Chapter 167: Mourinho's madness
In just 3 minutes of the opening game, Cheng Hai broke through Granero and Pepe in the front court in a row, causing chaos in the Real Madrid backline.
As a result, Cheng Hai sent the ball to the gap on the other side of the pitch before the Real Madrid generals swarmed up.
Mario Gotze took a step after receiving Cheng Hai's pass, and then kicked off the line of the penalty area.
Because Real Madrid's defense was attracted to Cheng Hai, Gotze almost received the ball and hit the goal without defense, with high quality, great power and speed, but the angle was slightly lacking, and finally was saved by Casillas.
That is, the world's top goalkeeper like Casillas, if you change someone, you can't score the goal of Gotze.
Even so, it scared the fans of Real Madrid's players enough.
And that wasn't the end of the story, as Casillas couldn't hold the ball, but struggled to save it off the line and Borussia Dortmund won a corner.
In this corner kick attack, although Cheng Hai failed to grab the first point under the siege and defense of Ramos, Pepe, Khedira and others, Real Madrid missed the defense of Dortmund central defender Subotic who hedged up to participate in the corner kick battle.
Real Madrid fans were in their throats when they saw that everyone in the middle failed to get their headers, the ball flew to the back post, and then was headed against the goal by Dortmund centre-back Subotic, who wore the number four.
As a result, Subotic's header at the back post hit the crossbar and bounced off the line.
Although the ball still didn't go in, it was only 3 minutes into the game, and Dortmund played two very threatening attacks in succession, which has already made the Real Madrid generals and fans, known as the Galaxy Battleship, see the danger of this expedition to Westfalen Stadium.
Everyone's hearts are a lot heavier.
But it can't be helped, the game has to go on.
Real Madrid is full of stars and superstars, and it was originally playing attacking football. But after Mourinho, a defensive expert, arrived at Real Madrid, Real Madrid strengthened its defense, and this game even started a defensive counterattack.
This has already foreshadowed the fact that Real Madrid will attack less and defend more in this game.
However, what everyone did not expect was that the course of the game would be so surprising. Real Madrid, known as the Galactic Battleship, did not play defensive counterattacks at the Westfalen Stadium, but almost only defended and did not counterattack.
Because Dortmund, under the leadership of Cheng Hai, launched a crazy attack on Real Madrid.
Cheng Hai, whose physical fitness is added to the full value, covers the entire half of Real Madrid's running range, which not only makes Real Madrid feel the horror of Cheng Hai in attack, but also makes Real Madrid's occasional action of breaking the ball and wanting to counterattack greatly hindered.
This is also the reason why after this game, everyone saw that Real Madrid had almost no attack.
There weren't many counter-attacks, not to mention, and Defensively, Real Madrid didn't do a trickle.
In the ninth minute, after a couple of failed attacks, Borussia Dortmund finally opened the scoring and scored past Real Madrid.
And the goal was scored by Cheng Hai, who was unable to defend against Real Madrid.
Because of Cheng Hai's strength, after increasing his physical fitness and arc, it is really unguardable.
This attack was that Cheng Hai received a pass from his teammates after switching to the wing, and broke through the fullback Arbeloa with a rainbow pass that cheered the fans, and then suddenly cut inside, made a two-by-one with Gundogan and hit the wall after passing the back Khedira, and then shot into the far corner on the left corner of the penalty area.
Casillas reacted quickly and made a save, but in the end he couldn't touch the ball as it went past his fingertips, into the woodwork and into the far post.
In the past, when Cheng Hai didn't know how to arc the goal, the shot in this position did not make an arc, so in order to hit the goal frame, Casillas's save just now could touch the ball and save the ball from the bottom line.
But because Cheng Hai learned to shoot in an arc, and the arc skill has been increased to the full value, the arc is very large, so even Casillas, who is the world's top goalkeeper and reacts very quickly on the spot, almost failed to touch the ball.
The ball went around San Cassie and flew into Real Madrid's goal.
Cheng Hai opened the scoring for Dortmund with a curling shot after cutting inside, and Dortmund led Real Madrid 1-0.
When Cheng Hai shot the ball into Real Madrid's goal with an arc shot, not only the fans, but also the commentators in the commentary seat roared loudly.
Because this is not only Cheng Hai's first goal for Dortmund, but also Cheng Hai's 20th Champions League goal this season.
Cheng Hai raised the Champions League single-season personal goal record to 20 goals.
Therefore, the commentators were very excited, and shouted in the loudest voice at the moment Cheng Hai scored:
“Gooooooooooooooooooooal……”
"The ball is in!"
"Cheng Hai has scored!"
"Borussia Dortmund lead 1-0!"
"Goal 20!"
"This is Cheng Hai's 20th Champions League goal of the season!"
"Cheng Hai has broken through the mark of more than 20 goals in a single season!"
"Cheng Hai has raised the Champions League single-season personal goal record to more than 20 goals!"
"This is a great record and level that has never been seen before!"
"It's unattainable!"
"That's amazing!"
"is worthy of being the world's No. 1 striker, Cheng Hai was born to break all kinds of records!" "Real Madrid can't stop Cheng Hai at all."
