As it turned out, Dortmund's away win over Bayern Munich was indeed one of the key games to decide the league title. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because after Borussia Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich away, Bayer Leverkusen drew 2:2 away with Werder Bremen in the last game of this round of the league.

Originally, the difference between the two teams was six points, but now the difference between the two sides has been further widened, and the gap between the two sides is close to ten points again......

Eight points is a three-game gap, which is already a relatively safe point difference.

And after Bayern Munich lost to Borussia Dortmund, news came out that Bayern Munich management was already seriously considering Van Gaal's position.

In the 25th round of the league, Dortmund welcomed Cologne at home. Because three days later it was the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against AC Milan, so in this game, Klopp rotated.

Even Zhou Yi did not appear in the starting list.

In the end, Dortmund beat Cologne 1-0 at home.

For Dortmund today, there is no difference between a one-goal win and a three-goal victory in the league, as long as the three points are in hand.

Zhou Yi came off the bench in the last ten minutes of the game to complete the pre-match warm-up against AC Milan.

The next day, the AC Milan team arrived in Dortmund.

In an interview at the airport, AC Milan's number one star Zlatan Ibrahimovic said that AC Milan would have the last laugh.

'We've got 90 minutes to get away goals, so their away goal wasn't a big deal. The Swede pouted.

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Before the match against AC Milan, Klopp gave his players the task of this match in the dressing room: "Don't think that if we win them away from home, we can definitely progress to the quarter-finals. In fact, even the probability is not necessarily higher than that of the opponent. After all, we only won by one goal. Don't think Ibrahimovic's words are annoying, that's the truth, now they have a full 90 minutes to try to score away goals, and if we let them score a goal, then our advantage on the road will be in vain. ”

Jurgen Klopp said these words with a serious expression, which made people think that he was going to emphasize the importance of defense next.

But then he changed his tune and said: "So we have to score earlier than them in this game, as long as we can score more goals than them, no matter how many goals they end up scoring, they will be eliminated!"

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Allegri still drew the tactical board densely and looked a little messy.

He was going on and on explaining to his players the tactical characteristics of Borussia Dortmund, to contain their wings, to contain their middle, to pay attention to their core, to pay attention to their Götze and Mark...... Thanks to Shinji Kagawa's injury, he doesn't have to say "pay attention to Shinji Kagawa" anymore.

Although AC Milan are top of Serie A this season, Allegri knows that for a club like AC Milan with Champions League genes, results in the Champions League are just as important.

It would be too disgraceful to be eliminated in the first round of the knockout round......

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When the game began, AC Milan, who were on their backs, launched a fierce attack on Borussia Dortmund's goal.

At the height of their attack, Dortmund couldn't even get past half-time.

Marcel Leif is wondering whose home turf it is.

Of course, AC Milan paid a price for playing like this.

Their full-back, Jankulovski, was booked in the opening 28 minutes.

In the 32nd minute, defender Flamini was also late for a foul on Zhou Yi, plus the yellow card he received on Zhou Yi in the previous leg, even if AC Milan can break into the quarterfinals, he will miss the first leg of the quarterfinals.

Towards the end of the first half, striker Pato also received a yellow card for making too much of a move in the scramble......

In the first half, AC Milan had three players, both in the front, middle and back. This can be reflected in the stats, but what is not reflected in the stats is that the defensive movements of the AC Milan players are very large.

But they can't help it.

Borussia Dortmund are very good at controlling football and tempo, and if they want to break Dortmund's rhythm, the most effective way is to foul ......

Fouls can interrupt Dortmund's rhythm of possession frequently.

Of course, it will also bring a very high risk of cards for themselves, after all, this is Dortmund's home stadium, and the referee will be more or less slightly biased in favor of the home team.

At this time, in order to advance, AC Milan can't care so much.

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In the face of AC Milan's pressing, Dortmund struggled to deal with it, but did not concede the goal.

Zhou Yi frequently used passes to control the situation, but he also became a key defensive target for AC Milan players, and the yellow cards on Flamini and Pato were both on him.

Allegri also apparently washed the lessons from the defeat in the first game, and he surrounded Zhou Yi in all directions.

