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Author: Xue Niao

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December 11, Allianz Arena, Munich.

Twelve minutes have passed since the match between Manchester City and Bayern, and the score on the field is 2:0.

The home team goes first and the away team goes last.

The situation was almost the same as the last time they met. Bayern used a strong offensive to suppress Manchester City in the opening stage and scored a goal.

The difference is that this time Bayern scored more goals, and they scored two goals.

The goals scored for Bayern were Muller and Gotze.

Seeing the score on the field, the Bayern fans who came to the Allianz Arena collectively became excited.

They thought the team would win, but they never thought the team would take such a big lead at the start.

Manchester City has never failed on any front this season. The last time the two sides met, the opponent even came back and defeated them at home.

This makes Bayern fans subconsciously think that this game may be very difficult. Even if they can win, they will have to pay a huge price and win very hard.

But what they didn't expect was that in just ten minutes, they had already gained such a big lead.

According to the Champions League promotion rules, when two teams have the same points and the same winning-loss relationship, they will be ranked based on goal difference.

Among them, the goal difference between the two teams in direct matches ranks first. If even this is the same, look at the total goal difference.

In the last round, Bayern lost to Manchester City with a score of 2:3, and they only lost one goal.

If they can defeat Manchester City with a score of 2:0 this time, their goal difference against Manchester City will be overtaken.

Therefore, according to this score, Bayern will replace Manchester City and take first place in Group D.

Seeing this score, Bayern fans who originally had doubts about Guardiola began to sing his praises.

The reporters who came to the scene had already begun to draft in their minds, thinking about how to praise Guardiola and the Bayern team under his leadership.

Ranking first in the league points and remaining undefeated, qualifying first in the Champions League group. Such a record is even better than the previous season.

This kind of achievement is certainly worthy of praise!

In the box at the Allianz Arena, Rummenigge also laughed and applauded after seeing Gotze's goal.

"Guardiola has done a good job, and the team's record and stability have improved a lot compared to last season."

If they defeat Manchester City in this game and take first place in the group, they will be in a favorable position in the knockout stage and advance to the quarterfinals.

"Haha, although Guardiola's coaching style is different from Heynckes, there is no doubt about his coaching ability."

Hoeness, who was on the sidelines, saw Rummenigge looking very satisfied with Guardiola, so he quickly sent a rainbow fart too.

Sammer glanced at the other party speechlessly. In his impression, Hoeness did not have such a high opinion of Guardiola before.

"Well, Muller has scored more goals. I think he is playing smarter than before, right, Mathias?"

Sammer nodded: "Both Muller and Cross have made great progress, and Ram has become more comprehensive, but..."

Guardiola's arrival has injected new blood into Bayern.

Under his training, the skills of Bayern players have become more and more refined, and their cooperation on the court has become better.

Their technical and tactical style is gradually tending to be similar to that of La Liga teams, which is a change that makes him very happy.

However, some of Guardiola's reforms have made things a bit difficult for the club.

For example, Guardiola doesn't like to use or is not good at using centers.

This has led to a very tense relationship between Mandzukic and Guardiola, with the former already putting pressure on the club through his agent:

If his main position can no longer be guaranteed, Mandzukic is likely to leave Bayern.

Now that Gomez has been released, Mandzukic is Bayern's only reliable forward.

If he leaves, Bayern will have no strong center available.

Although Guardiola doesn't like to use centers very much, Bayern is a wealthy club and cannot do without players with this role.

Fortunately, Bayern's signing list is not without alternative players, such as Dortmund forward Lewandowski.

Sammer remembered that the other party's contract will expire next summer. At this time, Dortmund has not completed the contract extension with the other party, which shows that the other party has the intention to leave Dortmund.

In this case, it is better to get in touch with the other party and see if he is interested, just buy him.

So he took this opportunity to mention this matter.

"Dortmund's No. 9? He is indeed a good center. If he can be signed for free, the deal is still very cost-effective."

