Chapter 48: Red Card and Penalty
After Coach Saff explained the tactics, he looked at the players under his command seriously.
"I know it's going to be difficult, you have to withstand the crazy attacks of the opponent and also save the fitness until the end of the counter-attack, especially the attacking players who play the whole game!"
Shafu looked at Lin Quan as he spoke, and asked:
"Lin, do you still have the strength to run?"
Lin Quan nodded, although the physical consumption was very large, he still had the back move of the system's physical strength potion.
If you really can't do it, you can spend a few points to buy a stamina potion, which can be used for just thirty minutes!
"Okay, then I won't replace you, the team needs your breakthrough ability to rewrite the score, and in the second half, you pay attention to the distribution of energy to make sure that you have the strength to sprint in the final stage, understand?"
Lin Quan nodded heavily, he clearly felt the weight of expectations in the head coach's tone!
Fifteen minutes later, the game resumed.
A frantic goal in the final stages of the first half allowed the Dortmund players to completely recover from the state of confusion at the beginning.
They are convinced that they are invincible at home and that the enemy will not be able to stop their attack!
As a result, as soon as the second half began, Dortmund's players continued to firmly execute their pressing tactics in front.
This kind of running at the expense of physical strength is probably only implemented by a team like Dortmund that has been playing chicken blood all year round!
Werder Bremen's players are obviously not good, they can't outrun people at all.
Of course, there are great limitations to this style of play.
When the age of the players goes up and there are more injuries, the execution of this tactic will seriously decline.
And the other opponents in the league gradually adapted to this style of play, and quickly developed targeted tactics.
Therefore, after a few seasons in their prime, if the team's tactical play is not further refined and changed, the team's results may plummet.
Historically, Dortmund's record began to decline gradually after the 12-13 season, and even fell to a relegation team in the 14-15 season.
Had it not been for the team's late recovery in form, picking up 13 points from six games and breaking out of the relegation zone, they might have been relegated indeed.
This kind of squeezing their own physical strength and potential is easy to bring injuries to players, taking Dortmund's summer new signing Reus as an example, after he joined Dortmund, he began to have frequent injuries, and missed the national team games several times due to injuries!
A large part of this is due to Klopp's tactical play.
As with this season, Liverpool are full of injuries.
Jurgen Klopp is a good coach but not for all players.
Like Lin Quan, he thinks he is not very suitable for Klopp's tactical play, and the same is true for Simeone of Atletico Madrid.
On the field, Dort's players worked very hard to press and run.
However, the opponents stopped cooperating with them, and Werder Bremen did not follow them up as they did at the beginning of the first half, nor did they play against them.
Instead, he set up a set of iron bucket formations, hoarding a large number of troops in his own half, and using dense defense to limit the opponent's attack.
Dortmund's attacking firepower is indeed fierce, but when the opponent sets up a bucket formation, they don't have a good solution.
There were too many people in the box, and Werder Bremen had brought in a couple of players with plenty of energy.
The aggressive scrambling of these players made their attacks fail on several occasions, and they began to try to shoot from distance from the edge of the box.
Long-range shots, set-pieces, these are the usual means of dealing with dense defences.
Since Werder Bremen dared to set up an iron bucket formation, it would not be defenseless against this.
They use zone support to limit the opposition's passing, ensuring that the most threatening midfielders are always surrounded by defenders who can interfere with their shots.
Dortmund's players fired several anti-aircraft shots in succession but failed to pose a threat to Werder Bremen's goal.
Klopp on the sidelines couldn't sit still, the opponent's tactics were simply disgusting.
He wanted to ask Shaf: What is the use of defending when you are behind the score?
If this score drags on, then it will be our Dortmund who will win in the end!
Are you just willing to accept a failure?
If the leading team at this time is Barcelona, then the opponent dares to put an iron bucket formation to give Barcelona a victory.
They can use the pass to stall for time and kill the opponent!
But pass-and-possession is not Dortmund's style, and they don't have such a tactical alternative.
So Klopp can only let the players play a little more patiently, now the score is leading them, and it is the opponent who should be anxious.
If it weren't for his home stadium, he would have wanted his players to retreat to his own half to play defensive counter-attacks.
