Chapter Eighty-Nine: Good Popularity
The previous match between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund reminded many old fans of the 2004 European Championship in Portugal, the tacit goal between Sweden and Denmark. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Before the final round of the group stage, Sweden had four points and a goal difference of five, Denmark four points and a goal difference of two, Italy two points and a goal difference of zero, while Bulgaria had zero points.
According to the rules, Denmark and Sweden can advance together as long as they play a draw of 2:2 and 3:3, but 1:1 will not work.
As a result, the game was really played 2:2, so no matter what the result of the Italian side was, they would be eliminated. After 2:2, the players of Sweden and Denmark played very conservatively, and in the final stage of the game, neither of them wanted to attack half the court, and they fell in their own backfield, and the opposing players did not come up to force the gun.
It's just that I'm worried about some accidents.
It was a bit similar to Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund at the start of the second half.
But now it's okay, if the game continues like that, there will be boos.
Now, City have taken the initiative to make adjustments and changes, and their attack has become more threatening.
Manchester City fans in the stands also believe that the team is back on track and can expect the team to win at home.
But reality is called "cruel" because it doesn't develop according to people's subjective wishes.
In the 69th minute when Manchester City pressed on the attack, Borussia Dortmund had an attacking chance.
Dzeko's shot was denied by Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller, who then didn't kick the ball out of the way and threw it directly to Sven Bender just outside the box.
Sven Bender gently tapped the football to Zhou Yi with his head, and Zhou Yi directly passed the football sideways to the side.
On the flank was the inserted full-back Schmelzer, although Schmelzer received the ball on the wing, but he did not continue to dribble forward, and in the face of the blockage of the Manchester City player, he passed the ball diagonally to the middle.
It was Lewandowski, the center in the middle, who received the ball.
Lewandowski receives the ball with his back to the attack, but he doesn't have to think hard about how to turn, he just needs to pass the ball back.
The football fell to the feet of Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi did not stop the ball, but kicked it directly towards the ball from Lewandowski, and the ball flew to the left wing, where Gotze had already stepped forward at high speed.
And it's also a void in the Manchester City defence!
In a series of indiscriminate bombardments around the Dortmund goal, Manchester City forgot that their backline was incomplete, and now this gap has been seized by Zhou Yi.
Borussia Dortmund's rapid succession not only overwhelmed the fans in front of the TV and in the stands, but also left the City players on the pitch a little unresponsive. Dortmund's attack was first in the middle but was soon moved to the left.
After City's defensive focus shifted to this side, the ball was passed back to the middle.
So the Manchester City players turned their attention to the middle, but they didn't expect Zhou Yi to pass the football back to the left side- In order to prevent Schmelzer from moving forward with the ball, Manchester City's defense on this side was relatively higher, anyway, compared to their left fullback, Manchester City's right fullback Zabaleta had pressed over the middle line, he originally wanted to block Schmelzer, but Schmelzer did not take the ball to kill, but passed the football to the middle, and his attention also turned to the middle, ignoring for a while that there was actually space behind him.
But Zhou Yi didn't ignore it, and transferred the football very quickly and accurately, passing the football behind Zabaleta.
When Gotze got the ball, the rest of City's defenders were still behind, so even though he was behind Zabaleta, he was not offside!
"Good shot!
At Marcel Leif's exclamations, Gotze dribbled the ball into the Manchester City penalty area.
And there are still not too many Dortmund players who are involved in the attack, Lewandowski and Reus are rushing forward, and Zhou Yi is also running forward, but the speed is not very fast, and he does not intend to take the lead.
Naturally, his actions could not attract the attention of the Manchester City players, so the Manchester City players who kept returning to the defense accelerated past him, but no one turned their heads to look at him, and their eyes were firmly locked on Gotze, who broke through with the ball......
As a result, the distance between the slow runner Zhou Yi and the fast runner Manchester City players was widened, and they were almost unmarked.
When Gotze rushed to the 30-metre area of Manchester City and found that there was no good target to pass forward, he naturally chose to knock back and pass the ball to Zhou Yi.
At this time, people found out that no one watched Zhou Yi!
So the Manchester City players who were defending Lewandowski and Reus near the penalty area turned and pounced on Zhou Yi again.
Facing Harvey Garcia, who was the first to rush up, Zhou Yi made a long-range feint, and he jumped up and turned around to block with his back.
But Zhou Yi just buttoned the football to the left, and then flashed past Xavi Garcia and dribbled the ball to Manchester City's penalty area!
"Zhou Yi! beautiful feints, he dribbles forward!" He Ping was very excited.
Zhou Yi, who got rid of Xavi Garcia, had a short space where he could shoot, but he didn't, and continued to rush forward with the ball.
He soon ran head-on into City's backline.
It was then that he picked up the ball in a very stealthy move on his run – a toe pick – and it went past the City defenders and fell behind them. At this time, Lewandowski appeared behind them, and also appeared at the landing point of the football, and he gently padd the football with ****!
Although some Manchester City players raised their arms and signaled for the referee to receive the ball that Lewandowski was offside, neither the referee nor the linesman said anything.
Especially the linesman, he can see clearly that at the moment of Zhou Yi's pass, in fact, Manchester City's back line did not remain unanimous, Klich was a little late, dragging at the back, and he also let Lewandowski happen to be in a position that is not offside!
"No offside! good goal! Lewandowski-!" Marcel Leif yelled in a long voice.
In his roar, the Polish shooter who stopped the ball kicked directly at the football with his legs, and fired a half-volley!
The ball slammed into the goal.
Due to the proximity and the strength of the ball, even Joe Hart could not completely stop the ball, he took to the air, stretched out his hand, and blocked the football, but the ball still stubbornly flew into the goal!
That's it!
2:0!
Borussia Dortmund take a two-goal lead!
"Lewandowski! Beautiful volley! Stopping the ball to shoot is really in one go!" He Ping was also very happy, because of Zhou Yizai, he naturally supported Dortmund.
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After the goal, Lewandowski beckoned Zhou Yi to come up and celebrate with him, and ran to the stands where Manchester City fans gathered, and then made a "shut up" gesture.
It's a provocative celebration.
But Lewandowski actually has no grievances with Manchester City fans, and when he got the ball in the game, he didn't hear the boos of Manchester City fans.
So why did he do it?
It's very simple, he is fighting for Zhou Yi!
There was no boo when he took the ball, but there were boos when Zhou Yi took the ball, and every time it was a deafening boo, this was the response of Manchester City fans to Zhou Yi playing that ball before the game.
As a teammate, Lewandowski certainly has to stand up for Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi is a person that everyone likes in the team, he has been wronged, and others will naturally come out for him to fight for him.
So not only Lewandowski, but also other Dortmund players who came up to celebrate the goal also made a gesture to shut up.
"This celebration may tell us how popular Zhou Yi is in the Dortmund team, ha!" He Ping laughed.
Although Manchester City once had Chinese player Sun Hai play again and have a group of fans in China, they are still far from popular compared to Borussia Dortmund, who have active Chinese players. So He Ping's ridicule will not cause too many people to be dissatisfied.
Of course, Zhou Yi's popularity is good, even if he doesn't care about his personality, his good popularity is what he exchanged for selfless assists again and again.
Who wouldn't love someone who can always provide nanny assists to their teammates and meet their needs when they need a goal the most?
There are some Chinese fans who always think that Zhou Yilao assists others and scores fewer goals himself, and thinks that he is too virgin. But it is not a consecration that is called "Our Lady". (To be continued.) )