Chapter 37: Heel Assist
The physical exertion and the anxiety of not being able to get a shot opportunity for a long time made Cheng Hai feel physically and mentally exhausted, and after losing the ball, he half-squatted, put his hands on his knees and gasped for a few breaths before getting up and walking back.
As a result, Cheng Hai saw that Shahin, the forward who participated in the attack just now, did not go far, but waited for him.
"How are you? Can you still hold on? Shaheen asked.
Cheng Hai took a hard breath and said, "No problem! ”
In fact, he is already at the end of the crossbow, just holding on.
European competitions, which are at the top of the food chain in world football, are indeed very intense and physically exertional.
But Shahin seemed to believe his statement, and did not ask him again whether he could continue the game, but approached Cheng Hai, put his arm around Cheng Hai's shoulders and said:
"Cheng Hai, I found that your physique can actually play center, but you can't compete for headers."
"Then we don't pass the ball in the air, you take a position in the box, attract firepower, and make a fulcrum for us."
"We pass the ball to you, you use your physique and dribbling skills to hold the ball in the box, get the attention of the defenders and the goalkeepers, and then give us the ball depending on the situation, and we come and shoot at goal, how about it?"
'Now the opposition defenders are all focused on you, so it's not like we don't have a chance to plug in the back row.
Cheng Hai's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes!" I think it's a good idea. ”
Shahin said happily, "Then I'll go tell Owomoira and Kyle, and you go tell Shinji Kagawa." Only then will we be able to equalise. ”
Next, Shahin and Cheng Hai respectively told their teammates about their new ideas, and their teammates began to deliberately create new tactical routines with Cheng Hai as the tactical center.
Cheng Hai has never played a center forward in the past, and he does not have a deep understanding of the center forward.
But today's game is not complicated, there is no need to cooperate with a partner, and there is no need for Cheng Hai to compete for the side crosses of his teammates, as long as he can hold the ball in the penalty area and be a tactical fulcrum that can make the ball for his teammates.
In terms of Cheng Hai's physique, this can be done.
Moreover, the opponent's research on Cheng Hai basically focuses on Cheng Hai's off-ball running, grabbing points to shoot, and Cheng Hai's tactics as a tactical center? Sorry, didn't look into it!
Because Cheng Hai had never played the position of tactical center before.
Moreover, with Cheng Hai's height, it is impossible to play as a tactical center.
Therefore, neither Dortmund itself nor Serbia had thought about this before.
But now, under the reminder of Shahin, Dortmund on the field has begun to try this tactic.
Of course, it's not easy.
With time running out, Serbia also shrank and began to defend with all their might, wanting to maintain a one-goal lead until the end of the game.
Even with Cheng Hai's physique, it is difficult to gain a firm foothold in the penalty area.
He can resist one person, but it is difficult to resist the joint push and collision of two or three people.
Fortunately, Dortmund is not alone in Cheng Hai, and others are not unable to enter the penalty area.
Therefore, it is impossible for everyone in Serbia to focus entirely on Cheng Hai alone. They're just one more person to play, not a few more.
Soon, the clock came to 90 minutes, and the referee gave four minutes of stoppage time.
After entering stoppage time, although Dortmund continued to attack, Serbia also counterattacked from time to time, so that Dortmund did not dare to completely let go of the courage to attack.
Moreover, the Serbian coach also began to make substitutions after entering stoppage time, using substitutions to delay time and interrupt Dortmund's attacking rhythm.
Time passed slowly, and many of the Hornets fans in the Westfaren stands gave up a bit.
In the eyes of most people, Dortmund was already doomed to tragedy and a home defeat.
As a result, just as many Dortmund fans gave up and Serbia's away fans celebrated the victory, the clock came in the 92nd minute of stoppage time.
Serbia took advantage of Dortmund's attack to play a wave of counter-attacks, as if they wanted to score another goal to seal the victory completely.
