Chapter 223: Shaken
The two games played out in such a strange tacit understanding, getting closer and closer to the end of the first half. ◇ Tomato small △ said that the net ''-.
Unable to sit in the dugout, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp both stood on the sidelines and used their body language to direct the team.
After the forty-second minute, Zhou Yi suddenly sent an overhead pass outside the penalty area, Yan Min inserted it, successfully countered offside, and received the ball in the penalty area.
This time he still chose to shoot on his own.
And his shot was again saved by Hannover 96's goalkeeper Ziller.
Borussia Dortmund won a corner.
Yan Min's shot selection was not the best, but he could always run to the position and receive a pass from Zhou Yi...... It would be nice to be calm down after getting the ball, I think this is the difference between Yan Min and Zhou Yi. Why is Zhou Yi much more mature when he is about the same age? Because he is calm enough on the court. Duan Xin tactfully criticized Yan Min's performance
Yan Min is now the player with the most shots from Dortmund, but he did not bring a single goal to Dortmund, and even one of the reasons why Dortmund's current situation is not dominant.
Duan Xin's criticism of Yan Min also hopes that Yan Min can perform better and make greater progress, although after he came to Dortmund from China, the progress has been jaw-dropping.
But considering the next World Cup, Duan Xin certainly hopes that Yan Min can be more mature. After all, no one wants Yan Min to become the next "Nani" When Cristiano Ronaldo transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid, Manchester United introduced a winger Nani of the same nationality as him, and the media at that time made Nani Cristiano Ronaldo's successor. But it later turned out that Nani, despite his exceptional talent, was far from being Cristiano Ronaldo's successor.
Yan Min's traits sometimes show are a bit similar to Nani. This made Duan Xin a little worried.
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Yan Min's shot won a corner for Borussia Dortmund.
Royce went to take the penalty, but Zhou Yi also ran up.
When Royce set up the football and got up, he saw Zhou Yi gesture towards him in the distance, which was to take a tactical corner.
So he didn't kick the football to the goal, but passed the football to Zhou Yi, who came up to pick him up.
Because it was a corner kick, all the players of Hannover 96 were recovered in front of the goal, and Zhou Yi was defenseless when he took the ball.
After Zhou Yi received the ball, he didn't pass the football out immediately, but stopped.
While the players of Hannover 96 pressed outward, some people rushed towards Zhou Yi, and it was too dangerous to leave such a big threat unmarked.
Zhou Yi looked up and observed the forbidden area.
In normal times, Hannover 96 would just have to run out and keep the Borussia Dortmund players in the box, which is simple. But today he was distracted by his surprise win on the flank, which distracted the Hannover 96s' defenders and their pace was not so uniform.
This gave Zhou Yi a chance.
He crosses with his feet!
A cross from a 45-degree angle sent the ball into the middle of the box.
There, Papastathopoulos jumped high, he was not offside. He didn't put the ball directly on the top of the goal, but lightly clicked it back, a header ferry!
The soccer ball was ferried to Hummels in the ribs!
Hummels was also offside, he fired a tackle from the edge of the six-yard box!
The ball rolls towards the bottom left corner of the goal.
This time, Hannover 96's goalkeeper Zeller made a save, but it was too late.
The soccer ball rolls into the goal!
"Hummels!!Borussia Dortmund broke the deadlock!The goal was not offside, no problem!"
The HDI Arena in Hannover, which had always been noisy, suddenly fell silent, with only the cheers of the Dortmund players and the few Dortmund fans.
In Klopp, who had been walking around the sidelines, a smile finally appeared on his face at this time.
He can breathe a sigh of relief for a while, the goal is crucial and the timing is good. If Hannover 96 return to their home stadium with a draw, it will undoubtedly be a big morale boost, and it will be a blow to the morale of Dortmund, and the second half will be even more difficult.
And now, just before half-time, Hummels has scored, and it will make the Hannover 96 players feel like their 40-plus minutes of hard work have been in vain...... This is a big blow to their confidence and morale.
After Hummels' goal, the televised broadcast played a live league standings.
According to everyone's score now, Bayern Munich is still ranked first in the league with 70 points.
But Dortmund has changed from 65 points to 68 points, still second in the league, but it is only two points away!
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At the same time that Hummels broke the deadlock for Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich midfielder Tonik Rose fired a long-range shot from the edge of the box at the Opel Arena in Mainz, which went over the crossbar.
It was Bayern Munich's last shot of the first half and the closest they came to scoring.
After that, there was no more success for the two sides, and the first half of the game ended.
At this time, Bayern Munich's coaching staff already knew the news that Dortmund had a one-goal lead over Hannover 96 in the away game, and although they didn't talk about it, everyone's expressions betrayed their anxious hearts.
Hermann Grande even smelled something dangerous.
After Pep Guardiola came to Bayern Munich, he also brought his coaching team, and the people who played for Heynckes at Bayern Munich were almost gone, and Hermann Grande was the only one left. He experienced Bayern Munich leading for almost a season last season, and finally letting Dortmund turn it around.
So what happened today felt familiar to him.
This familiarity is not pleasant.
Pep Guardiola suddenly walked up to Hermann Grande, put his hand over his mouth and put it in his ear and said: "Don't let people tell the players the score of the Dortmund game, if they want to ask, say they don't know." ”
Grande nodded.
He understands why Pep Guardiola did it. In the last game, the players only watched Dortmund live for a few minutes in the last minute, and almost half of the game was gone. If they know that Dortmund is already ahead when they are fighting hard here, I don't know how it will affect their form.
At a critical moment, Guardiola can't do anything extraordinary.
But Grande understands that the feeling of danger in his heart is even stronger, before this, how could Guardiola have made such a special arrangement?
He is always full of confidence, he doesn't care what his opponent is like, he focuses on himself. Bayern Munich also played the most successful start to the league under his leadership, and the league has been unbeaten for 25 games so far, which is the best start of the Bundesliga season. In these 25 rounds of the league, Bayern Munich has achieved a terrifying result of 22 wins and 3 draws, with a winning rate of 88%, which is unmatched in the entire top five European leagues.
Such brilliant results have always been the foundation of the team's confidence.
But today, when Guardiola covered his mouth and said these words to him, and then walked past him with his head down and touching the back of his neck, Herman Grande suddenly felt as if the foundation was ...... under his feet Shaky, not so solid anymore.
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The first halves of both games ended almost at the same time.
After the whistle blew at the end of the first half on Bayern Munich's side, the first half was over for Borussia Dortmund's side soon after.
Everyone also knows that on the other side, the match between Bayern Munich and Mainz is still 0-0 with no changes.
What this means is clear to everyone.
The players' faces were beaming.
But after entering the dressing room, Klopp slammed the door shut with a straight face.
"Don't rejoice too early! There are forty-five minutes left in the game! We are only one goal ahead! Anything is possible! Don't lose the game because you get carried away at half-time, then I won't spare you easily!"
"Now focus all your attention on this game and don't worry about any other mess!"
Jurgen Klopp didn't say Bayern Munich directly, he wanted to express his attitude by saying that he didn't even bother to mention Bayern Munich's name, and the players had better not think about it.
They don't need to care about anything other than beating the opponent in front of them.
Be yourself.
If you don't do yourself well, even if your opponent gives you a hundred chances, it's useless.