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Chapter 387: Champions League Final Preview, Guardiola's Bayern VS He's Villa (New Book, Please Read)

Lewandowski's amazing data almost made De Bruyne suffer a cerebral hemorrhage!
That’s five goals!

If Bale had accomplished this feat of scoring five goals, De Bruyne even thought that Bale could break the impossible record of scoring 80 goals in a natural year!
In the end, it was taken by Lewandowski, that "waste".

Modric: As expected in troubled times the ball is stolen!

Lewandowski: You call scoring five goals stealing? It's obviously me who is invincible!

In the next few games, Lewandowski, who was in hot form, was indeed "hidden".

He Tianqi continued to arrange him to start, but De Bruyne and Modric were targeting Lewandowski and ignored his requests for the ball.

The opponent was shocked by Lewandowski's five goals and kept a close eye on him.

After all this, it was equivalent to sacrificing Lewandowski to seal the opponent's defense.

Bale also got more opportunities because of this.

He scored twice in two consecutive games, leading the team to win 3-0 and 3-2.

December 7th, the 15th round of the Premier League.

It was Bale who scored the only goal for Villa, and the team drew 1-1 with Southampton, allowing the team to escape unscathed.

But forcing Bale to create opportunities also comes at a price.

Bale's goal came from De Bruyne's through pass.

In order to pass the ball to Bale, De Bruyne missed the best opportunity and did not pass the ball immediately.

As a result, the opposing defensive player came over and knocked him down the moment he passed the ball.

De Bruyne then left the field due to injury, although it was not serious, and therefore missed the final round of the Champions League group stage three days later.

He Tianqi expressed his sadness in an interview: "Unfortunately, De Bruyne's injury is a huge loss for the team."

Reporter: "In three days we will face Bayern Munich led by Guardiola again. What are your expectations for the game?"

He Tianqi: "Guardiola's Bayern is definitely one of the strongest teams in the world. At the beginning of the season, they were still adapting to each other and did not play their strongest strength. But now, they have become better."

"I think this is a Champions League final."

“This is not only a battle for first place in our group, but also a rehearsal for the final!”

Reporter: "There is news that Dong Fangzhuo may play with an injury. Do you have any suggestions?"

He Tianqi: "Of course I suggest Dong Fangzhuo not to play. There is no reason for him to play in this game when Bayern has already qualified."

"Of course, I also understand Guardiola and Dong Fangzhuo. They are eager to beat Villa once before entering the knockout stage. This can prepare us mentally for a possible encounter in the knockout stage."

"Many teams will want to test the waters of our Villa team first."

"But again... Guardiola, at what cost?"

Reporter: "Guardiola brought in German golden boy Gotze, but it is rumored that Bayern had previously offered De Bruyne. Does this mean that De Bruyne is his first choice?"

He Tianqi: "This is not surprising. As the FIFA Ballon d'Or winner, De Bruyne is at least the first target of 90% of the top teams when recruiting players. Of course, Gotze is also good."

In fact, if De Bruyne did not win the FIFA Ballon d'Or, Guardiola would definitely urge Bayern to sign De Bruyne this summer. Although it is unlikely to succeed, he will at least try.

However, in fact, Bayern did not make too many inquiries about De Bruyne this summer.

Because once Guardiola was bitten by Messi, he will be afraid of the Golden Ball for ten years.

In order to demonstrate his absolute ability as a head coach, he does not want to have overly strong stars in the team.

So he missed the best period for recruiting players at Bayern.

Because determination is not easy to make, Bayern's unconditional cooperation with Guardiola is only this summer.

Next year, as Guardiola's Bayern performs well, they will only be willing to make some repairs rather than spend huge costs and risks to reshape the core of the team.

In addition, Ribery, Robben, Lahm, Schweinsteiger and even Dong Fangzhuo are getting older every year, and it is impossible for Guardiola's Bayern to become stronger and stronger in the future.

The improvement that Guardiola's tactical understanding brought to the team offset the loss caused by the aging of the team's core players.

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On December 10th, the last round of the Champions League group stage kicked off.

Villa vs Bayern.

Both teams have already qualified.

On the Bayern side, Dong Fangzhuo really played with an injury, fighting for dignity:

Dong Fangzhuo

Ribery, Muller, Robben

Schweinsteiger, Kroos
Lahm, Alaba, Javi Martinez, Rafinha

Neuer

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This lineup is of very high quality.

