Chapter 255: Bad Luck Comes Again
Dortmund did raise the tempo from the very beginning of the game.
It's the exact opposite of the first leg when they couldn't get into the game, it's completely different.
In the opening four minutes, Borussia Dortmund had a chance. When Reuss crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Mark grabbed the ball in front of the post and shot at goal, only to be blocked by Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian centre-back Thiago Silva with his body.
A corner kick ensued, and Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Sirigu struck the ball with a single punch.
The ball fell to the perimeter and Sven Bender followed with a long-range shot, but the ball went high......
Then PSG launched an attack, and the football was passed to the feet of He Ying.
As soon as He Ying got the ball, Yan Min slammed into it.
If it weren't for He Ying's physical fitness being good enough, this mistake would have caused Yan Min to fall to the ground.
But even so, He Ying stumbled a little, needed to readjust the football, and could not take advantage of the situation to attack Dortmund's backline.
Paris Saint-Germain lost the opportunity to play a fast break.
Ho Ying regained the stability of the ball and passed the ball out.
Then he glanced back at Yan Min.
This man should be regarded as his back, but the speed of promotion in Dortmund is very fast, just like riding a rocket, and now he is a main player in the national team.
He and Yan Min have only been in contact with the national team.
However, I have heard Zhou Yi talk about this person in private, and I know that he is a person with a very strong fighting spirit, and it seems that he will not be hit easily.
Energetic......
From this collision, He Ying can see it.
He remembers that in the last game, Yan Min mainly played on the left side, right?
Switched to the right side today...... Is this to be dealt with exclusively against yourself?
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In the ninth minute, Dortmund had another good chance to attack.
Zhou Yi made a long diagonal pass and transferred the football to Royce.
In this game, Yan Min had a heavier task in defense, so Dortmund mainly played Reus's side in attack.
Royce also did not live up to the team's trust in him.
After taking the ball, he flicked a shot, and then suddenly drove the ball into the penalty area.
Then he shot straight at goal!
The ball was touched by the returning Yalai, and the line change was talked, past goalkeeper Sirigu, but also over the crossbar......
"Oh! it's dangerous!" the French commentator sighed. "From the beginning of the game, Dortmund's attack was fierce, PSG could only defend passively, and it was not possible to go on like this......"
Marcelleif praised Reuss' form: "Judging from the few attacks since the start of the game, we can see that Reuss should be in very good form today. His activity is definitely good news for Borussia Dortmund. Such a fierce offensive has to rely on offensive players like Reus to achieve ......"
Reuss's performance really put Paris Saint-Germain in danger in front of the Earth goal, and it also excited the Dortmund fans, who sang songs for Reuss.
Hopefully, Reus will be able to cheer them on for the team.
But just when everyone was looking forward to it, an accident happened on the court!
In the seventeenth minute, Reus broke through with the ball on the wing, he accelerated, shook off the gap, and passed the ball towards goal.
It was a very ordinary move, and everyone's attention shifted to the middle with football.
Mark didn't get the ball in front of goal and the ball was pushed off the line by Thiago Silva, who had come back to defend the ball.
The next step is supposed to be a corner, right?
No.
Zhou Yidong looked around and saw Royce suddenly sitting on the ground, holding his calf and stomach at the same time, frowning, and he also raised his hand.
Zhou Yi immediately realized that there must be something wrong with Royce's body.
So he hurriedly signaled to the referee and reminded the referee to look at where Royce was.
The referee also found out about the situation after hearing his warning.
So he blew the whistle to stop the game, signaling not to give the corner kick first. He then ran to Royce and looked down to ask about Royce.
"This ...... After the cross, Royce suddenly sat down on the ground and watched him rub his calf...... Could it be a calf muscle strain?" said Marcel Leif worriedly.
The West** Stadium, which was still very lively before, also quieted down, and many Dortmund fans looked at each other and looked at the stadium with concern.
Jurgen Klopp also looked very nervous, he jumped up from his seat and rushed to the sidelines. If he weren't the team doctor, he would have rushed straight to the field right now, ran to Royce on the other side, and asked him what was wrong.
By this time, Dortmund's team doctor, Dr. Braun, and his assistant Cortana had already run onto the field.
This isn't the first time Cortana has appeared in a competition.
