Chapter 369: Half of his body squeezed into the quarterfinals

The specific manifestation of the impatience of the AC Milan players is not only the simplicity of the offensive means, but also the impatience of the defense. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the 66th minute, AC Milan centre-back Yepes received a yellow card for violating Mark while defending.

As a centre-back, it's dangerous to have a yellow card.

In the attack, AC Milan pressed more and more, and sometimes even if they lost possession, they didn't even want to go back, so they surrounded the frontcourt, hoping to break the ball and fight back directly.

It would be fine if their siege could put pressure on Dortmund, but such a siege requires a high level of tactical discipline, not that a large number of people can be rushed.

Especially against Dortmund, who passed the ball quickly and accurately, the AC Milan players only allowed more space in the defence behind them......

In the 70th minute, the patiently waiting Dortmund finally waited for the opportunity they wanted.

When the AC Milan players were scrambling in the frontcourt, Dortmund, under the command of Zhou Yi, turned the football upside down, mobilizing the AC Milan players to press forward little by little, getting closer and higher.

Then the football was passed to Zhou Yi's feet.

At this time, Zhou Yi did not pass the football back or horizontally.

It's a long pass that suddenly kicks forward!

The long ball he found exactly Gotze, who stopped the ball and sent the ball down the middle.

Mark, who was supposed to be in the middle, was supposed to catch the ball, but when the ball rolled in front of him, he suddenly spread his legs and leaked the ball under his crotch!

This time it was completely unexpected by Yeppers, and he pounced!

The missing soccer ball fell to Shinji Kagawa's feet.

The Japanese international took advantage of the situation to get the ball into the penalty area and shot straight at goal without waiting for Nesta to pounce!

"Shinji Kagawa!!!" Marcel Leif shouted excitedly.

At his shout, the ball rolled past Nesta's feet and goalkeeper Abbiati's fingertips before ...... Roll into the goal!

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"The ball went in!!" He Ping shouted. "Borussia Dortmund scored! Borussia Dortmund scored! They had a valuable away goal with a 1-0 lead away from AC Milan!"

"It's a valuable goal!" Marcel Leif was delighted. 'Taking the lead in the 70th minute, not only did you score an away goal, but you could have won the game!'

Dortmund's players rushed to Shinji Kagawa, who scored the goal, and celebrated the goal with him. Zhou Yi was hugged by Sven Bender halfway through the run, and the two ran to Shinji Kagawa together.

Although this goal was not assisted by Zhou Yi, it was initiated by him. And before that long pass, Dortmund went through a series of passes and inverted feet in the backfield, which were also controlled by Zhou Yi.

In the face of AC Milan's scrambling, Zhou Yi's calm and accurate ball allowed Dortmund to be cut off without being at the back......

So this ball, Zhou Yi has to remember a lot of work.

Perhaps ordinary fans have focused their attention on Shinji Kagawa, who scored the goal. But everyone in the Dortmund team knows very well that Zhou Yi is the core of this team, and he is the most indispensable.

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While the Borussia Dortmund players and coaches were celebrating the goal with excitement, the AC Milan players were stunned.

They attacked for so long without scoring a goal, and Dortmund scored in one sneak attack.

That's not unavoidable...... It's so unfair, right?

The televised camera focused on AC Milan coach Allegri, AC Milan vice-president Galliani, and ...... Pirlo sitting in a box watching the ball.

These three shots make up a little story.

Andrea Pirlo, who has been out of action since January with an injury sustained, is the brain and heart of AC Milan. However, this core is now facing the situation of being abandoned by AC Milan.

The media reported on Allegri's displeasure with Pirlo and the club's support for him, so Pirlo's farewell seemed inevitable.

As a player who has been with AC Milan for more than a decade, it is regrettable that Pirlo was not able to retire at AC Milan.

There are media reports that Allegri thinks Pirlo is too old and lacks muscle and hardness in midfield, so the club chose to renew Ambrosini's contract, also a veteran, Gattuso was also retained, but on the issue of treating Pirlo, the club chose to give up.

