
“xuuu——!!!”
“xuuuu——!!!”
Fans in the stands booed Lewandowski.
Chelsea fans are a little annoyed now as they are two goals behind at home.
Fortunately, Chelsea's overall state was not affected, and the Blues' luxurious midfield maintained their control of the ball.
"To the front!"
Hazard asked Kante for the ball, and Kante, who was on the left side, did not hesitate and made an inverted triangle pass.
coming!
Hazard swung out his right leg and kicked the ball directly.
"Duang!"
Hazard's long shot hit the crossbar, the ball hit the grass again, bounced and hit the net.
"GOOOOO-AAAAAA-LLLLLL!!!"
"What a goal!"
"What a wonderful goal for Eden Hazard!"
Chelsea played a good combination in the frontcourt, and Hazard finally showed his personal ability.
This goal made Chelsea feel a lot more comfortable.
Take a look at the big screen above the court.
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With 20 minutes left, Bayern was leading by one goal.
It's okay to be leading by 2 goals, but if it's only leading by 1 goal, Bayern will be under a lot of pressure.
In the 71st minute, Kimmich pretended to be a winger on the right side and even made a few fake moves, looking like he was going to dribble past the opponent.
However, Chelsea's defenders had already guessed what this guy was going to do.
Snapped!
After going down the bottom, the ball was passed to Tolisso who stopped it.
Adjust two steps.
Shoot directly!
Because Tolisso had guessed the opponent's intention long ago, there were many Chelsea defensive players in front of him when he got the ball.
In the end, Tolisso's long shot hit Zouma and was finally cleared by Kante.
“Not bad, not bad, that’s it”
In the camera, Heynckes gave Tolisso a thumbs up.
Although the ball was not scored, Bayern now needs to show this momentum and show it away from home so that they can suppress Chelsea.
Heynckes showed a faint smile in the camera.
After hearing the noise, he turned around and saw that Heynckes suddenly stopped smiling.
↓ Victor Moses
↑ Jiang Yuan
……
(End of this chapter)
