i really dont know as to what the owners think . i dont know who there advisers are . i dont know what sort of advices they give them . just think of the situations at chelsea and bayern munich . both of these clubs are in tatters . they made moves even without thinking of future of the club . graham potter was bought in to replace touchel. now even when touchel was brought in what was his track record . he didnt complete tenure at any of his previous clubs . potter was brought in and wasnt even give time to get the to gel and make a mark too many players were brought in . i dont think he was consulted when players were brought in .
there is japanese term called harakiri which bayern munich did when they sacked julian nagelsman and similar stupidity was done by chelsea . i wont criticize them for sacking nagelsman because the team was not getting the results that they were suppose to get . but they were not getting over run but they were just getting unlucky . bayern's affairs are looked after by kahn who knows the game . he sacked nagelsman and whom did he bought touchel . when appointing the new manager kahn should had considered the playing styles that these coaches deploy and the changes that they make . how do these managers try to change the game .kahn should had done a meeting with naglesman and tried to explain his concerns regarding the playing style and the changes that he needs to make . nagelsman was sacked but who did they bring on . they brought on touchel . touchel is a defensive counter attacking manager . what bayern were playing under nagelsman were they were playing a very aggressive game . they would just cram up the opposition and start the counter as soon as they win back the ball . he had built a team for that. he had a very athletic team for that . the trouble with nagelsman was that lately teams had started to figure them out . although in europe he was still winning. what kahn did with bayern was harakiri . what the players had been doing for the last years and half suddenly they were told to opposite . they were pressing the opposition under nagelsman while touchel would just want them to sit back and then counter attack . the second thing is what didnt the bayern heirarchy looked at the touchel's history . the most annoying thing is that the coach should be able to change things when he sees that his plan is not working or his players are not doing things as to what he wants to do . touchel took too much time to change most importantly he should had told musiala to change his style of play and try to pass more of the ball rather than trying to dribble .
the game started with gnabry as the no.9 role . now how would he perform the role as to whether he would come deep and let musiala and coman bomb beyond him or will he try to test the man city centre back's by playing on their shoulders . what touchel had come and done is that he has slowed down the game . secondly he has increased the distance between lines . thirdly he has starting to play deep on defense which gives the opposition to press him. nagelsman team played a very high tempo game under touchel that had fallen . earlier bayern would go and press the oppostion . now that is not possible because they are playing a cautious game that gives the opposition time and space on the ball . touchel had just come and destroyed the team . nangelsman had assembeled a team which was able to play a very high tempo . a team which is very athletic and energetic . touchle had come in and tried to impose his will on the team . just look at what had happened to bayern .
what happened against man city was nothing but the stupid tactics by touchel . bayern had started to play counter attacking game under touchel . this allowed man city to press them most importantly playing deep allows opposition to press you and you have to . the most important thing is the distance between line . under nagelsman they were playing compact game . the difference between the lines was not more than 10 or 12 yards . touchel increased it and its more than 15 yards now .second is the way they take the ball forward . earlier it would very quick passing and most importantly just as soon as they would recover the possession they would start the counter attack but not the team looks directionless . they are trying to take the ball forward through the wings but if you want the wings to work then you need to dominate the centre and i think that where man city choked bayern .
now gaurdiola like to make opponent dance to his tunes . he had seen that bayern dominate the centre and from his past matches he had seen that players like sane, musiala likes to drop deep and help recover the possession and then start the offense . touchel just dismanteled every thing that nagelsman built . he slowed down the game . the team which was dominating and would had been favourite was dominated and just folded . although man city dominated the game still they are not using halland very much . they are not playing through him which they need to improve but gaurdiola teams dont necessarily play throught their no.9's
chelsea were already a mess even before potter took over . football club buying is just hilarious . if you just buy then you need to buy players and spend big whether you need or not . i dont think that potter was taken into confidence but i do feel that he should had been given the chance to take charge of the madrid games . the person that they brought to replace potter was lampard which is stupid .
when you play offense then you need to be like a well oiled machine if you are that then you can open any defense . in the first game against madrid they started with 3-5-2 system . they were playing felix and sterling upfront . now when you play two fast players upfront it is assumed that you are trying to explore the space behind the back four .but its stupidity the opposition too is ready for what is you are going to do . its like a chess game . they want you to do that because they had prepared for that . every time there is fast forward it is thought that he plays on the shoulder balls are played to get him on goal . instead use the speed to your advantage . use that speed to draw the defenders out of their positons . why were barcelona or spain successful . they were playing 3-5-2 so there were two fullbacks who are going to have space but there was no plan as to how they were going to bring the ball inside and create chances or how they are going to cross and how they will trouble the opposition .
in the second game he changed the foramtion from 3-5-2 to 3-4-3 . the thing with lampard is that they move the ball but there is little movement of players . really dont understand as to why gallagher was played when he just looks naive .the second thing is he played havertz upfront who is not known for his headind ability . the most important mistake in terms of positional aspect of the players is that he played hernanzed in the no. 6 role instead i would had played him in the no. 10 role where on he would had combined very nicely with havertz . on the other had madrid were just very good . most importantly earlier it used to be just vinicius and benzema combining together but now they had added rodrygo to the mix and he looks good . his techinique is good but most importantly is the understanding of the shape and spaces of defense and how he can explore them . his decision making is also very good . madrid have just assembeled a very good team and they have valverde already who must be one of the best underestimated player in the world .
