Chapter 159: The Result of Change

On Bayer Leverkusen's side, head coach Hyypia also praised Son Heung-min's performance. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

However, he also noticed the new situation in the final stages of the first half, so he reminded the players to strengthen the defense against Yan Min in the second half.

That's all Hyypia can do.

He believes that Yan Min is a key figure, and as long as Yan Min is contained, the momentum of Dortmund's attack will naturally be defeated.

At the same time, in attack, Bayer Leverkusen will have to continue to put pressure on Dortmund as they did in the first 30 minutes of the first half, so that they don't have much to do to attack Leverkusen's half.

In the second half, the two sides did not make personnel adjustments.

Bayer Leverkusen continued their first-half attack after the start of the second half, and Son Heung-min, who was praised at half-time, was very active, running actively in midfield and coercing his team-mates.

Under Bayer Leverkusen's pressure, Dortmund's attack was rarely able to get past half after the start of the second half. It didn't look like much had changed from the first half, and everything was back on track.

The South Korean commentator was pleased with the situation, and the more aggressive Leverkusen's attack, the more opportunities Son had to perform, and scoring a brace and a hat-trick might not be a dream.

The situation looks against Borussia Dortmund.

However, Zhou Yi, who was in it, did not feel like this. In his opinion, Bayer Leverkusen is indeed besieging Dortmund, but there are very few attacks that can really threaten the Dortmund goal. Son Heung-min was very active, but it was five minutes into the second half, and he didn't have a shot on goal, more of a pass to his teammates, and then ran to catch it.

Under the unfavorable appearance of Dortmund, Zhou Yi saw an opportunity - Bayer Leverkusen besieged Dortmund, and the whole team raised the front a lot, and their central defenders were almost pressed to the center circle.

That's Borussia Dortmund's chance to fight back.

Therefore, when Zhou Yi is helping the team defend, he is still constantly observing the situation, looking for those gaps, and then analyzing whether they can be used.

In the fifty-second minute, he found such a gap, so he decisively raised his hand to ask his teammates for the ball.

Because of Yan Min's breakthrough in the first half, Zhou Yi did not face as much defensive pressure as in the first half, because the opponent had to divide his troops to defend others, especially Yan Min.

When Zhou Yi got the ball, the only person who defended him next to him was Lars Bender, and this Bender was not close to him to defend, but left him some room to move.

Of course, Zhou Yi didn't waste this opportunity, he directly passed the football to Yan Min.

Yan Min took the ball forward while receiving the ball, and then forced a breakthrough with his own speed!

After passing the ball, Zhou Yi also accelerated and ran forward to participate in the attack. Lars Bender has already left him to return to defense, and his speed of return defense is much faster than Zhou Yi's. Yan Min's breakthrough in the first half had a deep impact, and now when Yan Min breaks through with the ball again, Leverkusen's players can't help but guard and dare not guard against it.

So in this way, the center of gravity has been shifted out, and Zhou Yi can now move freely on the court.

Yan Min dribbled the ball to the outside of the 30-meter area of Bayer Leverkusen, and was heavily defended, making it difficult for him to move an inch.

This time he didn't force the ball to break through, but swept the ball directly to the middle.

passed to Zhou Yi, who ran up slowly.

After receiving the ball, Zhou Yi took the ball directly to the middle, as if he wanted to break through by himself.

His move also caught the attention of the Leverkusen players, so they shifted the focus of the defense again, and Rolfes rushed up to intercept Zhou Yi head-on...... In such a situation, it is normal for no one to pay attention to Yan Min who is inserted forward.

Zhou Yi suddenly lifted his right foot to the outside during the run, and the ball flew high above the head of the Bayer Leverkusen defender and flew straight to the ribs.

There, Yan Min had already run to the position, and he raised his foot to stop Zhou Yi's pass.

"Yan Min! Good ball! Zhou Yi's beautiful pick is unexpected!!"

Amid the shouts of commentator Marcel Leiff, Bayer Leverkusen's defenders turned their guns again and rushed towards Yan Min.

Yan Min has come to the line of the big penalty area, which is a very dangerous place, although a small spark can cause a big explosion, it is no wonder that the players of Leverkusen are so nervous, almost rushing over.

Yan Min made good use of their nervousness, he did not continue to dribble the ball when he stopped the ball, but sent the football to the middle of the penalty area horizontally!

