Football’s First Defender

There is not much time left in the game. Just when everyone thought it was time for Heynckes to make a last-ditch away game, the old coach made an unreasonable substitution, as if to explain that this is only the Champions League. It is only the first round of the two rounds of the knockout round, and Bayern will not disrupt their rhythm.

Gustavo replaced Toni Kroos, who was very active on the offensive end in the midfield.

Kroos' ability to play and dispatch the ball in the midfield was Bayern's well-deserved midfield lubricant for most of the time before.

Gustavo is actually a midfielder with stronger defensive attributes than offensive attributes. Generally speaking, he comes off the bench in Bayern to ensure Bayern's defense in the final stage of the game.

But at this time, Bayern is behind!

Although Gustavo's playing can further premise the position of Harvey Martinez and replace the role of Kroos' midfielder commander, compared to the previous lineup, Martinez in the midfielder position is actually It can be plugged in, providing Bayern with more ball options and creating more varied offenses.

But now, relying on Javi Martinez alone in the front position is actually equivalent to changing the direction to reduce the difficulty of Liverpool's midfield marking.

Heynckes' substitution can be said to have further strengthened the team's defense at the cost of weakening the offense.

Perhaps in the eyes of Heynckes, he scored two away goals in the away game, which is enough. For Bayern, who are behind by one goal, they only need a small victory at home to ensure promotion.

Of course, as far as the actual game situation is concerned, even if Bayern cuts off an arm on the offensive end, with Bayern's overall offensive strength, it may not be impossible to score goals.

Gustavo played around 80 minutes, which suddenly increased the vitality of Bayern's midfield.

Its wide range of running can limit Liverpool's counterattack threat very well.

And as a member of Bayern, Gustavo's offensive weakness is only relative to these top teammates.

With a normal level of throwing and receiving ability, coupled with an excellent long-range shooting ability, Gustavo can actually supplement Bayern's offense on the other hand.

As soon as he played, he took advantage of Liverpool's defense line. Regarding his slack in marking, Gustavo directly completed a long-range shot from the outside of the penalty area against the Liverpool player's header. The trajectory of the ball was still a little bit off. , can be higher than the beam.

Yang Feng was in the penalty area, roaring at the ball just now. Shelvey, who had obviously let down his vigilance, saw Gustavo running towards the landing point. Shelvey didn't step forward to block it immediately, and gave him a long-range shot.

But 2 minutes later, Gustavo hit the goal again with a heavy bombardment of nearly 30 meters, but Gerrard was completely unable to do it, and he had no strength to move forward to block it.

A high-quality kick hit the goal, and it was within the range of the door frame. Fortunately, Reina made a timely save and completed the block, so that Gustavo's substitution did not become a surprise.

Afterwards, Mandzukic barely made a follow-up shot from Yang Feng's defense and directly hit high, which was regarded as giving Liverpool a breathing time.

Time is passing by little by little.

Nor can you tell whether the passing time is an enemy or a friend.

It is true that for Bayern, the time to attack is getting less and less, but the physical fitness of many Liverpool players is also becoming less and less.

Rogers, who has no more substitutions available, can only stay on the sidelines, calling the players, hold on, hold on a little longer.

Bayern's final counterattack began.

Perhaps the reason for Heynckes' substitution was that the team had to return to the most traditional wing play at the end, without a midfielder to make the transition, just staring at Liverpool's wing for the final attack.

Arjen Robben, who came off the bench, wore his signature long johns and continued to gallop on the right flank, enjoying the thrill of chasing the wind, and continued to put enormous pressure on Enrique's defense.

Robben and Ram's attacking duo on the right side, at the last moment, used speed and more physical fitness to crush Liverpool's side defense.

In the case of Bayern's overall offensive pressure, Liverpool did not provide as much assistance to the wing as planned.

Tangning could only run closely behind Lahm's bottom, but was pulled away.

But the remaining head-on confrontation between Enrique and Robben is also the biggest disparity in the strength of Liverpool's defense.

Not to mention the lack of physical fitness now, even when he is full of physical strength, Enrique may not be able to effectively limit Robben's breakthrough.

There is no need to make feints and shake Enrique's center of gravity.

Enrique, who was already exhausted, was directly used by Robben to break through directly and passed the bottom.

Enrique gritted his teeth and wanted to follow, but was completely shaken away by Robben's smash, and then cut across to the front, and his left foot was a symbolic kick to the far corner of the goal.

Everyone knows that Robben's kick has become famous, but in the game, it is really good that a team can stop Robben from this position and from this angle.

Reina, who was in the front point, looked at the line of the ball, and could only move desperately to the back point, but whether he could finally reach the position and complete the save, for Reina, only God knows.

However, this goal still failed to threaten Reina's goal in the end. Yang Feng's supplementary defense this time was very timely.

Although he failed to reach Robben to complete the defense, Yang Feng blocked the flight path of Robben's kick and successfully completed the interception this time.

Let Robben hit the goal full of hope with this foot, and he did another useless effort.

Returning without success again, although a little disappointed, the Bayern players still retain their enthusiasm for attacking in the final stage of the game.

The game is not over yet, even for the team, a one-goal disadvantage returns to the home court, and there are still 90 minutes to make a comeback.

But no one wants a loss. The Bayern players like to win. Even if there may not be enough time to reverse the game, they must work hard to equalize the score and not give Liverpool too much hope.

Still a strong attack on the right flank.

Franck Ribery on the left, at the final stage of the game, completely abandoned his position on the left. In response to the fierce offensive from the right, Franck Ribery came to the middle to act as a support point, or simply went directly to the penalty area Grab points inside to contain Liverpool's defensive force.

Ribéry completely transformed himself into a striker's style of play, seeking to contribute to the team.

The main attack on the right was launched again and again. For Jose Enrique, the last straw that broke the camel's back was Robben's breakthrough.

Robben's powerful impact on the right completely defeated Enrique this time, and Enrique couldn't even maintain the minimum follow-up defense.

Robben had an absolute gap to pass the ball on the wing, and he kicked the ground ball with full force and swept it into the small penalty area.

Yang Feng didn't expect that Enrique didn't have any interference effect at all, and was forced to straighten Robben to complete the cross directly.

Bayern's attack line and Liverpool's defensive players all rushed forward from the small penalty area.

While fighting against Thomas Muller beside him, Yang Feng tried to fly out, trying to complete the interception at the front point.

However, the speed of Robben's ball was too fast, and Yang Feng's position was too far away. When his foot reached the position, the ball had already quickly slid to the back point.

"Ribéry! Go down and shoot!"

"GOAL!!!"

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

"Lore!"

"The direct connection between Robery, Ribery clicked behind the small penalty area, succeeded in a shovel shot, and completed the lore!"

"3 to 3! Bayern successfully equalized the score in the 89th minute."

Bayern continued to attack on the right side throughout the game. At the end, they scored the most direct goal. It was simple, rough, and not too complicated. It was the use of the players' personal abilities to complete this successful goal. attack.

Bayern's most iconic Robery connection successfully gave Liverpool a fatal blow at the last moment.