Chapter 110: The Opening Half Minute

Whatever Zhou Yi's purpose for saying that, he did annoy Real Madrid's supporters. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe host of a TV station in Madrid talked about Zhou Yi's words in the program and thought that Zhou Yi was simply too rude. In the show, Zhou Yi was criticized very violently.

However, Zhou Yi couldn't see the Spanish TV program, so he couldn't hear the opponent's criticism at all. This kind of critique is really meaningless except to satisfy the critics.

So what makes sense?

Of course, it is most meaningful to defeat Zhou Yi's Dortmund in the next game and break the superstition and curse with practical actions.

When the Real Madrid players arrived in Dortmund, some media interviewed them at the airport, wanting them to share their views on Zhou Yi's words, or simply Zhou Yi's views.

Most of the Real Madrid players refused to answer these questions, choosing to avoid talking about them, but they could still feel their emotions and they must be very unhappy.

Ramos was the only Real Madrid player to answer the question head-on in an interview, saying: "Everyone has their opinion, but we will respect each opponent. Real Madrid face every game with only one goal, and that is to win. ”

To translate simply, it is "Zhou Yi, you don't respect us enough, and we will definitely slap you in the face with victory!"

What about Zhou Yi?

He didn't give any more interviews before the game, perhaps because he was afraid that his words would be interpreted by the media at will, or maybe he felt that his goal of provoking his opponent had been achieved.

In short, he remained silent before the game, disappointing the reporters who wanted to stir up trouble on both sides and feared that the world would not be chaotic.

Before the game, in addition to vigorously promoting the concept of "curse", the German media also considered it to be a revenge match for Dortmund.

Because two seasons ago, in the 2010-2011 season, Dortmund's first season back to the Champions League, they reached the quarterfinals in one go, but met Mourinho's Real Madrid in the quarterfinals, and finally they lost 1:4 at the Bernabeu in the first leg, basically losing hope of qualifying. That season, Dortmund's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals.

Of course, this account will have to be recovered from Real Madrid.

However, Dortmund did not think so when they were interviewed, or that they could not promote the topic of revenge.

Klopp said: "It's just a normal group stage, not a knockout round. ”

The implication is that even if Dortmund wins Real Madrid, it may not make Real Madrid unable to qualify, and such a game is not a qualified revenge.

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In fact, putting aside the "curse" of Real Madrid going to Germany, this game is dominated by Real Madrid, no matter what aspects it is.

In terms of the number of stars and the overall strength of the team, Real Madrid is better than Dortmund. Use a very vulgar but intuitive concept to judge the strength of the two teams, that is, the value. The value of the Real Madrid team is much higher than that of Borussia Dortmund.

In addition, judging by recent games, Real Madrid are also more prepared than Borussia Dortmund. Both teams played their last game at home, but Borussia Dortmund played a tough Ruhr derby, while Schalke 04 pushed Dortmund hard. Real Madrid's 2-0 home win over Celta Vigo was bloodless. Jose Mourinho didn't even send out all the main players, and in the middle of the game, he also replaced the main players in advance in order to prepare for this game.

Real Madrid is away, but they only have this one disadvantage, but they have more advantages.

Every Real Madrid fan is worried about the so-called curse, but also full of expectations for this team - maybe the day to break the curse is today?

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At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on October 25, 2012, Dortmund's Champions League group stage against Real Madrid officially began.

With a whistle from referee Kaushoi, Benzema kicked the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Portuguese turned and kicked the ball back to Mesut Ozil.

Shouting over West** Field resounded in the sky.

The atmosphere at the stadium is familiar to Mesut Ozil and Khedira, two German players in Real Madrid's squad, as they have both played for Bundesliga teams and come here at least once a year.

Ozil didn't pass the ball right away, but waited a bit and then watched the situation, and he had to wait for his team-mates to pull the formation apart before he had the angle and space to pass the ball.

But this time, as soon as he looked up to observe, he saw that Mark Wagner was already rushing towards him, and he was close at hand!

It took him by surprise.

Mark Wagner started the game in place of Gotze, who was injured in the previous league game, and after being checked out after the game to need a two-week rest, his place was naturally replaced by Mark. And Mark also used the brace in the last game to prove that his form and body are all right.

