Chapter 143: The Storm
The fifteen-minute intermission passed quickly in the impatient waiting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
When both players were on the pitch, the game didn't start right away.
The fourth official held up a substitution sign on the sidelines, and Yan Min stood beside him, waiting to be replaced.
This new situation made He Ping very pleasantly surprised: "Yan Min is going to be replaced! This time Klopp gave him half the game time! This adjustment is indeed ...... If Klopp wants to strengthen the attack, Yan Min is definitely a good candidate! And replacing Yan Min means that Dortmund is going to blow the charge of the second half of the general attack!"
Marcel Leif also affirmed Klopp's substitution: "Yan Min came off the bench against Arsenal and Bayern Munich and had a very good performance. With the team needing to score three goals in the second half, it was indeed the right thing to do to consider bringing on Yan Min......"
"Yan Min, a young Chinese player, transferred from China to Do......rtmund this summer," the Italian commentator began to introduce Yan Min to the Italian TV audience. Of course, if it weren't for Yan Min's recent outstanding performance, the Italian commentator probably wouldn't have introduced it in such detail. "In the Champions League group stage, Borussia Dortmund played well in the home win against Arsenal and was a key figure in Dortmund's victory. In the last league game, against Bayern Munich, he was also very active after coming off the bench, providing an assist to help Dortmund finally draw with Bayern Munich at home...... He's a player with a lot of individual dribbling ability, he's fast, he's explosive, he's got great technique at his feet, and the Napoli defenders have to be up against him......"
Yan Min was replaced by midfielder Shahin.
The substitution was made in the dressing room, so Shaheen didn't have to play, he is now on the bench.
The fourth official held up the sign and told everyone that Dortmund had made a substitution. Yan Min didn't need to hand over to anyone, so he ran directly onto the court.
Dortmund, who replaced Shahin and replaced Yan Min, looked a bit like the formation in the last league game against Bayern Munich.
Aubameyang went to the front and partnered with Mark to play a double striker, Yan Min occupied Aubameyang's original position, and the other positions remained unchanged.
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As He Ping said, the replacement of Yan Min means that Dortmund has sounded the horn of the general attack.
Although Klopp encouraged the players in the dressing room to comfort themselves, don't rush. But from the tactical point of view, he has no intention of waiting patiently.
So from the beginning of the second half, except for Napoli's kick-off after launching an offensive, it was basically Dortmund besieging Napoli's goal.
At the beginning, when Dortmund was besieged like this, the Italian commentator kept telling the audience in front of the TV that this was a great opportunity for Napoli to fight back!
But soon he stopped saying that.
Because in the face of Dortmund's aggressive attack, Napoli couldn't even pass half the time at all, so what kind of counterattack did they say?
In the fifth minute of the second half, Yan Min pretended to break through on the left wing, then dunked the ball back with his left foot, and then he crossed with his right foot. Mark scrambled to the middle of the pitch and headed just wide.
Three minutes later, in the 53rd minute, Dortmund sent a through ball by Zhou Yi on the counter-attack, and he found Reus accurately. Reuss fired diagonally from the left side of the box and went wide again.
A minute later, Borussia Dortmund made a comeback, with Zhou Yi distributing the ball in the middle to Reuss on the right, who swept it sideways to goal. Mark was about to stab at the back post, but before him, the Napoli defender had already blocked the ball and it fell right into the hands of goalkeeper Reina......
In the 55th minute, when Zhou Yi led a breakthrough in the front, he was knocked to the ground by Behrami, and the referee Carvalho blew the whistle decisively, blew for a foul on Behrami, and gave Dortmund a free kick in addition to a verbal warning.
The free-kick was still taken by Reuss, and even though it was a little far from goal, Reuss shot straight at goal!
When the ball goes over the wall, it looks like it's going to fly straight off the baseline.
But after arriving in the penalty area, the football suddenly fell!
Reina hesitated at first, but when he saw the ball fall, he quickly took a step back, then jumped up, stretched out his hands, and lifted the falling ball out before the crossbar!
"Oh! this ball...... This ball seems to have fallen!" This result surprised the commentators.
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In the 58th minute, this time it was Napoli who finally attacked the edge of the Dortmund penalty area.
Behrami picked up the ball in the middle and then intended to pass diagonally to a team-mate on the line of the penalty area.
As a result, his passing intention was too obvious, and Kyle, who was defending him head-on, saw through it, and stopped the football with his outstretched foot!
Kyle then passed the football to Zhou Yi, who was nearby.
Zhou Yi passed horizontally to Yan Min who was diagonally ahead.
At the same time as Yan Min received the ball, the Napoli players also pressed up.
I saw Yan Min gently flick the football to the right with the outside of his right foot, and then jumped up lightly, just past the top grab of the Napoli player.
Then he catches up with the ball and runs forward!
Napoli's second player immediately came up, and Yan Min did not continue to break through with the ball this time, but passed the ball to Reus, who cut in from the right side to the middle.
It was a fantastic pass because Reus was unmarked at all!
Because Dortmund's counterattack was broken when Napoli was attacking, Napoli was caught off guard, and there were not enough people who retreated, and they looked a little flustered.
Royce took advantage of this panicked opportunity to receive Yan Min's pass when no one was marked.
Then Reus drove forward with the ball, and Zemaeli caught up from behind, but it was already half of the way out of Reuss. He tugged at Reus's shirt, but hesitated to let go of his hand at the thought that if he fouled now, he would give Dortmund a well-placed free-kick.
Royce also took the opportunity to shake off Zemaeli and hit the top of the free throw arc.
Meanwhile, Mark, who was originally on the left, also followed the inside to the middle.
He and Reus met right at the top of the free-throw arc. He was in front and pulled the Napoli defenders to the middle, plus the central defenders who were already defending Reuss in the middle, and Zemaeli who caught up from behind. It means that all of Napoli's defensive strength is now concentrated in a small penalty arc, and both the left and the right are completely blank!
On the left, Zhou Yi has been plugged in at high speed, and everyone can see it.
He Ping shouted even more anxiously: "Pass!
He wanted Royce to pass on to Zhou Yi.
Reus also saw Zhou Yi cut in on the left wing, so he pushed the ball with his right foot!
"Good shot!" Marcel Leif cheered for Reuss' pass.
The football rolled towards Zhou Yi, only to see that he did not accelerate to meet the ball while running, but began to adjust his pace, and stepped forward with a big stride, just adjusting his pace to the most suitable rhythm, and then he picked up his right foot!
Shoot straight to the goal without stopping!
He hit the inside of his right foot, and the ball flew up, arcing through the air and heading straight to the back corner of the goal!
"Zhou Yi - Shoot - !!"
Goalkeeper Reyna soared into the air and stretched his arms to the limit, but he couldn't touch the football!
He looked back at the goal and saw the ball fly straight into the goal after going around him!
"Zhou Yi!!Zhou Yi!!!" Marcel Leif excitedly shouted Zhou Yi's name. "In the 58th minute, he extended the lead for Borussia Dortmund!!It was a very, very, very beautiful goal!!A perfect arc!A direct shot without stopping!Now Dortmund are only two goals away from their goal!
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As the ball flew into the goal, the West** Stadium erupted in a huge cheer, which was overwhelming to everyone in the stadium. To the ears of the Dortmund players, the cheers were like a shot in the arm and made their blood boil.
And the Napoli players heard like a death knell and cheers...... Their home stadium, the St. Paul's Stadium, is also known for its fanatical fanatics, but at Dortmund's home stadium, they are still shocked by the cheers of their fanatical fans.
For a moment, their confidence was shaken and they felt that Dortmund could really score four goals at home......