But when they hit the midfield, the ball was broken by Borussia Dortmund's captain Sebastian Kehl with a ferocious and precise tackle.
The tackle fell to full-back Owomoyela, and Dortmund immediately counter-attacked.
Because it was originally Serbia's attack, the players who counterattacked Serbia this time did not defend very well.
When Cheng Hai burst into the box, he had only one centre-back by his side, and the other centre-back was also defending Nuri Shaheen's follow-up from outside the box.
If it was just when he first came on the field, Cheng Hai had already relied on his full value of running without the ball and good speed and acceleration skills to successfully counter offside, and received Owomoyela's pass to form a single shot.
It's a pity that Cheng Hai has not been able to run to the front, and was firmly stuck to the central defender who dragged back.
Because Cheng Haiti is exhausted, the speed is really not fast.
This is also an opportunity for Cheng Hai to gasp and run out.
Owomoyela, who had the ball, faced the full-backs' defense and knew they couldn't drag it out any longer.
If it drags on any longer, the opposing midfielders will all have to return to the defense.
Therefore, although Cheng Hai has not yet run a good open opportunity, Owomoyela has no choice but to pass the ball diagonally into the penalty area.
Cheng Hai, who had been attached to the opponent's central defender because of speed and physical problems, was sideways, and he couldn't shoot in the face of his teammates' passes, so he could only stop the ball first.
Cheng Hai's full-value stopping skills and 19 dribbling, although he couldn't complete the turn and shoot under the opponent's cautious close defense, he firmly controlled the ball at his feet.
Although the opposing defender relied on the advantage of height and leg length to constantly try to stretch out his foot and poke the ball, Cheng Hai's full physique was firmly stuck in the position and did not let the opponent succeed.
But Cheng Hai couldn't turn around and shoot himself, so he could only control the ball at his feet, rush left and right, and make an effort to turn around and shoot.
At this time, another central defender also returned to the penalty area and rushed towards Cheng Hai, who was holding the ball, ready for two central defenders to grab Cheng Hai.
Even with Cheng Hai's physique and dribbling skills, in the face of the sandwich of the other two people, I am afraid that there are many goals conceded.
Cheng Hai has had the experience of being snatched or stabbed by the opponent many times before taking the ball.
The two centre-backs are also familiar with this and are ready to continue to do so.
They are not afraid of Cheng Hai passing the ball.
Because Dortmund played one less player, at this time, Owomoira and Shinji Kagawa were defended by fullbacks, and the back was also in place, staring at Dortmund's forward Nuri Shahin.
Cheng Hai has nowhere to play the ball.
As long as the two central defenders complete the encirclement, there is a high probability that they will be able to snatch the ball at Cheng Hai's feet, or poke it off.
However, none of them paid attention.
Sebastian Kyle, who completed the tackle, did not lie on the ground to watch the play, nor did he stay in his backfield, but immediately got up and rushed to the Serbian penalty area after completing the tackle and forming a counter-attack.
By the time Serbia's midfielders spotted a Borussia Dortmund player rushing into the box unmarked and wanted to intercept him, it was too late.
This is a long-planned routine by Cheng Hai and others.
Cheng Hai first tried his best to carry the two central defenders with a full physique, and firmly controlled the ball at his feet with a 19-point dribble.
Then, when he saw that the quietly inserted captain Kyle was about to rush into the penalty area, Cheng Hai shook it first and made a move to turn around and shoot, attracting the two central defenders to block Cheng Hai's possible shooting route.
As a result, Cheng Hai's feet fell, but he didn't kick the ball, but knocked the ball with his heel and knocked it to the left of the penalty spot in the big penalty area.
Cheng Hai's heel knocked the ball and hit the two central defenders suddenly, and he couldn't stretch his foot to destroy it at the first time, and then he could only watch Cheng Hai pass the ball behind him and roll to the front of Kyle's sprint.
