FC Bayern Munich – another stunning defeat by the underdogs – game review
This article was written from the perspective of a lifelong FC Bayern fan. But the lessons and tactical recommendations the I make are relevant to most teams, not just for Bayern Munich. The article is not intended to denegrate any players – simply to highlight matters of strategic importance. The recommendations made were made in part to help Bayern get to the Champions League final – because I strongly believe that FCB has the potential to get there. As I point out in the article, to get there, Bayern will have to open up their purse strings and buy some quality players…
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Rafinha and Arjen Robben had difficulty containing Marco Reus of Gladbach
FC Bayern has difficulty re-capturing momentum after the winter break
India vs FC Bayern Munich winter break prep game 2012
Recommendations–> Play less prep matches – work on mental prep as much as physical prep
–> Don’t play prep matches against weak opponents – this lowers your standards
–>Better to study video clips of top plays from the top clubs in the world, even older videos of top teams from the video archives – this serves to raise your standard of play to greatest heights
–> Study video clips of your mistakes during the past Fall season. Why did we concede the goals that we did? How can we remedy these strategic mistakes?
FC Bayern is showing that it has a problem with a lack of depth -Management needs to buy more players NOW
• Towards the end of last Fall, Bayern missed Schweini and Kroos showed that he could not fill his shoes in the midfield•
Mario Gomez at times does not fit in with Jupp Heynckes' style of attack
Recommendations–> FCB mgt must buy a solid central defender to supplement van Buyten –> buy Diego Lugano (Uruguayan national currently plays at Paris St. Germain)
Diego Lugano - Uruguayan star central defender currently plays at PSG in France
–> FCB mgt must buy a solid outside defender –> buy Fuchs (Schalke)
–>FCB mgt must buy a workhorse midfielder –> buy Farfan or Vidal
Luis Suarez - star Uruguayan center forward who currently plays for Liverpool
Toni Kroos was unable to gain traction against Hanke and company
Recommendations–> possession without shots on goal or aggressive drives to the net can actually wear out your team’s mental strength and creativity
–> attacks end with quick lethal shots – not endless passing or dribbling near the Bayern penalty area
–> diagonal runs made by Gladbach attackers into the most dangerous spaces into the gaps/seams or behind the Bayern defense
Patrick Hermann scored twice and was Gladbach's star of the show vs FC Bayern Munich
Recommendations –> next time, Lahm should follow his mark – Lahm was way off once again– allowing Hermann to slip in to shoot and score
–>Tymoschuk could have slid in to intercept or at least disrupt Hanke’s through ball to Hermann – Tymo was in range to slide in but did not want to get his pants dirty - this was very uncharacteristic of his play
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