Chapter 306: Subtle Changes

After Zhou Yi came on the field, Dortmund did not rush to attack as he commanded.

It's about being patient and defending.

If Bayer Leverkusen attack desperately, Dortmund can also take the opportunity to counterattack.

However, Bayer Leverkusen is not stupid, after seeing Zhou Yi play, head coach Sasha Lewandowski immediately instructed the team not to attack.

Avoid being attacked by Dortmund.

Zhou Yi's ability to seize opportunities is very strong.

The Bayern Munich coaching staff, who watched the game in Munich, were relieved to see this scene.

It's good that Bayer Leverkusen can beat Borussia Dortmund, but if they can't win against Borussia Dortmund, it's good that they can force a draw.

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On the pitch, the battle between Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen has changed in a different way, no longer with your back-and-forth shots, but in the midfield, there are not many shots.

However, this see-saw is not a see-saw that the two sides are evenly matched, but a see-saw that Dortmund deliberately controls.

After Zhou Yi came on the field, he quickly took over Dortmund's midfield, and then he led the Dortmund players to slow down and was not in a hurry to pass the ball forward.

There were times when he tried to pass the ball forward, but if he was met with a stubborn resistance from Bayer Leverkusen, then he would immediately let his team-mates pass the ball back and re-kick the ball in central midfield and organise the attack.

In the midst of such a slow tempo, at the sixty-eighth minute, Dortmund suddenly changed the tempo.

When Zhou Yi got the ball in the middle of the backcourt, he passed the football forward, and then quickly stepped forward himself.

Next, with Zhou Yi as the core, Dortmund played the ball in front of the 30-meter area of Bayer Leverkusen between three passes and two downs.

"Dortmund is speeding up!" reminds Marcel Leff.

When Zhou Yi got the ball again, although he was looking at Mark, he passed the football to the completely opposite left side at his feet.

Yan Min inserted into the left rib and received the ball, which directly formed a single knife!

Facing the attacking Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Leno, Yan Min chose to shoot.

It was very clever to do, but the height of his pick was not high enough, and the ball was blocked by Leno's hand!

Bayer Leverkusen defender Sparšić, who returned to the defense, kicked the football directly out of the bottom line with a big kick - Dortmund's sudden acceleration just now caused him a lot of pressure. In such a situation, he didn't bother to think about the situation behind him at all, and gave priority to kicking the football out first!

But there wasn't a single Dortmund player behind him, so he could have stopped the ball, then turned around and kicked it in front of him, and he could have launched a counter-attack.

As a result, Leverkusen's counterattack opportunity was wasted by Sparšić in a panic.

Goalkeeper Leno stood up and spread his hand to Spašić, not very satisfied with his handling.

"There's nothing wrong with Spašić's clearance. Of course, if he had been a little calmer, there would have been a better way to deal with it. After Zhou Yi came on the field, the mentality of the Leverkusen players underwent some very subtle changes...... "Duan Xin will definitely be felt by some people when he says this, and he is trying every means to tout Zhou Yi from various angles."

But in fact, what Duan Xin said has some truth.

After Zhou Yi came on the field, the mentality of the players of both teams has undergone a very subtle change.

The Dortmund players showed more confidence and composure.

The Bayer Leverkusen players were a little anxious.

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Borussia Dortmund's corner was driven and Leno punched the ball out of the box before Hummels.

Zhou Yi was already waiting for the second landing point, and in the face of the flying football, he didn't make any adjustments, and directly volleyed sideways!

The ball flew straight into the top left corner of the goal, a place that Leno couldn't even take care of.

Fortunately, the football was blocked by Bayer Leverkusen's player Son Heung-min with his legs......

Although it didn't form a goal, it also scared the Leverkusen fans a lot.

Zhou Yi volleyed directly - the football seemed to hit Sun Xingmin's body and flew out of line...... It's dangerous!" exclaimed Marcel Leff. "Borussia Dortmund got another corner!"

With two corners in a row, Dortmund actually formed a suppression of Leverkusen at this time.

The previous grappling situation seems to have been broken......

This time in this corner, Dortmund did not kick the football directly into the penalty area.

When Shaheen went to take a corner kick, Zhou Yi also ran to the corner flag area.

When Shaheen saw him coming, he knew it was a tactical corner.

