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Champions League quarter-finals: Bayern's German giants, why lost to the star-starved Villarreal?

The three defenders pressed to the front of the midfield line many times, and Bayern Munich made a big effort to win the momentum. But dominating Villarreal's second half doesn't mean dominating their penalty area, let alone the goal.

Champions League quarter-finals: Bayern's German giants, why lost to the star-starved Villarreal?

Bayern's defeat, in a nutshell, was a bunch of attacking weapons in the Bundesliga, but they couldn't create the best shooting space for Lewandowski.

Bayern's start was not so effective. Less than 10 minutes into the first leg of half-time, Herard Moreno hit the post with a shot that sounded the bayern backline and was beaten by Arno Danjuma, with Bayern losing the first battle. French defenders, Dajon Hupamecano and Pavard, brought their lack of tacit understanding in the Bundesliga to the Champions League. Arnaud Danjuma's goal and Koquilin's offside break of the net were both the result of emboldening Emery after he began to tighten pressure in the second half.

Champions League quarter-finals: Bayern's German giants, why lost to the star-starved Villarreal?

In the second leg, Nagelsmann discharged 3-1-4-2, and the siege was self-evident. The normally understood three-centre-back formation is three players who act as center-backs (one of whom may be a full-time defender/full-back), with two players acting as wing-backs on both sides (one of them may be a full-back/wing-back), to achieve a balance between attack and defense. However, Nagelsman directly put the two wingers, Sane and Kingsley Koeman, on either side, and let them serve as the main ball-holding breakthrough point.

In the first leg, Bayern scored 16 single-set matches, only four from the starting wings (Kingsley Koeman & Serge Gnabry), and in the second leg, Bayern broke through 10 times, as many as seven from the starting wings (Sane & Kingsley Koeman). This figure is not meant to mean that they handed over a high percentage of the data, but to express that Bayern's wing lacked full-back support in the second leg, allowing them to "only" advance alone and play inefficient attacks.

Champions League quarter-finals: Bayern's German giants, why lost to the star-starved Villarreal?

With a blocked middle in front of them, no one behind them without the ball plugged in, and the two wingers played quite hard in the second leg. It should be noted that Jamal Musiara, who served as a free man in the middle, did not get the sweetness in the half-space of Villarreal's emphasis contraction.

In both matches, Joshua Kimmich served as a teleportation hub near the central circle, connecting the players in the field. In the past year, Joshua Kimmich has passed long passes over 30 yards with a success rate of about 65%, compared with only about 50% in the champions league two legs. But this is not the fault of Joshua Kimmich, in the face of the airtight yellow submarine formation, the ball was handed back to Joshua Kimmich's feet and could not continue, barely divided to the sides, and limited by Villarreal's tight defense, unable to cut into the box from the flanks with the power of both wings.

Champions League quarter-finals: Bayern's German giants, why lost to the star-starved Villarreal?

Levan scored a shot in the second leg to tie the total to 1-1, but the goal was not the result of Bayern's offensive tactics, but Levan's personal technical rescue. Extreme operations at the level of adjusting the shooting posture, shooting angle, judging the goalkeeper, etc., are all revealed at this foot. But Levan's use should be to let his teammates create the best shooting opportunities, so that he can pose the greatest threat to the goal every time he uses the ball. Looking at the 180 minutes of the game, how many times have you been able to do this?

Champions League quarter-finals: Bayern's German giants, why lost to the star-starved Villarreal?

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