FCBBayernClub page
FKBodø/GlimtClub page
Squad value€1.04bn
Squad value€75.28m
Key playerMichael Olise
Key playerPatrick Berg
Head coachVincent Kompany
Head coachKjetil Knutsen
Bayern press high and Bodø/Glimt insist on playing out through it. Expect the ball lost in dangerous places.
Bayern and Bodø/Glimt both come after the ball high up the pitch, so it keeps changing hands in dangerous areas.
Bayern and Bodø/Glimt both push numbers forward, so neither back four gets much cover.
Bayern hunt the ball right up by the other team's goalkeeper, sometimes with four players on the last defender. Expect them to camp in the opposition half from the first whistle.
“Bayern pressed the Europa League winners high and sometimes pushed four attackers onto Villa’s last line.”The one way to hurt them: get past that first wave of pressure and run straight at the defence. Bayern commit so many bodies forward that the space behind them is enormous.
“When opponents escape the first challenge and attack the back line with runners, the enormous spaces produced by Bayern’s aggressive positioning become considerably less comfortable.”Their defenders step out to follow opponents rather than sitting back, so at times three of the back four are up in the other half with nobody behind them. It only breaks if you are brave enough to play into exactly that space.
“Knacken kann man dieses Pressing nur, wenn man den Mut, das Tempo und die spielerische Qualität hat, um trotzdem genau in die Regionen zu spielen, in denen die Bayern ein solches Risiko eingehen.”You can only crack this pressing if you have the courage, the speed and the technical quality to play into exactly those areas where Bayern are taking such a risk. our translation
Go a goal up and it tends to wake them rather than worry them. Against Rosenborg they conceded first and then scored four.
“Rosenborg kom best i gang da den nybakte faren Simen Bolkan Nordli satte inn 1–0 for gjestene etter 36 minutter. Da skrudde Glimt på turboen.”Rosenborg started better when the new father Simen Bolkan Nordli put the visitors 1-0 up after 36 minutes. That was when Glimt switched on the turbo. our translation
Almost every time they get near your goal something happens. Opposing coaches say the threat is constant, not occasional.
“– De er klart det beste laget og viser toppnivået sitt. De er farlige hver gang de kommer i våres felt, sier han til NRK.”"They are clearly the best team and are showing their top level. They are dangerous every single time they get into our box," he says to NRK. our translation
The second they lose the ball they swarm to win it straight back. Their own coach picks that out as the thing his team is built on.
“- Jeg liker hvordan de angriper, fordi de angriper med mange spillere, og de er virkelig gode i gjenvinningsspillet, som oss, sier Knutsen, som også mente de hadde funnet nøkkelen til å løse det mot den uvanlige spillestilen.”"I like how they attack, because they attack with a lot of players, and they are really good at winning the ball back, like us," says Knutsen, who also felt they had found the key to dealing with the unusual playing style. our translation