So he placed the football, raised his arms, made a tactical corner kick, reminded his teammates in the penalty area to cooperate, and kicked the football to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi took the ball and brought it back, and at the same time, the players of Leverkusen also pressed out.

Two Bayer Leverkusen players pressed towards Zhou.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi passed the football back.

He didn't pass the ball to Bayer Leverkusen's box, but back.

It's as if the corner didn't exist.

The advantage of this is that you can keep possession on your side.

What Dortmund need is to dominate the football so that they can continue to threaten Leverkusen.

And the constant return of the pass can also make some changes in the tempo, pull the Leverkusen formation apart, and at the same time paralyze them and make them have the idea of slack.

Zhou Yi has been turning his head to observe Leverkusen's movements.

After seeing that the formation had been pulled out, he motioned for his teammates to pass the football to him.

Turning around and attacking again, he pounced on Leverkusen's position.

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Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, Dortmund slowly gained the upper hand.

As the game entered the 70th minute, Bayer Leverkusen's manager Sacha Lewandowski made a change and completely abandoned the tug-of-war with Borussia Dortmund in midfield.

Recycling across the board.

He's already planning for a draw.

It is obvious that the situation on the field is already dominated by Dortmund, and if he does not make adjustments, he is afraid that Dortmund will seize the void in the back line to make a big fuss......

Despite this, Dortmund's offensive continued.

In the 78th minute, Yan Min broke through on the left flank to win a free kick for Dortmund again.

Shaheen went up to take the free-kick.

Hummels and Papastathopoulos ran to the goal, ready to fight for the ball.

Zhou Yi didn't go up to join in the fun, he was still standing outside the penalty area, waiting for a possible second landing point.

There were some clashes between players from both sides as they fought for positions in front of goal.

Hummels and Toprak scrambled together, Toprak hugged Hummels, Hummels tried to push him away, and the entanglement and struggle of the two caught the referee's attention.

He blew the whistle for a timeout, then ran into the box and ordered Toprak and Hummels to separate.

Hummels complained to the referee about Toprak holding him, and Toprak complained to the referee about Hummels pushing him.

The referee verbally warned both of them before exiting the box.

The two men, although there was some physical contact, were within acceptable limits. It's impossible to get players to be in the box without physical contact at all......

Shaheen was about to take the free-kick and after he ran it and kicked the ball into the box.

Hummels shook off Toprak's mark and ran forward towards the ball, intending to head it in!

How could Toprak let him get rid of himself so easily, and naturally followed closely.

Hummels jumped, and so did he.

Under his interference, Hummels missed the goal, but still rubbed the ball and let the ball fly towards the goal.

Leno made a save, but because Hummels didn't get the ball on target, it just rubbed it. So the flight path of the football was not what Leno had predicted at first, his hands did not come in handy, but he stubbornly blocked the football with his feet!

It's just that this time it can't block the football very far, and the football is still spinning in the penalty area.

In the scuffle, the football rolled out and fell to the feet of Son Xingmin, who returned to the penalty area.

Sun Xingmin kicked directly at the football and wanted to free the football big foot. At this time, don't think about launching a counterattack or anything, you can kick the football out of the danger zone first.

He played football solidly.

But the ball didn't fly out of the box.

Because at the same time as he was playing football, Zhou Yi, who was outside the penalty area before, had already rushed in and came at him and the football at his feet.

When he saw Sun Xingmin about to kick the ball, Zhou Yi reflexively jumped up and turned around at the same time. He doesn't know if Son is going to clear the ball, but he thinks that when Dortmund's two central defenders are in front of the opposing goal, Son must not be allowed to kick the football out.

It's the instinct of an experienced and thoughtful player.

So the football kicked out by Sun Xingmin hit Zhou Yi's back like this.

Bang bang!

The ball bounced back and headed straight for Bayer Leverkusen......

Sun Xingmin used his strength to clear the siege, and after Zhou Yi's rebound, the ball speed was faster.

No one in front of the goal reacted, including goalkeeper Leno, who had just gotten up from the ground and could only watch as the football suddenly flew towards his own goal, and he himself was completely powerless......

In the end, under everyone's surprised gaze, the football was blocked into the goal by Zhou Yi with his back!

"This ......"

Bayern Munich's coaching staff looked at the TV screen dumbfounded. I really can't imagine that Dortmund can have such luck......