Chapter 480: I don't know what else to adjust
Kyle got off to a good start, which is something that some people recognize. However, the most difficult thing to unify in the world is probably people's opinions.
There are always some critics who want to come out and brush up on their presence and win everyone's attention.
They would rather attribute Bayern Munich's defeat to Pep Guardiola's carelessness than admit the quality of Kyle.
Of course, Kyle doesn't care about that, because there are many more things for him to consider than public opinion.
For example, the issue of team recruitment in the upcoming winter break, and then the decisive final two rounds of the Champions League group stage, which are earlier than the winter break but more important.
You know, Tuchel's legacy is not ideal, and if it weren't for the defeat of Borussia Dortmund, who have collectively abandoned Tuchel, to beat Lyon in the fourth round of the group stage, I am afraid they would have faced an even worse situation.
On his day off, Celtic gathered all the players together and went to his house for a meal.
In fact, it used to be Klopp's favorite thing to do, and now it seems that Kyle has kept that tradition alive as well.
During the dinner, he said a few words to each player, either encouragement or jokes, but he did it evenly with rain and dew.
Finally, Kyle poured a glass of beer, held it up, and looked around at the young people who were once his little brother and now considered his own disciples.
"I'm taking over the team now and I'm seen as a rookie and the hierarchy doesn't ask anything more of me. It doesn't matter, but at the end of the season, I want to make people re-examine me as a rookie and make them feel that I'm a little different from what they thought. Of course, this is not something that I can do on my own, and I need everyone's help. So here for this glass of wine, I salute you in advance, to Dortmund, to our future. ”
Some of the players drank and some didn't, and after Kyle said that, they each raised their glasses.
"To our future!" Everyone said this together, and then drank the contents of the cup in one gulp.
Watzke and Zolke were both satisfied with Kyle's debut results, and their mentality for their outrageously indignant new head coach has changed from trying it out at the beginning to an implied expectation. Maybe he's the best fit.
With the change of head coach, Dortmund's training ground has also returned to its previous harmony, and the performance and state of the players have begun to gradually recover under this subtle influence, or there is a new improvement and progress.
Just like what Lin said to reporters in an interview a long time later.
"If the player decides the team's lower limit, then the team's ceiling must be determined by the coach, and the positive impact that a good coach can bring to the team is immeasurable. Both on a competitive level and mentally. The average coach will make the players feel normal, while the good coach will always make the players feel happy. As for the worse coaches...... I won't say more, those who understand will understand. ”
Once the morale has stabilized, Dortmund's priority is to break out of the Champions League group stage.
Against Mechtaryan's former club Shakhtar Donetsk, Borussia Dortmund continued their excellent form in the league.
In fact, Lin Yi couldn't figure out how Tuchel could be forced out of a dull situation by the miners who turned into supermarkets every year.
In the words of Lin Yi who went home and complained to Eva after the game that day: "I have also seen a manager who is not motivated, but Tuchel is definitely the only one I have seen who can make the whole team regress because he is not motivated.
Lin, who started the game, played half the game and was replaced by Kyle because he had done enough in this half.
In the opening eight minutes, Lin Yi received a pass from Reuss and turned around in the penalty area, resulting in a foul by the opponent's defender, and Lin Yiyi, who took the penalty, helped the team open the scoring.
Then, after providing an assist for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, in the 42nd minute, he dribbled to the edge of the box and got rid of it laterally, and then fired a straight shot with a shocking force that went straight into the net.
The 3-0 scoreline took the suspense out of the game, and although the story of "Istanbul Night" has always been talked about, it is definitely not enough luck to really create that situation. Miners don't have that kind of strength.
After winning this game, Dortmund has climbed to second place in the standings, but because of the ups and downs of the previous form, it is not a situation that must guarantee qualification, whether it is Shakhtar or Lyon, there is a possibility of turning around in the final round.
In particular, Dortmund's opponent in the final round is still the top team in this group, and Manchester City has been in full swing since the beginning of the season.
At the moment, Kyle is in the home dressing room of Borussia Dortmund, making the final pre-match mobilization.
It is not so much a mobilization as a reassurance.
"Although it is said that you must win, you must forget this kind of empty slogan when you go to the court, as long as you give full play to your strength." After a pause, Kyle couldn't help but add to himself, "But to be reasonable, in my opinion, as long as you all give full play to your strength, I don't think you will lose no matter who you face." ”
After saying this, Kyle turned around and went out, leaving the locker room to Lin Yi and Lin Yi's teammates.
'We won the Europa League last season. But as I said, no one wants to defend their title in this kind of cup competition, because the winner of the Europa League can go to the Champions League. I don't want to play in the Europa League this season. What about you? ”
"Nonsense! Of course we don't want to. Royce was the first to respond.
"Since we don't want to, there's only one way left. That is to beat Manchester City to ensure second place in the group. ”
Aubameyang touched his specially made hairstyle, "The last time we met was completely limited by Tuchel's brainless tactical arrangement, otherwise it would have blown them up." So today, let's tell them who the strongest group is. ”
In this atmosphere, the Dortmund players followed Lin Yi into the players' tunnel.
The Manchester City players have already stood in the tunnel and can see from their looks that they have guaranteed that they will finish first in the group, and they are all relaxed, even Joe Hart, who has always been very unlucky, is now smiling.
Lin Yi walked up and stood side by side with Kompany.
The Belgian centre-back has been plagued by injuries in recent years, spending more time recuperating than he has played.
It is precisely because of this up-and-down form that Kompany, who was originally in the ranks of the world's top central defenders, is now no longer so reassuring at the back.
