Chapter 359: Chelsea, the fierce beast
March 28, 2012, Dortmund, Germany, Idona Park Stadium.
The first leg of this season's UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will take place here on this day, with home team Borussia Dortmund and away side Chelsea.
At this time, the scene was crowded with people, gongs and drums were noisy, and firecrackers were ringing out!
The scene is really very hot, there are really too many Dortmund fans wearing yellow and black jerseys, and the atmosphere of the scene is hot to the extreme, this is the momentum and atmosphere of the German home stadium!
The attendance rate of German football is truly worthy of its name!
Of course, there were also a lot of visiting Chelsea fans who came to support their team and cheer on their team.
But their shouts were drowned out by the voices of the Dortmund people, who were really capable of building momentum.
At this time, Klopp was on the sidelines, his eyes glued to the stadium!
At this time, countless media reporters were staring at him, eager to pounce on him and swallow him alive. Occasionally, I want to pounce on this guy and interview him, they have a lot of questions in their hearts.
Because before the game, Klopp didn't give any interviews!
The entire Dortmund team did not give interviews, and it can be seen that the Dortmund club did it on purpose, and the whole team did not accept interviews.
Therefore, the media reporters have not been informed whether Klopp is interested in going to Chelsea to coach.
Now they really want to figure it out, so they're all staring at Klopp!
And Klopp's attention is naturally in this game.
Today's game is very important, especially for Dortmund, the home game must be won, so this game they took a full facelift.
The starting line-ups for both sides today are as follows:
Away: Chelsea, Manager: Roberto Di Matteo, 4-3-3
Goalkeeper: Petr Cech
Back four [left to right]: Ashley Cole, John Terry, David Luiz and Paolo Ferreira
Three midfielders [from left to right]: Meireles, Mikel and Ramirez
Three strikers [from left to right]: Kalou, Torres and Juan Marta
Home team: Borussia Dortmund, manager: Weidenfeller, formation: 4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller
Back four [from left to right]: Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic and Piszczek
Double midfielders: Bender and JD
Three defenders [from left to right]: Grosskreutz, Shinji Kagawa and Blaschikowski
Single striker: Gu Zhen
This is the starting list of the two sides today, it can be seen that Dortmund is playing with all the main forces, they want to win this game, and they must win!
Of course, Chelsea's side also made everyone smile.
Sure enough, the striker they started was Torres, and Duo Bar was sitting on the bench, waiting for his chance.
Truth be told, this is what Klopp wants to see!
Compared to Torres, Kropin is more worried about Drogba. A monster-type striker like Drogba is really difficult to deal with, and even if they have central defenders like Hummels and Subotic in their squad, they dare not say that they can defend Drogba!
Torres, on the other hand, is relatively good at defending, and there are traces to follow!
Jurgen Klopp stood on the sidelines, directing the players on the pitch, this game must be serious, it must be won!
Gu Zhen couldn't stop nodding, his own body was also full of fighting spirit, and this game must be won. What's more, Gu Zhen himself is full of confidence, and he firmly believes that he can win this game.
At this time, Chelsea striker Torres came to Gu Zhen's side, glanced at Gu Zhen, and said directly: "Look, we must be the one who wins this game!" “
Gu Zhen was slightly stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "When did you become like this?" Weren't you very reserved before? It's changed! ”
Torres was slightly stunned and fell into deep thought!
yes, when did you change? He shouldn't have been like this before, right? Torres was a little puzzled, and looked up at Gu Zhen directly, but at this time, Gu Zhen had already walked into the middle circle and was ready to kick off.
Yes, Dortmund got the kick-off in this game!
Gu Zhen glanced at his teammates, then gently squeezed the ball a little when the referee blew the whistle to start the game, and then quickly rushed into the Chelsea penalty area.
"The game started, it was Borussia Dortmund who kicked off first, and it looked like they were trying to get the goal as soon as possible!" Duan Xuan, a commentator on CCTV's sports channel, said that they naturally wanted to broadcast this important game live.
At the beginning of the game, the Chelsea were still defensive-oriented, but they were also very aggressive, especially when the Dortmund were about to pass the half, and they were very ferocious. And sometimes, they use very big moves to stop Dortmund, even if it's a foul!
Yes, Chelsea people often foul!
However, none of their fouls looked too serious, so they did not receive a yellow card. This is very dissatisfying for Dortmund fans, why not give a yellow card for such an action? This is not the Premier League, this kind of action is not suitable for European competition!
Boos erupted from the Dortmund crowd, but the Chelsea man went his own way.
"This game is very intense, the game has only started for less than ten minutes, Gu Zhen has been put to the ground three times in a row, no wonder Dortmund fans are so nervous and angry, these guys foul Dortmund's thigh-level players." Duan Xuan, the commentator of CCTV's sports channel, said immediately.
Every time a Chelsea person committed a foul, the Dortmund fans would boo the Chelsea players. But the Chelsea players really don't care about that, they still go their own way.
