Dortmund is also cautious when Chelsea shrinks the defense, and the two midfielders, Svender and Shahin, will definitely not press up at the same time, usually Shahin goes up, Bender stays behind, ready to intercept the opponent's counterattack at any time.

Borussia Dortmund keep the ball at their feet. There is no rush to pass the football directly to the Chelsea goal, but to pour his feet on the perimeter unhurriedly, so as not to give Chelsea a chance to break the ball and fight back immediately.

However, after Klopp and Jiang Chenxi whispered, it was noticed that Dortmund began to change on the field.

Both Shaheen, Reuss and Mkhitaryan are starting to get more active, with more and more penetrations and more passes.

Mkhitaryan and Reus frequently played high balls on the flanks in an attempt to get Jiang Chenxi to the top, but in front of the all-out Chelsea defence, Jiang Chenxi fell into the opponent's bag defense and it was difficult to get any chances.

Shaheen then began to try to find a threatening pass on the edge of the box, and the attacking routine of playing the middle was so obvious that Chelsea had no trouble defending and the ball began to be tackled.

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In the twenty-ninth minute of the game, David . Luiz cut off Shahin's through ball, and then the Brazilian launched a quick counter-attack with a direct long ball:

Torres dropped back to participate in the defence, so it was Willian who stepped in at high speed this time, but he suffered in a physical confrontation with Hummels and was unable to stop the football, which was cleared from the flank and back.

"Nice pass! Although it didn't work out, it was a good sign. Lineker said.

'Dortmund seemed a little impatient in the face of Chelsea's tight defence, which gave Chelsea a chance to fight back! Mourinho's tactics worked! Mortensen also praised Mourinho.

"The high-speed and indirect attack from the backfield reduces the possibility of mistakes to a certain extent. Even if the offense is not successful, it will not pose a hidden danger to the defensive line. Because there are not many troops to attack, it will not affect your own defense! He Wei commented on Chelsea's long ball counter-attack.

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In the subsequent game, Dortmund seemed to be more and more impatient, and they frequently passed the ball to try to find Jiang Chenxi, but they were all resolved by Chelsea one by one, and Jiang Chenxi, who was surrounded by defenders, even stopped the ball comfortably.

"It's weird." Eric. "What was Klopp thinking? Is the tactical adjustment he just made such a simple and crude adjustment? This will have no effect, except to deplete Jiang's energy and increase the risk of the team being broken off and counterattacking. ”

As Borussia Dortmund's passing errors continued to mount, so did Chelsea's counter-attacking opportunities.

In the beginning, Chelsea still insisted on the counter-attacking method of long passes, but it did not have much effect, whether it was Hummels or Papastathopoulos, they were in good form, and it was very difficult to rely on one or two players to fight back and score.

Jose Mourinho got up and he was pacing on the sidelines.

He had been observing the situation in the field.

Borussia Dortmund's passing errors increased, and Mourinho initially hoped that his team's long-form counter-attacks would be effective, but now the situation shows that the rough long-ball attack has little effect.

So......

Finally, Mourinho made his decision, he shouted Frank Lampard's name from the sidelines, and then made a gesture: a gesture to press out!

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Thirty-five minutes into the game, Dortmund's pass was tackled again.

David. Luiz handed the football to Frank Lampard.

Frank Lampard played the ball to Ramirez, the Brazilian pulled the ball and spun it around, then quickly played the ball to Willian, who stopped and beat Shahin in a hurry, and then slammed into the veer!

"Fight back! This is Chelsea's chance to fight back! Lineker shouted.

Willian accelerated forward with the ball, and at the same time, Chelsea, who had been shrinking on the defense, slammed out as if opening the floodgates!

And almost at the same time, Dortmund's players were also desperately trying to get back to the defense.

Schmelzer came up first to interfere with William, and he was not in a hurry to rush up, in order to slow Willian's speed.

At the same time, Papastathopoulos also came to help.

Their aim was successful, Willian got caught in the trap and couldn't break through and could only pass the ball back, Lampard got on the ball and he crossed it to Ramirez.

Rather than revert to their formation, the Chelsea players started to kick back up front, looking for attacking opportunities.

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Mourinho frowned: the quick counter-attack was slowed down and turned into a positional battle, which was not what he wanted to see.

On the other side, Klopp suddenly refreshed, and he got up directly to the sidelines, his eyes flashing with anticipation.

Borussia Dortmund's men were back in place and they immediately pressed Chelsea.

In the process of pressing, Dortmund players do not stick to their original positions, but immediately find the nearest opposing player to defend man-to-man, and at the same time, the defenders quickly intersperse, fill in the position, and can also maintain the same formation at the same time.

This kind of man-to-man defense that can switch at any time can ensure that when the opponent plays the ball, he can grab the receiver at any time. This counter-tackling can put a lot of pressure on the opponent's player, forcing them to retreat or not have time to think and be forced to play immediately.

In this kind of counter-robbery, the opponent will be chased and intercepted by all kinds of encirclement, and there will be no respite. The Dortmund players play a role at this time through repeated training and careful pre-match arrangement, with the aim of blocking all the opponent's passing or dribbling routes, or purposefully opening the empty "leading the king into the urn".

The core purpose of this tactic is to cause the opponent to make a mistake in passing!

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Borussia Dortmund suddenly raised the pressing level, which made the Chelsea players uncomfortable for a moment.

The two sides battled it out at half time in Dortmund.

At this time, no one noticed that almost all the players in Dortmund had withdrawn, including Jiang Chenxi, but his position was very erratic, up and down in the middle circle, and there was no real return in place.

Assist up David. Luiz dribbled laterally, he saw Torres roaming on the right flank and wanted to send a pass over the top, but as soon as he was about to pass the ball, he saw the face of the pressing Bender, and Luis did not have time to hesitate and could only choose to pass back.

This return was a fatal mistake.

David. Luis subconsciously thought that Ramirez was behind him, but when he pulled the ball sideways, Ramirez suddenly stepped forward, and the result was that Luis's return pass was cleverly grabbed by the Dortmund player: when Bender forced Luis, Shahin was cruising on the flank, ready to go!