Chapter 172: Quadruple Champion of the Season
Although Dortmund was given a free-kick, the Bayern players did not panic too much.
Because Cheng Hai had already taken a free kick before, but it missed the post and did not score.
Although Cheng Hai's free kicks are more powerful than other players, they are not as powerful as penalty kicks.
After all, it is much farther away from the goal than the penalty spot, and it is necessary to [ ] bypass the human wall and play an arc, whether it is the control of the arc or the control of the landing point, it is very demanding.
Therefore, the Bayern players did not panic too much, but under the command of Neuer, they lined up the wall step by step, ready to block Cheng Hai's free kick.
However, when they lined up the human wall, the referee whistled to signal that he could take a free throw, and Cheng Hai kicked the ball out, bypassed the top of the human wall, and flew towards the upper left corner of the Bayern goal, everyone showed a panicked look.
Because, the quality of the free kick taken by Cheng Hai is too high. Look at the direction, look at the arc, the ball really has to go around the goal!
Just when everyone was panicking, a palm appeared on the path of the ball's flight.
It was the palm of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Neuer played extraordinarily, predicted in time, shifted in advance, struggled to save, and actually encountered Cheng Hai's free kick shot that went straight to the dead corner.
In the surprised eyes of the Bayern Munich players' fans, the ball hit Neuer's palm, changed the line slightly, and then slammed on the post with a "bang" and bounced back into the penalty area.
Bayern fans were overjoyed and wanted to applaud Neuer's save.
Unexpectedly, the ball that bounced back into the penalty area fell right in front of Shinji Kagawa, who rushed into the penalty area.
Although the ball was not at a high height and Shinji Kagawa was a little caught off guard, he still used his knee to knock the bouncing ball into the empty goal formed by Neuer after he fell to the ground.
In the 39th minute of the first half, although Cheng Hai did not score a direct free kick, he indirectly assisted Shinji Kagawa to score, and Dortmund took a 2-0 lead.
Suddenly, whether it was Dortmund's players or fans, even Klopp and other coaches and teammates on the sidelines, they all celebrated wildly.
This ball is simply too crucial.
A one-goal lead and a two-goal lead are completely different feelings about the psychology of both sides of the game.
Dortmund, who have a two-goal lead, will be more calm and confident in the next game.
And Bayern Munich, which is two goals behind, will definitely not be able to sit firmly in the Diaoyutai anymore. They had to score at least two goals in the next time to equalise and send the game to extra-time.
To win in the space of 90 minutes, you need to score at least three goals and not let Dortmund score again.
How difficult is that?
Even the Galactic Battleship Real Madrid used a 343 attacking formation, but only scored two goals per game, and it did not stop Dortmund from continuing to score.
Why is Bayern Munich confident that they are stronger than Real Madrid?
When they are down by a goal, Bayern can also take their time, first solidify their defense, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
But after two goals down, the mentality of the Bayern players could not be so stable.
In football, scoring two goals in half a game is not easy for any team.
It can be said that Shinji Kagawa's goal will completely change the situation on the field.
Sure enough, after the game restarted, Bayern Munich, who were two goals behind, could no longer defend at the back.
They had to take the initiative to press forward in formation and attack.
However, their attacking numbers are too small to form a threatening attack.
In addition, Cheng Hai retreated all the way to the back position to participate in the defense like in the second leg of the game against Real Madrid.
Under Cheng Hai's galloping sweep with no hesitation of physical strength and speed, Bayern Munich's attack couldn't even hit the Dortmund penalty area, let alone shoot and score?
Finally, after one minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the two sides went into the break with a score of 2-0, and Dortmund temporarily led Bayern Munich by two goals.
At half-time, the Dortmund fans were singing and dancing to celebrate in advance.
Bayern Munich's fans are in mourning, and many have lost confidence.
It's not that everyone doesn't trust Bayern Munich, but the strong record of Dortmund led by Cheng Hai in the last two seasons is really desperate.
Even Barcelona lost to Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Super Cup, let alone other teams?
Moreover, on the road to Champions League promotion this season, Arsenal, Marseille, AC Milan, Chelsea, and Real Madrid fell at the feet of Dortmund, and the accumulated bones of these super giants further illustrate Dortmund's combat effectiveness.
Bayern Munich, who are two goals behind, want to turn the tables and win the German Cup, it is really difficult and difficult.
Even if Bayern can score two goals in the second half, it will not stop Dortmund from continuing to score.
Everyone seems to have seen Dortmund win the cup.
Sure enough, after a 15-minute break, Bayern Munich made substitution adjustments just before the start of the second half, and Heynckes had to change two attacking players in a row to strengthen the attack.
Bayern Munich are also going to have their backs on their backs.
After the start of the second half, Bayern Munich, who had changed two people in a row, really pressed forward and took the initiative to strengthen the attack.
There is no way, if you don't attack, you will wait for death, Bayern Munich can only take the initiative to attack.
As for defense, there is not so much to care about at this time.
After Bayern Munich took the initiative to attack, Cheng Hai also took the initiative to retreat to the back position to help the team defend.
