Chapter 380: A Powerful Opponent

"Adebayo—!!" the narrator shouted in a lengthened voice, and just like that, his voice was almost drowned out by the Bernabeu's loud cheers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the goal, Adebayor beckoned Mesut Ozil to come up and celebrate with him, as it was Mesut Ozil's pass.

After moving to Real Madrid this season, Mesut Ozil quickly squeezed out Kaka and became the team's main striker, setting up a number of goals for his team-mates with his final passes.

Last season, Zhou Yi and Mesut Ozil also played against each other in the league. In the end, in the league assist list, Ozil lost to Zhou Yi with a gap of two assists, and Zhou Yi took away the title of assist king. Moreover, Ozil played the whole season, but Zhou Yi only started playing at Dortmund after a third of the league, and his efficiency is obviously higher.

However, after coming to Real Madrid, Ozil's progress has been huge.

Maybe it's because he has stronger teammates here who can get the most out of him.

The Real Madrid players celebrated the goal.

It was a perfect start to the game to take the lead just five minutes into the game.

Marcel Leif criticised Borussia Dortmund for being a bit slow to get into the game, which was what caused them to concede goals quickly. And it's not just this one. In the group stage, Dortmund conceded goals in the opening game against Inter Milan away from home, and then conceded four goals in the first half. If it weren't for Zhou Yikai, Dortmund might have lost that game.

So the current situation can't help but be reminiscent of that game.

After the goal, Real Madrid took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack on the Dortmund goal, hoping to score again as soon as possible.

Dortmund were really embarrassed during this time, they were completely stunned. Their defence looked precarious.

Luckily, there were no new goals conceded.

Subsequently, Dortmund finally adjusted, and they began to recycle the defence.

And successfully did not concede any more goals in the first half, and finally ended the first half with a score of 0:1.

Of course, such an outcome also comes at a cost. Sven Bender and Schmelzer both received a yellow card in the game, which laid the foundation for Dortmund's second-half game.

However, Klopp is unlikely to bring them off because there is no better substitute on the bench.

At half-time, Jurgen Klopp cheered his players up and praised them for their performance after conceding a goal until the end of the first half, at least not conceding any more goals, which is really commendable.

You have to know how fierce Real Madrid's attack was in the first half.

Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid generally find it difficult to have a significant lead in possession in the game, because they mainly play defensive counter-attacks, this tactic does not need possession, but should actively concede possession to the opponent.

But in the first half, Real Madrid's possession rate reached 71 per cent at its peak, which is the level of possession of Barcelona......

In the first half, Real Madrid had six shots in the woodwork alone, while Borussia Dortmund had zero. Not once!

It shows the huge gap between the two sides on the field.

Every Borussia Dortmund player has felt this first-hand.

Real Madrid completely controlled the scene and rhythm, they could only follow the rhythm of Real Madrid, they didn't think about counterattacking when they defended, Zhou Yi also instigated a few long passes, but whether it was Lewandowski, or Mark, or Gotze, after they got the ball in the front court, it was difficult to connect, and under the pressure of the Real Madrid players, the ball was quickly lost.

For Zhou Yi, Real Madrid also made very effective arrangements, they let Khedira follow Zhou Yi inch by inch, he will go wherever Zhou Yi goes, and no matter whether Zhou Yi receives the ball or not, Khedira will stick to Zhou Yi closely, as if Zhou Yi has the ball at his feet at any time.

This kind of defense makes Zhou Yi very uncomfortable - who wants a big man to stick to it like this......

In fact, Zhou Yi was not surprised by Real Madrid's arrangement, because in the game in the virtual space, he was also treated like this by Khedira.

It's just that knowing is knowing, and how to break this defense is another matter.

And there is not much time left for Zhou Yi, and he can choose Real Madrid's best opponent in four nights.

Whatever he does, it will be difficult for Borussia Dortmund to beat Real Madrid on the road, and they have always lost more than they won against the virtual Real Madrid.

This can be understood from the comparison of the strength of the players on both sides.

But Zhou Yi did not give up, because the virtual is virtual, the reality is reality, and if you lose many times in the virtual game, it does not mean that you will definitely lose in the real game.

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Although Jurgen Klopp praised the performance in the first half, the atmosphere in the dressing room was a little dreary and most people did not speak. Because they all know what they were like in the first half, the manager's praise is just a morale boost. It's not that they really played well.

In this slightly dull atmosphere, Zhou Yi was also silent.

To outsiders, he must have fallen into a depressed mood like his teammates.

But in fact, Zhou Yi was just thinking carefully about how to play in the second half to blast away Real Madrid's goal, and he recalled the more than 20 simulated games he had played in his mind, hoping to find some inspiration from them.

