We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 336 The Passion of the Goalkeeper

Villa's lineup is:
Dong Fangzhuo, Giroud, Bale

De Bruyne, Motta, Arteta

Azpilicueta, Boateng, Bonucci, Walker

Schmeichel

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He Tianqi did not choose Kante, a defensive pioneer with a wide coverage range, but used Arteta and De Bruyne to form an offensive duo.

Because He Tianqi knew that neither Ribery nor Robben could be frozen.

What's more, there is only one Kante. Whichever way he defends, Bayern can just attack the other way, so Kante is too busy to handle it.

Without Kante, Bayern can only choose to launch an attack from one direction at most, and it is impossible for the left and right wings to take off at the same time. After all, there is only one football and it is difficult to be in both directions.

This game will undoubtedly be an offensive battle, at least Villa will go all out.

This is a peak showdown between Bayern's top wingers and Villa's golden double guns.

With a whistle, the game officially begins.

In the fourth minute, Motta made a straight pass to the left, breaking through Kroos' defense.

Dong Fangzhuo received the ball on the left side, dribbled inside, and broke into the penalty area to create a threat.

However, his last step was too big, and Boden seized the opportunity and blocked him from behind.

Bayern's other central defender Tymoshchuk took the opportunity to clear the ball with a long kick.

As a result, the ball hit Schweinsteiger who was returning to defense and then bounced to Giroud's feet, who made a follow-up shot.

Neuer reacted quickly and saved the ball.

It was a false alarm for Bayern.

The camera turned to Tymoshchuk who was having trouble clearing the ball.

In fact, his correct name should be Timoshuk.

In the early days, domestic media often made various errors when translating. Even twenty years later, the official translation of China Television was different from the mainstream name, such as Van Dijk and Van Dijk, Osimhen and Osimhen, Kounde and Kunde, Pogba and Pogba.

Because CTS follows the principle of "name follows the owner", that is, the players' names are closer to their native language pronunciation, which is a pronunciation that the players themselves can understand.

The more mainstream names circulating on the Internet are actually mostly English pronunciations. Considering that we also prefer Red Boy to be translated as "HongHaier" rather than "redboy", more friends are now gradually accepting the naming of CTS players.

However, Tymoshchuk has attracted the attention of domestic fans not only because of the translation of his name.

On March 2022, 3, the Ukrainian Football Association issued an announcement imposing sanctions on former national team captain Tymoshchuk because he did not speak publicly for Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Fall continued to cooperate with the "aggressor club."

At the end of 2022, the Ukrainian Supreme Council passed sanctions against dozens of Russian athletes, saying they openly supported Russia's special military operations against Ukraine, including Tymoshchuk.

On January 2023, 1, Ukrainian President Zelensky signed a presidential decree to impose sanctions on 7 Russian public figures, including Tymoshchuk.

In the eleventh minute, Bayern showed a threat.

After receiving the ball on the right side, Robben slowed down and lay sideways, avoiding Villa's pressing, and then passed the ball diagonally to Ribery.

Ribery made a direct cross from the left side without stopping the ball. Luca Toni seized the opportunity in front of the goal and demonstrated his shooting skills with a volley.

However, there is no false reputation. Schmeichel, who was attacking the world's number one goalkeeper, flew and saved the ball.

He Tianqi shouted loudly to Motta on the sidelines, asking him to cut off Bayern's connection between the left and right sides.

He Tianqi allowed Bayern to attack from either side, but did not allow them to incite from both sides at the same time, which would produce a terrible chemical reaction.

Bayern's attack was then restricted to a single side.

In the 17th minute, Ribery dribbled continuously on the wing and was knocked to the ground by Walker after passing him.

The referee blew the whistle and came over to warn Walker.

Bayern players tried to get the referee to show a yellow card, but the referee did not succumb to the pressure and said he had his own guidelines for issuing cards.

In the 18th minute, after Bayern took a tactical free kick, Ribery continued to attack Walker on the left, shook off the rising star of England's right back again, and broke into the penalty area.

Boateng made up for the defense immediately.

If Walker is England's much-anticipated future right-back, then Boateng is Germany's much-anticipated future center-back.

Two years ago, he played in the World Cup in South Africa with the German national team.

This year he has secured a place as a starter in Villa's squad and achieved such success that he has already booked a ticket to the European Cup.

Bayern has coveted this central defender for a long time.

"Now is the time!" Boateng returned home in glory and of course wanted to show off his skills, preparing to steal the ball from Ribery.

The next moment, Ribery changed his center of gravity continuously and kicked the ball out.

Then he put his leg in position for Boateng to intercept.

Boateng was dumbfounded.

beep!

A whistle blew and the referee pointed to the penalty spot.

"Oh! I believe the German fans are apologizing to the referee Proenka. They were just complaining about Proenka not giving a yellow card, but now they are praising his decisive penalty!"

