Chapter 208: The suspense that ended early?
At half-time, Borussia Dortmund did not make many adjustments, and Klopp only praised the performance of his players without giving any other instructions. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In his opinion, Dortmund's first half was generally good, although there was some slackness in the back, but Zenit St. Petersburg could not really threaten Dortmund's goal, so he did not give much warning.
At the start of the second half, neither side made any substitutions.
It is still Dortmund who has the upper hand, and it is not clear that Zenit St. Petersburg has any power to fight back.
But in the 57th minute, there was an accident on the pitch - Hulk chose to shoot after receiving a cross in the penalty area!
The ball was hoisted past Borussia Dortmund's goalkeeper Weidenfeller and fell towards the goal, looking to be on the verge of flying into the goal.
Schmelzer's header back to the goal-line lifted the ball out.
"Oh! It's dangerous! Schmelzer saves ...... in front of the goal"
Before Marcel Leif's words could be finished, there was another danger in front of Dortmund's goal - Schmelzer's header did not go far from the ball, the ball still fell into the control of the Zenit St. Petersburg player, and the Argentine striker Langdon pumped the flying ball into the goal on the left side!
But the ball hit the post and bounced back!
This time, Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Shatov rushed up and shot with his left foot!
This time there were no more accidents, and the ball flew into the goal against the right post!
"Ahhhh
There were huge cheers in the home stadium of Zenit St. Petersburg, and the fans of Zenit St. Petersburg came to life with the goal.
"Oops, Dortmund were a little slack, they had a problem at the back and allowed the Zenit St. Petersburg players to shoot three times in a row......" Hepin sighed.
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For the side that conceded the goal, conceding a goal is a very frustrating thing and a morale break.
Zhou Yi yelled at his teammates and gestured at the same time after conceding the ball.
He kept raising his hands and pressing them down, signaling everyone to stay calm and not panic.
Now they are still leading, there is no need to mess around.
Although Zhou Yi does not wear the captain's armband, everyone regards him as the core of the leader. At this time, after seeing Zhou Yi make such a gesture, they followed and calmed down.
After the restart, Dortmund kicked off after conceding a goal and launched a fierce attack on the goal of Zenit St. Petersburg.
Zenit St. Petersburg originally wanted to take advantage of the momentum of just pulling back a goal and make persistent efforts to equalize in a short time.
But it didn't take long for the game to start, and they found themselves unable to attack at all.
Because Dortmund's offensive is just too fierce......
They were quickly pushed back by Borussia Dortmund's attack, shrinking to defend on the edge of the box.
But even so, every Zenit St. Petersburg player involved in the defense still felt a lot of pressure.
In the fourth minute of Zenit St. Petersburg's goal, Dortmund launched a fruitful attack.
Zhou Yi passed the ball through to full-back Piszczek in front of the penalty area.
Piszczek received the ball on the right side of the box and knocked it back to Mark Wagner.
In the face of the ball from Piszczek, Mark directly kicked and pushed!
The ball rolled against the turf into the bottom left corner of the goal. Zenit St. Petersburg's goalkeeper Lodkin couldn't do anything about Mark's shot, and although he made a save, it was just a formality......
"The ball is in! Dortmund has scored again! Dortmund has extended the gap between the two sides to two goals after Zenit St. Petersburg has just pulled a goal back!"
Of course, he hopes that Zhou Yi and Yan Min can go further in the Champions League.
In last week's Champions League knockout round, He Ying's Paris Saint-Germain defeated Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 away, and He Ying scored a goal in the game and performed well.
In addition to Zhou Yi and Yan Min in this week's Champions League, there are two other Chinese players who will make their debuts, namely Yang Muge at Schalke 04, who host Real Madrid. and Sun Pan at Chelsea, who take on Juventus away.
Today's Champions League match day has become a carnival for Chinese fans.
Previously they could only be a spectator, but now they can be in the middle of it and be fully engaged. Not only to cheer for the team you support, but also for the Chinese players.
