Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Munich: A relentless battle!
(Baonghean.vn) -Early tomorrow morning (1:45 am), the Bavarian Tigers will visit the Vicenter Calderon stadium, which is considered a "dangerous land" with many hidden dangers. With the football philosophy and ambition of two strategists representing two different schools of thought, it will be an uncompromising battle in all aspects.
As is natural, since the draw of luck brought the elite representative from Bavaria to face the team led by the personality coach Simeone in the semi-finals of the Champions League this season. Experts and football fans have had the opportunity to make comments and compare between the two teams. It is also true that it will be very difficult for the writer when he does not know what beautiful words to use to fully describe the emotions about the battle and the opposition between these two schools of football.
In terms of football philosophy, Pep Guardiola is a representative model of beautiful attacking football. Since taking over the Bavarian team, this strategist has had a great revolution when he has eliminated the tight German style of play that the "gray tigers" had previously built, he has breathed new life into the playing style and created a masterful tactical system, thereby turning beautiful football into the upper hand in an environment full of physicality and calculation.
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Pep Guardiola and Simeone: The confrontation of two opposing football schools |
In contrast to his colleague, Simeone is more defensive and pragmatic. At Atletico, the Argentine strategist built a tight and scientific defensive style of play. Although this team does not have any big stars, it is not easy to break through the net of goalkeeper Jan Oblak. The Argentine coach's students always have the highest fighting spirit when entering the field, and always burn themselves out for the team. From the strikers, Atletico's midfielders also play as interceptors right from the opponent's field. That has contributed to reducing the burden on their teammates on defense in the back. They truly deserve to go down in contemporary football history as one of the teams with the best defense.
In their previous encounter, Guardiola had a hard-fought victory over Simeone, a newcomer to the profession, when they were both working in La Liga. But this reunion will be very different as the two teams are at the peak of their careers. Pep is eager to win the Champions League with Bayern to thank the Bavarian fans before joining the blue half of Manchester, while Simeone is also nurturing the ambition of "dreaming of the emperor" with the Calderon team when both times they appeared in the final match of the most prestigious tournament of this continent, they were bitter losers.
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Atletico Madrid players are very excited before the big match with the Bavarian Tigers. |
From another perspective, the upcoming match will see fans witness a very dramatic confrontation between a team with a super-powerful attack and a team with a solid defense. The journey to the round for the 4 strongest teams in the continent at the moment has been formed in the style of two strategists who are considered to be among the best coaches at the moment.
With Bayer Munich to participate in the semi-finals of the Champions League, the Bavarian gray tigers showed an all-out attacking style with the sublimation of stars such as Robert Lewandonski, Thomas Muller when each contributed 8 goals out of the total 27 goals of the team. However, one thing that makes the fans of this team cannot be assured is that in recent matches against the representatives from Italy, the "Old Lady" of Turin and Benfica, the gray tigers' defense has revealed fatal weaknesses. If it were not for the timely brilliance of the stars, now coach Pep Guardiola and his team would have had to be reluctant spectators.
Meanwhile, their opponents showed a contrasting face, coach Simeone's team still showed their familiar playing style with narrow victories and few goals conceded by the opponent. Since the beginning of the tournament, goalkeeper Jan Oblak has only had to pick the ball out of the net 5 times. It is noteworthy that the Calderon team defeated the defending champion Barcelona after two matches with a score of 3-2 when the top attacking stars Messi, Neymar, and Suerez were completely blocked by Atletico defenders. This was a huge boost for the Argentine coach's team to have a comfortable mentality before welcoming the team from Bavaria.
More than ever, both Pep Guardiola and Simeone have plans for this turning point match. A victory is a significant advantage for each team on the road to conquering the pinnacle of glory in this prestigious arena.
Cao Anh