FC Bayern English ?@FCBayernEN 1h

All-clear for #Neuer: "We didn’t want to take any risks. It was more important to us that I’m fit for Wednesday.”

identitet rođo, jebo semafor

imam dojam da njemacki mentalitet i pep trenutno previse dobro sljakaju. kao da je svaka akcija napamet, uigrana i bez imalo spontanog ponasanja igraca. neovisno gdje na terenu, svi unaprijed znaju sta ce svaki od igraca kao sljedece napraviit. u teoriji zapravo najbolja stvar... u praksi mozda i ne bas  ako te protivnik dobro snimio. tvoja maksimalna uigranost se odjednom okrece protiv tebe.
malo mi svi djeluju kao roboti. kao da bas rade ono sto pep od njih trazi bez razmisljanja. i u tome je zapravo problem. najgore je kada ti netko mozak iskljuci.

Bayern Dortmund tactical analysis: Pep’s strange plan

Bayern Dortmund tactical analysis: I would like to say that nothing reasonable can explain FCB’s 0:3 against Dortmund at the Allianz Arena, but a second look at the game helps to see how a terrific start could have turned into an easy win.

But Pep had a plan and its execution led to failure.

Good start

The beginning of the game was fine. Really, fine. Dortmund has a weakness against the long pass. Ribéry didn’t waste time in sending one forward towards Robben.

Likewise, FCB kept going for long passes to stretch BVB’s defence in the first 10 minutes.

The more you look at the first few minutes of play, the more goodness you can see. Look at this Robben pass to Götze. Declared offside but absolutely perfect. Direct, classy and well executed. Why Bayern didn’t keep attacking that way is beyond me.

The pressing game

The game also started well defensively. Bayern displayed some of its former trademark counterpressing. Losing the ball? Doesn’t matter. We’ll catch up with them and steal it again. Well done.

But it didn’t last long. And obviously, BVB came with its own brand of intense pressing. You had to expect it.

Another fine example of passing back, and back, and back. Where were the plays of the first 7-8 minutes?

Breaking down

Against that pressing, Bayern rapidly failed to get going and lost the ball cheaply. For instance, Rafinha made a poor passing decision. Instead of going to the left for the unmarked man, he sent a pass against a yellow wall.

I have recently complained that Bayern took Pep’s tiki taka too far, not looking for occasions to attack to favour the safe pass to keep control. Here is a perfect example, when David Alaba was free to receive a pass. Instead, the ball carrier sent a long one back to Dante… who then relayed to Neuer. There was a small risk of interception, but it was too small not to take it.

As they did against Manchester United, the fullbacks hung around the middle without offering much in terms of attacking.

Klopp’s troops are not stupid. Faced with that kind of hesitation, they played a good game of position and pressing. How did FCB react? Instead of having Rafinha going forward to take a pass and go forward to attack, the boys passed back.

One consequence of having fullbacks going towards the middle is that the wingers have been pushed to the far left and the far right. You can see it on the screen shot. Without the ball, they were isolated without contributing runs. With the ball, they were stuck without good passing options because BVB remained compact in its own end.

As if playing Dortmund wasn’t hard enough, FCB made it easy for the bees. Look at Dante turning his back on the ball and going away, leaving one of BVB’s players to take it. Losing the ball cheaply has been a problem.

Solutions to those problems? Change your attacking methods to focus on traditional plays, feeding your striker in the process. One of Mario Mandzukic’s best shots of the game came in the 43th minute.

The team puts together a few good passes, with creativity, going forward. Then, Rafinha feeds Mandzukic.

Too late

While we love direct attacking, it shouldbe used to build a lead and be left mostly to the offensive players. When leading 3:0, Dortmund is waiting for the chance to counter. Here, Dante gets caught going forward.

Same problem, different guy. Javi goes very high when Bayern is trailing, trying to generate something. The lack of decisive passing contributes to yet another counter and Javi will never be fast enough to run back.

