The German National Derby has left countless classic battles, as has the first leg of the season this morning, the Battle of Mt. Kings. Just the referee's controversial decision to preempt the topic, Dortmund centre-back Hummels unfortunately became the absolute protagonist of the game - facing his old friend Mueller, hummels on the back was almost pinched to death by the opponent, three mistakes created three goals, allowing Bayern to take away the victory with a 3-2 score, but also cast a shadow on his prospects for returning to the national team.
[Arrangement: Bayern stick to this season's new team, Haaland returns to the starting lineup]
Before this match, Bayern was only one point ahead of Borussia Dortmund in the standings. As a result, if Dort wins at home, he will return to the top of the table for the first time since Round 2 of the 2019-20 season. However, Bayern have remained unbeaten in their last 15 games as leaders against the second-place team with 11 wins and 4 draws, and have won eight of their last nine league games against Dort, averaging 3.6 goals per game.
First of all, look at Bayern away from home, the team is still playing with the newly built system recently. Goalkeeper Neuer, Alfonso Davis, Hu Palmecano, Lucas Hernandez and Pavard formed the team's backline. In midfield, Tolisso and Goretzka paired up at the back, Sane and Koeman were on opposite sides, and Thomas Müller continued to appear behind center Lewandowski.
Looking at Borussia Dortmund at home, the team's formation in this campaign is close to 433 stops. Kerber played as the starting goalkeeper, with Meunier, Hummels, Arcange and Guerrero forming the backline. In midfield, Emre Jan, Bellingham and Dahud played at the same time, With Brant and Reuss on either side, and Centre Haaland, who had returned from injury in the last round, returned to the starting lineup.
[Dort aims at the weakness of the Bayern system, and Brent becomes the key to attack]
Unconsciously, the three centre-back system has become Bayern's Plan A this season. However, the three-centre-back system designed by Nagelsmann is unbalanced, and can even be understood as a "3.5-back system" between three center-backs and four-backs, and the variable in tactics lies in Davis on the left. After all, Bayern's squad lacks right wing-backs, so the team's system is designed with only one wing-back for Davis – leaving three centre-backs at the back when attacking and davis retreating to form a four-back position when defending.
Looking back at Bayern last season, attacking strong and defending weak is the most obvious feature of the team. So after taking over Bayern, Nagelsmann naturally tried to transform the team's defense, and the three-centre-back system he insisted on when he was in charge of Hoffenheim and Leipzig gradually became a response. In particular, when attacking positions, Lucas, Yu Pamecano and Pavard, who are in parallel positions at the back, almost give up assists, which adds a conventional defensive force to the 4231 system inherent in the past to cope with the opponent's possible counterattack at any moment.
Attacking in a three-centre-back system and returning to the 4231 system defensively, this is the new tactic Nagelsmann is currently building at Bayern. It is not difficult to understand that Davis' positional conversion is the key to the back-and-forth adjustment of the on-field system, but it has also become a direct hidden danger that the team is prone to a vacuum when defending the position. You know, Bayern's three centre-backs will completely tilt to the right at this time (Pavard will turn to right-back), and if Davis can't pull back in time, then Bayern's left side will have an undefended time difference.
In this regard, Dortmund coach Rozer clearly has insight into this! Looking at Borussia Dortmund's starting layout for this game, the surprise is that the recently in excellent form of new signing Mullen sits on the bench, while Brandt plays the right winger. It is clear that Brent played very smart on the court, and after the opening, he used Haaland's pivot role and timely split sides to constantly take the opportunity to find the defensive vacuum behind Davis, which became the best strategy for Dort to tear through the Bayern defense.
Look at Borussia Dortmund's first goal in the opening 4th minute, the left side of the Bayern defence's overall right-leaning left side was just seen and exploited by Brandt in the back row. At this time, even if Davis, who was slow to react half a beat, quickly made up for the position with the advantage of speed, but Brent, who was superior to speed at his feet, successfully shook Davis away, and then shot furiously near the penalty spot, which helped the home team to take the lead.
[It's not so much that Bayern played well, but that Dort played worse]
As in the pre-match analysis, Dortmund, who welcomed Haaland's start, not only accurately found bayern's system weaknesses on the offensive end, but also reflected the team's strict counterattack and the opening tactics of players such as Emre Can. Just fans familiar with Dort's performance this season will know that the team's poor midfield performance has not changed with the arrival of new coach Rozer. Whether the Champions League group stage is out early, or the league level strength is dominant, the scene is still five or five, the almost catastrophic defense is absolutely "indispensable".
Then facing bayern in this game, how can Dort, who has retreated from all lines, expect the team to resist the opponent's full attack? Leaving aside the fact that Bayern's positional attack is also problematic, the "active gift" of the Dortmund defense is enough to make the Bayern attack line overjoyed. Among them, the unlucky egg of this game is undoubtedly the core of Dortmund's defense Hummels - perhaps too familiar with this old friend, Müller successfully snatched in the 8th minute of the game, faced with a forced header, assisted by a quick follow-up Levan with the ball into the box and then shot low into the goal.
