Chapter 299: Two Consecutive Wins
Vidal crossed his hands on his hips as he looked at the Borussia Dortmund players as they hugged each other in celebration of their goal. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
His gaze locked on Zhou Yi.
Did you be teased by him or not?
He had such a question in his head, and he couldn't find the answer.
He always felt that Zhou Yi asked him to return to defense in the hope of getting rid of himself, but if he didn't return to defense, the forbidden area would be in danger.
So in fact, whether you return to defense or not, it's all the same. This conceded goal...... It seems inevitable.
In fact, he originally had a chance to stop the goal - after finding out that Shinji Kagawa had passed the football back to Zhou Yi, he immediately turned around and pounced on Zhou Yi, as if Zhou Yi had a magnet on his body, firmly attracting him.
He was sure that as long as Zhou Yi adjusted the football at his feet a little more and observed and controlled it more, he could re-entangle him.
But what he saw was that Zhou Yi had just received the ball from Shinji Kagawa, and he directly passed the football out with one kick, without observing it at all!
It's as if he knew where the vacancy was and where his teammates would go.
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"Ballack was right before the game, Zhou Yi is the key player, and if Bayer Leverkusen want to win away from home, they must limit Zhou Yi. In the game, Vidal did it once, but unfortunately, he didn't limit Zhou Yi 100%, didn't trap him, and still gave him a chance, so these two ......goals were born," Marcel Leif said.
"As the first game of the season, Zhou Yi performed very well in the midfield position. I think the pre-match doubts about whether he can do it well in this position can go away......" said Marcel Leif. "Zhou Yi's control in this game allowed Dortmund to dominate the game for the most part. Now that they are two goals ahead and still playing at home, it may be difficult for Bayer Leverkusen to turn the tables around......"
Marcel Leif was right.
After the restart, Vidal was in a dilemma.
Is it with Zhou Yi or not?
If you follow Zhou Yi, how far can you follow?
It's obviously impossible to follow the ball all the way like you lost a ball.
Vidal was in disarray.
Heynckes' favor caused Vidal to retreat and form a defensive line with the rest of his teammates.
Zhou Yi doesn't care how he takes the ball in the backcourt, as long as he doesn't rush up.
However, Zhou Yi didn't care whether he rushed up or not, and when he got the ball in the backcourt, he directly used a long pass to direct the attack.
He is like a stationary turret, and although it cannot be moved, it can use its long range to attack the opponent's fortress.
And with a two-goal lead, Dortmund didn't have to pass forward too much, and if Bayer Leverkusen didn't press up, they would be on the back foot.
If Bayer Leverkusen are to press, then a long pass will go straight behind their backline. It's simple and crude, but it's especially useful when the field is slippery on rainy days.
So the weather and venue that made Zhou Jianliang feel worried before the game became an excellent opportunity for Zhou Yi to play his long pass.
Under Zhou Yi's scheduling, the whole team of Dortmund is like a smooth machine, so that Leverkusen, who is two goals behind, can never find any good opportunities.
Until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Bayer Leverkusen could not threaten the Dortmund goal.
In the end, Borussia Dortmund defeated Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at home and got the league season off to a good start!
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"It's over!" shouted the host Norbert Dicker excitedly. "We won! First win of the new season!"
The fans sang over the West**** Stadium, and they celebrated the victory with their songs.
Mark, like everyone around him, was singing about the team's victory with his arms raised.
At the same time, his heart was surging.
Such an exciting scene, such a wonderful victory...... But he can only be a spectator in the stands.
You have to work harder and try to play in the first team as soon as possible!
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After the game, whether it was German media or Chinese media, the focus of the report was on Zhou Yi.
Germany's Sport Bild newspaper praised Zhou Yi's performance in his new position.
“...... This game was Ballack's first league game since returning to Bayer Leverkusen, but his limelight was all stolen by Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi, who played as a midfielder for the first time in the league, performed extremely well and he was completely in control. In contrast to him, Ballack had few impressive performances to recall after the game......"
Dortmund's local Ruhr News also thinks it has a high opinion of Zhou Yi: "...... Zhou Yi's performance in the midfield position is outstanding, and we should not forget that he won the assist king and the best newcomer in the forward position last season. He's been doing really well both at the back and up front, and maybe he shouldn't just be limited to a player in one position, I think the whole midfield, it should belong to him!'
The praise of the Chinese media is even more blatant and nothing short of fleshy boasting.
“...... Zhou Yi finished blowing up Barak! The protagonist of the stadium is him!"
"Zhou Yi ended the era of Barak, and the new position made us discover a more powerful Zhou Yi!"