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The fact that they were able to take a two-goal lead again very quickly did not make it easy for Dortmund for long.
Because in the 68th minute, there was an accident on the pitch.
Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Faizulin broke through with the ball and was intercepted by Piszczek after entering the box, and the two men made physical contact before Faizulin fell to the ground and lost possession.
There were loud boos in the Petrovsky Stadium.
The referee blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot - that's what it means!
"Penalty!?" He Ping was startled. "Oops......"
Piszczek did mention Faizulin, which is nothing to say. Hepin was worried that Dortmund had made such a mistake in a good situation - a two-goal lead was now awarded a penalty. If the opponent scores, it is only one goal ahead......
If it hadn't been for Mark's goal just now, Dortmund would have equalised!
Piszczek's foul was nothing wrong. No matter how reluctant Dortmund's players may be, they must accept the result.
And not only was Piszczek awarded a penalty, but Piszczek also received a yellow card for the foul, which laid a hidden danger for Dortmund's Champions League knockout game - the backline is stretched thin, and if Piszczek is suspended for accumulating yellow cards, it may be a watershed moment for Dortmund at a critical time.
For Zenit St. Petersburg, Hulklai took the penalty.
Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of Zenit St. Petersburg fans, he volleyed with his left foot and the ball flew into the top right corner of the goal.
"Hulk!!Penalty goal!He pulled a goal back for Zenit St. Petersburg! Now Zenit St. Petersburg is only one goal behind!It's not that there is no chance!" said the Russian TV commentator excitedly.
Marcel Leif shook his head: "Even if Hulk's penalty makes it 2:3, it doesn't change the fact that Dortmund have three away goals. Even if Zenit St. Petersburg equalized in the end, Dortmund would have a huge advantage. ”
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Hulk's goal gave Zenit St Petersburg hope, and regardless of Dortmund's three away goals, they need to equalise before they can think more.
But soon, Dortmund gave them another blow in the face.
In the 71st minute, just three minutes after Zenit St. Petersburg scored a penalty, Dortmund equalized!
At that time, after Reuss broke the ball in front, he divided the football to the right side, Mark shot diagonally twelve meters in front of the goal, and the football flew into the far corner, 4:2!
"Mark Wagner!" exclaimed Marcel Leif excitedly, "Dortmund returned the favor in three minutes! Mark's goal helped them re-establish a two-goal lead! At the same time, Dortmund also had a four-goal advantage on away goals, so it can be said that Dortmund has ended the suspense of the two-legged match one round earlier!"
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In the 84th minute, Zhou Yi was replaced by Klopp with Mkhitaryan.
After locking up the win, let Zhou Yi rest as much as possible, which is Klopp's current strategy. As long as he is basically sure to win the game, no matter what the game is, he will replace Zhou Yi in advance.
Zhou Yi is not dissatisfied, he is also aware of the current team's problems, many players have been injured, resulting in a sharp reduction in bench thickness. The previous rotation system is not easy to do now, and as the core, of course, you have to take on more responsibilities and pressures than before. In this way, in order to ensure that you do not get injured, it is also for the purpose of protecting yourself to replace yourself in advance.
The reason why Klopp chose to replace him at this time, rather than replacing Mark just after he scored, was also to wait and see if Zenit St. Petersburg could fight back.
As a result, judging from these few minutes of play, Zenit St. Petersburg also seemed to know that their defeat was a foregone conclusion and they had lost their fighting spirit.
At their home stadium, they were two goals behind and allowed them to score four away goals. No matter how you count them, they are not far from being eliminated.
After Zhou Yi was replaced, Zenit St. Petersburg didn't take the opportunity to score another goal or anything, they didn't even have the desire to attack.
Dortmund, for their part, are happy to do the same, and they don't want to attack either. Four away goals are more than enough.
In this way, the final moments of the game came to an end with some tacit understanding between the two sides.
The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game in the ninety-second minute, even though there was still one minute to go before the actual end of stoppage time. But looking at the performances and form of both teams, the last minute of stoppage time doesn't mean much......