The match against Stuttgart will be the first time that Rong Guang has participated in an official match as a Bayern Munich player in a formal match wearing Bayern Munich jersey - the warm-up matches two seasons ago and before this season are naturally not counted.

The commercial competition in Japan is not counted. Both sides can change six people in that game, so it is naturally not considered a formal competition.

A formal competition refers to a competition where only three people can be replaced.

Originally, there were no audiences in the German League Cup and the attention was far less than that of the league.

After all, it is a formal competition with the nature of a warm-up match.

Moreover, because there are many participating teams, they are divided into many games, and there is also a lack of the excitement and suspense of a single game in the Super Cup of other national leagues, so everyone's attention is naturally not enough.

But this time, Bayern Munich played in the League Cup, which attracted a lot of attention from the media and fans.

At Bayern Munich's new home Allianz Stadium, there are about 50,000 people coming to the stadium that can accommodate 66,000 people.

These people are all making their debuts in the official competition from the "PR group".

Because of his performance in the Japan warm-up match, the media's evaluation of the "PR combination" was very high, and it also successfully boosted everyone's appetite.

Everyone was attracted by interest.

Many of them can only watch Japanese games through live broadcasts and cannot go to the scene. In some places, there is no live broadcast on TV, so they can't even watch them even if they want to.

Therefore, the League Cup has become a great opportunity for everyone to appreciate the performance of the "PR combination" up close.

Before the game, the media was very optimistic about this game, believing that the "PR combination" showed its strength and Bayern Munich would definitely defeat Stuttgart easily.

Bayern Munich fans and media have high expectations for this offensive combination.

Some media even compared Bayern Munich's "PR combination" with Brazil's "PR combination" back then.

It is believed that in terms of offensive ability alone, Rongguang and Makai are not much worse than Ronaldo and Romario.

Glory is younger, and Ma Kai is in his year of fighting. If they can perform steadily, Bayern Munich will benefit at least four years.

Four years have been enough for Bayern Munich to rise again, dominate Europe, and create an era.

When many Bayern Munich fans were excited when they thought of this.

Today's game against Stuttgart may be the beginning of that era

And they will witness this historical moment on the spot

With this mentality in mind, more than 50,000 Bayern Munich fans flocked to the Allianz Stadium.

Even the Chinese media paid great attention to the game.

CCTV will not broadcast live games of Super Cup like this. They broadcast live in the Bundesliga, not the Super Cup.

However, because Bayern Munich has glory this year and because of the highly anticipated "PR combination", CCTV has temporarily purchased all the broadcast rights of Bayern Munich's League Cup this season.

It is to support the glory and allow Chinese fans to see the performance of the "PR combination" - in Japan, there is no live broadcast of any TV station in mainland China, and fans can only watch the game through the Internet. However, the live broadcast effect is very poor. Due to the Internet speed, it is almost no different from watching slideshows.

This time CCTV announced the live broadcast of the German League Cup, which won a lot of extra points among Chinese fans.

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In this way, the highly anticipated League Cup semi-finals began.

Bayern Munich faces Stuttgart at home.

Bayern Munich fans walked into the stadium with a relaxed and pleasant mood, and the reporters in the media did not think there was any suspense in the game. They were already guessing what the "PR combination" would perform in the game - this is much more interesting than guessing the winner.

But when the game really started, everyone soon found that the situation was not very same as what they thought...

In this game, Stuttgart seemed to realize that Bayern Munich was very powerful, so on the away game, they did not attack rashly, but set up an iron barrel formation and planned to defend the situation.

The League Cup is a decisive victory or defeat, even the semi-finals are no exception. Therefore, if you only have to draw in ninety minutes, you will directly enter thirty minutes of overtime, and if you invest in overtime, you will also draw in the penalty shootout.

Stuttgart obviously hopes to drag the game into a penalty shootout, which will be more beneficial to them.

In the penalty shootout, no matter how good the "PR combination" performs, it is just two goals, and it cannot determine the final outcome of the game.

Facing Stuttgart's defensive defense, Bayern Munich certainly hopes to break through their strong offense, especially the "PR combination".

Bayern Munich fans were particularly excited in the stands, and they kept cheering for the team.

Let Stuttgart taste the power of this offensive combination that is the best in Europe.

Rongguang and Ma Kai are also very active, constantly interspersing in the game to find opportunities.

but……

Thirty minutes later, Bayern Munich did not score.

Not only did he not score goals, but he even had a threat to the Stuttgart defense line not as great as people thought.

In people's imagination, once the "PR combination" shows its power, it will definitely be like a destruction. The opponent's defense will be exhausted and eventually collapse completely.

But in the actual game, what people see is that the "PR combination" is at a loss in the face of Stuttgart's defensive defense.

The two were separated by Stuttgart and did not form any effective connection at all, so naturally they could not threaten Stuttgart's goal.

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In the 31st minute, Rong Guang forced a long shot in the double-team of three Stuttgart, and the football flew directly to the stands behind.