Jurgen Klopp on the sidelines was a little nervous, and their Dortmund players couldn't afford to be injured. If Gu Zhen is really injured, then the price is really too great!
Jurgen Klopp reminded the Dortmund players on the sidelines: "Protect yourself, you know? ”
Klopp is very nervous, and the Dortmund fans on the scene are also very nervous, very worried about Gu Zhen, and also worried about the Dortmund players, really afraid of injuries!
However, they really want to win this game, they have to win it!
And at this time, Chelsea's midfielder Ramires grabbed the ground at high speed, rushed up directly from the bevel, stabbed the football with one kick, and at the same time brought down Shinji Kagawa, who was holding the ball!
This should be a foul!
However, the referee did not blow for a foul, which made the Dortmund players and fans very angry. Borussia Dortmund's fans booed the Chelsea man with a tsunami of boos, while Borussia Dortmund's players came back en masse.
Gu Zhen immediately turned around and quickly chased after Ramirez!
At the same time, Gu Zhen also waved his hand frantically, signaling the Dortmund players to pounce and go up to intercept and interfere with Ramirez, and the defensive line did not retreat and went up.
In the midfield, JD immediately rushed up and quickly pounced on Ramirez. It's very fast, and it's very fierce, and it's like you're here for revenge. This scared Ramirez, but this guy is also a chicken thief, pretending to be frightened, but in fact, he waited for JD An to run closer, and then gently pushed the football towards Qin, and the ball rolled over JD Ann's side quickly.
With a bang, Ramirez was directly knocked to the ground by JD An, and JD An was not spared and fell to the ground.
But the referee didn't blow for a foul, but made an offensive favorable cleanup!
Klopp, who was on the sidelines, immediately roared loudly: "Defense, pay attention to defense." Resist Torres, and two wings, both show me good! ”
Truth be told, the Chelsea were really, really fast on the counter-attack this time. Of course, the Dortmund people are also very fast in defense, and now they are basically in place. But the defence is still very porous, especially on the two wings. So, Klopp is very worried.
Di Matteo on the sidelines also stood up, this is a good opportunity, seize it!
Mereles, who received the ball, saw the gap on the wing, and he quickly pushed the ball diagonally to the side with a straight kick. The ball rolled past Piszczek at a rapid pace, and quickly rolled towards the baseline. Then Kalou rushed over like a gust of wind and caught up with the football.
"Dangerous, Dortmund is dangerous this time, very dangerous!" Duan Xuan, the commentator of CCTV's sports channel, was nervous.
There are still a bit of gaps on the flanks and that's Chelsea's chance.
Piszczek immediately turned around and quickly chased back, he did not chase Kalu, but directly stuck the line of Neche, and did not give Kalu Neche a chance at all.
Originally, Kalou wanted to cut inside, but seeing that Piszczek reacted quickly, and there was no chance to cut inside, he adjusted it, glanced at the penalty area, and saw that he was about to cross!
The central defenders Subotic and Hummels in the middle moved directly to the middle, sandwiching Torres, and didn't give Torres a chance to jump and fight for the top at all!
Who knew that the guy Kalu on the side was so insidious, he didn't cross at all, but directly reversed the triangle and sent the football to the middle of the front of the big penalty area.
Chelsea midfielder Merreles sprinted up and picked up the football.
Dortmund's defenders were shocked, and Subotic immediately turned around, rushed out quickly, and went up to defend Meireles, not giving Meireles a chance to shoot from a distance at all. At the same time, Bender also leaned over sharply, cutting off Mereles' passing lane and putting pressure on him.
And Torres in the penalty area was not idle, he immediately leaned towards the middle and sent a huge gap behind Subotic!
There was no way, Hummels could only follow quickly, go up to defend Torres, and not give Torres any space at all.
But at this time, Meireles at the front of the big penalty area suddenly picked up a pass, and the football quickly picked up the pass behind Hummels, which was a huge vacancy!
The Chelsea people's successive cooperation and involvement instantly tore out such a vacancy, and the main thing was that Chelsea's striker Marta rushed up quickly, and quickly sprinted directly to Schmelzer!
Dangerous!
All the Dortmund fans in the stadium turned pale!
Hummels turned around quickly, just in time to see Marta, who was following up, directly met the ball and volleyed it without waiting for the ball to land, and with a bang, the ball flew quickly towards the Dortmund goal.
The ball speed is so fast!
Weidenfeller's eyes tightened in front of the goal, and the secret path was dangerous!
He immediately stretched out his hands to block the speeding soccer ball.
With a snap, Weidenfeller saved the football, and the Dortmund fans at the scene were overjoyed, what a ball. But the next moment, their faces changed!
The ball that was saved fell right at the feet of Torres behind Hummels, and Torres faced the huge empty goal, which was completely finished!
Torres pushes the ball into the empty net with ease!