Chapter 421: The Scarecrow Who Moves
After the start of the second half, Arsenal, who were playing at home and had to win, continued to attack the Dortmund goal. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Ten minutes later, there were keen people who noticed the change in Dortmund's side.
Shinji Kagawa retreated more, but Zhou Yi did not go forward most of the time, but stayed in the backfield...... Defend!
"Let Zhou Yi participate in the defense?" Marcel Leif wondered. "But we all know that Zhou Yi's defensive ability is not outstanding......"
'It seems that Sven Bender's injury has really had a big impact on Dortmund. Even the core of their organization had to be forced to go on the defensive...... "The British commentator gloated a little. Sven Bender's injury was a complete accident that led to such a favourable result for Arsenal. Sven Bender's injury not only caused Dortmund to concede a goal, but also completely stifled the core of Dortmund's attacking playmaker, making it impossible for them to threaten Arsenal's goal.
He Ping was also surprised that Zhou Yi would participate in the defense: "...... In fact, instead of replacing Kyle, it is better to replace Gundogan. Gundogan is a balanced player who can attack and defend as well as defend. When Zhou Yi was around, he concentrated on defense...... Like now, it is really overkill to let Zhou Yi come to defense, and it also makes Dortmund's attack no threat......"
Almost everyone did not question Klopp's decision.
The live game broadcast also gave a close-up to Klopp's face as he sat on the sidelines.
Jurgen Klopp stares at the pitch with a blank face.
No one knew what he was thinking.
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Klopp didn't think about anything, he was watching the game, very attentive and attentive.
Through observation, he found that although Zhou Yi had figured it out in his mind, his body was not quite suitable for the transformation of this role.
At least in the first ten minutes, Zhou Yi's performance in defense was not very good. He's running non-stop, he looks hard, he's very motivated to get involved in the defense, but he's just running, he's not contributing to the defense.
This is also the main reason why the commentators think that Klopp's adjustment is nonsense - Zhou Yi is not suitable for defense, and what he does on defense is not meaningful.
But Klopp believes in Zhou Yi and in his own vision, which has been proven many times.
He still remembered the scene when Zhou Yi's eyes lit up at halftime, as if a fire was ignited in his heart.
He was confident that the young man would find the right path, and it might not be long before he could......
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Ten minutes into the second half, because Zhou Yi did not play much role defensively, Dortmund was still pressed by Arsenal.
Zhou Yi has become a key breakthrough for Arsenal, and they believe that with Zhou Yi's performance, he is simply the weakest point in Dortmund's defense.
Everyone has a ball in his direction.
In the fourteenth minute of the second half, in the fifty-ninth minute of the game, in the face of Walcott's unreasonable speed breakthrough, Zhou Yi was powerless, although he ran up to intercept, but was easily thrown away by the opponent, Zhou Yi could only watch, even if he wanted to foul, there was no chance, the speed gap between him and the opponent was too big. Walcoat was known for his speed, which was never Zhouyi's strength.
However, after Walket broke through, he was destroyed by Kyle, who caught up - just now, when he broke through Zhouyi, Walcott went a little big, and the ball was slightly out of his control, and it was destroyed by Kyle.
Zhou Yi turned around and saw that Kyle had helped him out of the siege, and he hurriedly thanked the captain: "Thank you, captain!"
Kyle waved at him, "You're welcome, Zhou Yi." Don't think too much about it, if it doesn't work, just leave the defense to me, I'm starting to feel it. You're still concentrating on organizing the attack......"
Zhou Yi knew that Kyle was of course well-intentioned, but when he figured out what his strengths were defensively in the locker room, he didn't just defend to complete the tasks assigned by the head coach.
Because he felt as if a new world had opened the door before his eyes......
It's a new world worth entering.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhou Yi felt excited, geared up, and couldn't wait to go in and break through.
So although some people may laugh at his embarrassment and incompetence in front of Walcott, this will not affect Zhou Yi's belief.
