Chapter 266: Playing with Momentum
Lin Yi didn't know that Neymar was already competing with himself in his heart. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
He is obviously more concerned about being able to meet the coach's requirements in the game than Neymar.
On the day of the game, the Dortmund players were well rested and ready to meet the game.
During the warm-up, Lewandowski didn't forget to talk to Lin Yi.
"Don't always pass me the ball today! Remember the tactics we discussed. ”
"Long-winded, just look at the look in my eyes when the time comes."
Lin Yi stepped on a soccer ball and turned it upside down, while his teammates were practicing shooting next to him.
Most of the players on Dortmund's side are already famous, but they are still a lot worse than the players on the other half of the field.
Lin Yi juggled the ball while turning his head to look at the opponent who was about to play against him for a while.
Barcelona lined up their strongest squad in a long time today, and it can also be said to be a classic lineup.
Before becoming a professional footballer, Lin Yi was a Barcelona fan.
As a striker, he has a strong admiration for Barcelona's two midfield masters.
On the other side of the pitch, the quirky Brazilian right-back patted his compatriot on the shoulder.
"Hey! Man, look over there, that Chinese is watching you! Maybe he wants to have a good showdown with you. ”
Following Alves' eyes to look over there, Neymar found that Lin Yi was really looking at his side.
As the dominant side, the players on Barcelona's side are generally more relaxed.
The slightly younger players and these two more quirky Brazilians didn't take their warm-ups and training that too seriously.
The veteran captain, who hadn't started for a long time, clearly couldn't stand the state of his teammates, and he shouted out the names of each of his teammates to keep them focused.
Xavi, the Spanish midfielder who is now full of honors, also has a rare feeling of relaxation when he looks at this long-haired figure.
"Even though I've been the captain of the field this season, I still feel the most comfortable when I'm on the field with Carlos."
Andres Iniesta looked at his midfield partner and smiled.
"Of course, as long as we are responsible for attacking in front, he will help us solve all our worries."
Messi was as silent as ever, warming up on the pitch as if he were walking.
But in today's football, I am afraid that no one will ignore Messi because of his silence and low profile, and this risk is difficult for any team to bear.
After the warm-up session, the players of both teams retreated to the locker room.
Lin Yi picked up the football he had been upside down, then turned around and pumped, and the football was sent directly to the stands.
Of course, it was the stands of the away fans, the few Dortmund fans cheered, and the last kid had the better luck to receive the football.
Jurgen Klopp was waiting for his players in the dressing room, and he didn't seem to have much more to say, just turned and pointed to the tactical board one last time.
The players nodded their heads, indicating that they understood what the manager meant.
The home team's dressing room, on the other hand, is not so efficient.
"If the opponent is attacking, you have to pass the ball to Xavi and Andres. If the opponent wants to play a positional attack with us, then Sergio, you have to stand up and not be caught by the opponent. Also, if ......"
Listening to the head coach here, Alves leaned back and stretched hard.
Tito and Pep are really good, like the one in front of them, not to mention the worst results, and always like to lay out unrealistic tactics.
Although the Barcelona players talked and laughed on the pitch, they seemed to be a little worried about the manager in the dressing room.
Jurgen Klopp had already left the dressing room early to give his players one last rest and wait to come on.
Martino, on the other hand, reluctantly got up and left at the urging of the assistant coach, giving the players only two minutes to get ready to play.
In the home dressing room at Camp Nou, Barcelona's squad stood together as if they didn't have much to say to each other.
After all, they have won too many championships together and won too many honors, and now they all feel a little numb.
Because the coach said too much, Puyol really didn't want to say anything, he looked at his brothers.
"Borussia Dortmund, last season's Champions League runners-up, let's go out now and let them know what it takes to win it."
The Barcelona team now does not have the impetuousness and fanaticism of ordinary teams, they have a kind of blandness that washes away the lead.
Puyol stood at the front and led his team-mates out of the locker room.
