Experiment by Hansi Flick: Bayern played against Paderborn with an unusual triple chain - also in the Champions League round of 16 again?
- FC Bayern Munich meet Chelsea in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
- Bayern's tactic against Paderborn was recently a three-way chain .
- Coach Hansi Flick is now making it clear whether the triple chain will be used again in the Champions League .
Munich - Manuel Neuer had no more than a meaningful smile to answer whether FC Bayern * could also play against Chelsea with a three-way chain. Then the Munich captain disappeared into the night - and with him the realization that the new formation had been enough for three points, but should now disappear again in the drawer of Hansi Flicks * desk.
The Bayern coach had sent his team * onto the lawn in a 3-4-3 system. Joshua Kimmic h , David Alaba and Lucas Hernandez played in the back . Before that Alvaro Odriozola (right) and Alphonso Davies (left) occupied the wings and moved back to the defensive line in Paderborn attacks. "That was due to the personnel situation," said Flick, referring to the yellow-barred Jerome Boateng and Benjamin Pavard .
3-4-3 system at FC Bayern Munich: "" A top team must ... "
Joshua Kimmich said: "Paderborn defended in 4-4-2 and we wanted to attack with three strikers against two strikers." It worked at the start of the game, but the bottom of the table quickly adapted to the Bavarian formation. Odriozola and Davies had hardly any offensive scenes in half two. The defense trio had problems following the fast Paderborners on steep passes.
"A top team has to have different systems on it," said Kimmich. "This way we stay variable and it is more difficult for other teams to adjust to us." Another reason was that Flick did not want to set up a back four with two left feet (Alaba, Hernandez) in the central defense. Neuer: “In Cologne we tried to play with two left feet. It didn't go well, Cologne had many chances. We had to change something! "
FC Chelsea - FC Bayern Munich: return to the back four
And so the Munich against Paderborn played for the first time since April 30, 2016 (1-1 against Gladbach) with a three-way defense. At that time under Pep Guardiola it consisted of Serdar Tasci , Medhi Benatia and Jerome Boateng . FC Bayern will return to the back four on Tuesday in London, as Flick made clear. Pavard takes over again as right-back, Davies in the back left.
The question remains, which central defender has to be on the bench. Hernandez is likely to be hit. After the Paderborn game, he was quite self-critical, said: "There is no question that I am not yet at 100 percent."
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More on the topic in the video: Alaba: "Chelsea is of good quality - but so are we"
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