At half-time, the mood of the coaches and players on both teams was different.

Manuel Pellegrini is worried, although he believes in the quality of this Manchester City team, but in someone else's home stadium, Manchester City can do too little, after all, the pressure is very high, and the roar in the sky makes you unable to concentrate on one thing, let alone the players on the pitch.

"If it hadn't been for Lin Yu's two away goals, this game would have been a very different situation." Pellegrini sighed, now Lin Yu's two goals at the Etihad Stadium are like seeds planted by the devil, which have grown and completely affected Manchester City's plans.

This is not a problem, the biggest problem is that he has not found an effective way to defend Lin Yu until now.

Of course, after Lin Yu's goal, Yaya Toure and Fernandinho did a good job, and the two joined forces to finally curb Lin Yu's play.

But the problem Lin Yu's goal has boosted the morale of the entire Dortmund, including Reus, Lewandowski and Kuba, the performance is very eye-catching, repeatedly threatening Manchester City's goal, several times almost scored, if it weren't for Manchester City's luck, it is estimated that the total score is now not 3:3, but 3:4 or 3:5.

The difficult Lin Yu, in the final analysis, is still the reason for that kid.

In contrast, Pellegrini has a headache for Lin Yu, and Klopp is so happy that he can't keep his mouth shut, anyone who has such a fierce general under his command will not be unhappy, such a player can stand up and turn the tide at a critical moment. can shield the whole team from the wind and rain, what is not satisfied?

Now the team has the advantage. As long as you maintain this advantage, you can advance. But Klopp didn't want to defend passively, after so many games of research and experimentation, he finally found that for Dortmund, the attack is the best defense, the opponent who suppressed is out of breath, and the opponent who suppressed has no chance to shoot at all, then the defense is considered a success.

In fact, there was no need for him to sacrifice Lin Yu's offensive ability at all.

He generously praised Lin Yu's performance and instructed the team to attack with all their might in the second half. Strive for a big win at home and go into the quarterfinals with your head held high.

The media in Munich once said before the game that Dortmund had little chance of winning, and said that it was likely that only Bayern would advance to the quarterfinals this season, but they must not have expected that Lin Yu's performance would be so good, and this game would definitely be won.

In Manchester City's dressing room, Yaya Toure was asking the team doctor to check his legs, although he had avoided contact with Lin Yu, but sometimes to stop Lin Yu. He still had to have a hard-to-face collision with Lin Yu, and as a result, his legs were tortured.

Yaya Toure had a lot of bruises on her legs, as if they had been hit with an iron bar, but fortunately they were only bruises. As long as it is handled properly, it can be restored in no time.

Fernandinho's situation is no better or worse than that of Yaya Toure. Because his defense is hard with his body most of the time, the result is obviously much more contact with Lin Yu than Yaya Toure. So he had bruises not only on his legs, but also on his body.

"Can you still hold on?" The team doctor asked.

"No problem. At the very least, we can finish this game, but when we go back, we will have to ask you to help us heal well. ”

Although Yaya Toure said it lightly, the sight of the shocking bruise suddenly caused an indescribable sense of fear in the locker room, as if he was really going to play against the devil.

The atmosphere was chillingly tense.

Although they had taken Dortmund very seriously before the game, they also knew that this team was not easy to deal with, especially at home, Dortmund were like the real devil, making every team that came to Westphalia shiver.

But even so, that Lin Yu was a little too cruel, I remember that in the last round, he was not so strong.

Pellegrini looked at the bruises on Yaya Toure and Fernandinho's legs, and couldn't help but sigh, although he really wanted his players to play hard, but he didn't have the right to let others get hurt, so he had to find a way to solve the current passive situation.

After thinking about it, he felt that he was paying too much attention to Lin Yu, but ignoring some subtle sources?

If Dortmund can play offense instead of defense, why can't they themselves? In terms of attack power, Manchester City is confident that they will not lose to any team, and if the powerful attack group is placed there, if it is simply used to contain Lin Yu's appearance, then what is the use?

Let David Silva and Nasri defend Lin Yu?

It's called using your own shortcomings to deal with other people's strengths, and it seems that you are indeed a little lost.

Thinking of this, he immediately clapped his hands and said: "Listen up, let's attack with all our strength in the second half, the current total score is still a draw, we only need to score one more goal, then it is us who advances, you don't need to deliberately beware of Lin Yu, although he is powerful, but after all, he is only a player, and when it comes to actual combat ability, he is not as good as many players, it was my mistake before, I cared too much about him, so I gave him a chance." ”

When it comes to attacking, Sergio Aguero, Silva and Negredo all have excited smiles on their faces, Lin Yu is the protagonist in the first half, while Yaya Toure and Fernandinho are supporting roles, they are Manchester City's attacking players, they are all famous names in football, how can they be so obscure?

If the team wants to attack, then it's time for them to play.

