"The first half is over...... It was a truly breathtaking first half, with a fiery Dortmund taking a three-goal lead over Atletico Madrid in just fifteen minutes, completely turning Atletico Madrid into ......," said Marcel Leff. "It's completely different from everyone's analysis and prediction before the game. Borussia Dortmund's quick passing style of play was just right to restrain Atletico Madrid's high pressing......"

"In fact, there was a lot of analysis of the tactics of both sides in this game before the game, and everyone thought that Atletico Madrid's high pressing was very suitable for dealing with Dortmund, especially against Zhou Yi. But I didn't expect that after the game started, it was a completely different situation. Atletico Madrid's high press not only did not become a killer weapon to oppress Dortmund, but instead became a grave ...... burying themselves," He Ping said eloquently. "Dortmund took advantage of the gap left by Atletico Madrid's high pressing, and used a quick pass to catch Atletico Madrid off guard! Three goals were scored in 15 minutes...... The key is these three goals, if there is no goal, Dortmund will play like this for 20 minutes, it is estimated that only Mingjin will be able to close the army, and then Atletico Madrid will have the upper hand again...... Dortmund took a big risk, but it also gained a lot...... It's only half a match, but it's a very good matchup......"

The commentators began to analyse the first half, and it was a great first half, especially for the Dortmund fans......

Of course, Atletico Madrid fans may have a different opinion.

For them, the first half was a hell of a journey, a 45-minute ordeal......

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'I'll admit that I underestimated Dortmund's quality at their home stadium and I'll admit that I was stunned by three goals conceded. But remember, the Champions League semi-finals are two-legged games and even if we lose this game, it doesn't mean we're out. In the second half we have to try to score a goal, even if it's a golden goal, and an away goal can increase our hopes of qualifying, so when we get back at home, we have more room to manoeuvre......," Simeone said to his players in the dressing room.

He began by frankly admitting his mistakes. Managers always want to desperately show their authority in front of their players, but some managers show their authority by refusing to admit their mistakes and molding themselves into perfect creatures.

But in fact, in this day and age, there is no market for this. Today's players are people with a lot of personality, and they hate authority and they hate false perfections.

Therefore, Simeone's adoption of admitting his mistakes is more appealing.

Simeone is a very strict coach, but he is not a perfect person, he also has flaws, and it is this imperfection that makes him more loved and used by the players.

That's Simone's personal charm.

As he spoke, the atmosphere in the locker room changed.

Everyone who was still quite depressed raised their heads one after another, and their eyes gradually became firm.

“...... Dortmund's tactics were something we didn't expect and it was very successful. But their tactics are not flawless, it takes a lot of energy to play like this, and I don't believe they can hold on until the end of the game. So they're going to run out of energy, but until then, I think they're going to be very threatening, so we're going to have to be more patient and resilient to resist their attacks and then wait until they can't keep up......"

He slammed his fist into the tactical board.

Everybody knows what that means.

Although it is now 0-3 down, it only takes one goal for Atletico Madrid to come back to life.

1:3, let Atletico Madrid have an away goal, so that after returning to their home stadium, they only need to win a 2:0 to eliminate the opponent.

And every Atletico Madrid player doesn't think it's hard to win 2-0 at home to Dortmund.

Thinking about something like this, the Atletico Madrid players were full of confidence to score a goal in the second half.

Meanwhile, in the Dortmund dressing room, Jurgen Klopp praised the team's performance in the first half, but he also cautioned his players not to be happy too soon: "...... We were three goals ahead, but it wasn't a safe score, yes, not a safe score. Don't say that the semi-finals are home and away legs, even if it's a winner-or-lose game, a three-goal lead doesn't guarantee that we can win the game, think about the 2005 Champions League final, how did AC Milan lose the title with a three-goal lead at half-time?

'Our task in the second half is to defend and we must not let them score away from home, even a goal, not for us!'

Although he said that he would strengthen the defense, Klopp's plan was not to shrink the defense, but to ask the team to continue to use the fast passing style at the beginning of the first half at the beginning of the second half.

Use this style of play to press Atletico Madrid back.

If Atletico Madrid were going to attack as soon as they started in the second half, it was just right, and if they scored one more goal, the game would be over.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and no one made any substitutions.

At the start of the second half, Dortmund once again launched a fierce attack with fast passes.

Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, seemed to be prepared, and did not press forward after the start of the second half, wanting to use high pressing tactics to score.

Jurgen Klopp told his players to use a quick pass after the start of the second half, but did not tell how long it would take.

He handed over the specific details to Zhou Yi, the "head coach" on the court.

When Zhou Yi saw Atletico Madrid like this, he knew what Atletico Madrid wanted to do.

Everyone knows that the rapid passing and cutting tactics are very physically demanding, if Atletico Madrid does not press high and does not press, then the rapid passing and cutting is actually meaningless, and the effect of breaking the defense is too much to lose compared with the physical energy consumed.

Atletico Madrid did this in order to make Dortmund consume energy for no reason.

So Zhou Yi immediately changed his strategy, when he got the ball in the front court, he actually made a direct long-distance pass and passed the football back to the goalkeeper Weidenfeller in the penalty area, which was a return pass from 45 meters away......

If this is at the home of Atletico Madrid, Zhou Yi will definitely be booed.

But at Dortmund's home stadium, there were no boos.

After Zhou Yi returned the pass, he also ran back by himself, and at the same time made a "steady" gesture to Weidenfeller.

Weidenfeller understood at a glance, and he was not in a hurry to kick out the ball, anyway, now the players of Atletico Madrid are shrunk in their own half, and no one comes up to grab his ball.

The rules stipulate that a goalkeeper cannot hold the ball in the box for more than six seconds, but there is no rule on how long a goalkeeper can hold the ball with his feet in the box.

So as long as the skin is thick enough and no one comes up to press, Weidenfeller can theoretically keep the ball in this way until the end of the game.

Of course, this situation is not possible, even if no one comes up to press, the referee will probably intervene. Such brazen behavior will not be allowed to exist on the pitch.

Weidenfeller couldn't have really done that, he took the ball, waited for Zhou Yi to run back, and then passed the football to him.

When Zhou Yi took the ball, he was the lowest player in the entire Dortmund except for Weidenfeller, and he was not in a hurry to pass the ball, but hooked his hand to signal his teammates to withdraw, which was completely different from the previous requirements.

The back line started to retreat, as did the midfield, and the risk leaned back a little.

Zhou Yi passed the football to Hummels, who retreated, and Hummels passed it to Sven Bend, who in turn passed it to Zhou Yi, who ran up.

Zhou Yi had just picked up the ball when Diego Costa rushed up.

So Zhou Yi turned around again and forcefully passed the football directly back to Weidenfeller's feet......

went around in a circle and returned to square one.

Seeing this, Diego Costa didn't know if he should continue to push Weidenfeller, but even if he did, he would be alone, except for wasting his physical energy and being played around by his opponents, there was no other meaning......

So he stepped back and kept the formation intact.

"Dortmund just made a quick pass forward...... All of a sudden, they started to slow down and unhurriedly reinvent themselves in the backfield...... But this is too obvious to delay the game, isn't it?