Chapter 266 Joining forces with Guardiola to beat Atletico Madrid

Since the next three games are all domestic events in Germany, Pan Yi can only leave Simeone behind.

First, the 30th round of the Bundesliga was away against Hannover 96 on April 13, then the German Cup semi-finals were against Kaiserslautern at home on April 17, and finally the 31st round of the Bundesliga was against Wolff at home on April 20.

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After these three games are played, the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals will be played at home against Atletico Madrid on April 24.

This period of the schedule is also very tight. The biggest advantage is that after playing Hannover 96 away from home, Hamburg will have three consecutive home games. This way, there is no need to waste too much time on the road and the players can get a better rest.

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When Pan Yi played against Hannover 96, he sent out players who failed to appear in the game against Manchester United to avoid the accumulation of fatigue.

But Hamburg met fierce resistance at the AWD Arena, Hannover 96's home ground.

Less than a minute into the game, Hannover 96 forward Jakonen tested Hamburg goalkeeper Navas with a long shot.

Then Hamburg retaliated. In the 9th minute, De Bruyne made a direct pass, Lin Zhijian hit back with an inverted triangle, and Mitrovic followed up with a push shot that was blocked by Hannover 96 goalkeeper Ziller.

In the 32nd minute, Makoto Hasebe took a cold shot from the left side of the penalty area and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out.

In the first half, 0:0, neither side scored a goal.

But in the 47th minute of the second half, shortly after the start of the second half, Hamburg launched a quick counterattack.

De Bruyne once again sent a through ball, Mitrovic passed by Hiroki Sakai who was defending, and shot with his right foot ten meters in front of the goal, opening the scoring for Hamburg.

Hannover 96 then launched a fierce attack, but it was only fruitful and failed to score a goal.

But just when everyone thought that Hamburg had once again won an economical victory on the road, in the injury time of the game, Stindl took a corner kick and forward Bittencourt nodded in front of the goal.

Helped Hannover 96 equalize the score!

This was also a perfect goal. In the end, Hannover 96 drew 1:1 with Hamburg at home.

Pan Yi was actually a little unhappy with such a score.

After all, the team seemed a little unfocused at the last moment of the game, resulting in the 3 points obtained becoming 1 point, which will definitely make people uncomfortable.

Moreover, the next games will be more critical each game. If Bayern catches up with the points at this time, Hamburg will become more and more passive, and Pan Yi will also be limited in his choice of formation.

So, has Bayern caught up with the points?

No.

Hey, why do you say "no" again?

Bayern Munich's opponent in this round is Dortmund, who has been suffering in recent years!

Although Bayern is playing at home, the two-year Bundesliga unbeaten myth at the Allianz Arena seems to have lost its magic since being broken by Hamburg.

They lost to Dortmund, and they lost a lot!

On Bayern's side, Rafinha and Martinez, who was suspended from the Champions League in mid-week, returned to the starting lineup, captain Lahm moved forward to the midfield, and Kroos, Muller, and Boateng switched to the bench.

Dortmund will also play Wolfsburg in the German Cup three days later. If they advance, they are likely to compete with Hamburg for the championship.

So Klopp made some lineup adjustments for this game.

Lewandowski was hidden, Royce stepped forward, Hoffman served as the midfielder, Aubameyang played on the left, captain Kyle and Shaheen formed a double midfielder, Jokic and Kirsch returned

bench.

Grosskreutz switched to right back to replace Piszczek, and Papastathopoulos replaced Friedrich.

In the first 10 minutes, Martinez committed a tactical foul on Aubameyang and was given a yellow card.

In the 14th minute, Kyle had a handball and Alaba's left-footed free kick 30 meters in front of the goal missed the right corner.

In the 19th minute, Lahm returned a pass, and Gotze's push shot from 13 meters in front of the goal was blocked by Hummels. Hummels seemed to have a handball, but slow motion confirmed that the ball hit his head.

Bayern had 80% ball possession in the first 20 minutes, but it seemed to be of no use.

Instead, Dortmund took the lead in the 20th minute!

Hoffman threw a sideline ball from the right, Aubameyang responded, Royce directly hit the left side of the penalty area, Mkhitaryan lightly rubbed his left foot into the far corner 10 meters in front of the goal, 0:1!

This is also Bayern Munich's fifth consecutive official game where they have conceded goals.

The last time this happened was back in 2001...

2 minutes later, Mkhitaryan scored a good goal, and Aubameyang volleyed hard from the edge of the left penalty area but was tipped out by Neuer into the near corner.

In the 25th minute, Lahm scored the ball and Gotze's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked.

In the 43rd minute, Rafinha passed the ball from the right, and Mandzukic volleyed sideways from 12 meters in front of the goal, but Weidenfeller fell to the ground and confiscated it.

Dortmund led by one goal in the first half.

In the second half, Neuer felt tightness in his right calf muscles. Guardiola erred on the side of caution and adjusted his goalkeeper. The 20-year-old Red, who entered the Bundesliga roster for the first time, came in as an emergency.

