Chapter 156: The Capture of Stamford Bridge
Borussia Dortmund, who rotated extensively in the main force, were unable to win Stuttgart at home in this game and made Stuttgart go crazy by scoring four goals at the Westfalen Stadium.
Fortunately, there is still Cheng Hai on Dortmund's side.
You can't beat Chelsea's defence in the Champions League, but you can play Stuttgart in the Bundesliga at home.
In addition, Stuttgart did not be able to defend Cheng Hai strictly, and focused on attacking, wanting to take advantage of Dortmund's large-scale rotation of the main force to achieve an away victory.
As a result, Cheng Hai scored a hat-trick in this game, leading Dortmund to a 4-4 draw at home to Stuttgart, and the other goal was scored by Owomoyela who assisted Barrios.
Of course, both during and after the game, the focus of the media and fans was not Stuttgart's goal of four goals at the Westfalen Stadium to draw a strong Dortmund, but the new record brought by Cheng Hai's hat-trick.
Prior to this game, Cheng Hai's total goals in the Bundesliga this season were 64, two goals short of the highest single-season goal record of 66 in Europe's top league, and three goals short of the world record of 67.
Therefore, when Cheng Hai completed a hat-trick in this game, his total number of goals in the Bundesliga this season reached 67, which was exactly the only time to break the record of 66 goals set by Hungarian star Ferenc Dejak in a single season in the top European professional league, setting a new European record.
Cheng Hai's 67 goals also equalled the world record of 67 goals scored by Scotsman Alche Stark for Bethlehem Steel in the 1924/1925 American Soccer League.
Such a feat naturally ushered in the enthusiasm of the media and fans all over the world after the game. The media, which expressed disappointment at Cheng Hai's failure to score a goal after the last game against Chelsea, changed their identities again and praised Cheng Hai.
"In the 28th round of the Bundesliga, Cheng Hai scored a hat trick, scoring a total of 67 goals in a single season, setting a new European record and tying the world record! 》
"Shocking, Cheng Hai's 67 goals in the Bundesliga this season broke the European historical record and tied the world record!" 》
"67 goals in a single season in the Bundesliga, Cheng Hai broke the single-season goal record of Europe's top professional leagues and tied the world record! 》
At the same time, Cheng Hai's breaking the European record also brought him a rich experience reward.
The last time he broke the record of the top five leagues, Cheng Hai was rewarded with 30 million experience. And this time breaking the European record, Cheng Hai went one step further and obtained a reward of 100 million experience, which made his level experience rise to level 31 122,936,800/200 million.
However, although it seems that the rewards are many and rich, this is also a one-time reward.
Later, only breaking the 67-goal world record will be rewarded again, and in addition, Cheng Hai will not receive any rewards for this record in the future.
Only those who break other people's records will be awarded, and there will be no rewards for breaking your own records.
Naturally, Cheng Hai's hat-trick and new European record and world record brought a lot of pressure to Chelsea.
Originally, after Chelsea brought home an away goal after losing only one goal in the first leg and successfully kept a clean sheet against Cheng Hai, the media in England also celebrated, feeling that Chelsea had a better chance of advancing in the second leg than Cheng Hai's Borussia Dortmund.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Hai scored a hat trick next and broke the European record, tying the world record.
Such a terrifying goal efficiency is simply daunting.
Moreover, since Cheng Hai joined Dortmund for his debut, he has not scored in two consecutive games in the same competition.
At the same time, for Borussia Dortmund themselves, they have not scored a single goal in a single game since the start of the 2011/2012 season, even away from home.
Therefore, after turning over these histories, we can draw a conclusion: in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals between Chelsea vs Dortmund, Cheng Hai is likely to score in the second leg when the first leg has been kept clean.
Even if Cheng Hai has neither scored nor assisted under Chelsea's strict defense, other Dortmund players will have a high probability of scoring.
This probability will be as high as 90% or more.
In this way, Dortmund can not only equalize the disadvantage of away goals, but also extend the aggregate score to two goals.
For Chelsea, the difference between two goals puts a lot of pressure.
Therefore, before the game, both Chelsea Football Club officials and the media in England were very prepared for this game and were full of caution in their words.
'For the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final between the Blues and Borussia Dortmund, we have to be very prepared.
'On the one hand, we were behind on aggregate and that forced us to step up our attack. In this way, it is bound to leave too much space and space for Dortmund and Cheng Hai to counterattack. ”
On the other hand, Cheng Hai's personal strength is too strong. Even if we are down by one goal and have an away goal in our hand, we only need a 1-0 win at home to get through to the last four. ”
"However, it is not easy to win this 1-0 against Borussia Dortmund!"
'Borussia Dortmund haven't scored a goal in a game so far this season, so it's very difficult to keep a clean sheet against Dortmund.
'To qualify for the last four of the Champions League, Chelsea will have to give it their all and not only defend tightly against Borussia Dortmund's attack, but also try to score goals.
"It's a very big test for Chelsea's overall attack, defense and fitness."
"Hopefully we can get the result we want in the end!"
