Chapter 374: The Quarterfinals

When Gotze received the ball, there were no Dortmund players around him, he took two steps forward and the AC Milan players immediately rushed towards him. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Gotze then passed the ball to Mark Wagner, who was back to pick him up.

And when Mark Wagner received the ball, Zhou Yi had already run up.

So Mark, who had his back to the offensive direction, did not have to turn around and force a breakthrough, but passed the football back to Zhou Yi.

Dortmund's counterattack was played quickly, and the center circle had already passed between the three passes and two downs, and the AC Milan players were still rushing back to defend and organize the defense at this time.

Flamini pounced on Zhou Yi in hopes of putting an end to Dortmund's counter-attack here.

Zhou Yina might let him get his wish?

He had already seen the vacancy before receiving the ball, and now all he has to do is pass the ball in that direction!

So he picked up his right leg and sent a straight thrust forward!

As soon as he passed the ball, he jumped up and took advantage of the situation to avoid Flamini's tackle!

Many people who watched this scene sweated for Zhou Yi in front of the TV.

If Zhou Yi had passed the football out one second later, Flamini would have shoveled him!

"It's so dangerous!!" He Ping also exclaimed.

Li Cuiyun in front of the TV bit her lip tightly and almost screamed.

But the husband next to him slapped his thigh excitedly: "Okay!"

What is good?

Li Cuiyun didn't have time to take care of her husband, although she watched a lot of her son's games with her husband, but sometimes she still couldn't understand the psychology of some fans represented by her husband......

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Zhou Yi dodged Flamini's tackle, which is not the focus of this attack, the point is where did the football passed by Zhou Yi go?

Everyone's eyes turned to the front with the TV camera, and then they saw Lewandowski receiving the football in a huge vacancy!

And at this time, he was less than five meters away from the penalty area, and in front of him, there was only AC Milan goalkeeper Abbiati!

Nesta the closest AC Milan centre-back to him at his side was also 10 metres away!

This is simply a great opportunity!

"Lewandowski!!"

Amid Marcel Leif's shouts of excitement, the Polish striker drove the ball into the box!

"In the sixty-seventh minute, now Lewandowski has another chance to end the suspense of the game!"

AC Milan goalkeeper Abbiati dropped out of goal and rushed towards Lewandowski.

And Nesta also turned and pounced on the Poles.

The three of them seemed to converge at some point in the restricted area.

But Lewandowski didn't want to do that.

As soon as he entered the penalty area, he suddenly got up and shot at goal!

Not a powerful volley, but a lob shot!

The ball went over the head of the attacking goalkeeper Abbiati and, under the watchful eye of Nesta, crashed into the AC Milan goal!

"1:0!!Lewandowski!Lewandowski!!"

There was a huge cheer in the sky above the West**** Stadium.

On the live broadcast, Nobit Dicol chanted: "The goal is in! We are leading AC Milan at home, 2-0 on aggregate!

"Lewandowski!!" the 80,000 fans in the audience chanted in unison, shouting the name of the Polish shooter with great momentum.

After the goal, Lewandowski waved his arms excitedly to meet the cheering rhythm of the fans.

Then Zhou Yi and other teammates such as Gotze and Mark ran up to celebrate the goal with him.

Behind the running Dortmund players is the battered AC Milan players.

Their most important task in this game is to score goals, and the second most important task is not to concede goals.

As a result, neither task has been completed yet......

They still had time to complete the first mission, but the second mission was a complete failure.

The situation is very bad for AC Milan right now.

Not only will they have to pledge not to concede any more goals in the upcoming games, but they will also have to score two more goals.

As long as they can level on aggregate, they can eliminate Borussia Dortmund on away goals.

But could they really score two goals in the final twenty-odd minutes to equalise the aggregate score?

Ibrahimovic, who made a bold statement before the game, still did not show any convincing performance in this game.

He seems to be really a "soft-footed shrimp in the knockout round", and he doesn't know how to play when he gets to the knockout round.

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After the goal, Dortmund was high-spirited, even if they were still pressed and beaten by AC Milan, but everyone had a bottom in their hearts and knew how to play. And don't panic.

The difference in mental outlook directly led to the difference in the players' performance in the game.

In the last 20 minutes, the AC Milan players were getting more and more impatient, and they were getting closer and closer to being eliminated.

