Earlier this week in the Champions League, Manchester City beat Sport of Portugal 5-0, giving people a glimpse of the dominance of the title favourites against teams outside the five major leagues, but Bayern in Salzburg failed to reproduce last season's 6-2 away win in the Champions League, and was almost defeated by the opponent to swallow the first consecutive defeat of the season.
Bayern's law of rebound is no longer the new army has almost overturned the old aircraft carrier
Although Bayern have had several inexplicable defeats this season, Bayern have been able to rebound immediately after losing, and after losing 1-2 to Eintracht Frankfurt last october, Bayern immediately beat bayer Leverkusen 5-1, and in the German Cup that month Bayern sleepwalked 0-5 to Borussia Moncheng, encountering the first crisis of the Nagelsmann era, but then Bayern defeated Berlin United, who was also in good shape this season, 5-2 as a response, and Bayern, who lacked a major general after the winter break, once again lost to Borussia Monsing. But the main players also beat Cologne 4-0 immediately after their return. Therefore, Bayern's rebound from defeat seems to have become a law this season, as a team in the European Super League, Bayern will surely be ashamed.
As a result, no one has seen the 2-4 defeat to Bochum in the bundesliga round as a crisis for Bayern, the team is concerned about the Champions League, and this match against Salzburg is the most important game for the team. Although the team has been unbeaten in 21 games at home, the Bundesliga banba, which is also unbeaten in the Champions League with a record 21 unbeaten games, is still not high. Salzburg debuted in the Champions League knockout rounds, a new team in the Champions League knockout rounds, and Bayern is comparable to the old aircraft carrier, last season's quarter-finals, this season the team is determined to win the championship.
This game is the Champions League knockout of the new army and the old aircraft carrier showdown, not only reflected in the seniority of the two clubs in the Champions League, but also in the composition of the two sides, Salzburg as another star-making factory in Europe in recent years, the squad loss of each season is serious, and last season's Champions League home game against Bayern compared to salzburg replaced 7 starters, the midfield position is a big shuffle, only Kamala alone remains in the team, the other 5 are replaced. Adam, Sucic and KyleGao, who came off the bench, did not play in last season's home match against Bayern, while Bayern's starter not only maintained the squad against Salzburg last season, but even if he looked at the Champions League final two years ago, only Sane was not on Bayern's title list at that time.
This showdown between the new army and the old aircraft carrier should have been a one-sided contest, from the data point of view, Bayern held 70% of the ball control, 22 shots on goal is twice the opponent, the number of shots in the box is as high as 15 feet. In the 12th minute of the first half, Salzburg's 21-year-old Okafor left the field with an injury, the 20-year-old Adamu came on as a substitute, and nine minutes later, he received an assist from the 21-year-old Arenson. This is not only the debut goal of Adamu's Champions League career, but also the first substitute goal in the Champions League since October 2005. Bayern then launched a counterattack, facing Lewan, who scored 2 goals in Bochum, was in a slump in the game, facing leipzig's 4-man defense + Kamara's single-back defensive formation, the world's best striker Levan did not find a shot, fortunately, in the last moment Koeman scored the equalizer goal, Bayern did not suffer the first consecutive defeat of the season, but this is also Bayern's first consecutive winless game this season.
The average age of the starter is 23 years and 242 days Salzburg has become the number one star-making factory in Europe
"The 21-year-old Okafor left the field injured, the 20-year-old Adamu came on as a substitute, and nine minutes later he received an assist from the 21-year-old Arenson.
According to the well-known statistical agency Opta data, the average age of the starting lineup in Salzburg was only 23 years and 242 days, setting a record for the youngest starter in the Champions League knockout in nearly 19 years. Second only to april 2003, Ajax faced AC Milan in the Champions League quarter-finals, Ajax lined up the starting line-up for 22 years and 205 days. Young Salzburg, with the spirit of the newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, let Bayern return home.