Of course, Dortmund did not have the arrogance to think that they would win.
After all, they only led by one goal on aggregate and allowed their opponents to take away an away goal, and this game is an away game, which is not so easy to pass.
To add insult to injury, Dortmund's future is covered with heavy rain in London and they will face the Blues Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Relatively speaking, Dortmund has more technical components on the ground, and it is an away game, the field is unfamiliar, and the heavy rain has had a much more negative impact on Dortmund than Chelsea.
So, at 20:45 on 3 April, when the second leg of the 2011/2012 Champions League quarter-final match between Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund officially began in the rain at Stamford Bridge, both sides played cautiously for the first ten minutes.
Despite the heavy rain in the game, Stamford Bridge, which can accommodate more than 40,000 people, was still full.
For Chelsea, the Blues under Russian billionaire Roman Roman Roman Abramovich, they have already tasted the taste of the Premier League title, and have tasted it three times.
Now, what they desperately want is the Champions League.
Only by winning the Champions League can they be called giants, not nouveau riche propped up by Abramovich alone.
Today's Champions League quarterfinals, although the opponent is very strong, and Cheng Hai, who has just broken the European record and tied the world record, they have just experienced a change of coach, and it seems that they have little chance of winning.
But they have nothing to fear.
As the fighting spirit of the team at the Westfalen Stadium, a group of 30-year-old veterans and an interim acting head coach of Roberto Di Matteo, the Blues showed a fighting spirit.
The same goes for the fans, even if it was pouring rain, it didn't stop them from getting into the stadium to cheer on Chelsea.
There were even some fans who didn't even bring raincoats, just standing in the rainstorm and cheering on Chelsea's screams.
Unfortunately, both sides were overly cautious and did not play a fierce exchange and momentum in the opening stages, not even a single shot on goal.
On the one hand, it was caused by the cautious style of play of both sides, and on the other hand, it was caused by heavy rain, and the two sides made many mistakes when attacking, and they did not catch a good opportunity to shoot.
However, for Borussia Dortmund, who are leading on aggregate, they are not in a hurry for such a game.
If the two sides run out of time and end the two legs with an aggregate score of 2-1, Dortmund will progress to the last four.
Therefore, Dortmund is in no hurry.
But Chelsea will have to be anxious, after all, they are the ones who are behind on aggregate.
Away goals or something, it only works if the aggregate score is equalised, and now the aggregate score is 2-1, and that away goal does not allow them to eliminate Dortmund to advance to the last four, but if they end the game with this aggregate score, it is their Chelsea who are eliminated.
So, after 10 minutes of probing each other, Chelsea had to take the initiative to press forward and attack.
Of course, in order to prevent Dortmund and Cheng Hai's counterattack, Chelsea's formation is not very good.
At the very least, the back Essien and the back line will never cross the halfway, and other midfielders Frank Lampard, Meireles and others will not hesitate to sprint back and forth, participate in defense, and do not give Cheng Hai any chance to counterattack.
In this situation, although Cheng Hai did not score a counter-attack goal quickly, Chelsea's attack could not break through the Dortmund defence, and the two sides maintained the score of 0-0 until the 32nd minute of the first half.
Because the game was played in heavy rain, there were many passing and receiving errors on both sides, and from time to time someone slipped and fell in the muddy water.
However, neither side has previously benefited from this and scored a goal.
But in the 32nd minute, a fatal mistake by Chelsea was caught by Cheng Hai.
In addition to offensive skills, Cheng Haike also has a full-value defensive position and an 18-point "steal".
Although he is not a defensive player, these two skills are not used many times, but he is already in the frontcourt, and once he plays a role, he is a direct frontcourt counterattack, which is more lethal to the opponent.
This Chelsea mistake gave Cheng Hai such a chance.
The ball was at the feet of defender David Luiz, but Lewandowski stepped forward to press it, and because Shinji Kagawa was on the flank, another full-back who was close to Chelsea's full-back, Pacos Ferreira, Luiz passed the ball to John Terry in the middle.
Terry can also take two steps back to avoid Cheng Hai, who is on the grab, and prepares to catch the ball.
Unexpectedly, under the pressure of Lewandowski, David Luiz's ball was not only mispassed, but what was even more shocking was that the ball suddenly fell into a puddle in front of Lu Chenghai.
If there were no puddles, although the ball was a little crooked, Cheng Hai still couldn't reach it, and the ball would still roll in front of him and be picked up by Terry.
But the puddle allowed David Luiz's pass to be fatally missed.
Under the horrified gaze of all Chelsea people, Cheng Hai, who saw the ball stuck in a puddle, was suddenly overjoyed, turned around and rushed behind the ball in two strides, and then kicked the ball past Terry who rushed over to try to make up for it, and then jumped up to avoid Terry's flying tackle and chased the ball that he had stepped out.
Although he was almost taken down by Terry when he landed, Cheng Hai's strong balance saved him.
Cheng Hai finally stood firm, caught up with the ball he had just stepped out of, and struck towards the penalty area, flanked by David Luiz and Ferreira, who were hurriedly chasing back.