Rummenigge has an impression of Lewandowski. This guy once scored a hat-trick for Bayern and stole their championship trophy.

In addition to Lin Quan last season, Lewandowski is the second striker in the Bundesliga who impressed him.

Bayern is good at being an excavator in the Bundesliga and digging out outstanding players from other teams.

The advantage of this is that it can not only save a lot of transfer fees, but also weaken the strength of competitors, making Bayern's dominance in the Bundesliga stronger.

"Chairman, Bastian Schweinsteiger is a little dissatisfied with not being able to start the starting lineup. You see..."

Club manager Hoeness saw that Rummenigge was in a good mood, so he took the opportunity to speak.

The arrival of Gotze and Thiago has made the competition in Bayern's midfield more intense, and Bastian Schweinsteiger's starting position is no longer so secure.

In addition, Piggy has been injured a lot too often, which has led to Guardiola's recent tendency to abandon him.

Just like this game, such an important game, Schweinsteiger didn't even make Guardiola's squad.

Xiaozhu is a serious Bayern youth training player. He joined Bayern at the age of 14 and has played for Bayern for more than 15 years.

For such a meritorious veteran, Bayern cannot throw away the old man or clean him out roughly.

That would chill the veteran players and arouse dissatisfaction among the fans.

Therefore, Hoeness originally planned to have a chat with Guardiola.

However, after seeing such good results achieved under Guardiola's leadership, he felt a little lack of confidence.

"Well, I know!"

Rummenigge nodded, only indicating that he was aware of the matter, but did not clearly state that he would intervene.

Among Bayern's 11 players in this game, except for Dante and Franck Ribery, who are 30 years old, and Lahm, who is close to 30 years old, the rest of the players are very young.

Goalkeeper Neuer is 27 years old and has just entered his peak period as a goalkeeper. He can still play for Bayern for at least seven, eight or even ten years!

Defenders Boateng and Alaba are 25 and 21 years old, and they can play for Bayern for at least ten years!

Thiago, Gotze, and Kroos in the midfield are all born in the 1990s. The eldest Kroos is only 23 years old, and the youngest Gotze is only 21. There is no problem playing for Bayern for ten years.

Muller in the frontcourt was born in 1989 and is only 24 years old this year. There is no problem in playing for 89 or 9 years.

Mandzukic and Neuer are the same age and are now in their prime.

If he leaves and is replaced by Lewandowski in 1988, Bayern's lineup will further become younger.

As long as these players can be retained, Bayern's main roster will not need to make any adjustments in the next ten years.

These players are not only young, but also very strong. More importantly, they have all proven their strength at Bayern.

Once Guardiola completely finalizes Bayern's technical and tactical style of play, even if he leaves Bayern, Bayern's record will not decline too much.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy for the club to intervene in his reform of the team.

The most Rummenigge can do is to calm down the little pig, and then talk to Guardiola to see if he can also take a step back.

However, Rummenigge actually very much agrees and even appreciates Guardiola's bold use of young players.

He is good at using young players, good at training young players, and is willing to give young players the opportunity to play. This has always been the evaluation and praise of Guardiola from the outside world.

Bayern originally invited him to coach because of this.

They hope that Guardiola will help Bayern achieve a smooth transition after winning the championship and lay the foundation for the next rise.

Now it seems that Guardiola has perfectly completed the tasks they assigned.

More importantly, after transforming Bayern's team lineup, he also maintained excellent records in both the league and the Champions League.

What else can you ask of such a coach?

Therefore, even Rummenigge does not dare to have a stalemate with Guardiola at this time.

If he gets angry and runs away, where can he find such a good coach?

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On the sidelines, Guardiola didn't look very excited when he saw his team taking the lead early.

In order to defeat Manchester City in this game, he made some adjustments to his tactics.

Although he is not good at using centers, he still put Mandzukic into the starting lineup.

Facts have proved that this decision is very correct.
To be continued...