Chapter 38 Breaking the Giant Bayern Goal
After the start of the game, Bayern Munich, which was stronger on paper, took the initiative to press and began to press Dortmund.
Bayern Munich is indeed stronger overall, and Dortmund has not been able to attack despite not wanting to be pressed by their opponents at their home stadium.
After 45 minutes of the first half, Bayern Munich had a terrifying 68 per cent possession, while Borussia Dortmund had only 32 per cent, less than half of their opponents.
That's a big difference.
Reflecting on the corners, Bayern Munich won five corners in the first half, while Borussia Dortmund did none.
Illustrating the number of shots on goal from both sides, the number of attacks near the opponent's baseline, etc., Bayern Munich is ahead of Dortmund across the board.
This made the more than 10,000 Bayern Munich fans who came with the team in the stands very excited, cheering on Bayern throughout the first half, hoping that they would convert their advantage into goals.
Sadly, Borussia Dortmund's defence was very solid today.
Despite being pressed and beaten, Bayern did not penetrate the Dortmund penalty area and threaten shots on goal.
After 45 minutes, Bayern had only four shots on goal, and only one time on target, and the angle was not awkward, and it was easily saved by goalkeeper Weidenfeller.
Bayern Munich, who had the advantage, did not score a single goal in the first half.
Of course, although Dortmund, who was completely pressed and beaten, occasionally counterattacked, they did not pose much threat and did not score a goal.
The two sides went into the break with a 0-0 scoreline.
It was clear that both managers were unhappy with the first half and made substitutions at half-time.
As a result, Bayern Munich was still scoreless, but Dortmund's substitution adjustment was immediate.
In the 51st minute, Mario Gotze, who had just come on as a substitute, made a cross after forming a breakthrough on the side, and center forward Barrios followed up in the middle, beat Demichelis in the penalty area to grab the first point, and put the ball into the goal of Bayern Munich, Dortmund led Bayern Munich 1-0 at home.
The goal ignited the excitement at Westfaren Stadium.
After 50 minutes of possession by their rivals, Borussia Dortmund opened the scoring and led by one goal.
What's more, in this attack, Mario Gotze, one of Dort's double stars, performed well, and it was his wide break and low cross that created this goal.
This made the Dortmund fans, who had been holding back for most of the half, completely unleashed, and roared and screamed and applauded and cheered wildly in the stands.
And the Bayern Munich fans, who had the advantage and flaunted most of the half, were stunned.
No matter how big the advantage is, the goal is still the goal in the end on the football field.
If you don't score, no matter how big the advantage is, it's in vain.
Borussia Dortmund, who opened the scoring, celebrated for more than half a minute before the referee interfered with the celebrations after protests from Bayern players.
After the game restarted, Bayern Munich, which was behind the score, was naturally anxious and continued to increase its offensive to score and equalize as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, in the process of Bayern actively attacking and trying to score an equalizer, it was less than 10 minutes before the last goal, and in the 60th minute, Dortmund scored again.
This time it was also a quick counterattack by Dortmund after breaking the ball, and finally it was a long-range shot from outside the penalty area by forward midfielder Shahin, and the angle was very awkward, and it went straight to the top left corner.
Bayern's goalkeeper Bout stretched his body quite much despite making a save, but the quality of Shahin's shot was too high.
Bout, who was in the air, couldn't touch the ball in the end, and could only watch the ball fly diagonally above his palm against the crossbar and into the goal.
Borussia Dortmund lead Bayern Munich 2-0.
The Hornets fans in the stands suddenly applauded and cheered even more ecstatically, but the players and fans of Bayern Munich were all dead.
No one expected that Bayern Munich would not score a single goal in the case of dominance.
And Dortmund, who has been pressed and beaten until now, still has less than half of Bayern's possession, but penetrated Bayern's goal through two simple counterattacks.
It's just so ironic.
The mentality of the Bayern Munich players collapsed.