Almost all of them are current and future legendary players in football.

Among them, Alaba is also called "Liu Xing" because he looks like the character played by Chinese actor Zhang Yishan in Home With Kids.

But Villa's lineup is confusing:

Cuadrado, Lewandowski, Salah
Erickson
Modric, Xhaka, Pogba
Rudiger, Van Dijk, Maguire
Courtois
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This is basically Villa's second team!
The rotation rate exceeds 40 percent.

This means that He Tianqi did not face the challenge head-on, but instead treated the match as a practice match that he could win or lose.

Even their ace striker Bale did not play.

Guardiola was furious after learning about Villa's lineup and questioned his mentor in front of the media: "Boss, oh no... Mr. He really has no respect for the Champions League! I am very disappointed with Villa's lineup."

"They lack the most basic respect for their opponents!"

“I’m sure the audience was also disappointed by this.”

"This should have been an epic showdown, but it was ruined in an instant."

He Tianqi's explanation was: "Bale and Kaka felt unwell after training yesterday, so they were forced to take turns to rest."

"Lewandowski is in very good form recently and deserves to start."

"Bayern doesn't need to think that they are being underestimated. In the current situation, whether the opponent is Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Milan or Paris Saint-Germain, our lineup will be the same."

"We have our own rhythm. We won't interfere with the rhythm of others, but we won't be influenced by others either."

And just like that, this "Champions League final-level" game began.

In the second minute, Robben cut inside and was blocked by Cuadrado, and Bayern won a corner kick.

As for Cuadrado's position, he's just a crappy left winger, or more like a left wingback.

Vera's 3312 is actually more like 3511!

A wretched one.

Kroos took a corner kick and accurately sent it to the front point.

Dong Fangzhuo headed the ball and then shot into the goal.

Courtois reacted quickly and blocked the ball.

In the 15th minute, Alaba made a super long shot from 35 meters away from the goal.

It actually hit the door frame.

Great shooting skills!

But he was still rejected by Courtois.

In the 19th minute, Villa launched the first threatening attack of the game.

Modric dribbled sideways and passed the ball back to Xhaka, who drove the ball hard, making it look like a pass or a shot.

After Lewandowski received the ball in the penalty area, the football bounced away, but fortunately he followed up immediately and shot with his other foot to complete the shot.

But Neuer also showed a very high level of performance, attacking early and blocking the ball with his body.

Salah then made a follow-up shot, but it flew away due to interference from Lahm.

Regarding Salah, there is a big gap between Villa's internal and external evaluations.

Salah is generally considered rubbish. This view is correct because his performance in the game is indeed not good enough.

But during team training, Salah was excellent in all aspects.

Without Bale, he would definitely have a stable starting position in Villa.

But the problem lies with Bell.

Bale is amazing.

This puts a heavy mental burden on Salah. Every time he plays, he thinks about playing better than Bale, and at the same time he is more afraid of performing poorly.

But the more you fear something, the more likely it will come to happen. His error rate in real games has always been among the top in the team.

As you all know, English fans would rather have players like Sterling, Grealish, and Ali replace Salah.

But He Tianqi has always been optimistic about Salah and has squeezed out a lot of playing time for him.

Because He Tianqi knew that Salah was different from the British stars.

The biggest feature of the British Empire Star is that it can only play with the wind, or can only play good games when it lets go.

Once the wind is against them, the significance is great, and the rules are strict, they become restricted and lose their creativity, becoming worse than ordinary players.

Salah is one of the superstar players who possesses a big heart and a strong spirit.

In the 24th minute, Schweinsteiger passed the ball to Ribery.

Ribery hits the wall against Dong Fangzhuo.

Dong Fangzhuo leaned against Xhaka who was following him and knocked the ball into the penalty area with his heel.

Ribery overtook from the outside, ate Maguire alive, and fired a powerful shot...which hit the side netting.

Ribery and Dong Fangzhuo looked at each other, feeling both regretful and excited.

They found the loopholes in Villa's formation.

Maguire's turning speed is too slow!
There are many players in Villa who can play right back.

Walker, Trippier, Cuadrado, Azpilicueta.

The back three can also play left back.

At the same time, Boateng, Rudiger and Maguire are also players who can swing between the center back and right back positions.

But this swinging center back has a huge flaw, which is that his turning speed is relatively slow.

