Chapter 210: Offense Can Win the Championship?
With a two-goal lead in the 64th minute, everyone thought the outcome of the game was in doubt, with Borussia Dortmund winning at home and continuing to chase Bayern Munich by four points. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
But that's certainly not what Nuremberg thinks.
After the resumption of the game, they were more proactive in their search for goalscoring opportunities.
It was as if I had been woken up by Borussia Dortmund's second goal.
They had a chance to kill in the fourth minute – in the 68th minute, Nuremberg won a corner, which Franz headed wide from six yards to the next goal of the second half......
However, Nuremberg's counterattack attempt was soon pushed back by a more aggressive attack by Borussia Dortmund.
In the seventy-third minute, Zhou Yi gave the football to Mark, who answered on the left side of the penalty area, and then he quickly inserted it into the penalty area. As soon as he followed up, Marc passed the ball to him and he shot before the Nuremberg defenders!
"Zhou Yi!!"
As a result, the football was saved by Schaefer!
"Ahh......h
Zhou Yi didn't let him regret it for too long, nor did he disappoint his supporters in front of the TV for too long.
In the 80th minute, Yan Min received a long pass from Sven Bender on the left side of the penalty area, and when he stopped the ball, he completed a turn, shook off the defender beautifully, and then crossed.
Marc and Aubameyang both attracted the attention of Nuremberg's defense in the penalty area, and in such a situation, Zhou Yi once again decisively stepped forward and then fell to the ground to shoot!
The soccer ball flew into the bottom left corner of the goal!
"Zhou Yi!!good!good!good!" Duan Xin cheered happily. "3:0!He sealed the win for Borussia Dortmund!!"
After the goal, Zhou Yi did not celebrate the goal very excitedly, but simply hugged his teammates.
The Dortmund fans in the stands were more excited and cheering than the Dortmund players.
Marcel Leif cheered and said: "It shouldn't be a problem for Borussia Dortmund to win this game...... It's interesting to note that Dortmund's backline is in huge jeopardy this season, conceding more league goals than at the same time in previous seasons...... However, in stark contrast, Dortmund's attack this season has set off a frenzy, and the strong attacking firepower is the main reason why Dortmund can still be ranked second this season...... I just don't know how long Dortmund's attacking form can last? If their offense doesn't work out as well, Dortmund will be in real danger......"
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After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi was quickly replaced by Klopp with Mkhitaryan.
This is already a fixed routine, and everyone knows that as long as Dortmund can ensure victory, they will replace Zhou Yi in advance.
Klopp's protection of Zhou Yi is almost the same as that of a giant panda - not bad, both are from China.
After Zhou Yi went off the field, the two sides did not score again.
In the end, Dortmund defeated Nuremberg 3-0 at home and continued to form a catch-up trend against Bayern Munich.
After the game, Zhou Yi once again released a group photo of the team celebrating the victory in the locker room on social networks, with a picture: "Full firepower, win the championship with offense!"
Dortmund's players already know why Zhou Yi did this, but people outside are still puzzled, and there are even rumors on the Internet that Zhou Yi's social network account has been entrusted to a special public relations company to operate, otherwise how to explain such a big style change?
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Not long after the match between Borussia Dortmund and Nuremberg, Bayern Munich's home match against Schalke 04 also began.
In this game, Schalke 04, Yang Muge started as a matter of course.
Many Dortmund fans and supporters of Zhou Yi in China hope that Schalke 04 can give a little strength, compete for some energy, not to mention defeating Bayern Munich away from home, if they can draw Bayern Munich, it can be regarded as a chance for Dortmund.
But to be honest, the requirement was raised for Schalke 04.
The difference in strength between the two sides is very obvious.
Schalke 04, who had just lost 1:6 at home to Real Madrid in the Champions League, lost 1:5 away to Bayern Munich.
Two heavy defeats in three days.
After the game, the TV broadcast gave Yang Muge a close-up, and he shook his head lightly.
He was the best player in Schalke 04 in this game, but the other teammates did not help, even if he tried hard, he could not change the situation of the game.
In the game, Marcel Leif also said that if it weren't for Yang Muge's desperate defense in the midfield, Schalke 04 would have lost even more.
