I am the king of football

Chapter 449 Pressure
Seeing that Bayern did not make any breakthrough after pressing forward, Zhan Jun relaxed and began to announce the starting lineups of the two teams. He first talked about Manchester United's starting lineup one by one. The fans in front of the TV were already familiar with this, but when Zhan Jun read out the names of the two young defenders in the starting lineup, everyone still admired Ferguson's courage.

"Compared to Manchester United's formation change, Bayern's starting lineup for this game is still 4231, but there are some adjustments in the starting list."

When it came to Bayern, Heynckes obviously made arrangements based on his players' performance in the first round, and made adjustments in the two key positions of striker and defensive midfielder.

"The lone striker in this game was not Mandzukic but the hat-trick king Mario Gomez who has not played much this season due to injuries."

Obviously Heynckes was not satisfied with Mandzukic's performance in the first round. He realized that relying on a pillar center forward could not pose a threat to Manchester United's defense, which had long adapted to the English style of football.

马里奥·戈麦斯比起曼朱基奇在进球上绝对是胜上很多筹的，不论别的，仅仅是10-11赛季单赛季上演六次帽子戏法，11-12赛季出场44次打入38球的顶级表现就可以看出来这名前锋有多能进球。

Although Gomez gradually gave up his starting position due to injuries this season, the striker's efficiency was still very high when he recovered at the end of the season.

Now that the team really needs to score a goal as soon as possible to equalize the score, sending Gomez is naturally a better choice.

"Behind Gomez, Ribery, Muller and Robben are still in the starting lineup. The second offensive line composed of the three of them has proved itself in game after game, and they also played brilliantly in the first leg of the two sides."

The three midfielders have not changed, what has changed is the defensive midfielder position.

"In the defensive midfield, Bayern's defensive midfield combination for this game returned to their usual Javi Martinez and Schweinsteiger. These two players are both offensive and defensive and have rich experience. There is absolutely no problem for them to start."

At that moment on the field, Javi Martinez intercepted the ball from Carrick's feet and passed it to Schweinsteiger. Schweinsteiger faced Rooney's pressure calmly and simply dribbled the ball and turned around to pass it to Ribery on his left.

As Zhan Jun said, the defensive midfielder combination of these two players is the configuration commonly used by Bayern this season. They have excelled on both offense and defense.

"Bayern did not make any adjustments in the defense and goalkeeper positions. Neuer will continue to guard the team's goal. Lahm, Boateng, Dante and Alaba will form the defense line. Heynckes has great trust in these players."

In fact, there are not many adjustments to the main frameworks of both sides. It has come to the final step. Whoever performs well this season will be able to take on the important task. Even if the starting lineup is changed, there must be a basis and reason, otherwise it is likely to fail.

By the time the starting lineups of both teams were announced, the two sides had been tug-of-war on the field for ten minutes.

During this period, both teams had possession of the ball for a period of time, but neither Bayern nor Manchester United posed a direct threat to the opponent's goal.

During the period, when Robben took the ball again and wanted to cut in from the right, Rafael and Fletcher gave him a textbook closed defense. The ball rolled alone to the feet of Phil Jones who was ready to defend at any time. Robben fell down with his face covered in pain.

Bayern's players immediately asked the referee if there was a foul, but the referee ignored them because he accidentally looked into the eyes of Robben, who was lying on the ground with his hands covering his face. When the referee signaled the game to continue and Phil Jones kicked the ball out, Robben quickly got up from the ground.

"After the first round, both sides have a better understanding of each other. It is very difficult to change the score in this game with the strength of one player."

Just as Zhan Jun said, Qin Hu was in the same situation during Manchester United's attack. The opponent's defense against him was no longer limited to high-altitude ball defense and also strictly restricted his sprint space.

This made it completely difficult for Qin to speed up when he got the ball in the eighth minute of the game. When he had to slowly carry the ball to Hama and try to make a breakthrough, the piglet rushing over from the side did not give him any chance and directly kicked the ball away.

Ten minutes into the game, both teams realized the steadiness of their opponents. After realizing that it would be difficult to score goals relying on sudden bursts and personal abilities, both teams began to exert continuous pressure forward.

"No matter which team had the ball, the situation on the field was very tense, and both teams put enough pressure on the opponent."

As the game continued to progress, almost as soon as the ball was exchanged, the team that gained the ball would send out a wave of players to try to find loopholes in the opponent's defense through continuous passing and breakthroughs.

In this regard, Bayern was more aggressive than Manchester United, after all, they were one goal behind.

At this time, Phil Jones and Maguire did not disappoint Ferguson's expectations. The two young men had full concentration and explosive power. Several times the opponents tried to suddenly accelerate and break through the gaps in the defense line, they rushed over and pushed them back.

Scarface Ribery was knocked to the ground by Maguire when he tried to force his way in, which made the hot-tempered striker stand up and want to push Maguire, but when he saw Maguire's righteous square face and burly body, he finally chose not to conflict with him.

In comparison, Manchester United's main attack was speed. When Carrick was collectively taken care of by the opponent's midfield in the middle, the ball would always be passed to Nani on the left.

As the team's change of tactics in this game, Nani used his unique skill of passing the ball with the outside of his foot to the fullest extent, and the ball was strangely sent to the position in front of the penalty area again and again.

Qin Hu's volley almost broke Neuer's defense, but fortunately the goalkeeper finally kicked the ball out. The other time was Van Persie's classic diving header, but unfortunately Alaba was obviously better at defending the striker in this game. He kicked the ball into the air to block the shot as soon as the opponent headed the ball out.

"It seems that Bayern's defense has taken a deeper look at Manchester United's two top strikers. These restrictions have made it quite difficult for Manchester United to score goals."

Trailing by one goal, Bayern at home showed unprecedented unity. To a certain extent, their defense even received more attention than the forward line. After all, if they lost the ball again before equalizing, the Southern King would be in real danger.

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