Chapter 496: Out of Control Bayern Module (Daily Transition)

Heynckes is not a coach like Guardiola, Mourinho, or Klopp, whose tactical styles are extremely distinct.

He has a strong ability to make fine adjustments.

He fine-tuned Van Gaal's foundational framework.

He fine-tuned Ancelotti's positional pressure.

In some aspects, his football philosophy is very close to Wenger's.

During the period when Hai Clan Bayern dominated Europe, only Wenger, leading a depleted Arsenal, managed to contain them.

Accompanied by the referee's whistle.

The match officially began.

Bayern Munich possession.

Lewandowski kicked off and passed to Boateng.

Stamford Bridge is no longer that quiet library; the atmosphere is becoming increasingly grand.

"The Bundesliga giants have experienced a difficult start."

"At the beginning of the season, fans once felt disappointed."

"The return of the veteran coach Heynckes has revived this European giant!"

"Steadily progressing, Bayern's formation has become a 4-1-4-1, with Thiago occupying the midfield line."

Thiago is a top graduate of La Masia youth academy.

However, the coach who truly unlocks his peak combat power is Ancelotti.

Although the fat Ancelotti's record with Bayern wasn't glorious, he is very skilled at training genius midfielders.

Last season, Thiago's pass success rate ranked third in Europe, and his defensive interception data ranked fourth in Europe.

The ball was pushed over Chelsea's half-field forty-meter zone.

Thiago received Alba's pass.

At this moment.

Robben and Ribery cut inward from the two flanks to the rib area.

Alba and Rafinha, the two fullbacks, pushed to the outer midfield positions.

Müller ran aimlessly to the very front of the attack line.

Lewandowski slowed his forward run, maintaining a side-on stance, always ready to support.

"The attacking points are spread out, not crowded at all."

"Let's see how Bayern's attack will unfold."

Thiago really wanted to aim and deliver shells to his teammates.

He turned in place once, still unable to shake off Li Kang.

Moses did not provide cover, but he cut off Bayern's flank-midfield connection on this side.

Pa!

Li Kang intercepted the ball.

"Oh no, the ball is lost."

"Chelsea's counterattack!"

"Bayern did not immediately press Li Kang this point, but quickly retreated and took position!"

"The characteristic of transitioning from attack to defense is somewhat like Wenger's Arsenal."

The overall defensive tendency is similar; both teams, after losing possession, want to switch to a low defensive shape.

But the details expressed are quite different.

Very strange.

Overall, it looks very unreasonable, yet these players are actually running very reasonably.

Alba is the fastest, promptly filling the defensive midfield gap left by Thiago's forward run.

Ribery and Lewandowski quickly retreated, forming an "intercept strong side."

Rafinha turned and ran straight, naturally covering the "defensive weak side."

Before Bayern players had taken position.

Li Kang had already sent out a counterattack long pass.

Morata received the ball with his back to goal, without adjusting, and struck it sideways with one foot, attempting to pass to Hazard.

"Beautiful!"

"The left-footed king's football intelligence and vision are too excellent; he just happened to split Bayern's defensive weak point!"

"Ground pass! Bypassed Rafinha!"

As Hazard rushed forward, he hadn't yet received the ball when a tall, sturdy figure blocked his path.

Moses, providing sideline support, immediately tried to win the ball back, but Hummels had already directed the ball to a safe zone.

The Stamford Bridge stands, the sudden roar of cheers was drowned out by scattered applause.

"Hazard was just a little bit short."

"The healthy Hummels, his positioning accuracy finally caught up with his awareness."

Hazard gave Morata a thumbs-up.

Morata gave Li Kang a thumbs-up.

These two simple counterattack connections, by past standards, would have already broken through the opponent's defense.

Li Kang waved his hand, dispelling the phantom of the red-and-blue Cruyff.

He couldn't help but wonder: why was the red-and-blue Cruyff so active during the positional defense-to-attack phase?

Live broadcast room.

【How strong is the central defensive partnership of Hummels and Boateng?】

【Let me analyze for everyone: Bayern's attack-to-defense transition this time has formed multiple interception lines, the formation itself is in a high defensive line state, which is very dangerous, but through the movement of midfielders and full-backs, one of the center-backs has been released.】

【Especially in the changes of strong and weak sides in defense, and guiding the opponent's attacking direction, these two details are done very well.】

【After Chelsea advances past midfield, passes cannot go along the ground, it's very difficult to break through; generally teams have two or three layers of interception lines, but Hai Clan Bayern has dynamic four or five layers, polygonal!】

【If Morata were possessed by De Bruyne, and could send over-the-top long passes while receiving with his back to goal, the threat might be even greater.】

【Chelsea should play low-block defense, concede space, and weaken the联动 organization of Martinez and Tiago's "front-to-back rotation".】

Sideline.