Kyle talks a lot more in the locker room than Puyol.
"Barcelona are not in great shape at the moment and we definitely have the quality to win. They always lose, so why not lose to us? ”
Kyle's words obviously made the Dortmund players a little excited, and they chanted together before walking out of the dressing room in order.
Lin Yi still stood at the end of the team and took a position in the players' tunnel.
Standing at the end of the Barcelona team, coincidentally, is also number 10.
Messi did not look up at the Chinese next to him, but just looked down at his Adi custom boots.
Lin Yi wanted to say a few trash words to the first person in today's football, but after thinking about it for a while, he decided to forget it.
Messi's form has also lost stability this season, and his situation is a microcosm of the whole of Barcelona.
However, Rao is like this, and he and Barcelona still can't be ignored.
"CCTV! Cctv! Welcome to watch the 2013~2014 season, the live broadcast of the one-eighth final of the UEFA Champions League, I am today's host Duan Xuan, sitting next to me is Zhang Luzhang guidance. ”
"Hello everyone, I'm Zhang Lu, and I'm happy to share with you this Dortmund away game against Barcelona."
Puyol stood at the front of his team, expertly greeting the referee and chatting with Kyle.
As two veterans who have played in Europe for many years, these two are also very familiar with each other.
However, they don't know each other at the club, but in the national team.
The only difference is that Puyol has won all the accolades as a regular in the national team, while Kyle's national team has not achieved much.
"Okay, now the players from both teams are starting to come in and Barcelona have given Dortmund enough respect."
"Hey, hey. That's right! I just checked the information, and Barcelona's lineup is the configuration of the midfield, and we haven't seen it in an official match for 263 days. ”
"Both teams fielded the strongest lineup today and it looks like this game is going to be very exciting."
"Barcelona haven't done well in the league and Atletico Madrid, who have risen to prominence this season, are now three points ahead of them and Real Madrid. This season's Barcelona are no longer as strong as previous seasons due to the change of manager, and they are going through a period of personnel turnover. ”
With the analysis and introduction of Zhang Lu and Duan Xuan, the players of the two teams have walked onto the court together.
The weather today is nice, breezy and clear, and the sun has set.
Let's take a look at Borussia Dortmund's starting line-up, goalkeeper Weidenfeller, and Schmelzer, Subotic, Hummels and Grosskreutz in the back line from left to right. The double midfielder is captain Kyle plus Sven Bender, who has performed brilliantly after returning from injury, and Lin Yi is still in the forward position. Strikers Reus and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang split between the left and right, with Robert Lewandowski up front. ”
With Zhang Lu's introduction, Kyle has finished guessing with Puyol and won the right to tee.
The players of the two teams began to stand, and Lin Yi and Lewandowski stood in the center circle, looking at the opponent's goal.
"Barcelona's side has lined up the strongest squad they can consider, goalkeeper Valdés, and the captain Puyol who has been leading the line in the back line for a long time, we can hear that when the players were introduced, the Camp Nou fans cheered enthusiastically for their old captain, and he was partnered with his double partner for club and country, Pique, with Alba on the left and Alves on the right. In midfield, Sergio Busquets plus Xavi and Andres Iniesta. Up front, Neymar plus Alexis Sanchez and Messi. ”
Because of injury, Puyol has not started for most of the season, and today's start, which is actually in the crucial Champions League knockout round, also makes people sigh at Martino's boldness.
However, many things, on the surface, are actually very different from the truth.
The referee finally fixed the time and blew the whistle for the start of the game.
Lewandowski knocked the ball and passed it to Lin Yi's feet.
Barcelona are world-famous for their high pressing, but Lin Yi doesn't seem to be afraid of it.
Sanchez, as the least well-known of the three in Barcelona's frontcourt, is the most serious about running and pressing.
He pounced on Lin Yi, who was holding the ball.
Lin Yi controlled the football at his feet, leaned sideways on Sanchez, and stepped on the outside of his body with his other foot.
