Dortmund, who had snatched possession, launched an attack that did not directly threaten Casillas' goal, and Reus was physically blocked by Ramos when he shot at goal. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although they didn't cause a goal and didn't threaten the goal, the Borussia Dortmund players had no regrets.

They have a very strong belief in their hearts - if they keep playing like this, the advantage will be ours and the victory will be ours!

In the run-up to the game, manager Jurgen Klopp showed them a lot of footage of Real Madrid's games, especially in the league this season, where Real Madrid's performance was not very good. Eight rounds of league games have passed, with four wins, two draws and two defeats, and they are only in fourth place, and they are in big trouble in the league.

And the games they lost were all instructive.

Every Borussia Dortmund player had watched a lot of footage of how Real Madrid had become helpless under the frenzied pressure of their opponents before this game, and the coaching staff had combined these videos to analyse what they would do if they faced Real Madrid.

Real Madrid has a strong ability to play counter-attacks, so after Dortmund attack, if they lose the ball, they must not quickly return to defense, but must immediately pounce on the ball to grab the ball, and create enough pressure on the players with the ball in Real Madrid's backfield, only in this way can they prevent Real Madrid from playing their lethal quick counterattack.

And Real Madrid players also have a weakness, that is, the ability to pass and receive the ball is not as good as Barcelona, when they are facing pressure in the backfield, they often do not choose to use a small range of fast passes to break through the encirclement, but directly kick the football forward, which of course also has their requirements to play a quick counterattack, but it also shows that Real Madrid players do not have the concept of passing backwards in the backfield from their minds, their football is more direct and sharp, but it also lacks some changes.

After the game was well prepared and after the game started, the Dortmund players proved that their pre-match arrangements were correct, and everyone was much more confident.

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In the next game, as long as the Real Madrid players controlled the ball in the central midfield, they would face the pressing of Dortmund players, sometimes one person, sometimes two people, and even three people around a Real Madrid player.

Even people like Zhou Yi, who usually don't have too many defensive tasks, are actively running and devoting themselves to the process of "rounding up" Real Madrid players.

He runs tirelessly back and forth on the pitch, and one can't help but worry about his physical strength.

However, Zhou Yi is no longer two seasons ago, after these seasons in the professional league, as well as the Dortmund coaching team tailored for him physical training program, Zhou Yi has improved both physical fitness and physical strength, especially physical fitness, he is now playing 90 minutes in a row is not a difficult task.

It's just that people's impression of him is still at the stage where he can only walk on the court at the end of the game, thinking that Zhou Yi's lack of physical fitness is natural and difficult to change.

So now, even if Zhou Yi is substituted off the field, he walks slowly and says that because he is too tired to run, the referee will not trouble him.

It's good to not see a fixed impression of you, but sometimes it's the opposite......

Zhou Yi is part of Dortmund's full-powered machine, and everyone is running desperately, even Mark Wagner, who has just returned from injury.

Because only when everyone runs can we ensure that there are no loopholes in this kind of pressing link, and if one person does not run, then the place where he is will become a breakthrough for Real Madrid.

Therefore, defense is a very disciplined job, which is not the same as attacking by talent. Everyone in defense has to be the screw of the team, and only when they do their job can they make this machine work.

Under the highly unified pressing of the whole Dortmund team, Real Madrid is indeed very uncomfortable. This is something they didn't expect before the game, when will Dortmund be so pressing, playing Ajax, Manchester City, they haven't played like that, and in the Bundesliga, they don't play like that, playing defensive counter-attacks or playing possession is their most common form.

The continuous pressing made Real Madrid's midfield close to getting out of control, Ozil and Alonso, two players who are good at taking the ball and passing the ball, were "taken care of" by Dortmund, which put them under great pressure, it would be good to keep possession, and they should not be expected to organize the attack at all, Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema could not wait for the football in front of them, so they could only withdraw to ask for the ball. But when they withdrew, they could only make the midfield more crowded, and the space available to everyone could not be smaller, and there were people everywhere, which made it easier for Dortmund to surround them.

For players like Di Maria, who are flexible and can break through, Dortmund adopts a combination of fouls and sieges far from the danger area.

