Chapter 296: Dominating Everything
For some people, the constant passing of football is a pressure, a burden, a responsibility that they don't want to bear. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
But Zhou Yino, he thinks it's trust, every pass comes from the trust of his teammates.
He loves and enjoys the feeling of being trusted.
And he also strives to live up to the trust of his teammates.
He took the football they had passed on, analyzed it, and then passed it out.
The game had just begun, and because it was an away game, Bayer Leverkusen did not press, but shrunk at the back and defended cautiously.
In the face of such a situation, Zhou Yi did not rush to pass the football forward, he could casually fall in the backfield.
When he did this before, he had to take into account the thoughts of his former teammates at the back, after all, he was on someone else's turf and couldn't go too far.
But now, there is no need to think about it.
He has the final say.
Continuously reversing the foot, constantly passing horizontally or back, and occasionally passing forward, Zhou Yi observed the changes in the situation on the pitch in the process.
Bayer Leverkusen's midfield configuration in this game is not bad, with the returning veteran Ballack to play, and the young Vidal and Barnetta to assist, and talented players like Kiessling up front. However, Bayer Leverkusen's defense is not too good, and there are hidden dangers.
Although there is a central defender like Hyypia who was in the best team in the Bundesliga last season, Hyypia is already 37 years old at this time and is on the verge of retirement. The physical fitness has declined rapidly, and it is no longer the courage of the past.
Ballack's return is a boost for Bayer Leverkusen fans, but Ballack is just as old. Born in 1976, he is 34 years old this year, and his career is also very small.
However, they are both very experienced, coupled with the energetic youngsters Vidal and Barnetta.
Maybe they can cause some problems for Dortmund in midfield.
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After Zhou Yi and his teammates got several kicks in a row, he finally found a vacancy, and he sent the football over with a long pass.
Slightly off, but still in control, Grosskloitz chased a few steps and took the ball next.
"Zhou Yi's long pass found his teammates very accurately!" Duan Xin said excitedly.
Many Chinese fans in front of the TV were also excited, this was Zhou Yi's first long pass in this game, and it was so accurate, which showed that he was in good shape.
However, Zhou Yi shook his head after passing the ball, and did not think that his long pass was a success.
Because there was an opportunity here, and if the long ball was passed well, Grosskloitz could have used it to create a threat. But now he has taken the football down, but the opportunity is gone, and he can only reorganize the attack.
It wasn't the effect he wanted, at least not the effect he wanted in this long pass.
So he ran again.
Sure enough, after Grosskloitz took control of the football, he looked up and saw that the opponent's defense was completely and tightly lined up in front of him.
There was no chance, so he had to pass the football back to Shinji Kagawa.
The Japanese won the starting position in the first game thanks to their excellent performance in the warm-up matches.
However, he was able to start so easily, and I am afraid it has something to do with Zhou Yi's retreat......
After Shinji Kagawa got the ball, he looked ahead, and there were no good chances. Bayer Leverkusen's players were still very tight against Barrios, and Kadlec kept following him and couldn't find any good passing opportunities.
Just when Shinji Kagawa didn't know what to do, he heard someone shouting behind him, "Pass it to me, Kagawa!"
Shinji Kagawa hurriedly turned around and saw Zhou Yi hooking his hand at him. So he didn't say a word and passed the football back.
After training and warm-up matches, Shinji Kagawa already knew Zhou Yi's strength, so there would be no hesitation at all at this time.
The football fell to the feet of Zhou Yi, who was inserted behind, and Shinji Kagawa, who had passed the ball, ran forward.
Now Zhou Yi's position on the pitch has changed to a forward midfielder, and he has returned to the place he knew most from last season, the closest place to the goal.
According to some theories, it is also where he is most threatened.
Of course, the defensive pressure has also increased dramatically. Vidal pounced like a tiger and entangled Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi passed the football to Ge Ce, who came up to pick him up, and did not let the football stay at his feet longer. He then continued to run.
This scene is familiar to fans and commentators in front of the TV, because last season, Zhou Yi played football like this.
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"It doesn't look like it's any different from when he played the front midfield...... Duan Xin said suddenly.
By this time, the game had been played for almost 20 minutes, and Dortmund, who were playing at home, took the initiative, and although the field and weather conditions were not too good, Klopp's team still played normally.
And this normality has a lot to do with Zhou Yi. Because football will always be passed to Zhou Yi, and then passed out by Zhou Yi. His receiving pass made the difference between the Dortmund machine and the proper functioning of the machine.
During this time, because Dortmund suppressed Leverkusen, the formation was a little good. Zhou Yi has always been active in the front court, and it really feels like a front waist.
