Chapter 091: Amazing Chinese
Lu Liang's goal helped Dortmund lead Real Madrid 1-0 at home, and the Dortmund fans at Westphalun Stadium looked very excited, knowing that if the match ended according to the current scoreline, Dortmund could qualify for the last four of this season's Champions League by virtue of more away goals!
"Whoa—"
The deafening stage cheers rose one after another.
Lu Liang, who scored the goal, was a little overwhelmed in this frenzied atmosphere, allowing his teammates to celebrate wantonly.
Even Real Madrid fans in China are thrilled by Lu Liang, because Chinese football has changed dramatically from the dark times of the past.
With the World Cup in Brazil getting closer and closer, more and more Chinese players are shining in the Europa League, and Chinese fans have reason to imagine the World Cup in Brazil in two months.
Getting back to business, Dortmund hosted Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals restarted.
The Real Madrid players, who had the advantage on the kick-off, were a little depressed, as they also knew that it would be defending champions Borussia Dortmund who would advance to the last four of the Champions League if the match ended according to the current scoreline.
Tang Zheng didn't have much psychological fluctuations, he was still playing at his own pace.
According to the latest instructions of head coach Carlo Ancelotti, the team should control the pace of the game, and Tang Zheng also thinks so, Dortmund is playing at home after all, and it is difficult for a strong attack to work.
The frenetic atmosphere at the Lun Stadium in Westphafranca is arguably the best in Europe, so it is difficult for the visitors to concentrate in this atmosphere, and Pepe's header clearance is directly related to the frenetic home atmosphere of Borussia Dortmund.
The purpose of stabilizing the rhythm is to bring back the good mentality of the Real Madrid players.
Interestingly, Dortmund, who are leading the scoreline, also chose to stabilize the pace of the game, which means that the battle area of the two sides is concentrated in the midfield.
Dortmund's core players are dominated by German players, and the physical fitness of German players can be said to be outstanding in the whole of Europe, Real Madrid's midfield can only be compared with Tang Zheng and Xavi Alonso, so the competition for control of the midfield Real Madrid is to fall behind.
Of course, on a technical level, Real Madrid are better.
It's just that the Dortmund midfielders don't give the Real Madrid players too much time to think, which leads to a slight lack of pass success rate in the Real Madrid midfield.
The same is true of Dortmund's midfield pass city strategy, who were interfered with by Real Madrid players led by Tang Zheng.
The frenetic atmosphere at the Lun Stadium in Westphafranca is still frenetic, and the Dortmund players playing at home are scraping their muster.
Compared with the huge pressure of Real Madrid's third-line operation, Dortmund is obviously much less.
With the last five rounds of the 2013-2014 Bundesliga season remaining, Bayern Munich is at the top of the table with a lead of 10 points, which means that Dortmund wants to reverse Bayern Munich to win the league title almost infinitely close to zero.
In this case, anyone with the slightest thinking ability will choose to give up the fight for the league title.
Jurgen Klopp and his players were united in their thinking, giving up the league title race and preparing for the German Cup final and the Champions League.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, have six final rounds of La Liga in 2013-2014, with Atletico Madrid only four points away from the top of the table and still in contention for the league title, so they will have to go head-to-head in the face of qualifying for this season's Copa del Rey final.
However, people's energy is limited after all, and distraction can never be compared with concentration.
Coupled with the fact that Dortmund have the advantage of being at home, and Real Madrid lacks the striker Cristiano Ronaldo, they will be inferior in attack.
Tang Zheng worked very hard, but the Dortmund players were too familiar with him, and Klopp's tactics were targeted, so that Tang Zheng chose to help defend relatively safely during the period when Real Madrid was behind.
It's not that he doesn't participate in the attack, it's just that he doesn't participate in the attack enough to directly threaten Yan Junling to guard the goal.
In the blink of an eye, the game came to forty minutes, and the score was still Dortmund at home leading Real Madrid 1:0.
The game was relatively close, and the game came to the sensitive time of 40 minutes, and both sides began to focus on their own defense.
Because the beginning and end of the first and second halves of a football match are the easiest stages to score goals, we have to focus on it.
Just when everyone thought that the first half would end with Borussia Dortmund leading Real Madrid 1-0, the score changed.
