Chapter 146: Ventilation
In the 70th minute of the game, Bayer Leverkusen's shot statistics skyrocketed, which speaks volumes about their dominance. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
But it would be wrong to say that Dortmund had no chance at all, and Dortmund also launched several counterattacks, but the quality was not high.
As the clock ticked down, Bayer Leverkusen couldn't keep up with this fast-paced and high-intensity game all the time, and they needed to stop and catch their breath.
Zhou Yi knows this very well, and there has never been a team in this world that can maintain this rhythm of the game for 90 minutes.
So now you actually need to be more patient than your opponent.
When there is an opportunity to attack, don't be too anxious, if it is not a good opportunity, Zhou Yi would rather choose to give up this attack, and will not rashly pass the football to the front, and then easily hand over the ball to Leverkusen.
For him, he felt that the worst outcome of this game would be a draw. Although only one point will be taken by Bayern Munich to open up the points gap, but the score of 2:2 has appeared, what else can be done? If you can't win this game, at least don't lose? The three points that came to the hand have become one point, and this point can no longer become zero.
So Zhou Yi felt that if it really didn't work, then it would not be a big deal to keep a draw.
After the mentality is correct, the perspective of the problem will be different.
When the counter-attacking opportunity comes, he doesn't blindly shove the ball forward and hope for luck.
For him, success rate is far more important than the number of shots on goal.
Bayer Leverkusen had more shots on goal than Borussia Dortmund, but the score was still 2:2, and there was no difference.
Zhou Yi was patiently waiting for Leverkusen's chance to breathe.
And Dortmund's players also found that their impatience could not have any good results after many counterattacks in vain, so they slowly let go of their eagerness and waited patiently for opportunities with Zhou Yi.
After all, it is a team that has won the league championship for two consecutive seasons, and this self-adjustment ability on the field is still there.
And when all the players on the team have calmed down, Zhou Yi's chance will come. After all, he is a playmaker, he is the one who mobilizes the whole team, and if he is alone, then his role will change.
He still hopes that more teammates can cooperate with him, rather than fighting alone.
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From the 70th minute, Bayer Leverkusen slowed down the tempo, and it's no secret that anyone with any experience of watching the game can tell.
On the pitch, Dortmund finally had a chance to breathe.
The Leverkusen fans cheered and cheered, in their minds, it was a temporary adjustment of the team, in order to catch their breath and then continue to attack, and they would repeat the process until the end of the game, with short intervals between breaths, like diving, coming to the surface to take a deep breath and then diving for a long time.
In their opinion, their team is just ventilating.
However, in Zhou Yi's eyes, ventilation is not the result of the diver's active control, but the inevitable result of physiological structure. So since you have to ventilate, it's actually a weakness.
As long as you can grasp this weakness and make a fuss, you may be able to reap different results.
Like a patient killer, he lurks on the water's edge, patiently waiting for the moment when his target is forced to surface for a breath.
In the 72nd minute, not long after Bayer Leverkusen had just slowed down the pace of the game, Dortmund had a chance to attack.
But when the football fell to Zhou Yi's feet, he controlled the football and spun around in a circle, while protecting the football, he also lost the opportunity to pass the ball forward, and finally he passed the football to Santana, the central defender in the back.
It is equivalent to giving up the opportunity to fight back this time.
In the eyes of Dortmund fans who are in a hurry, this is a very regrettable thing that cannot be figured out -- why didn't Zhou Yi pass the ball forward? The opportunity was not very good? But how could he know whether the opportunity was good or not if he didn't pass the ball forward? Moreover, if he didn't pass the ball forward, how could he have a chance? Let's not talk about whether the opportunity was good or not, there was not even a chance, so what was the point of talking about whether it was good or not?
Zhou Yi couldn't hear those doubts, he was playing at his own pace and plan.
This time the fast attack on Dortmund did not work, Leverkusen felt that it was a good thing, and fans with Leverkusen even felt that Dortmund had been completely scared by Leverkusen, even if the opportunity was in front of them, they did not dare to try.
Bayer Leverkusen's previous offensive was really crazy, and the momentum they showed was enough to scare a lot of people, so this speculation is normal.
But this seemingly correct speculation is not necessarily the truth.
And this feeling of being good about themselves is likely to be counterproductive – the supporters feel good about themselves, and if the players feel good about themselves, something is going to happen.
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The game went to the 77th minute, and it was about to enter the last ten minutes, and Leverkusen, who was not willing to get a draw at home, would definitely have to increase their attacking efforts.
