Chapter 259: Targeted Arrangements
At half-time, Paris Saint-Germain Saint-Germain's coach Blanco made an adjustment, which was not for Zhou Yi, but for Shahin.
He asked his players to chase and intercept Shaheen, not to let him get the ball easily, and not let him play it easily.
As long as Shahin's passing path is cut off, Dortmund's attacking threat is much less.
This is much more efficient than going directly to defend Zhou Yi.
Because in terms of personal ability, the current Shaheen is not as easy as Zhou Yi, and the difficulty of defense is relatively smaller.
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After a fifteen-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again, with no substitutions made.
Shortly after the start of the second half, PSG attacked, but their pass up front was wrong.
The football was directly intercepted by Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi, who intercepted the ball, immediately planned to launch a counterattack, and Paris Saint-Germain naturally knew that it was powerful.
Seeing this, He Ying, who was chasing back, did not hesitate to hug Zhou Yi with both hands from behind, as if wrestling, and knocked Zhou Yi to the ground.
Boos rang out again from the stands.
The referee's whistle sounded.
Zhou Yi, who was put to the ground by He Ying, spread out his hand, looking very helpless.
Then he saw He Ying's outstretched hand, and he was pulled up by He Ying.
Despite He Ying's friendly demeanor, the referee showed him a yellow card when he came up.
After all, he used a foul to prevent a good counterattack opportunity for Dortmund, at that time Paris Saint-Germain was attacking, and most of the players pressed up, if Dortmund's counterattack was completed, it could directly threaten the goal guarded by Sirigu, so He Ying had to foul.
It was a tactical foul that deserved a yellow card.
He Ying has already received a yellow card, and Dortmund's fans still continue to "serve" him with boos, and they have not "shown mercy" to He Ying because He Ying and Zhou Yi are Chinese at the same time.
He Ying pulled down Zhou Yi and got a yellow card, and then think about Yan Min in the first half because of a foul on He Ying and received a yellow card...... There was a lot of interaction between the three Chinese players in this game...... "Although He Ying and Yan Min both had a yellow card, He Ping was quite happy to talk about it.
This means that Chinese players are no longer marginal figures on this stage, but have become protagonists and attract attention.
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In the 51st minute, Dortmund almost extended the score - at that time, Yan Min returned the pass on the right side of the penalty area, and Zhou Yi, who was following him, directly volleyed the ball fifteen meters away from the goal!
As a result, the ball hit the crossbar!
"Oh!!"
There was an exclamation from the stands.
The ball that hit the crossbar did not fly off the baseline, but bounced back.
Falling to the top of the penalty arc outside the box, Nuri Saheen picked up the ball, but he was tripped by Lucas Jr. and the referee blew the whistle to stop the game, while giving Lucas Jr. a yellow card and awarding Borussia Dortmund a well-placed free-kick.
When Paris Saint-Germain began to put up the wall, the TV began to replay Zhou Yi's kick just now.
"Yan Min broke through beautifully, passed beautifully, and Zhou Yi shot very beautifully...... But alas, the ball was blocked by the post...... "Marcel Leif was very sorry that if this goal had been scored, Dortmund would have equalised on aggregate.
When the wall was lined up, it was Saheen who took the free-kick from Borussia Dortmund.
The referee's whistle sounded, and he ran to kick the ball.
The ball successfully bypassed the wall and went straight to the top right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Sirigu was visibly disturbed by the wall, jumping a little late and not flying high enough, and although his arms were as stretched as he could, they were still far from touching the football.
He didn't even cover the door frame......
But the falling soccer ball hit the top edge of the crossbar and bounced out!
"It's the beam again!!" shouted Marcel Leff. "Is this a goal at the Westerda! It has already prevented two of Dortmund's must-have goals in less than two minutes!"
When the football hit the crossbar, he almost cursed - this is also a live broadcast, if he watched the football in private, he would definitely curse at this time.
Two shots in a row within two minutes, both hit the crossbar, and without swearing, there was no way to vent emotions.
West** Stadium was also an exclamation
Many Dortmund fans couldn't wait to raise their hands and cheer when they saw the football flying towards the goal, but in the end they could only shoot it down and buckle it on their heads......
Shaheen also held his head in his hands, unable to believe that he had such a great free-kick, bypassed the wall, defeated the goalkeeper, and finally lost on the crossbar of his own home......
Some sensitive people are already wondering if hitting the post twice in a row is a hint from God that they can't win the game today......
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Although his goal was threatened for two minutes, Blanco did not choose to defend the goal. PSG are still looking to attack, and those two posts have given them some confidence – making them feel that luck is on their side.
Paris Saint-Germain know very well that Dortmund only lead by one goal, which is a very unsafe scoreline, and the second half has only started for a short time, if they shrink their defense now and let Dortmund besiege them in the next game, then there is a chance that they will concede in the end.
So Blanco chose to let the team play according to the previous tactics.
If PSG can score a goal, they can completely crush Dortmund.
And so far, PSG have the upper hand. It is believed that as time goes by, when there is less and less time left for Dortmund, and the score still does not change, Dortmund will be more impatient.
When the time comes, it will be PSG's chance to counterattack.
Under such a guiding ideology, although Dortmund just hit the crossbar with two consecutive shots, Paris Saint-Germain did not retreat, but continued to play with Dortmund according to the previous rhythm.
In the 55th minute, Matuidi caused a foul on Grosskreutz, who received a yellow card.
During this time, the referee played cards very frequently, and he seemed to feel that with the retirement of the game time, the competition on the field became more and more fierce, and he wanted to control this emotion.
Paris Saint-Germain took advantage of the free-kick and passed the ball into the Dortmund penalty area, which was cleared in succession before the ball fell to Verratti. Verratti fired a long-range shot straight from outside the box, which went high.
A minute later, however, PSG won another corner, which Verratti headed in and Cavani headed wide from the box.
"Cavani's header is off! it's ......dangerous," Marcel Leif sighed.
“...... It was clear from this period of play that Dortmund did not have the upper hand, and after the half-time adjustments, PSG did not perform badly, and they have recovered from the panic after conceding the goal......
PSG's attack continued, and in the 61st minute, full-back Yale passed the ball, and Lucas Jr. fired a powerful shot from 25 yards from goal, only to be blocked by central defender Hummels with his body.
In the 67th minute, Paris Saint-Germain won a free kick in front again, Verratti took the penalty, and after the free kick on the right side, He Ying jumped up in the middle and headed the goal, which was deflected again......
"It's dangerous, it's dangerous!" He Ping exclaimed. "Paris Saint-Germain's offensive during this period was too fierce, and they continued to get chances in front of Dortmund's goal, and Dortmund, who played at home, were not able to suppress their opponents...... Paris Saint-Germain have performed really well this season, and this looks like their best chance to reach the last four of the Champions League, and they must not be willing to stop at the quarter-finals!"
Klopp, who was on the sidelines, was also anxious when he saw PSG's continuous attacks, and he shouted from the sidelines for Shaheen to link up the midfield.
Zhou Yi played as a forward midfielder in this game, and he had to be in front, so the task of transporting football from back to front was naturally handed over to Shahin.
If Shaheen can't get the ball up, Dortmund will always be surrounded by Paris Saint-Germain......
Just like this time, the situation is already very bad for Dortmund.
While Jurgen Klopp was anxiously directing the game from the sidelines, Blanco was next door, watching the game with his hands in his pockets, everything under his control.
His half-time tweaks made a difference.
He looked up at the big screen, which showed the time of the game, the 68th point of the game, it was almost 70 minutes, and there was not much time left for Dortmund......