Although Sanchez is strong, he is only 1.69 meters tall, so it is really difficult for him to have such a confrontation with Lin Yi, who is 1.86 meters tall.
Iniesta, Lin Yi's idol, leaned over very alertly and stretched out his foot from the side to stab the football at Lin Yi's feet.
Lin Yi, who was wary of all the circumstances, naturally couldn't be cut off by Iniesta so easily, he hooked the ball back, continued to lean his back against Sanchez, and picked the ball up with a low toe.
The football was provoked not too high, it just flew to their waist.
This position makes Iniesta very uncomfortable, if he stretches out his foot to break the ball, it is easy for Lin Yi to seize the gap and pick the ball again, but if he does not react, the result will still be unfavorable to himself.
"Dortmund started a battle with Barcelona in the midfield at the beginning, Lin Yi took the ball and picked the opponent! Pretty! ”
In the end, Iniesta's hesitation gave Lin Yi a chance to turn around.
Sanchez, who was completely blocked by Lin Yi, was forcibly thrown behind by Lin Yi without any reaction.
Lin Yi, who turned around, did not pass the ball directly forward as before, but made a horizontal knock and passed the ball to Royce.
"Borussia Dortmund made a series of passes in midfield, they are going to play Barcelona at Camp Nou today?!"
In Duan Xuan's exclamation, Reus had already passed the football to Lin Yi and went to Barcelona's half.
The two men were rushing forward so quickly that the Barcelona players, who were caught off guard, really didn't react.
The two of them went all the way forward, and they were about to kill in the forbidden area.
Puyol shouted for Sergio Busquets to come up to fill in as he took a position from the front.
After a long time of not being in the battle array, he actually had a kind of apprehension in his heart at this moment, which only had when he was young.
Having played against or teamed up with Zidane, Figo, Ronaldinho and many other top superstars all his life, he felt a little unprepared in the face of this Chinese who ran with the ball to his own penalty area.
Because Lin Yi's dribbling action looks very erratic, he can't make a judgment on whether he wants to pass or shoot.
Messi, who was looking back at all this in the front court, tilted his head, is it to split sides?
As he was thinking so, Lin Yiyi, who was running, dunked the ball back in one fell swoop.
Sergio Busquets, who had been clinging to him all along, was thrown away by him, revealing a space.
Royce was on Lin Yi's left side, and Lin Yi dodged to the right side.
Then he lifted his left foot and passed the ball directly to the right wing, giving Aubameyang, who had dominated Alba with his height advantage.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang held his chest out, blocked the ball, and then leaned on Alba and forced a turn.
'Borussia Dortmund started with a lot of momentum and completely kept Barcelona at bay and they had already hit the ball to the edge of the opposition's box.
The moment Aubameyang received the ball, Lewandowski, who was lurking at the top of the arc of the box, made a move, and he rushed into the box in a few steps to look for an opportunity.
But what he didn't expect was that Puyol, who was supposed to make up for the defense in the penalty area, posted it as soon as he accelerated.
Originally, he was going to rely on acceleration to accumulate momentum, and his wish was instantly shattered.
Lewandowski, who was blocked by Puyol's offensive rhythm, leaned against his opponent with his body, took advantage of this elastic force to step back, and raised his arms.
Seeing this, Aubameyang, who had already bottomed, understood that he would directly pick up his right foot.
'Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang crosses! Lewandowski! ”
"Oops! What a shame this ball is! Valdés decisively rushed out and grabbed the ball! ”
Aubameyang wanted to spin the ball, but Alba's interference didn't come to fruition, and the ball didn't fly to the place he expected.
It was precisely because the position was too high that Valdés successfully caught it.
Klopp, who was standing on the sidelines, shook his head regretfully, Pierre, this kid, when he also has Lin's passing footwork, it will be perfect.
'Borussia Dortmund were a threat from the first attack, and although they didn't score, they were in a bit of a game!" (To be continued.) )