Chapter 141: The Tiger's Fight Back!
"Woo-woo-"
With a huge boo erupting over the Dragons Stadium, Tang Zheng strode the ball across the halfway line, and Otamendi, one of the two central defenders, chose to defend forward. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Of course, the defensive tactics he chose were still safe and fight and retreat.
Tang Zheng's previous forward movement relied on tacit understanding to kick the ball, and Otamendi didn't want to be taken advantage of by Dortmund's counterattack.
Besides, they also have a record of playing against each other in the A-League, and they know that Tang Zheng is difficult to deal with, and he is the kind of smart player who relies on his head to play football.
If you're not careful, your team will be the first to concede the ball.
You know, it's only been ten minutes since the game!
While Otamendi pressed forward, Porto's defenders naturally retracted and released open flanks.
After all, the wing is far away from the goal, so it is natural to focus on the middle defense in the early stage of defense.
And Barrios is Dortmund's top scorer so far this season, so he has to defend!
Facing Otamendi, who fought and retreated, Tang Zheng took the initiative to lower his speed.
At that moment, Barrios suddenly stepped forward to Otamendi's original position, which was a defensive gap between centre-back Rolando and right-back Zapanaru.
Barrios has been doing well this season, scoring goals and must be guarded against!
Rolando followed Barrios and ran forward, and paid attention to Tang Zheng's movements, as long as Tang Zheng had the idea of passing, then he hurriedly stopped and made an offside position.
But Tang Zheng, who had a wide field of vision, didn't do this, he used the outside of his right foot to slam the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot while Barrios stepped forward, accelerating again!
Otamendi, who fought and retreated, made a small turn, but it was still a little slower than Tang Zheng, who accelerated again in the acceleration process.
In the blink of an eye, Tang Zheng stepped into Porto's defensive 35-meter area.
Porto left-back Pereira had a large space behind him, and he didn't dare to move forward blindly, beware of Tang Zheng's pass to Kuba while adducting and fighting and retreating.
"Woo-woo-"
The boos that erupted over the Dragons Stadium were so loud and deafening that they erupted.
However, Tang Zheng was unfazed, striding forward to keep in touch with the ball.
Otamendi's speed is very fast among central defenders, but it is still a little slow compared to Tang Zheng's forward acceleration.
Although it will not be distanced, it will not be able to keep up with Tang Zheng's pace.
"Put him down!!"
Boas, who was standing on the sidelines, yelled.
But the atmosphere was too frenetic, and the players' attention was all focused on the field, and there was no extra mind to put on the sidelines.
As Tang Zheng entered the 30-meter attacking area, left-back Perez knew that he could not continue to retreat.
At the same time, Tang Zheng, who was running, suddenly pushed the football with the arch of his foot.
Barrios, who was originally running towards the defensive gap between Rolando and Pasanaru, suddenly made a sharp stop, then changed direction and ran towards the huge gap between Rolando and Perez.
Perez, who was forward, thought that Tang Zheng was passing the ball to Kuba, so he subconsciously raised his right arm and signaled that Dortmund was offside.
But the next moment he reacted, because Tang Zheng's pass was not Kuba inserted on the right side at all.
Really!
The linesman did not hold the side flag high!!
"No offside!!"
Marcel Leif jerked to his feet and shouted.
Barrios, who was running, led the ball forward to the right with the outside of his right foot in the middle, and at the same time raised his left elbow and entered the box with Rolando.
As the captain, Helton knew that he could not sit idly by, and he chose to abandon the goal.
"Woo-woo-"
The Porto fans behind the goal tear their throats hysterically and erupt in deafening boos, but they were more like they were making a final struggle.
Barrios has been in fine form this season, scoring 16 goals in the league and four in the Europa League, and he didn't hesitate to pick up his right foot when he saw the opposition goalkeeper abandon the goal.
The soccer ball was fast and fast, clinging to the turf and scurrying between Helton's legs.
Helton's reaction was very quick, and he consciously folded his legs when he realized that Barrios had hit the goal, but he was still half a beat slower, and the ball passed through his goal first, and then entered the gate and threw himself into the arms of the snow-white net......
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"Lucas Barrios, his fifth goal in the Europa League gave Borussia Dortmund a one-goal lead over Porto!" Marcel Leif exclaimed: "It will have a positive impact on their future path to qualification!"
Barrios, who broke the deadlock, was so excited that he turned to the Porto fans behind the goal to listen.
"Woo-woo-"
The next moment, he was greeted with deafening boos.
But Barrios doesn't care, because the team is scoring now!
Tang Zheng, who delivered the key pass, jumped on Barrios' back and raised his arms to demonstrate to the home fans!