The Serbian midfielder, who had already discovered that something was wrong, gave up his marking of Shaheen and had already followed Kehl into the penalty area, just a step away from Kehl.
As soon as Kyle stops the ball, he risks being disrupted by the Serbian midfielder.
However, Kyle didn't stop the ball.
Although Cheng Hai's passing skills are not turned on, and his passing attributes may not be high, whether it is shooting or passing the ball on the football field, there is a chance to shoot a good ball and pass a wonderful pass.
Cheng Hai's heel pass this time made an absolutely good pass with great luck.
The ball rolled in just the right direction and at such speed that Sebastian Kyle didn't need to stop the ball to adjust.
I saw that Kyle, who rushed into the penalty area, didn't need to stop the ball at all, and rushed directly to the ball and volleyed the ball to the right.
Originally, when Cheng Hai knocked the ball towards Kyle with his heel, the goalkeeper had already pounced from the right to the left.
He was going to save Kyle's near corner shot.
Unexpectedly, Kyle, who was sprinting, still calmly gave him a volley into the far corner in the opposite direction, allowing the ball to fly behind the goalkeeper and then fly into the goal.
In the 92nd minute of stoppage time, Dortmund finally scored the equalizer for captain Sebastian Kehl, who was inserted in the back row, through Cheng Hai's clever backheel pass.
Cheng Hai received his first assist since participating in the professional game, and received half of the goal award for assist experience.
With one man missing, Dortmund's stoppage time equaliser is definitely something to celebrate.
As a result, the already unexpected Hornets fans in the stands went crazy, screaming and screaming like crazy, shouting Kyle's name and celebrating in a big way.
Kyle on the field did not celebrate the goal by himself, but turned and rushed to Cheng Hai, who was pulled to the ground by the opposing central defender after completing the back-heel pass and never got up.
Cheng Hai, who had never played such a long time and such a high-intensity game, and had no partner to share the pressure, was paralyzed.
Although the ball passed to Kyle turned into a goal, which is worth cheering, Cheng Hai really lost all his physical strength, and could only lie down and rest while his teammates celebrated.
Unexpectedly, Kyle didn't celebrate by himself, but rushed over, pounced on Cheng Hai and said, "The ball is in!" We tied the score! Cheng Hai, your heel pass is amazing! ”
Then, the other teammates also rushed up excitedly, stacking on Cheng Hai and Kyle's bodies to celebrate.
Cheng Hai doesn't care.
With his physique, the pressure cannot be crushed! Just don't let him run.
The Borussia Dortmund players and fans were in a surprise celebration, while the Serbian players and fans were quite uncomfortable.
They didn't expect that after leading for so long, they saw that victory was on the horizon, only to turn it into a draw in the 92nd minute of stoppage time, from three points to one.
Cheng Hai's name, they have heard of it for a long time, and they also took it seriously with twelve points, kept Cheng Hai clean, and did not let Cheng Hai score even a single goal.
However, Cheng Hai did not score, but assisted Kyle to equalize with a surprising and brilliant back-heel pass.
Cheng Hai's role in Dortmund's attack this time is not an offensive finisher at all, but just a tactical center forward who makes the ball for his teammates.
It's a pity that everyone didn't find out about this earlier, and was beaten by Cheng Hai and his teammates' sudden change in temporary tactics.
However, the game is not over yet, and they still have a chance.
Even if the chances are slim.
Therefore, after Cheng Hai and his teammates celebrated for more than half a minute, the Serbian players protested to the referee, believing that Dortmund was suspected of delaying time in the name of celebrating the goal.
So, under the intervention of the referee, Cheng Hai and his teammates deserved to get up, return to their own half, and wait for Serbia to open the middle circle.
However, the time left for Serbia is indeed too short.
Even though the referee extended stoppage time a little, Serbia failed to pull off a miracle and regain the lead and win.
