Chapter 54: Dominance

Although Zhou Yi's volley did not score, it played a role in boosting morale. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This was Borussia Dortmund's response, or rather Zhou Yi, when Chelsea had just taken the lead - if you think you have an advantage by one goal, you are wrong!

This ball can be seen by fools, if Zhou Yi can hit the door frame, then even Sun Pan will not be able to save this ball, it will definitely be scored!

He didn't save the ball just now not because the ball was missed, but because he was slow.

For the same ball, if Zhou Yi shoots within the goal frame, Sun Pan still can't save it.

So who says Chelsea are invincible just one goal ahead?

Although Sun Pan is a moving Great Wall, it cannot be crossed?

As long as you have the heart and want to do it, you can always succeed.

This naturally set a good example for the other Dortmund players, and in a way can even be regarded as "breaking superstitions".

As a result, the performance of the Dortmund players in the following game did not fall into chaos due to early conceding the goal as some expected.

On the contrary, he played the offense vigorously and became more threatening in attack......

In the eleventh minute, Zhou Yi took the ball near the center circle, he didn't even raise his head, turned around and sent a diagonal pass to the left.

As the ball rolled past, Aubameyang relied on his pace to catch up with the ball and then led it towards the Chelsea penalty area.

A cross followed, and Mark headed in the middle and headed it high with Ruiz's close interference.

In the sixteenth minute, Zhou Yi brought a long shot at the top of the penalty arc outside the penalty area, not the kind of powerful long-range shot, but a shot with an obvious arc, the football drew an arc, bypassing the Chelsea defenders in the penalty area, and also bypassing the fingertips of goalkeeper Sun Pan's shot, of course, because the arc was too big, it also bypassed the right post, deflected the goal, and then rubbed to the side net!

Although he didn't score, the kick scared the Chelsea fans a lot, because the scene of the football rubbing against the side-netting and lifting the net up was really like a football score......

Zhou Yi himself was also very regretful, holding his head in his hands.

Sun Pan got up from the ground and cursed in his mouth: "Damn!

Although he said so, in his heart, Sun Pan knew that his heartbeat was a little fast...... There is always a danger in letting the other side continue to bombard like this.

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In the 22nd minute, Mark picked up the ball in the box and Reus followed up with a long-range shot from outside the box, which was a powerful and awkward angle.

But the football was bravely pounced by Sun Pan.

"Sun Pan! It's just a one-man affair, and ten thousand people can't open it!" He Ping, the "poet" commentator, couldn't help but read two lines of poetry.

These are two sentences in the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's "Shu Road Difficulty", for Dortmund, Sun Pan's goal is indeed as difficult as the Shu Road back then.

Marcel Leif reminded Borussia Dortmund: "Chelsea haven't played very conservatively at the moment. But I'm sure Mourinho wouldn't mind swinging the bus in front of goal as the clock ticked down and there was little time left in the second half, if that scoreline hadn't been rewritten. When the time comes, coupled with Sun Pan's outstanding personal ability, it will be difficult for Dortmund to break the goal......

Borussia Dortmund, for their part, are well aware that they know enough about Mourinho and Sun Pan – who played against both in the Champions League last season.

Therefore, Dortmund also stepped up their attack, hoping to equalize as soon as possible and bring the game back to the same running line.

In the 26th minute, Zhou Yi sent an overhead pass outside the penalty area, and Reus successfully countered offside and received Zhou Yi's pass in the ribs of the penalty area. Then he turned around and volleyed, this time he hit too positively, and was directly held in his arms by Sun Pan.

In the 29th minute, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang used his speed to dribble down the left flank and cut inside before firing a long-range shot from the edge of the box......

Chelsea, for their part, took full advantage of Dortmund's attacking opportunities to play Dortmund's counter-attack, which is exactly what Mourinho is good at.

In the 31st minute, Schurrle used his speed on the wing to shake off Schmelzer's low cross, Torres received the ball in the middle and turned to shoot, and the ball flew off the bottom line against the crossbar.

In the 34th minute, Chelsea cut off Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's intended pass to Zhou Yi at the back, and then launched a counter-attack, Oscar dribbled the ball through the half-time and passed the ball straight to Torres, who was inserted on the right.

Fernando Torres, who scored the goal, was very active in this game and was always present in the qualifying position.

Torres received the ball and fired a shot into the far corner from the corner of the box, and the ball went wide of the line......

In the face of Chelsea's counterattack, Dortmund did not show the slightest hesitation, they did not shrink and stabilize the defense because Chelsea's counterattack was sharp, and the solution given by Zhou Yi on the pitch was to continue to attack and suppress Chelsea's counterattack with a more fierce attack. He led Borussia Dortmund in wave after wave of attacks on Chelsea's goal.