In addition to the manager's substitutions, the Bayern players on the field also became very anxious, the previous smooth and tacit passing and cutting positions were gone, and the attacking players began to play impatiently alone, trying to break through the Dortmund defense alone and turn the tide.
Although Bayern's players are stronger than Borussia Dortmund's, it is generally not a good end to play alone in the professional arena, and the effect is even lower.
Bayern seems to have more successful breakthroughs, but in fact, because of the single offensive means, it is easy for Dortmund defenders to guess the direction of the opponent's breakthrough, and it is difficult to form a threat to the goal, which is much easier to defend than before.
In addition to the attacking players' solo play, the defenders also became much more impatient and moved a lot more because of the two-goal deficit.
In the 67th minute, when Shinji Kagawa was dribbling the ball outside the penalty area, Demichelis pushed Shinji Kagawa to the ground with an unnecessary push and received a yellow card.
Demichelis, who is the main central defender, received a yellow card, which naturally made him shrink in the next game, and did not dare to make any more major fouls, for fear of eating cards again and being sent off with a red card.
In this way, the overall strength of Bayern Munich's front and back fields has dropped a lot, and Dortmund, who has a two-goal lead, has played more calmly.
Although Bayern Munich still pressed Dortmund in the situation, it looked like the threat was not even as strong as in the first half.
A two-goal lead isn't very secure, though.
For a superstar like Bayern Munich, even if there are only three minutes left, it is possible for them to score two goals in three minutes to equalize.
Therefore, in the 71st minute, Klopp still replaced the killer on the bench - Cheng Hai, and asked him to go up and continue to strengthen the attack and counterattack, and strive to score another goal to seal the win.
Cheng Hai's arrival naturally made Bayern Munich's backline very nervous.
Although Cheng Hai is only 18 years old, although he is a Chinese university player who only signed with Dortmund this season and started to play in the professional league, under Cheng Hai's current top scorer list in the Bundesliga and scoring 9 goals in the first 11 games of his career, even world superstars such as Van Bitten, Lahm, and Demichelis dare not be careless.
Cheng Hai is no longer the despised amateur college player from football desert Asia.
Coming behind by two goals made Bayern's players a little panicked and out of line, coupled with Cheng Hai's suppression of the back line after the field, the front and back attacks were a little disjointed, and the threat to the Dortmund goal was even smaller.
Under such circumstances, Dortmund was finally able to organize an occasional positional attack.
The Bayern Munich players, who were behind in the score, faced Dortmund's attack, and their defense was more simple and rough.
In the 80th minute, the two sides fought in the midfield, and the ball fell to the feet of Dortmund defender Kehl after several changes of hands.
Kyle was about to attack with the ball, but Bayern striker Olich, who had just been cut off, unexpectedly came with a flying tackle from the side and knocked Kyle to the ground with the ball.
Olic may have only intended to stop Dortmund's attack or counter-attack, but when he did it, he could have been affected by the derby and the two-goal deficit, and the action was too big, too aggressive, and the timing was not right.
This time with a tackle on the side, Olic not only did not tackle the ball, but instead injured Kyle to the ground.
Although Kyle's injury didn't look serious and he wasn't even replaced, Olic was shown a red card by the referee for a serious tackle on the side.
Olic was sent straight off the field.
Tens of thousands of Dortmund fans in the stands who were swearing suddenly burst into applause and saw Olic off.
Bayern Munich, which was already behind in the score, was also sent off by a red card and faced the dilemma of playing one less.
"Bayern is gone, it's impossible to win!"
That's what neutral fans think.
In fact, the players on both sides of the pitch also knew this and knew that Dortmund almost won the game.
But even then, the game didn't go into garbage time. Because this is no ordinary race, but a German national derby.
In the derby between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, no matter how much the score is, the leading side will not be satisfied, and the lagging side will not be able to raise their hands in surrender.
Both sides had to fight until the last minute.