Indeed, Real Madrid simply couldn't stop Cheng Hai's goal. This ball is just the beginning.
After Cheng Hai scored the first goal, Real Madrid stepped up their marking against him.
However, the current Cheng Hai is no longer something that the opponent can defend if he wants to.
Because Cheng Hai himself has a full value of acceleration and speed, and now he has a full value of physical fitness, which can support him to run all over the field at a speed far exceeding that of the players on the field.
Coupled with his full-value off-ball movement and point-grabbing ability, he is much sharper than the average player in finding gaps and attacking opportunities.
A full-value skill is incredible, and a number of full-value skills naturally make Cheng Hai play more pervasive and comfortable in the game, even if Real Madrid desperately defends to the death, it is still the offensive ability of Cheng Hai after all.
Less than 15 minutes after the first goal, Cheng Hai scored again in the 22nd minute.
This time it was different from the first goal, but Cheng Hai directly broke through the defense of three Real Madrid players in the middle through his own breakthrough and the collision with his teammates, stuck the collision of Ramos behind him on the line of the big penalty area, and kicked the ball into the lower left corner of the goal with a powerful volley full of explosive power.
Cheng Hai's long-range shooting, shooting skills, and shooting power make him even if he doesn't play an arc, the ball he hits is powerful, super fast, and tricky at angles, so that Casillas can't pounce.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, Cheng Hai scored a brace to help Dortmund take a 2-0 lead.
For Real Madrid, the situation has become extremely dire.
Not to mention the question of whether Cheng Hai and Dortmund will score goals in the future, just the two goals behind now are enough to make Real Madrid's promotion situation look very, very serious.
It's not so easy to get back from two goals behind.
Therefore, Real Madrid, which was originally fighting a defensive counterattack, had no choice but to take the initiative to attack the hinterland of Dortmund under the command of Mourinho.
However, in order to curb the attack of Cheng Hai and Dortmund, the starters sent by Mourinho were mostly defensive players, and they still played in the 4231 formation, and the offensive force was seriously insufficient.
Coupled with Cheng Hai's withdrawal from his half to help defend, his pressing speed, defensive position, and tackling ability under full physical support made Real Madrid's attack unable to even hit within 30 meters of Dortmund, and it was broken.
Then they will be counter-attacked by Borussia Dortmund.
Although Real Madrid attaches great importance to the defense of Dortmund's counterattack, Cheng Hai's role is too prominent, making Real Madrid's defensive strength stretched and full of holes.
Despite the successful destruction that prevented a few Dortmund counter-attacks, the number of counter-attacks was too many for Real Madrid's backline to be porous.
In the 38th minute, Real Madrid's attack was cut off by Dortmund when it just crossed the middle line and there was a passing error under Cheng Hai's pressure.
When the ball was passed to the feet of Cheng Hai on the right side, many Real Madrid players such as Marcelo, Ramos, Khedira, and Di Maria involuntarily surrounded Cheng Hai.
Because they really didn't dare to let Cheng Hai break through all the way.
As a result, Di Maria, the first player to grab the robber, was not proficient in defense at all, and was easily broken through by Cheng Hai with a bicycle.
Subsequently, before Marcelo, Ramos, and Khedira surrounded him together, Cheng Hai suddenly got up and made a long pass in the air, sending the ball to the area outside the left side of the Real Madrid penalty area.
Everyone looked in the direction of the ball's flight, only to find that Real Madrid's side of the defense was completely empty, and Mario Gotze, who was inserted at high speed, was completely undefended.
Because this was originally a quick counterattack, Real Madrid's defenders were lacking, and as a result, most of them were attracted by Cheng Hai's breakthrough with the ball, and the other side of the stadium was naturally empty.
And Cheng Hai's long-distance passing ability in the air is also full value.
Therefore, there is no suspense in this counterattack.
Mario Gotze easily unloaded Cheng Hai's precise long ball unloaded unguarded, dribbled into the box, and volleyed into the far corner before Pepe rushed over to block the angle.
In the 38th minute, Cheng Hai assisted Mario Gotze to score another goal, and Dortmund took a 3-0 lead.
Before the end of the first half, Real Madrid had been pushed to the edge of a cliff.
But what is surprising is that Mourinho on the sidelines not only did not let the team continue to press on the attack, but pressed down with both hands, signaled the players to calm down, insist on consolidating the defense, and stop counterattacking like just now, and then being counterattacked by the opponent.
Although this instruction prevented Real Madrid from scoring, it did consolidate the defense, although Cheng Hai still ran all over the field in the following time, covering all areas from the middle to the wing inside and outside the penalty area, but because Real Madrid had too many people left in the backfield, Cheng Hai and Dortmund failed to break through Real Madrid's goal again.
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 3-0, and Dortmund, who was playing at home, temporarily led by three goals with Cheng Hai's two shots and one pass.
In fact, the advantage of this score is already huge, no matter how Real Madrid operates, how Mourinho has a good wrist, and the chances of recovering the disadvantage of falling behind by three goals are very slim.
Therefore, at halftime, many commentators believed that Real Madrid had almost said goodbye to the final in advance and could not turn the tables around.