But now, looking at the goal scored by Zhou Yi leading Dortmund, one can't help but think of Pirlo sitting in the stands watching the game.

Pirlo is certainly old, but his style of play is actually very little affected by age, if AC Milan have such a brain, how can they not score for 70 minutes?

If they can score early, how can Dortmund succeed in sneaking up at this time?

Take a look at the midfield that AC Milan lined up in this game.

Gattuso, Flamini, Robinho and Seedorf, is one of the real playmakers of the attack?

Pirlo's value is not in his muscles, but in his brain.

This is also true for Zhou Yi.

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After the resumption of the game, AC Milan launched a fierce attack on the Dortmund goal.

They will be hoping to open the scourge of the Borussia Dortmund goal.

But without Pirlo, they have a bit of confusion in attack, some want to cross from the wing, others want to attack from the middle. And without an attacking playmaker, they could only pass the football to Ibrahimovic and let the Swedes use his individual ability to score goals.

It's a pity that the performance of the Swedish Divine Tower in this game was not satisfactory.

In fact, there has always been a saying in Ibrahimovic that his performance in the Champions League is far inferior to his performance in the league. Or to be more detailed, Ibrahimovic didn't perform as well as he did in the Champions League group stage.

There is actually some impression in this, but I have to say that this statement is still very accurate.

Ibrahimovic's performance in the Champions League knockout stage is really bad, he is considered a "soft-footed shrimp", and can only abuse vegetables in the Champions League group stage, and when it comes to the Champions League knockout stage where the intensity is greater and the opponent pays more attention to defense, he is magically absent.

As for why Ibrahimovic has such a performance, there are many theories, from personal personality to Ibrahimovic's technical and tactical ability, as well as the team's style of play.

I won't go into it here, but this phenomenon does exist.

AC Milan, playing at home, need one man to step up and equalise for the team, or even the final victory.

All eyes were on Ibrahimovic, but the Swede, who had been abusive in the league, had disappointed his supporters.

Until the end of the game, Ibrahimovic was unable to find the back of the net against Borussia Dortmund. When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was fixed at 0:1.

The home team AC Milan lost to Borussia Dortmund by only one goal!

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"It's over!1:0! Borussia Dortmund won! They got an away goal and they got a win!" Marcel Leif was delighted.

He is not a supporter of Borussia Dortmund, but in the Champions League he is a supporter of all Bundesliga teams and he wants the Bundesliga teams to do well. In this way, the Bundesliga will have one more place in the Champions League, and only the top two in the league will be able to enter the main competition directly, as is the case now, and the third place will have to participate in the qualifying round.

If the Bundesliga teams perform well in the Champions League, then the Bundesliga will have four Champions League places in the future, of which the top three in the league will go directly to the main competition, and the fourth place will go to the qualifying round, just like the Premier League.

The Dortmund players on the pitch were also excited.

Facing the Champions League giants, they have not participated in the knockout stage of the Champions League for more than a decade, and they finally beat AC Milan on the road, which is enough to make them excited. After returning to home in the second leg, as long as they can draw, they can advance to the quarterfinals.

Now it can even be said that Dortmund has squeezed into the quarter-finals of the Champions League halfway through......

However, Klopp was still very calm, and in an interview with reporters after the game, he said that Dortmund only led by one goal on aggregate, which was not a safe score. He has repeatedly stressed that AC Milan have a lot of experience and that Dortmund, who are back at home in the second leg, must not be taken lightly.

Allegri also said in the post-match press conference that he will not give up a small defeat, and there is a second leg in the game, even if the second leg is away, he and the team will go all out, and now is not the time to give up.

A one-goal lead is a really delicate scoreline.

Neither will the leaders lose their vigilance, nor will the laggards lose hope.

So there is still suspense in the second round, which is probably the best result for the TV broadcasters......