Sports Weekly all-media reporter Huang Sijun
Who was Bayern's only opponent in the Bundesliga last season? Union of Berlin! Both sides shook hands 1-1 in both legs, with Bayern drawing hard in the first leg with Berlin and equalising in the 85th minute.
Comand and Nyanzo Quasi scored goals to give Bayern a 4-0 home win over the Union Berlin.
Entering this season, although the Berlin League is still firmly in the top half of the table, it has become a "points boy" when facing Bayern. In the first leg, Bayern won 5-2 away from home under the leadership of acting coach Topp Müller, and quickly came out of the haze of being bloodied by Borussia Monchengladbach in the second round of the German Cup; in the second leg of this meeting, Bayern, who had just suffered a two-game draw in the league and had only four points left to lead Dortmund, won 4-0, Comander scored the world club for the first time, Nyanzu Kwasi took advantage of corner kicks to score Bayern's debut goal, and Lewandowski scored twice before the end of the first half and the second half. Counting the two-legged 9-1 win against Hertha Berlin, Bayern have won 4-18-3 against the Berlin Duo this season. Bayern, who missed the Final of the German Cup in Berlin for two consecutive years, seems to be able to claim the title of "King of Berlin"?
Stanišić's Bo Lian affair
In fact, there is another important detail in the second leg of last season's League of Berlin: that match was sandwiched between the two legs of the Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain, which was the second game of 6 days and 3 matches. Not only was the schedule "devil", but Bayern also lacked injured Lewandowski, Goretzka and Lucas Hernandez, the new crown Gnabry, and the suspended Alfonso Davis, plus the need to arrange individual main rotations, so the then coach Flick was forced to temporarily draw five young players from the echelon, including Stanišić. Stanišić made his Bundesliga debut and played as a left-back in the four-back system.
Entering the season, Stanišić has become a standing player under Nagelsman and has started as a right-back at the beginning of the season. But as the main players recovered from injuries, Stanišić's playing time gradually decreased. And in the international competition week in November, he contracted the new crown in the Croatian national team. Although he recovered quickly, he tore the thigh muscle muscle bundle shortly after resuming training and recuperated for nearly two months, until mid-February when he finally re-entered the competition squad. So there was an interesting phenomenon: Stanišić has made the last 2 appearances for Bayern, against the Berlin Union!
Stanišić has finally made his debut of the year.
Stanišić was able to re-emerge after a cycle, for reasons that had nothing to do with the absence of Jules (thigh muscle fiber tear) and Pavard (COVID-19) – Pamecano and Nyanzu Kwasi were the replacements. Nagarsman replaced Gnabry with Stanišić, changing the formation from 3241 back to 4231. Na Shuai explained that this is because the number of attacking people in The League and the firepower on the flanks are very strong, "We want to make sure that the defenders are not less manned than the opponents." ”
Lucas Hernandez is 26, Palmecano is 23, Stanišić is 21 and Nyanzu is only 19, and the average age of this "bench line" is only 22.25 years. Under the switch to playing four, Gnabry became the one of the five-man team to be sacrificed, "When you want to play four, you have to put one of the attacking players on the bench. Thomas (Muller) had missed 1 game before due to COVID-19, Leroy (Sane) sat on the bench for 2 games and Kim (Comand) was at the top of his game, so we decided to let Gnabry sit on the bench. ”
Saying that it is 4231, it is actually a three-back and four-back switch and left-right asymmetrical play, that is, once it is turned to attack, Stanišić will press forward and adduct, becoming the back partner on the right side of Kimmich, Musiara will pre-empt the 10th position, and Lucas, Yupa and Nyanzu form a three-back position, which is actually a 3241.
In terms of outcomes, 4-0 seems to prove that this platoon arrangement is effective, but from the details, Bayern still has obvious loopholes in the process of switching from attack to defense. In particular, in the 22nd minute, Knoch quickly found Sheraldo Becker in the middle of the circle after stealing Musiara in the defensive third zone, and Bo United immediately formed a two-on-two situation in front of the field. The Dutch striker, who had caused Bayern a lot of trouble in the first leg, faced Nyanzu's not tight defense, breaking through the cross along the right rib with his speed advantage, while Avonii suddenly went around in front of Yupa with a flexible running position, and stabbed his left foot in front of the small penalty area, but unfortunately it will be deflected out of the far post. It was a perfectly 1-1 chance to equalize.
Neuer struggled to deflect Knoch's shot.
A minute before the counter-attack, Knoch also received a diagonal pass from Okipka's midfielder's free-kick on the left and volleyed in the middle of the penalty area before Yupa, but was deflected by a quick-reacting Neuer side save. Coupled with the fact that just six minutes into the opening, Becker picked up Lursson's right rib and headed the ball over the side-netting before snatching it up at the back post, and Bo United had three chances to break the goal in the first half of this 0-3 deficit. Perhaps it would make more sense to end the half 1-3, as in the first leg.
Na Shuai said: "Of course, I am happy with the result, but I am not completely satisfied. We gave our opponents 2 great chances in the first half and we lost too much of the ball. Kimmich has the same point of view as the manager, "We gave the opponent two or three chances in the first half, which was unnecessary. But I think we deserve to win. As you can see, our attitude is correct. We actually locked in the win in the first half. ”
Neuer broke Kahn's record again
Bayern's defence certainly can't be reborn in one game, and Yu Palmecano or Nyanzu, who has limited play time, can't suddenly become the peak of Jerome Boateng, but this clean sheet can give the two young French centre-backs confidence. Nagelsman said: "Yupa made a mistake, but other than that he behaved very well, very aggressive and vigilant. The same goes for Tangi (Nyanzu). His goal made me happy. He's our most capable defender in air combat. Kimmich also praised Nyanzu, "He was seriously injured when he first came here and unfortunately hasn't played too many games so far. I think he and Hupa both played well today. We felt that the rear was relatively safe. ”
Nyanzou Kwasi finally scored bayern's first goal of his career.
Despite recent criticism for its poor defense, Bayern has completed nine clean sheets in 27 league games and conceded only 28 goals, remaining the best defensive team in the Bundesliga. In the same period last season, Bayern conceded as many as 35 goals in the Bundesliga, far more than the Leipzig RB and Wolfsburg (both conceded only 22 goals), and could only concede 5th. In the Treble season, Bayern conceded 28 goals in the Bundesliga at the same time, second only to Na Shuai's Leipzig (27 goals conceded).
Through this comparison, it is not difficult to find that The Coach is by no means an outsider to adjust the defense, and Leipzig has such an excellent defensive record in the past 2 seasons, which is also inseparable from the performance of the defensive stalwart Yupa. So why did Yupa come to Bayern with such a erratic performance that he was clearly inferior to his time at Leipzig? Bayern chairman Kahn put it this way: "Sauer once said: 'Bayern's shirt will weigh so many kilograms. You have to think about the process of integration. We have no doubt about Pa's strength. ”
Neuer celebrated with a clean sheet that he had become the most won player in Bundesliga history.
There is no happiest clean sheet than Neuer. After a month of delays from a knee injury, he finally scored his 311th victory in his 460th Bundesliga match, surpassing Kahn as the most win-win player in Bundesliga history. Kahn said: "He did it again, breaking another record for me. Manu is a phenomenal player. He had just had knee surgery a few weeks ago and is now able to make a world-class save as soon as he comes back, as if nothing had happened. He's captain and he's very important when he's on the pitch. ”
While Neuer broke the record, Bayern also broke the record. This is Bayern's 1935th Bundesliga match, thus surpassing Werder Bremen, who are currently in the Bundesliga, to become the club with the most participation in Bundesliga history.
KAHN: Who said we were hesitant to renew our contracts?
At the same time as the clean sheet, Bayern's other big gain is the return of attacking efficiency. After creating a lot of opportunities in the last three rounds but scoring just one goal in a row, Lewandowskis are back in full swing. It was Bayern's 17th single goal in all competitions this season, with 81 goals scored in 27 rounds a new Bundesliga goal record.
After creating penalties before the end of the first half and scoring them himself, Levan scored 30 goals in the Bundesliga this season, becoming the first player in Bundesliga history to score more than 30 goals in three consecutive seasons – yes, even Gad Müller didn't do it at the beginning!
Lewandowski started the second half twice, scoring 31 goals in the Bundesliga this season.
Levan, like the Bombers, has scored past the 30 mark in the Bundesliga in five seasons, and all the other players in history have combined to do so five times – Uve Schiller in 1963/64 (30 goals), Emmerich in 1965/66 (31 goals), Heynckes in 1973/74 (30 goals), Dieter Müller in 1976/77 (34 goals), Aubameyang in 2016/17 (31 goals).
So, does Levan still have a chance to achieve the 6th or more? Similar to the story before the last contract extension, his renewal with Bayern is now hyped up. The manager said he didn't feel Levan wanted to leave the squad and Kahn thought There was "no reason for Levan to leave Bayern".
After two rounds, Nagelsmann was able to shout in the Bundesliga.
Bayern's three captains, Neuer, Müller and Levan, all have their current contracts expiring in the summer of 2023, and the difficulty in renewing their contracts is obviously salary, after all, they are already the highest paid 3 in the team, and if they rise further, Bayern, which is already financially burdened, may not be able to eat it. With two months left to end the season, Bayern have yet to reach an agreement with at least one of their three, giving the impression of high-level indecision.
Kahn retorted: "I don't know who came up with this idea that we hesitated. This is not something that can be done overnight. Players have their expectations and we need to negotiate to get closer to each other. You need to have a few meetings, not just once. Kahn stressed that the three captains still have contracts next season, "I always said, we will sit down and talk together. That's something we're prioritizing — that hasn't changed. ”