Chapter 168: The Game Begins
Calderón was buzzing with people waiting for the start of the game. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIn the tunnel of players, the players of Borussia Dortmund lined up in the tunnel to wait for the game.
Subsequently, the Atletico Madrid players walked out from behind them, and Sun Pan was chatting with his teammates when he saw Zhou Yi standing in front.
So he quietly walked behind Zhou Yi, wanting to give Zhou Yi a surprise attack.
As a result, his hand had just been raised, and Zhou Yi looked back at him as if he had eyes on the back of his head: "Yo, Panpan, what do you want to do?"
Sun Pan was very embarrassed, and the hand he raised couldn't be lined up, so he could only scratch his head temporarily.
"Damn, you have eyes in the back of your head?"
"I don't have eyes in the back of my head, but my ears aren't deaf. I suggest you take off your shoes next time and come back to attack me. Zhou Yi pointed to Sun Pan's sneakers. When walking, the spikes of the sneakers make a clicking sound on hard ground, which is very noticeable.
Sun Pan rolled his eyes—he forgot about it.
"I told my teammates all about your characteristics, and they will take good 'care' of you when the time comes, Zhou Yi. Sun Pan, who did not admit defeat, said to Zhou Yi, and he also pointed to his teammates.
When Zhou Yi followed Sun Pan's gaze, he saw that the expressions of the players in Atletico Madrid were very unkind.
So he also turned back to Sun Pan and smiled: "What a coincidence, Panpan, I also told them all about your saving characteristics." ”
Zhou Yi pointed to his teammates.
"It's really boring to fight like this, let's see you on the court. "It's Sun Pan who thinks that he can't win Zhou Yi in a war of words.
"Well, don't beep if you can do it. Zhou Yi nodded in agreement.
The two of them just said goodbye.
Sun Pan returned to his team, and as the goalkeeper, he stood behind captain Gabi, waiting to play.
On the radio outside in the stadium, DJ was leading the fans to chant the names of the players who played in Atletico Madrid.
"Sun—"
The DJ shouted in a long voice.
"Pan !!" Calderón followed with the deafening shouts of Atletico Madrid fans.
Zhou Yi, who was in the players' tunnel, heard this thunder and couldn't help but purse his lips and laugh.
It took Sun Pan two years to completely conquer this stadium, but unfortunately he has not much time in this stadium. At the end of the season, if nothing else, Chelsea will definitely recall Sun Pan. Of course, Atletico Madrid wants to keep Sun Pan, but they may have to pay a considerable price, and Simeone may not be willing to pay this price.
I don't know if Sun Pan is ready to return to Chelsea......
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When the Champions League theme song sounded, the players from both sides walked out of the players' tunnel and walked into the stadium under the leadership of the referee team.
"They're coming!" shouted the narrator He Ping excitedly at a louder voice.
This is the long-awaited "China Derby" that everyone has been waiting for.
The TV broadcaster also seems to know very well where the gimmick of this game is, and when the players on both sides played, they gave Zhou Yi and Sun Pan a close-up respectively, and the time was obviously more than others, highlighting their important position.
But in fact, even if it is not a Chinese derby, Zhou Yi and Sun Pan deserve to be taken care of by close-ups.
Because they are all indispensable core figures in their respective teams.
So maybe the two close-ups given by European broadcasters don't mean to take care of Chinese audiences?
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After all the ceremonies were over, the players from both sides returned to their positions and waited for kickoff.
Dortmund lost the pick-up when it came to picking the edge, so they now got the kick-off.
In fact, Dortmund attaches more importance to the right to kick off, whoever can kick off first, who can control the football on their side and attack first.
With the referee's whistle, the game begins!
After receiving the ball from Lewandowski, Zhou Yi did not pass the football to the front, but turned around and passed the football to the central defender Subotic behind him.
The football then went back and forth in the second half of Dortmund, and at one point was even passed to goalkeeper Weidenfeller.