Real Madrid switched from defense to attack, and Carvajal on the right side chose to hastily hand over the ball to Xavi Alonso, who was not ready to receive the ball, under the high pressure of Lu Liang, Xavi Alonso reacted quickly, but Carvajal's pass was very powerful, and Xavi Alonso, who was too close, did not stop the ball.
Götze, who came up from the side to press, stretched out his left foot and poked the ball, and the football came to Lu Liang's feet.
Lu Liang did not choose to break through, but went directly to Lewandowski, who handed it directly to Reus, who was almost unnoticed on the right with his back to goal.
"Whoa—"
Suddenly, Westphalen Stadium resounded with a huge cheer like a tsunami.
Tang Zheng, who was still in the midfield, realized that the situation was not good, but he was helpless now, because ...... He was too far away from Royce, the ball handler.
Unless, Reuss makes a mistake.
However, there is always a gap between the ideal and the reality, and Reuss attracted the attention of Coentrão and Ramos before passing straight into the gap between the two, and Lewandowski was alert to cut forward and slightly adjust to the right of the penalty area to shoot straight at the goal.
Pepe's tackle did not touch the football, which rolled against the turf towards the far corner of the goal.
Casillas reacted very quickly, his body quickly pressed down, and the fingertips of his right hand rubbed the ball slightly, changing the trajectory of the ball.
But Lewandowski had a lot of power on goal, and Casillas only changed the trajectory of the ball a little bit and didn't completely move away from the goal, so everyone's focus was on the ball.
"Will you enter?" He Wei, the central 5 commentator, looked very nervous.
The Real Madrid fans who came with the team in the stands closed their eyes, folded their palms together, and prayed to God that God would be with them.
Perhaps it was prayer that did its part, and instead of rolling into the goal, the ball that had been altered by Casillas bounced back into the middle of the post on the left side of the goal.
"Oh, oh, oh-"
The deafening shouts at Westfal Stadium were instantly replaced by loud voices of regret.
Half a second later, however, the loud cry of regret was replaced by a shout: "Whoa—"
Meanwhile, a Dortmund player wearing a yellow-and-black striped shirt appeared in the bottom left corner of the broadcast screen.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei looked at the jersey number, temporarily forgetting that Real Madrid might fall behind by two goals, subconsciously lengthened his voice and shouted: "Lu Liang!!"
Casillas made a second save at the first time and reacted very quickly, but Lu Liang's speed was too fast, and he kicked the ball towards the unguarded goal in a high-speed run.
Lu Liang completed the stab with his right foot and jumped with his left foot, just in time to avoid Casillas's hungry tiger pounce.
When he hit the ground, the ball also crashed into the snow-white net......
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"Whoa—"
The deafening cheers resounded through the sky at the Westphalic Lun Stadium, and the Dortmund fans in the stands seemed to be completely out of control, and the whole stadium roared like a pot of boiling hot water.
Lu Liang, who scored this time, was not as stunned as he opened the scoring, and after landing on the ground, he quickly spread his arms and pressed the left goal post to the back of the goal, that is, in front of the billboard, and then ran wildly to the corner flag area on the right side of the attack, playing an excited kneeling celebration.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei was in high spirits: "Lu Liang scored the second goal of his own game with his extraordinary sense of smell in front of the goal! Help Dortmund lead Real Madrid 2:0 at home! What a surprising game! If the defending champion Dortmund finally eliminated Real Madrid and advanced to the semifinals of this season's Champions League, Lu Liang will play a great role! The reason why Dortmund, who visited the Bernabeu in the first leg, was able to score an away goal was precisely because of Lu Liang!"
German Sky commentator Marcel Leif shouted almost frantically: "Incredible game! Magical Chinese Lu! He quickly carried the Chinese flag of the city of Dortmund when Tang transferred to Real Madrid, and the degree of amazement was no less than the magical journey of Tang when he entered the Bundesliga......"
The close-up of the live broadcast was aimed at Lu Liang, and British Sky commentator Andy Gray smiled: "Dortmund leads Real Madrid without Cristiano Ronaldo with Lu's brace and two goals, could it be that the defending champion is about to step over the mountain of Real Madrid?"
As soon as the words ended, the guest commentator Martin Taylor said: "This is impossible! It is completely impossible! There is still most of the time in the game, and I believe that Don will be able to help Real Madrid qualify away from home!"
Andy Gray glanced meaningfully at his old partner Martin Taylor, and playfully said, "You believe in Don like that?"
