Chapter 299: Weakness
Mourinho replaced Khedira, who was injured and unable to continue the game, with Modric in his desperation, after all, Modric's characteristic is attack, and it is obviously unlikely that he will maintain Khedira's restrictions on Tang Zheng. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In terms of body model alone, Tang Zheng is a whole head taller than Modric, and weighs nearly twenty kilograms more.
No matter how you defend, it's hard to restrict.
But in terms of effect, it was surprisingly good.
Modric stabbed the football from behind twice in a row, although it did not let the football control change hands, but it also somewhat slowed down the team's offensive speed, resulting in no way to pass the ball at critical times.
So Tang Zheng put away his contempt and became cautious.
Tang Zheng, who got serious, was very powerful, and he directly took the ball and pushed forward in the next wave of attacks, and Modric, who was seriously lacking in height and weight, couldn't pull it.
Unfortunately, the final shot was not adjusted well in Xavi Alonso's defence and the ball went wide of the post.
Not long after Casillas took the goal, the referee on duty, Kaushoi, blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, breathed a sigh of relief, and Modric's performance on the field made his eyes light up, but in the end, Modric is not good at defense, and his excellent play seems to have something to do with Tang Zheng's contempt.
As Tang Zheng became cautious in handling the ball, Modric did not do well in marking the midfield, but was continuously eaten raw by Tang Zheng.
If this continues, there is a good chance that the goal will be conceded again.
Once or twice, maybe you can still make up for it in place, but what about three or four times?
There is no dress rehearsal in life, every time is a live broadcast, and Tang Zheng proved himself in the Champions League last season that he is a star player who can change the outcome of the game.
If you're not careful, there's a good chance your team will lose away from home.
Thankfully, at the end of the first half, Mourinho had plenty of time to adjust his tactics.
The on-site director seized the time to switch the camera one after another and gave the star players on both sides.
Tang Zheng, Reuss, Gotze, Lewandowski and Pirlo all looked serious, but it is not difficult to see that they are actually quite relaxed, and they also realize that Khedira's unexpected injury is the breakthrough point for the team to exceed the score again.
Most of the Real Madrid players had heavy faces, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who had scored the equaliser earlier, had a sad face.
Where is the spring breeze proud?
The Westphalen Stadium is known as Europe's No. 1 Devil's home stadium, and the ensuing game time was met with deafening boos as soon as Cristiano Ronaldo got the ball.
This feeling made him very unhappy.
In such situations, he likes to respond with goals, but the Dortmund players have clearly increased their defensive efforts against him.
In addition, he was repeatedly eaten by Tang Zheng in the corner kick attack he was good at, and his depression was overflowing.
Modric was in a complicated mood, he already knew that Tang Zheng was very powerful before he appeared, but what he didn't expect was that Tang Zheng was more powerful than he imagined.
Dribbling, ball control, ball handling, game reading skills, all terrifying.
He wondered if there would be a chance to show his characteristics in the second half.
After all, defending is not what he is best at, he prefers to attack in tandem with running passes and then find opportunities to deliver lethal passes......
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In the away team's dressing room, Mourinho didn't say anything superfluous, cut straight to the whole and looked at Cristiano Ronaldo: "Cristiano, in the second half of the game, we need you to break through with the ball more, is there a problem?"
Cristiano Ronaldo tapped his chin to show that he knew.
Mourinho gave Benzema a new task, Cristiano Ronaldo wants to get one-on-one opportunities on the wing, so the center forward Benzema has to make certain sacrifices.
Benzema did not hesitate and nodded directly.
Mourinho nodded his head in satisfaction, which is the fundamental reason why he chose Benzema over Higuain as the starting centre-forward, Benzema is willing to make sacrifices for the team, while Higuain is more focused on the team and he is more focused on the team.
In the home team's locker room, Klopp did not make much adjustments to the team's overall tactics, but asked Tang Zheng to take the ball more to organize the attack.
Otherwise, if he drops back, it means that only Gotze, Reus and Lewandowski are left in front, and the two full-backs can play in the attack, but given the pace of Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria, they certainly won't press too much.
Pirlo is 34 years old, and he is up to the top twice in a game, so it seems unrealistic for him to step forward frequently to participate in the formation of attacks.
Sven Bender has the ability to play the ball, but he has no playmaking ability, so Klopp encouraged Tang Zheng to take the ball more and not be afraid of mistakes.
Tang Zheng is the core of Dortmund's attack, and if he is dumbfounded, his offensive ability will drop by more than one grade.
It is not difficult to see from Schmelzer's goal that all the changes in Dortmund come from Tang Zheng, which is equivalent to saying that Dortmund's attack relies too much on Tang Zheng, so that Tang Zheng is in a state of elimination, which is equivalent to the team's overall offensive semi-paralysis.
