Chapter 493: Hell Mode
For Lin Yi's words, in fact, many people are skeptical, after all, the spoon penalty is not something that can be kicked if you want to.
But those who know Lin Yi's style also know that what he says is what it is, no matter how much you ask, that's it.
In the end, the quarterfinals of the Champions League were all over, and Dortmund was the only team that had a little cold.
After all, there is still a certain gap between the Europa League champion and the Champions League runner-up, but in the end, it was Dortmund who had the last laugh. When the quarterfinals of the Champions League were released, both fans and experts couldn't help but sigh, this may be the strongest and highest-grade quarter-final team in the past few years, right?
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, Manchester City, Grand Paris.
The only embarrassing thing is that Serie A, the small World Cup that was dominant, was shaved in the quarterfinals.
La Liga, on the other hand, has four teams in the round of 32 and three teams in the quarterfinals, and as the Champions League in recent years, their strength is really difficult to question, and people don't want to run into them at all.
At the end of the season, a lot of things get tighter, like the schedule, the gaps between games.
A few days after the quarter-finals were announced, UEFA held a draw for the quarter-finals.
Because Dortmund still had a league the day before the draw, neither Kele nor captain Lin Yi, who likes to join in the fun, went to the scene to participate in the draw ceremony, and they did not seem to be able to get rid of the fatigue of the decisive battle with Juventus.
But on the night of the draw, the whole Dortmund team was neat and did not leave the training ground after the training session.
Everyone sat together in their multimedia room and watched the broadcast of the lottery.
After the match against Juventus, they played two more league games, neither of which was too big a scoreline.
Thankfully, despite the rotation all the time, the games were all won.
The only one who hasn't been rotated is Lin Yi, who has now scored 24 goals in 25 rounds and ranks first in the scorer list.
And Lewandowski, who was behind him, scored 22 goals.
Recently, Lin Yi has also been very tired, although he played less than others at the beginning of the season, but in the later tough battles, he almost played the whole game, and the little accumulation that he had had has now all been exhausted.
Before the draw began, the players gathered in groups to make small talk, which was a big change since Kyle took over.
Lin glanced at the top eight teams and turned his head to look at Royce, "With these seven teams, who would you most like to meet?" ”
Reus did not hesitate, raised his hand and pointed to Bayern Munich, "They are the closest, we can save some energy." ”
Lin Yi is very convinced of this statement, and this season, their win rate against Bayern is also quite impressive.
At 7:45 in the evening, the draw ceremony started on time, and today's lottery guest was Robert Carlos, a famous Real Madrid player.
He is not tall, and he is even shorter than the tall and sexy hostess, but no one dares to ignore him because of this.
After all, when playing football, whether it is speed, the ability to break through on the wing or the long-range shot, Carlos, who is very lethal, is very powerful.
I don't know if it's because of the change of lottery guests, so the routines have changed, in short, after coming up and drawing out his old club, Carlos then drew a captain who generally belongs to Barcelona, Arsenal.
Lin Yi couldn't help laughing, "It is estimated that Wenger is going to cry, either Real Madrid or Barcelona, this luck is also possible." ”
While he was laughing, Carlos quickly drew out the second set of matchups, Manchester City against Paris.
Lin, who was still giggling, turned solemn all of a sudden.
The teams in the top half have been determined, and the remaining four teams in the bottom half of the region, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, and Barcelona.
To be reasonable, all three teams are a bit tough to deal with. Although Reuss said that he hoped to draw Bayern Munich, if he really drew Bayern, Reuss would not be happy, and how strong Bayern is will always be known by the Germans themselves.
Lin Yi touched his chin, "If you really run into Bayern, it seems to be a good thing from this division?" ”
Royce swallowed, "Of course...... Definitely a great thing. ”
Needless to say, Barcelona's champion, the most successful team in all of Europe in the last decade, has not been one of them.
After all, they just won the "six crowns" for the second time this year, and one of them was snatched directly from them.
At that time, under Tuchel's arrangement, Dortmund, who were not superior in strength, lost cleanly.
As for Atletico Madrid, as the third strongest team in La Liga, Dortmund can see the shadow of themselves a few years ago from them, from the style of the manager to the configuration of the team, it is somewhat close to Dortmund when Klopp was coaching.
However, the two teams have not played each other in recent years, and this unfamiliarity will give rise to many possibilities.
While the two were talking, Carlos twisted away another draw in his hand, and on the note inside was Bayern Munich.
The entire multimedia room seemed to hold their breath as their fate would be revealed when the next lottery was drawn.
Carlos smiled at the camera before reaching into the box, and although there were only three balls left, he had to stir it up twice before he got one out.
After twisting away, the hostess next to her announced the result very loudly, "Atletico Madrid!" ”
Borussia Dortmund's players look different and they all know what awaits them.
But no one moved, because the draw has not yet ended, and this draw will decide who will play home and away first.
Most of Borussia Dortmund's players are hoping to be able to play home first.
It's so painful to play at Barcelona's home stadium and they want to establish an advantage in their home stadium before they go to the opposition. If they were beaten by a big score at Barcelona's home stadium first, they would have little hope when they returned home.
As they watched expectantly, Carlos twisted the penultimate ball from the box.
"Holy!"
"Is there a mistake?"
"He's from Barcelona, right?"