"That's right! he's omnipotent!" replied Martin Taylor, without hesitation.
Andy Gray shook his head, and instead of dwelling on the issue with his partner, he changed his voice: "With two minutes left in the first half, can Real Madrid use the last time to score a goal to equalize the aggregate score and the number of away goals?"
Immediately, the close-up of the live director was given to the away team's bench, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who failed to start the game, stood on the sidelines looking very anxious, he took off his jacket and ran to the warm-up area.
The broadcast screen did not give Cristiano Ronaldo too long, and then gave Real Madrid No. 10 Tang Zheng.
Compared to the first goal conceded, the second goal conceded by the team made him have obvious mood swings.
Falling behind by two goals is not as bad as falling behind by one goal, and as long as you equalize the score after one goal, you can qualify, and the disadvantages of falling behind by two goals are really a bit much.
Dortmund's two-goal lead at home must be a morale boost, and the visiting Real Madrid has suffered a loss, not to mention scoring two goals in a row, whether it can get back the total score has to put a big question mark.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti frowned, he has a lot of coaching experience, but he is helpless about the difficulties encountered by the team, and he feels very uncomfortable.
It is said that Real Madrid coach is not easy to be, and Ancelotti only really realized it after becoming the manager of Real Madrid.
If Dortmund are eliminated from the Champions League, Ancelotti's coaching career at Real Madrid could end there......
The live broadcast was very interesting, he switched the live camera to the live VIP seat, Dortmund CEO Watzke smiled, Real Madrid President Florentino had a heavy face, obviously very dissatisfied with Real Madrid's backwardness.
You must know that last summer he invested 200 million euros, and if he does not make a breakthrough in the Champions League this season, it will be difficult for him to stay in the position of president of Real Madrid.
While the Borussia Dortmund players celebrated their goals, the Real Madrid superstars in the background were dimmed.
Many Real Madrid players have experienced last summer's Champions League final, and that feeling of powerlessness has once again swept through their bodies.
Casillas was originally the kind of captain who was not good at words, and Ramos was disappointed that the team was two goals behind, and he didn't stand up to say something, so the Real Madrid players seemed to have no backbone when the team was behind.
However, at this moment, Tang Zheng suddenly turned to look at his teammates in the frenzied home atmosphere, raised his voice, and his extra-large voice actually penetrated the huge momentum of the scene and came to the ears of the Real Madrid players: "Hey~ guys! What's wrong with you? Isn't it just two goals behind? As for this? The total score is just one goal behind, and it is difficult to equalize? If you lose confidence, the game will really be over!"
Tang Zheng had a very loud voice and was very inflammatory, so those Real Madrid players with heavy expressions changed significantly as Tang Zheng's tone strengthened.
Vice captain Ramos listened to it, remembered it in his heart, and woke up in his mind, he took two steps forward, clapped his hands hard, cooperated with Tang Zheng, and said loudly: "Tang is very right, we are just one goal behind in aggregate, and we will come back! We have not experienced this kind of vicious battle? Do you remember the semi-finals of the Champions League last season? What was the final result of our 1-4 away loss to Bayern Munich? It was not our Real Madrid who advanced to the final?"
Ancelotti's eyes lit up, and he saw a noticeable change in the player's mental outlook!
As long as the players' mentality does not collapse, there is still hope for the game!
Besides, the striker Cristiano Ronaldo has not yet played, and when Cristiano Ronaldo is sent in the second half, scoring goals should not be a problem!
So, Ancelotti turned his head to look at the bench, only to scan twice without seeing anyone.
It was still Zidane's sharp eyes, pointing to the warm-up area.
When the game resumed, Real Madrid, which was two goals behind, changed the decline of conceding two goals in a row, and used the kick-off advantage to quickly bombard the Dortmund defensive hinterland.
Dortmund, who led by two goals, never expected Real Madrid's change to come so quickly, but fortunately, goalkeeper Yan Junling did not wander, and his save kept the goal intact.
Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp immediately noticed the change in Real Madrid, and he immediately walked to the sidelines and made an all-out defensive gesture towards captain Kehl.
There is not much time left in the first half, and maintaining the score until the end of the first half is king!
With a whistle from referee Clattenburg, the first half ended, and Dortmund led the visiting Real Madrid with Lu Liang's brace and two goals.