As the players waited in the tunnel, the DJ was announcing the rosters of both teams, and every time the name of a Napoli player was pronounced, there was a deafening cheer over the Stadio de São Paulo. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info and when it was the turn of the Borussia Dortmund players, it was the same deafening boos.

"This is the first time we've played against them, right?" said Reuss, who frowned when he heard the boos, if it weren't for the fact that this stadium was so different from the Fairtings Arena, he really thought he was participating in the Ruhr derby.

Or maybe the boos in the Ruhr derby weren't so harsh......

"That's why it feels like we have some old grudge against them. Mark shrunk his neck, and from the moment he arrived at the Naples airport, to now, the scene flashed before his eyes like a movie image.

"Hi, normal. Now we are their enemies and are on the opposite side of them, so it is normal for them to do so. Zhou Yi comforted the two teammates, he didn't want his teammates to be frightened by the momentum of the opposing fans before the game.

"But we've been to so many away games and none of them have ......been to Napoli like that," Marc disagreed with Zhou's statement.

"Naples is not the same as those places. Zhou Yi said. "The people here are fierce......" He didn't directly say "mafia paradise", because he was afraid of giving his teammates a worse psychological hint.

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When the game began, Napoli took advantage of the home advantage and launched the first attack.

Within five minutes, Dortmund were completely pinned down by Napoli. Looking at the scene, it is impossible to believe that this is the performance of the defending champions.

The Napoli team, supported by their fans, launched wave after wave of attacks towards the Dortmund goal.

But in fact, the most terrifying thing is not Napoli's attack, but when possession falls to Dortmund's side.

Napoli started from the bottom of the final third, and their players were like mad dogs, not knowing what "tired" was, and even if a Dortmund defender got the ball, they would have one or two players rushing up to press it.

Especially Zhou Yi, who was taken care of by the Napoli players, as long as he got the ball, at least two people went up to grab him, and sometimes it was three or four people.

This made it almost difficult for Zhou Yi to organize an effective offensive - how could he still organize an attack when all his energy was spent on getting rid of the opponent's entanglement and protecting the football?

And between him and the attacking players in the front, there are several Napoli players, even if he passes the football forward, it will be difficult to penetrate the layers of defense of the Napoli players.

For this, Zhou Yi naturally experienced it in a virtual competition. But even if he knew what Napoli were going to do, he couldn't do it better - if he went and got closer to Mark and Reus, then the link between him and the back would be severed, and then his teammates would have to kick forward, but then the error rate would be too high, not precise enough, and it would just be a waste of attacking opportunities.

If he doesn't come forward and stays in the backfield to organize the attack, then the problems he faces have also been seen by everyone just now.

“...... Napoli started the game with a high press tactic, surrounding every Dortmund player who had the ball...... I have to say that their tactics are quite effective......" He Ping said.

In fact, high pressing is of course a very effective tactic, which is not an invention of Napoli coach Benitez, but the question is how many teams can execute this tactic of high pressing to the extreme?

It's like Barcelona, everybody knows how to deal with Barcelona's possession, and as long as you press high and get it right, you can contain them. But Barcelona still dominated European football for several years, and who has beaten Barcelona repeatedly with high pressing over the years? Not many, because high pressing is very demanding on the team, and not all teams are capable of it.

And now, Benitez's Napoli has a lot of intention to implement the "high pressing" in place.

Every player runs tirelessly, covering almost the entire stadium, and wherever the pitch is, as long as there are Borussia Dortmund players, there must be Napoli players.

Zhou Yi's position on the court is the front midfielder, but when the game is playing, he becomes a back midfielder, because it is difficult to receive the ball in front - teammates give him a long pass, his physical confrontation ability is not dominant, and it is difficult to take advantage of the opponent and fight for the ball under the sandwich of the opponent's two people......

After becoming a midfielder, Zhou Yi was able to help the team stabilize the situation in the backcourt, but it was difficult to send the football forward.

It was difficult for him to send the ball forward with a long pass, because Zhou Yi, as the core of Dortmund, was pressed by Napoli in all directions, and he didn't even have the space to play a long pass.

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The teammate passed the football to Zhou Yi, who turned his back to the offensive direction and made a feint to turn to the left, but the outside of his right foot moved the football to the right, and at the same time turned his body to the right, intending to get rid of the defender behind him.

However, he was not able to achieve this goal, because as soon as he turned around, he found that Inle was still stuck in front of him, so that he could not turn around directly. In order to avoid being cut off, he could only take the football sideways to the side, and Inle continued to run with him, intending to further compress Zhou Yi's movement space.

Of course, Zhou Yi knew that if he continued to lead to the side, he could only lead to a dead end.