"Modern football is vague about the position of players on the field. Tao Wei said beside him. "Nobody says you can't come up if you hit the back. And Zhou Yi's back is also an organizational back, his defensive task is not heavy, and he can certainly come up when a suppressive situation is formed. ”
In fact, not only when the team forms a suppressive situation, but also when counterattacking, Zhou Yi can move forward with the offensive.
As long as he comes up, no matter whether it is Shinji Kagawa or Gotze in front of him, he will have to make way for him. He has absolute priority in the middle.
This is also something that Klopp has repeatedly emphasized and explained in training.
He told Shinji Kagawa, who was originally playing the front waist, that if Zhou Yi wanted to come up, he had to give him the position of the front waist, so where did Shinji Kagawa go?
You can go to the forward in the penalty area, or you can go to the side to play as a winger, and Shinji Kagawa can play in both positions anyway.
The game went on for a while, and in the 35th minute, Bayer Leverkusen launched an attack, but it didn't work out when their pass was cut off by Subotic in front of the Dortmund penalty area.
After breaking the ball, Subotic realised it was a good opportunity to counter-attack and quickly passed the ball to midfielder Sven Cade, who then turned and passed to Gotze who retreated from the wing.
Götze ran forward with the ball and he was soon blocked by Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Fidel Castro.
In the face of blocking, Gotze did not force a breakthrough with the ball, but passed the football to Zhou Yi in the middle.
When Zhou Yi received the ball, there was no Leverkusen player sticking to him next to him, which is not to say that Leverkusen's players looked down on Zhou Yi and didn't pay enough attention to him, but Zhou Yi kept running on the field and happened to run into the air.
So when Zhou Yi just received the ball, Leverkusen's defender Vidal rushed up.
Zhou Yi turned around and protected the football in front of him, as if he was about to develop to the other side. On the other side, Grosskloitz is indeed advancing at high speed.
Zhou's turn, combined with Grosskloitz's run, drew the attention of Bayer Leverkusen's defence, and their defenders followed suit.
But just as they moved, Zhou Yi suddenly twisted and passed the football to the other side, where Gertze was!
At this time, Gotze had already rushed up, and the football from Zhou Yi jumped twice on the slippery turf, and rushed forward, rolling just a little in front of Gotze!
The momentum was just right, and the football didn't stop somewhere where there was standing water.
Although Zhou Yi's pass was a bit unexpected, the reaction of the Bayer Leverkusen backline was also very fast, and it immediately moved to this side.
So by the time Götze received the ball and was about to burst into the box, the Bayer Leverkusen defender had moved in front of him.
It's not impossible for him to break through, but the field is slippery, and the success rate will inevitably drop greatly.
At this time, Gotze shook his head to the middle lane, and he saw Zhou Yi.
When Dortmund counterattacked, all the attacking players rushed forward in a swarm, and the defenders who pressed Leverkusen followed the retreat, Zhou Yi did not run forward, but on the contrary, he retreated a few steps, which just opened a little distance between him and the defenders of Leverkusen.
This belongs to the initiative to create a vacancy, because it is such a little distance, so that no one around him is watching!
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Mark, who saw this scene in the south stand, couldn't help but shout: "Pass the ball! Pass to Zhou Yi, Mario!"
He and Zhou Yi have been playing and training together since the U17 youth team, and he already knows how to cooperate with Zhou Yi very well.
So when he saw this scene, he was afraid that Götze would not see it, and he couldn't help shouting, regardless of whether Götze could hear it on the court or not.
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However, how could Gotze, who has also been with Zhou Yi since the youth team period, not know this?
When he saw that Zhou Yi was not moving forward, but retreating, he knew what Zhou Yi was going to do - just to pull out space!
So he decisively passed the football to Zhou Yi.
The distance between the football and the Bayer Leverkusen goal suddenly became farther than before, which seemed to be a sign of the failure of Dortmund's counter-attack, and Dortmund was about to play a positional battle again in the long run.
After Zhou Yi received the ball, he didn't pass the football out right away, but controlled it.
This control gave the retreating Bayer Leverkusen players time to rush up again.
"Oops, it's slow!" Duan Xin shouted regretfully when he saw this scene.
He believes that Zhou Yi should pass the ball or shoot immediately after receiving the ball, and make full use of this space. But after Zhou Yi got the ball, he waited for a while, and after waiting, the vacancy was gone.
But Zhou Yi is actually waiting for Leverkusen's defenders to press up.
If they don't press up, how can there be a new, deadly void?
And in order to deepen this effect, Zhou Yi also chose to move forward with the ball and face the defenders of Leverkusen!
