Chapter 226 Tiger who finds the rhythm
Chapter 226 Tiger who recovered the rhythm
Munich is still warm at the end of September. The city is located in the Upper Bavarian High Plains in the Free State of Bavaria in southern Germany. The Danube passes through the city, bringing infinite vitality to the city.
Tiger is coming to Munich for the first time - he was injured when Manchester United challenged Bayern away last season and was unable to come with the team. However, although he only played with Bayern once, it was enough to make all Bayern fans remember it.
In that game, this Chinese mixed-race who didn't look strong, made Bayern, who had an absolute advantage in the whole game, fell down after that game. After that game, all Bayern fans remembered this player named Tiger Lee!
Although when he came to Munich this time, Tiger was wearing no longer the red jersey of Manchester United but Valencia's white jersey, no Bayern fan would ignore the power of this guy, and they also hoped to defeat Tiger's team in this game and avenge last season's one-shot revenge!
"We will definitely beat Valencia, but this game has nothing to do with last season. If we win this game, we will be able to occupy a good position in the group, which is very important for us."
Bayern head coach Heathfield wanted to try his best to downplay the impact of last season's final before the game started, and Cooper was unwilling to mention last season - after all, the team that entered the Champions League final last season had nothing to do with him. He led Mallorca to the final of last season's Winners Cup, but he ended up with Heathfield - lost the game and finished second.
The two head coaches are unwilling to join the season, but the players are different. Germany's "Super Mario" and the famous bad boy Basler said in an interview: "We lost very unconvinced in the final last season. We were disappointed that we were not able to be in the same group with Manchester United this season. However, it is a very happy thing to meet Tiger. We will prove that he was just lucky last season!"
"Is it lucky? Maybe it's luck, but Basler's free kick was also lucky." Tiger was not a player who was willing to suffer losses. He directly ignored the four or five chances of goals created by Bayern in the game: "He scored a lucky balloon, but my goals and assists were real. I don't think that the Champions League championship last season was obtained by luck. No team had encountered more strong teams than Manchester United last season. This season, Valencia is also excellent. I think we can also win the Champions League championship."
As soon as this sentence was said, in the eyes of the German media, the British man had been labeled as arrogant and a German reporter couldn't help but stand up: "Don't forget, we had three goal posts in the final last season! How many Manchester United have? How many goals will you create?"
"It's a pity that hitting the post is not a goal. Does Bayern think that hitting the post can prove anything? Maybe you can apply to FIFA to change the rules. If you hit a post once, it will be half a goal. Then last season's final was Bayern won 3:5-2..." Tiger laughed.
This immediately caused Jerry Mess to suffer a big loss.
He raised his foot and pretended to pass the ball. When Jerry Mes moved his center of gravity, Tiger quickly dunked the ball back and then broke through!
In fact, Jerry Mess was ready for his movements, but he was not prepared for the speed of his movements. This made him take the ball and rush over him when he turned around and threw him behind him!
"Damn it, how could he be so fast!" Just as Jerry Mes was surprised and chasing him, Tiger had already passed the ball before Mattus came up. After Lopez received the ball from the front of the penalty area, he took a step sideways and then took a shot. Kahn flew over and threw the ball under him.
"Has this guy taken medicine?" Jerry Mess muttered in disbelief. Mattus ran up and patted him: "Jess, concentrate! His instant sprint speed has indeed increased, but it is not impossible to defend!"
Jerry Mess nodded. He is also an experienced midfielder, but what happened before seemed a little too supernatural...
Bayern immediately launched an attack again, while Valencia continued to counterattack while defending. Both sides performed at a high level in this game and fought extremely fiercely in the midfield.
Compared with last season, several Bayern's midfielders' states declined slightly. However, when Saul recovered from health, the midfielder had no weaknesses. Finally, before the end of the first half, Basler passed the ball, Effenberg and Saul played two-for-one in succession to tear Valencia's defense line, and then Saul assisted Elber, and the Brazilian striker shot in front of the goal under the close interference of Jukic!
The enthusiastic cheers of Bayern fans sounded in the stands, cheering loudly and laughing at Tiger.
"Did you see clearly? Bastard British! This is Bayern's strength!"
Tiger looked up at the stands and hummed in a muffled voice.
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"In the second half, use offense to kill them!" The continuous defeat seemed to make Cooper angry, and he shouted loudly in the locker room: "Observation! Press up! It has been a long time since we tried our offensive tactics! Don't they think we only have defense? Then let them see how excellent our Valencia's offense is! Attack around Tiger and see if our offense is bad or excellent!"
Valencia's players applauded. Although they had been trained by Ranieri to become a team with stable defense in the past two seasons, as long as they were players, there was no one who disliked the offense.
"Tiger, Kili and I will be more support by your side in the second half, remember this." Mendieta patted Tiger on the shoulder and said before going on the court.
Tiger nodded heavily.
What surprised all Bayern fans was that in the first half, Valencia was more of a crushed attack by them, and launched a fierce attack from the beginning of the second half!
Under Jerry Mess' entanglement, Tiger still got a straight pass from Farinos, and suddenly stopped and turned around and threw Jerry Mess away for a little distance. Then Tiger began to dribble the ball forward. Before Jerry Mess caught up, he passed the ball to Kili on the left. Kili dribbled the ball and forced a cut inside under Kufour's defense, and then shot from the corner of the penalty area, which was saved by Kahn.