Unexpectedly, after a 15-minute break, Real Madrid made substitutions when the second half was about to begin.
Striker Mesut Ozil replaces Granero at the back, Kaka at the back for Khedira and striker Gonzalo Higuain replaces full-back Arbeloa.
In this way, the Real Madrid back line is only left with defenders Marcelo, Ramos, and Pepe, and the midfield is full of attacking players Ronaldo, Di Maria, Kaka, and Nuri Shaheen, only Shaheen barely has a certain defensive ability.
The striker has changed from a striker Benzema to Ozil, Benzema and Higuain.
Real Madrid's shocking three-man at halftime changed from a 4231 defensive counter-attacking formation to a 343 attacking formation, or a 3133 formation, and Nuri Shahin, who was slightly behind Kaka, was also the core of the organization.
Even, even Marcelo and Ramos in the defenders are the type of defenders with knives, and only Pepe is a pure defensive player.
In other words, in addition to the goalkeeper, Real Madrid's ten players have nine attacking players.
Mourinho is going crazy!
The commentators are all frantically commenting on the commentary seats:
'Jose Mourinho went crazy, he took off three defenders and replaced them with three attacking players and played a 343 attacking formation.
"When we thought Real Madrid was going to be eliminated from the tournament, the madman Mourinho showed his crazy side."
'He's made a desperate switch to a seven-attacking formation, and Ramos and Marcelo are also the type of players who are better at attacking than defending.
"Real Madrid are going to attack with all their might!"
"I guess the second half will be a Mars vs. Earth showdown!"
"With the collective attack of so many superstars of Real Madrid, Dortmund may not be able to withstand it. Even if Cheng Hai participates in the defense, it can't be done. ”
Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid used the kick-off to launch a frantic attack on Dortmund's half.
Real Madrid's squad is not the same veteran of AC Milan and Chelsea, they are all in their twenties, at the peak of their careers, and they don't have to worry about the physical exhaustion of a game.
As the commentators have said, Borussia Dortmund's backline has been greatly challenged.
Even if Cheng Hai withdrew to the backcourt and used his full-value defensive position, steals, speed, and physical strength to help defend, he was a little unbearable.
Real Madrid's stars are too strong individually.
No matter how strong Cheng Hai's defensive ability is, he is only one person after all, and the other party only needs to avoid him.
And the other Dortmund players, in a one-on-one situation, most of them can't withstand the impact of Real Madrid's superstars.
After a few minutes of extremely difficult defense, in the 53rd minute, Dortmund's goal was finally broken by Real Madrid.
And the goal was scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, who created the world's No. 1 transfer fee.
He first picked up the ball on the flank, then cycled past Shinji Kagawa, and then sent the ball to Kaka's feet in the middle.
After a few passes, the ball reached Mesut Ozil on the left.
As a result, when full-back Schmelzer went to defend him, Ozil dodged a gap near the bottom line of the box and sent the ball to the line of the box.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just broken through Shinji Kagawa by pedaling his bicycle, didn't know when he appeared there, and he didn't stop the ball and volleyed hard before Hummels, who rushed from the side, and finally kicked the ball into the goal of Dortmund.
Real Madrid finally pulled a goal back and scored a golden away goal.
Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates celebrated fiercely, and Mourinho on the sidelines also ran along the sideline for more than 20 meters, and then came to an emotional slide to celebrate, causing a burst of scolding and boos from die-hard Hornets fans in the stands.
But how would Mourinho care?
As the world's most famous personality manager, Mourinho is accompanied by flowers and applause everywhere he goes.
It's a big difference between being three goals behind and two goals behind. What's more, Real Madrid also got away goals.
Therefore, this goal not only allowed Real Madrid to narrow the score gap, but also gave Ronaldo, Kaka and others strong confidence.
If you try harder, score one or two more goals, even if you can't reverse the aggregate score, but you can score two or three away goals, then the second leg back at the Bernabeu Stadium will obviously be of great benefit to Real Madrid.
Dortmund, on the other hand, is about to lose morale.
I thought that the game would be nine out of ten, but because of the opponent's three people in a row, the game situation actually changed subtly.
Klopp frowned and thought for a while, and also made a substitution adjustment.
He replaced the forward midfielder Gundogan with the back Bender, let Cheng Hai play Gundogan's position, and changed the formation to 4231 to strengthen the defense.
In fact, in these two games, Cheng Hai is no longer a pure shadow striker, but has become a free man in the audience.
His perverted physicality and strength at both ends of the pitch allow him to run all over the court and make great contributions on both ends of the pitch.
Therefore, it is actually more appropriate to let him play in the position of a striker than a shadow striker. Moreover, Klopp also hopes that Bender's arrival can strengthen Dortmund's defense and curb Real Madrid's flood of attacks.
After the game restarted, Bender's arrival and Cheng Hai's position retreated, which really raised Dortmund's defense a notch.
In addition, Real Madrid's players do not have the perverted breakthrough and shooting skills of Cheng Hai, and even if they sometimes get a chance to shoot, it is difficult to form an effective threat within the goal frame.
Dortmund finally temporarily restrained Real Madrid's indiscriminate bombardment.