Before the game started, Sun Pan had already turned on the TV and waited for the game to start. At the same time, he was also chatting with a few other friends who did not participate in the competition in the group.

When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, he looked away from his phone screen and onto the television.

He saw Borussia Dortmund striker Mark gently kick the ball out, and then another Borussia Dortmund striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, stepped forward and turned to pass the ball back.

The target is, of course, his good friend Zhou Yi.

At the same time, the players of Atletico Madrid also rushed up and rushed towards Zhou Yi.

This is their pre-match tactic, and Zhou Yi, as the core of Dortmund's midfield, must of course be taken care of.

In the face of the pressing of the Atletico Madrid players, Zhou Yi was not panicked, he didn't even stop the ball at all, and passed the football to the left to Yan Min.

After Yan Min received the football, he adjusted it slightly and passed it back to left-back Durm.

Durm receives the ball and passes it to Sven Bender, who picks up in the middle.

Sven Bender passes the football to Zhou Yi who is not far away.

Before Zhou Yi received the ball, there were already Atletico Madrid players who posted it from behind, not planning to let Zhou Yi turn around.

But Zhou Yi didn't think about turning around at all, only to see him pass the football from Sven Bender directly to Royce with his heel.

Then he turned and ran.

Atletico Madrid showed their approach to Dortmund from the start of the game – using the same high pressing tactics as they did against Barcelona, and keeping Dortmund in a state of utter tireless pressing.

But when it came to their surprise, Dortmund didn't panic. When they pressed, they responded with very fast passes......

Not only Zhou Yi, but also the other Dortmund players passed the ball quickly.

In less than a minute, the football had circled from the left to the right.

When the ball was at Reus's feet, it didn't get passed right away – Reuss dribbled forward.

At the same time, Atletico Madrid also immediately had players pressing.

But when they pressed up, Royce passed the football - he didn't even have to look up to find the pass object, just pointed to the side, and Zhou Yi ran up against the football.

Because it was past the midfield, the Atletico Madrid players defended Zhou Yi more tightly, and by his side, Gabi followed him almost inseparably.

Even when Zhou Yi ran to catch the ball, the two of them had a physical confrontation, and Gabi kept putting pressure on Zhou Yi.

As long as Zhou Yi stops the football, he can completely lean on, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for Zhou Yi to control the football at all.

But Zhou Yi didn't stop the ball, he passed the ball behind him with his heel again and gave it to Sven Bender, who was plugged in.

Sven Bender then divided the football to Yan Min's side.

Yan Min took the ball and crossed at a 45-degree angle.

Mark jumped up in the box for the top but he didn't get to the top of the ball, which was headed out by Atletico Madrid defender Godin.

Although it didn't reach the football, Mark's aerial duel interfered with Godin. As a result, Godin's ball was not far away, and the ball flew outside the penalty area, which happened to fall to the area where Aubameyang was, and he grabbed the second drop point and volleyed!

The ball goes in the bottom right corner of the goal!

"Courtois ——!!," the Spanish commentator shouted in a long voice, "Well done!

At his shout, the Belgian goalkeeper flew over and blocked the ball off the bottom line with one palm!

"Less than two minutes into the game, Borussia Dortmund had their first shot of the game and it was a very dangerous one!" said Marcel Leif. "The morale of Dortmund is very high, and this kind of performance should give the Dortmund fans a little bit of confidence......"

The Dortmund fans in the stands lamented that the attack did not score – and who knows if there will be such a good chance next time......

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Borussia Dortmund's corner was unsurprisingly unthreatening for Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid then launched their attack.

They also attacked very hard, but unlike Barcelona, Atletico Madrid did not use high-altitude bombing tactics this time. Because Barcelona's air defense is very weak, but Dortmund is different, Hummels and Papastathopoulos are both tall central defenders, with excellent header ability, and it is tantamount to a dream to penetrate Dortmund's defense from the air.

So they walk on the ground.

The combination of Diego Costa, Koke and Raul Garcia is very powerful.

This time, however, they were met with stubborn resistance from the Dortmund backline.

Their attack was halted in front of Borussia Dortmund's back line.

When possession shifted to Dortmund's side, Atletico Madrid launched a counter-attack directly in front.

Whoever gets the ball grabs whomever has it, and if the Dortmund player has more control and passes the ball a little slower, it is very likely that the Atletico Madrid player will be sticked, and then use the physical advantage to snatch the football. Even if they can't get it, they can interfere with Dortmund's passing advances, prevent them from launching dangerous attacks, and keep the game from going according to the rhythm that Dortmund are used to......

This is the "feast" that Simeone has prepared for Dortmund.

But Simeone probably never imagined that Dortmund had also prepared a gift for him to surprise him.

Sven Bender had just snatched the ball and quickly passed it out. As soon as he finished passing the football, Atletico Madrid's player Koke pressed up, and if he let the ball stay at his feet for even half a second, I am afraid that the ball would not be passed.

It's still a trivial matter if the opponent can't pass it out, if the opponent breaks the ball directly here, and it is not ten meters away from Dortmund's penalty area, Atletico Madrid can directly launch a counterattack and hit Dortmund by surprise.

It could even be said that Simeone hit this idea. When football is on Atletico Madrid's side, their attack doesn't have to be fruitful. The main hope is that when football falls to Dortmund, Atletico Madrid will fight back to create a killing chance.

Especially against Zhou Yi.

Everyone knows that Zhou Yi is the core of Dortmund's midfield, and he spends far more time with the ball than other players.

As long as you can press around Zhou Yi, you can not only stop Dortmund's attack, but also directly launch a counterattack and threaten Dortmund's goal.

So even if Zhou Yi retreated to the back line to receive the ball, there was an Atletico Madrid player by his side. This candidate can change at any time, but the task remains the same.

If Zhou Yi retreats to the backfield, then the task of marking him is handed over to the striker of Atletico Madrid, and if Zhou Yi is in the midfield, it is the midfielder of Atletico Madrid who is guarding him. If Zhou Yi breaks into the 30-meter area of Atletico Madrid, then it will be the defender of Atletico Madrid, and at that time, he will not be alone, completely forming an encirclement of Zhou Yi.

After last season's defeat, Simeone has stepped up his research on Zhou Yi. He found that Zhou Yi was very good at observing the situation around him, and he could always find a gap that was not so easy to be discovered by others, and then receive and pass the ball.

In view of his characteristics, Simeone thinks that the best way is to let people follow him all the time, no matter where he goes, someone will follow him, that is the safest.

So after Sven Bender passed the football to Zhou Yi, Diego Costa almost ran to the football with Zhou Yi, he didn't want to break the ball directly, but to stick to Zhou Yi.

When Simeone was training before the game, he specifically told the players who defended Zhou Yi not to try to break the ball directly when Zhou Yi received the ball unless the opportunity was particularly good, and he was likely to use this opportunity to get rid of it. Zhou Yi's ability to get rid of it is very strong.

The correct thing to do is to stick to Zhou Yi, don't let him pass the ball easily, and then find a way to break the ball. One person entangles him, drags him, and the other person comes up to break the ball, so that the success rate will be greatly increased.

But Zhou Yi did not give the Atletico Madrid players a chance to stick to him.

Facing the football from Sven Bender, Zhou Yi did not stop the ball, but passed the football directly.

When Diego Costa rushed up, nothing stopped......

In addition to Zhou Yi, Atletico Madrid also used such tactics against other Dortmund players, but it may not be as strong as against Zhou Yi.

However, with these Dortmund players, Atletico Madrid also has the same problem - they have a hard time pestering Dortmund's players, who are always able to pass the football out of the first place, quickly and accurately......