Chapter 58: Two Yellows
Although Jose Mourinho brought Frank Lampard on the pitch to deliver the message, not everyone's emotions were calm after conceding a goal, especially when they were tied in a situation where they were ahead and the blow was even worse than if they had been drawn......
So after the resumption of the game, the Chelsea players did not immediately show their courage and determination in the face of difficulties, as well as their composure. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Two minutes after conceding the goal, Borussia Dortmund instigated another dangerous attack. Mark headed the ball back in the box and Aubameyang volleyed in a direct volley from outside the box, which grazed the post and flew off the line.
Sun Pan couldn't save the ball, but fortunately, the ball didn't shoot in the frame of the goal.
Although he didn't score, it shocked many Chelsea fans in a cold sweat - if he conceded two goals in a short period of time, he was really afraid that the team would collapse!
Fortunately, Mourinho's directives gradually took effect.
With veterans like Frank Lampard at the helm, the Chelsea players have gradually calmed down and realised that they were only equalised, not behind, so there is hope for this game to be won.
Dortmund's side also had to slow down because the attack speed was too fast in the first half and the physical strength could not keep up. This would make the threat to Chelsea less.
But they have already equalized anyway, so there is no need to rush so much. It also makes sense to slow down appropriately and give the players a chance to breathe.
So Klopp didn't rush the team on the sidelines to continue the fast attack.
The rest of the game was in such a stalemate.
In the stalemate, both teams seem to have chances, but neither has particularly good chances.
In the 54th minute, Zhou Yi took the ball in the front court, because there was no good passing opportunity, he decided to protect the ball and wait for a while, but Ramirez kicked him when he grabbed the ball, which attracted a yellow card for Ramirez.
In the 62nd minute, Schurrle shook Schmelzer and crossed into the box, but Torres couldn't touch the football. Two minutes later, Subotic slipped while in possession at the back and made a mistake to give up possession! Schurrle cleverly got the ball and crossed into the box, this time Oscar's shot was saved by Weidenfeller.
In the 68th minute, Borussia Dortmund won a corner, and after the corner kick was taken, Zhou Yi, who was ambushed outside the box, followed up with a second volley, but the ball was only slightly wide of the goal, once again scaring the Chelsea fans.
A minute later, Chelsea launched a quick attack and Eden Hazard's shot from inside the box was held in the arms of Weidenfeller.
As the end of the game approached, Dortmund picked up the tempo again and wanted to end the battle in 90 minutes.
Playing the UEFA Super Cup and playing extra time is something they don't want.
In the 70th minute, Jurgen Klopp made his first substitution of the game, replacing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with Mkhitaryan.
Of course, Mkhitaryan can play on the wing, but his favorite is definitely the middle...... But now he is replaced on the field, and it is not Zhou Yi who is replaced, but Aubameyang, which shows that in Klopp's heart, the position of the middle belongs to Zhou Yi and cannot be shaken...... "He Ping introduced.
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In the 74th minute, Dortmund got another chance to take a corner kick, this time they did not kick the football directly into the box, but took a tactical corner - Zhou Yi went to the corner flag area but responded, and after receiving the ball, turned and passed the football outside the box to Mkhitaryan.
Mkhitaryan, who had just been on the pitch for a short time, received the ball and shook off Oscar before shooting from distance, but the ball went wide of the goal......
In the 78th minute, Chelsea were awarded a corner. Frank Lampard's corner found Ruiz on point, the Brazilian centre-back's header was deflected to Branislav Ivanovic, who was cut in at the back post and was not even marked for a header, leaving the Chelsea crowd ready to jump up and cheer.
As a result, the Serbian defender's rush to the top put the football on the crossbar!
'Branislav Ivanovic!' was Chelsea's most dangerous shot of the second half!
Seeing the football smashed on the crossbar, Ivanovic knelt on the turf in front of the goal with his head in his hands, his eyes wide and he looked incredulously at the crossbar that had rejected him.
He almost became a hero for Chelsea!
Mourinho on the sidelines was also very excited, thinking that he was going to score a goal and was ready to celebrate, but when he saw the football blocked by the crossbar, he angrily turned around and flew up and kicked away a bottle of water next to him......