Today he will face the full Dortmund trident, and Pellegrini also struggled for a long time before putting him in the starting lineup.
And the ensuing competition also made the Chilean engineer's fears come true.
Not to mention the repeated impact of the trident, even Lin Yi alone, Kompany was embarrassed.
Or he didn't deal with it at all, he was completely unilaterally rubbed by Lin Yi in the forbidden area.
Although there were no goals in the first half, Kompany did not say a word for five minutes at halftime.
Seeing that he had been sitting there gasping for breath and pouring water, Pellegrini walked over and patted him on the shoulder.
"Would you like to take a break?"
Kompany remained silent, but shook his head.
Although he is no longer regarded as a top central defender, as a professional player, who does not have a little arrogance in his heart.
Of course, Kompany is not only arrogant at the moment, but also a little sad that he can't recognize reality.
He thought that he had successfully defended Lin Yi in the first half, but he paid a lot of physical price.
But in fact, it was not so much that he prevented Lin Yi in the first half, but that Lin Yi's luck in the first half was too bad.
All five shots were within the woodwork, but Hart, who has always been prone to short circuits, was in great shape today.
It may be precisely because of Kompany's self-confidence and arrogance that the "tragedy" that shocked the football world in the second half was brewed.
Lin Yi, who saw Lyon leading Shakhtar by three goals in the locker room, didn't say much, just told all his teammates to strengthen the attack in the second half.
As a captain, sometimes you don't have to talk a lot, because they can also choose a way called "walking by the eye".
At the beginning of the second half, Lin Yi showed his determination and attitude to strengthen the attack.
After kick-off, he received the ball near the center circle and combined with Reuss two consecutive one-twos to bring the ball directly to the edge of the penalty area.
Then Reus made a powerful kick on the side, Lin Yi in the middle suddenly accelerated, and then pressed Kompany, who was half a head taller than him, and smashed the ball directly into the goal behind Hart.
The goal that caught everyone off guard suddenly directly rewrote the score.
Kompany still didn't react a little, because Lin Yi's sudden outburst really overwhelmed him.
Everyone may think that this is it, but in fact this is just the beginning.
In the 60th minute, Lin made a Marseille maneuver in the face of Kompany, and after passing the opponent at the edge of the penalty area, he fired a powerful volley and scored the ball directly, whether it was Kompany who was beaten or Hart who was broken, they were dumbfounded.
Because they really can't imagine that there are people who can play such a coherent pass and shoot in reality.
I thought it was a video game action......
In the 66th minute, Lin broke through Kompany, whose breathing began to be unstable, with a direct acceleration, and then stuck Fernandinho, who was making up the defense, to his side and stuffed the ball diagonally into the penalty area.
After passing the ball, Lin Yi did not stop his running, but at the moment he ran, Royce, who received his pass, knocked his heel and passed the ball back to his feet.
Lin Yi took advantage of the momentum and the ball pushed him into the far corner, and Joe Hart, who thought he had defended the near corner perfectly, could only look at the ball and sigh.
Pellegrini was also a little blindsided at this time, to say that the current Manchester City, the defense is indeed not top-notch, but the attack they have been relying on, this game did not play the effect he expected at all.
De Bruyne, who had played with Lin Yi a few times in the Bundesliga before, although he ran a lot of distance, but he had few threats and effective touches, and he didn't even have the ball, so he really couldn't create more threats for Dortmund.
As for David Silva, the Spaniard today enjoyed the imperial treatment of Sven Bender and Weigel in close proximity.
Manchester City, whose midfield was contained, was left with only Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero up front.
These two people have a very unique style of play, and they are young and impatient. As for Sergio Aguero, with several failed performances in major tournaments, he no longer seems to be the Manchester City thigh that God blocks and kills.
Manchester City, which has been smooth sailing since the beginning of this season, seems to have been suddenly beaten by Dortmund today.
Attacking and defending, they were completely powerless to resist Dortmund's advance.
In the 78th minute, an impatient Fernandinho pulled Aubameyang on the edge of the penalty area.
Not to mention a yellow card, he also gave the opponent a free kick in front.
When Lin Yi was about to kick the ball with his left foot, both Joe Hart and Pellegrini felt a little angry.
Even if you're already ahead by a big score, you won't humiliate us in this way, right?
Playing a free kick with a non-dominant foot? This seems a bit excessive. Who do you look down upon?
But when Lin Yi, who sent the ball directly into the corner, rushed past the Manchester City bench thirty seconds later, Pellegrini suddenly felt that it was actually quite good to be looked down upon. At the very least, they will not be bombarded by one player in the second half.
The Manchester City fans who came with the team are now angry, and they have chosen to leave the game early in the eyes of no hope of a comeback.
Their choice proved to be wise, and at least they escaped the dismal backdrop of facing the team.
In the 83rd minute, after sending a cross for Aubameyang, Lin Yi, who still rushed to the penalty area, put Hart's hard-to-block header into the goal with his chest.
5 to 0, Lin Yidu won five yuan.
Not to mention the Dortmund fans at the scene, how many people who didn't watch the game on the spot are now crazy.
And after the game, Pellegrini said something in an interview that was very thought-provoking.
"I don't know what Kyle was talking about when he took over the team, how he wanted to adjust. In the current state of their lives, how else does he want to adjust? If you adjust it again, it's heavenly. ”
After thinking about it for a while, Pei Gong added with a wry smile, "I'm sorry, I want to revise my words, I suddenly feel as if they have gone to heaven now." ”
In the 2015-2016 season, in the sixth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Dortmund vs. Manchester City, Lin Yi, five goals.