Chapter 175: The First Half Ends

Amid the deafening cheers of the Dortmund fans, Reus sprinted towards the corner flag area before turning and opening his arms to meet the swarming teammates. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Everyone pounced, except for goalkeeper Weidenfeller, who rushed to Reuss's side, and then hugged him and picked him up.

This goal is crucial for Borussia Dortmund. If Borussia Dortmund can't equalise on a short period of time, the tempo of the game could fall into the hands of Atletico Madrid.

Indeed, despite some twists and turns, Dortmund's equaliser was quick – it's only six minutes since they conceded a goal.

Royce's kick is very beautiful, although Zhou Yi's assist is also beautiful, but he doesn't stop the ball and volleys directly, shooting so with such a high degree of difficulty, and can also bypass the ten fingers of the goalkeeper Sun Pan who has divine help in the last round, which is enough to show Royce's level of footing.

No matter how beautiful Zhou Yi's pass is, his teammates can't convert it into a goal, so it's useless.

So at this time, Royce is the well-deserved protagonist.

Even He Ping couldn't ignore Royce's light at this time, and rarely introduced Zhou Yi as the protagonist.

Zhou Yi was next to Royce, cheering and celebrating the goal with the others.

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When the Dortmund players were frantically celebrating the goal, Sun Pan had already fished the football out of the goal, and then kicked the football directly in front with a big foot.

He also cursed a swear word when he kicked it.

Only swear words can vent his inner emotions.

What did he say before the game?

To guarantee not to concede a single goal against Borussia Dortmund is to concede a clean sheet.

As a result, less than 20 minutes into the game, the goal he set for himself was not complete......

But this ball ...... He tried his best, but he still didn't pounce, what could he say? He couldn't complain that his teammates had gone to Zhou Yi and ignored Royce. In fact, the ball just now, although his teammates reacted a little overreacted when Zhou Yi took the ball, but it was also a normal overreaction, after all, Zhou Yi's threat was very great, but who would have thought that Zhou Yi would be able to use a very subtle movement to pass the football out when he was deeply encircled......

He could only vent all his anger on that kick.

Sun Pan was very upset about conceding the goal, but in fact, for Atletico Madrid, this conceded goal was not the end of the world.

Because Atletico Madrid already has an away goal, the aggregate score is now 1:1, if this score is maintained until the end, Atletico Madrid will eliminate Dortmund because of the away goal advantage.

So Atletico Madrid has nothing to panic about.

Their head coach Simeone also realized this immediately, and after feeling a little annoyed by the loss of the ball, he immediately calmed down, and then shouted to the field, desperately doing the action of pressing down with both hands, signaling the whole team to calm down and not rush.

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Reuss's goal was replayed on TV, but unlike the volley that only showed Reuss at the beginning, this replay was the whole process, from the first time Subotic passed the football to Zhou Yi, until Reuss scored, the whole process was clearly reflected in the TV screen.

He Ping didn't need to praise Royce anymore at this time, he reminded everyone to focus on Zhou Yi's body: "...... This goal can clearly see Zhou Yi's central position in Dortmund's attack. After the other Dortmund players touch the ball, they almost have to pass the football to Zhou Yi again, and if they don't give Zhou Yi the ball, it will be blocked...... Reuss's volley is certainly beautiful, but it is also necessary to see that it is Zhou Yi's continuous running and passing that creates such an opportunity for him, Atletico Madrid's defense of Zhou Yi in this game can be said to be very tight, but it still failed to prevent Zhou Yi...... When Zhou Yi passed the ball with his heel, it was as if he had eyes on the back of his head, and he knew exactly what was going on behind him......"

China's Internet is also full of praise for Zhou Yi's series of passes: "Sao! What a commotion! Zhou Yi is so angry with this ball!"

"Long eyes in the back of the head!"

"...... like a scalpel"

"Haha! Even if Atletico Madrid asks everyone to defend Zhou Yi, I believe he can also send the football out!

"Zhou, World Wave Maker, Yi!"

Marcel Leif also mentioned the irreplaceable importance of Zhou Yi when analyzing why the goal was scored after this goal, if it wasn't for his continuous backheel passes in the final game to pick the ball out, he would not have had the opportunity to face the attacking direction head-on, so it would be difficult for him to pass such a ball.

So although Royce's volley at the end was cool, Zhou Yi's series of performances before that was the focus of the professionals' fascination.

