After the German Cup knockout round, the Bundesliga quickly rekindled the battle.

In the 18th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich defeated Hamburg 1-0 with Aguero's winning goal away.

It was also after this game that Gao Han received news from the Premier League on his way from Hamburg to Munich, that Ferguson's Manchester United successfully signed left-back Leiden Bynes from Everton at the last moment of his winter break transfer.

The specific transfer amount has not been announced to the public yet, but it is said that Manchester United has paid a considerable price.

Leiden Bynes's joining allowed Ferguson to finally fill the weak spot on the left side of the defense line, and also greatly increased the strength of the Red Devils.

When Gao Han received this news, his face showed an unpredictable and profound smile.

A week later, the 19th round of the Bundesliga.

Back at the Allianz Stadium, after a week of rest, and Vidal and Klose returned from injury, Bayern Munich welcomed Klope's Dortmund with the most uniform lineup, and defeated Dortmund three-to-one with Klose's double score and Vidal's goal.

At the post-match press conference, Klopp said with regret that he had done his best, but the tall Bayern Munich is better and better in terms of tactics and strength.

"Although I'm not willing to admit it, I have to say that in a short period of time, it will be difficult for a team in the Bundesliga to stop Bayern Munich."

After this game, the national team match day in February was once again ushered in.

Because it was arranged in the middle of the week, the weekend league continued to be held as scheduled, but this has been somewhat affected for Bayern Munich, which has many international players.

In the next two rounds of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich won two-to-one, away against Hertha Berlin and home against Cologne, both winning without any danger.

After playing the 21st round of the Bundesliga, the days to go to London are approaching.

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Since losing to Manchester United by zero to three away, Rijkaard's life has become increasingly difficult.

First, the outside media hyped up the news that Gao Han would take over Manchester City, which caused panic in the entire British football world. Then the management put pressure on the coaching staff, requiring the team to make breakthroughs in the Champions League and at least to enter the semi-finals.

The question is, is it that easy?

After losing to Manchester United, Rijkald's side won the game at two home games, but soon lost to Benitez's Liverpool at Anfield Stadium zero-two.

It can be said that after this game, it is basically difficult for Chelsea to attack the league champion.

If nothing unexpected happens, this season's Premier League champion will be a competition between Manchester United and Liverpool.

After entering February, the Blues' situation was slightly better, drew Hul City at home and defeated Aston Villa with one goal away, which slightly eased the pressure on Rijkaard from the outside media and management.

But now, the big test is coming.

How to deal with this big test was also placed on the table of Chelsea coaching staff.

"The Bayern Munich, who is fighting the high-altitude cold, is nothing more than two ways of thinking."

In the coach's office at Chelsea's Cobham training base, chief assistant coach Tencart is expressing his advice on the knockout stage, "One is Barcelona like Guardiola, playing pass control, but to be honest, we have no advantage in this regard, let alone Barcelona, ​​even Bayern Munich is not as good as Bayern Munich."

Chelsea is no longer Chelsea in the high cold.

At that time, the Blues were known for their mercury-like pass-by. The midfielder gathered outstanding pass-by players such as Deco, Peron, and Ronaldinho, and played the terrifying pass-by football.

But now, players like Mikel, Barack, Lampard, Essin are gathered in the Blues. Don't expect to play the game in front of the tall Bayern Munich.

"The other kind is to catch defense like other teams, wait for a counterattack."

Except for a very small number of teams such as Barcelona, ​​most teams encounter Gao Han and use the latter style of play, but there are some differences here.

For example, some teams will try to take the lead in attacking, disrupt the opponent's position, and then defend and counterattack, while others will focus on defending and stabilize the position before counterattacking, or...

In short, the same set of ideas, but the style of playing is diverse.

Rijcard knew in his heart that if he was still coaching Barcelona, ​​he might have competed with Gao Han in terms of pass and control style, but when he arrived at Chelsea, he had no choice at all.

But the question now is, even if Chelsea is willing to defend, can they hold on?

Everyone in the coaching room understood the worries in Rijkaard's heart at this moment. It can even be said that all teams around the world will have such worries when they encounter Bayern Munich, who is tall and cold.

"But there is one problem." Tencart looked at Rijkaard very seriously.

"Speak and listen."

"The midfield must suppress the opponent."

Since Marklele left the team, the midfielder issue has been a deadlock for Chelsea.

Judging from the fact that Mikel plays as a single midfielder, he is competent to deal with other teams, but once he encounters a strong team, it is difficult for him to perform his results, and he is easily suppressed by his opponents.

The same is true for losing to Manchester United by zero to two by zero to Liverpool.

In the past few strong conversations, the opponents have been grabbing Mikel's roster as the midfielder, and Gao Han must have been like this this time, which will be a big challenge for Chelsea.

"Then let's go to Mikel, Barack, Essin and Lampard. They have a lot of experience and have a strong defense. More importantly, Barack is very familiar with Bayern Munich." Rijkaard analyzed.

