Chapter 337: Relay in the Air

At half-time, Carlo Ancelotti encouraged his players in the dressing room: "It's just a ball, it's just a ball. Imagine who we are, we are Real Madrid! We are here to win the championship!"

Meanwhile, in the Dortmund dressing room, Klopp slapped hard: "It's just a ball, it's just a ball." We're just one goal ahead! If you think you're okay with that, just wait until the end of the game and regret it!"

Carlo Ancelotti: "We did the right thing in the second half of the first half, using the weapons we do best, they didn't have a solid backline. As long as we can keep putting pressure on them, we can create opportunities!"

Jurgen Klopp: "For the way they played in the second half of the first half, we had to keep the tempo. Zhou Yi did the right thing, so he had to fight like this. Now we are ahead, so we should be more patient and more relaxed than them......"

Carlo Ancelotti: "There are still 45 minutes to go, so I don't think we can't score. We've had the most attacking firepower this season and as long as we have faith in ourselves, we can't beat them!"

Jurgen Klopp: "Forty-five minutes to go, anything can happen. But I think no matter what happens, the most important thing is not to give up!"

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At halftime, there was also a discussion in the Chinese team.

Of course, it was a spontaneous discussion, not a request from the manager.

After watching the first half, everyone was happy that Dortmund were able to withstand the pressure in the final moments and not concede a goal.

But there are also those who worry that Dortmund will not be able to withstand Real Madrid's crazy counterattack in the second half, after all, Real Madrid's offensive firepower is very fierce.

This concern is not unfounded. Real Madrid have scored 37 goals in the Champions League this season, the most of any team competing in the Champions League. In La Liga, Real Madrid scored 104 goals in a season, the team with the most goals in the entire La Liga, although Barcelona also scored 100 league goals this season, but it can only rank second. Those 104 goals put Real Madrid first not only in La Liga, but also in the whole of Europe's top five leagues, and Manchester City can only finish second with 102 goals in the Premier League this season.

In all of Europe, only Austrian league champions Red Bull Salzburg have scored more goals than them – one hundred and ten. However, the gold content of the Austrian league is too low, and this number of goals is only numerically larger than Real Madrid.

Regarding the worries of some teammates, Sun Pan snorted: "If I am here, this kind of problem does not need to be considered at all!"

He spent two seasons at Atletico Madrid and although he is now back at Chelsea, he still sees Real Madrid as an enemy.

There are also players who are worried about injuries.

Because before the end of the first half, Khedira swept Zhou Yi from behind. At that time, there was a commotion in front of the TV, and no one of the players present was teammates with Khedira anyway, so there was naturally no psychological barrier to scolding.

Everyone is worried about what Zhou Yi has in this game.

Zhou Yi has long used his actual performance to shape himself into the golden thigh of the Chinese team. Before the start of the World Cup, no one wants anything wrong with this golden thigh.

It doesn't matter if Dortmund wins or loses, it's important to give them a healthy core thigh.

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Fifteen minutes of half-time passed quickly, and players from both sides returned to the pitch one after another.

At the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid launched a fierce attack, Di Maria was pulled to the ground by Reus when he cut inside, Reus was yellow carded, and gave Real Madrid a very good free kick, 25 meters from the goal, slightly to the left.

The ball was taken by Cristiano Ronaldo, and after the Portuguese set up the football, Dortmund's human wall was erected.

After hearing the referee's whistle, he ran to shoot.

After shooting with his right foot, the ball flew up and hit the jumping Dortmund wall player, with a tendency to jump up slightly. This jump just made the shot more tricky, and the ball flew higher, but suddenly there was another fall......

Fortunately, Weidenfeller's concentration was very focused, his reaction was very quick, and he jumped up and raised his hand to block the ball off the crossbar.

"Oh! Weidenfeller lifted the football with one palm!"

Cristiano Ronaldo looked very depressed and helpless when he saw that his shot did not score, he shook his head and kept muttering in his mouth, as if he couldn't believe that such a tricky shot was saved by Weidenfeller......

Real Madrid won a corner.

In this corner, Modric did not kick it directly into the penalty area, but made some changes and played a tactical corner.

He passed the football to Carvajal, who came up to pick him up.

He then ran away from behind Carvajal.

Carvajal wanted to cross but felt the chances weren't great, so he passed the ball to Luka Modric, who was getting around from behind him.

Modric didn't stop the ball, but looked up at the situation in the Dortmund penalty area as the ball rolled towards him, and then he crossed directly with his foot and passed the ball with his left foot to the back of the goal!

At this time, Dortmund's players are pressing outwards - after the corner kick is opened, they have to press forward quickly, which is basically one of the common sense when defending corners.

But sometimes, it becomes an opportunity to be exploited.

Zhou Yi took advantage of this opportunity in the first half and assisted Hummels to score.

And this time, Real Madrid's midfield commander, Luka Modric, also intends to take advantage of this opportunity.

He hoisted the ball towards the back of goal as a number of Real Madrid players turned and cut back to goal.

They were all among the Dortmund players before, so the reverse cut was not offside at this time.

Weidenfeller also followed the ball backwards, towards the back of the goal, which he intended to lift.

But he looked at the estimation of the soccer ball's flight below, estimated the height of the soccer ball, and felt that no one should be able to reach the soccer ball before the soccer ball flew off the bottom line - it was too high......

So he didn't make any moves, intending to watch the ball fly off the line - wouldn't it be better if he didn't give the opponent a corner?

As a result, at this time, he saw a scene that shocked him - Real Madrid's No. 7 jumped high, as if flying in the air! He flew in front of the baseline, and then before the football flew out of the baseline, he shook his head and pushed the football back!

Of course, the ball is indeed too high, and even a person like Cristiano Ronaldo with extraordinary bouncing can only rub the football against it, but not hit the football solidly.

But it was just that that the ball flew high above Weidenfeller's head and directly into the area behind him in front of the goal.

It wasn't Hummels or Papastathopoulos, who are known for their headers, who came back in a hurry, it was Schmelzer.

Schmelzer only watched the football flying in the air, trying to grab the spot, but he didn't notice the situation around him.

As a result, at this moment, Bell jumped high and pressed Schmelzer's head before he could jump!

Then take the flying soccer ball a little down!

The ball flew into the already empty Dortmund goal without any suspense......

"Gareth Bale equalized !! Real Madrid!" the Spanish commentator shouted excitedly. "It was great to score at the beginning of the second half! Real Madrid had a perfect start to the second half!"

"Ahh......hhh

"This ball ......," He Ping sighed.

Can it be said that Dortmund's defense is in trouble?

Of course, Dortmund's defence did have a bit of a problem, but it wasn't that deadly.

What's worse is that no one expected Cristiano Ronaldo to be able to jump so high and save the ball......

It was precisely because of this lack of preparation that I watched the football fly to the most dangerous area and could not do anything about it.

This time it was the Real Madrid players who ran wild to celebrate, and the lost Borussia Dortmund players gave them a backdrop.

Ancelotti saw the goal, stood up from the dugout, waved his arms, and then applauded, relatively calmly. However, Zidane next to him was very excited, jumped up with a fist, and then rushed back to hug the people around him.

robbed Ancelotti's play......

Carlo Ancelotti looked at him as if to say, "Are you the manager or am I the manager?"