Ozil really didn't expect Mark to pounce so hard, he quickly turned around and passed the football back to Khedira, who was not far behind him.

But Khedira's situation is not much better than his, as soon as the football falls to Khedira's feet, Lewandowski has already leaned in, leaving him almost no room to handle the ball!

Faced with such a situation, Khedira naturally did not dare to let the football stay at his feet more, he is a midfielder, if the ball is lost at his own feet, the opponent may directly face the back line, which is very dangerous!

So he passed the ball sideways to his midfield partner Marcos Alonso.

Alonso stopped the ball a little bigger, and a yellow figure rushed up like lightning and stabbed his ball with one kick!

At that moment, Alonso didn't even see who it was, and the football was gone.

But fortunately, the ball that was poked out rolled a little far and fell directly to the feet of Real Madrid defender Ramos in the back.

"Royce! Oops, what a pity!" exclaimed Marcel Leff. When Reus poked the football from Alonso's feet just now, he thought it would be a Dortmund attack, but he didn't expect the football to be won by Ramos......

Ramos didn't dare to delay, and kicked the football directly to the front court, so don't let the football stay in his own half, even if he wants to lose the ball, it is better to lose the ball in the front court than to lose the ball in front of his goal.

"As soon as the game started, Dortmund showed nothing more than aggressiveness, after all, this is their home turf, and of course they have to declare the presence of their host to the 'guests'. Said the commentator of Spanish television. "It is true that using the aggressive pressing of the front court can bring a little trouble to Real Madrid, but this style of play is also quite physically demanding, Dortmund has been grabbing like this since the first minute of the game, how long can their physical strength be supported? What if they are exhausted in the second half?

The Spanish commentator is naturally inclined towards Real Madrid, although this time it is Real Madrid's penalty area that is in danger, but he can still see the factors in Real Madrid's favor.

But Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho on the sidelines is not as relaxed and confident as the commentator, and when the TV camera sweeps over him, he will be seen frowning, standing on the sidelines, waving his arms and shouting.

If you can still know what he is shouting in the noisy West** stadium, you can see that he is asking the Real Madrid players to speed up the passing and receiving of the ball, turn the ball upside down, and not control the ball too much at the back.

As an experienced and highly skilled manager, it is impossible for him not to see how Klopp arranges it, nor can he fail to see the intention behind it.

It is clear that Dortmund are hoping to disrupt Real Madrid's rhythm by pressing high at home and put Real Madrid in a panicked situation.

Mourinho frowned, which shows that Klopp's arrangement has worked, and any team and any player is afraid of pressing from a high position, and they are afraid of those close entanglements and aggressive tackles.

Even people like Zhou Yi were somewhat out of temper when they met Yang Muge.

The Real Madrid players are also afraid, and even more afraid.

Jurgen Klopp must have carefully studied the strategy developed by Real Madrid. Of course, it is impossible for him not to know the problem with this set of tactics, which is that the physical requirements are very high. But since he still chose to fight like this, there must be his reasons.

Maybe he thinks his team can establish a winning momentum before they run out of energy, or maybe he thinks the Borussia Dortmund players are fit enough to run around the pitch.

In any case, even if this style of play will cause problems for Dortmund, it will only come after the fitness problems of the Dortmund players, in the second half of the game. And now, in the first half of the game, it was Real Madrid who were in trouble......

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Ramos' big kick was met by Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Portuguese leaped high to show off his excellent bouncing, slotting and heading to give the ball to team-mate Karim Benzema.

But as soon as Benzema received the ball, Sven Bender and Kyle pressed up.

Caught between the two of them, Benzema's ball was quickly lost, and instead of being lucky enough to fall to the feet of a Real Madrid player, the ball was firmly controlled by Kyle, who then passed it to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi turned around and passed the football forward.

Although it was Real Madrid who kicked off, it took only half a minute for Dortmund to regain possession.

They showed not only momentum but also excellent tactics and execution in their home venues.

On the other hand, Real Madrid, from the start-off, everyone seemed a little flustered with the ball, which eventually led to the loss of possession.

Perhaps, that "spell" has begun to work unconsciously...... (To be continued.) )