Dortmund have not lost all of these 20 games, some of them have been drawn, and some of them have even been won. It's just that he has only won two out of more than 20 games, and the odds are too low.

Zhou Yi now feels that compared to winning, in the first leg of the away game, Dortmund as long as it can draw is a victory, because now Real Madrid has a one-goal lead, and if Dortmund wants to draw, there will definitely be away goals.

With an away goal and a draw, what's not acceptable?

The result is simply fantastic.

So Zhou Yi is now full of thoughts about how to equalize in the second half.

Judging from the situation in the first half, he just passed the ball up, and it was difficult to pose any threat to Real Madrid's backline, and the defense composed of Ramos, Pepe, Carvalho and Marcelo was still very solid.

But it's not without its weaknesses.

That is, when Khedira came up to defend himself, there was only one Alonso left in their back, Alonso is a defensive midfielder who is both offensive and defensive, but relatively speaking, his defense is still slightly weaker.

If someone can kill at this time, they can upset the balance and maybe create some opportunities.

Zhou Yi closed his eyes and began to imagine in his mind the offensive and defensive positions of the two sides in various scenarios and situations.

He was able to construct these scenarios out of thin air in his mind thanks to the countless games that Zhou Yi played in the virtual space, which provided him with a lot of experience, and by the time he was twenty years old, he was already a "what game have I never seen?" veteran.

Just as Zhou Yi closed his eyes and meditated, he was touched, and when he opened his eyes, he found that Mark was looking at him.

After seeing Zhou Yi open his eyes, Mark lowered his voice and asked him, "Can you fall asleep?"

"No, I'm thinking about how to equalize. Closing your eyes can reduce the amount of external distractions. ”

"Did you come up with that?" Hearing Zhou Yi say this, Mark was a little excited. Starting from the youth team, he has been in contact with Zhou Yi for more than two years, and Mark believes that Zhou Yi can do anything.

Zhou Yi nodded: "Mark, in the second half of the game, don't be at the front, although they have a lot of space in the backfield, but the distance between me and you is too far, and the connection is easy to be cut off." You pull it down, and we can keep in touch. ”

As soon as Zhou Yi said, Mark understood, and he nodded again and again: "No problem." ”

Needless to say, with the tacit understanding between him and Zhou Yi, even if there is no script at that time, he will know what to do.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and the noise at the Bernabeu was still loud.

After the start of the game, Real Madrid continued to launch a fierce attack on the Dortmund goal, completely indifferent to whether Dortmund answered their counter-attack or not. Maybe it was Dortmund's performance in the first half that made them feel that Dortmund were not a threat, or maybe it was because they had absolute confidence in themselves.

But this is a good thing for Zhou Yi.

Because when he got the ball at Borussia Dortmund, he had more chances.

When the ball fell to him, Khedira continued to defend him closely, constantly interfering with him, trying to break the ball from his feet or prevent him from passing the ball accurately.

If the distance is too far, it is really difficult for Zhou Yi to accurately pass the football to the feet of his teammates in front of him in this situation. But now that things don't make sense, Mark has dropped back so deep that he can pass the football to Mark without too much effort.

After Mark received the ball, Xavi Alonso came up to defend him.

At this time, Zhou Yi began to run forward and did not stay behind like in the first half.

Khedira of course followed him, and he thought Mark would pass the football back to Zhou Yi.

But Mark didn't do that and passed the football to Gotze.

In this process, Zhou Yi is still running forward, although he is not running fast. But Khedira still followed him, he thought that this time Gotze should pass the football to Zhou Yi, and he couldn't give Zhou Yi any chance.

But Gotze didn't pass the football to Zhou Yi, but to Mark, who also stepped forward.

After Mark's pass, Xavi Alonso's attention was drawn to Gotze and he relaxed his mark, allowing him to run away from him with ease.

And Mourinho let Khedira stay on Zhou Yi, but he didn't let Alonso stay on Mark either......

Two passes in a row, none of them were passed to Zhou Yi, and Khedira was a little confused. If he kept running with Zhou Yi, but Zhou Yi didn't touch the ball at all, then wasn't he led astray by him?

If you see an obvious gap at this time, and you can't make up for it, what if they pass the ball to Zhou Yi? But if you don't make up for it, the other party will take advantage of this gap to score?

They don't have only one Zhou Yi.

Khedira was still playing in Stuttgart last season, and he also knows this Dortmund team very well, although Zhou Yi is the core, but Dortmund is not the only Zhou Yi who can threaten the opponent's goal.

Khedira fell into a state of hesitation. It's certainly a practice to faithfully follow the manager's instructions, but as a player, shouldn't you be flexible on the pitch?

When Khedira hesitated, Zhou Yi was still running, he was not running in a straight line, but running to the side. It seemed as if he was really going to take Khedira to the side......