However, Bayern's attacking line did not put Cheng Hai under as much pressure as Real Madrid's attacking group, so he was not completely fixed in the midfield position.
When he has the opportunity, Cheng Hai will also use his superhuman speed to quickly step forward and join the attack.
However, Bayern Munich has always been a world-class giant, and the team is also full of superstars, and it is impossible to be shaved by Dortmund.
In the 51st minute of the second half, Bayern Munich, who were attacking with all their might, finally pulled back a point.
And it was Peter Pan Robben who scored the goal. The way of scoring goals is also the well-known in-cut shot.
Robben relied on this trick to get involved in the football world.
However, even though everyone knew about his move, they still couldn't prevent it.
This time, Robben used the same method, cutting inside after breaking down the flank, curling a shot into the far corner to salvage a point for Bayern.
The goal boosted the morale of Bayern Munich, who, after all, are now only one goal behind. It only takes one more goal to equalise and at least send the game to extra time.
Therefore, after the game resumed, Bayern Munich began to attack more ferociously, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to score just now, make persistent efforts, score another goal, and completely equalize the score.
However, as analyzed by some commentators and fans.
In the case of Bayern's aggressive attack to be able to score, their backline will inevitably have problems and will inevitably be used by Dortmund to play counter-attacks.
In the 63rd minute, just 12 minutes after Robben's goal, Bayern's heavily pressed defense was broken.
And the root cause is that it was Cheng Hai's large-scale sweeping and pressing in the backfield that forced Schweinsteiger to make a passing error and was intercepted by Sebastian Kyle halfway.
Subsequently, Kyle passed the ball to Cheng Hai, who ran out of space. Cheng Hai dribbled the ball forward, and after breaking through the Bayern player Timoshchuk who was grabbing with a bull's tail, he sent the ball to the front court with a long pass.
With Lewandowski's run involved Bayern's last centre-back Alaba in his run, Mario Götze ran out of gaps.
Cheng Hai's pass was to Mario Gotze.
Unguarded, Gotze successfully unloaded Cheng Hai's long pass from the back and dribbled to Bayern's penalty area.
Although Alaba immediately dropped Lewandowski to move over to intercept Gotze, Gotze's shot was quicker than Alaba's.
Before entering the box, Gotze took a decisive shot from outside the box.
The ball flew past Alaba as he tried to fly to the hole, slashed past Neuer's palm, who made a sideways save, and then drilled into the net against the underside of the crossbar.
In the 63rd minute of the second half, Mario Goetze received a long pass from Cheng Hai and broke through Bayern Munich's goal again, rewriting the score to 3-1, and Dortmund once again led by two goals.
The Dortmund fans in front of the stadium and the TV immediately burst into earth-shattering applause and cheers, while the Bayern Munich players and fans looked very depressed.
It was only one goal short, but now it has become two goals behind, and it has become extremely difficult for Bayern to reverse the game.
But no matter what, the game has to go on.
With only two goals trailing, Bayern still have a chance to turn the tables.
In the 1999 Champions League final, didn't Manchester United score two goals in stoppage time to achieve a big comeback?
Therefore, Bayern Munich did not give up, and they will continue to fight.
In the 69th minute, Ribery cut inside into the penalty area after dribbling the ball past two people on the side, and almost scored, but in the end his shot was blocked by Hummels and blocked the bottom line with his foot.
In the subsequent corner kick, Bayern did not grab the first point, and Cheng Hai, who was withdrawn to the penalty area to participate in the defense, grabbed the first point and cleared the penalty area.
As time went on, the time for the end of the game was getting closer and closer, and the mentality of the Bayern players became more and more anxious.
Even the defenders at the back crossed the halfway line and started to attack.
As for the defense, I can't care so much about it!
With two goals behind, there is no room for Bayern to take care of the defense.
It was in such a situation that in the 76th minute, Cheng Hai gave Bayern the heaviest blow.
This time, it was a teammate's pressing in the midfield, forcing Gustavo to make a passing error, and Cheng Hai, who was in full defensive position, just grabbed it and intercepted it.
Subsequently, Cheng Hai did not pass the ball, but took the ball to Bayern Munich's penalty area.
Because it is Bayern's offense, everyone is pressed relatively high, and Bayern's backcourt is seriously lacking in defensive players.
Even Gustavo was left behind by Cheng Hai after losing the ball, and there were only two people in front of Cheng Hai, Boateng and Alaba.
Moreover, because he was keeping an eye on Lewandowski before, Boateng's position has not yet been with Alaba, and Cheng Hai has plenty of time to make various breakthroughs.
Then, everyone saw that Alaba, the first to stop in front of Cheng Hai, was directly shaken to the ground by Cheng Hai's series of bicycles, and finally didn't even have time to reach out and want to foul.
Cheng Hai's speed is too fast.
After breaking through Alaba, Boateng rushed over from the side, trying to stop Cheng Hai with fouls.
As a result, Cheng Hai didn't entangle with him at all, and kicked the ball out of Boateng's left, and with a twist of his body, he was about to rush over Boateng's right.
The ball is divided!
Cheng Hai used the full-value skills that the ball had scored!