Five minutes later, Ma Kai took the ball at the front of the penalty area. He didn't even have a chance to shoot, and was directly intercepted by the Stuttgart player...

"...It can be seen that Rong and Ma Kai are both very active and hardworking, and there is no problem with the attitude towards the game, but why does it just make people think that something is wrong?" Beckman, the commentator of this game, frowned and expressed the doubts of many TV viewers.

They also feel that Bayern Munich's performance in this game is always an indescribable awkward, but they can't say why it is like this.

Just think something is wrong.

Six minutes later, Ma Kai took the ball in the frontcourt again. After being forced into a dead end, he planned to pass the football to Pizarro in front.

But this time, because the passing intention was too obvious, his pass was cut off by the Stuttgart player halfway through.

Then Stuttgart took advantage of the situation to launch a fast attack. Bayern Munich players seemed to be inadequate to concede the ball here, and their return defense was half a beat slower.

Stuttgart's fast break was very successful, and Danish shooter Thomasson finally sent the football into the goal guarded by Kahn.

"It's unbelievable that Stuttgart led the lead and Kahn looked very angry after conceding the ball. He was very dissatisfied with the team's performance. This concealment was indeed a bit surprising... Bayern Munich surrounded Stuttgart's goal and bombarded for so long without scoring. Stuttgart actually succeeded in a counterattack."

"Makai made a mistake in the frontcourt, causing the team to concede the ball Bayern Munich is now behind the score

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As Kahn jumped from the ground and roared at his teammates with his fists, Magath stood on the sidelines, frowned.

Henk stood beside him, without saying anything, but sighed in his heart - what he was worried about seemed to be becoming a reality bit by bit.

During these forty minutes of the game, Rongguang and Ma Kai obviously did not form any effective cooperation.

It doesn't mean that the two of them don't pass the ball. They still have to pass the ball when they should pass the ball, but if they just pass the ball to each other, it's not called cooperation.

When it is necessary to move forward and accelerate, the two humans cannot cooperate, which is the most deadly thing.

And there is a big question: Who is the main focus in the offense?

Is it Rong or Ma Kai?

The Bayern Munich players are not very clear, they are afraid they may not know either...

If they all want to focus on themselves, the attack will not be possible.

Magath's idea should be to allow Rongguang and Makai to cooperate at the forefront of the opponent's penalty area, so that both of them can exert their maximum power.

But the actual effect is not good...

Both of them have to be the protagonist, so who is the supporting role?

Sometimes, someone always needs to sacrifice?

Who sacrificed?

No one is willing to sacrifice himself, right?

Their plays like this made other teammates feel at a loss.

For example, when the one who just threw it away, Ma Kai passed the football to Pizarro, but Pizarro did not want to cooperate with Ma Kai at that time. At the moment when Ma Kai passed the ball to him, he was in a forward way. His purpose was to lead Stuttgart's defender backwards, to pull away the distance between them and Rong Guang and Ma Kai, and to give two people a chance to shoot.

But Ma Kai chose to pass the football at this time. Logically speaking, the center must retreat and pull out to catch the ball. Pizarro went forward, so how could he get the ball in this way?

The opponent's defender took a step forward and Pizarro took the lead to receive the ball.

Pizarro couldn't even adjust his center of gravity, and could only watch the opponent break the ball and then fight back.

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Ma Kai looked at the Stuttgarts who were celebrating, his mouth slightly opened and his eyes were a little dull.

Not far from him, Rongguang was gestured to him and shouting: "I just passed the ball to me."

That's right, Rong Guang's position was indeed better than Pizarro. If Makai didn't pass the ball to Pizarro and asked Pizarro to pull the opponent's back line back, there would be a gap in front of Rong Guang. At this time, when Makai passes the football to Rong Guang, it will completely disrupt Stuttgart's defense.

Stuttgart's defender may go to defend Glory, which will result in Pizarro's unmarkedness. Glory can pass the football to Pizarro.

At the same time, Ma Kai can also take the opportunity to go to the space.

This attack was a life-long one.

But unfortunately, Ma Kai didn't see glory at all.

He ran forward while passing the ball - he wanted to play a wall-to-stop with Pizarro and cooperate with two and one, so that Pizarro could pass the ball back to the goal, and he could do it either by shooting or breaking through.

But Pizarro never expected that Ma Kai would choose to pass the ball to him, so he did not match him at all.

Rongguang was shouting at Ma Kai, but Ma Kai didn't notice him at all.

His eyes were dull for a while, then turned around and walked away.

Rongguang rolled his eyes behind him.

Duan Haoran, a Chinese commentator who was always staring at Rongguang, naturally saw this scene. He thought of something in his mind, but he was not sure. The most important thing is that if his idea was right... Then wouldn’t the "PR combination" we were looking forward to be as beautiful as we imagined?

He hesitated for a moment, but in the end he did not say what he saw and what he thought of.

Because he still had fantasies in his heart, he hoped that this was just a normal emotional vent between teammates, and it would not affect the relationship between the two people, nor would it affect the performance of the "PR combination".

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Chapter completed!