Because it is far away from the danger zone, even if it is fouled, it will not be drawn.

In this way, Real Madrid's midfield became a pot of porridge.

Jose Mourinho realised that if he continued like this, his team's midfield would be finished.

So he made a decisive substitution.

Even though the game had only just started twenty minutes......

He replaced Khedira with Luka Modric and a midfielder at the back.

In the face of Dortmund's pressing, the role of a midfielder is almost completely unreflected, he can only grab, but he can't control the ball and play the ball well, he can't break the current situation.

Modric, on the other hand, is a player with excellent ball control and passing ability, and when he came on the pitch, he had three playmakers in Real Madrid's midfield. With all things, Real Madrid's midfield has more changes and possibilities, which is also the countermeasure that Mourinho uses to deal with Dortmund's high pressing.

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"After only 20 minutes, Real Madrid was forced to make a substitution, and it seems that Dortmund really made Real Madrid very uncomfortable...... Mourinho had to make this decision, and it is a pity that Khedira may have just finished his warm-up and has to come back to the cold bench. But if such a substitution is not made, I am afraid that Real Madrid's midfield will be even worse. So such a substitution like a strong man breaking his wrist is necessary......" He Ping explained to the Chinese fans in front of the TV.

"Forcing Real Madrid to make substitutions in the opening 20 minutes fully shows that Klopp's tactics are correct. "But with Modric, the situation could change. Borussia Dortmund should be careful with this substitution. ”

After Modric came up, Real Madrid's midfield has indeed improved to a certain extent, at least now Dortmund needs to put more effort into paralyzing Real Madrid's midfield, because defending Modric is not the same as defending Hedira.

However, Dortmund didn't think about defending alone, this is their home stadium, and all the purpose of their grabbing is just to score goals.

After the robbery of Real Madrid could not organize an effective attack, of course, it should be thought about how to break their goal.

Ten minutes after Modric came on in the 30th minute, Dortmund was in the ascendancy, and their run not only allowed them to steal the ball from Real Madrid, but also allowed them to pass the ball smoothly.

Any midfield passer may be very envious of Zhou Yi at this moment, because he doesn't have to look up at all, there are teammates around him who answer him, as long as he passes the ball out, no matter which way he passes, he will definitely be caught by his teammates. This is in stark contrast to the opposing player who observes the ball for a long time and pushes it away with his hands to grab the ball, protecting the ball messily in the wind, and finding that there is no suitable passing object at all.

But there are too many people to pass the ball to, and it's a nuisance, because you can't just send the ball to your teammate's feet, and then it's safest to pass the ball back. Passing is just a means to be able to threaten the opponent's goal, so finding the most suitable target among so many passing targets to choose from is a test of the passer's ability.

Because they are on the counter-attack immediately after grabbing the ball, there is not so much time for the passers to observe and think, they have to make decisions immediately so that they can take advantage of the fleeting gaps and opportunities.

And this kind of processing speed is not difficult for Zhou Yi......

In the 34th minute, Real Madrid backfield, Modric took the ball, and Sven Bender rushed up to force Modric. Mesut Ozil, on the other hand, quickly turned and ran wide, opening up the angle and distance for Luka Modric to pass the ball.

Modric also saw Ozil's movement.

Not only did he see it, but Zhou Yi also saw it......

So just as Modric passed the football to Ozil, Zhou Yi stabbed diagonally and blocked the pass.

The offensive and defensive sides flipped in an instant!

When he broke the ball, he didn't look up to observe, and he didn't think about countermeasures, and when the ball was broken with the instep of his left foot, his right foot followed and kicked towards the ball, and the outside of his right foot slashed towards the ball, which was an unconventional and somewhat dazzling passing action. But Zhou Yike is definitely not to show off his skills, he does this to save time, which is at least a second more than adjusting his posture and then passing the football out with the instep of his right foot.

And on a counter-attack, one second may be enough to determine the success or failure of this attack.

The ball was sliced out by his outside instep, creating a very noticeable arc in the air and heading straight for the back of the Real Madrid defence! )