'I think Real Madrid should have taken his portrait down the aisle of the Bernabeu.'
The note reads "Barcelona", Barcelona first, then guests.
Lin Yi and Royce didn't speak, the two of them just glanced at each other, and then they all showed wry smiles.
Kyle didn't speak, but he unbuttoned his shirt and took two deep breaths.
I've only heard of games having "Easy Mode", "Normal Mode", and "Hard Mode" before.
Now take a look. My Champions League this season should be hellish mode, right?
If Borussia Dortmund can beat Barcelona, they will face the winner between Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. As soon as he thought about this, Kyle felt that he was thinking too much, so let's win against Barcelona first.
"Alright. Regardless of what the Champions League says, our first task is the league, after all, the Champions League will not start until two weeks away. ”
Kyle said this to the players, and couldn't help but mutter, maybe Messi or Iniesta ate a bad stomach this week, and then couldn't play for half a month? The world of football is ever-changing, but anything is possible.
"The current league is still very beneficial to us, so try to grasp a possibility first, and then talk about it later. Okay, go home and have a good rest, it's really not easy to fight on the third front. ”
Kyle's last sentence was actually talking to himself, this kind of situation where the pressure brought by the opponent in one event may affect the performance of another event, which he really didn't feel when he was a player before.
It turned out that Kehl's reassurance worked, as Borussia Dortmund won both the 26 rounds of the league and the semi-finals of the German Cup.
What was even more surprising was Bayern Munich's gutter capsizing in the German Cup.
In the semi-finals, Guardiola also wanted to keep the players alive, so he changed to a semi-main lineup.
However, the team led by Gotze did not play a bit of domineering as a Bundesliga champion, and lost the game very facelessly against a second division team. And it was a 0-3 defeat.
So, with a three-point gap in the league, Dortmund now seem to be in a better position than their domestic rivals.
However, the game against Barcelona has always been like a big mountain, pressing on Kyle's heart.
After all, under the premise that "MSN" is becoming more and more skillful, this season's Barcelona seems to have returned to the peak of the midfield iron triangle that year, invincible, and God blocks and kills God. So strong that any opponent feels little confident.
And Enrique's tactics seem to have begun to improve, whether it is Barcelona-style passing or relying on the defensive counterattack of the front trident, he has played well.
In the four groups of matchups in the quarter-finals, the winner's vote organized by the official organization was the most disparity between Barcelona and Dort.
More than nine out of ten people said that although Dortmund have performed well this season, they may only end there.
It has also been said that if it weren't for the premature encounter with Barcelona, Kehl's debut season might have looked even brighter, as things were not rosy for Dortmund when he took over.
Everyone seems to think that meeting Barcelona marks the end of Dortmund's Champions League journey this season.
Amid the media and fans, Borussia Dortmund defeated Camp Nou, as they expected.
The whole game was dominated by Barcelona with their trademark possession, and the number of effective attacks was very small.
However, what is more commendable is that Dortmund did not give up the game because of the disparity in quality, they have been trying hard and defending. God seemed to favor them a little bit and didn't let them lose too badly, 0-1, and in the end it was Messi who stepped up and showed a decisive dribbling skill at the back of Dortmund.
At that time, Lin Yi was still waiting for an opportunity in the front court, but in fact, since the game against Juventus, Lin Yi has been running a lot less, because he is also a human after all, and he will feel tired. His consumption in that game was actually huge beyond everyone's expectations.
So at that time, he could only watch Messi start the show after receiving a pass from Iniesta.
The moment he received the ball, Messi turned quickly, and with a very sudden acceleration, he directly shook off Sven Bender.
Castro, who came up to make up for the defense, did not play a role, and Messi, who had already run, changed direction slightly and shook Castro over.
Hummels didn't really want to come up and defend Messi head-on, because he knew very well how difficult it was for him to deal with the Argentine in one-on-one.
But it can't be helped, because Subotic is standing too far back, and he can only go up.
Messi also seems to see Hummels' hesitation, since you are so hesitant, it is better for me to hurry up and forget you.
Then Messi really got past Hummels and had a clean life.
After passing the three opponents, everything seemed to fall into place, and Subotic had no way to come up like this, because Suarez was holding him down.
As long as he dares to go up to block Messi, then the Uruguayan who runs enchanting will definitely receive Messi's pass.
So Subotic could only watch with a twist, expecting the full-backs to retreat.
Schmelzer retreated, but unfortunately in front of Messi, who already had a feeling, it had no effect.
Langerak pounced in the right direction, but Messi's shot was trickier than he thought.
Although enough of the spectacle had been seen, the Camp Nou fans gave their king the warmest cheers.
Enrique was naturally still ecstatic, but Kyle, on the other side, was just stunned and thinking about something, and didn't show too much emotion.
The match ended with this scoreline, but despite conceding only a goal, Dortmund confirmed the opinion of more than ninety percent of the audience.
"After playing against a really strong team, neither Kyle nor his Borussia Dortmund showed any corresponding competitiveness. Maybe they still need more accumulation and precipitation this season, and wait until later to expect more. ”
But that's just what the fans say, and the professionals don't think so.
It's as if Zidane is watching the replay with the president of the team, his old friend Florentino.
"What do you think?" Florentino asked.
"Don't lose if you lose, although it's true that there is no chance, but the game is not bad."