After a 120 minute hard victory over Seville, Bayern came to the Rhine Neckar Stadium without stopping. As a result, he was beaten 4-1 by Herness Jr., the first defeat since February this year, and the biggest score loss after the 1-5 defeat in Frankfurt last season. In this game, the reason why little Hoeness was able to lead the team to complete the counter attack was that Gain strangled Bayern perfectly.
After Frick took office, Bayern's high position oppression was unfavourable. Chelsea, Barcelona, Greater Paris and other European giants fell under the iron hooves of Bayern. But in fact, Bayern's current playing style has a fatal flaw - the central defender. The partner of Alaba and Boateng was originally a helpless move caused by extensive injury in Bayern's back defense last season. Although Alfonso Davis was also inadvertently introduced, the hidden danger has always been there.
A remote record of the Champions League semi-final against Lyon shows that Bayern's embarrassment at the beginning is still fresh in our memory. If Lyon's attack is not capable of seizing opportunities, Bayern may not go home after the semi-final.
In this game, Hoffenheim took 90 minutes to enlarge the problem that Bayern's two central defenders were seven inches short again.
Although the first fumble was a corner kick, the air defense ability was not enough when defending, which also gave the opportunity of high altitude bombing to Bichakcic. Boateng, who is of enough stature, did not participate in the fight for the first point, and the rest of them have no height advantage.
The second goal was from Paval's own goal, which we will not mention for the time being, but Huocun has never given up looking for the space behind Bayern's central defender. This goal was Baumgartner's direct thrust into Alaba's back, and once again posed a threat after receiving a teammate's over the top direct thrust. If it was not for Boarten's quick pursuit, Bayern's city gate might be lost three times within 30 minutes. At the moment of passing, there was a huge gap behind Alaba, and he responded and turned back. Baumgartner had dumped him for at least 2-3 times.
Bayern's high pressure means that the guard line must follow the same premise, which will inevitably leave a large gap behind. In previous games, Bayern relied on fierce closing in the front court, which made most opponents unable to deliver the ball to the front court very comfortably. In addition, there was a Noyle who was good at attacking. In most cases, Bayern's two central defenders were rarely tested.
Evidently, Hoeness, who took office at Bayern last season, knows his own side and knows his enemy. This time, he targeted Bayern's "seven inches". The above attack once again used the long pass to break through Bayern's defensive chain, and Crammaric finally completed a single shot within the doorframe.
Such tactics can be found everywhere. Huo Cun has identified the gap behind Bayern Munich. I will mark this point. If I can't play once, I will play twice or three times. As long as it is successful, it will form a threat, which will enhance confidence, and then continue to implement this tactical idea. At the last stage of the first half, this time, the rib behind the full back was also found a gap. This time, Crammaric almost possessed Messi, once again revealed the scar inside Boateng and then sprinkled salt. This time, the cross beam of Rhine Neckar has become a fig leaf for Boateng.
Huo Cun defeated Bayern step by step by relying on such tactics, and the two goals in the second half also had similar shadow. It can be said that the first battle of Hoffenheim exposed Bayern's biggest problem in broad daylight. Follow the quadruple and shout to the whole Europe: Have you learned how to fight Bayern Munich?
After talking about Huocun, let's talk about Bayern. The defeat must be said on the premise that the European Super Cup was just played two days ago. First of all, the 120 minute battle and the back and forth journey are undoubtedly a great test for Bayern's physical strength.
It took extra time to win the fourth championship of the season, which also meant that Bayern had to rotate this game, because two days later they had to play a German Super Cup with Dortmund, and players who could not be rotated, such as Muller, had to bear the physical disadvantage.
Bayern's high position closing down method is also based on the support of physical strength. If you are still strong against Huo Cun, you will not have the best effect. It will also inevitably lead to the gap in the back defense caused by the adverse closing down. It is precisely this that young Hoeness developed such a highly targeted playing method for the team. If we really play against Huocun according to the preparation and physical ability of Schalke, even if we lose, we will not lose so badly, let alone with great probability.
So since my physical strength is not enough and there is no "Xiandou" in the cartoon in real life, I can only choose to rotate. This rotation once again exposed Bayern's second problem, the depth of the bench is not enough.
As for the central defender problem repeatedly emphasized in the previous article, Alaba partnered with Boateng again in this game, which was also to give Jules a rest time. Who wants to change the big basket. At present, the six people in Bayern's rear defense line seem to be able to move their positions. Those who play side defence can play central defence, and those who play central defence can also play side defence, but they are not full-time after all.
Paval was proved in Stuttgart that it was not the best choice to mention the central defender. After coming to Bayern, he actually showed a remarkable performance at the right back. Even if it was not as explosive as Davis, at least the attack and defense were balanced. Hernandez, the standard king, performed well at the left back in the first two games of the new season, which is much more stable than last year. But if we really play in the center, we should at least make people "nervous" for two games to see the effect. Alaba will not say anything. The recent two games have fully proved his advantages in the central defensive position, but his disadvantages are also obvious. In Bayern in Ming Dynasty, other teams are not the best choice in the dark today.
As a result, the problem of Bayern's lack of people in the central defensive position has emerged. Although Boateng had a second spring last season, he has finally reached the end of his career, and you can't still be the peak. There is no substitute for the right back, which is a hard injury, but it is also an indisputable fact that the central defender needs to be reinforced.
Bayern had two staff rotations in the middle and front of the game. One was the young player Zierkze replacing Levan, and the other was Toliso replacing Gretska. The question of the center is actually a cliche, but last year Levin was too fierce, and Zilkze could shine at an appropriate time. It can be seen from this game that Levin is indeed more threatening than Zilkze after playing. The Dutch young player withdrew too deeply and lost his role as the fulcrum of the front court. However, the position of the center is rare and expensive in the market, and Bayern can not be blamed for cultivating its own people.
However, Toliso's role in midfield is obviously inferior to that of Gretzka. Although both of them belong to the B2B type of position 8, the current Gretzka is much harder than the former champion in physical confrontation. Toliso did not complete the work of intercepting the midfield well, and his support in attack was also very limited. The close-up of Toliso in this game is really rare, except for the injury at the beginning.
Fricker once said that he hoped to strengthen his position in the middle of the field, but there is no clear target outflow at present. After Tiago left the team, it was reasonable that Bayern needed to improve. In fact, Toliso has never been able to fulfill his talent as a former champion, and today's competition is also not expected by Qu Sansi.
So what Bayern needs now is the ability to fight. Even if they can't buy the target, it is good to use the loan method. Last year Curtinho and Pericic were good examples.
This defeat is not all a bad thing. The five league records of 23 consecutive wins must have a psychological burden. This loss has reduced the pressure on the body instead. However, the loss has both contingency and inevitability. You can't deceive yourself if you need to make up for the weakness in the lineup. Moreover, such a dense schedule will also be the epitome of this season. More than one week's competition will be needed later. How to rotate and maintain the status will become a new topic for Frick in the three champion queen.
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