Sports Weekly all-media reporter Huang Sijun
Unsurprisingly, bayern have a hard time lifting their spirits for a regular league game sandwiched between two legs of the Champions League quarter-finals. Taking the home game against Augsburg to do a "flip drill" for the next Tuesday night home game against Villarreal is just wishful thinking of individual fans. After a dull first 70 minutes, Bayern unleashed a 1-2 defeat in the final 20 minutes, relying on Lewandowski's header to foul Oxford's handball, then personally took the penalty and won 1-0 economically, avenging a 1-2 defeat in the first round.
Bayern continue to maintain a nine-point advantage over 2nd-placed Dortmund and, more importantly, no players are injured. Goretska, who played less than 60 minutes and then went off, said: "You can't compare today's game [with next Tuesday's game], it's two different games. The place burns on Tuesday and we play a Bayern-esque game. ”
Lewandowski scored on penalties in the 82nd minute as Bayern beat Augsburg 1-0.
Pavard became a highlight
Under 6 days and 3 matches, rotation is inevitable, but Nagelsman's dare not wanton rotation is also expected, and it is even more impossible to directly rotate all 11 people like Emery. After all, whoever sits in Bayern's coaching position will feel the pressure from inside and outside the club at any time, and will never dare to let go in the case that the league championship has not yet been secured.
In the end, the coach rotated four people, with Omar Richards, Nyanzo Quasi, Goretska and Leroy Sane replacing Alfonso Davis, Lucas Hernandez, Mucciara and Comand. Among them, Lucas lost the big list with a slight thigh injury and was selected with Jules, who had a low fever. After the game, The coach revealed that Jules' first COVID-19 test was negative, "I hope he is still negative on Tuesday, but we are not 100% sure, and Lucas can definitely play." ”
Sane was in a slump and once again did nothing.
The size of the rotation was expected, but the manager was once again surprised by the positioning of the two wingers – Gnabry continued to play on the left and Sane on the right. If it is said that Gnabry played on the left side and Comand played on the right side when "Yellow Dive" was played in order to maintain the offensive balance of the two sides, then it was really confusing to let Gnabry stay on the left side in the case of Davis' rotation, and to put Sane, who played better on the left side, on the right. In the last round of visits to Freiburg, Sane played all over the right, while Comand played the starting left winger, and that arrangement was also "unconventional". Although Comand eventually scored the third goal of the victory with his right foot after cutting inside on the left, Sane did not play well until Gnabry came off the bench and the two flexibly swapped positions, and finally had some shining points.
This time, Sane couldn't find his feelings on the right side (although he often swam to the middle). After half-time, the manager replaced Gnabry, who was also inactive, with Musiara, but Sane remained on the right until he was replaced by Comand in the 65th minute. With Comand on the left after playing, Musiara switching to the right, and Davis, who had previously replaced Richards, Bayern finally returned to flying in tandem in the last 20 minutes.
Pavard's assist performance in the second half was eye-catching.
On the one hand, Comand and Davis joined forces on the left, making Augsburg, who immediately changed to five defenders to strengthen his defense, exhausted; on the other hand, the right gate Pavard showed a rare high level of assist performance this season, and after several dribbles along the right side to the front, he was able to send high-quality crosses through his teammates, creating a threat in front of the goal.
At the beginning of the second half, Pavard teamed up with Sane to cross and almost assisted Levan to break the deadlock, but unfortunately this sharp angled header was blocked by Djekiewicz's struggle to block the left post. In the final 20 minutes, Pavard made three more kills along the right side, one of which was to cooperate with Müller's cross and rush into the center of the box to head the ball, but unfortunately the top was high.
Although Levan's penalty originated with Davis' cross from the left, Pavard was Bayern's biggest gain after a bland 90 minutes. If the 2018 World Cup winner can maintain such an assist performance in next Tuesday's game, Levan can at least guarantee the support.
"Sanabry" left as a backhand?