When you care too much about a leaf, you lose sight of the forest.

Lin Yu is very strong, but he is still an individual after all, he is still an ordinary player, Pellegrini recognized his mistake and corrected it in time, but what direction the game will develop depends on the performance of the players on both sides in the second half.

It was clear that at the start of the second half, City were on the attack.

Nasri, Silva, Sergio Aguero, Negredo, Yaya Toure and Keylor Navas were completely unleashed their attacking enthusiasm, and they attacked Dortmund's goal again and again, never focusing on Lin Yu again.

Lin Yu found that he suddenly became a lot more relaxed. But the problem is, I'm relaxed. The ball seldom reaches his feet, and City's players are like bulls in spring. Caught off guard, many balls were cut off before they could reach his feet.

And the ball passed to his feet was basically converted into a chance to score, but people don't seem to care at all, you did score a goal in the first half, but you can't score every shot on goal, since everyone has a shot, then it depends on who scores first. It's definitely a life-fighting kick.

Manchester City may be eliminated if they don't play with their lives, so he dares to play with his life.

But Dortmund is different, now Dortmund can advance as long as they keep the score, if they are allowed to play with their lives and attack desperately, it is really unlikely.

Although Klopp said that he should replace defense with attack, it does not mean that he does not need to defend. It's just an enhancement of the interceptions in the front and midfield.

This section of the game is really exciting, the two sides switch between offense and defense very quickly, you come and go. It's like a move between martial arts masters of equal proportions, you don't use a hidden dragon, I have a trick and eight wilderness. It's all a wide open and closed combat method, and whoever can get the ability in the end. It still depends on who has more endurance and who has sharper attacks.

Klopp was a little unable to sit still. Anyone who sees the opponent's almost life-fighting style of play will not be able to sit still, as the so-called horizontal is afraid of dying, and the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, this is the true meaning of this period of time.

He's thinking about whether to take it back and hold back City's onslaught for a while, and although it's different from what he's said in the dressing room before, it's a different situation now.

Improvisation should be the ability that every coach should have, and you can't go all the way, even if you think it's right, if it doesn't work in practice, you have to change.

He was still hesitating, but Lin Yu had already begun to take action.

At the beginning of the second half, Lin Yu still felt strange, the two players who were originally staring at themselves suddenly stopped paying attention to themselves, but put more defense on their teammates, and if they wanted to get the ball, they had to be teammates to pass the ball over first, if the ball under the feet of his teammates couldn't be held, he was a heavy cannon without shells, so what was the use?

After kicking for a while, he also saw what Pellegrini meant, and couldn't help but smile.

"It's fun, but you're going to pay a lot more for doing so!" Lin Yu's current skills dare not say that he is in the top ten in Europe, but his football IQ can definitely rank in the top three in Europe, he will not only understand the thoughts of the opponent's players on the field, but also speculate on the thoughts of the opponent's coach.

Pellegrini seems to be a little forgetful, he forgot that Lin Yu is not the kind of person who will just stand there and wait for the ball, his ability to break and steal is also very terrifying, if Lin Yu is allowed to be a defender, it is definitely world-class.

Lin Yu signaled to Kuba and Reus, so that the two of them had more options to step forward, and the task of interception in the midfield was enough to give him one person.

Seeing this situation, Klopp, who was on the sidelines, stopped his original idea of changing his tactics, he wanted to see what good ideas Lin Yu had come up with, and whether he could change the slightly passive situation on the court.

Reus and Kuba have a lot of trust in Lin Yu, of course, Lin Yu's goalscoring ability, defensive ability is so good, and he can also be trusted by his teammates.

When Reus and Kuba stepped forward, plus Lewandowski, Dortmund had three players ambushed near the penalty area of Manchester City, although the firepower of these three players is not as strong as Lin Yu, but the sum of the three people is almost the same, especially Lewandowski, he is originally a center forward, and his scoring ability is absolutely first-class, especially his good foot feeling, even Lin Yu is beyond reach.

Lin Yu felt that Lewandowski must have practiced for himself, otherwise it would be impossible for him to be significantly stronger than last season after one season, especially that shot, which was extremely coquettish.

Now, a strange scene on the pitch has happened, as if the roles were reversed in the first half.

Originally, in the first half, Yaya Toure and Fernandinho defended Lin Yu, but at this moment, it was Lin Yu who defended them.

Lin Yu's interception is not like a defender, the defender must be cautious when he moves, otherwise it will be very dangerous to be passed, while Lin Yu's defense is to strive to be fast and fast, and hit the nail on the head.

As long as it is a player with the ball in Manchester City, they are faced with Lin Yu's rushing shovel, and many players who could have passed the ball were so frightened by Lin Yu's crazy tackle that they forgot to pass the ball. At that moment, they thought of the bruises on Yaya Toure and Fernandinho. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )

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