Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Storm
Jurgen Klopp brought Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the pitch and the results were immediate. After seeing Aubameyang www.biquge.info's unreasonable speed, Bayern Munich not only restrained a lot of attack on the right side, but also directly faced Dortmund's offensive counterattack on the left side.
Pep Guardiola has also seen that Shaqiri, who has been running for almost 70 minutes, is declining in physical strength, and he cannot have the upper hand in the speed competition with Aubameyang, and he does not play a very important role in the team's defence.
If Aubameyang continues to rush like this, Bayern Munich's defense on the right side will collapse.
So he also quickly made a change - replacing Shaqiri with "Little Pig" Schweinsteiger. Schweinsteiger is an all-round midfielder who can play as a midfielder or as a right wing-back. And he has just come on the pitch with plenty of energy, and although he is not fast, he can use his experience and positioning to curb Aubameyang's speed.
After Schweinsteiger came on the field, the situation between the two sides gradually fell into equilibrium, the score did not change, and the scene was deadlocked.
It was a quiet 10 minutes – relatively calm, and it was really quiet compared to the previous scenes where the two sides went back and forth to score goals, because no one scored and there were not many dangerous shots on goal.
By the 79th minute, the end of the game was getting closer and closer, and there was less and less time left for Bayern Munich to equalise. If Dortmund can take a one-goal advantage to the end, they will lift the German Super Cup of the season, beating Bayern Munich for the third time in three months and snatching a title from Bayern Munich for the third time.
Bayern Munich were certainly not willing to accept such a result, and they launched an even more frantic attack on the Borussia Dortmund goal.
In the 80th minute, after Alaba won the ball in the front court, he cut from the side to the middle, and then suddenly picked up a pass!
The ball flew through the air over the Dortmund backline and into the void behind them!
It was an empty space between the defender and the goalkeeper, and Thomas Muller burst out of the crowd like a ghost, turned and swung his foot and pumped the ball in the air straight towards the goal!
The Dortmund defenders looked back at Thomas Müller's shot, and when they saw Muller shooting behind all the defenders, they assumed that Müller was offside, so they raised their arms.
But neither the referee nor the linesman said anything, and when they raised their hands, the football had already been pumped towards the goal by Muller!
Weidenfeller reflexively stretched out his arm to block and rubbed the football, but the ball still flew towards the goal!
But Weidenfeller's play was a crucial move, as the ball hit the top of the crossbar and popped off the line!
There was an exclamation at West** Stadium, Thomas Müller did not hold his head and regret that he could not score, he pointed to the corner flag area to appeal to the linesman, he thought that the goal must have been made by Weidenfeller, otherwise why would he have hit the crossbar?
However, the linesman ignored him, and the referee did not make a gesture to give a corner.
This made Muller very unhappy, and he ran to the referee and tried to appeal, but the referee had already turned and ran away before him.
The slow motion shows that Müller really didn't just say nonsense, and Weidenfeller's palm did rub against the ball, giving the ball a very, very subtle line change, and it was this subtle line change that made the ball end up on the top edge of the crossbar, instead of the bottom edge and then bounce into the goal......
"Thomas Muller's goal...... From Alaba's pick-and-roll, to his decisive forward, to his turnaround and volley, it was perfect in one go, and it was the last kick that was saved by Weidenfeller...... It's a pity! It was supposed to be a corner, but the referee didn't say it, of course, we all have to use slow motion to see it clearly, and it's not incomprehensible that the referee and the linesman didn't see it clearly...... It's just a pity for Bayern Munich, what a beautiful attack!" Marcel Leif really felt sorry for Muller's goal, and if it scored, the two sides would be back on the same page again. With ten minutes left before the end of the game, it was the catalyst that sent the match straight to the heat.
It's a pity......
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In the face of Bayern Munich's aggressive attack, and in the face of ten minutes left in the game, Klopp did not choose to hold on for ten minutes like other teams to hold on to the one-goal lead. Instead, they made the opposite move -- to continue to attack Bayern Munich! to contain Bayern Munich's attack with a more frantic offensive than Bayern Munich.
This is quite in line with Klopp's style, after all, he is a madman, and sometimes he can't be measured by common sense......
But his madness worked for Dortmund.
Others and Bayern Munich stormed at the last moment of the game, and it is very likely that they were beaten into a sieve by Bayern Munich. Dortmund, on the other hand, was able to contain Bayern Munich's attack......