Indeed, some people are laughing at Zhou Yi's performance against Walcott.
For example, the British commentator smiled after Zhou Yi was broken through by Walcott: "In front of Walcott's speed, Zhou Yi behaved like a scarecrow! But it's doomed to be just wishful thinking!"
He likened Zhou Yi to a clumsy scarecrow.
Even Marcel Leif covered his face with his hands when Zhou Yi was broken through, moaning: "It's just miserable......"
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Although many people think that his participation in defense is simply nonsense, Zhou Yi is still doing his own thing.
He is constantly looking for opportunities, although he can judge the opponent's passing route is almost the same, but it does not mean that he can intercept the ball smoothly - at least he can't wait directly on someone's passing route, the opponent is not a fool, seeing someone stuck in the passing route, he will definitely change the route to pass, change the target, then his own card position will be meaningless.
So he can't just run to someone's passing route and wait for someone to bump into him.
He has to stay in a very delicate position, not to arouse the opponent's vigilance, but also to get to the pass path quickly to intercept the ball.
At the same time, if the opponent passes the ball too quickly, even if he rushes to the passing route, I am afraid it will be too late.
It takes skill as well as luck. Not every time it will work.
Prior to this, Zhou Yi had been trying how to get closer to the target passing route without attracting the attention of the other party, and he was also waiting for an opportunity.
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In the sixty-first minute of the game, two minutes after Zhou Yi was "humiliated" by Walcoat with speed, Walcott made a comeback again.
This time, Kyle was the first to meet him - he couldn't help but let Zhou Yi become the object of Walcot's teasing again.
At the same time, Gotze also withdrew to assist the defence.
Kyle's initiative made Walcott's speed up, and he had to slow down.
After slowing down, Gotze pressed up from behind.
Seeing that Walcott was about to fall into the encirclement of the front and back, Walcott had to think about passing the football out, which made him a little annoyed, he originally wanted to find Zhou Yi, repeat the trick, break through from him, and then disrupt the Dortmund defense.
As a result, Kyle's reaction is quicker than he thought.
In the face of two people, Walket vaguely saw a figure wearing a red and white jersey in front of him, according to his experience, he judged that it should be his teammate Van Persie, although he did not see a clear number and face, but Walket also decided to pass the football over, and then rely on his speed to cut the position, throwing off the chasing block.
Walcoat guessed correctly, that person was Van Persie, he was originally on the wing, and after seeing Walcoat blocked with the ball on the wing, he moved to the middle and formed a diagonal line with Walcoat, so that Walcoat could see him and have an angle to pass the ball.
Walcoat did pass the ball and passed the ball to him.
But the football didn't end up at Van Persie's feet, but was stopped by a foot in the middle of the game.
Zhou Yi's left foot stretched forward and blocked the football that rolled over, and the force of the football hitting the inside of his foot did not dissipate, but made the football bounce upward, and when it fell again, he used the outside of his right foot to the right side, and walked away with the ball directly!
From interception to activation, it was done in one go, and suddenly many people did not react.
I didn't expect the person who appeared in that position to be Zhou Yi!
After stopping the ball, Zhou Yi did not continue to take it, his speed with the ball is definitely not as fast as Walcott's, and continuing to dribble the ball at this time will give Arsenal time to react.
So after Zhou Yi took the football out, he caught up with the ball and made a long pass directly, transferring the football to the front court, and the football fell to the feet of Shinji Kagawa!
"Dortmund's counter-attack!" Marcel Leif came to his senses, and after the second half Dortmund finally had a threat to the Arsenal goal!
Shinji Kagawa stopped the ball and handed the ball to Gotze, who was plugged in on the wing.
Gotze then passed the football to the middle, and the person who followed up in the middle was Lewandowski!
He won the volley directly!
"Robert Lewandowski-!!"
In Marcel Leif's long roar, the ball was pumped to the ground by the Polish striker's instep.
Like a cannonball, the ball broke through the ten fingers of Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny and crashed into the net behind him!