Even if Bayern played one less, their pride made them not choose to retreat and defend, but continued to press the attack, and it seems that Bayern, who was ten people in the fight, did not show any disadvantage, and still attacked ferociously, attacking more times than Dortmund.
But in reality, this is just a faΓ§ade.
Just like the previous two goals, Bayern Munich's attack was thunderous and rainy, and it looked like it was dominant, but it was too scoreless to threaten.
Dortmund is the opposite, although it seems that it is pressed by the opponent, but it is more efficient when counterattacking, frequently creating threats, and the two goals are the embodiment of Dortmund's counter-attacking efficiency and success rate.
And now that Bayern Munich is playing one less player and continues to insist on attacking, there will naturally be more holes in the backfield.
In the 83rd minute, Cheng Hai successfully reversed offside and almost received Gotze's diagonal pass to form a single goal.
It's a pity that Gotze's pass was a little bigger, and when Cheng Hai was about to catch up, Bout, who attacked in advance, had already rushed out of the penalty area and kicked the ball out of the sideline with a big kick before Cheng Hai.
However, Cheng Hai's various skills of full value or close to full value still gave him the opportunity to shoot in the 87th minute.
This time Cheng Hai didn't get a single chance, but he completed the turn after withdrawing from the penalty area and receiving a pass from his teammate.
Although Cheng Hai faced an interception from world-class defensive superstar Van Bitten after turning, Cheng Hai did not pass the ball this time.
Because Cheng Hai rarely made positive breakthroughs in the past, everyone had the impression that Cheng Hai either grabbed the point to shoot, or passed the ball out after taking the ball, and Cheng Hai himself had no breakthrough skills.
Therefore, although Van Bitten stopped in front of Cheng Hai, his eyes were constantly scanning the situation on the left and right, preventing someone from plugging in from both sides and then Cheng Hai passed the ball.
If possible, he wanted to grab the ball at the moment of Cheng Hai's pass and cut the ball off directly.
As a result, he didn't realize that Cheng Hai's dribbling skills at this time already had 19 points. Although dribbling is not equal to a breakthrough, let alone a specific breakthrough technique, it has a very high bonus to Cheng Hai's control of the ball at his feet.
What's more, Cheng Hai also has a specific breakthrough skill: Matthews feints.
With the 19-point dribble, Cheng Hai suddenly made a breakthrough decision in the face of Van Bitten's interception this time.
Maybe it's the factor of playing one less, maybe it's that Bayern's players are too confident in Van Bitten's defense of Cheng Hai.
In front of Cheng Hai, there was only Fan Biteng, and behind Fan Biteng, there was no other person to help defend, only the goalkeeper was left.
The rest of the defenders were keeping an eye on Gotze, Shahin, Shinji Kagawa and others.
As long as Cheng Hai can break through Van Bitten, he will face the goal.
And with his level of shooting, as long as he faces the goal, even if there is a goalkeeper on the goal line, Cheng Hai's goal rate is super high.
Therefore, the moment he made the decision, Cheng Hai made an action.
Just as Van Bitten was distracted and glanced at Shinji Kagawa's running position on the left, Cheng Hai suddenly made a move to break to the right.
Fan Biteng was shocked, and his body instinctively reacted and took a step to the right, wanting to stop Cheng Hai's breakthrough.
It turns out to be a feint.
Cheng Hai immediately hooked the ball to the left with his foot and broke through from Van Bitten's left.
Of course, Van Bitten is not a rookie.
Seeing Cheng Hai using the Matthews feint, he immediately turned around and pounced to the left, and when Cheng Hai had not completely broken through, he hit Cheng Hai's body from the side with one shoulder, and there was a hidden pushing action in his hand.
Van Bitten's movements are not unpleasant, and his experience is not uninspiring.
However, he met Cheng Hai, who had a full physique and a balance of 19.