"This is a typical Dortmund quick counterattack!" Huang Jianxiang, a commentator of New Wolf Sports, said excitedly: "Tang Zheng played an extremely important role in this goal, from breaking the ball to assisting, he dribbled the ball more than 50 meters away!"
"I have to say that Dortmund's counter-attacking tactics were concise and efficient, they took the lead through an effective quick counterattack, and they took the lead in the 1/16 final of the away and then the home!"
"It turns out that the Bundesliga leaders are stronger than the Portuguese league leaders!"
In the commentator's comments, the Dortmund players hugged each other excitedly to celebrate their first away goal in the Europa League 1/16 final.
At the same time, the camera of the live director switched to the sidelines, and Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp once again became the object of ridicule.
His trademark combination punch struck the moment Barrios scored and roared in the sky!
In stark contrast, Porto coach Villas-Boas did not expect his team to concede a goal after ten minutes of the game.
This...... Not a good sign.
It's not that there were no goals conceded before the game, but I didn't expect it to be so early.
James Rodriguez, who sat on the home team's bench, envied Tang Zheng at the far end of the pitch, a temporary team-mate who had been on trial with Boca Juniors and now dominated the field.
People are more angry than people.
Falcao crossed his hands on his hips, his face full of helplessness.
The rest of the squad was no better, especially Moutinho, Fernando and Guarín, who were absolutely responsible for the goal conceded.
The midfield trio did not organise an effective attack and were responsible for Dortmund's quick counter-attack.
The scouts hidden in the Dragon Stadium were very sure of Tang Zheng's role at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and then wrote something in their notebooks.
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Breaking the deadlock in the eleventh minute of the game and scoring away from home gave Borussia Dortmund a boost of momentum, as they dominated the away game and bombarded the Porto goal.
Fortunately, during this time, Helton, the goalkeeper and captain, was very focused, showed great courage, and made a high save to keep the goal from losing.
Marcel Leif praised: "His role is equivalent to Don's role in Dortmund!
That continued until twenty minutes as Villas-Boas conceded at home.
His team's formation has changed from the usual four-three-three to a more defensive-focused four-two-three-one.
Fernando and Guarin partnered in a back two, with Jose Moutinho in the middle and Hulk and Cristian Rodriguez recovering to compress Dortmund's attacking space.
"There are two brushes. ”
Klopp couldn't help but turn his head to look at Boas when he saw the change in Porto.
Boas's attention was also here, and the two looked at each other.
However, they did not look at each other, their eyes crossed, and they refocused on the change of situation on the field.
In the eyes of the media and fans, Jurgen Klopp is a passionate manager with a lot of body movements, and this game is still the same.
Seeing Klopp in the camera, the Portuguese national TV commentator was very dissatisfied and said: "It's just a one-goal lead, I believe that Porto, who is unbeaten this season, will definitely overtake the score in the next game!
Villas-Boas put his hands in his pockets with a frown, obviously thinking of a good way to break down the Dortmund backline.
The team doesn't have many attacking options at the moment, and it is unrealistic to rely on central penetration to find Falcao.
So as the game entered the 30th minute, Villas-Boas made a gesture towards Moutinho, signaling the tactics to infiltrate from the middle and change the cross from the wing.
Although Falcao is not tall enough to be more than Hummels and Subotic, Boas is ready to try a tactical change.
Maybe the quality of the wide cross is very high?
Football matches, any possibility can happen!
Besides, continuous penetration in the middle has been accustomed to Dortmund's defensive system, and it doesn't make sense to continue, but it is better to actively seek change.
In the 36th minute, Moutinho, who received the football, watched Tang Zheng, who was in front of him, give up the idea of breaking forward or passing, and he saw Hulk on the left side beckoning for the ball.
To be on the safe side, he made it to Hulk's feet through Guarin's excess.
Hulk is physically strong, and Piszczek knows it before, so he chooses to keep a short safety distance from Hulk.
In response, Hulk slammed the ball towards the baseline in the face of Piszczek and Sven Bender's double defence.
Piszczek had been guarding against this move for a long time, but Hulk deliberately sought physical contact in the start, and Piszczek felt like he was hitting the wall, and he gritted his teeth in order not to lose his defensive position.
Hulk took advantage of the gap between Piszczek and suddenly crossed with his feet.
The ball flew fast and fast, and Hummels, who was in front of him, jumped high and did not reach it.
Because the football also has an outside-in arc, goalkeeper Weidenfeller did not dare to attack easily.
In addition, Subotic did not expect Hummels to rise to the top of the post, so by the time he realized that it was too late to press Falcao.
Falcao struggled in front of the six-yard box and flicked his header like a textbook.
Weidenfeller's knee-jerk reaction did not touch the football, which hung in the upper right corner of the goal......
(To be continued.) )