Chapter 497

The referee blew the whistle signaling the end of the first half!

Chelsea temporarily leads by one goal.

However, judging by the stats, Bayern Munich is basically playing the guest as host.

The close-up shot goes to the limping Thiago; don't worry, Bayern's midfield bench is deep, talent abundant, and sitting on the bench are excellent players like Kimmich, Toliso, Rudy, James Rodriguez, Vidal, etc.

In choosing substitutions at halftime, Bayern's coaching staff must consider the ground-marking issue; in the first half's 45 minutes, Thiago and Li Kang had seven direct confrontations, only managing to shake off once.

During the break, the Stamford Bridge stands gradually emptied.

Li Kang returned to the locker room.

After scoring a goal, the Barcelona legend's phantom immediately stabilized.

Because Neuer was absent, he didn't feel the match was overly difficult.

But once the God's perspective begins to dissect the opponent's tactics, the Tactical Palace hovering in mid-air will violently shake, accompanied by severe headaches.

Heynckes's tactical system bears traces of too many schools, yet it cannot be broken by conventional means.

For example, Ancelotti's sense of hierarchy in autonomous attacking, Heynckes improved it, building on the solution to overlapping attacking space, adding more finishing points.

For example, Wenger's low-position retreat after losing possession, Heynckes improved it, perfectly integrating other schools' defensive depth gradient, compensating for this era's tendency of lacking ground interception.

For example, a bowl of rice noodles, Wenger adds a few slices of fish on top; if you don't like fish, you can pick out the fish meat, but when Heynckes takes the spoon, all the noodles are made of fish meat.

The God of fine-tuning.

As long as Bayern's lineup is complete, in this era no team can defeat them on the tactical level.

Tuchel pulled out the tactical board and moved the magnetic flag.

"Our positional defense in the first half was very successful, causing Bayern to reveal many weaknesses."

"Several successful transition attacks forced Boateng and Hummels' high defensive line to make more runs and cover, compensating for goalkeeper Ulreich's shortcomings."

"Including Robben and Ribery, these two old-timers frequently shuttled back and forth in the first half to participate in midfield defense."

"If Heynckes doesn't make a change, we have hope after 70 minutes to break through their formation head-on."

"One issue worth noting is the method of passing in transition attacks."

"Bayern's interception depth makes our ground-pass success rate very low."

"They deliberately create a false strong/weak side; if we seize the weak side to launch a long pass, Bayern players have ample time to adjust positioning—Rafinha's two leisurely recoveries are a microcosm!"

"After 70 minutes, we can try more risky passes."

Many coaches from the Bundesliga have this bad habit: in internal matches they'd rather play 5-4 than win 1-0.

The little black eggs listened with bewildered faces.

Dino explained: "Before the 70th minute of the second half, positional defense remains the optimal solution; Li Kang and Kanté can strangulate Bayern's most positional attacking tempo nodes, our other defensive players won't move too frequently for support and cover, giving us a stamina advantage."

"But we must, given possession, try to seize the initiative."

"Rest up."

Bayern locker room.

Heynckes, relying on memory, drew the diagram of Chelsea's low defensive structure and the two complete attacking chains executed in the first half.

After the assistant coach reviewed the match details, he began explaining the adjustments for the second half.

Before halftime, Bayern's veteran coach had already laid out the planning for each upcoming time point.

Lewandowski, in the manner of a good student, occasionally nods in agreement.

In the previous Bundesliga match, he, dissatisfied with being substituted, refused to shake Heynckes' hand and publicly vented his displeasure in front of media reporters.

As a result, returning to the training base, he was disciplined by Heynckes into obedience.

The fifteen-minute halftime break soon ended.

The referee crew led both teams back onto the pitch.

Stamford Bridge, it boiled over again.

"Good evening, viewers, welcome back."

"We are now broadcasting the 2017/18 season Champions League semi-final."

"Chelsea versus Bayern Munich's second half."

"Thiago, due to a recurring old injury, cannot continue the match."

"The substitute is the Chilean butcher, Vidal."

"His dyed-white mohawk is really eye-catching!"

Vidal shook his leg, pressed his fingers making a clicking sound, twisted his neck a few times, and, facing Li Kang's position, revealed a wicked smile.

His appearance is fierce, his body strong.

Actually his inner world is gentle, very united with teammates; in his youth team days he liked leading the group to eat fast food, hold unhealthy group parties, drink and drive, and be late to training.

He's still decent, possessing many loyal fans in the Eastern country, and is affectionately called "Bi Dou".

The forum content roughly includes "Bi Dou Tonight Handsome", "Hormones Exploding", and "My wife discovered I collected Bi Dou brother's sexy photos—how to explain".

Strong physical quality, fierce playing style, outstanding attacking insertion ability—on the pitch the visual impact is strong.

Beep!

Accompanied by the referee's whistle.

The match officially began.

Chelsea possession.

Morata kicked off, passing back to the backfield.

The midfield of both formations immediately overlapped.

Bidal followed behind Li Kang's butt, beginning to mutter.

Li, this time you won't be able to shake me off so easily.

"Last time it was because I had an old injury."

He didn't finish speaking.

The two immediately widened the distance between them.

The ball stayed close to the grass and rolled over.

"Li Kang needs to adjust his position faster, he stopped the ball first."

"Vidal is pressing him closely!"

"Both of them have max-level physical confrontation in the game!"

"Nice!"

"Li Kang hooked with his left foot!"

"Vidal continued to extend his right leg, timing it perfectly."

"Li Kang hooked again, bent his waist, and circled around the Bayern midfield once!"

"Hey! The referee's whistle blew, and Vidal actually pulled down Li Kang's shorts!"

"No card, just a verbal warning."

Vidal helped Li Kang pull up his shorts.

This is his task on the field: to limit Chelsea's core's ball distribution speed.

Dino quickly complained to the fourth official.

Heynckes shook his head helplessly. He didn't expect the Chilean tough guy's marking style to be so "weird".

Tuchel rested his chin on his hand, expression puzzled:

Is it meaningful to waste the strategic significance of the double defensive midfielders' rotation and forward insertion by assigning one person to limit Li?

Li Kang's matchups this season have blown past all midfielders; Vidal definitely can't contain him.

Using a point as an anchor, does the river vehicle self-rotate?

Gathered his thoughts.

Chelsea's head coach again looked at the changing distance in Bayern's backfield, utterly puzzled.

Both unfamiliar and familiar.

The match continued.

David Luiz took a free kick from the backfield.

The ball rolled quickly on the grass.

After several passes,

Kante stopped the ball and looked toward Li Kang in the thirty-meter zone of Bayern's half.

"Vidal blocked the passing lane."

"Li Kang's steps to adjust his position were tight, moving laterally, creating space."

"Kante made two feints, but still passed the ball through."

"Vidal reacted quickly and moved in close."

"Nice!"

"Li Kang stopped the ball with a reverse touch, turned to shake off the defender—slick!"

Vidal wasn't discouraged and continued the chase.

Other Bayern players blocked Li Kang's forward passing lanes.

Li Kang kicked hard against the grass, continuing his burst forward.

From God's perspective.

His connections with the frontline attackers were all cut off by Bayern players.

Martinez, Boateng, and Hummels actually formed a "three-center-back" system.

From the positioning of the two full-backs, Heynckes even improved upon Conte's approach!

"Moses' flank support was very timely."

"Outside."

"Hey! Watch Hummels' run! He's going to cover Alaba's area!"

"Martinez dropped back to fill Hummels' gap."

"Li Kang's link with his teammates was cut again!"

"Vidal and Ribery formed a encirclement."

"Bayern's positional defense is too strong; even 24-year-old Messi would struggle to break through."

Li Kang accelerated again, carrying the ball sideways.

From God's perspective.

Bayern's defensive focus quickly shifted as his position changed.

Smack!

Li Kang passed the ball to the advancing David Luiz.

Morata, positioned up front, quickly dropped back, attempting to draw out a gap in Bayern's midfield defense.

Without the ball, Li Kang accelerated forward.

David Luiz finished charging up, but couldn't send a lofted pass because Bayern's defensive line wasn't pulled apart.

Chelsea's legendary connection is active, including the wingers Marcos, Hazard, and William.

Bayern's defensive line also adjusted.

Chelsea's attacking players rotated positions, and Bayern's defenders also rotated in time.

Seasoned.

Composed demeanor.

Heynckes did not rush to equalize the score, but instead adjusted the defensive positioning.

The improved three-center-back system, combined with the midfield players' rotation speed, is unbelievable.

He has too many tactical cards in hand; starting from this season's Champions League knockout stage, the Bayern veteran coach's tactics differ in every match.

If Neuer can make a comeback, we will witness an even more extravagant rotation fortress.

On the sidelines.

Tuchel looked bewildered; he had once been a defender of the three-center-back system.

But everything happening before him made him somewhat doubt his life.

Not only was Conte improved.

He himself was also improved by the Bayern veteran coach.

The key is that this group of Bayern's main players has strong tactical execution.

Unless Boateng and Hummels, with Martínez injured and off the field, otherwise Chelsea's young coach can't think of a way to break the deadlock.

Li Kang stopped his steps, passively staying between Bayern's two lines for a few seconds.

No chance.

Could only return to the midfield position to reorganize.

God's perspective, the 'Tactical Palace' hovering in mid-air, violently shook and shed flakes of gold sand and gravel.

The tactical view was almost forced to collapse.