But the two of them are destined to not be able to catch up with Cheng Hai.
In fact, John Terry is already Chelsea's last defender.
When Luiz's return pass made a fatal mistake and was intercepted by Cheng Hai halfway through Terry, Cheng Hai had already formed a single knife directly.
Coupled with his own dribbling skills and speed, it was impossible for Luis and Ferreira to catch up with him, even in heavy rain.
It is impossible for Cheng Hai to think about life on the field and delay the fighter.
Sure enough, amid the boos of more than 40,000 Blues fans in the stands at Stamford Bridge, Cheng Hai brought the ball to the line of the penalty area, and faced the goalkeeper Cech who came out into the big penalty area, and decisively chose to shoot.
Moreover, this time Cheng Hai did not choose to shoot in a sling.
Because Cheng Hai has not yet drawn the hanging shooting skill, he is afraid of making a hanging shooting mistake. It was a game in the heavy rain, the ball was not easy to control, and if you make another mistake, the goal may not go in.
When it comes to the big penalty area line, the straight-line distance from the goal is less than 20 meters, even if it hits the far corner, it is only about 20 meters.
Cheng Hai himself has a full-value shooting skill, coupled with a full-value shooting power, Cheng Hai is more sure to shoot from a distance.
Sure enough, although Cech had already attacked, he was not far away. Compared with the wide goal and Cheng Hai's shooting skills, he couldn't block Cheng Hai's shooting angle at all.
When Cheng Hai kicked the ball out with a round leg, Cech reacted immediately to make a save.
However, Cheng Hai's shot was too powerful, too fast, and too awkward, and Cech was still in the air, so he watched the ball pass in front of his palm, and then drilled into the goal against the far post.
In the second leg, Cheng Hai finally broke through the door of Chelsea and helped Dortmund take a 1-0 lead away and 3-1 over the two legs.
Moreover, the goal completely erased Chelsea's away goal advantage.
Next, even if Chelsea pull back a two-goal deficit to level the aggregate score, both sides will go into extra-time rather than win on away goals.
What's even more terrifying is that Chelsea don't have any more chances to score on the road, but Dortmund do.
If Borussia Dortmund score another goal in this game, the away goal advantage will shift to Dortmund's side, and Chelsea will need to score four goals if they want to win and progress to the last four.
Of course, that's all for later.
Cheng Hai's goal at this time alone was enough to make all the German fans, German commentators, and Chinese fans excited.
The commentator of the German television station shouted excitedly in the loudest voice from the commentary seat:
“Tooooooooooooooooooooooooor……”
"Cheng Hai has scored!"
"Cheng Hai took advantage of David Luiz's passing mistake to successfully counter-rob in the front court, and formed a single knife after passing Terry, and broke through the ten fingers of the goalkeeper Cech with a powerful long-range shot on the line of the big penalty area!"
'1-0, Borussia Dortmund won 1-0 away, 3-1 over two legs and erased Chelsea's away goal advantage!'
"Cheng Hai has helped Dortmund build a huge lead, and the Hornets have a good chance of advancing to the last four of this season's Champions League!"
This goal is too crucial, and Cheng Hai himself knows it.
Therefore, after kicking the ball into the goal, Cheng Hai also rushed to the sidelines excitedly, ignoring the stagnant water on the ground, and came to a swooping and sliding to celebrate, splashing a splash.
Gundogan, Shinji Kagawa, Lewandowski and others also rushed up one after another, excitedly pressing Cheng Hai to the ground and celebrating.
With an aggregate score of 3-1, Dortmund's probability of winning and advancing to the semifinals was greatly increased by Cheng Hai's goal.
On the other hand, on the Chelsea side, whether it is the coach, the players, the fans, the commentators, and the reporters, all have grim faces.
This score, for Chelsea, is indeed quite severe.
After the game restarted, Dortmund, who were leading by two goals, could naturally shrink their formation and wait for Chelsea to attack and fight the opponent's counter-attack.
Although they knew Dortmund's purpose and intentions, Chelsea had no choice but to be forced to press forward more and attack aggressively.
If you don't attack, it's too late.
However, the attack in the heavy rain itself made many mistakes, and if you don't pay attention to it, the ball will change hands, and Dortmund will counterattack.
And once Dortmund counter-attacked, Chelsea defenders who were very high in the formation were John Terry, David Luiz, Essien, Patrick Ferreira, Ashley Cole and others who had to desperately retreat to defence.
Although until the end of the first half, Dortmund did not score on the counter-attack and continued to extend the score.
But because of Dortmund's quick counterattack, Terry and others consumed a lot of physical energy in the back and forth sprint, and when the referee blew the final whistle, Terry, Ashley Cole, Ferreira and others were out of breath.
Even the 28-year-old Ghanaian buffalo Essien, who is in the prime of life and known for his physical fitness, is gasping for air.
Obviously, the back and forth sprints and all-out offense and defense in the last ten minutes of the game made Essien a little unbearable.