bayern munich played dortmund in the bundesliga game . bayern are already behind in the title chase and yesterday's result was nail in the coffin of their title hopes . before i write about the game let me talk something if you had been following my blog then touchel was appointed as bayern coach somewhere during this time only . i had already predicted then only that it was a stupid decision . he won the title because dortmund bottled it . bayern had already announced that touchel will leave at the end of the season . this is another stupidity by bayern . touchel knows that he is going to leave at the end of the season and so he has no passion for the result as well as the team . he is just going through the motions of completing the contract . bayern should had held the decision and not announce it so early .
bayern started the game with 4-2-3-1 formation while dortmund started with 4-3-3 . bayern had to accomodate kimmich and groetzka in the line up so kimmich was asked to play out on the right while groetzka and laimer were in the middle in front of the back four . i had written this several times and i will write it again . small things make big impact in every sports . you have to seize the moment . the other thing is the cohesion . you need to have cohesion between players who are around you . this helps in creating spaces and you can just change the tempo of the game at any time you want . what is coach's job is to practise and get these players to gel and make them understand the importance of position as to how they should take and how they can create space with their movement and open the opposition . bayern were the dominating team and dortmund were sitting back and trying to hit on the counter . whenever a team plays on the counter it sits deep and opposition does tends to close them down high up the pitch and try to wrestle possession as soon as they loose the ball . in the game dortmund were sitting back and trying to hit on the counter . the best chance that dortmund had was adeyemi against kimmich .
as i had said earlier in my post that you need to atleast have cohesion with players around you . bayern under touchel and bayern under nagelsman are two different things . bayern under nagelsman were fast aggressive and direct . under touchel he has made them slow dependent on certain players . bayern started the game as the possession team but bayern with ball are too much dependent on musiala and sane to open up opposition's defense . now this is where the coach comes in . he needs to have cohesion between musiala and kane so that both can benifit and untimately the final beneficiary is the team . both musiala and sane have this attitude of staying too much on the ball and wasting the moment where on they can pass or slip the ball and miss the opportunity . the coach should be telling them or rather get them to gel in the practice or how they should work for each other or create spaces for each other . touchel hasnt done any of that he is there just sitting in the dug out . secondly laimer was preffered to kimmich in the middle . kimmich is one of the best midfielders in the world. if given the freedom he can be very good . thirdly groetzka's was very bounded he was used specifically for defensive work but his best quality is that he can be very good around the box and if allowed to go beyond the striker is a very good header of the ball .
bayern were just too impatient around the box . as i had said earlier kane wasnt involved much in the offense which he should had been secondly bayern should had passed the ball more around the box and tried to take it deeper .instead they were crossing the ball which was what dortmund wanted . if you want to cross the ball then you need to have groetzka in the box who is better header than kane and muller . on the defensive front you could see that adyemi was going to be problem against kimmich or de ligt. touchel should had seen the danger because dortmund were trying to release him in the space that was left by kimmich who was allowed to bomb forward since sane time and again kept on coming inside but with any positive outcome.
for me dortmund didnt do anything great . bayern were just poor and all over the place on both offense and defense . fullkrug was played upfront but apart from his part in the first goal where on he did a good pass he was just poor and i would not play him upfront . even though dortmund won i think i would change terzic who lost the league last year because of his ego because he wont play bellingham just because he was leaving .
the second game between arsenal and man city . it was a boring game . why does gaurdiola expect his opposition to play good football against him.the opposition is there to make it hard for him. it is his job to find a way past them . he is paid those big bucks to solve the riddle that is presented by the opposition . he has the best players at his disposal and if he cannot open opposition then there is something wrong with his coaching . possession doesnt wins you a game . just like gaurdiola arteta's arsenal were poor . the team has no killer instinct . most importantly he has the habit of picking wrong players for the game . he choose jorginiho who cannot control a fast tempo game and requires time and space on the ball to be effective in the game . he choose havertz who is just poor . at chelsea havertz had kante and pilisic who are one of the hardest workers in the game . i think arteta needs to have that killer instinct if he wants to win something or it will always be second or third .
there are two players that i wanted to write about first is liverpool's maccalister who if given the chance can be a really good no.10 . proper mid foot player and really simple techinque plus has a very good eye for pass . the other one is akanji . everybody talks about de bruyne and rodri and others but for me akanji was one of the most underrated performers last and his signing for the club made a big difference and you can see that gaurdiola trust him .
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