Chapter 200: A Successful Routine of Division of Labor and Cooperation
With neither side able to create a clear chance in the first fifteen minutes of the game, the Westphalic Stadium was not yet at its most furious. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, the fans of both sides still worked very hard to support their beloved team, and the cheers over the stadium continued to be overwhelming.
Andrea Pirlo has not yet fully integrated into Dortmund's tactical system, so many times he has relied on experience to play, which has caused Tang Zheng to focus too much on defense, so that Dortmund's mercury-like attack last season cannot be presented in front of the home fans.
As the saying goes, there are losses and gains.
Dortmund don't have the domineering spirit of last season, but they are a little more steady.
Sitting in the stands, manager Jurgen Klopp believes Dortmund's attack will be sharper than last season as Andrea Pirlo is integrated into the team.
In terms of the most basic running, Pirlo is much more aggressive than in the past, as he is actively integrating into the team.
Moreover, Pirlo's long passing and scheduling ability can ease Tang Zheng's organizational ability, and he can devote himself to attacking to his heart's content when the time comes.
Knowing that Tang Zheng scored 20 goals and assists in all competitions last season in the responsibility of organizing and directly participating in the attack, Klopp believes that with a steady and fixed Pirlo behind him, the goal number will further increase.
That's really an enhanced version of Lan Weide!
Jurgen Klopp turned his head to look at the scoreboard erected in the southwest stand, which also showed how long the game had been played: 19'52"
That means it's about to go into twenty minutes.
Jurgen Klopp used a wireless microphone hidden at the collar of his jacket to convey the latest tactics to assistant coach Gerliko Bouács: Tang Zheng was required to be properly involved in the attack, the defense was handed over to Kyle, and Pirlo's position was appropriate.
After receiving the news, Gerlico Bouas hurriedly came to the sidelines, whistled at Tang Zheng, who was slowly moving forward, and when Tang Zheng looked over, he hurriedly raised his right arm, stretched out his index finger, middle finger and ring finger, and then retracted his ring finger.
Tang Zheng nodded fiercely at Gerlico Bwach, indicating that he knew what to do.
The on-site director keenly captured this scene, and the expression of British Sky commentator Andy Gray instantly became serious: "It seems that Dortmund is about to make tactical adjustments! I don't know if it's an illusion, I always feel that Arsenal's goal is going to be dangerous." ”
'Don is a midfielder I admire a lot, with 20 goals and assists in all competitions last season, but his form has been a bit up and down at the start of the season, but I'm sure he'll shine like in the UEFA Super Cup. Martin Taylor looked at Tang Zheng in the broadcast camera and said.
Standing in the technical command area of the away team coach with his hands in his pockets, he naturally noticed the change in the gesture made by Gerlico Bvac to Tang Zheng, but he did not know where the change in Dortmund was, so he could not prescribe the right medicine yet, and had to wait.
Tang Zheng took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to pull Kyle and Pirlo to say a few words, and then the position seemed to be unintentionally two meters forward.
The football field was huge, and it coincided with Dortmund's goal kick, Tang Zheng raised two meters in front of him and did not attract any attention, Alexander Song was still in the middle, and Arteta was in charge of the defense.
Tang Zheng's height advantage stood out in midfield, and coupled with his super bounce, he easily beat Robin van Persie and Alexander Song to beat Pirlo.
Benayoun stepped forward to press Pirlo, but Pirlo didn't mean to take the ball, but directly left foot pad to Piszczek on the right, and then retreated a little to make way for Tang Zheng.
Not much, it seems.
The football was passed to Kuba by Piszczek, and Tang Zheng ran over as a receiving point in the frontcourt.
On the right side of Dortmund's front, a triangle of attacking areas was formed, but Arsenal also had a good number of defenders.
Gervinho, Benayoun, Gibbs and Arteta.
In addition, Alexander Song is also paying close attention to Tang Zheng's forward, because he has not forgotten the key deployment of manager Arsene Wenger before the game.
It is equivalent to five defenses and three, no pressure.
Kuba didn't wait for Gibbs to force him to come up, so he passed to Tang Zheng, who was responding, and then accelerated forward and made a "two-by-one" cooperation with Tang Zheng, which scared Sania to retreat quickly.
