Thursday, 17 May 2012

Champions League Final 2011/2012, Bayern, Chelsea on penalties, sanctions and substitutes

Terry Red

Within a couple of days there Champions League final and now focuses on rumors of signings and friendly in Kuwait. Right now we would be living a collective madness if the final disputasen Madrid and Barcelona and many took for granted ahead of time, but Bayern and Chelsea had something to say and their verdict was his presence in the final of Munich. They do not come cheap, however: seven casualties accumulate sanction both teams, four English team and three German. This, besides giving headaches to Di Matteo and Heynckes, opened a debate on the need to revise the rule on the sanctions for the final.

The idea that some voices suggest it would resemble what they did with the World Cup in South Africa, when they decided that the accumulation of cards would lose its force from the quarterfinals. The debate arose when Ballack missed the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002, and is also remembered the penalty Costacurta in 1994, Caniggia in 1990 or Gascoigne's tears in the semifinals of the world itself, when after seeing a card was lost in the semi final hypothetical finally played after Germany beat England at the end of that game.

The truth is that a large end is watered by the absence of some of the best players because of something as the accumulation of cards that can come from previous rounds. Ramires, Raul Meireles, Terry e Ivanovic for Chelsea, and Praise, and Luiz Gustavo Badstuber by Munich will have to watch the final from the stands. The yellow cards are for something, of course, and without them the players would live free will in the field. Personally I would advocate an intermediate option: make a clean semi-finals and only lost the final sanction those players that they saw two red or yellow or yellow around the first leg and another in the back.

Thus, this year the penalties would be reduced to Badstuber, Bayern, Chelsea and Ramires (round yellow) and Terry for the red on the back (he asked for it alone). So the rule would not be as rigorous and maintain the respect of players to see yellow.

Heynckes options and Di Matteo

But as is the norm and those seven players will miss the final, with both technicians will need to assess the various options for its workforce. Both have heavy losses on defense, but the difference is that Chelsea have better substitutes. However, the scale is balanced by the low table that English has in midfield, with two men for basic technical and Ramires and Meireles, while Luiz Gustavo is not as important in the Bavarian network.

Casualties of Terry and Ivanovic (which he learned that he could not play the final against the cameras after the match) are important, but may be covered by two defenders solvency as the Brazilian David Luiz, who has recovered from injury and which it held until the arrival of Cahill in the winter market, and Bosingwa on the right side, over the Serb offensive. The problem is that Cahill and David Luiz suffer a mishap: the Italian coach has already held that the central Hutchinson squad could be summoned. Heynckes is not as reliable options to replace two defenses as Badstuber and Praise, and the Austrian left-back this campaign has become one of the revelations of European football.

The veteran center Belgian Van Buyten, who recently emerged from a serious injury and played his first minutes for the reserves, the Brazilian side Rafinha and Diego Contento are some options besides Timoschuk Anatoliy, who can play central or defensive midfielder and could replace both at the rear Badstuber as Luiz Gustavo in the midfield. Pranjic can also serve as defense lefty, but best bets are those placed there to move Lahm Content or right side of the other side and put in place Rafinha.

Most notable is the low Badstuber not only for its importance, but also for its possible replacement: Breno not count, Van Buyten has long without playing and Timoschuk would be an ideal replacement for Luiz Gustavo in the midfield. It seems clear that the Ukrainian will play as a starter. This week, a classic Teutonic as Strunz team has already declared that his former team has a great eleven but lacks depth of staff, and not without reason. For next season already has hired Dante, central Brazilian Mönchengladbach. Another option, more offensive, is to place a Kroos and Schweinsteiger in the double pivot and Müller, Robben and Ribery ahead. It would be a gamble. Who will accompany finally Boateng in the center of defense?

And we have the Chelsea midfield. Considering the crucial final game of Stamford Bridge, the final of the FA Cup against Liverpool, Obi Mikel would be starting next to Lampard in the double pivot. Meireles, who has been a regular all season, was the party in the bank, perhaps wanting to prove that Di Matteo midfield in a match requirement. Kalou on the left, kill the middle and the right Ramires played in front with Drogba as a tip. Instead Ramires Torres and Sturridge could come from a more offensive than the Brazilian, who is in the form and your team missed. Another option is to Malouda, Kalou going right.

On Saturday we will see the final alignments with the corresponding headaches and Di Matteo Heynckes. A great opportunity for the less common and a stick to the defendants. Although Bayern would point to as a final choice is uncertain prognosis, and Chelsea also comes with more moral after winning the FA Cup while Bayern suffered a major setback on Saturday after losing the German Cup final against Borussia Dortmund, which also won the league, by a convincing 5-2 result. On Saturday, the outcome.



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