In the 83rd minute, it was originally Bayern Munich who kept passing the ball in Dortmund's half, looking for opportunities. As a result, they passed the football to Zhou Yi's feet!
Zhou Yi was not ambiguous, and immediately sent the football forward after getting the ball and stuffed it to Mark who was at the front.
Mark turned around after receiving the ball in the centre circle, and at this time, Bayern Munich had almost half of the second half empty - because Bayern Munich had been in attack before, and their men had no time to return to defense.
Mark saw that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was cutting forward at high speed on the right, and the Gabonese striker was very fast, so he knew what to do, and he shoved the ball diagonally forward and passed it to Aubameyang 20 metres in front of him.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang accelerates and runs after the football!
Mark passes...... Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang!3-2 up front!This is Dortmund's counter-attacking opportunity!
At Marcel Leif's exclamations, Neuer decisively abandoned the goal and rushed to the football.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was also accelerating and finally took advantage of his speed to get on the ball first, but at the same time he was so close to Manuel Neuer that he got up and shot!
A low shot, but the ball was blocked by Neuer with his foot and flew off the bottom line crookedly......
"Neuer! He made a knee-jerk save! It was crucial! He kept hope alive for Bayern Munich! Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could have scored if he had been a little calmer with the ball and fired a lob instead of a push...... You know, there's an empty door behind Neuer!"
The ball flew off the touchline, and Aubameyang was still frustrated that he had wasted this opportunity, and on the sidelines, the rushing right-back Piszczek had already thrown the ball into the pitch, and it was Zhou Yi who received the ball - Dortmund's speed in attack is not only reflected in the speed of the sprint, but also in the fact that they do not easily waste any time......
And Bayern Munich is obviously prepared for this, and while Zhou Yi received the ball, Alaba posted it from behind.
On the contrary, Aubameyang is still a little uncomfortable with this characteristic of Dortmund, standing on the sideline and looking like he is outside and completely uninvolved......
At this time, the football has been thrown at Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi, who is facing the offensive direction with his back to the outside of the penalty area, has been stuck by Alaba, it seems that it is good for him to protect the football, and he does not want to organize the attack at all.
But Zhou Yi didn't intend to protect the ball, nor did he want to stop the ball, he directly hooked the football behind him with his foot!
The ball flew past him and Alaba and into the box.
At the same time, Royce, who had been on the wing before, suddenly accelerated and rushed over, he swept past Zhou Yi and Alaba, inserted into the penalty area, and then received the ball hooked by Zhou Yi in the penalty area.
Zhou Yi's hook pass and Reus's sudden diagonal insertion were completely unexpected by the Bayern Munich players, so much so that Reuss did not interfere with the Bayern Munich players at all when he received the ball.
Van Bitten rushed up to intercept Reuss after Reuss received the ball, but Reus passed the ball sideways, an inverted triangle pass!
This pass was once again unexpected by the Bayern Munich defence. The football was passed to Gundogan, who was inserted in the back, and the game was in excellent form, and Gundogan, who had already scored a goal, won the game with a furious shot!
The ball flew into the far corner and Neuer pounced sideways to block the ball!
But the football did not fly to the bottom line, but bounced back into the penalty area, at the far end, Dortmund's left-back Schmelzer has also hit the penalty area, he rushed to the football, straight to the foot to shoot!
The soccer ball rolls against the turf to the far corner!
Neuer, who had just made a save, struggled to his feet and threw himself behind him, while centre-back Boateng also tackled back to wreak the ball away.
But none of them could touch the football, and the football passed by them, and also passed by the goal line, next to the far post, and rolled out of the bottom line......
Reuss, who passed the ball, Gundogan, who shot first, and Schmelzer, who shot with the second shot, all held their heads in their hands, and they were very sorry that the goal did not go in, and it was a little unbelievable......
At the same time, Yan Min in the box also made the same move, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that this stormy offensive failed to score a goal......
He even wished that he could rush to the court to play right now, and he might be able to score that opportunity just now......
However, in addition to the pity, he watched this game from the wall, and it was not for nothing. Through his observation in the box, he also gradually saw some doorways.
This should be a very typical Dortmund style of football, which is faster and more confrontational than when they played against Chongming at the Shanghai 80,000 Stadium, and the attack is as dense as a pouring rain, and the opponent may not be able to breathe. But Bayern Munich can still be equal with such Dortmund for more than 80 minutes, which also shows that Bayern Munich is really tough, and this is the highest level of matchup in German football.
You know, the Bundesliga is not the highest level in Europe. So how magnificent should the world be outside this world?