So he made a sharp stop, stepped over the ball with his left foot and threw it back, and the outside instep flicked the ball to the left, completed the turn, and turned back to the middle.

Inle was not shaken away by Zhou Yi's feint, but turned around and leaned in again. Of course, he had some pulling movements in his hands to prevent Zhou Yi from escaping completely, but he just pulled and let go of his hand, and did not hold on, and the referee would not blow him for a foul because of such a hand movement.

In the end, there was no way, Zhou Yi could only pass the football back - if he didn't pass the football again, the other party would not be a Hinder to follow him, he had already seen Hamsik pounce on him, and if he controlled the ball for a while, he would fall into an encirclement, and it would be difficult to pass back accurately.

The battle between Zhou Yi and Inle in midfield is like a microcosm of the match between Borussia Dortmund and Napoli so far.

Napoli relied on tireless running and pressing tactics, coupled with the cheers of the Napoli fans throughout the stadium, to suppress Dortmund.

Ten minutes on, Dortmund had only one shot on goal, which had not yet hit the woodwork.

Napoli took advantage of their pressing up front and had a number of chances, two of which hit the woodwork.

If it hadn't been for Weidenfeller's brilliant save, Dortmund would have conceded the goal.

"Napoli are aggressive, although Dortmund haven't conceded a goal yet, but if they continue to play like this, Dortmund will lose goals sooner or later......" Marcel Leif said worriedly.

In the face of Napoli's high-level pressing, not only Zhou Yi was uncomfortable, but the other Dortmund players were also very uncomfortable, plus they may have been tossed by Napoli's away atmosphere in a bad state, after the opening to the present, Dortmund has been suppressed by Napoli and has done nothing.

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The game did strike right – in the 29th minute, Napoli's tireless pressing up front finally paid off when they suddenly launched a quick attack after cutting off Borussia Dortmund's attack in midfield.

Inler passed the ball forward to Callejon, who in turn passed the ball to Hamsik on the 30-metre area line.

Hamsik didn't stop the ball, but half-turned and pushed the ball into the ribs of the Dortmund penalty area.

Higuain was already out of the void – he was right behind Dortmund's right-back Grosskreutz in front of the defending, and at the same time on the same line as the centre-back Subotic, who was slightly behind, and was not offside!

Hamsik's pass found him accurately, and Higuain, who had the ball in the ribs, took a step forward and shot with his feet!

The ball flew past goalkeeper Weidenfeller's fingers and into the far corner of the goal, flying in and hitting the net!

"Higuain !!" the Italian commentator became excited. "He opened the scoring for Napoli, who lead Dortmund 1-0 at home!"

"Oh, danger, danger......" Marcel Leif exclaimed when he saw Higuain receiving the ball in the ribs, but before he could finish speaking, Higuain scored and sighed: "Hamsik and Higuain have found the hole in Dortmund's defence accurately...... Dortmund seem to have been stunned by Napoli's high pressing......"

"There is a goal! Higuain, he scored his first goal in the Champions League this season for Napoli! and his first Champions League goal for Napoli!" Although He Ping was very disappointed, he still had to maintain a neutral and objective attitude on the surface. "Those 30 minutes were too hard for Dortmund...... They didn't have an effective attack and were completely suppressed by Napoli on the field, which was not a surprise because they had played very dangerously...... In front, whether it's Mark, Royce and Kuba, it's basically the same as invisible, and they can't be seen at all......"

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After the goal, the Napoli players were celebrating wildly, and the Napoli fans in the stands were also cheering and cheering for the team.

Zhou Yi stood in the middle of the pitch, he looked around, if he remembered correctly, these Napoli fans in the stands seemed to have not sat down since the first second of the game, they were all standing and watching.

Borussia Dortmund's home stadium, West**, has a dedicated stand, and the famous South Stand is a full standing stand when playing in the country, and only when the Champions League is played, it will become a seat.

But in his impression, the Dortmund fans, who are known for their fanatical irons, can't all stand and watch the game in a game, except for the South Stand, the fans in the other stands will also sit down. But the Napoli fans, regardless of the stands, all stood and watched, singing, dancing, shouting and shouting the whole time.

The Napoli players on the pitch don't know what tiredness is, and the Napoli fans in the stands don't know what tiredness is......

Zhou Yi believes that the passion of these Napoli fans must have given the Napoli players endless courage and strength, but also caused a lot of disturbance to his own teammates......

On and off the pitch, Napoli are a tough opponent.

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The TV broadcast showed the Napoli players celebrating their goals, and also took the time to give the Dortmund players a few shots, and the Dortmund players in the footage were all stunned and confused.

Seeing this, the Italian commentator quipped: "Ha! Our defending champion is in big trouble!"

There was a thick schadenfreude in his tone.