At the same time, Arteta and Alexander Song leaned forward to Tang Zheng, firstly to prevent him from taking the ball and turning around, and secondly, not to make him too comfortable even if he made the ball to Kuba, which could indirectly affect the accuracy of the pass.
However, Tang Zheng did not pass the ball to Kuba, nor did he pass to Piszczek, who formed a triangle, but knocked back to Pirlo.
Benayoun stepped forward too late, and Pirlo kept the ball and directly transferred a long pass to his own side to attack the left side.
Gotze's forward cut took away from Sagna's defence, so Schmelzer, who was plugged in at high speed on the left, was unmarked.
And because of Gotze's existence, Sagna did not dare to defend Schmelzer recklessly, he was afraid that Schmelzer would not stop the ball for Gotze, and then Götze, who had a better angle, would have a better chance to face the goal.
"Whew-"
Schmelzer comfortably used the instep of his foot to unload the football, and the Westphalen Stadium immediately released a huge sound.
Sagna waited until centre-back Mertesacker moved to get close to Schmelzer, but Schmelzer didn't give him a chance to get closer, and passed diagonally to the baseline, where Götze cut in.
Mertesacker is tall and long-legged, slow-moving, and is known as the slowest centre-back in European football, so instead of snatching the ball at Gotze's feet, he opted to get stuck in position.
Götze has no intention of going around the bottom line into the box, he is just trying to attract centre-back Mertesacker.
You must know that with a height of 1.98 meters, it is like a humanoid bomber in the restricted area.
Schmelzer, who finished the pass, did not wait on the spot, but ran to the inside line to attract the attention of Sagna's defence.
Gotze got a one-on-one chance with Mertesacker, and he stepped on the ball with his right foot to pull it back, trying to entice Mertesacker to take the lead and then find a chance to break through.
Mertesacker played against Borussia Dortmund during his time at Werder Bremen and knew that Gotze was the kind of player with a particularly good skill at his feet, with fast key speed and good passing footwork.
Gotze and Mertesacker went one-on-one while looking out of the penalty area, and his upper body suddenly shook to the left, giving Mertesacker the illusion that he was going to break through the bottom line.
Mertesacker, who had no advantage in speed at all, did not know what was behind him, and he could only follow Gotze's movements to the baseline.
However, Götze's connection action was very fast, the sole of his left foot supported the whole person in place, and the outside of his right foot slammed the ball to the right, and the calf swung super fast, quickly picked up, and passed a cross.
Koscielny looked at the incoming ball and subconsciously pulled Lewandowski's shirt, wanting to clear it early.
"Be careful!!"
At that moment, goalkeeper Szczesny pointed behind Koscielny and roared violently.
Koscielny, who had managed to grab his position, turned his head and almost freaked out.
Because Alexander Song and Tang Zheng, who was inserted in the back, fell into the disadvantage in the process of competing for position.
If nothing else, Tang Zheng is likely to grab the landing point of football.
As a result, a tsunami of shouts erupted over Westfala Stadium.
Tang Zheng and Alexander Song both entered the penalty area, but it was clear that Tang Zheng who entered the penalty area had the advantage, because Alexander Song, who was behind, did not dare to make a mistake.
But there are exceptions.
Gotze's cross is particular about the height and landing point, which is exactly the same as Tang Zheng's running route.
So looking at the moment when Tang Zheng raised his right foot to make a gesture and hit, Alexander Song pulled hard behind him.
Tang Zheng, who had already made a good move, was dragged like this, and his upper body was originally rushing forward, but it turned into leaning back, and the right foot that stretched out didn't even touch the fur of the football.
After finishing the defensive move, Alexander Song hurriedly stretched out his hand to signal that he had not committed a foul, and he was greeted by deafening boos.
All eyes were on the referee, who hesitated, then blew the whistle and pointed his right index finger at the penalty spot.
Penalty kick!
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"Penalty! The referee awarded a penalty to Borussia Dortmund!" said Sky England commentator Andy Gray in surprise.
However, commentator Martin Taylor reacted normally: "Judging from the broadcast footage, Alexander Song did have an obvious pulling move, otherwise Don, who is facing the football, is likely to pose a threat to the goal guarded by Wojciech Szczesny. ”
Andy Gray was speechless, and his old partner was dark.
Who the hell are you helping?
As a well-known British commentator, shouldn't you support Arsenal?
Yang 5 commentator He Weixi shouted with joy: "The referee awarded a penalty!"