I still remember when Cortana first appeared in the game, various commentators introduced that this was Zhou Yi's girlfriend or Mark Wagner's sister, Zhou Yi had boarded at Mark's house for a year, maybe the two of them sparked at that time......
The introduction is very detailed, which fully shows that even a sports commentator has a gossip heart like entertainment.
Cortana was a frequent presence at games, sometimes running onto the pitch with Dr. Braun like this to assist him in examining and treating players. But most of the time she just sits in the dugout, and the close-ups will take care of her from time to time. Who made her beautiful? It's also a beautiful scenery on the side of the game......
However, every time the camera sweeps, the commentator will not say anything, at most say "Cortana, Zhou Yi's girlfriend" to those viewers who may be watching the Dortmund game for the first time.
As for more information, I won't say much about it.
Because there's no point in saying that all that gossip over and over again.
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Braun asked Reus about the situation after coming on the court, and Reuss gave the answer: "Calf muscle pain......"
Braun frowned, feeling that nine times out of ten it was a muscle strain.
Same problem as Ibrahimovic in the last game.
This game should definitely not be able to last.
So he asked Cortana to make a substitution gesture to the sidelines.
"Ah, the Borussia Dortmund team doctor made a substitution...... Dortmund is going to make a substitution! Reuss can't hold on......"
"Borussia Dortmund haven't had any injuries for a while and everyone seems to think that Dortmund is finally transferred...... Now it seems that the injury still does not let Dortmund ......"
"I don't know what Royce's injury is, but I guess it's a muscle strain. Then, in the case of Ibrahimovic, he may also miss four games. With only five rounds left in the league, it's no different from a season reimbursement. What's especially bad is that Dortmund vs Bayern Munich is next, and Reus is likely to miss that game. That's the big bad news for Dortmund......"
'Reus has been outstanding this season, and after Gotze and Robert Lewandowski both left, he continued to threaten down the flanks and help the team to victory. He is an integral part of Borussia Dortmund's attacking line-up......"
The commentators felt sorry for Dortmund and Reuss.
Let's not talk about the game against Bayern Munich, let's talk about the current game, when Dortmund needed to score, Reus went off the field due to injury in the first eighteen minutes, which was definitely a heavy blow to Dortmund's offensive strength.
What's next?
Many people are worried about this.
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Soon, Royce got up from the ground with Braun's help, and then tried to take two steps, shaking his head at Dr. Braun.
So Dr. Braun took him around and walked to the sidelines.
Borussia Dortmund's assistant coach, meanwhile, Bouas Bouche is tasked with the upcoming Nuri Shahin.
Since Kuba was also injured, Dortmund have been left with little reserve on the wing. Originally, Grosskreutz could also play in this position, but in this game he has already made a cameo appearance at Piszczek's right-back, so it is naturally impossible to make a cameo as a right wing-back. On the bench, it can be said that there is not a single wide player left.
Therefore, Klopp can only make a big move in the existing lineup.
He brought Shaheen on the pitch and added a midfielder, which looked out of step with Royce's position.
But it was done to get Aubameyang on the wing.
When Aubameyang first came to Dortmund, he did play on the wing, but later, as Yan Min's performance got better and better, and after occupying the main position, Aubameyang, who also performed well, couldn't go to the bench, right? So Klopp asked Aubameyang to play as a striker and partner with Mark, so that Dortmund changed from 4231 to 442.
Now, it's just a return to the previous formation.
When Shaheen and Sven Bender played in the back, Zhou Yi was pushed up and turned into a forward midfielder closer to the opponent's goal and penalty area.
This position is not unfamiliar to Zhou Yi, before Shinji Kagawa came, his classes had always been in this position. Later, after Shinji Kagawa left, he also returned to the forward position. If Yan Min hadn't performed well, he wouldn't have partnered Sven Bender to play in the back.
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When Royce limped off the field, Shaheen also ran up from the other side.
He called out his team-mate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's name and then made a gesture for him to go to the wing, and Aubameyang knew what was going on.
"Reus was replaced by Shaheen due to injury, Klopp was replaced by a midfielder, and it looks like even the formation of the team has to be adjusted......"
"I don't know if Reuss's injury will be a turning point in the final result of the game, but if it is, it must be a turning point in a direction that is not good for Dortmund......"
The commentators have expressed their concern for Dortmund's future.