Tang Zheng pursed his mouth and tapped his chin, pretending to be relaxed, but he attached great importance to it in his heart, and he realized that he could not go down any longer.
Meanwhile, Sky TV recapped for the end of the first half.
Martin Taylor, who has always praised Tang Zheng, said: "Dortmund's overall performance in the first half was okay, barely passable, if you talk about Tang here, I have to say two words, his performance in the entire first half can be said to be very sluggish except for assists, fans who follow Dortmund know the importance of Don, if he loses his performance, it will be a very big blow to the whole team." ”
"That's right! Dortmund's goal conceded seems to have nothing to do with him, but in fact he was not involved in the team's overall attack, which directly led to Marco Reus's passing error, if Don had been more active in attack, I think it would be a matter of time before Dortmund took the lead at home. Andy Gray faced the live camera with a serious face, and the head of the analysis was the way.
"I agree with you, so I'm really looking forward to the start of the second half, whether Dortmund can go ahead again in the second half, and whether Don can come out of Real Madrid's solid defensive system. Martin Taylor said in a loud voice.
In addition, Shen Fangjian, the central 5 commentator of the Beijing studio, also gave his own analysis of the end of the first half: "The first half of the game was 1:1, and the two sides definitely did not show all their skills, I think as the game goes deeper, whether it is Dortmund or Real Madrid, they will try their best to break through the opponent's goal, and it is not impossible for the game to open and close at that time." ”
Commentator Xu Yang said: "This possibility is very high, according to the current situation in Group D, if calculated by the score at the end of the game, Real Madrid is ranked first with seven points, followed by Dortmund with five points, if Manchester City finally wins Ajax according to the current score, their points can come to four points, which will seriously threaten the direct promotion of Real Madrid and Dortmund, so Dortmund and Real Madrid will beat each other in the first leg back-to-back group stage!"
The fifteen minutes of the half-time break passed quickly amid the chatter of the commentators of various TV stations, and the players of both sides of the game walked from the locker room to the players' tunnel one after another, and then entered the court.
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In the second half, both sides did not make adjustments to the personnel on the field, but both sides made significant changes to their tactics.
Dortmund, who took the lead in kick-off, began to hand over the football more to Tang Zheng on the offensive end, and Tang Zheng, who received the ball, no longer passed the ball as quickly as he did for most of the first half, but passed patiently.
Real Madrid's defence no longer sent people to mark Tang Zheng alone as they did in the first half, and they reverted to regional defense.
However, Real Madrid's tactical changes did not surprise everyone, Modric was originally known for attack, and it is obviously unrealistic for him to play the role of Khedira, and the regional defense can play the maximum role of Modric.
Timely filling and strong ability to read the game.
However, Tang Zheng, who increased the time to get the ball, was too much of a threat to Real Madrid's backline, and his forward and passing threats made Mourinho jealous.
In order to ensure that Mourinho's defense does not have problems at the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid's players must defend aggressively except for Cristiano Ronaldo, who has the privilege.
Tang Zheng is doing this, Pirlo also has the space to press forward, assist the team to suppress Real Madrid as a whole, and even have the opportunity to kick it.
However, his position on the pitch limited the distance he could shoot from, and shots from more than 30 metres could hardly threaten Casillas' goal unless they were from an excellent angle.
Therefore, Pirlo, who tried to shoot from distance, calmed down and concentrated on serving the whole team.
Tang Zheng observed Real Madrid's solid backline while controlling the ball to see if he could find a gap.
As expected, Real Madrid's midfielders are well positioned and protect space to the extreme, and it takes time to find gaps in defence.
Therefore, Tang Zheng quickly passed the football to the feet of Reus, who attacked on the right side, and when he couldn't find an opportunity in the middle, he should play Real Madrid's defense on the left side, and he firmly believed that Essien, who played part-time at left-back, was the biggest weakness in Real Madrid's defensive system.
In the first five minutes of the second half, Reus attempted two breakaways, both of which were successful, but his cross lacked crosshairs, one was confiscated by Casillas and the other was cleared by Raphael Varane over Robert Lewandowski.
Tang Zheng realized that the old-fashioned bottom cross was difficult to threaten early, so he once again covered the front court and attacked in tandem with the midfield.
Two minutes later, Tang Zheng found a direct pass to the ball, but unfortunately Lewandowski was not ready, and his stop was closer to goalkeeper Casillas, which was considered a missed opportunity.
Although the pass did not result in a shot in the end, Tang Zheng found that Real Madrid's back line did not protect the two ribs enough, especially the defensive left rib between Pepe and Essien, and the echo between the two depended on luck......
It is equivalent to saying that Tang Zheng has found Real Madrid's defensive weakness.