After this game, a new round of discussion on the Chinese Internet that Yang Muge should leave Schalke 04 was set off.
Many Chinese fans felt heartache for Yang Muge, believing that Schalke 04's performance was not worthy of Yang Muge's efforts at all.
After the game, some Chinese reporters asked Yang Muge if he was considering leaving Schalke 04.
Yang Muge denied this: "No, I don't think about this now. I just want to play well in the next games. ”
After this round of matches, although Schalke 04 lost to Bayern Munich, they are still ranked fourth in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League zone.
For Schalke 04, it is absolutely impossible for them to compete for the league title, and facing Real Madrid in the Champions League basically means being eliminated early. The most important task this season is to finish in the top four in the league and try to qualify for next season's Champions League, which is more important than anything else.
Yang Muge has a very clear understanding of himself and the strength of the team.
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After Borussia Dortmund beat Nuremberg 3-0, Bayern Munich beat Schalke 04 5-1, which seems to be a response to Dortmund's victory - no matter how you win, we are four points ahead of you anyway, as long as you continue to win like this, you will have no chance!
Today's Bayern Munich does have the confidence of "me-oriented".
A week later, in the 24th round of the league, Bayern Munich once again showed their terrifying strength by sweeping Wolfsburg 6-1 away. The German media have exclaimed that the suspense of the league title race has been lost, and no matter how hard Dortmund try, they will not be able to defeat the powerful "Cosmos".
There are even media outlets saying that Pep Guardiola should shift his team's focus from the league to the Champions League and lead Bayern Munich to the Champions League. In addition, Bayern Munich also hopes to win the German Cup, so that Guardiola's Bayern Munich will have the possibility of winning the treble and completing Heynckes' unfinished business last season.
As their rivals, Borussia Dortmund also won in the twenty-fourth round, but it was a tough win.
Away to Freiburg, they scored just one goal and were not dominant on the pitch, with just 42 per cent possession.
The attacking frenzy of several consecutive games before came to a halt in this game.
This made many people feel that it was a signal that it meant the end of Dortmund's full firing phase.
Originally, everyone felt that with Dortmund's current situation, their "explosive" general offensive performance could not continue at all, and there must always be a head. So relying on offense to win the championship is a fantasy and impossible to achieve.
Now this game seems to prove their point.
Why does everyone say that "offense wins the audience, defense wins the championship"? Because the process of competing for the championship is very long, and all kinds of accidents are easy to occur in the game. At such times, only a solid defense can withstand those surprises, and whether a team's defense is good or not is directly related to whether their performance is stable. A team that performs consistently and defensively is the one who has the last laugh in a long season. And there are so many uncertainties in offense that there is a sentence that can briefly summarize the difference between defense and offense: offense depends on inspiration, and defense depends on discipline.
The defense is controllable, whereas the offense is difficult to control.
You can use strict tactical discipline to increase the stability of your defense, and you can get good results.
But it's hard to be strict with the pre-match team because there's so much uncertainty.
So offense represents passion, but it also represents instability......
In the eyes of those who know the ball, Zhou Yi's so-called "winning the championship with offense" is a very ridiculous sentence.
If it's a cup competition, you might be able to win the championship by attacking, but in a long league, it's not so easy to rely on attack.
A recent example is Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich have won a number of big games this season, but their best performance has been defence - they have conceded just 10 goals in 24 league games so far.
This is not only the fewest goals conceded in the Bundesliga, but also in the other four major leagues: Atletico Madrid, who also conceded the fewest goals in the 24 league games in La Liga, also conceded 16 goals.
Roma have conceded the fewest goals after 24 Serie A games, conceding thirteen goals – a good performance, but still three more than Bayern Munich.
Chelsea conceded the fewest goals in the 24 Premier League games, with Sun Pan in goal, conceding 20 goals.
Therefore, the reason why Bayern Munich can dominate the Bundesliga this season has a lot to do with their excellent defense.
With such a consistent defensive performance, how can Dortmund compete with them for the title?
Once Dortmund's attack is in trouble in the game and can't score, and the back line can't hold it, won't it collapse?