"Villa probably never expected that their biggest difficulty in this game would be penalties."

"Boateng is too careless! He is facing the former world number one!"

"Ribery's change of center of gravity and ball sense and rhythm are only comparable to Messi in the world."

"Toni stood in front of the penalty spot. He was Bayern's first penalty taker."

"GOAL!!!"

"Tony scored a penalty kick! He turned against his mentor! He dealt a heavy blow to He Tianqi!"

"One to zero! Bayern takes the lead!"

The red flag was flying at the scene and the Allianz Arena was full of joy.

After three years of reaching the finals, the dream finally came true!

What could be more perfect than this?
Toni celebrated excitedly, this game meant a lot to him because it was his last game for Bayern!
After Bayern took the lead, Heynckes immediately made arrangements on the sidelines, signaling the players to play more calmly, control the ball more, and slowly look for opportunities.

This wave of advantage is mine!
In the 25th minute, Azpilicueta successfully stole the ball from Robben.

Villa's special training before the game included marking training on Robben.

Compared to the infinitely versatile Ribery, Robben's characteristic is relatively simple, which is to cut inside.

Although it is also said to be unstoppable, that is only in the context of an entire game.

In terms of the number of attacks, Robben was often stopped by defenders, such as this time.

Azpilicueta passes the ball directly to De Bruyne.

De Bruyne met the ball with a half turn and passed it straight to speed up the attack!
Boden found himself with no time to chase back and could only stretch his legs to try to intercept the football.

As a result, he failed to intercept the football and instead staggered on the spot, completely losing the possibility of returning to defense.

Otherwise, he might have caught up with Giroud who received the ball.

After all, Giroud is not fast.

Giroud took two steps and passed the ball diagonally to Bale.

Bale could have shot the ball himself, but he saw a better option and lobbed the ball to the other side of the goal.

Dong Fangzhuo was unguarded and headed the ball into the goal.

Neuer defended Bale's shot on the right side of the goal, but was powerless to save the situation.

However, before Dong Fangzhuo could celebrate, the linesman raised the flag.

"Oh! Offside?"

“What a pity!”

"Dong Fangzhuo has scored 14 goals in the Champions League this season, tied with Messi for first place. If this ball is not offside, he will surpass Messi and win the Champions League Golden Boot!"

"Let's check the replay... There was no offside. There was no problem with Dong Fangzhuo's position when Bale passed the ball."

"Oh, it's Bale... Bale was offside when Giroud passed the ball. Giroud's dribbling speed was slower than Bale expected."

He Tianqi found the fourth referee on the sidelines, and he strongly disagreed with the decision.

This kind of penalty is reasonable in the future, that is, when there is a video assistant referee (VAR), the linesman does not need to raise the flag too early to call offside. Let both sides finish the attack first, and if it is offside, just blow it off.

This can reduce the interference of offside on the progress of the game. If a wonderful attack is missed due to a misjudgment of offside, it is not worth the loss. However, in the era without VAR, if offside occurs, the referee must make a penalty immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to explain once the time is delayed to the next one or two offensive rounds.

Especially when the official also made it clear that the replays on the big screen in the stadium would not be taken into account in the referee's consideration of the penalty.

In the past, many calls that could be seen as misjudgments through big-screen replays did not need to be revised. This was also an unceremonious clause used to maintain the authority of the referee at the time.

So this time it was offside, and the flag was not raised at the beginning, so the flag should not be raised now.

He Tianqi's complaint was so professional and tough that Proenca had to come over to explain to He Tianqi.

There were boos at the Allianz Arena, and Bayern fans started to make a fuss, demanding that the referee send He Tianqi off the field.

The referee was certainly not that outrageous.

In the 34th minute, Kroos launched an attack with a long pass, looking for the player in the frontcourt.

Boateng and Toni were blocking each other and was about to jump high when he was secretly elbowed by Toni.

Boateng heads the ball!
Zidane immediately turned to look at He Tianqi, meaning "Could this be what you taught Tony?"
The answer is yes.

Once upon a time, He Tianqi was still worried that Tony was not smart enough in this area, but Chiellini and others learned these things much faster.

I never thought that good things are worth waiting for. Tony's elbow was quite impressive.

Muller took advantage of the chaos to move forward and created a one-on-one situation with the ball.

However, just when he had controlled the football and was about to look at the goal as wide as the sea, he could only see Schmeichel Jr.!
boom!
The football hit Schmeichel and bounced off, and Bonucci kicked the ball out of the sideline to clear it.

"Oh! Schmeichel's attack is very fast and his coverage is so wide! He is almost out of the penalty area!"

"All of Muller's shooting angles were blocked, and he had no choice but to shoot at Schmeichel."

"Müller is still young and his footwork is not very good. If Ribery played this ball, wouldn't he have performed a horizontal Marseille turn to get past the goalkeeper?"