After that, the two teams returning to the same running line attacked and defended each other. Bayern tried to create a threat with the help of flank bursts in their positional attacks, while Dort relied on Haaland's personal abilities to get multiple counter-attack opportunities. It looked like the two teams were going to continue this confrontation until half-time, but Hummels was the protagonist again in the 44th minute. This time, Davis' cross from the left was not threatening, and Guerrero's break was actually hit Hummels. This allowed Koeman to find an opportunity inside the penalty area, and a burst of shot broke through the net after refraction.
In fact, Bayern, who are leading at halftime, seem to have an advantage in the number of shots on goal (11-5), the possession rate (57.6%), and their own attack is difficult to say. Davis' role as a left wingback made the left winger Sane, who lacked an internal cut, more in the center, but unfortunately the latter was not in good shape, with a pass success rate of only 77%, and one shot directly to the corner point; coupled with Davis's equal lack of efficiency (71% of the pass success rate was the lowest in the team), it can be seen that the previous left-heavy and right-light wing attack did not play a feature. As for the loss of Pavard's assist on the right, Müller had to pull the side to assist, but it turned out that Müller only touched the ball three times in the opposing penalty area.
It can be seen that It is better for Dortmund to play worse than Bayern to play well. In the first half, facing Bayern's high-pressure tactics, Guerrero had a pass success rate of only 75%, Hummels had a pass success rate of only 76%, Meunier had a lower pass success rate (73%), not to mention Dahoud, who was as low as 54%, and Bellingham, who lost the ball as many as 6 times in the half (the highest in the game). It appears that the other centre-back, Arcangi, made fewer turnovers, but had little presence on the defensive end, with all but one interception and all but one interception.
[The multi-specialization of the counter-offensive is passive to the active, and Hummels gives gifts again at the critical moment]
Just looking at the disastrous performance of Dortmund's "defensive regiment", it is conceivable that it is impossible to take down the strong enemy Bayern on all fronts. So after half-time, Dort chose to move the formation as a whole and turn to a high-pressure defense against Bayern - a tactic commonly used by Borussia Borussia Borussia Moncheng, Ober and other teams to beat Bayern in the recent upset, aiming at the sharp decline in Bayern's defensive ability to shoot the ball this season (not to mention Kimmich's absence), thus curbing Bayern's offensive organization at the initial stage, and then turning passive into active.
In fact, don't look at Nagelsmann's careful creation of a three-centre-back system for Bayern, but the real performance of the team's defensive line is not much stronger than Dortmund.'s In the opening two minutes of the second half, Dort still tore through the bay space behind Davis, and when Lucas stepped forward, Bayern's overall defensive position was completely disrupted. Next, from time to time , The "short circuit" of Yu Pamecano made a mistake in the release of the box, allowing Bellingham to cross diagonally to the left, and Haaland's right foot rubbing straight into the dead corner, and Pavard, who was supposed to be defending here, had already lost his position.
With Dortmund equalising and the whole team pressed back, the game has since moved towards a wide open and closed situation, with the total number of sprints between the two sides reaching a terrifying 559. At such a high pace, the complete release of Dort actually controlled the initiative in the second half, in addition to the number of shots 5-4, passes 186-174, 53% possession rate and other data lead, but also to suppress Bayern's pass success rate to the lowest 77% of this season (83% in the first half). Unfortunately, Dort did not use this wave of climax to overtake the score, but instead suffered one blow after another.
On the one hand, Reus was pushed down by Lucas when he was inserted in the back row of the penalty area (even Mueller said in an interview after the game that he could give a penalty), it seemed that Haaland, who passed the ball, was suspected of being offside, but the referee on duty did not show any expression, on the other hand, the impact of Brant's injury departure in the 65th minute of the game on Dort was self-evident, coupled with the fact that Haland, who had just returned, was replaced, which made Dort's counter-attack not form a continuous threat, but the anxiety affected the whole team.
Of course, the real protagonist of this game has never changed. In the 74th minute of the match, Bayern sent a corner kick on the right, and Hummels, who was blocked by teammate Bellingham, fouled the handball when he broke the siege, and the one-legged Levan sealed the victory for Bayern. It was a coincidence that Müller did not take a corner this time, and Hummels was staring at Mueller at this time, and the latter's alert dodge just allowed the ball to hit Hummels's right arm. This bastard really pinched his old friend to death in the confrontation...
【Conclusion: Hummels completes the most disastrous game】
Due to player treatment and VAR intervention, the game lasted 10 minutes of stoppage time, but the lack of stamina Dort was unable to equalize, and Bayern used a steady pass to keep the score 3-2 until the end, which allowed Hummels to complete the most disastrous game under the attention of German coach Frick. Only at the last moment, Bayern's back Toliso's empty door did not enter the successful camera, which not only proved that Zhan Jun's sentence "pushing the empty door early is finished (omitting four words)" was not accurate, but also for Benteke...