After the 3-0 draw in the first round at the Allianz Arena, everyone was looking forward to the second round at St.
Mary's Stadium, and both sides were quarreling before the game.
For example, Guardiola said that Bayern Munich still has a chance and will definitely make a comeback in the away game.
Even the generals of the Bayern Munich team and the club's senior officials have expressed their belief that the team has the possibility of reversal.
But what about Southampton?
Not to be outdone, even Bielsa, who has never been good at expressing his stance in front of the media, rarely responded with such domineering words: "We have never lost at St.
Mary's Stadium."
But no matter how the two sides fought before the game, how the media built momentum, and even the media of both countries almost entangled this game with the years of grievances between England and Germany, the real battlefield was still on the football field.
Compared with the first round, there were almost no changes between the two sides.
Not only the lineup has not changed, but the starting tactics have also not changed at all.
At the beginning of the game, Bayern Munich, playing away from home, took the lead in taking the initiative in the game.
Southampton, playing at home, organized its defense very patiently and allowed Bayern Munich to attack.
This made the Bundesliga squad feel helpless, because they found that the iron wall that they could not break through in the first round was still unable to be broken in the second round.
At this time, even the on-site commentator at St.
Mary's Stadium acted as a tactician, unceremoniously pointing out Bayern Munich's striker, believing that Thomas Muller was not suitable to play center at all.
Bayern Munich's striker problem has been around for a long time.
It originally wanted to introduce Mandzukic but failed, and since then it has been unable to find a suitable center.
It was not until recently that Lewandowski was freely introduced from Dortmund.
But if the Bundesliga striker wants to play for Bayern Munich, he will have to wait until next season.
Although Bayern Munich always controlled the ball, in fact, they did not get the first shot until the 25th minute, but Ribery's shot was obviously very crooked.
In half an hour, Bayern Munich only had this shot.
On the contrary, Southampton, which was at an absolute disadvantage in possession of the ball, had a total of three shooting opportunities in the first half hour, and two were on target.
Bielsa's team's offensive efficiency is still very high But what really changed the situation of the game happened in the 36th minute.
Hazard broke through with the ball from the left, causing a foul from Rafinha, and gave Southampton a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.
Toni Kroos came to take the penalty.
Javi Martinez used Varane's cover in the penalty area to beat Dante and hit a header, opening the scoring for Southampton.
This score was maintained until the end of the first half.
In the second half, Guardiola finally couldn't help it and made adjustments, pulling Lahm back to the defense, leaving the entire midfield burden in the hands of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thiago.
Obviously, this is a desperate gamble.
It's just a pity that Bastian Schweinsteiger failed to shoulder this heavy responsibility, and Bayern Munich also failed to solve the old problem of weak forwards.
They made many mistakes in the frontcourt.
Southampton made mistakes in the 57th minute and the 3rd minute respectively.
In the 71st minute, he seized two opportunities in a row and scored goals on counterattack.
The heroes of the goals were Ibrahimovic and Suarez.
At this point in the game, the suspense has completely disappeared.
With a total score of six to zero, it would be strange if Bayern Munich could come back in the last twenty minutes.
This also made Bayern Munich's senior executives feel very depressed.
"Can we recall Toni Kroos," asked Bayern Munich's acting president Herbert Hainer.
"If you have any ideas, I can arrange for someone to contact Southampton."
He is the CEO of Adidas.
He was once a professional player who played in a low-level league, but he has always been a fan of Bayern Munich and can be regarded as the representative of Adidas in the Bayern Munich management.
In these two rounds, Toni Kroos' performance in the midfield was too eye-catching.
He performed very well in the last game, and this time he used a precise free kick to assist Javi Martinez and score Bayern Munich's goal in the stalemate stage, breaking the deadlock on the field.
Not only that, he sits in the midfield and is very good in organizing and sorting out the ball, as well as passing and distributing the ball.
Even the defense is much improved than before.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Today's Toni Kroos can be said to be both offensive and defensive, and he is very good in both aspects.
Looking back at these two games, Bayern Munich's two defensive midfielders, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thiago, were completely outclassed by Toni Kroos, especially Schweinsteiger, who is completely unsuitable to be this player.
A type of midfielder.
But the problem is that it is not easy to introduce Toni Kroos.
"When we sold Toni Kroos to Southampton, Yang Huan's price was as high as 60 million euros.
After these years of outstanding performance, if we want to recall him again, how high will the price be?"
Rumeini Ge asked helplessly.
The sale of Toni Kroos back then was definitely a good deal and quite successful as far as this transaction was concerned.
Selling a young midfielder for 60 million euros is not considered a success But from the current perspective, it's hard to say.
After all, Bayern Munich is in urgent need of a defensive midfielder like Toni Kroos.
"Besides, there is no way Southampton will sell Toni Kroos" Hearing Rummenigge say so definitely, Karl Hopfner also asked strangely: "Why?"
