Chapter 458: German Blitzkrieg
When Dortmund kicked off, Zhou Yi did not stand in the center circle, because he is not a forward midfielder now, and he can't go in to participate in the kickoff. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Borussia Dortmund's kick-off was completed by striker Robert Lewandowski and forward midfielder Shinji Kagawa.
Zhou Yi stood outside the center circle, waiting for the football to be passed over.
With the referee's whistle, Lewandowski knocked the ball out, and Shinji Kagawa followed and turned around to pass the ball back.
The football really fell at Zhou Yi's feet.
As Shinji Kagawa passed the ball back, Gotze started to run forward.
However, he was still a little hesitant at first, and when he looked back, he found that Zhou Yi did not pass the football directly, but continued to pass it back, knowing that Zhou Yi wanted to leave enough time for himself. So he didn't dare to slack off, no longer looked back at the situation behind him, and began to accelerate forward.
After Zhou Yi pierced the football back, he quickly glanced back at the front, and he saw the back of Gotze running.
So he turned back again and motioned for Subotic, who had received the ball, to pass the ball to him.
Before the game, Zhou Yi greeted Subotic, and Subotic immediately passed the football back.
After receiving the ball, Zhou Yi did not turn and pass forward, but passed it horizontally to Sven Bender.
Immediately after kicking the ball out, he quickly turned his head to look ahead again, ascertaining Gotze's position. At the same time, although he didn't look at Sven Bender, his hand had already made a pass to Sven Bender.
When Sven Bender passed the soccer ball to him, his head was already twisted back, just in time to see the soccer ball rolling towards him.
He lifted his foot to catch the ball and at the same time completed the turn.
At this time, after Dortmund kicked off, counting the pass that Shinji Kagawa gave to Zhou Yi, there were only five passes in total.
Five deliveries with a time of no more than six seconds.
For a 90-minute game, six seconds is just a very short moment.
What is enough for this very short moment?
Barcelona's attacking players had just moved to the vicinity of Dortmund's 30-metre zone, and Cesc Fabregas planned to come up and sneak up on Zhou Yi, cut off his ball, and then attack directly.
But just when he just rushed up, Zhou Yi, who was holding the ball, suddenly made a long pass and kicked the football straight to Barcelona's backline, or to be precise, the empty space behind Barcelona's backline!
The ball crossed all obstacles in the air, like a precision-guided missile, and flew into the space behind Barcelona's defenders.
Six seconds is enough time for a player who is not known for his speed to get past the defenders and through several lines to reach his destination.
As the ball was in the air, Gotze passed through a gap between Barcelona centre-back Mascherano and Alves.
He broke out of the formation and became the leader!
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"Mario Gotze!" exclaimed Marcel Leff.
Valdés originally wanted to attack, but he had just run to the penalty spot, but hesitated - Zhou Yi's pass was very thief, although it was a strong long pass, but the control of the landing point of the football was very accurate, and the ball was outside the penalty area after it landed, and it would be closer to Gotze, so Gotze would be picked up by him earlier.
Of course, if Valdés insists on attacking, it is not impossible to rush in front of Gotze in one go to block his shot.
Valdés, however, paused, and this pause gave Götze an opportunity.
Götze, who had rushed to the back line, turned around and saw that the ball was already falling towards him, so he adjusted his pace and was ready to catch the ball.
Lifting his foot to unload the football in the air, it was a perfect stop, and the ball landed right in front of his body!
"Götze made a beautiful stop! this ball was wonderful!" Marcel Leif couldn't help but compliment.
In this kind of counter-attack, a good stop is almost half the battle.
Gotze stopped the ball and looked up at Valdés.
Valdés happened to be at the penalty spot at this time, and he was in a very awkward position - he wanted to continue to rush forward, there was not enough time, the distance was too far, and before he could rush in front of Gotze, the opponent might just hang the door. This increases the angle of Gotze's shot, allowing him to shoot with his feet......
After only half a second of hesitation, Valdés chose to strike - it was stupid to retreat halfway through the attack, he didn't want to make such an amateurish mistake. So at this time, like a pawn crossing a river, Valdés can only move forward, not backward.
