Chapter 765: Pressing the Friction
Players from both sides line up in the tunnel at Wembley Stadium!
The players were all staring straight ahead without squinting and didn't talk to each other.
A reporter lowered his body, carried the camera, and shot from the angle of the up, and the camera swept past the players!
While the players were waiting in the same lane, the coaches and substitutes from both sides also came out of nowhere!
Gao Bo high-fived the players one by one, he didn't make any other moves, but all the players knew that this represented the manager's confidence in winning!
No one spoke, quietly waiting to come out.
The managers on both sides walked out of the tunnel.
Gao Bo and Klopp shook hands, and the two sides did not speak.
Before this, Gao Bo and Klopp had no intersection, and naturally there was no grudge.
And on such an occasion, the two can be regarded as life-and-death opponents, and the two head coaches naturally have no heart to greet each other.
In the centre of the pitch, the five-star flag, which represents the Champions League logo, has been rolled out by the caddies in the center circle, and at this time, the caddies hold flags with the crests of the two finalists on both sides, which will serve as a guide for the team to play.
The stadium was packed, and the moment the two managers came out, fierce cheers rang out, and the surrounding stands were like a pot of boiling hot soup.
When the majestic Champions League theme song sounded, the hot soup was completely boiling, and the exploding cry resounded through Wembley!
The players are going to play!!
In the sound of passionate music, players from both sides rushed out!
The Dortmund fans cheered and a huge banner went up!
1998!!
Dortmund hope that today's game will make them dream back!
And Manchester City fans don't want to be pressed down by the Dortmund fans in terms of momentum, they desperately raise their voices!
For a while, the sky above Wembley Stadium was full of cheers, and this sound resounded throughout the world!
The camera swept over the players, across the pitch.
At the same time, it was fixed on the two head coaches!
Both managers have had a close-up.
Gao Bo stood in front of the coach's seat, applauding his disciples, there was no sadness or joy on his face, and he couldn't see any expression.
Compared to Gao Bo, who seemed a little calmer, Klopp seemed a little less calm, pacing slightly in front of the coach's box, applauding for a while, looking at the stands and looking into the stadium for a while.
The expression on his face is also very rich, the German is a passionate coach, and one of the major scenery in the Bundesliga is the crazy celebration of the personality coach after Dortmund's goal!
"I don't know if we can see Klopp celebrating in this Champions League final!"
This is obviously the German commentator, although Dortmund are inferior in terms of quality, but this is the final, and anything can happen in the final.
In a football match, the strength of the paper does not determine the outcome of the game.
It's a very fortuitous sport, everyone knows that neither Manchester City nor Borussia Dortmund have a chance to win, and the final result will only be known at the end of the game.
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The players have entered the pitch.
Kompany and Weidenfeller in the centre circle, ready to complete the fringing ceremony.
In the end, Manchester City won the right to pick the edge, while Borussia Dortmund won the kick-off.
Then the game is ready to begin.
The stadium suddenly fell silent.
Everyone is looking forward to it.
Everyone knows that the game is about to begin.
When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, the flashing lights in the stands!
For a while, the stands turned into a galaxy!
In the midst of the brilliance of the galaxy, Lewandowski kicked the ball out and the game began!!
"Audience friends!! Audience friends!! Welcome to the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League final against Manchester City in England and Borussia Dortmund in Germany! This is the first time the two teams have met in the Champions League, and before that, there weren't many records between the two teams playing each other, it was an encounter! A game where you don't know each other's teams!! But at the same time, it also means that this is a matchup at the highest level of European football, and even world football!! Who wins, who loses! Everyone will find out after the game!! ”
In the stands, CCTV commentator Duan Xuan sat in a seat in the commentary seat.
At the same time, the other commentators in the commentary seat also quickly started to work as if they were clockwork.
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Jurgen Klopp is really nervous right now.
It was his first Champions League final.
He looked at Gao Bo not far away.
Klopp must admit that Manchester City's strength on paper is indeed above Dortmund.
Of course, that doesn't mean Dortmund is going to throw in the towel.