It wasn't until the Atletico Madrid players pressed on them that Dortmund passed the ball forward. But if the chances of continuing to attack are not very good, they will continue to pass the ball back, or make horizontal passes, in short, they will not pass the ball forward easily.
When should you pass the ball forward and when should you not pass it forward?
This is Zhou Yi's task.
Of course, Atletico Madrid's defense against Zhou Yi is also very tight, and there will be a person next to Zhou Yi at any time, but there is no fixed candidate, whoever is close to him is whoever is close.
This can not only ensure the strength of Zhou Yi's close marking, but also ensure the integrity of his back line and avoid being messed up by Zhou Yi.
But Zhou Yi also has a way to deal with it, Atletico Madrid sticks to him tightly, so that he has little room to maneuver, so he won't maneuver.
He just passed the football out.
Although most of them are cross-passes, or even backpasses. But Zhou Yi didn't care.
Dortmund didn't care either.
Dortmund's strategy in this game is to play slowly with Atletico Madrid.
If you don't have a good offensive opportunity, it doesn't matter if you don't pass the ball forward, Zhou Yi has the final say, everyone listens to Zhou Yi, and no one will question it.
It took a long time, almost four minutes, before Dortmund finally had their first shot on goal.
At that time, Zhou Yi suddenly stuffed the football straight out after continuous horizontal passes, and gave it to Lewandowski, Lewandowski volleyed directly after receiving the ball, Sun Pan made a save, but did not touch the ball, and the football flew directly out of the crossbar.
Although there was no goal, it caused a gasp in the stands of the Calderón stadium, and it was clear that the fans of Atletico Madrid were taken aback.
That's why Dortmund has been passing the ball non-stop before, and the Dortmund players are not in a hurry, they are all used to letting Zhou Yi distribute the ball, if Zhou Yi doesn't pass forward, it must be a bad chance, but as long as he passes forward, it must be a threat.
That's what this ball is.
Therefore, Dortmund actually played the tactics of punching and killing the master in this game, but to fight with Atletico Madrid.
Borussia Dortmund, who are playing away from home, know that there won't be too many attacking opportunities in this game, so instead of squandering them, it is better to refine them, give up some of the less good ones, and then use the remaining better ones to score goals.
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Lewandowski's shot did not result in a goal, much to the relief of Atletico Madrid fans in the stands.
To the relief of the Atletico Madrid players on the pitch – possession was finally back on Atletico Madrid's side, and they could attack the Dortmund goal instead of being walked by the ball as before.
That feeling was really upsetting for the Atletico Madrid players.
They are used to playing "me-oriented", but when they compete with Dortmund, they have to be led by Dortmund everywhere, not to mention how uncomfortable it feels.
Atletico Madrid's task in this game is simple, which is to win at home against Borussia Dortmund, while also ensuring that no goals are conceded.
After Sun Pan set the ball, he stepped back to run, and then a big foot delivered the ball to Diego Costa's head, and Costa ferried the ball to Adrian on the wing. Atletico Madrid's attack moved forward like a tidal wave.
When Adrian played the ball back into the middle, Falcao had a shot on target.
However, the shot did not pose much of a threat to Dortmund, flying high over the crossbar and Jack Weidenfeller did not make any moves - because there was no need to ......
Although there were no goals and no threat, the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands of the Calderón Stadium were still excited and kept cheering.
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With possession shifted to Borussia Dortmund, the game reverted to a slow pace.
Zhou Yi led the whole team to keep falling feet, if Atletico Madrid didn't press, then the Dortmund players who got the ball would let the football stay at their feet for a while longer, until the opponent pressed up.
After a while, Dortmund completed another attack. It was Lewandowski, and this time his shot hit the woodwork.
But Lewandowski's high-quality shot became a foil to Sun Pan.
Because Sun Pan made a higher-quality save, he directly pressed Lewandowski's shot that flew over with his foot on the ground, and pressed it firmly to the ground, without taking it off or saving the bottom line to Dortmund for a corner kick, Sun Pan's first save in this game was so stable, which seemed to indicate his state in this game...... (To be continued.) )