The full-value skill allowed Cheng Hai to choose the right time to break through, not only letting the ball just roll past Boateng, but also avoiding Boateng's pull when he went around the other side of Boateng's body.
Boateng, who stretched out his hand to pull Cheng Hai, only touched the corner of Cheng Hai's clothes, but failed to grasp it.
Then, he watched Cheng Hai break through his defense, catch up with the ball that rolled out, and dribble the ball to his own penalty area.
Although Boateng and Alaba were in hot pursuit, Cheng Hai's full dribbling and speed made the two unable to close the distance with Cheng Hai even if they ran without the ball.
In the end, the two watched Cheng Hai dribble the ball to the line of the big penalty area, and in the face of the attacking goalkeeper Neuer, he kicked the ball away from Neuer with a powerful low shot.
Under the desperate gaze of all the Bayern players and fans in the stadium, the ball raced past Neuer and then drilled into the net against the near post.
In the 76th minute of the second half, Cheng Hai scored his second goal and Dortmund's fourth goal through a counterattack and a long-distance run and two people in a row, helping Dortmund take a 4-1 lead.
When Cheng Hai single-handedly kicked the ball into the Bayern goal, all the commentators in the commentary table except for Bayern supporters excitedly commented:
"The ball is in!"
“4-1!”
"Cheng Hai scored twice to give Dortmund a 4-1 lead!"
"Dortmund has won!"
"Borussia Dortmund will win the German Cup this season!"
With a three-goal lead and less than 20 minutes before the end of the game, the three goal lead was as the commentators said, and everyone believed that there was no suspense left in the game.
Even the most die-hard Bayern fans don't think they have a chance to score three goals in a row to equalise.
It was the goal that sealed the game.
Cheng Hai and his teammates celebrated wildly as they were about to win their fourth title of the season.
As for the frustration of the fans of the Bayern players, it's none of their business.
As a sworn enemy of the national derby, it feels so good to have won the Bundesliga title early with the corpse of Bayern, and now to win the German Cup with the corpse of Bayern.
Dortmund fans in the stands, holding various banners and models of the German Cup trophy, began to celebrate in advance.
But the game is not over yet, and there are more than ten minutes left.
After the game restarted, Bayern Munich, knowing that it had already lost, gave up on defense almost completely, and launched a crazy attack on all fronts.
As a result, their frenzied attack actually received a goal in the 84th minute.
Of course, there was a great element of luck in this goal, it was Schweinsteiger who volleyed from outside the penalty area, but it hit the foot of Gundogan, who was flying to block the gun's eye, and then evaded Weidenfeller's save and flew into the goal.
Bayern Munich stubbornly made it 2-4 on aggregate, only two goals behind.
This goal rekindled Bayern Munich's fighting spirit and hope.
With nearly ten minutes to go, it was entirely possible to score two goals in a row to equalise.
Unexpectedly, it was Bayern's goal after the kick-off in the middle circle, when the Bayern players were ready to collectively rush into Dortmund for a half-time attack, Cheng Hai, who kicked off in the middle circle, received Lewandowski's pass and directly took the ball to Bayern's penalty area.
Bayern Munich, who was caught off guard, was killed by Cheng Hai with a ball, pedaling a bicycle, and Matthews feints to the big penalty area.
Seeing that Cheng Hai was about to shoot, the last defender Alaba had no choice, so he directly shoveled Cheng Hai down with the ball in the penalty area, destroying Cheng Hai's attack.
Naturally, Alaba was sent off by the referee and awarded a penalty.
Bayern Munich received the maximum penalty penalty of red card + penalty.
But Alaba knew what he was going to do when he put the tackle, and he just hoped that he would tackle the ball first and try to disrupt Cheng Hai's attack.
But the final result was that he tackled Cheng Hai with the ball, which became a foul, and it was no surprise that he was sent off with a red card.
Alaba didn't have any excuses and walked straight off the field.
He just hoped that Neuer would save Cheng Hai's penalty.
However, Neuer let him down.
Cheng Hai has never failed to take a penalty in an official match, and this time it was the same.
Cheng Hai made it overnight and kicked the penalty kick he made himself into the goal of Bayern Munich.
Although Neuer bet on the right direction, Cheng Hai's penalty kick was powerful, fast and awkward, and he still failed to touch the ball after all, and could only watch the ball drill from under his palm into the lower right corner.
Cheng Hai scored a hat-trick to make it 5-2, and Dortmund once again led by three goals.
At this moment, there will be no surprises, and it is impossible for Bayern Munich to turn the tables again.
Unless Bayern has Cheng Hai, who staged a five-goal miracle in five minutes.
It's a pity that not only do they not have Cheng Hai, but Cheng Hai is still in the opponent's camp.
Bayern Munich, who launched a frantic attack at the last moment, did not score a single goal under the defense of Dortmund.
Four minutes into stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game as Borussia Dortmund beat arch-rivals Bayern Munich 5-2 to win the 2011/2012 DFB Cup.
At the same time, this is also Dortmund's fourth title this season after the German Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, and Bundesliga championships.
Borussia Dortmund won the quadruple of the season.