Strength on paper does not mean that Dortmund will necessarily fall behind in the game, Real Madrid are stronger on paper than Manchester City, but they were eliminated by Dortmund - although in the second leg, at the Bernabeu Stadium, Dortmund was almost overturned by Real Madrid, but it is undeniable that Dortmund can play Real Madrid 4-1 at home in the first leg, which in itself shows their quality.
In Klopp's view, the most important thing for Dortmund to win this game is to be able to play to their true strengths.
Therefore, he did not make too many targeted defensive arrangements for Manchester City before the game, but emphasized more on Dortmund's own play.
Jurgen Klopp has a set, he has his own tactical ideas, or philosophy.
And, he's convinced of himself!
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Borussia Dortmund tried to pick up the tempo from the start, and Jurgen Klopp's side were very good at playing at a high tempo.
They launched a wave of attacks very quickly, and then did not immediately retreat to their own half after the attack failed, but immediately launched a crazy forward press in the frontcourt.
This was not unexpected by Gao Bo.
Although he has not played against Klopp, it does not mean that he does not understand Klopp's tactical thinking.
Borussia Dortmund lined up front with a starting lineup that Gao Bo was quite familiar with.
4231 formation, goalkeeper Weidenfeller, because in the summer of last year, Hummels defected to Manchester United, Klopp can only introduce Papastathopoulos to replace Hummels, and Schubertich partners in the central defender, the right wingback is Piszczek, the left wingback is Schmelzer, the combination of the two backs, this game Klopp sent a combination of Svende and Gundogan, in front of them, it is Gotze, Reuss, Grosskreutz, and on the forward line, it is Lewandowski!
In Gao Bo's memory, in another part of history, Gotze was injured and missed the final, and now, Gotze is not only not injured, but is in a brave state.
Although Götze will move to Bayern Munich next season, which makes his relationship with Dortmund fans and even some players worse, it cannot be denied that Götze is a player who thinks he has considerable strength.
Therefore, although Dortmund lost Hummels compared to the original history, they had Gotze in the final, and the attacking strength was strengthened!
Dortmund's frontcourt players are generally very fast, and they can achieve good results in counter-attacking battles that switch from defense to attack, but they are not inclined to use defensive counter-attacks that wait for opportunities to play the opponent's half-court after a dense defense at the back. Manager Jurgen Klopp implemented a pressing tactic for the team, that is, after losing the ball in the midfield, multiple players forced the opponent to take the player and regain the ball as soon as possible.
In this time and space, this kind of oppressive football was played by Gao Bo first, and perhaps it was also influenced by Gao Bo, Klopp's pressing tactics were more perfect than his previous ones, and their pressing strength and rhythm mastery became better.
On the offensive side, Dortmund's youth army also did quite well, combining a quick pass with the player's high-speed movement to speed up the transfer of the ball, so that the opponent's formation was forced to move at high speed and pull the opponent's defense. Passing and receiving the ball is done with one touch of the ball as much as possible, and running and passing are basically carried out at high speed. After the midfield quickly counterattacked, he immediately put into a counterattack, and when the opponent has obvious loopholes, he directly forward to hit the opponent in the air or behind. From defense to offense, the midfielder quickly runs without the ball, quickly moves to the gap in the middle of the opponent's formation or the area that the opponent's formation cannot cover, and receives the player who takes the ball from several directions, and the receiver forms a polygon with the ball, and the player who holds the ball has at least three options for the ball. At least four players form a fast exchange of passes to each other, so as to achieve the goal of moving the ball faster than the opponent's defensive center of gravity in the area with the ball, and finally make the opponent's midfielder lose his effective defensive position, and then tear through the midfield defense line and directly face the back line to implement anti-offside.
However, there is always a weakness in any tactic, Klopp's pressing style of play is based on the rapid transition of attack and defense in the front field and the counter-robbery on the spot, which means that in order to maintain the formation, the central defenders are afraid of the area behind the back line, in order to maintain the formation, they dare not go directly to the top like the back, and the disconnection between the back and the central defender is inevitable, and it is easy to be used by the opponent's counterattack.
Therefore, Gao Bo was not too afraid of Dortmund's attack in this game, and their defense was porous.