He rushed to Götze.
And after observing Valdés' position, Götze now has only one voice in his head, from Zhou Yi's words before the game: "Shoot when you have a chance!"
Isn't this an opportunity?
Gotze decisively shoots with his feet!
Instead of opting for a lob shot, he opted for a low shot, and the ball sped forward against the turf, not far from Valdés.
But this kind of shot makes Valdés very uncomfortable, because what the goalkeeper is most afraid of is the boccia, and the most uncomfortable thing for them in boccia is the kind of ball that is not close to their body and is not far away. Because the speed at which the goalkeeper fell to the ground was originally slower than the speed at which they took off, the position closer to their bodies could be regarded as a blind spot for saving with their hands, which was determined by the structure of the human body.
Therefore, the shots of the more thieves will choose to play this position.
Valdés was half a beat slower when he fell to the ground, and before his hand could touch the football, the ball had already passed him!
All he can do now is pray to God that the ball will be blocked by the post, or simply deflected......
He looked back at the football, and then at the football...... Roll into the net!
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"Ahh!!h “toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor!!!!”
"Gotze! shot - the ball went in!" He Ping was also very excited, he was not a Dortmund fan, nor was he a fan of Gotze, but he hoped that Dortmund could go further and further so that Zhou Yi's performance in the Champions League could continue.
"Unbelievable! Unbelievable! It was Borussia Dortmund who scored first, and it was just eight seconds into the game!" he exclaimed. "The fastest goal in the Champions League this season was born!"
Marcel Leif hissed incessantly: "Before the game, everyone thought that Barcelona had an absolute advantage on their home turf. But just eight seconds into the game, Barcelona conceded a goal, which must have been a surprise to most people! But I don't think it's a surprise because that's football, anything is possible!"
The Catalan commentator was stunned after conceding the goal, and he kept asking: "Is this true?
He can't be blamed for making a fuss, but Barcelona's players are no better.
After conceding the goal, he was also at a loss, completely unaware that Dortmund had just started the game......
What the hell is this!
Gotze was running to celebrate the goal, and Dortmund's players rushed in droves, including Zhou Yi.
They made their way through the stunned Barcelona players and caught up with Gotze under the North Stand at Camp Nou to celebrate the goal with him.
Gotze turned around and hugged Zhou Yi and thanked him for his assist.
Then he whispered in his ear, "I've found our fans!" He put his arm around Zhou Yi and turned around, then pointed to the top of the North Stand.
Zhou Yi followed him and looked up, and in an inconspicuous corner at the top of the North Stand, there was a small area of yellow.
That's the Dortmund fans from afar.
They were jumping in that place, waving their arms and celebrating the goal with the distant Dortmund players.
"Awesome, you've found it!" Zhou Yi also said happily to Gotze. "That's right, they look a little hidden......"
"It's a little hidden, I doubt they'll be able to see the game there......" Gotze looked up.
'You can't see our faces and numbers, but at least you can see us scoring. Zhou Yi patted Gotze on the shoulder.
"Yes, you can see us score!" Gotze was delighted.
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While the Dortmund players were still celebrating their goals, the TV broadcast was replaying the goal.
It was obvious that the ball was instigated by Zhou Yi, and after two consecutive back-and-forth passes in the backfield, he suddenly found Gotze with a long pass and completed a sneak attack.
It's only been eight seconds since the start of the game, and the Barcelona players are probably not in the game yet.
So was this ball a stroke of luck, or was it carefully planned and premeditated?
Thanks to the developed TV broadcast, when Zhou Yi and Gotze were discussing before the game, there was a camera that recorded it, and now the director of the game broadcast quickly cut out this footage.
So you can see that Zhou Yi was communicating with Götze, and after finishing speaking, he went to find several other teammates. Among those teammates were Subotic and Sven Bender, who passed the ball to him.
Well, seeing this, it is already obvious that this goal of Dortmund was premeditated a long time ago!
"This goal proves one thing, and that is that Borussia Dortmund are definitely not coming to Camp Nou to go through the process and accept defeat!" said Marcel Leif. "If anyone thinks Dortmund have been knocked out, then they have to watch their faces!"