They didn't even have a single shot on goal for more than a minute left before they were blocked by the Dortmund players.
Even if Cheng Hai couldn't run, he walked back to his own half and interfered with the opponent's attack to a certain extent.
After more than four minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Dortmund fell behind in the second round of the League Cup group stage against Sevilla with a score and one less, and in the 92nd minute of stoppage time, Cheng Hai assisted Kehl to complete the stoppage time equalizer, and did not let rival Serbia take three points.
Not winning a game at home should have been a frustrating thing, but playing one less game and falling behind until the end, and then playing a stoppage-time equalizer felt like a dead end.
Therefore, after the game, the Dortmund players had a long interactive celebration with the fans in the stands, but the Serbian fans who took a point from the prestigious Westfaren Stadium did not look very happy.
However, in the team of everyone celebrating, there is one person who seems to be weak, and that is Cheng Hai.
If it weren't for the full value of the physique, I'm afraid Cheng Hai would have cramped a long time ago.
The intensity and physical consumption of this game exceeded Cheng Hai's imagination.
The fact that there is one less player, no partner striker, and the strength of the opponent makes Cheng Hai's physical consumption in this game very fast, and it has become the most difficult official match that Cheng Hai has played so far.
Thankfully, they corrected their tactics in time and took advantage of a stoppage-time opportunity to score to level the score at 1-1 and not allow Serbia to take all three points.
But Cheng Hai has no other rewards other than an assist.
25,000 experience with no goals, no best players, no wins, and only assists can only be regarded as better than nothing, better than no experience at all.
After two rounds of group stage, Paris Saint-Germain is first in the group with 6 points from two wins and two games, Dortmund is second with 4 points from one win and one draw, Serbia is third with 1 point with one draw and one loss, and Capadedi is fourth with 0 points from two losses.
In the next group game, Dortmund will face a tough battle with Paris Saint-Germain.
However, before the group stage clash with Paris Saint-Germain, Dortmund will first face the German national derby against league rivals and Bundesliga champions.
Although the gold content of the German national derby seems relatively low to the outside world, for German fans, it is the derby with the most stars and the highest level in China.
Klose, Muller, Demichelis, Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Van Bitten, Hummels, Shahin, Kyle, Barrios, Schmelzer and many other stars on both sides are eye-catching.
In addition to these famous superstars, there are also supernova showdowns such as Cheng Hai, Gotze, and Kroos, which are also interesting.
Generally speaking, Bayern Munich is in people's impression of the Bundesliga Hollywood, and it is the club with the most stars in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund, on the other hand, has almost always been a storm of youth, with many rising stars, but once they become famous, they are easy to poach, and Dortmund has almost become a star training factory for other European clubs, including Bayern Munich.
Whether it is the star-studded Bayern Munich who is superior or the youthful Dortmund who wins at home is very interesting, analyzed and speculated.
According to common sense, in everyone's impression, Bayern Munich's strength should be stronger than Dortmund and have a greater probability of winning.
But this season, the performances of both sides so far have been completely reversed.
After the first six league games, Dortmund are second in the standings, only behind Mainz, who have been winning all of their games.
Bayern Munich, 6 Bundesliga games in the new season, but only two wins, two draws, two defeats, the standings are only enough to rank 9th, and in the case of the same points, because of the small goal difference, Hamburg with 8 points is pressed.
In this way, Dortmund seems to be more reliable than Bayern Munich this season.
But many people understand and know that Bayern Munich is used to making efforts from behind, and who is stronger on both sides will only be known after the game is over.
On October 3, 2010, the Westfalen Stadium was packed.
Amid the cheers and shouts of countless people, with the referee's whistle, the German national derby between Dortmund and Bayern Munich in the seventh round of the 2010/2011 Bundesliga season officially kicked off.
Of course, according to the usual practice, Cheng Hai first sat on the bench, and only waited for the second half to have a chance to come on as a substitute in this much-anticipated German national derby.