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Klopp only felt a chill on the back of his neck, and when he looked up, the cold raindrops fell on his face, and his left eye was blurred.

Damn, it's raining.

Klopp pulled the heavy down jacket on his body, put on his hat, rubbed his hands vigorously in front of him, and sighed as a white mist rose in front of him.

This year's cold winter in Europe came relatively late and left relatively late.

At the beginning of March, a heavy snowfall in Paris paralyzed traffic, and many citizens took to the streets to protest.

The temperature in Dortmund is not much better than in Paris, but the only thing is that I can't stand the rainy climate here, which is too much but not too much, and the air is wet and wet, and the whole person is like clothes that have just been dried out of the washing machine, which is very uncomfortable.

But what made Klopp even more uncomfortable came from the pitch.

Visiting the Parc des Princes to take on Gao Han's Paris Saint-Germain was seen by Klopp as a key battle to test himself, and he wanted to prove to Gao Han the progress he has made over the past two years.

Yes, he and Gao Han are very good friends, during the period of coaching Bayern Munich, Gao Han did not help him less, and on his coaching path, he did not receive guidance from Gao Han, but he, like all professional managers, is proud to beat Gao Han, and is eager to compete with Gao Han in the Champions League.

The Champions League quarterfinals are undoubtedly quite a good platform.

To this end, Klopp and his team immediately prepared a detailed analysis report and preparation plan after learning that the Champions League quarterfinals were drawn to Paris Saint-Germain, and they simply prepared the first leg of the match between the two sides as the Champions League final.

Paris Saint-Germain has been in full swing this season, and the most eye-catching is the iron triangle in the midfield.

Last season, Paris Saint-Germain's midfield combination of Pastore, Yaya Toure and Andrea Pirlo had more than possession of the ball, but not enough sharpness, especially in terms of attacking and defensive transitions, Pastore did not do well enough, and this season Gao Han continued his tradition of transforming players in the past, transforming winger Di Maria into a midfielder.

The iron triangle of midfield of Angel Di Maria, Yaya Toure and Andrea Pirlo has become the most surprising combination in European football this season, especially the veteran Andrea Pirlo, who is the most indispensable and vital part of Paris Saint-Germain's back-agging organisation.

To freeze PSG's attack, you have to freeze Pirlo.

'Our goal is to keep Pirlo out of the game, once he can do what he wants, then we can't defend PSG, but if we can stop Pirlo, it will be completely different. ”

It was Jurgen Klopp's resounding admonition in the dressing room before the game, and the players meticulously executed Klopp's tactics from the very beginning of the game, with Dortmund pressing heavily and trying to press their opponents from the very beginning of the game.

But as a result, the price paid was that Paris Saint-Germain's midfield triangle firmly had the upper hand.

Gao Han obviously expected Klopp's plan, and obviously knew that Dortmund would use Pirlo to make a fuss, so he pulled back the team's possession area in this game, allowing Yaya Toure to be further back and echo Pirlo.

Coupled with Marcelo and Cesar Azpilicueta on the wings, and David Luiz and Thiago Silva behind them, it will be difficult for Dortmund to freeze Pirlo, and the Italian veteran has always been able to get space with flexible movements.

Not to mention limiting Pirlo, Dortmund paid the price for their pressure after just four minutes.

Pirlo's long, diagonal pass landed precisely to the left side of the pitch.

Suarez led two Dortmund defenders to chase the ball quickly, and in the end, it was the Uruguayan striker who had been prepared for the game to take the lead, stop the ball, protect it on the wing, and pass it back to Marcelo, who was cut in behind.

Marcelo received the ball and slotted it into the box, shook past Gundogan, and then passed the ball into the box.

In the penalty area, Neymar took the first step to stop Marcelo's cross, wiped past the opponent's central defender, and after forming a single knife, he directly pushed the goal and hit the goal to open the scoring for Paris Saint-Germain.

There is a saying that is true, what kind of manager brings out what kind of team.

Jurgen Klopp is well aware of his team's personality and he didn't stop the team because he, like the players on his pitch, was reluctant to equalise and knew very well that once he retreated, the defence might be firmer, but it would be difficult for the team to hope for a turnaround.

So, after conceding a goal, Dortmund pressed even higher, and the backline began to race against the Paris Saint-Germain forwards, which caused the Paris Saint-Germain players to fall into the offside trap frequently, while Paris Saint-Germain continued to try to get the ball behind the Dortmund defence.

Gradually, Klopp gradually realized the difficulty of the midfield combination of Paris Saint-Germain.

Although Pirlo is old, he still has strength, rich experience, calm organization and scheduling, long and short passes are even more superb, Yaya Toure is very comprehensive, not only can provide interception and defensive hardness for the midfield, but also has excellent ability to take the ball and dribble, can send the ball in time after breaking the ball, and can also step forward to participate in the attack.