Two minutes later, Tiger cleverly missed the ball in the middle, Dietta, who was inserted on the right, received the ball and made a cross. Lopez at the back point hit the goal, and the ball slightly missed the far post.
In the 51st minute, Tiger made a long pass from the backcourt, and Lopez grabbed the first landing point under Matteus' entanglement, and then his shot from the front of the penalty area was high.
Three threatening shots in a row made Bayern fans quiet for a while. Bayern wanted to fight back, but they were shocked to find that this opponent, who could only defend most of the first half, had a fierce attack with them after the start of the second half!
Just as Bayern's attack ended, Valencia's offensive players rushed through the half, making Bayern's midfielder feel that it was a bit difficult to return to defense...
In this fast offensive atmosphere, Tiger began to find the rhythm of organizing the entire team - he finally knew why he felt a little awkward before - Valencia's tactics were still a little slower. After getting used to Manchester United's fast pace, Tiger was a little uncomfortable with Valencia's rhythm. Although Valencia's players have been trying to keep up with Tiger's rhythm, it is not something that can be achieved in a day or two. In this game, Valencia seems to have begun to find such a rhythm!
As the entire team's running pace suddenly got faster, Tiger began to be in the midfield like a fish in water!
Since transferring to Preston, although Tiger has won many championships, he has always felt a little awkward to play. At Manchester United, his pace seems a little slower than Manchester United's teammates, and in Valencia, his pace seems a little faster. Although his performance has always been excellent, he feels a little out of place in the team, which directly leads to him not being able to fully display his abilities. Now, after the offense and defensive rhythm of other Valencia players has begun to improve, he has regained the feeling he used to play in Preston. He is like an absolute core, and all his teammates are flowing around him in a way that can keep up with his rhythm!
Tiger, who had regained this familiar feeling, began to show his dazzling glory on the court!
Receiving the ball, short pass, long pass, dispatching, breakthrough, pass, forward insertion... These inconspicuous and uneven actions have driven the entire team, allowing the entire Valencia to gradually suppress Bayern, and instead launched a fierce attack!
Jerry Mess tried hard to follow Tiger, but he still couldn't keep an eye on Tiger - even if he could run, he would never be able to catch the ball. Now Tiger, even if he only had a little time to catch the ball, he could use a simple pass to make the entire team come alive!
This is a very subtle feeling. Tiger himself was immersed in this feeling, just like vision has begun to extend to all directions. He saw the running position of each teammate. The opponent was no longer a specific entity, but a series of lines clearly separated in his eyes. He could easily find out where the opponent was, and even predict where his teammates would run to the next moment...
Valencia's players also had a subtle feeling. Of course, their feelings are not as specific as Tiger. What they can feel is that they are not tired when playing the game - they just need to run according to their physical instructions, catch the ball, pass the ball, run the ball, catch the ball, and pass the ball...
He was so nervous that he was pulling the whole situation on the court by him. Tiger almost laughed out loud on the court. Now he seemed to have an illusion that he was not playing football in reality, but in the main god space. His teammates around him were in the hearts of him and he was controlling the entire game...
Cooper's eyes slowly widened. He was on the sidelines and could naturally grasp the situation on the court more clearly - but he couldn't believe it. He was both familiar and unfamiliar with this feeling. It seemed that only Maradona at his peak could show such a conductor-like game state in a familiar team!
After watching for a while, Cooper finally confirmed that this was not his own illusion. His team did show this subtle realm in the offense. The entire team's transmission was not dragged on at all, there were no fancy moves, but just kept running back and forth and passing the ball. Each player's running was very natural and without any stagnation.
Cooper laughed, and then he sat back - being able to perform like this only proves one thing, Tiger began to find a way to mobilize the entire team, which is the best way to solve Valencia's offense!
Having found this kind of game state, are you still afraid that there will be no victory next? Not to mention that Valencia has begun to gain an advantage in this game, even if they lose this game next, Valencia will not feel any sense of incongruity in the future game!
In fact, the second half of this game really became the world of Valencia.
In the first half, their possession rate was less than 20%, and their shooting rate was only three times. In the second half, their possession rate exceeded 70%, and their shooting rate was as high as 18 times!
In the 81st minute, Tiger made a quick pass from the front of the penalty area, and Lopez *** kept shooting in the penalty area and scored a strong shot through the net!
In addition to this goal, Valencia also created no less than four excellent scoring opportunities, but Kahn's outstanding performance allowed Bayern to barely save a draw at his home court!
Immersed in this feeling, Tiger felt that time passed quickly. When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, he sighed with unsatisfactory sigh, as if he thought the game had passed too quickly...
Bayern fans were almost frightened to watch the second half. Even the most stubborn Bayern fans had to admit after the game that they were actually lucky to get a draw instead of Valencia tied them away...
When the final whistle sounded, in addition to Jerrymes, three top attacking midfielders, Mattus, Bassler and Effenberg, looked at Tiger speechlessly. Mattus was also one of the best attacking midfielders in the world before, so they naturally could see how outstanding Tiger's performance in this game...
"Lotal, I know who you remembered." Effenberg suddenly said to Mattus without thinking.
Chapter completed!