"All-round genius! Zhou Yi has found the most suitable position for him!"
“...... When Borussia Dortmund sold Shaheen last season, there were fears that Dortmund would lose the core of their midfield. Now it seems that Zhou Yi's performance can make people forget Shahin......"
The Japanese media also praised Zhou Yi's performance: "Zhou Yi dominated the game, and Leverkusen, as an opponent, was completely played by him. It's amazing!"
Now it seems that the Dortmund part of Kieter magazine's season preview should have been wrong......
At this time, everyone recalled that Zhou Yi talked about his views on the analysis of "Kicker" in an interview before the game.
Confident makes people feel too straightforward.
But now it seems that people have such self-confident qualifications. Why do you have to talk about such a thing that is not suspenseful? Isn't that a waste of everyone's time and life?
It's so good now, I'm just so awesome, I'll just say it directly, it's your business whether you want to accept it or not, but I'll prove it.
On China's Weibo, Zhou Yi's performance in the first game also caused heated discussions on the Internet.
The happiest people now are probably the group of people who were ridiculed as Zhou Yi's brainless fans. And the most unlucky ones were the people who persuaded Zhou Yi to be low-key and humble...... was sprayed into slag by Zhou Yi's fans, and he didn't dare to fight back at all.
Who made Zhou Yi perform well?
This iron-clad fact is in front of them, and it is not useful to be hard-mouthed.
A reporter fed back this situation on the domestic network to Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi just smiled slightly and didn't say anything.
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After winning Bayer Leverkusen, Dortmund will travel to Stuttgart in the second round of the league.
In fact, after the start of the league, Dortmund encountered opponents who were still not bad.
The opponent in the third round is Wolfsburg, home.
In the fourth round, they took on Schalke 04 away, the first Ruhr derby of the new season.
If it were based on Dortmund's outrageously slow performance since the start of last season, these games would have been more than lucky.
However, after watching the team's performance in the first round of games, everyone is quite confident in this team.
A week later, Borussia Dortmund travelled to Stuttgart.
Jurgen Klopp fielded the same starting line-up for this game as in the previous game.
Zhou Yi is still in the back, partnering Sven Bender.
In front of him is Shinji Kagawa, flanked by Götze and Grosskloitz.
Striker Barrios.
It didn't rain, the weather was good and the pitch was in good condition.
Although it was an away game, Dortmund was aggressive as soon as they came up, showing an anti-guest posture.
With Zhou Yi as the starting point, their offensive was endless.
And finally in the fifth minute, the continuous attack forced Stuttgart's Dutch defender Borlarus to make a mistake and scored an own goal!
"1:0! Borussia Dortmund take the lead! What a great start! Bora Ruth is so unlucky......"
Dortmund took the lead and kept the situation firmly under their feet and kept creating chances.
In the 27th minute, Grosskloitz crossed from the side, and Barrios, who followed up in the middle, scored with a header, and Dortmund extended their lead!
Dortmund scored twice in the opening half hour, and Stuttgart seemed to be stunned.
Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, Dortmund has fought all forms of attack, including rapid counterattacks and positional warfare.
For Zhou Yi, there doesn't seem to be an offensive routine that he is not good at.
Under his leadership, Dortmund continued to put pressure on Stuttgart after leading by two goals.
And in the 38th minute, Gotze scored his first goal of the new season with a follow-up shot in front of the goal, and at the same time rewrote the score to 3:0!
"Stuttgart conceded three goals before the end of the first half...... This is something that all Stuttgart fans did not expect, right?"
When Marcel Leif said this, the TV broadcast cut to the faces of the Stuttgart fans in the stands, each holding their heads in their hands, looking confused.
They really didn't expect Dortmund's offensive to come so violently and easily tear through their well-organized defense......
It's like a yellow-black storm!
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At the beginning of the second half, Stuttgart made two substitutions in a row, apparently unwilling to lose the game at home.
Klopp replaced Zhou Yi in the 70th minute.
Zhou Yi played the whole game in the last game, considering that Zhou Yi still has the national team's games next - the Chinese Football Association has issued a notice to Dortmund Club to call Zhou Yi to participate in the two warm-up matches on September 3 and 7.
Because this is a national A-level competition, Dortmund FC must let it go.
In order to avoid Zhou Yi being too tired, Klopp replaced him early in this game.
It's not that Zhou Yi's current physical fitness can only play a full ninety minutes apart......
After Zhou Yi was substituted, Dortmund's midfield control decreased.
In the 78th minute, Stuttgart striker Cacau pulled a goal back.
In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 1:3, and Stuttgart, playing at home, lost to Borussia Dortmund.