Chapter 184: The Sniper's Responsibility

The situation was still not optimistic for Malaga, after all, they were now one goal behind, and although Dortmund could not find the back of the net from the first half to the end, they were actually pressed in the game, and the situation was one-sided.

Back in the locker room, Pellegrini immediately made a big adjustment to the team, although there were still no substitutions, but the tactical direction was completely changed, and he finally paid enough attention to Lin Yu, the terrible spirit fox.

On the other hand, in the Dortmund dressing room, Klopp is also encouraging the players to continue to work hard and expand the score, so that they can leave Spain with more confidence, and the second round of matches at home should be more relaxed.

The players seemed relaxed, but by no means relaxed, and after the Allianz Waterloo in the German Cup, they could no longer afford to take it lightly, and despite leading now, Pellegrini's reputation for his ability to adjust in midfield was widely circulated.

Klopp also warned the players: "In the first half, although our attack was very fierce, except for Lin Yu's goal at the beginning, it was basically only flowering and not bearing fruit, so in the second half, we must carry out a more diversified attack when we try to keep the goal from conceding, such as shooting a little more from a distance, and try to use heavy artillery to blast away Malaga's solid defense." ”

"In addition, Lin Yu was obviously targeted after the goal, Malaga's defense is not weak, so Lin Yu will be difficult to deploy later, in the second half, I hope that there are players in the front field can cooperate with him more, share the pressure for him, attract the enemy's defensive strength, so that his gun can always be aimed at Malaga's goal, instead of a wall."

"Also, Lewandowski, as the main striker of the team, will start to exert his power in the second half, I believe that the other party will continue to keep an eye on Lin Yu, at this time, it is the time for you to exert your power."

Klopp did not blame Lewandowski for the choice in the final stage of the first half, he has always believed that the striker should be selfish, if a striker arrives in front of the goal but does not dare to shoot, always thinking about passing, then the striker will be useless, Lewandowski is not a midfielder after all, his responsibility is to score, even if he takes on the task of a bridgehead, but the most basic responsibility of scoring has not changed.

Just like a sniper, if you see an enemy in the sniper scope, but you don't dare to shoot, but hand the sniper rifle to the observer behind you, then you are likely to miss the opportunity, or even not a qualified sniper at all, you can simply go to the observer.

Klopp's words made Lewandowski very grateful, but all players with personality don't like to be criticized, sometimes even if they make mistakes, appropriate encouragement is more effective than criticism, they themselves have a face, they will think for themselves, know what to do.

"As for Lin Yu, continue to play to your strengths, even if you can't score, you have to turn the opponent's defense upside down, I believe you have that ability."

"Got it, Coach." Of course, Lin Yu believes that he has that ability, even if he can't score, he can let the opponent see his terrible.

He really wants to quickly expand the number of goals in the Champions League, but he also knows in his heart that if there is no team's results to ensure that individual goals are, as long as Dortmund reaches the last four, or even the final, he can continue to expand his goal tally, and now, it is better to win.

Scoring goals is ambition, and winning is the goal.

To achieve ambition, you must first achieve your goal.

In the second half, because of the adjustment of Malaga's tactics, the defensive center of gravity was more pressed towards Lin Yu, which made Lin Yu, who could not play in the first half, even more stretched, as long as he got the ball, there would be three or four players to wrap him up, making him unable to move forward.

Fortunately, Lin Yu's foot skills are good enough, even if three or four people are wrapping up, he can hold the ball, and then pass the ball beautifully.

Because the defensive forces were all deployed around Lin Yu, this made Gotze and Royce, who were under a lot of pressure in the first half, completely come alive.

If you look down on Lin Yu, something may happen, but if you look down on Gotze and Royce, there will also be problems.

In fact, the most critical problem is that Malaga wants to equalize, so they did not adopt a completely passive defensive tactic, but played very openly, and they also wanted to break into the last four, so the home team absolutely did not want to lose like this, Pellegrini is not so easy to admit defeat.

Thanks to the strong support of the home fans, the cheering and cheering almost never stopped, which also made the Malaga players doubly courageous.

Eventually, midfielder Isco got a chance to shoot from distance, and he levelled the scores with an incredible curling shot past Borussia Dortmund.

It was a goal that made Malaga festive, but Dortmund did not give up the chance to win, they are still working hard, they don't want Lin Yu's goal to become just an increase in the number of goals, they want this goal to be the cornerstone of Dortmund's victory.

When Malaga's goal for Isco could have sounded the horn of a counter-attack, they didn't realise that the goal had completely stimulated the Borussia Dortmund players.

Lin Yu was entangled, but Gotze, Reuss, including Lewandowski, as well as the fullbacks Piszczek and Schmelzer, who often stepped forward, all brought a huge threat to Malaga's goal.

And Lin Yu's defense is not 100% successful, even if three or four people surround Lin Yu and can't move forward, but Lin Yu still has a beautiful pass, he can pass the ball out in the most bizarre situation and in the most incredible way.

Every pass creates a great chance for a team-mate.

Seeing such a scene, Pellegrini couldn't help frowning, he thought that he had looked up to Lin Yu enough, but now he realized that Lin Yu's most powerful thing was not his technique, nor his ability, but his cunning head.

His football IQ can be described as terrifying.

Even if his skills are poor, he can use that head to play the opponent around, and now, Lin Yu, whose ability has reached the level of a star player, is even no less than Gotze and Isco, who have won the Golden Boy Award, and his performance is even more eye-catching.

Terrible, just horrible!

Pellegrini has also coached many teams, but there are not many players like Lin Yu who play with his brain, and the most important thing is that what he thinks can be perfectly combined with the technique of his feet, which is much more terrifying than simply thinking about it and not being able to do it.

But what can he do now? Replace people to go up and continue to defend Lin Yu? Or take people off to defend other players?

No, no!

In the final analysis, because of Lin Yu's existence, his tactics have become very difficult to arrange, and he now feels that eleven people on the court are too few, it would be great if he could add a few more people, even if the number of people on both sides increases, his biggest headache now is Lin Yu's guy.