Heynckes had a calm expression, lightly clapping.

He had undergone heart bypass surgery, unable to be as passionate as Conte, Guardiola, or Klopp.

Other side.

Dino scratched his head, puzzled, saying:

"This Bayern's style is too changeable; I've stayed up all night watching match recordings recently, and they've all become invalid memories."

"Boss, we need to first target this Bayern, and do well in the details of positional defense."

Tuchel had no time to respond.

He was frantically gesturing toward Moses, Marcos, and William.

His index and middle fingers kept poking at the air.

"Five defenders! Three holding midfielders! Come on!"

Time passed.

The match gradually became dull.

Stamford Bridge returned to the tranquility of a library.

VIP box.

Abramovich frowned, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and said discontentedly: "What the hell is this we're playing? Where's the attack? How come we're being pressed by Bayern?"

Technical director Cech hurriedly explained: "We are deliberately luring Bayern, to expose the weaknesses in their high defensive line."

Staff members all had black lines on their faces.

Abramovich interrupted: "Of course I know Bayern put on a substitute goalkeeper; we should be scoring many goals!"

Cech gave a thumbs-up: "The boss is right!"

"Ulreich cannot interact with Bayern's high defensive line like Neuer does; he cannot bear the important tasks of ball distribution and interception."

"Other Bayern players need to run more, consume more stamina, to compensate for the defensive line's weaknesses."

"Hai Clan Bayern is like a team in a tug-of-war match; whoever contributes less, the pressure will be shared by other teammates, thus maintaining operation."

Someone said: Football is a turn-based game.

At this moment, the Hai Clan giants control more attacking rounds, wildly trampling Chelsea's half.

Bayern fans traveling with the team cheered and jumped.

Heynckes, however, could not feel happy:

Tuchel has learned badly.

Actually letting the Ballon d'Or winner become the defensive anchor of a five-defender three-holding-midfielder formation.

"Rafinha didn't pass the ball to Roben, but sent a low flat pass, finding Tiago in midfield."

"Roben made a forward run along an arc, disturbing Chelsea's right defensive line."

"Tiago long-range shot!"

"Hit Li Kang's face, blocked out!"

"Second-point attack."

"Alaba also wants to have a kick? Can't, he's being entangled by Morata!"

"Football went out of bounds"

"Camera cuts to Li Kang's close-up, a faint red mark on his face, looks not serious! Uh his gesture! Even I can understand it clearly."

"Pointed to zone 14, saying he would shut down Tiago."

"Then pointed to the left side area from thirty to thirty-five meters, meaning to restrict Alaba there."

"This Bayern team pays great attention to attacking space, from right to left, from front to back, with many finishing points, no mutual squeezing, no personnel overlap, very simple and efficient, but Li Kang happens to be especially sensitive to space."

Dead ball phase.

Kanté tilted his head back, expression anxious, staring at the red mark on Li Kang's face, constantly asking about his condition.

Li Kang rubbed his eye sockets, waved his hand to indicate he was fine.

Just now he clearly could have used his chest to block Tiago's long-range shot, but the phantom of the red-blue little Luo ran out.

From the start of the match.

Facing Hai Clan Bayern, a series of Barcelona legend modules seemed to have lost control.

Even if they lost control, it was useless.

Li Kang's mind kept flashing a 7:0 score.

Time passed second by second.

Hai Clan Bayern's attacking chain was always being choked off.

Chelsea's five-defender three-holding-midfielder formation, their transition attacks, yet made Bayern's high defensive line tread on thin ice.

The problem is very clear: Ulreich this guy is not as good as Neuer, his way of wiping butt is too单一.

Minute 43 of the match.

Chelsea gained a counterattack opportunity.

"Hazard!"

"Beautiful, he passed by!"

"This time he defeated Hummels head-on!"

"The arc of the cross is very large! He went around Boateng!"

"Morata accelerated again!"

"One-on-one!"

"Ursini's timing for rushing out was poor!"

"Beautiful! Martinez's recovery tackle was too timely, a straight-line frantic recovery, truly defending with his life!"

Pa!

The football was poked out of bounds.

Morata got up and pulled Martinez up.

In the game he really liked using this Bayern midfielder, and at this moment he couldn't help complaining about the game developer: How come in the game Martinez's speed is only 51?

Li Kang rubbed his temples.

He shook his head.

The red-blue little Luo, red-blue big Luo, and red-blue old Ma in his vision gradually faded away.

He spent most of his time in positional defense, how could he let a group of Barcelona attacking legends occupy the playing time of Nesta's phantom.

