After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 110 True Love for Bayern
Since AC Milan reached the final of this season's Champions League, Pan Yi often took time to study his opponent in the final - Bayern Munich.

More precisely, the study of Bayern Munich's current manager, Josef Heynckes.

In fact, as early as 1987 to 1991, Heynckes coached Bayern and led the team to two Bundesliga championships. However, due to a loss of control over the players, he was dismissed midway through the 1990-91 season.

But his fate with Bayern did not end there.

In the second half of the 2008-09 season, Heynckes, who was out of work at home, was appointed to replace Klinsmann, who was dismissed, and became Bayern's interim head coach.

He helped the team win the league runner-up, but left after the season.

And then there's the third time now.

Dutch coach Van Gaal was fired, and Heynckes came out again to "fight the fire", leading the team to win the "Double Asian Kings" of the German Cup and the Bundesliga, and is now preparing to hit the Champions League.

In fact, after he officially announced his retirement in 2013, Heynckes made another comeback in 2017 and once again served as a firefighting coach for Bayern until the end of the season.

It can be said that Heynckes absolutely loves Bayern.

Of course, what Pan Yi studied more was the tactics Heynckes used during his time at Bayern.

As the season progresses, Pan Yi participates in more and more high-level games, and he can learn more and more in the system.

Therefore, the tactical play of this Bayern meritorious coach is also presented in front of Pan Yi one by one.

"Eunuch Hai" has used his best 2012 formation this season, as well as the peak 2013-4231 five-time championship season.

Although there have been changes in personnel in the two seasons, the framework of the main lineup is similar.

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, left back Alaba, center back Budstuber (Dante) and Jr. Boateng, right back Lahm, midfielder Toni Kroos (Javi Martinez) and Schwein Steiger, attacking midfielders Franck Ribery, Müller, Robben, center Mario Gomez (Mandzukic).

In terms of specific tactics, Pan Yi discovered that Heynckes' style of play is actually very close to the most advanced oppression tactics in 2022, and even has similarities with the style of play that Pan Yi is currently promoting in Milan.

This may be the reason why they were able to beat European invincibles in the 2012-2013 season.

And even in the 2011-2012 season of Pan Yi's previous life, Bayern completely suppressed Chelsea in the Champions League final, but because of bad luck and Robben missed a penalty, they finally lost in the penalty shootout finals.

It must have been difficult for the opponents at the time to understand Heynckes' space-moving defense that is different from ordinary people.

In Cruyff's words, Heynckes' tactical thinking is: "When your team has the ball, the other players are as far away from the ball as possible. When the ball is not at your feet, your players are farther away from the ball." The closer the ball is, the better."

Relying on this idea, the wingers under Heynckes played an extremely powerful role - when attacking, they can maximize the length of the pitch, and when they need to defend, the wingers can participate in the middle of the midfield. In defense, it stretches and contracts like an accordion.

Heynckes proposed this defensive system as the link to play, emphasizing the defense of each player, using every inch of space on the court to make it difficult for the ball to flow, and blocking the opponent's attack with collective blockade.

As a result, few teams can break through the defense line of Heynckes' team. Even if they are lucky enough to break through, they will find Neuer standing behind the defense line-the use of this scavenger goalkeeper is also Bayern's tactics. a major innovation.

Specific to each position of the team, they, like Milan, start defense from the forward line.

Losing possession of the ball in the frontcourt, in the absence of a quick counterattack, Bayern's usual choice is to put pressure on the nearest offensive player, forcing the ball holder to be unable to take the ball calmly, resulting in mistakes.

At this time, the remaining offensive players - most of the time three - will mark and press the short and medium pass targets of the ball holder respectively, thus forming a protection.

For example, if the opponent's goalkeeper holds the ball and center Gomez goes up to grab the ball, then the three attacking midfielders will mark the back line separately.

However, there is only one midfielder who cannot mark the double central defender, and the opposing goalkeeper may pass the ball to a central defender, such as the left central defender.

At this time, the closest Robben will go up and block the pass to the left back at the same time, then Muller, Ribery, and a forward pressing midfielder will attack the opponent's right center back, right back and a forward respectively. The defensive midfielder is marked to intercept the pass, while Gomez starts to retreat and return.

Moreover, no matter which midfielder among Hama or Piggy presses forward, there must be another midfielder who is dragging behind, sitting between the midfielder and the defense line.

While the offensive players are robbing, except for the necessary three protectors and interceptors, the rest of the players, especially the defensive players, must quickly return to their positions.

To sum up, that is, 1 man presses, 3 players protect, and the remaining 6 players are returning to defense.

In this way, even if the opponent is going to make a quick counterattack, the side has enough manpower to quickly return to the defense.

So you can hardly see Bayern being forced to play less and more when they are countered quickly. That is because:

First, there is always a deep-back central defender handling the ball behind him (usually Jr. Boateng);

Second, Bayern's full-backs are at the right time, and their running speed will not lag behind too much;

Third, Neuer will attack according to the situation when forming a single-handedly, and the trailing central defender will quickly make up in front of the goal to reduce the adverse effects of the goalkeeper's misplacement.

Therefore, when the opponent counterattacks, he will always face such a scene: the defender holds the ball, the opponent's center forward grabs the ball, and the ball holder wants to play, but the short pass targets are all marked, or after a certain amount of running without the ball Either wait for teammates to run to catch the ball, or kick with a big kick without precision.

After the teammate catches the ball, they will face new difficulties—his short pass goal is being marked again, and this goes down layer by layer. When the football advances to the opponent's half, what they are facing is a lineup with a complete lineup and all players on guard. line of defense...

After gradually digesting Heynckes' tactical system, Pan Yi's mind gradually became clear.

If AC Milan's tactics in the previous matchups with other opponents were a bit of a "dimensionality reduction blow", then the match between Milan and Bayern was closer to a contest of the same dimension.

Whether it is the requirements for frontcourt pressure, the use of wingers, or the use of protection for the midfielder, the two sides are very similar.

Therefore, in order to win such a peak battle, it is necessary to be more meticulous in the layout of specific positions, restraint, and on-the-spot command and dispatch.

Also, the unity, order and tactical discipline of the team will all be the key to the outcome!

(End of this chapter)