Gerd Müller had never gotten over Bayern's loss to Chelsea in last season's Champions League final.
Bayern had dominated that match, pinning Chelsea back the entire time, yet they simply could not score.
Robben, Ribery, Gomez, Muller, and the others squandered chance after chance before being dragged into a Penalty Shootout and losing in heartbreaking fashion.
If Bayern had possessed a player like Lin Quan last season—someone deadly in tight dribbles, skilled at breaking through, and intelligent with his runs—the outcome might have been completely different.
After falling behind, Bayern immediately launched a frenzied counterattack.
If Bayern had still been considering conserving energy for their Champions League match four days later at the start of the game, and had not gone all out,
then now, thoroughly enraged, they had long since thrown the Champions League out of their minds!
They were like an angry lion, launching a mad assault on Werder Bremen!
Bayern Munich's attacks came like waves, crashing relentlessly against Werder Bremen's defensive line.
Werder Bremen were like a tiny boat in a raging storm, liable to be swallowed by the opposing tide of attacks at any moment.
To protect their own goal, nearly every Werder Bremen player had retreated into their own half. Even center forward Arnautovic had dropped behind the center line to defend, leaving Bayern's half empty enough to race horses through!
Bayern Munich had completely taken control of the match, continuously creating attacks and threatening Werder Bremen's goal time and again.
However, Bayern's luck seemed poor. They took eleven shots throughout the first half, but only three were on target, and they failed to score.
After a grueling forty-five minutes, the first half ended, and Bayern Munich returned to the dressing room trailing by one goal.
Meanwhile, although Werder Bremen's players held a one-goal lead,