Playing against Hai Clan Bayern, what's Barcelona got to do with the fuss.

Tuchel lifted the football, not rushing to throw it to Moses.

He leaned on Xiao Hei Dan's shoulder, whispered a few words, then waved his hand to let the players press forward en masse.

Now it's role reversal.

Let Hai Clan Bayern taste Chelsea's positional attack.

The scene was too noisy, time was tight, Moses didn't hear clearly what Tuchel was saying, he only knew he had to throw the ball to Li.

The main referee raised his hand, urging Xiao Hei Dan to quickly throw the ball in.

"Moses passed the ball to Li Kang."

"Wow, Li Kang is a big man all over."

"Beautiful back-to-goal one-touch pass, to Morata!"

"He made a run before turning, arc running position."

"Morata横敲架炮!"

"William!"

Peng!

The football skimmed past Hai Clan Bayern's defense line!

William, under Martinez's interference, this time his explosive shot didn't fully hit the target.

The football bounced twice on the ground, losing most of its power.

Ursini wasn't panicked at all.

Defense is a whole.

Before the opponent advanced into the 14th zone, the gap in Hai Clan Bayern's defensive line was his main positioning area.

In the first decade of the 21st century, Southampton's youth academy had already published《How to Use Defensive Line Spacing and Goalkeeper Positioning to Limit Opponents' Long Shots》.

This made current football animations dare not film those old-fashioned plots of "man-to-man tight marking to limit long shots".

God's perspective operated at high speed.

Li Kang seized the perfect timing for a forward run.

In his vision.

The red-blue phantom suddenly appeared.

Barcelona number 10.

Messi.

Seeing Ursini about to hold the football in his arms.

A black-haired figure blocked the Hai Clan Bayern goalkeeper's view.

Li Kang!

Pa!

The soft, weak football was lightly tapped by the heel of the back foot.

Regained vitality.

Lightly leaping toward the top left corner of the goal!

Li Kang didn't stop his steps, naturally moving toward the corner flag area, all his actions at this moment completely coincided with the golden phantom of the red-blue number 10!

Ursini had no time to make any reaction, staring blankly at the football breaking the net

1:0!!!

Stamford Bridge, the whole stadium erupted!

"The ball went in!"

"No offside!"

"No offside!"

"Exquisite coordination!"

"William's god-level through pass!"

"Li Kang's heel shot! Elegant and unrestrained! Masterful style!"

"Elegance never goes out of style!"

"Too amazing!"

"Hard-fought matches often give birth to the most agile and light ways of scoring!"

William froze.

Only after being shoved by Marcos did the Samba Magic Wing snap back to reality.

He excitedly rushed to Li Kang and gave him a fierce, powerful hug.

Teammates all raised their thumbs up.

Great pass.

Great shot.

Chelsea fans were overjoyed, shouting Li Kang's name in unison.

"Lee!!!"

"Carefree!!!"

The Blues' endpoint is the pinnacle of the Champions League!

Live stream room.

Bullet comments flying everywhere.

【Did William kick it wrong?】

【Slow motion shows it's really not offside!】

【So handsome! Li Kang received the ball with his back to goal, laid it off, then made a curved diagonal run! Immediately followed by a fake run and cut back to fool Bayern's defense, finding the perfect timing for a forward run! He finished with a heel strike to seal the goal!】

【The world's number one midfielder.】

【So handsome it's ridiculous.】

【Back in the day, Messi also scored a very similar goal, but it was called back.】

【Li Mingdeng, a lifelong fan, scored before halftime ended! Saved my life!】

【A bunch of fake fans, aren't you worried about Li Kang's face? He got hit by two long-range cannon shots in this match!】

Sideline.

Heynckes couldn't help but applaud Li Kang's brilliant performance.

"If Bayern had Li Kang, Wo Le Er wouldn't agree."

In most past matches, the old man's expression usually remained calm.

Fans usually judged the Bayern coaching staff's mood from his flushed cheeks.

On the other side.

Dino exclaimed: "Boss, your attacking design is too clever!"

Tuchel shook his head: "What attacking design? William's long-range shot clearly lacked power."

Master and apprentice didn't continue discussing the rationality of the attack, turning instead to join the celebratory frenzy on the bench.

VIP box.

Bang bang bang!

Ab excitedly pounded the coffee table twice.

He turned to look at Cech: "You guy, didn't you say this match would be tough?"

Cech nodded seriously: "Yeah, there are still 45 minutes left, we must be careful of Bayern's upcoming tactical adjustments."

The bonus chapter is under review—this goal is too fantastical, it must be enjoyed with the bonus chapter.