During the seven-minute "ventilation", Leverkusen's goal was not threatened. Bayer Leverkusen's players rightly feel that Borussia Dortmund are no longer capable of threatening their goal, and now that the clock is running out, they should do everything they can to attack and try to score a goal in the remaining time and then complete a classic comeback.
But just as they were about to pick up the pace, possession fell to Dortmund due to a misplaced pass. However, the Bayer Leverkusen players did not panic, and after conceding the ball, they did not quickly retreat, but surrounded the Dortmund players in front, hoping to attack directly after the ball was broken.
Dortmund were frightened by their previous offensive anyway......
When the football was passed to Zhou Yi, there were two Leverkusen players on the left and one on the right who ran towards him.
In the face of the upcoming encirclement, Zhou Yi didn't control the football as much as possible this time, he turned around, and then directly passed the football with his heel!
The football passed between the two Bayer Leverkusen players who were about to close the door and surround Zhou Yi!
While the attention of the two Bayer Leverkusen players was drawn to the football, Zhou Yi quietly turned past them and ran forward.
This is a very rare move in his recent period to not only pass the football forward, but also people to follow it.
However, Bayer Leverkusen's players were attracted to football, and few people noticed him.
Zhou Yi passed the ball with his heel and passed the football to Reuss in front.
Reuss, the Borussia Dortmund player who scored just three minutes into the game, has the skill and pace to play on the counter-attack. Of course, it will attract the attention of the defenders even more.
Zhou Yi's decisive pass created an opportunity for Royce to pick up the ball when no one was defending, and he stopped the ball and then turned around, there was no one to defend closely, and he could do it very calmly.
After turning, Royce rushed forward with the ball. Soon he was blocked by a Bayer Leverkusen player.
In such a situation, he divided the football to Mark on the wing.
Mark received the ball on the wing, but the Bayer Leverkusen defence was laid out and he didn't have any good chances to get inside.
Or just cross directly from the wing, but this kind of attack is too inefficient, and Lewandowski will not be able to top the ball at all. Straight into the box? Looking at the full-back Carvajal who was waiting for him, Mark was not sure of success.
Dortmund's attack was at a stalemate here.
Bayer Leverkusen's players are returning to their positions, leaving less space for Borussia Dortmund.
As long as they are patient, Dortmund will hardly be able to pose any threat in this attack.
In such a situation, Royce took the initiative to run to Mark and ask for cooperation.
But his run also caught the attention of Bayer Leverkusen's defenders.
Immediately there were Bayer Leverkusen players sticking up.
Royce ran towards Mark, who was slowly dribbling down the middle.
When the two people are crossing, it is the time when Leverkusen's backline is most focused, and there are too many routines of passing the ball after this kind of cross and switch, and Leverkusen must of course guard against Dortmund from playing like this.
In many people's minds, when Reus gets around Mark, Mark passes the ball to Reuss, and at the same time he gives Reus a cover for him to break through from behind him, and he can also help Reus block the Bayer Leverkusen players who are marking Reuss.
As soon as the "blocking" on the football field was formed.
But Mark didn't do that, and when everyone thought he was going to pass the football to Royce, he pushed it straight to the middle!
There, there is Zhou Yi!
"Zhou Yi!" Duan Xin shouted excitedly. "Good shot!"
Because of Reus's running, the attention of Leverkusen's players was attracted by Reuss, and no one expected Zhou Yi to step forward.
It wasn't until Mark passed the football over that Zhou Yi returned to their field of vision.
But at this time, it seems to be a little late......
In the face of the football passed by Mark, Zhou Yi stepped forward, and when he was about to run to the football, after his normally swinging left leg fell, he did not stop the ball, but suddenly exerted force, and his calf was thrown out like a whip, and at the same time he turned his ankle sideways and pushed the ball forward.
The ball was kicked on the inside of his left foot, and instead of flying, it sprang forward with a fast run against the turf, drawing a clear arc on the turf and heading straight for the bottom left corner of the goal!
It's a shot!
Because the kick was too hidden and too sudden, when the ball rolled towards the goal, Leverkusen's goalkeeper Leno realized that the opponent was shooting, not a straight stopper. So he hurriedly ran out and fell to the ground to save.
However, for the goalkeeper, the boccia ball is the most difficult to save, because the goalkeeper falls to the ground more slowly than they can get up and pounce on the air.
Not to mention the boccia ball that goes to the dead end!
Leno didn't save the ball and the ball rolled over the goal line before he did......
Just like a billiard putt, the black ball goes into the hole!(To be continued.) )