Once you meet a player who is good at defeating the bigger ones with the smaller ones, you will explode.

At this stage, the two strongest top stars who can beat bigger opponents with smaller ones are Ribery and Messi.

Hazard can only be regarded as a newcomer among the top players, and his status is not big enough.

In the 27th minute, Bayern made a comeback.

Kroos's direct pass to Dong Fangzhuo was like a surgical knife.

Dong Fangzhuo turned around and passed the ball in one go, obviously having planned it in advance.

As the defensive commander, Van Dijk paid attention to this aspect after Maguire was beaten by Ribery last time, and this time he quickly stretched out his foot to intercept.

But he has his own position after all, and Dong Fangzhuo's pass was too decisive.

Therefore, the football was only slightly touched by Van Dijk, and there was a sideline, but it did not affect the general direction.

Ribery, who cut in from the left without the ball, once again took advantage of Maguire, catching up with the ball and shooting.

Courtois is powerless to save the situation!

"GOAL! One to zero! Ribery scored the first goal!"

"As the only Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year on the field, he showed his worth!"

"This goal was almost identical to Bayern's last attack."

"Villa is in trouble, Maguire can't defend Ribery at all."

He Tianqi immediately called Salah and asked him to continue retreating to interfere with Ribery at the right back position and cover Maguire.

In the 33rd minute, Pogba made a feint on the right and then made a straight pass.

Eriksen got the ball from the side and broke into the small penalty area and shot at a small angle.

However, Neuer confiscated the ball directly.

There is no way such a lucky shot could get through his defense.

In the current goalkeeper rankings, Courtois, Schmeichel and Neuer are in a class of their own.

In the 38th minute, Salah tried to dribble past the opponent but lost the ball.

After receiving the ball, Kroos launched a counterattack, and Bayern formed a situation of five against three in the frontcourt.

Muller passed the ball to Ribery on the left, Ribery passed the ball to the middle, Dong Fangzhuo passed the ball to Ribery against the wall, but Rudiger thought he was going to shoot and tackled him directly.

As a result, Dong Fangzhuo was brought down.

The referee blew the whistle immediately.

Yellow card + penalty kick!

Because Rudiger retracted his tackle early and not quickly, he only received a yellow card, not a red card.

But Dong Fangzhuo, who was knocked down, did not stand up for a long time.

Guardiola's heart tightened.

Soon, the Bayern team doctor shook his head and said that Dong Fangzhuo could not continue the game.

He Tianqi walked up to Guardiola and whispered, "I told you not to let Dong Fangzhuo play with an injury, but you didn't listen. Now his old injury has relapsed, and he might waste half of the season."

Guardiola was scolded harshly, but he didn't dare to talk back, nor was he in the position to do so.

Because facts speak louder than words.

Soon, Bayern replaced Dong Fangzhuo with Croatian striker Mandzukic.

The team's second penalty kick was taken by Ribery himself, which was supposed to be taken by Dong Fangzhuo.

Ten seconds later, cheers were heard from Bayern.

Ribery scored a penalty kick and completed his second goal.

The score was changed to 2-0.

Guardiola also symbolically celebrated with the players around him.

In his opinion, although Dong Fangzhuo was injured, it was not a serious illness that would end his season.

As long as Dong Fangzhuo can return to the court in the last month of this season, this game will not be a loss.

Because Bayern has overcome its fear of losing to He Tianqi.

As long as they overcome this psychological shadow, Bayern will really have a chance of winning in the future match against Villa.

And if they beat Villa, wouldn't it be easy to win the Champions League trophy?

In today's football world, except for Villa, other teams are nothing but chickens and dogs in Guardiola's eyes!
In the 42nd minute, Villa began to take the initiative to attack.

Modric made a wonderful pass from the left and sent the ball to Cuadrado in front.

Cuadrado made a cross to the front post.

Lewandowski had a chance, but unfortunately he stopped the ball too far and the ball was caught by Neuer who rushed out quickly.

Lewandowski apologized to Cuadrado repeatedly.

De Bruyne, who was sitting in the audience watching the game, couldn't understand how Lewandowski managed to get five goals with his ability to seize opportunities!

He still didn't come out.

In the 45th minute, the first half was about to end.

Guardiola signaled his players to make a corner kick in the backcourt to delay time.

However, Neuer saw an opportunity in front of him and kicked the ball forward, wanting to make it 3-0 at halftime and pop the champagne in advance!

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