On to the killer shot. A moment before one of BVB’s most dangerous counters of the game. Bayern’s positioning is pretty damn good here! Many passes and runs can be made, especially if you start with a good pass forward to the left. But notice what team is aggressive and ready for the next move. Dortmund. And Bayern instead sends it high in a crowded middle, loses the ball and Aubameyang forces Lukas Raeder to make a great save.

How Bayern conceded

0:1 Mkhitaryan. Too many players in the wrong position after a throw-in on BVB’s right wing. Many guys are simply looking as Mkhitaryan receives a pass and has all the space he needs to beat Neuer.

0:2 Reus. Once Ribéry lost the ball forward, BVB countered quickly and you have to give credit to Reus for good execution, nudging the ball in despite the coverage.

0:3 Hofmann. Dante’s mistake here. He goes behind the attackers and later fails to see that there is no offside. After that, there is nothing the defence can do to prevent the goal.

Statistical points

Jan Aage Fjortoft ?@JanAageFjortoft 1h

Re Kroos - won't extend his contract - nothing happens before World Cup - most likely at Bayern till 2015 - then FREE

Jan Aage Fjortoft ?@JanAageFjortoft 43m

Re: Kroos Bayern want him to stay of course. But the parties "don't agree on value..."

Martineza treba pod hitno maknuti s mjesta stopera. On protiv brzih napadaca nema sta tu traziti. Boateng tu opet mora igrati. Martineza u sredinu vratiti, Lahm u zadnje utakmice nije bas odusevio kao 6-ica. Kroos mora bit u prvih 11, Schweinsteiger nemoze sam dirigirati igri. Götze na klupu. Robbenu smanjiti jebeno soliranje. Ima tu puno toga za popraviti, forma je totalno pala.

Nije moje već c/p:

Puno možemo slušati i o tome kako Guardiola igra na sigurno, kako odabire samo klubove u kojima mu je uspjeh zagarantiran i sl. Ovo je suludo iz dva razloga. Prvo; ako je neki klub toliko dobar da je uspjeh zagarantiran, pa valjda će onda taj klub birati trenera, a ne trener njega! A valjda će onda i takav klub odabrati ono što misli da je najbolje.

Drugo; bi li Pep trebao odbiti izvrsno plaćen posao u najboljem klubu i odabrati npr. Dinamo i postaviti si za cilj pobijediti nekoga u Europi, jer se, eto, mora dokazati?! Ok, ajmo se odmaknut od nogometa pa će možda postati jasnije; pretpostavite da ste vi vrhunski financijski analitičar po vašem mišljenju, ali i po mišljenju drugih. Kada vam dođe ponuda za mjesto glavnog analitičara u velikoj multinacionalnoj banci, hoćete li zaista reći: 'Ne, ne, idem ja raditi u lokalni market kao knjigovođa jer se moram dokazati?'

Zapitajmo se: što mi želimo od nogometa?
Bayern je dosadan. Možda. Ako nam je to problem onda imamo problem sa samim konceptom igre. Cilj je jasan – zabiti više golova od protivnika slijedeći neka ograničenja (pravila) pritom. Za Barcu su govorili da su to beskonačna dodavanja, carinjenja lopte, da je to dosadno i sl., a sada se isto događa s Bayernom. Zanimljivo kako su oba ova kluba među najefikasnijima po broju postignutih golova. Valjda je ono što ljude muči što im pritom protivnici teško daju golove.

Pepova filozofija posjeda nije sama sebi svrha, već funkcionira dvojako. Defanzivno, oslanjajući se na osnovnu logiku koja kaže da protivnik koji nema loptu ne može postići gol, te ofenzivno, gdje se kroz posjed i kontrolu maksimizira vjerojatnost stvaranja šansi iz kojih će se postići gol. Razumijem da to ljudima može biti dosadno, no možda ne bi bilo loše da se posvete umjetničkom klizanju, gimnastici, plesu ili nekom obliku sporta gdje se direktno vrednuje izvedba, a ne nogometu gdje je ona zapravo samo sredstvo za postizanje cilja.'