Playing this Champions League quarterfinal at Bayern's home ground, Bayern lined up in a 4231 with defenders Minjae Kim, Dier, Kimmich, Mazraoui, Goretzka at the back, Laimer, attacking midfielder Müller, Sane on the wings, Musiala, HarryKane striker
Real Madrid out of 442, defenders Nacho, Rüdiger, Mendy, Vazquez, Kroos midfielders, Tchouaméni, Valverde, Rodrygo, Bellingham forwards, Vinicius
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If Real Madrid makes it clear that they are going to counterattack, he plans to beat the Bayern defense with a dense defense in the middle and back of the field and speed up front. Bayern also changed here. The left back became Mazraoui, and the veteran Mazraoui was used to attack the center of the field. üller, and they did have a sense of forcing Real Madrid's hand in the beginning, always trying to cut in from the wings and then pass the ball into the middle for a shot on goal.
After 15 minutes, Real Madrid had a little bit of counterattack, Bayern's defenders had not been obvious pressing forward action, which made it difficult for Real Madrid's strikers to find an attacking position, until Kroos found a chance in the center line in the 23rd minute, Vinicius firstly ran back, and then Kroos played a through ball, Vinicius suddenly turned 180 degrees and rushed to the penalty box, in the process, Kim Min Jae was lured out of the defending him, as a result, Vinicius completely lost him as soon as he turned and accelerated, the move was so sudden that Kimmich at right back and Dier at center back had no time to chase back, Kimicicich
The offense is actually a bit of a marvel, as Kroos has no problem passing through the ball, but Vinicius uncharacteristically doesn't just plunge the ball forward, but instead goes back over 30 yards to catch the ball, and Vinicius passes from Kroos to Kroos before Kroos passes the ball off of his foot, which means that he knows full well that the ball won't be going to his original spot, but rather it's going to be passed out into the front of the space.
That said, the whole attack could have been a set up to lure either Kim Min Ja or Kimmich. if Kimmich had gone over to guard Vinicius at that point, then Rodrygo on the left would likely have accelerated to come in from the outside, which was created entirely on purpose. Real Madrid's aim may have been to beat the Bayern center back, defend back and forth, and then run back. Real Madrid may have judged that the speed of Vinicius and Rodrygo would be enough as soon as this situation developed.
Bayern seemed to want to play Sane on the left flank and attack Vazquez. harryKane seemed to take care of the passes as he backed off the ball. Real Madrid also seemed to anticipate that he kept an eye on Sane defensively, and Real Madrid seemed to be able to predict the timing of Bayern's passes in advance. As a result, when Sane had the ball, Real Madrid players often arrived at the same time and he was unable to make a clear breakthrough or threaten to shoot.
The first half ended with Bayern trailing, Bayern pulled Goretzka straight out of midfield and replaced him with Guerreiro, they were going to force their way back into the game to chase the points and it was only 50 minutes in that Real Madrid capitalized on the gap before and after Bayern's press and counter-attacked, an easy pass to the left side of the box gave Kroos a shot that, luckily for them, Neuer parried away.
Then immediately to 52 points, Laimer in the midfield line directly to the right side of the deep kick, at this time Sane has switched to the right side, he took the ball directly into the penalty area, over Mendy directly on the right side of the 15-yard shot attacked near the post, Sane took the ball that sudden burst of power is very strong, Real Madrid back to the defense players can not catch up at all, if you let the speed to play out, the Bayern side of the speed of the speed of the Sane! It seems not to lose the speed of Real Madrid's front line.
It was too late for Real Madrid to stabilize their position. 54 minutes in, Muller went straight to the left at the top of the box. This time, Musiala rushed in. This time, Vazquez obviously couldn't keep up with Musiala's rhythm. He made a hasty kick, which hooked to Musiala and turned into a 12-yarder. HarryKane took the penalty kick and Bayern went back into the game to make it 2-1.
During this time, both teams suddenly raised their offensive firepower and kept attacking, but both teams were countered at the same time. Because both teams seemed to be able to force their way through the line of scrimmage, both teams were pulled apart. The defensive team stood at the line of scrimmage and only allowed the offensive team to attack. Then, since the offense was outnumbered, both teams began to break through on their individual abilities and then began to shoot or pass.