However, in order to achieve the reversal of "Yellow Submarine", it is not enough to guarantee the bottom, but also to increase the upper limit of the offensive end. In the case of the collective downturn of Sane, Gnabry and Mueller, what kind of permutation and combination is the best solution at this stage?
Counting this game, Sane has scored and assisted in 5 consecutive league rounds, the last goal was a substitute win away from Eintracht Frankfurt; Müller, who became the first outfielder (not a goalkeeper) to win 300 wins in Bundesliga history, was also not directly involved in the 5 consecutive league rounds; Gnabry, whose greater role is in scoring, helped Bayern surpass Bayern again after the first touch after coming off the bench against Freiburg in the last round, and has not scored in the league for 7 consecutive rounds.
Musiara came off the bench as a winger and performed well.
What do you think of this set of data? Obviously, with the accumulation of physical and psychological fatigue, Sane, Müller and Gnabry have indeed been in a bad state of competition recently, which also directly affects Bayern's game scene and attacking efficiency. But on the other hand, these three players scored collectively in the same game during this period of slump – the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals that swept Salzburg 7-1 at home!
In that game, in addition to Levan's hat-trick, Müller also scored twice, while Sane contributed 1 goal and 2 assists, plus Gnabry's 1 goal. In that match, the coach used a radical 3241 formation, the front five group started, and Musiara and Kimmich paired the double back. However, now with the return of Davis and Goretzka, even if the coach fights 3241 or even 3151 again, he will inevitably have to take out one or even two of Sane, Gnabry and Musiara.
From another point of view, Sane and Gnabry have been so depressed recently, but they have both scored key goals after coming off the bench. If so, why not use them as backhands? The combination of Davis and Comand on the left side of the game in the last 25 minutes, with the recent confidence of the rising star Musiara replacing "Sanabri" as a right winger, is worth considering and using.
The "yellow dive" should be increased by 60% or 70%.
There's no doubt that neither the coach nor the players have their minds on next Tuesday's game, and you can't demand that Bayern play at a high level against Augsburg. In the end, I can win with a clean sheet, and the whole process is not too difficult, which is actually quite ideal. Don't forget that Bayern also played listlessly against salzburg in the league round before the second leg, and Müller even swung himself to help Bayer Leverkusen take a point from Allianz.
Nagelsman knew exactly what kind of conundrum he was facing.
The manager admitted that he didn't play well in the first half because the players were afraid of injuries and missed the big fight with Villarreal, "I think the first 20 minutes after the change of sides played well, then the performance went down, and the last 10 minutes were good again. We're in a phase of the season where we don't have to play well, but we have to win. The coach also praised Zabitzer and Koman, who came on as substitutes, for bringing victories to the team, "especially Zabitse, who played a great game. Of course, Na Shuai does not deny that with such a play, it is absolutely impossible to "yellow dive", "we have to increase by 60% to 70%. ”
Goretska, who was slowly adjusting his form after his comeback, said in a post-match interview that the reporter's description of Bayern's poor performance in the first half was somewhat "exaggerated". His view is much the same as that of the coach, the reason for the poor first half is that the players are not nervous and engaged enough, "Without 100% willingness to win two penalties and confrontations, it is difficult for you to enter the game against such a difficult opponent who even sometimes 4 forwards appear on the defensive line." "Of course, this performance is not passed, but there is no need to make a fuss, anyway, "on Tuesday we have to improve in The Hague Real, and we will do it." ”
Bayern hope to get strong support from home fans next Tuesday.
The home advantage will become an important source of confidence for Bayern. In the Bavarian derby against Augsburg, the Allianz Arena was full for the first time since the match against Freiburg on November 6 last year. And when it comes to the "Yellow Dive", of course, it will be full of 70,000 spectators (the maximum audience in European wartime is 70,000, not 75,000 in domestic competitions). Levan, who won on penalties, said: "We hope this dynamic second half can be the basis for Tuesday's game. The feeling of the stadium being full is completely different. I'm really happy for the fans to return to the pitch. I hope they will give us loud support on Tuesday. ”