In the 49th minute, Ribery lost the ball in the backcourt. Mkhitaryan quickly counterattacked and passed a diagonal pass. Aubameyang made a counterattack on the right side of the penalty area. Royce shoveled and shot into the lower left corner 11 meters in front of the goal, 0:2!

In the 54th minute, Mandzukic received a pass from Robben and hit high from the right side of the penalty area.

In the 55th minute, Hoffman passed the ball and Royce's shot from the left side of the penalty area was confiscated by Reid.

One minute later, Papastathopoulos made a 60-meter long pass from the right side of the backcourt. Hoffman stopped the ball against offside and formed a single shot. He semi-volleyed into the upper left corner 13 meters in front of the goal, 0:3!

Then both sides made substitutions one after another.

On Bayern's side, Muller replaced Franck Ribery, while Klopp replaced Hoffman with Lewandowski.

In the 69th minute, Kroos replaced Robben, and then Friedrich replaced Hummels.

In the 71st minute, Gotze poked to the right, and Mandzukic hit the side net with a low shot from 9 meters away!

One minute later, Gotze made a low pass from the left, and Xiaozhu shot a low shot with his left foot from 18 meters in front of the goal and missed the right post.

In the 76th minute, Shaheen made a direct pass. Aubameyang broke into the right side of the penalty area and shot a powerful diagonal shot 11 meters away from the goal, but Red blocked it. The shot hit the side net from a small angle.

Dortmund then replaced Aubameyang with Joic.

In the 80th minute, Cross hooked Lewandowski from behind and was given a yellow card.

In the 83rd minute, Mkhitaryan fouled Rafinha and also received a yellow card. Kroos passed a diagonal free kick from the right. Mandzukic headed into the lower right corner 9 meters in front of the goal, but was ruled offside.

In the 90th minute, Mandzukic got the ball in the penalty area and was tackled by Friedrich. Gotze's low shot 10 meters from the right side of the goal was blocked by Weidenfeller.

In stoppage time, Rafinha lost his cool while fighting with Mkhitaryan, touched the opponent's face with his hand, and was sent off with a red card.

It is worth noting that when the two teams met last season, Rafinha was also sent off for elbowing Bvaszczykovskiy and poked the opponent in the face when he came off the field.

This is a feud!

In the end, this spark-filled German El Clasico came to an end. Bayern lost 0-3 at home to Dortmund and suffered its second consecutive league defeat!

This is Bayern Munich's first two-game losing streak in three seasons, and it is also the first time in Guardiola's coaching career that he has lost more than 2 goals at home!

And this result also allowed Hamburg, which lost 2 points before the end, to inexplicably expand its lead!

Now they lead Bayern by 7 points!

There are only four rounds left in the Bundesliga.

In other words, as long as Hamburg can score more than 6 points in the next four games, it will win the Bundesliga championship this season!

This advantage also allows Hamburg players to face the German Cup semi-finals in midweek with a more relaxed attitude.

Their opponent is Kaiserslautern.

Domestic fans know this team mainly because of the "Miracle of Kaiserslautern" that year.

The architect of the Kaiserslautern miracle is the famous coach Rehagel.

In 1997, Rehagel took over the Kaiserslautern team that had been relegated to the second division. In the first year, he led the team back to the first division. In the second year, he actually pushed the newly promoted team to the Bundesliga championship.

, created a legend in world football.

——As an aside, Rehagel also created a more legendary Greek myth, that is, in the 2004 European Cup, he led the grassroots team Greece to go all the way and win the European Cup championship!

Another deep impression that Dragon Country fans had on them was in the last round of the Bundesliga in the 1998-99 season.

At that time, Frankfurt, where Yang Chen played, was still in the bottom three relegation zone. At that time, the bottom three Bundesliga teams would be directly relegated.

The opponent Frankfurt faced in the last game was Kaiserslautern.

In the 47th minute, Yang Chen penetrated the right side of the penalty area and shot a shot from a small angle into the corner to open the scoring. This is a beautiful memory that has been deeply remembered by countless Dragon Kingdom fans.

In this game, Frankfurt also defeated Kaiserslautern 5:1, and squeezed out Nuremberg with a slight advantage in goals, and successfully avoided relegation!

At this time, Kaiserslautern not only no longer had the strength to compete for the championship, but also declined year by year. Later, it was reduced to fighting for relegation, and finally ended in relegation in the 2005-06 season.

Although they were promoted back to the First Division in 2010, they returned to the Second Division in the 2012-13 season.

In other words, the Kaiserslautern team that Hamburg faces now is an ordinary German second division team.

Although they unexpectedly eliminated Bayern on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals, there is still a certain gap with Hamburg in terms of strength.

In this game, Kaiserslautern used a more defensive 41221 formation, trying to guard the middle and make Hamburg's attack difficult.

But Hamburg's goal in just 5 minutes broke Kaiserslautern's illusion.
To be continued...