"I received news that Real Madrid has decided to introduce Modric.
I heard that the total transaction price will exceed 70 million euros."
"Seventy million" Karl Hopfner was almost frightened. 70 million euros to introduce Modric Did I hear it right?
"The transfer bubble in European football is too serious now.
All the major clubs have money in their accounts, and the value of players has naturally skyrocketed.
Especially players like Modric and Toni Kroos are even more scarce. ”
Rummenigge said sadly.
"But, in any case, we cannot destroy our philosophy of running Bayern Munich because of transfer signings.
We only introduce players within our ability."
"What do you mean?"
asked Hopfner.
"Javi Martinez" Rummenigge said, pointing to the Spanish central defender on the pitch.
"Originally, my first choice was Varane, but Yang Huan's attitude was very determined and it was impossible, so I settled for the next best thing and wanted to bring in Javi Martinez.
He didn't refuse.
It seemed that there was some hope, but " Having said this, Rummenigge turned his head and looked at Hopfner, "Karl, how much money can the team put into operation this summer?"
Karl Hopfner is Bayern Munich's finance minister and has been in charge of Bayern Munich's finances for decades.
After listening to Rummenigge's words, I thought about it for a moment, "Although our introduction of Lewandowski is a free transfer, the players' salaries are high and the pressure is relatively high.
Moreover, Guardiola previously proposed to introduce Lewandowski."
As a goalkeeper, the first choice is Liverpool’s Reina, who is worth three million euros.”
"Preliminary estimates suggest that the funds we will invest in transfer operations in the summer cannot exceed 40 million euros."
"Forty million euros" Rummenigge frowned.
This 40 million euros can buy Xavi Martinez If Bayern Munich quoted such a price, I'm afraid Southampton would throw out a sentence of 40 million euros on the spot.
You can't even buy a leg from Javi Martinez, you idiot.
"Is there nothing more we can do?"
Rummenigge asked.
Hopfner thought for a moment and said, "A maximum of 50 million euros, no more.
This is already the club's limit."
Rummenigge is still a little disappointed, because this is still a certain distance from Southampton's psychological price.
The introduction of a strong central defender has become a top priority for the team.
The forward problem can be solved by Lewandowski, and the midfield problem can also be solved.
However, the defense problem is a constant problem, because everyone knows that the most lacking thing in European football at the moment is central defenders.
Especially a high-level, commanding central defender like Javi Martinez More importantly, the Spaniard is only 25 years old and in his prime.
By introducing him, together with Jerome Boateng, the two of them can ensure that Bayern Munich's defense will not have problems in the next few years.
This kind of transfer operation is cost-effective no matter how you look at it.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Hopfner saw Rummenigge frowning and felt a little strange, "Why is fifty million euros not enough?"
Rummenigge shook his head, "I called Ron Gurley and the price they offered was very high, reaching 70 million euros."
"Seventy million euros" Hopfner was shocked.
Bayern Munich's finance minister even wonders if the world is too crazy
A central defender is quoted 70 million euros "This offer is a bit high, but you should know that besides us, there are also teams interested in Javi Martinez, including Real Madrid and Barcelona."
At this moment, Hopfner suddenly understood.
The team that the Spanish Super League duo is interested in has been hyped by the media once, and its value has soared by 10 million.
The team's quotation will increase by another 10 million.
Nothing is said.
"It has to be Javi Martinez" Hopfner was a little skeptical.
If successful, this may be Bayern Munich's most expensive player ever.
"I'm confident that the price can be negotiated, but" "Just what" Rummenigge looked at Sammer, who was in charge of competitive affairs, "We may have to send away some players."
Everyone knows what this means.
"Everyone knows that Southampton likes young rookies the most, so I am considering adding the young players in the team to the transfer to fill the price difference."
After hearing this, Sammer was a little reluctant, but he could not refuse Rummenigge's request.
As the youth training of a wealthy team, it is originally meant to serve the first team.
This kind of service is not about providing an endless supply of talents for the first team.
Don’t be stupid.
Which giant club expects this?
The real service is to include young players in transfer negotiations to increase transfer chips in some transfers.
For Bayern Munich, the entire Bundesliga is their youth training camp, so they can’t poach anyone they want.
Therefore, they do not pay special attention to their own youth training players and basically rent them out.
For example, Lahm, Toni Kroos and others all performed well while on loan and returned to the team.
But there are also a large number of players who choose to live outside after performing well, such as Dortmund's Hummels.
As for Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Muller, who have always played for Bayern Munich and have been promoted from the youth academy to the first team, there are really very few examples, and their situations are also quite special.
Especially Thomas Muller.
No one would have thought that this guy would perform so well in the World Cup, right?
Therefore, it is normal for Bayern Munich to use players as a transfer addition.
But, I don’t know who Southampton will look at: