Too conservative to play? In the Champions League, Tuchel's substitution was really helpless He won a bet three years ago

Snow Wolf Kanball

2024-05-09 13:52Posted in Guangdong sports field creators

In the early morning of May 9, Beijing time, the second leg of the Champions League semifinals staged a peak showdown. Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 at home to advance to the Champions League final. In this game, Bayern once took the lead with Alphonso Davies' goal, but Real Madrid won the game with two goals in a row at the last moment. Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel's second-half substitutions were also questioned.

In this game, Bayern made a total of 4 substitution adjustments. In the 27th minute of the first half, Alphonso Davies came off the bench to replace Gnabry. The latter's fifth injury of the season made it impossible for him to hold on. To be honest, there's nothing wrong with this substitution. Although Davies is more of a full-back, he is a winger himself, with speed and impact. This technical feature is especially important in the case of playing away from home. What's more, Alphonso Davies also scored one goal in the second half, repaying Tuchel's trust with practical actions. There is nothing wrong with this substitution.

After taking the lead in the second half, Real Madrid began to redeploy their forces to intensify their attack. Tuchel's response was to replace Kane, Sane and Musiala up front, bringing on Kim Min-jae, Thomas Muller and Choupo-Moting. After scoring two goals in a row before the break, those three substitutions were also Tuchel's guilt. However, Tuchel's approach was also a reluctant move.

Sane was already injured and had 20 minutes left in the one-goal lead, and it was normal to replace him with central defender Kim Min-jae to strengthen the defense. After all, this is the Champions League semi-finals of the 2nd decisive victory, and it is still an away game, so there is nothing wrong with it.

The most controversial is the fate of Kane and Musiala. However, Tuchel also explained the reason in his post-match press conference, Kane was unable to continue the game due to a back injury, so he sent substitute centre-forward Choupo-Moting on, which was a counter-substitution. And when Musiala came out, the big piece of tape on his leg was probably seen by everyone, and he was also fighting until he cramped on the field. With the experienced Thomas Muller on the pitch to play control of the ball, there were no problems either.

In the 2020/21 Champions League final, Tuchel, who was still Chelsea manager at the time, lined up a 5-4-1 formation against the powerful Manchester City, leaving City's strikeless squad almost helpless. In that game, the biggest contributor seemed to be Kai Havertz, who scored the only goal of the game, but it was N'Golo Kante who played a great role in the midfield. His defensive interceptions were key to Chelsea's second ever Champions League trophy. On that occasion, Tuchel's conservative strategy won the game.

And for this game alone, if it weren't for Neuer's save and the controversial offside penalty at the last moment, maybe it would not be Real Madrid but Bayern who had the last laugh. But after all, Real Madrid is the Bernabeu after all, and the powerful Champions League genes and metaphysical blessings of the Galaxy Battleship are helpless, even Manchester City is helpless, not to mention Bayern, which is plagued by injuries. In that sense, Tuchel did not lose the game.

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