PS: Bloody explosion, all for protecting chrysanthemum! Brothers, let's take action! (There are still some in the afternoon and evening!!)

  "Matth?us launched a counter-attack from the backfield, dribbling forward, while Kaiserslautern didn't retreat but organized their defense in midfield. The forwards spread out and countered immediately, Matth?us was disturbed by V?ller, Littbarski passed the ball to the right wing!"

  "Schulz stopped the ball, Nedved approached, and Drenthe also retreated to the extreme position, but Schulz's dribbling ability was strong, and he protected the ball and knocked it into the middle of the road. The starting player Zickler got the ball and directly rushed towards Kaiserslautern's back line."

  "Zickler's speed with the ball was extremely fast... Bremer, who was responsible for marking him, didn't hesitate and chose to move forward... Zickler accelerated and got past him, using his own speed to forcefully get around Bremer..."

  "Sebastian Kehl made a diagonal run, and before Zickler could make the kill in the penalty area, he calmly laid off the ball, which was cleared by Deisler with his left foot!"

  The ball fell back to Bayern's feet, Sule slowed down the attack on the left flank, organizing a push forward...

  Yang Cheng and Bao Brother Bai still stood at the side of the court, watching the game as usual. This has already become Yang Cheng's signature move. Whether it is a fan or a player, as long as you look to the side of the court, you can see the figure of a Chinese person.

  "Andreas is getting old, his physical function is not as good as before, and he can't keep up with Zickler's rhythm and speed!" Paul Bayer sighed. Bremer was undoubtedly a very good player in the past, but he is no longer young, and it's a bit risky to let him play in such an important game.

  But Yang Cheng doesn't think so. At least in his view, only Bremer and others can understand the significance of winning Bayern and taking the first trophy of the season after returning to the Bundesliga for this team.

  Although it can be said that, under the premise of lacking strength, spiritual will is just an empty talk, Yang Cheng was very clear that with the current strength, this Kaiserslautern team does not have the ability to play against Bayern, and with the tactical advantage. If they could add spiritual encouragement and motivation, he would be more confident in this game.

  Yang Cheng patted Paul Pierce's shoulder, signaling him not to rush, and seized the opportunity to come to the sidelines when Bremmer approached.

  "Hey, Andres. Have you noticed Zickler?" Yang Cheng asked.

  Brehme shook his head vigorously, the game had only been going on for less than 10 minutes, but he already looked very tired, because Bayern focused on attacking this flank. They wanted to destroy this old general.

  "His technique is quite ordinary, that one foot stop by Shawl just now almost stopped the ball, did you see it?" Yang Cheng raised his voice, otherwise in this noisy stadium, the opponent wouldn't be able to hear.

  Braemer thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

  "Don't make any sudden moves, he's faster than you and more agile than a replica dog. But his technical skills are just average, you know what to do?" Yang Cheng smiled and patted Bremmer's shoulder encouragingly.

  Brehme forced a smile, he was experienced, if he didn't know how to face this kind of opponent, then his career would have been in vain, and it would not be possible for him to be called the German trio with Klinsmann and Matth?us.

  Braemer returned to the field and began to calm down, paying attention to Zickler's performance.

  Because Bayern focused on attacking Bremen's left side, which was guarded by Bremer, Zickler and Bremer became a needle against a cotton ball.

  The ball quickly returned to Zickler's feet. However, this time Bremer didn't make a rash move, but kept a proper distance, letting Zickler receive the ball and turn around. But when he was about to create some space for himself to sprint forward and get rid of Bremer, he accidentally stopped the ball with his hand.

  This is a rare opportunity, Bremen will not let go, directly kicked the ball with one foot, and then made a long pass from the left.

  "A beautiful shovel pass, Barak forces a turnover on Harman, who stops the ball but doesn't let it touch the ground before directly hitting Bellon, who pulls it to Gulu, and Schneider gets the ball..."

  Yang Cheng saw Schr?der hesitate for a moment on the sidelines and immediately broadcasted, "Bayern is still a bit slow!"

  Paul Breitner also thought so, because as soon as the ball reached Schneider's feet, it was clearly at least a beat slower, although he then made a direct pass into the penalty area, but Matth?us had already arrived in time and surrounded the ball, wasting an attacking opportunity.

  It's not that Schneider can create a killing opportunity by passing the ball directly, but when all the surrounding players are fast, Schneider is slow and looks very out of place, dragging down the overall team.

  But Schneider's strength is still very strong, at least he faced Tanart and still created a chance.

  But Vanni was outrun by Heilmann and Mattausch.

  "Be sure to pay attention to this point when you go back, it's not okay if you don't correct it!" Yang Cheng reminded.

  In his tactics, the winger is responsible for defending the flank, but he cannot directly dribble past people and cross the backline. Otherwise, the ball is basically required to be stuck at their feet, even if it's a great player like De Bruyne, Yang Chen lets him minimize dribbling.

  That is to say, once the ball reaches the front edge of the opponent's penalty area, it should be fast, and try to use one foot to pass the ball, mobilize the opponent's defense, force the opponent to reveal a flaw, and then take advantage of it to score.