In the 38th minute, Reus passed the football to Zhou Yi, and after Zhou Yi in the middle received the ball, he made a gesture to shoot from a distance, and Ruiz, who was cheating, jumped up and turned his back, intending to use his body to block Zhou Yi's long-range shot.

As a result, Zhou Yi was just a feint, after his right foot landed, he didn't shoot, but sent a straight kick and passed the football into the penalty area!

Sun Pan made a save, but he didn't make a difference as the ball was dropped to the ground by another centre-back, Gary Cahill, who blocked the bottom line with his leg......

"It's dangerous! Borussia Dortmund have been attacking very aggressively during this period, and they have even formed a tendency to besiege the Chelsea goal for a while......" said the English commentator with some trepidation. "Before the game, everyone analyzed that Dortmund's state in this game should not be very good, which has something to do with their core Zhou Yi running back and forth to receive the award...... However, looking at the actual game, Dortmund did not feel that they were in any bad form...... As for Zhou Yi, he is still the core of Dortmund, the engine and catalyst of Dortmund's attack...... Chelsea have put some restrictions on him, but those restrictions have not had the desired effect, he runs aggressively on the pitch, he can be seen in almost every corner of the midfield, and his ubiquity allows Dortmund to attack from anywhere on the pitch, making it difficult for Chelsea to defend......

The British narrator got to the point.

Dortmund in this game was not at all as tired and in-form as one might think. On the contrary, they were aggressive, creating a dangerous shot in the first two minutes of the game, and now Dortmund have more shots on goal and more shots in the woodwork. Not to mention possession, Dortmund have an absolute advantage.

Again, it was a performance when Borussia Dortmund conceded a goal......

There was not much time left in the first half, and everyone was surprised to find that Dortmund did not adapt at all, as the core of Dortmund, Zhou Yi was operating normally and did not feel tired. Not getting used to the field didn't bother him, he ran around the pitch with ease, and handled the ball as well as he did at West** Field, as if he had sneaked in in the middle of the night last night to get used to the pitch......

Of course, these people don't know that the virtual world in Zhou Yi's mind can perfectly simulate the real world, including the turf condition of a stadium in the real world.

Unless someone changes the turf overnight the night before a game, who is that boring? Not everyone is Tony Towne......

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Mourinho stood on the sidelines, frowning. If you just look at his expression, you would think that it is Chelsea who are behind now, but in fact Chelsea are on the side that is one goal ahead. But Mourinho is not relaxed because of the lead.

He couldn't understand Zhou Yi anymore, how could he still show such a performance when he flew thousands of kilometers back and forth and didn't sleep well?

His assistant, friend, Chelsea's fitness coach, Rui Faria, saw Mourinho standing motionless on the sidelines, like a statue, and Faria, who knew him, knew that Mourinho must be in trouble, so he walked up to him.

Although he didn't say or move, Mourinho knew that there was another person around him, and he also knew who was coming.

"Rui, I think we misjudged Zhou Yi. Mourinho frowned and said, "It's clear that there is not the slightest fatigue in him. We were deceived by Klopp, who deliberately released some wrong information to us, such as Zhou Yi going to the award ceremony and not having a good rest......"

"I think it was probably not Klopp's idea, I was just watching Klopp and I was a little surprised by the situation. Maybe he didn't expect his team to play better and better when they were behind. ”

Hearing this, Mourinho turned his head to look at Dortmund's dugout with some surprise, and he saw Klopp sitting in the dugout covering his mouth and talking to his assistant Bouáczy.

"That's interesting...... Mourinho snorted.

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"It's really interesting. Klopp lamented as he covered his mouth to his assistant coach Bwach.

"It's really interesting. Zhou Yi's form is beyond our imagination, and he can still lead the whole team to perform very well......" Bwach nodded in admiration.

But Bwach would have clearly been mistaken.

So Klopp shook his head: "No, I'm not saying that this is very interesting, I never doubt Zhou Yi's ability, and I'm not surprised that Zhou Yi has such a state adjustment ability." What makes me interesting is the attacking idea that Zhou Yi chose in this game...... Against Chelsea, he played more cleanly, both in handling the ball himself and in driving the tempo...... Did you notice? He had more forward passes and not as many crosses or backs in this game. ”

When Bouch heard Klopp say this, he thought about it carefully and found that it was true. Dortmund's so many shots and so many attacks in the first half were related to Zhou Yi's continuous delivery of shells. On the edge of the Chelsea penalty area, he rarely leads his team-mates back and forth, looking for opportunities, but instead threatens the Chelsea goal in a simple and straightforward way, either passing the ball to his team-mates to form a shot or taking a shot himself.

"At half-time, I was going to ask Zhou Yi to talk about why he did it. Klopp said.

"I'm also curious. Bwach laughed.

He didn't seem surprised or surprised by Klopp's approach.