"The referee hesitated, but the penalty was very firm!" said German Sky commentator Marcel Leif with satisfaction.
Alexander Song shrugged his shoulders and folded his hands to defend himself: "I didn't foul!"
But the referee didn't listen to his argument and showed a yellow card at the same time.
A foul facing a shooting opportunity head-on, a penalty and a yellow card are fine!
The live director first gave full footage of a couple of Alexander-Song fouls, then switched to close-ups of Wenger and Klopp locked onto the stands.
Arsene Wenger angrily rushed to the fourth official and complained about the referee's foul.
Klopp excitedly raised his right hand and raised his arms and shouted!
The home fans at Westphalun Stadium excitedly made a deafening chant as if they were greeted by a goal.
Tang Zheng, who got up from the ground, hugged Lewandowski, Gotze and others to celebrate the team's penalty.
Arsenal captain Robin van Persie is still trying to convince the referee to retract his call, but the referee is adamant.
The referee was firm and the penalty was a foregone conclusion.
However, who will take the penalty has become the focus of discussion among commentators.
Tang Zheng became Dortmund's top penalty taker last season, but veteran Andrea Pirlo is a veteran and has been consistent in the past.
So the on-site director was also very interesting, and gave the two of them a close-up.
"Who's going to take the penalty?"
German Sky commentator Marcel Leif was puzzled.
Equally suspicious is manager Jurgen Klopp, who has not divided the division of penalties this season.
The answer was revealed five seconds later.
Tang Zheng took the initiative to pull Pirlo's arm and said, "Andre, you can take the penalty." ”
"Huh?" Pirlo was a little surprised, according to last season's arrangement, the penalty should have been taken by Tang Zheng.
"I believe in you because you have a very high percentage of penalties. Tang Zheng directly put the football in Pirlo's hand: "Moreover, I want to feel the shock when the whole audience chants your name." ”
Pirlo was no longer polite, he smiled and nodded, and then placed the ball on the penalty spot.
Next, it's a direct battle between Szczesny and Pirlo!
Football veteran Andrea Pirlo used the change of tempo to trick Szczesny and then easily kicked the ball to the other side.
1:0
Dortmund, who are playing at home, take the lead!
All the home fans at Westfala Stadium created an amazing amount of energy that swept through the stadium.
Before it was over, the announcer Norbert Dicor, in order to stir up the emotions of the home fans, shouted almost frantically: "It was Andre who scored the goal-"
"- Pirlo!"
Tens of thousands of Dortmund fans were tacitly hysterical.
Pirlo looked overjoyed to score and responded by clapping his hands at the home fans who generated a loud cheer.
"Whew-"
The scene responded with even more frenzied cheers.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei said with a smile: "This is Pirlo's first goal since joining Dortmund, and I don't know if you have noticed, this goal is the first successful routine since Tang Zheng and Pirlo worked together, even if Alexander Song did not foul in the penalty area, Tang Zheng after winning the ball will directly face goalkeeper Szczesny, and then form a scoring ......"
The game restarted and the Arsenal attack was very strong and it was easy to see their psychology of equalising.
Although Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has been on the sidelines and it will take time to make adjustments accordingly, Arsenal have significantly reduced their midfield playmaking with the departure of Cesc Fabregas.
Moreover, there is Tang Zheng's assistance in the middle to protect him, at least Arsenal has a lot of trouble infiltrating in the middle.
They had to play more on the two flanks, but the attacking routine on the flanks played right into Borussia Dortmund's hands.
Both Subotic and Hummels are over 1.9 meters tall and are more than enough to defend Van Persie two-on-one.
Arsene Wenger has a headache right now, he doesn't know how the team's attack will unfold.
The team has played a strong combination of side and center in the past, but with the departure of Cesc Fabregais and Nasri, the team's attack has had a great impact, and neither Arteta nor Gervinho can integrate into the team in a short period of time.
Run-in is an indispensable stage for new players to integrate into the swimming.
In other words, the team's offense can only go with the flow and wait for the offensive routine to take shape.
Therefore, Dortmund, who lead the score, played more easily than before the goal, after all, their personnel have a tacit understanding, and in these three seasons, the personnel have not changed much, and the cooperation is quite tacit.
Now that only Pirlo is integrated into the team, the terrifying Dortmund team is back!