Di Maria is the trick of the three-man midfield pair, and after switching from the wing to the middle, his contribution to the defensive end has been astonishing, running without sparing physical strength, and defending tenaciously, which is completely different from his time at Real Madrid, but even more rare is that he is very comprehensive, proficient in passing and penetrating, and comfortable in the middle of the wing.

The moment that best illustrated Di Maria's ability came in the eighteenth minute of the first half.

At that time, Dortmund was launching a counterattack, Gotze took the ball just past the halfway line, Di Maria desperately returned to the defense, entangled Gotze, cut off the ball, turned and made a direct pass with his left foot, and accurately sent the ball to Dortmund's 30-meter area.

Suarez quickly retreated from the front, pulled out a central defender, faced Di Maria's pass, directly touched the ball, and stuffed the ball straight behind the defense, Aubameyang was like a lightning, quickly reversed offside success, overtook Schmelzer, caught up with the ball and formed a single knife, easy to pick the goal.

Two to zero!

Two goals, both of them are wonderful!

Conceding two goals in a row, Dortmund's morale was greatly damaged.

Even if Klopp was reluctant, he had to change his starting tactics, adjusting the original forward pressure to a retracting defense, and in front of Paris Saint-Germain's ball-handling players, he set up two compact defensive lines, so that Paris Saint-Germain could no longer easily face the goal directly.

Paris Saint-Germain, who had two goals in hand, also played more patiently and began to keep the game in check.

In just 20 minutes of continuous fast-paced attack and defense, Dortmund can be described as a complete defeat.

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The second half has been going on for about ten minutes.

The rain in the sky is getting denser and denser, and people are standing on the sidelines but feeling colder and colder.

Just like Klopp's mood at this moment.

After retreating, Dortmund completely lost the ability to limit their opponents, and PSG completely dominated the game, controlling the ball with impunity and planning attacks again and again.

With the arrival of this drizzle, the field became more slippery, and under the pressure and interference of the home team's players, Dortmund made more and more mistakes in passing and receiving the ball, and the defense began to stumble, looking very embarrassed.

This convinced everyone that if they continued like this, Dortmund would concede again.

"Be careful, try to get the ball out of the 30-metre zone as quickly as possible. ”

Jurgen Klopp walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly to the players on the pitch.

He is well aware of the problems of the team and the potential danger and wants the players to play more calmly and make as few mistakes as possible, especially in the 30-metre zone.

After Dortmund retreated, they tried to break the ball several times and then launched long balls, but Thiago Silva and David Luiz showed a very steady performance, and the long passes to the front of the court were basically controlled by Paris Saint-Germain, so the Hornets players tried to control the ball.

But with the arrival of the rain and the slippery field, Dortmund made a lot of passing and receiving mistakes.

Once the ball is successfully broken by an opponent in the 30-meter area, it is quite a dangerous thing.

There was one such mistake just now, but Sven Bender was fouled in time, but Pirlo's direct free-kick almost found the Dortmund goal, which also reminded Dortmund that the Italian midfielder's free-kick was the best in the world.

After walking to the sideline to warn the players, Klopp reached out and wiped his face as he walked back, his hands full of water.

"What the damn weather!" the German scolded indignantly.

On the pitch, PSG organised another attack, trying to get the ball into the box.

But it was soon intercepted by Borussia Dortmund's centre-backs and quickly moved to the feet of Piszczek on the right.

Neymar chose to interfere at the first time, Piszczek shook a shot, saw that Gundogan in the middle was still in the penalty area, and directly passed the ball to the edge of the penalty area, wanting to pass to the unguarded Sven Bender.

Bender also reacted in a timely manner and was about to stop the ball at the first opportunity.

But what I didn't expect was that the ball was covered with water, wet and slippery, and when the ball was stopped, it accidentally stopped wide.

Yaya Toure, who had already decided to retreat, reacted quickly, and suddenly sprinted, the whole person cut between Bender and the ball, blocked Bender with his body, and then controlled the ball with his long legs and pushed forward with the ball.

Suddenly, the Dortmund defence was shaken by the shift from attack to defense.

Yaya Toure blocked Sven Bender on his side, but Sven Bender didn't stop him, and pushed the ball directly to the edge of the penalty area, and passed the ball to Suarez's feet, while the Uruguayan suddenly hit a bottom left corner after passing Subotic.

The ball quickly slammed into the bottom of the Dortmund goal with rain from the turf.

In the rain curtain, Suarez excitedly rushed out of the pitch, slipped on his knees and rushed to the edge of the stands.

All the fans in the stadium also cheered wildly.

Paris Saint-Germain's players rushed out one after the other and surrounded Suarez.

On the sidelines, Klopp, who had just turned around, witnessed all this happening, he slapped his forehead hard, shook his head and sighed helplessly.

Yaya Toure's ability to push forward with the ball, especially on the edge of the penalty area, is really quite big.

He had repeatedly reminded his players before the game, but the result was still used.

0 to 3, he's finished, and so is Borussia Dortmund!

(End of chapter)