Sports Weekly all-media reporter Huang Sijun
For Chinese fans who stay up late to watch the ball during the Spring Festival, Bayern Munich and Leipzig RB can be said to have joined forces to present a visual feast full of festive atmosphere. Five goals were scored, bayern had one more that was blown off by the referee after watching the video, plus a wonderful kick from Komang in the middle of the post. The two teams made a total of 38 shots on goal and 15 shots on target, and also raised their aggressiveness to the highest level in defence, with only Lewandowski's goal not coming from a counter-attack after the break.
Müller and Lewandowski scored goals and Bayern narrowly beat Leipzig 3-2 after a wonderful matchup.
Thomas Mueller, who opened the scoring, said: "I think both teams played beautiful and attractive games. Both sides are trying to create opportunities through oppression. Both sides have made compulsive mistakes. Sure, Leipzig can score 2 more goals, but so can we. ”
Na Shuai then uses a strong attack formation
Nagelsmann carried on the starting line-up of herta Berlin's 4-1 away win in the last round, with Lucas Hernandez, Jules and Pavard forming a three-centre-back, while the two wingers were headed by two wingers, Comand and Gnabry, a distinctly top-heavy formation. In the face of a relegation team like Herta, which has no ability to fight back, there is no problem with being so aggressive, but against a master like Leipzig, it is inevitable that the commander will line up like this. And the facts have also proved that Bayern, a formation with only 3 pure defensive players, is really unable to withstand Leipzig in the defensive third zone in the face of Leipzig, which is fast and direct in attack. Olmo, who started for the first time under Tedesco, completed three threatening shots in the first 20 minutes, including two in the penalty area that were deflected by Neuer.
Once again, Nagelsmann has unleashed a radical three-back formation.
Why is the platoon so risky? The main left-hand man, Alfonso Davis, is clearly the decisive objective factor due to a slight mesocarditis. At the end of the first half, Bayern gradually transitioned the main formation from 4231 to 3151 or 3241, that is, Davis took care of the entire left side, attacking as a left winger, and retreating to become a four-back system when defending. There are only two winger positions, originally Sane, Comand and Gnabry are 3 to 2 situations, as a result, Davis also joined the team, so the most affected is not Sane, who moved to the middle, but Gnabry on the right. In a home match against Freiburg, who was unbeaten at the time, or against Borussia Dortmund away, Gnabry started on the bench, with Coach Comand's first choice in the right winger position. After the match with Freiburg, the coach also said that there is often a reason for letting a player sit on the bench, but there is really no reason not to let Gnabry start, only to say sorry.
Alfonso Davis truceed, and Gnabry became the biggest beneficiary.
Now that Davis is truce, Nagelsman naturally has no reason to let Gnabry continue to sit on the bench. So he decided to maximize the attacking power of the current squad on hand, which led to a three-back formation that would move Coman to the left and let him and Gnabry handle two flanks. After the match against Leipzig, the manager said: "At this stage I have decided to line up the most aggressive team. I could have formed four centre-backs (Lucas, Jupacano, Jules and Pavard) to form a four, but at the moment I really don't want to sacrifice a player on the offensive line. The coach's meaning is quite clear, the main two gates of the 2018 World Cup winner Lucas and Pavard are not full-backs who conform to his tactical philosophy. In addition to tactical considerations, allowing Sane, Comand and Gnabry to play at the same time is also due to the atmosphere of the dressing room, especially at the sensitive stage when it is the turn to negotiate a contract extension with Gnabry.
The playing style is radical, and mistakes are inevitable
Faced with Herta, who had little offensive ability in the last round, Comand and Gnabry could naturally play the role of wingers at will. However, in Hertha's few attacks, Bayern's side defense has actually exposed certain problems. For example, in the 21st minute, Hertha's first threat to Neuer's goal was caused by the weak defense of Gnabry against Belle Fodi. When Belle Fodi completed the header on the back post, Gnabry, who struggled to get up and compete for the top, even raised his left hand to try to interfere, once the ball was touched, it must be a "yellow dot package".
The two centre-forwards, Tolisso and Lemer, both have both merit and merit.
In the face of the much stronger Leipzig, how can we avoid Gnabry and Comand from passively retreating? Of course, it is to carry out the highest intensity of pressing in the midfield to avoid the fire of the war to the third defensive zone as much as possible. Müller's first recorded goal came from Tolisso's goal before Lemer received a pass from Orban in the front of the penalty area, which was converted into a goal after Bayern grabbed the ball for the 17th time in the Bundesliga this season, the highest in the league. In this statistic, Leipzig originally only ranked third from the bottom, scoring only 4 goals. But in this game, Tedesco asked Leipzig to pick up the old weapon again. So nearly halfway through the first half, when Tolisso and Sane made a stop-ball error in the middle of the circle, Nkunku immediately broke the ball to set up and Andre Silva equalised.
Leipzig's equaliser again was the same. It was Tolizo who made a mistake in a pass with his teammates near the midline (this time Kimmich), and Leipzig immediately turned to the counter-attack after breaking the ball, Lemmer brilliantly dodged Kimmich's tackle and then assisted Nkunku's one-handed goal. Tolisso was both responsible for two of his team's first two goals (Levan's header was scored by Tolisso's superb pass, Coman). Tolisso' "No. 8", who is strong and weak in attack, is like the epitome of Bayern's radical 3241 formation, and since he wants to get a beautiful offensive result, he will inevitably have to suffer corresponding defensive consequences.
After a one-game suspension, Lewandowski scored his 24th Bundesliga goal of the season.
Coincidentally, Leipzig centre-forward Lemmer, who has provided assists for Silva and Nkunku, is also responsible for two goals conceded at the end of the game. Comand cut off Gulach's pass before Lemer, eventually forcing Gwadior to swing himself, giving Bayern a third lead. In such a risky and desperate game, it is impossible to prevent mistakes. In the end, Bayern succeeded in covering up the correspondingly magnified defensive loopholes with extremely powerful firepower.
Neuer tied Kahn's record
Neuer, who was quite busy, said after the game: "I like today's game, although of course I would prefer a clean sheet. The first goal we conceded was a bit unlucky, but we could still be happy with the win. We put a lot of pressure on our opponents today and that was our game plan from the start. ”
It was the 310th victory of Neuer's Bundesliga career (the first 77 of which were achieved during schalke 04), equalling the Bundesliga record held by board chairman Kahn. Kahn's 310 wins were won in 557 games, a winning percentage of only 56%, while Neuer used a full 99 games to win 68%. And Neuer conceded just 0.82 goals per game, well below Kahn's average of 1.04 goals per game, Neuer's clean sheets as many as 211 games, and Kahn's only 204 games.
Neuer is about to surpass Kahn again.
Neuer, 35, has a year and a half left on his contract with Bayern, and renewing his contract again is one of the key jobs in Front of Kahn. Once Neuer successfully renews his contract, Nibel, the "Neuer successor" who is currently on loan to Monaco, will most likely choose to leave. How old will Neuer be? He said: "The plan is that as long as the team still needs me, as long as I am healthy, as long as I enjoy, I will continue to play. Good plan, right? ”