Chapter 212 The rhythm of Dortmund
Cruze's goal made Dortmund's plan to equalize the score before the end of the first half completely bankrupt.
What many people are thinking about is not even the equalizer in the first half, but are beginning to think about whether Dortmund can win this game.
When the whistle blew at the end of the first half, Marcel Leif said: "Bortmond was once again forced into a desperate situation and was already behind two goals in the first half... This is the time that Dortmund has been in a desperate situation?"
He still couldn't help but complain about Dortmund's poor defense.
"If the defensive problem is not solved, Dortmund will always face such a dilemma, even a desperate situation..."
"Bonchengladbach has taken the absolute initiative. They just need to be on defense in the second half and then counterattack. Forty-five minutes, they have a wiggle room for the ball, which means they can allow one goal to be conceded in the second half, but Dortmund's wiggle room is very, very small..."
Everyone is worried about the prospects for Dortmund in the second half.
In the locker room of Dortmund, Dortmund's players also expressed such concerns and were not very high.
Klopp was encouraging them.
"I think you should be used to this kind of game mode that always wants to ride a roller coaster..." Klopp said straight to the point and smiled, showing that he didn't take two goals seriously at all.
But this is not the case. When the team lost the second goal, he began to roar on the sidelines.
But now in order to comfort the players, of course he has to pretend to be careless.
"Think about the last game we played against Zenit in St. Petersburg, we lost two goals during the game, but we chased them back. So I think we should have a lot of experience in conceding goals in the game. Yes, there were some problems with our defense this season, and I won't pretend not to see it. But this problem is not easy to solve. At present, it is not easy to make our defense become impeccable. But we have another solution. We have a proud and powerful offensive firepower!" Klopp's voice was low but powerful when talking about the problem, giving people a calm and secure feeling.
And finally, when he talked about the powerful offensive firepower, his voice increased, conveying an uplifting and high spirit.
This is actually a kind of speech, and he can achieve the effect he wants through speech. An excellent head coach and an excellent orator must be able to use words to motivate the players' emotions.
"It's actually very simple to win a game. Remember, no matter how many goals the opponent scores, we just need to score more goals than our opponent!"
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At the beginning of the second half, neither side made personnel adjustments.
This surprised many people - it is normal for Borussia Mönchengladbach, who leads two goals, to not make personnel adjustments. He plays well, so there is no need to substitute people.
But Dortmund, who was two goals behind, had no expression, which made everyone unable to understand. At this time, if Klopp still wants to win the game, he should make adjustments as soon as possible.
Why not make personnel adjustments?
Later, some people speculated: Is it because there is no one to change? Look at the bench, there are indeed not many people who can be replaced. Mkhitaryan is very capable, but he is Zhou Yi's substitute. Should he replace Zhou Yi? Klopp must not be that he doesn't want to replace people, but there is not much room for choice, right?
Thinking of this, I feel that Dortmund is even more pitiful...
But not long after the second half started, the situation was different from what everyone imagined - Dortmund, who had no substitution adjustment, took the initiative to attack as soon as he started, and played very fiercely, so fierce that Borussia Mönchengladbach could not even pass the half for a while and was completely suppressed.
But Borussia Mönchengladbach seems to be somewhat inadequate for Dortmund's rapid offensive, and he doesn't know how their head coach Favre made adjustments...
In the 50th minute, Zhou Yi made a long shot at the front of the penalty area, which was confiscated by Ter Stegen. Soon three minutes later, Aubameyang made a cross from the right, and Reus, who was unmarked at the back point, headed the ball, but unfortunately he pushed a little higher...
During this period, Dortmund's offensive was very fierce, which made the Dortmund fans in the stands very happy. The cheers were wave after wave, and the waves were higher and higher.
But as the offensive organizer, Zhou Yi was not optimistic.
He knew that such a fierce offensive could not last forty-five minutes, and that sooner or later, Borussia Mönchengladbach would come back to his senses and be prepared. To prevent them from preparing, they must score goals as soon as possible and create tension.
Just having a fierce offensive but not scoring a goal is all an ineffective attack.
So we still have to turn the offensive into goals.
Zhou Yi kept creating opportunities for his teammates, but if the opportunity was right, he didn't mind trying to score in person.
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In the 65th minute, Dortmund once again passed continuously in front of Mönchengladbach's goal, creating opportunities.
Zhou Yi distributed the football to Yan Min who switched to the right in the middle.
Then he did not continue to stay outside the penalty area, but slowly moved into the penalty area, moving towards the goal at first, but when he saw Mark was also in the middle, he changed his mind, and it was useless to go up by himself, and it would only make the place more crowded.
And now because of Mark and Aubameyang's running position, there has become the focus of the defenders of Borussia Mönchengladbach, and...
Zhou Yi turned his head and saw the back point.
The back point is actually a space.
So Zhou Yi immediately changed direction. But he didn't just run backwards. He was just paced while observing the situation on Yan Min's side.
He saw Yan Min passing it.
After seeing Yan Min's pass, Zhou Yi quickly judged the landing point of the football, which was definitely not at the front point, because the power was very strong!
So he immediately accelerated the start, made a circle, and ran backwards!
In this process, the football passed by Yan Min passed over the front point, Mark and the others, and flew directly to the back point!
Zhou Yi jumped up and shook his head against the football!
"Zhou Yi——!"
Amid the roar of Marcel Leif's dragging voice, Ter Stegen returned from the previous point and flew to the air to save the ball.
Ter Stegen's reaction was still the fastest in the Mönchengladbach team. The other Mönchengladbach players could only turn their heads and then stare blankly at Zhou Yi who was jumping in the air.
But the Lion King is still a little late...
Before he rushed, Zhou Yi had already pushed the football from Yan Min into the goal accurately!
"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!!! Good goal! He scored one goal for Dortmund! 1:2! Dortmund is only one goal behind now!" Duan Xin roared excitedly.
The entire West** Stadium started to burn the moment Zhou Yi pushed the football into the goal.
Everyone jumped up from their seats and shouted.
Although they were still behind, not long after the second half began, Zhou Yi's goal still gave them hope.
After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi did not celebrate it very much. After landing, he rushed into the goal, took out the football he pushed into, wrapped it in his arms, turned around and ran into the middle circle.
Then in the process, he waved his fist, even if he celebrated.
He has no time to celebrate, and he is still one goal behind...
Other Dortmund players who wanted to come to him to celebrate, saw him like this, did not come to celebrate, but ran back to the half with Zhou Yi.
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After Zhou Yi scored, Dortmund did not slow down. They still maintained a very fast pace to continuously attack Mönchengladbach's defense.
The whole Dortmund team was motivated by Zhou Yi's goal.
Originally, Mönchengladbach planned to fight back.
But they had this idea just now, and they were beaten back by Dortmund's fierce attack.
Dortmund, who just scored a goal, has a rainbow of morale, and has a feeling of "a mass of air that is like a tiger".
Borussia Mönchengladbach dared not think about anything and scored another goal. During this period, they must first ensure that they do not concede the ball...
Not long after Zhou Yi scored the goal, Dortmund launched an attack. Zhou Yi flicked a fake shot and passed the football to Reus. Reus made a cross. After Mark received the pass from Reus in the penalty area, he shot a far corner fifteen meters away from the goal!
This time Terstegen made a wonderful save and flew to ramble the football!
"Mark - Ter Stegen! Wonderful offense and defense!" Marcel Lef shouted. "Although he lost a goal, Ter Stegen did not seem to be affected! And Dortmund's offensive is still rapid! The game has entered a white-hot stage!"
Chapter completed!