Of course, he also knew that it was impossible to make Zhou Yi completely useless, so he chose to limit Zhou Yi's role in a certain part, such as attacking......

His pressing forced Zhou Yi to pass more back or horizontally, and could not pass forward, so that Dortmund could not play a threatening attack. This will give AC Milan's backline temporary security so that AC Milan can concentrate on attacking and try to turn the tide before Borussia Dortmund score.

Allegri, standing on the sidelines, with his hands in his pockets, stared very intently at the pitch, closely watching the game unfold.

He believes that as long as AC Milan can score first, it will change the trend of the whole game and pave the way for the final comeback victory......

However, until the end of the first half, he did not see a goal. Borussia Dortmund looked tough but didn't concede a goal, and their defensive tenacity was greater than Allegri had imagined......

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and it was still AC Milan who attacked Dortmund with the main attack, and Dortmund was compressed into their own half, and it was rare to be able to attack to AC Milan's half.

This scene really made the AC Milan fans enthusiastic, if it was at their home stadium, I am afraid that the cheering would have resounded in the sky.

But unfortunately this is the home stadium of Borussia Dortmund, so there are only ...... all over the stadium Boo.

Amid the boos, AC Milan desperately charged towards the Dortmund goal.

Not every time their attacks threatened Weidenfeller's goal.

Some attacks are intercepted in the middle of the attack.

At such times, Dortmund's players will choose to kick the ball forward with a big kick to keep the Dortmund goal out of danger for a while.

But there are always exceptions.

For example, this time, when Subotic was about to kick the football out directly, he caught a glimpse of Zhou Yi's gesture to him asking for the ball.

He took a look at the situation around Zhou Yi, because Zhou Yi withdrew to the side, so there were no AC Milan players around him for the time being, and this was an opportunity to get the ball......

So he passed the ball over.

But just when he passed the football out, he saw AC Milan midfielder Boateng rushing towards Zhou Yi!

But when he observed, he was still far away!

This kid is like a panther lying in ambush in the grass, carefully hiding his body, and then waiting for the right time, and then jumping up and pounced on the prey!

Obviously, Zhou Yi is his prey!

The point is that Zhou Yi, who had his back to him, couldn't see him at all, and it was impossible to know that there was a murderous black panther behind him who had pounced on him.

Subotic wanted to remind Zhou Yi that as soon as his mouth opened, the football had already arrived in front of Zhou Yi, and he must have been too late.

So he quickly set up his defensive stance and prepared for this counterattack from AC Milan.

But at this time, he saw Zhou Yi pick up his foot against the football and knock the football sideways to Sven Bender, and at the same time, he quickly turned around, as if he had an eye in the back of his head, and bypassed Boateng!

And when he turned around, Boateng was still in a daze—he didn't expect his sudden attack to come crash!

Seeing this scene, Subotic shouted excitedly in his heart: Good job, Zhou Yi!

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"Zhou Yi! beautiful turn! He dodged Boateng's press!"

Sven Bender didn't stop the ball, but passed the ball passed by Zhou Yi diagonally to the front, and the target was Zhou Yi, who had already turned and rushed up!

Zhou Yi just used a wall-hitting two-by-one to bypass Boateng.

Seeing Zhou Yi throw off the defenders, the other Dortmund players naturally knew what they should do.

Gotze, Grosskreutz, Mark, and Lewandowski moved quickly, some running forward, others moving closer to Zhou Yi, ready to pick him up.

Dortmund's attacking system, which suddenly worked after a quiet half of the game, was not jerky at all and lubricated fluidly.

And the core component of this system is naturally Zhou Yi who holds the ball.

After receiving the ball, he didn't even raise his head to observe, and then raised his foot again to make a long pass.

The ball flew straight to the feet of Gotze on the other side.

As soon as he finished passing, Flamini was in front of him - AC Milan's players were really quick to defend, and if Zhou Yi stopped the ball to observe, or took one more step, he would be stopped by Flamini......

But he seemed to know this in advance, and perfectly avoided this risk!

Zhou Yi, who finished passing the ball, did not stay in place and accelerated forward.

Dortmund's counterattack continues!