However, Boateng made two consecutive major mistakes, which made many German commentators say that it was fortunate that Bayern did not buy him last year.

Before the start of this season, Bayern had mentioned the issue of introducing Boateng to Villa, but the offer was too low, so He Tianqi ignored Bayern.

Don’t bring the offers from within the Bundesliga to the Premier League.

Not to mention the Premier League, this offer would be rejected immediately in the Chinese Super League.

In the 39th minute, Schweinsteiger passed the ball to the left, and Ribery once again changed his center of gravity and shook off Walker before sending a reverse triangle pass back.

Muller rushed to the ball and kicked it with his heel. Although his kick was rough, it was thankful and his trouble-maker style was beginning to take shape.

boom!
Tony follows up with a shot.

Boateng bravely stepped forward, put his hands behind his back and bent his legs to expand the defensive area, and used his body to block the ball back, which can be regarded as a meritorious service.

In the 45th minute, Tony retreated to receive the ball and played like a center forward.

Turn around and send a straight pass.

Robben received the ball and cut inside again, this time getting past Azpilicueta and shooting with his left foot.

As a result, Boateng appeared in the path of the football again and stretched his legs to block it.

The football bounced.

Tony headed the ball from the top of the arc to the deep left side of the penalty area.

Ribery rushed over and shot the ball!
It was still a volley with the outside of the left foot.

The football hit Schmeichel's calf and bounced into the near corner of the goal!
"GOAL! Two to zero! Bayern has extended their lead!"

"Ribery and Toni complement each other and each helps the other score goals."

"Schmeichel never thought that Ribery would not shoot at the far corner, where he had a higher chance of scoring, but instead shoot at the near corner."

"Ribery is so confident in his shooting skills! He is indeed the player who can dethrone Ronaldinho!"

The Allianz Arena is completely boiling!

Some fans even sang "We are the champions!"

Bayern players also kept celebrating and couldn't stop.

He Tianqi found the referee, thinking that Bayern celebrated for too long and asked for compensation in extra time.

He needs at least three minutes of extra time.

This first-half extra time will be reasonable, or even routine, in the future.

But at this stage, there is usually only one minute of extra time in the first half.

In the end, the referee awarded two minutes of extra time, which was considered appropriate compensation.

In the second minute of stoppage time, Arteta suddenly made a forward run on the right.

Bale made a straight pass.

Arteta received the ball and swept it across.

Boden blocked the ball out of bounds.

The referee awarded a corner kick.

There was a lot of cursing at the scene.

"Oh! The referee gave Villa the last chance to attack in the first half, and Bayern fans were very dissatisfied with the decision."

"Heynckes was complaining that he thought the first-half extra time had expired and that the game should have gone straight to halftime instead of allowing Villa to launch another attack."

"Hey, there seems to be a player pushing and shoving in the penalty area?"

The camera was focused on Bayern's penalty area.

Giroud was seen clashing with Tymoshchuk in the penalty area.

Giroud stood about half a meter in front of Neuer, blocking Neuer's sight. Neuer then reached out to push Giroud away and called Tymoshchuk to come over to block Giroud.

Giroud was dissatisfied with this and an argument broke out between the two sides.

However, this did not turn into a conflict, and this level of pushing and shoving and verbal greetings is very normal at corner kicks.

De Bruyne then took a corner kick.

The football drew a large arc and was at a very fast speed. It was a high-quality free kick.

As long as it is headed, it can form a very threatening attack.

but……

Neuer raised the corner of his mouth.

Heynckes and the Bayern fans at the scene also smiled slightly.

Villa still hasn't done a good background check on Bayern.

If Schmeichel is the goalkeeper with the widest coverage and the best attack in the Premier League, then Neuer is the Schmeichel of the Bundesliga.

For this kind of ball landing on the small penalty area line, a normal goalkeeper will just stay in front of the goal and pray that his players will head the ball away, but Neuer will definitely attack to knock the ball away.

he……

Ok?
Neuer was stunned.

He was blocked!
This is……

Neuer angrily pushed and bypassed the obstacles and rushed towards the football. Before he could jump up and punch the football away, the football was headed over by Giroud.

There was a dozen centimeters between Neuer's fist and the football.

Swish!
Football in the net!

The Allianz Arena was silent.

Neuer turned his head, not at the football in the net, but at Arteta who had just blocked his attack near the goal.

The latter smiled sweetly.

That’s right, this was Villa’s ultimate special training a few days ago…The King of Set-pieces Version 2.0: The Passion of the Goalkeeper!
This is also the set-piece tactic that Arteta most admires among He Tianqi's tactical concepts!
"Foul! Blocking the goalkeeper!"

"Arteta definitely committed a foul!"

"The goal is invalid! Villa committed a foul first!"

Bayern players complained one after another.

However, the referee pointed his finger firmly at the center circle, indicating that the goal was valid!

There was a lot of cursing at the scene!

(End of this chapter)