Dortmund, on the other hand, reassured to shrink their defense and play counter-attacks, even if they could not threaten the AC Milan goal, they could still consume some time.

Amid the singing of the Dortmund fans, the minutes ticked by.

Although Allegri used up all his substitutions, he was unable to turn the tide and change the result.

When referee De Brick blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score of the game was fixed at 1:0.

Dortmund eliminated AC Milan with an aggregate score of 2:0 and entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League!"

"It's amazing to be in the Champions League for the first time in seven years and to be able to reach the quarter-finals. This young team has fully explained to us what it means to be 'newborn calves are not afraid of tigers'!" He Ping is also very happy, which means that he can continue to explain the Champions League games with Zhou Yi participating.

As a commentator in Taili who is responsible for commenting on the Champions League and La Liga, if you want to explain Zhou Yi's games, you can only rely on the Champions League, because the Bundesliga games are in charge of Duan Xin, and the national team games belong to Liu Hong's territory.

So the farther Dortmund goes in the Champions League, the more opportunities he has to see Zhou Yi.

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The Borussia Dortmund players, who eliminated AC Milan, were extremely excited, hugging and celebrating on the pitch, with Zhou Yi being hugged the most often because he was the one who was able to win the game. When the team was in a passive situation in the first half, it was his pass that stabilized the situation for Dortmund, making it less easy for the opponent to break the ball and counterattack.

In the second half, he instigated a quick counter-attack and finally assisted Robert Lewandowski to score the only goal of the game.

Mark hugged Zhou Yi and shouted happily in his ear: "Quarterfinals! Quarterfinals! We are the Champions League quarterfinals!"

Zhou Yi patted him on the back vigorously: "Look at you, you're only in the top eight!"

"Hey, hey, I didn't even dare to think about the top 16!" Mark smirked.

"I said, dreams always have to be there, what if they come true?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Mark nodded repeatedly.

"What dream?" asked Götze, who saw that the two of them were chatting happily, and leaned over curiously.

"It's about the Champions League dream, Mario. Mark smiled happily.

"Oh, what's your Champions League dream, Mark?" asked Götze, looking at Mark.

"Hey...... It's my dream to play in the Champions League......" Mark scratched his head and smiled heartily.

"Breath!" Zhou Yi glanced at him.

"What about you, Zhou Yi?" asked him instead.

"Of course it's the champion! the champion of the Champions League!" Zhou Yi said confidently. "All dreams that don't aim for a champion are hooligans!"

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In his post-match press conference, Jurgen Klopp couldn't hide his pride at reaching the quarter-finals: "When we were in a group with the defending champions, a lot of people thought our best result would be to finish third in the group and go to the Europa League. But now, we're in the quarter-finals of the Champions League! I know my team can do it, and I never doubted their quality!"

He really spit out all the grievances after the results of the group draw came out.

However, when asked by reporters how far he thought the team could finally go in this season's Champions League, he calmed down a bit: "I don't know. All I know is that we're going to try to move forward, no matter who the opponent is in front of us. ”

Allegri had nothing to say about AC Milan's exit in the first round of the knockout round.

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Perhaps it was the knockout of AC Milan to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League that made the players so excited, with the question of who they would face in the Champions League and how far they could go in the Champions League this season, so the players looked a little absent-minded when Borussia Dortmund took on Hoffenheim away in the league at the weekend.

And Klopp also made a certain amount of rotation in this game.

So in the end, Dortmund lost 0-1 away to Hoffenheim.

Bayer Leverkusen beat Mainz 1-0 away and Bayern Munich beat Hamburg 6-0, and the pursuers looked aggressive and were not willing to let Dortmund go easily.

In particular, Bayern Munich's hearty 6-0 home win seems to indicate that they have shaken off the shadow of the home defeat to Dortmund in the last round of the league, and Van Gaal's position is still solid.

However, in the following midweek Champions League match, Bayern Munich lost 2:3 at home to Inter Milan!

After beating Inter Milan 1-0 in the first leg, they were tied by Inter Milan on aggregate, and Inter Milan also relied on the absolute advantage of away goals to knock out last season's Champions League runners-up.

The defeat in this game changed Van Gaal's fortunes.

Just after this game, Bayern Munich officially announced that they will terminate Van Gaal's coaching contract at the end of the season. In other words, Louis van Gaal is leaving Bayern Munich after this season......