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Chelsea missed a chance that could have decided the game, and it wasn't long before they created another that could have been the outcome of the game......
In the 85th minute, Chelsea attacked, but it was not complete and the ball was cut off by a Borussia Dortmund player on the way forward. Sven Bender, who broke the ball, passed the ball to Shaheen, who in turn distributed it to Reus on the wing.
Reus sprinted along the wing with the ball.
Zhou Yi followed forward in the middle, and judging from his running, it seems that the long-distance flight back and forth in the first two days did not have a serious impact on his physical fitness......
Today's Zhou Yi's physical fitness is no longer his shortcoming.
He cut forward in the middle to pick up Royce.
Because the offense has to go back to the middle.
Royce also noticed Zhou Yi's forward insertion, and when he ran into an open space, Royce decisively passed the football sideways.
Zhou Yi adjusted his speed and prepared to catch the ball.
But just as he received the football, Ramirez, who had been chasing him relentlessly, also rushed up from behind.
Zhou Yi, who received the ball, was ready to continue to bring the football forward, and he walked the football out.
Ramirez saw that Zhou Yi was about to run, so he didn't care about anything else, threw out the center of gravity of the whole person, and bumped into him.
In this way, his body pressed against Zhou Yi and knocked Zhou Yi to the ground.
And football, after being driven out by Zhou Yi, did not wait for Zhou Yi to come again, and just fell to the feet of Chelsea defender Ruiz......
Over the Eden Stadium in Prague, the Dortmund fans instantly resounded with shrill boos.
Even suppressed the referee's whistle.
However, his gestures could not be suppressed, and everyone saw the referee make a foul gesture and ran towards the place of the foul.
"Ramirez—" Marcel Leif shouted in a long voice. "It's a tactical foul!
Ramirez knocked Zhou Yi down, and it was a tactical foul to keep Zhou Yi from moving forward...... But before that, he already had a yellow card on him!" exclaimed the British commentator. "Maybe Ramirez can calm down a little more and stick to Zhou Yi? You must know that speed is not what Zhou Yi is good at, even if Zhou Yi is allowed to take the ball, he will not be able to run far...... But now with such a collision, Dortmund's counterattack is indeed terminated, and Ramires himself is in big trouble!"
Ramirez was still lying on the ground and did not get up, and Reus, who got the ball, had already reacted, and he ran to the referee with the football in his arms, wanting to intercede for Ramirez. He also knew that Ramirez had a yellow card before. If Ramires gets another yellow card, he'll have to go down, and one less man would be a big blow to Chelsea.
But he didn't know if he could persuade the referee to "keep his men" because the foul wanted to escape...... It seems hard.
"Ramirez...... This foul. He can go down, don't say give a yellow card, even if he gives a red card directly, I think it's completely okay!" As a Chinese commentator, He Ping is of course unconditionally on Zhou Yi's side. "As a result, his two yellow cards will be eaten on Zhou Yi!"
Mourinho was also angry at the foul, but instead of his own players, he expressed his anger at the fourth official, who he thought was suspected of faking the fall, which was too exaggerated and exaggerated the severity of Ramirez's foul......
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The referee was unmoved, no matter how much the Chelsea players tried to persuade him, and he withdrew from the circle of Chelsea fans, waving them not to follow, while hooking his hand at Ramirez and signaling him to come over.
Ramirez got up from the ground, he already knew his end, and when he and Zhou Yi fell to the ground together, he knew what he had done and what kind of punishment he was going to face.
So now he didn't run away and walked up to the referee.
As expected, the referee pulled a yellow card and a red card out of his pocket.
He first showed Ramirez a yellow card for this foul, and then changed it to a red card. Two yellows turned into one red, Ramirez was sent off!
'So Chelsea have one less man and the situation is very bad for Chelsea. With little time left in the game, if you are beaten by Dortmund......"
The telecast cut to the Chelsea dugout, and Mourinho was already on the sidelines pulling Faria nervously to explain something.
He had to make adjustments as soon as possible, and there was no time to entangle with the fourth official whether this was the result of Zhou Yi's exaggerated performance......