Admittedly, as many as 10 of Salzburg's 11-man starting lineup are under the age of 24, and it is only because the team's left-back and captain Ulmer is as old as 36 that he single-handedly pulled the average age of the team to over 23 years old. And Salzburg came off the bench for 3 players in this game, Adamu who scored was only 20 years old, Sucic, who played for the team last season, was 21 years old, the youngest Kelgaard is only 18 years old this year, Ajax, Europe's number one star-making factory, in recent years, no longer relies on its own youth training, but gradually embarks on the introduction of mature players to improve their strength (such as the introduction of Tadić, Alai, Boguis), Salzburg seems to have replaced Ajax, becoming the top star-making factory in Europe.
As mentioned earlier, Red Bull Salzburg has a difference of more than half of the Champions League starts this season and last season's Champions League starts. The reason is that the sobosloy, Berisha, Dhaka and others trained by the team last season have all been poached by other European giants. And the new batch of Salzburg's "youth products" are obviously stronger than in the past, the forward twin stars Adeyemi and Okafor have long been the focus of attention of the major european giants, the US international Aronson who sent assists this game, the best Mali international Kamara have also recently heard rumors with Milan and Arsenal, and the opponent Bayern has also looked at the team's Adeyami and 18-year-old striker Sheshko, don't forget, Leipzig also has 22-year-old Koita, The Mali striker, who scored 14 goals and three assists in 17 league games last season, could also be another Red Bull striker if he hadn't taken the drug banned by mistake (supposedly a drug used to treat altitude sickness while representing the Mali national team).
33-year-old coach Yaisler Another high-priced Red Bull young marshal?
Salzburg's extremely young squad, how can there be one less young manager? Red Bull boss Nagelsmann was poached by Bayern last summer, and Red Bull Leipzig hired Red Bull Salzburg's 47-year-old mesozoic coach Mashi, while the younger Jaisler replaced Marc as Red Bull Salzburg's coach. Jaisler is 33 years old, and he debuted in the Champions League knockout stage, one year younger than his Red Bull brother Nagelsman.
Jaisler is an out-and-out Lonnick disciple: "Lonnick took me from Stuttgart to Hoffenheim at the age of 18 and he made me a starter and gave me a lot of confidence. Jaisler, who played as a defender as a player, was the youngest starter in the Hoffenheim squad in 2008-09 and was once hopeful of being selected for the German national team. But then injuries such as cruciate ligament tears and Achilles tendons followed, and in 2014, yayesle, who was only 26 years old, had to hang up his boots early. But closing a door opens a window, with the help of Lonnick, Jaisler began to enter Red Bull Leipzig, serving in the youth department of the team, at the age of 29 he became the assistant coach of former Leipzig manager Zonig led the Danish giants Brondby, in 2019, he came to Salzburg Red Bull as U18 manager, last January, the 32-year-old Jaisler became the manager of Salzburg satellite team Levlin, step by step, he became the manager of Salzburg last summer, Immediately led the team to double-match the old club Brondby in the champions league play-offs, from an Austrian Second Division manager to the youngest manager in the new Champions League.
Under the leadership of Jaisler, red bull Salzburg, who was already very young in the squad, ushered in a more radical rejuvenation, and the 34-year-old Austrian star Yunuzovic, who was the main player of the team last season, and bernardo, who was the main player of the past, gradually faded out of the main force, and the 26-year-old Wallage was also reduced to a marginal person. Only the 36-year-old captain Ulmer is still in excellent shape to keep the starting position. Facing Sevilla in the first game of the Champions League this season, Jaisle has drawn up a starting line-up with an average age of only 22.6 years old, which has attracted media attention, and it is with this young squad that Salzburg has been able to break through from the "death group" of Lille, Sevilla and Wolfsburg, a pair of not strong but average strength.
Since he and Nagelsmann are both Red Bull managers, Yaisler was once titled "Nagelsmann 2.0", but compared to Nagelsmann, who became famous in Hoffenheim and paid more attention to the balance between attack and defense, Jaisler is a pure "Red Bull Man". Jonigg, who was an assistant during his teaching assistantship at Jaisler, commented on him: his age helped him to build a successful interpersonal trajectory with his players, which helped him get closer to his players and grow with them.
Last summer, Bayern "brought in" Nagelsmann from Leipzig for nearly 30 million euros, setting a record for the highest coach transfer. In today's increasingly diversified football trading market, will Jaisler become the next Red Bull manager to be sold for a sky-high price? Red Bull's star-making factory is not just for a group of talented young players. (Back-ups/MIKU)