Mark appeared in the middle and he grabbed the shot from the spot!

Fortunately, Leverkusen finally remembered to arrange a defender for Mark, so Mark did not get rid of the Leverkusen defenders next to him when shooting, he carried the opponent's rush to shoot, although the ball shot was very powerful, but the angle was slightly correct - because all he could think about at that time was to shoot, as for the angle of the shot or something, there was no condition to consider.

The shot was held up by Bayer Leverkusen's goalkeeper Lenoyan!

"Mark—oh!!!" Leno made another great save!"

The cheers at West** Field turned into a loud sigh.

Dortmund couldn't have played any better this time, but the shot was saved by Leno...... Leno was in really good form in this game, in the first half he saved Yan Min's close-range stabbing shot, and now he kept Mark's powerful shot out of the goal......" Duan Xin felt regretful when he said it.

Marc was also incredulous and annoyed that he hadn't been able to score, and he held his head in his hands and looked at Bayer Leverkusen's goal with a look of disbelief.

Yan Min is also very regretful, this time he stepped forward and passed the ball, he tried to do his best, and the last shot was really not up to him......

Only Zhou Yi raised his hands and gave two thumbs up, one for Mark who shot the goal, and the other for Yan Min who passed the ball. He was applauding the performance of his two teammates.

He doesn't regret not scoring because he has a lot of faith in his team – just play like this and the goals will come.

Because it is clear that Bayer Leverkusen's defense is not as solid as before in the face of Dortmund's attack. Or rather, when Dortmund found a way to attack, Bayer Leverkusen's defense was not airtight.

The only problem now is Leno's form, Leno has been beaten out of form, and it will not be so easy to break through his defense......

But Zhou Yi believes that as long as Dortmund can continue to get such opportunities, they will definitely be able to break through Leno's goal.

After giving a thumbs up, he slapped his hands and reminded his teammates loudly: "Just kick like this, just kick like this! They can't stop it!"

He speaks German and is not afraid of being heard by his opponents, he even wants to let his opponents hear him, show his self-confidence, and at the same time can also undermine his opponent's confidence and make them wonder - why can Dortmund be so confident? Why are they so confident? Is there anything else they can't do?

When Bayer Leverkusen's players are caught in such doubts, they will not be able to concentrate when facing Borussia Dortmund.

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Mark's shot didn't result in a goal, but it secured a corner for Borussia Dortmund.

Shaheen went to take a corner, but Zhou Yi didn't go to the penalty area to join in the fun, he dragged outside the penalty arc in the penalty area.

He does it every corner because because of his height and strength, it's almost impossible to get a bargain for the top in the box.

So his position didn't attract everyone's attention.

Next, Shaheen drove a corner and Bayer Leverkusen centre-back Spašić got ahead of Papastathopoulos and headed the ball out.

Grosskreutz grabbed the second spot from outside the box, stopped the ball with his chest and shot straight with his foot!

However, his shot was blocked by Bayer Leverkusen's Lars Bender in the box before it could reach goal.

The ball bounced off the box and flew to the top of the penalty arc.

It turned out that Zhou Yi, who was waiting here, ran up to welcome the ball, but he didn't run up directly, but made a small arc, his body was sideways, his right leg was pulled apart, his ankle was swinging out, and then he slashed the football with one kick!

When Zhou Yi ran towards the football field, Rolfes also ran towards the football, intending to block Zhou Yi's shot with his body. When Zhou Yi shot, he jumped out of the whole body, intending to use his body to block the football. Of course, he didn't forget to put his hands behind him and didn't give Zhou Yi a chance to "touch porcelain". After all, he is still in the penalty area, and if his arm is raised and touched by a football, he will be awarded a penalty......

But Rolfes was too worried, his body did not touch the football, and even if he raised his hands, it was impossible to touch the football - the football shot by Zhou Yi drew a clear arc, bypassing Rolfes, and also bypassing the people in the penalty area, and then flew into the goal......

Leno made a reflexive save when Grosskreutz was shooting, and his reaction was really fast, but this time he suffered a quick reaction......

When Zhou Yi shot, he struggled to get up from the ground, and it was impossible to make any effective interceptions, he could only watch the football stick to the right post and fly into the goal!