Kadlec rushed at him as soon as possible.
At the same time, Barrios, who was originally in the middle of the penalty area, saw that Zhou Yi was about to break through from the middle, so he pulled to the side, and raised his hand, signaling Zhou Yi to pass the football to him on the side after attracting the defensive attention to the middle.
However, Bayer Leverkusen did not forget about Barrios, last season's Bundesliga golden boot, and the experienced Hyypia followed.
For a while, Leverkusen's various runs in front of the penalty area involved intricate routes, and if everyone had a line behind them, it would probably be a mess at this moment.
But a good, even top-notch, midfield playmaker must have the ability to find the thread in the mess, find the gap in the mess, and be fast!
In Zhou Yi's mind, he quickly found this vacancy.
He turned his head to the right.
This made Hyypia nervous because Barrios was here, and it looked like he was really going to pass the football to Barrios?
But in fact, if there is an eye tracking device, you can find that although Zhou Yi's head is twisted to this side, his gaze is not looking at Barrios, but falling on Grosskloitz, who is also on the side.
He's looking at Grosskloitz's run, and he's spotting that gap, but what about his teammates?
If no one can run into the vacancy, it's useless.
When he turned his head, he saw Grosskloitz suddenly accelerate and rush to the middle of the penalty area!
He knew that the Grand Cross had also found a vacancy!
It was a gap behind Leverkusen's defense because Zhou Yi waited for the ball, and then dribbled forward with the ball and Barrios pulled to the side!
After Grosskloitz rushed forward, Zhou Yi also swung his thighs sideways, and at the same time turned his ankles sideways, like a golf club pushing the ball into the hole, and passed the football out.
Straight stopper!
Football has flown past Kadlec!
And Kadlec didn't do anything but watch......
In fact, Hyypia was aware of it when Grosskloitz stepped forward, but even if he realized that it was an empty space, he couldn't make sure right away. Because it's a dilemma for him - will he continue to defend Barrios, or will he defend Grosskloitz?
It stands to reason that he should defend Grosskloitz, who is clearly going to get the ball. But if he really went, Barrios would not be stupid, and he would suddenly be unmarked. When the time comes, as long as Grosskloitz takes the ball and passes the ball sideways, Barrios can face the goal directly, which is probably easier than practicing shooting in training......
Hyypia only hesitated for a short time, but still made a decision, he threw down Barrios and turned to defend Grosskloitz, after all, the football was now passed to Grosskloitz. In any case, the player with the ball should be the priority, they are the biggest threat.
As for Barrios?
He can't take care of it, and can only count on his teammates to make up for it in time to keep Grosskloitz from falling unmarked.
But it was such a hesitation, coupled with the lack of explosiveness and speed caused by the decline in physical fitness after getting older, Hyypia lost the best chance to stick to Grosskloitz.
Grosskloitz sprinted with all his might, and Zhou Yi's through ball was also fast, and he could catch the ball directly without slowing down.
He pedaled very hard, and the meteor strode to suppress Hyypia!
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"Zhou Yi!" Marcel Leif yelled, the ball rolled into the penalty area, and Grosskloitz was about to receive the ball!
"Grosskloitz—!" Leif lengthened.
With this long whistle, Grosskloitz received the ball, went diagonally, opened the angle of the shot, and then picked up his left foot and struck the lower middle part of the ball!
The soccer ball was pumped up and flying by him!
Because it was so close - the shot was already closer than the penalty spot - although goalkeeper Adler blocked the angle, but only had time to reflexively raise his hand, the ball was already on his shoulder, and the slightest change of line flew into the goal!
"The ball is in!!" Marcel Leif's prolonged note ended at this point, instantly turning into a roar of excitement.
"Kevin Grosskloitz, he took the lead for Borussia Dortmund, well done, Grand Cross! Well done, Zhou Yi!" was the passionate cry of the host Norbert Dicker.
The same shout rang out from the south stand: "Well done, Grand Cross! Well done, Zhou Yi!"
Among them, the one where the "black gold" fan organization is located roars the loudest. Because there are the Wagners and Daddy Bruno.
Grosskloitz was also excited after the goal, even though he lost his balance after the shot and slipped out on his knees with both legs. However, he quickly got up from the ground with his hands and feet and ran to Zhou Yi, who passed the ball to him.
When he was about to run in front of Zhou Yi, he turned around and motioned for Zhou Yi to come up.
Zhou Yi was not polite, jumped up directly, and was carried by Grosskloitz.
Then, along with the rest of their teammates, they waved their fists towards the South Stand in response to the shouts from above!
The roars of these yellow and black fans even shattered the rain flying above them!