However, as an assister, Zhou Yi is naturally not as beautiful as Royce who scored goals in the eyes of the vast majority of the public.

Zhou Yi himself doesn't care about this, it doesn't matter who is in the limelight, what matters is the goal. If he hadn't been in the limelight, he would have Sun Pan, a dead star......

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After the Borussia Dortmund players returned to their own half, the game continued.

Thanks to Simeone's timely intervention, the Atletico Madrid players were in a good state of mind after conceding the goal and did not panic because of the drop.

Facing Dortmund, who had just scored a goal and their morale was high, they defended solidly and waited for an opportunity to play Dortmund's counterattack. In the 39th minute, he almost broke through Dortmund's goal with a counterattacking opportunity, scaring Dortmund fans and players into a cold sweat.

Felipe, who was Atletico Madrid defender at the time, sent the ball directly into the box from a free-kick, and Adrian successfully countered offside and headed the goal from ten meters in front of the goal. Fortunately, Weidenfeller was in a good position, jumped high and took the football off.

If Dortmund concedes again, the game will be too bad for Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund also had a few chances, but Sun Pan was not affected by the goal conceded, and his performance was still stable and excellent, keeping Lewandowski and Gotze out of goal.

Although he conceded a goal, he was still in an advantage in the bet with Zhou Yi, because the bet was three goals, and now Dortmund has only scored one goal, and there are two goals, Sun Pan has sworn in his heart I don't know how many times, he will never let Dortmund have a chance to score again, and Dortmund's goals in this game will be fixed on one.

In this way, neither team rewrote the score, ending the first half with a score of 1:1 and going into halftime.

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In the dressing room, Jurgen Klopp was cheering the whole team on for the second half to step up their attack. The situation now is that in the second half Atletico Madrid will certainly shrink the defense and then play Dortmund on the counter-attack.

If Dortmund don't attack, let Atletico Madrid fall behind, and when the time comes, Atletico Madrid will advance to the semi-finals.

Although the attack is risky, the space behind it will also be used by Atletico Madrid. But now for Dortmund, they have no other way to go than attack.

So the problem is actually simpler, don't think about anything else, just attack with all your strength and try to score more goals.

Now that Atletico Madrid have taken an away goal, let their away goal make no sense.

How to lose meaning?

Of course, it is to overwhelm the opponent in the aggregate score, and not give them the opportunity to compare the number of away goals at all!

Meanwhile, in the locker room next door, Atletico Madrid's coach Simeone did make a strategic adjustment to the team.

Reducing investment in the attack, increasing the number of troops in the defense, everyone must be a hundred times more energetic in the defense, and Dortmund must not be given the slightest opportunity.

Although this will put his goal under siege by Dortmund for a full 45 minutes, Simeone believes that Sun Pan and his backline can withstand the pressure of Dortmund. You have to know that all their training since the first leg has been how to withstand Dortmund's fierce attack for as long as possible, and they have even brought this idea to the league, when they played away from Getafe, Madrid basically let Getafe press and play, except for a few counter-attacks, and finally they managed to hold a 0-0.

Of course, Getafe's attacking prowess cannot be compared to that of Borussia Dortmund. But it's also a kind of warm-up, which makes the players familiar with the feeling of stubbornness.

Simeone also warned the whole team not to go up and attack lightly if they didn't have a particularly good chance. Instead of using a precise long pass to find a teammate in front of you – there will be no teammates in front of you – you can kick the ball out with a big kick, regardless of whether it is to the front court or out of the touchline.

The closer you are to the goal, the more decisive you have to be with the ball.

In addition, in order to contain Dortmund's attack, Zhou Yi is also a figure who must be taken care of.

The goal conceded in the first half was actually because Atletico Madrid gave Zhou Yike a chance to take advantage of it when defending. So we can't afford to make that mistake again in the second half.

The defense of Zhou Yi should be 100% close, and foul tactics can be used, but the location of the foul should be chosen to avoid dangerous areas.

In the end, Simeone encouraged his players to hold on for another 45 minutes, and after withstanding Dortmund's attack, they would head up to the semi-finals, which was a history-making moment.

Simeone's provocative tone and his exaggerated gestures made the Atletico Madrid players in the dressing room enthusiastic and eager to go out and tear up the group of Dortmund players now. (To be continued.) )