Everyone also thought this was a good way.

"However, judging from many games this season, we played in the 442 diamond midfielder, and our midfield defense was indeed good, but the offensive effect was not very good, especially the coexistence between Barack and Lampard." Tencart said worriedly.

Fans all over the world know that in the English national team, there is a so-called coexistence problem between the two Germans, which is the compatibility between Lampard and Gerrard. These two players are both humeral players of Chelsea and Liverpool, but it is difficult for them to coexist in the national team.

By the same token, since Barack came to Chelsea, there have been compatibility issues with Lampard.

Of course, Rijkaard also knows the problem of his team, but what he cares more is whether he can stop Bayern Munich's attack?

Although the team's offense was sacrificed, it is not a good thing to use four midfielders to suppress Bayern Munich's third midfielder.

At least, make sure you don’t lose, right?

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"Chelsea is now suffering from the problems of hoarding superstars."

At the training base in Sebena, Munich, Gao Han is holding a tactical analysis meeting of the coaching staff before the game.

"In the past, Shevchenko, the coexistence of Anelka and Drogba, and the coexistence of Lampard and Barak are the results of their blindly building superstars but failing to effectively play the role of the player combination. So in this game, Jakald will definitely be in trouble for the lineup. He cannot have both offense and defense. I am sure he will defend."

Judging from the various news from the media before the game, Chelsea coaching staff is under great pressure.

In January, both of the two highlights were completely defeated by Manchester United and Liverpool, Abramovich's patience with the coaching staff has been almost wiped out, and even the media began to use words like killing orders, which shows that Rijkaard has experienced a serious crisis of trust.

"Although I don't like Mourinho and I don't like his football, we must admit that the best thing he did at Chelsea is to take the team's defense very closely, which has continued until the Rijkaard period, especially Lampard, Essin and other players."

"So, once Chelsea wants to defend and are willing to invest troops in the defense, this will be a big test for us."

Chelsea during Mourinho's era was known as the Iron Army, and this name was not Xu.

"But Chelsea is not without problems."

After saying that, Gao Han remotely controlled the projector, switched to the next ppt, and clearly listed some Chelsea data.

"Before Christmas, that is, in the first nineteen rounds, Chelsea was able to take the Premier League leader for a long time because their defense was very firm, but from the 20th round, to now, their defense has been problematic. Whether in the FA Cup or in the Premier League, the number of goals conceded is obviously much higher than the first nineteen rounds."

Judging from the fluctuations in the number of goals conceded, it is undoubtedly the peak period for goals conceded in mid-to-late January, losing to Manchester United by zero to three and losing to Liverpool by zero to two, all during this period.

"We all know the Premier League. Lorenzo had a headache for the Premier League's winter break schedule for a few months. We even had to prepare to deal with the Christmas devil schedule in October in advance. Ferguson is also very experienced in this area. So, you see, Manchester United often starts to make efforts after the winter break, while Chelsea is weak during the winter break."

Gao Han raised his right hand, pressed the remote control again, and switched to the next picture, which was a statistics and analysis of all the goals conceded by Chelsea since the 20th round.

"Look at it, defensive headers are Chelsea's number one big conceders. Players consume too much physical fitness, the game is very dense, the pressure increases, and it is easy to get trance and distract in the game. These are understandable. So you see, among Chelsea's many conceded goals, headers are the most serious."

All the experienced professional coaches present were all experienced professional coaches. Gao Han didn't need to say much. They all knew how to make use of this.

The first thing to bear is the tactical cooperation of set pieces.

But soon, the coaching staff became puzzled again.

"Since you are going to focus on attacking headers, why do you arrange Klose when you play Cologne away and let him play the whole game?" Thomas Tuchel asked strangely.

The Bundesliga is on Saturday and the Champions League is on Wednesday. Although Klose is still able to do it, according to Gao Han's usual rotation, if Klose plays the whole game, it should be Aguero on Wednesday.

But anyone who focuses on studying Bayern Munich knows that Aguero is better at sports warfare.

Gao Han smiled at Tuchel and nodded, "You are right. Thomas, Klose's header is indeed more threatening, but you should know that we are studying the opponent, and the opponent is also studying us. Will Rijkaard not know what we know?"

"The reason why the Champions League knockout stage is so charming and interesting is that it is not only a tactical competition, but also a psychological competition between the enemy and us. We not only have to fight tactics with our opponents, but also a psychological competition."

In the Champions League knockout round, especially in the competition between top teams like Bayern Munich and Chelsea, although there is a gap in strength, it is not as big as imagined. No one can easily crush anyone. Every decision of the head coach is good and bad.

It’s like when you go to Klose, everyone knows that you want to head the ball, so won’t your opponent pay attention to defense?

What's more, Klose's ground ball offense and ability to fight alone is not as sharp as Aguero.

There is a gain and a loss, and this is a choice.

"Sometimes, we retract our fists to hit it more forcefully." Gao Han smiled confidently.
Chapter completed!