  Schneider had enough technical ability to accomplish this, but he hadn't done it before

  So it's a bit slow.

  This was not very evident when facing Stuttgart, as Ralf's team was no better than Bayern in defense, the latter of which, apart from the back line, were also important parts of the defensive system, and Trapattoni's reinforced concrete-style defense brought from Italy, which compressed the defensive space on their own half court, so Schneider's weakness was exposed.

  "It seems like I'll have a chance to really study key defense!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

  Many people think that Catenaccio is a defensive system. In fact, this is incorrect. Catenaccio should be said to be a tactical concept, but this kind of tactics has been eliminated now, even the current Italian team, although it emphasizes defense, in fact, it is no longer Catenaccio, but rather an improved version based on the small and beautiful text of chain defense.

  As Sachi opened the regional joint defense tactics, it was an improvement on the basis of key defensive, avoiding the shortcomings of easy loss of position when people were watching each other in key defensive, but absorbing the essence of chain defense, such as the use of location and space compression, which even now still deeply affect Serie A.

  "You seem to have plenty of time on your hands, why don't you take care of Trapattoni first!" Paolo Baile mocked.

  "Find joy in hardship!" Yang Cheng replied with a bitter smile.

  As Bremermeier relocked Zickler, Bayern's offense was suppressed.

  Yancker directly faced Koscielny, both of whom were strong players, but Koscielny's frontal defensive ability was excellent. Yancker couldn't gain any advantage in front of him, and with Kehl's support from behind, Bayern's two forwards couldn't get any space to develop.

  Although both Shaqiri and Müller created several scoring opportunities on the wing, Klose calmly scored the first goal. Bayern then broke through with a second goal, while Kaiserslautern was always focused on competing for the second point, which made Bayern look more disadvantaged in this regard.

  The midfield competition was very intense, but Kaiserslautern's overall strength and control were stronger, and they dominated the entire midfield, but the combination of Strunz and Hamann in front of the defense was not to be underestimated, plus Hengen behind them and a highly free Mattheus, Kaiserslautern's offense was also difficult to succeed.

  On the scene, the competition between the two sides was very fierce. Kaiserslautern was not at a disadvantage at all, and even had an advantage in terms of attacking intensity. However, Bayern Munich's defense and counterattack were also very solid, and neither side could gain an advantage.

  The players were fighting hard on the court, Yang Cheng was staring at the sidelines, Trapattoni was sitting stably in the coaching bench, and the whole scene seemed harmonious, but under the surface, it was surging with ups and downs, as if any variable could tip the balance of victory.

  Time passed minute by minute, Kaiserslautern was still active, while Bayern Munich fought for every inch of ground. Neither side gave an inch, the two teams' match was very intense, neither willing to lose.

  Yang Cheng looked at the time, "35 minutes already!"

  Paul Bier smiled wryly, although it was only 3 minutes, but the actual waiting made every minute of these 35 minutes feel like a day.

  "Paul, whether as a head coach or an assistant coach, must be patient and quiet!" Yang Cheng advised.

  A 90-minute game, it's impossible for every minute to be intense, because no team can maintain a fast pace for 90 minutes. At most, being able to keep up the intensity for 30 minutes is already very impressive. Therefore, you can see that many teams play an amazing first half, but completely collapse in the second half.

  The reason is simple, physical strength can't keep up!

  So as a head coach, you must have enough patience, even in the stalemate stage, to analyze every detail that happens on the field, because any detail can change the outcome of the game.

  Yang Cheng waited for a little while and then came to the edge of the field, gesturing towards Sebastien Queller.

  This is a variable that Yang Cheng had prepared before the game, and it's also why he thought Kyle was most suitable for being a central defender in the back three, because apart from his outstanding defensive skills, his awareness and technique are not bad either, and he can make crucial interceptions at key moments.

  As expected, with Yang Chen's adjustment, Kaiserslautern's tactics changed slightly, the midfield pressed up higher, and when the team had possession of the ball, Keirr immediately moved to the back waist position and area, Bremer and Kosch were withdrawn to the middle road, while Nedved and Gattuso responded and protected both wings.

  However, Kehl's forward pressing also prompted Bellon to follow up with pressure, and the midfield of Kaiserslautern also followed up with pressure, forming a more threatening pressure on Bayern, as Vanni, Dernis and Schneider all started to stick tightly to the opponent's backline.

  It's an adventurous and gambler-like adjustment, if the game wasn't about to end, Yang Chen wouldn't have taken such a risk, because he knew that this way of playing couldn't last long, as soon as Bayern held on and counter-attacked, Kaiserslautern would be in danger.

  However, the advantage of pressing is that the space in the middle and front courts becomes smaller. Kaiserslautern is undoubtedly more adaptable to this small space transmission and cooperation than Bayern Munich. Moreover, with Delaney and Schneider both leaning towards the middle road, through extreme non-ball running and tactical response, Kaiserslautern's offense suddenly became fierce, but Bayern still refused to yield an inch.

  This is Kaiserslautern's chance!

  In the 41st minute, Kehl cleared a long pass from Bayern's midfield in advance, Bellon took the ball with his back to the goal, behind him was Streinz who came up to press, and saw that he made a smooth move after stopping the ball, which avoided Streinz's feet and went directly to Schneider's feet.