Although Manchester City's defense is good, the attack is obviously stronger, and in terms of strength, Manchester City is also stronger than Dortmund!
In this case, Gao Bo asked the team to use the attack from the beginning to defeat Dortmund!
Jurgen Klopp is a youth army, but Manchester City are not getting much older!
In Manchester City's squad, those who are over 30 years old, that is, Colo Toure plus Kaka, and the other players are at their peak age.
Plenty of body and energy!
Even if they pull away to attack, Manchester City will not be afraid of Dortmund!
So, when Dortmund attacked in one round, they quickly found out.... Manchester City's attack is even more fierce than theirs!
The rhythm of the game was driven directly onto the highway by Manchester City at the beginning!
No temptation, no adaptation, no running-in!
Dortmund was just about to carry out a counter-attack in the front, but David Silva, who retreated to receive the ball, directly ignored Dortmund's money long hair defense, and he directly made a long pass to play the combination between Dortmund's midfielder and central defender!
After receiving a long pass from David Silva, Kaka chested the ball straight away, then stepped forward to close Papastathopoulos, and then shot straight away!!
Bang!
Before anyone could react, the football flew in front of the goal!!
"Kaka !!!!!"
The narrators exclaimed.
Manchester City's two-footed pass gave Kaka a chance to shoot!
Dortmund's frontcourt pressing, just like that, let Manchester City be broken!!
Fortunately, Weidenfeller still reacted very quickly, he quickly flew up and saved the ball with one hand!
Manchester City's corner!!
Jurgen Klopp was taken aback by Kaka's shot, jumped straight from the dugout and then anxiously walked to the sidelines.
When he saw Kaka shoot, Klopp's heart was about to stop.
If you score a goal in the opening kick-off, it will be too difficult for Dortmund.
Kaka hugged his head and regretted, he felt very good when he kicked the ball out, the ball was very strong and angled, if Weidenfeller was 0.1 seconds slower, this goal would have been scored!!
Gao Bo also leaned back and then clapped vigorously.
In the pre-match tactical arrangements for this game, Gao Bo asked the team to play more concisely, and he asked them to shoot as many goals as possible in the front court.
This is because he focused on increasing the improvement of his shooting in the front court in his pre-match card settings.
In the finals, momentum is important.
If Manchester City had overwhelmed Dortmund from the start, this game would have been much easier!
Sure enough, after Kaka's shot, Manchester City's offensive soon rose!
In the first five minutes of the opening period, Dortmund basically failed to get the ball except for the opening stages.
Manchester City continued to attack and pressed Dortmund into the box!
In the third minute of the game, Griezmann cut inside and shot!
Weidenfeller made another heroic save!
And then from the corner, Kompany jumped high and hit the goal with a header, and the ball bounced off the ground and just went off the crossbar!
In the stands, the Manchester City fans were very excited!
They sang and cheered from the stands!
And the fans of Dortmund are raising their hearts to their throats!
Manchester City's continuous offensive has worried all Dortmund fans.
"Manchester City's attack is here again!! During this time, Weidenfeller became the busiest Dortmund player on the field, he continued to block high, trying to keep the goal from conceding, but this is not the way to go, Dortmund cannot rely on Weidenfeller to hold on for 90 minutes..."
"Borussia Dortmund have to find a way to attack, they have Lewandowski, they have Gotze, they have Reus, these attacking players are no worse than Manchester City's attackers, they have to find a way to get into the Manchester City penalty area, they can't make it too easy for their backline, otherwise Manchester City can attack with almost no pressure...," said the German commentator.
Klopp frowned and looked at the field, his pressing in front did not seem to have a good effect for Manchester City, and Dortmund was suppressed by Manchester City during this time.
Could it be that the difference in strength between the two sides is really so big?
Klopp doesn't think so.
Borussia Dortmund need to settle their ground first and then snatch the game back a bit.
At this time, on the Internet, the fans who were watching the match were also discussing the game.
"Is Manchester City too strong or Dortmund too weak..."
"This is the Champions League final with the biggest disparity in strength in years?"
"Dortmund is simply rubbed by Manchester City...."
The fans were talking.