Although Van Bitten is 196cm tall and weighs 80kg, if he were an ordinary shadow striker, he would definitely be knocked off balance and lose control of the ball.
But Cheng Hai didn't.
Although his height and weight are far inferior to Van Bitten, his perfect physique and balance close to full value made Cheng Hai stumble a little bit, but he still did not lose control of the ball, and under the control of the dribbling skill with an attribute of 19, he carried Van Bitten's collision while entering the penalty area.
As soon as he entered the penalty area, Van Bitten couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart.
On the one hand, he didn't dare to hit Cheng Hai hard anymore, for fear that Cheng Hai would fall in the penalty area and form a penalty. On the other hand, he is also afraid of Cheng Hai's shot.
Cheng Hai's archery skills are well-known and terrifying.
As a result, when Van Bitten was struggling with whether to stretch out his foot from the side and risk tripping Cheng Hai to stab the ball, Cheng Hai had already shot decisively.
Cheng Hai, who entered the penalty area while carrying Van Bitten's close defense, did not give Van Bitten too much time to think about it at all, and just entered the penalty area and adjusted his pace a little, he decisively shot and pumped the ball to the lower left corner of the goal.
Although goalkeeper Bout made a save at the first time, he still seemed beyond the reach of Cheng Hai's shot that went straight to the dead corner, and finally could only watch the ball into the net in despair.
In the 87th minute of the second half, Cheng Hai scored with the ball alone in the penalty area under the close defense of world-class defensive superstar Van Bitten, and while scoring the first goal of his German national derby, he also helped Dortmund extend the lead to 3-0 and seal the victory.
When the ball kicked out by Cheng Hai flew into the net, the commentator in the CCTV-5 live broadcast room roared excitedly:
"The ball is in!"
"The ball is in, it's in, it's in!"
"Cheng Hai has scored!"
"Cheng Hai scored in the German national derby!"
"Cheng Hai became the first Chinese player to score in a German national derby!"
"At the same time, Cheng Hai's total Bundesliga goals have reached 7, continuing to maintain the efficiency of one goal per game in the Bundesliga, and ranking first in the scorer list!"
"It's amazing!"
"Cheng Hai is the pride of Huaguo football!"
The guest next to him nodded and said:
"Not bad!"
"Although Cheng Hai's total goals have not surpassed Yang Chen, his goal efficiency is already the top in the world."
"Although Cheng Hai has played a small number of games and the sample data is not enough, just by the fact that he can still maintain such a goal efficiency when he comes off the bench every game, Cheng Hai will definitely become the most successful of Huaguo's foreign players."
"Even, I think Cheng Hai has the potential to grow into a world-class superstar. It's just that this requires Cheng Hai to improve his physical fitness. β
"Otherwise, if you are substituted for every game, you can't become a world superstar."
In the comment area of CCTV-5's webcast room, various post bars, forums, and chat groups, although it is already early in the morning, there are still many fans who stay up late to watch the game, just to watch Cheng Hai's appearance and goals in the German national derby.
Now, both have been achieved.
Listening to the praise of Cheng Hai by the commentators and guests, the fans felt sincerely happy and proud, and expressed their excitement one after another:
"Cheng Hai is so awesome, he can score goals in the face of Bayern Munich!"
"Yes! Cheng Hai broke the goal of the world-class giants Bayern Munich, and this moment is enough to be recorded in the history of Chinese football. β
"That's a must! In addition, did you see that before Cheng Hai shot, he used a feint to break through Van Bitten. Although he didn't break through, he tricked Van Bitten, who was in front of him, to get into the box and get space to shoot. β
"Yes! That's awesome enough! You know, Van Bitten is a world-class defensive superstar! β
"Today's ball, I estimate that the major TV stations will repeat it for a long time."
"That's a must! I'm going to watch the video again tomorrow and then watch Cheng Hai's game after the game. β
"Idol! Since then, Cheng Hai has been my idol! β
"Ditto!"
"Ditto +1!"
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