  Schneider faced Tanart, decisively choosing to dribble horizontally, while Barak, Derniersen and Van Nistelrooy were like three sharp arrows piercing Bayern's defense.

  Facing Schneider's cross, Tanart and Mateus were not very tacit, a bit hesitant, and then Mateus rushed up. But at this time, Schneider had already passed the ball out in advance.

  Fanni faced Hailmer, at the time of Schneider's pass, he obviously hesitated for a moment. Then accelerated to get past his opponent, forming a beautiful counter-attack, and directly shot after entering the penalty area.

  The ball rolled into the goal from a side roll by Kahn!

  Van Nistelrooy suddenly had an intuition in his heart after grabbing the ball with one foot, knowing that this goal was definitely made, and he excitedly started preparing to run towards his teammates to celebrate.

  Yang Cheng on the sidelines was so excited that he jumped high and then hugged Paul Pierce tightly beside him.

  A hug!

  But just at this moment, the referee's whistle was slow to come, and then saw the linesman's flag waving, indicating that Kaiserslautern's goal was offside!

  The entire stadium was stunned. Trapattoni, who had been disappointed until then, was also stunned, followed by a face full of surprise.

  "Offside?" Yang Cheng excitedly ran to the linesman and asked.

  Judge politely and calmly nodded, "Yes, sir. Out of turn, Denilson!"

  Yang Cheng was stunned for a moment, everything that had just happened in the blink of an eye. He didn't even notice whether Denilson was offside or not.

  "Alright, even if he did offside... "But he didn't participate in the play at all!"

  As soon as he said this, even Yang Cheng himself felt embarrassed!

  The amendment to the offside rule was made in 2003, since then players not directly involved in the attack are no longer included in the offside, but now players can only be level with the second-to-last opponent, that is, the last defender excluding the goalkeeper, which is still the provision of 1990.

  According to VAR, Dahlen started too early and was a bit ahead of Hjulmand, although he did not directly participate in the attack, Van Nistelrooy's goal was still invalid.

  "Damn it!" Yang Cheng cursed in his heart as he paced back and forth.

  After finally getting a goal, it was ruled invalid, although it was due to the rules.

  It's still depressing and hard to calm down.

  But the goal was ruled out, which undoubtedly cast a shadow over Kaiserslautern's game.

  The main referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and Kaiserslautern dominated the field.

  "Kaiserslautern had the upper hand, with a possession rate of 58% in the first half, while Bayern only had 42%. The number of shots on goal was also in Kaiserslautern's favor, at a ratio of 11:4. Kaiserslautern undoubtedly held the advantage, and their passing accuracy was also superior."

  The live commentator immediately started summarizing the first half as soon as the game had just ended.

  "Before this match, everyone thought that Bayern would have the upper hand and even thrash Kaiserslautern, but judging from the progress of the game, it seems not to be the case. Kaiserslautern controlled the game, especially in midfield, almost suffocating Bayern."

  "As always, Kaiserslautern's overall tactics were very tight, with smooth passing and highly proactive playmaking. Bayern was suppressed to some extent, and Kaiserslautern even had a goal that was blown offside by the referee, although the penalty was unquestionable. Nevertheless, Kaiserslautern's coordination still dazzled!"

  "Trapatonni should have thought of a tactic to counter Kaiserslautern's midfield pressure during the halftime break. Bayern made too many mistakes in passing and receiving, especially in midfield, which gave Kaiserslautern several opportunities for counterattacks."

  "In contrast, Yang Cheng's coaching ability and tactics for this match were fully demonstrated, which is really amazing. The use of veteran Bremer was originally thought to be a mistake, but as the game progressed, we can see that Bremer completely froze Zickler."

  "In the strongest midfield of Kaiserslautern, with Kyle's position moving forward in the last minute of the game, the formation was pressed higher and the overall advantage in the middle and front fields became more obvious, creating a scoring opportunity. However, it was unfortunately ruled offside, but Yang Chen's on-field command was indeed surprising."

  "Faced with an excellent coach like Trapattoni, Yang Cheng did not fall behind at all. We have reason to look forward to the second half of the game, but Bayern's strength is still obviously stronger than Kaiserslautern, so Trapattoni may change his tactics at halftime and turn the tide."

  As the live commentator's summary came to an end, the TV broadcast began a thrilling replay of the first half, followed by a commercial break. The fans in the stadium also breathed a sigh of relief, having 15 minutes to do their own thing.

  But in the locker room, Yang Cheng and Trapattoni were analyzing the gains and losses of the team's first half, especially Yang Cheng, who was blown offside for a goal, he had to let the players avoid being affected by this aspect, otherwise the second half would be difficult to play.

  While Yang Cheng was analyzing the first half of the game, the players in the locker room were listening intently and also receiving massages from the physiotherapist, recovering their physical strength in a matter of seconds. Especially Bremer, this veteran had almost exhausted all his physical strength throughout the first half.

  Yang Cheng saw him like this and knew in his heart that he absolutely wouldn't be able to hold on for the second half!