It's just that, looking at the opponent's behavior, if they really withdraw, the other party may not attack.
If the other side does not attack, and the two teams each put a bus in their own half, then how ugly the game is, and the fans at the scene must not boo!
Klopp wants to face, anyway, the score is ahead, and he can't do so much.
If the team can score one more goal, the outcome of this game will be out of suspense, and then there will be nothing to worry about!
Jurgen Klopp was expecting another goal, but his expectations were disappointed.
Under the defence of Werder Bremen's players, Dortmund attacked wildly for more than 20 minutes and never broke through the opponent's goal again.
In these 20 minutes, they had more than 70% possession and played 17 shots, 12 of which were from distance, almost besieging the opponent's goal.
Unfortunately, there were a lot of shots on goal, less than half of them on target, and none of the shots on goal.
After a long period of not scoring, coupled with the fading effect of the previous chicken blood, Dortmund's players began to enter a physical bottleneck, and their running speed and enthusiasm on the field began to decline significantly.
In the 55th minute of the game, seeing the opponent's physical fitness declined, the frontcourt pressing strength decreased.
Werder Bremen's players are finally on the counter-attack!
They lifted the tempo of the game in an instant and began to attack Dortmund instead of retrenching their previous defensive stance.
The Dortmund players were visibly taken aback, and their opponents were pressed to the ground for more than twenty minutes, almost getting used to thinking that their opponents would not fight back.
As a result, as soon as their side slackened slightly, the opponent launched a crazy counterattack.
This makes the Dortmund players feel a little bad!
"Could it be that this is your tactic, not daring to fight the whole game, only fighting five minutes after the start and five minutes before the end?"
Borussia Dortmund's manager, Jurgen Klopp, reacted first and guessed his opponent's intentions.
When he thought of the opponent's sharp counterattack in the opening stage and the two goals conceded, his heart jumped and he immediately realized the danger!
"Quick, retreat, don't let the opponent's counterattack come out!"
If Werder Bremen can still play the same terrible counter-attack as in the first half, then Dortmund's goal will be dangerous!
They only lead by one goal, and if they are scored by the opponent, then the two sides are back on the same page!
And now that time is running out, in the event of a draw, they may not have time to score another goal to turn the score.
If they do, they will be dragged into a penalty shootout!
So, is that what you're really for?
Jurgen Klopp turned his head to look at the opponent's dugout, where the Werder Bremen coach was already standing on the sidelines, staring at the field with blazing eyes, watching the team's counterattack.
Jurgen Klopp's guess was accurate, and Werder Bremen were really trying to drag the game into a penalty shoot-out.
After a full match, they were running out of energy and could only sustain a quality counter-attack.
If the goal is scored, they may be able to get back on their feet and defend desperately and make the last few minutes of regular time.
If this counterattack fails, then they will not be able to rewrite the score and will have to accept the result of the loss.
And this opportunity to counterattack was won by the team's efforts to defend with all their might in the second half and not to let the opponent expand the score.
Otherwise, once the score gap is more than one goal, even if they make a counterattack, it will not help.
So, don't miss this opportunity!
The ball quickly moved from the back of Werder Bremen to the front and to the feet of Kevin De Bruyne.
He was dragged by Dortmund's No.5 and did his best to pass the ball to the ground.
At the moment of his fall, he saw the number 10 in the green jersey in the front court sprinting at full speed.
Lin, it's up to you, you must score!
Lin Quan did not want to live up to De Bruyne's assist, and he walked for more than ten minutes in the second half to save his energy for the fatal blow.
And now, it's time to use them!
After receiving the ball, he lay sideways, dodged Dortmund's No. 7 Leitner's tackle, and burst into the penalty area with a lunge to pass Günther, who was making up for the defense.
There are no defenders in front of him, only the goalkeeper!
So, Lin Quan decisively raised his foot and aimed at the goal to shoot.
At this moment, a figure rushed out from behind the side, and fell to the ground to tackle the ball before Lin Quan hit the goal.
The ball was kicked away, and Lin Quan also fell in the penalty area.
The audience couldn't help but stand up and look at the referee, not knowing what he would do.
The referee rushed into the penalty area as soon as possible and stretched out his hand to the penalty spot.
Penalty kick!