Chapter 260: Taking Advantage of the Situation

Zhou Yi knew what the problem was. He saw Shaheen trapped in the opponent's containment many times in the midfield and backcourt. Paris Saint-Germain obviously made tactical arrangements for Shaheen during the halftime break.

Their idea is correct and the effect is remarkable.

But there's no way around it.

Zhou Yi decided to recycle a little, get closer to Shaheen, and re-establish contact with Shaheen.

Although this will make him a little further away from the goal than he is now, for Zhou Yi, this is not a problem at all. He has played as an attacking midfielder and a defensive midfielder, so whether he is far away from the opponent's goal does not affect his performance.

When Shaheen encountered another opponent's attack in the game, Zhou Yi shouted from the side: "Nuri, pass the ball to me!"

Shaheen quickly protected the football, looked up and found that Zhou Yi was right in front of him... But the problem was that his back was facing the direction of attack. If he was in front of him, wouldn't Zhou Yi be further back than himself?

But at this time, Shaheen couldn't care less about such trivial issues. He quickly passed the football out. The football came out of the encirclement and landed at Zhou Yi's feet.

Zhou Yi retreated really deep this time, retreating to a deeper position than Shaheen. His retreat broke the original balance here, resulting in no Paris Saint-Germain player to defend him for a while.

Zhou Yi can take the ball calmly, and because he retreats very deep, he is facing the direction of the attack. He can launch the attack directly here without having to turn around and get rid of anything.

He sent a long diagonal pass to Aubameyang's feet.

After Aubameyang got the ball on the left, he used his speed to force a breakthrough, and then made a pass from the bottom. Mark, who followed up in the middle, jumped up and shook his head... not to attack the goal, but to ferry!

He swung the football behind him, where Yan Min, who had just rushed into the penalty area, pushed and shot!

Although Yan Min worked hard to suppress the football and hit it within the goal frame, the force was a little weak and the ball speed was not fast enough. The football was knocked to the ground by Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Sirigu.

Although this attack did not result in a goal, it was Dortmund's shot that hit the goal frame after a series of attacks by Paris Saint-Germain.

It seems that he has been using signals, indicating that the situation is somewhat different from before.

Soon, Zhou Yi retreated again to meet Shaheen.

After receiving the ball from Shaheen, he quickly brought the ball forward. After attracting the Paris Saint-Germain players to surround him, he passed the ball to Shaheen who intervened.

Then he ran forward on his own, and the Paris Saint-Germain players who came up to surround him had to turn around to defend Shaheen.

Shaheen pushed the football out and sent it to Zhou Yi's feet.

"Zhou Yi! He and Shaheen played one-on-one consecutively in the middle, pushing the football to the 30-meter area of ​​Paris Saint-Germain!"

From this position, Zhou Yi made a pass. The football passed through the Paris Saint-Germain defenders from the air and landed on the left side of the penalty area. There, Aubameyang came in with speed and volleyed. , the football went over the crossbar.

Still no goals, but Dortmund's offense has improved compared to before.

The most important thing is that Shaheen found a way to get rid of the siege, and that was to connect with Zhou Yi.

As long as the two of them are connected, Blanco's defensive arrangement against Shaheen loses its effect.

And what about Shaheen?

This method reminded him of the situation before he left Dortmund. At that time, he was still the core of Dortmund. Zhou Yi was still his assistant at the beginning, but gradually showed the potential to be the core, so Klopp asked Two people contact each other during the game and use the so-called "dual-core tactics". If one person is targeted, the other person will step forward, and vice versa. At the same time, through the mutual contact between the two people, it will be difficult for the other party to freeze. Anyone.

This double-insurance offensive tactic helped Dortmund achieve very good results.

If Shaheen does not go to Real Madrid later, maybe this tactic will continue to be used...

He and Zhou Yi will also become Dortmund's dual core.

But unfortunately, he chose to challenge himself at Real Madrid but failed.

After going around in circles and wasting time outside for a few years, I returned to Dortmund. Things had changed. Zhou Yi is the absolute core that the team cannot shake, but what about himself? After wasting a few years, his form declined, and he was no longer the talented boy he was before... Not to mention playing dual-core with Zhou Yi. It was difficult for him to even assist Zhou Yi, and he was mostly a substitute.

Unexpectedly, in today's game, Shaheen actually re-experienced the feeling he had at the beginning. He and Zhou Yi had a tacit understanding and fought side by side... It was really enjoyable.

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Klopp was quite anxious at first, but when he saw the changes on the court, he sat back.

Zhou Yi had already made adjustments one step ahead of him, so he had nothing to worry about.

However, Blanco felt something was wrong, so he took his hands out of his pockets, put them in front of him and started rubbing them.

It's a bit tricky...

Soon, he directed his players to pay attention to Zhou Yi, and when Zhou Yi retreated to meet Shaheen, they also had to defend him.

In theory this is possible.

But a team can only play eleven people, and the goalkeeper, that is, ten people can move freely on the court.

But everyone actually has their own position, and they can't really abandon their position and run around, so there is an upper limit on the number of players in a certain area. With just this amount of players, it would have taken two or three people to go. Defend Shaheen. Now that Zhou Yi is here, and then divide the troops to take care of Zhou Yi, where can there be so many manpower available?

It is inevitable to draw troops from the players defending Shaheen, but wouldn't the defense against Shaheen be less strict than before?

So, soon, when Zhou Yi was entangled by a Paris Saint-Germain player, Shaheen pretended to pass the ball to Zhou Yi, but suddenly turned around and dribbled the ball away from Paris Saint-Germain's defense!

Then he ran ahead and pushed Dortmund's offense into the frontcourt.

Blanco's adjustment failed...

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As Zhou Yi, Shaheen and Blanco battled wits and courage, the court time had already reached the 75th minute.

The score is still 1:0, Dortmund leads at home.

But this score will not allow Dortmund to eliminate Paris Saint-Germain, but will allow them to be eliminated.

They need to score at least one goal to take their destiny into their own hands.

Blanco looked at the time, there were still fifteen minutes left, and his containment tactics against Shaheen failed again. He decided to make adjustments immediately. By this time, Dortmund's morale had been restored, and there was not much time left. Their The offensive will definitely be more intense.

If I don't make adjustments, my goal may be in danger.

So he waved his hand on the sidelines and asked the team to recover their defense and engage in defensive counterattack. With a solid defense, counterattack if you have the chance, and don't go up if you don't have the chance. I would rather not score than concede a goal.

If this score can be maintained until the end, Paris Saint-Germain will advance to the semi-finals.

At the same time, he also made personnel adjustments, replacing Verratti with Cabaye.

Strengthen the defense of the midfield.

So the Paris Saint-Germain players who had been surrounding Shaheen in the frontcourt retreated like a tide.

Zhou Yi returned to the attacking midfielder position, and he can threaten Paris Saint-Germain's goal closer.

The Dortmund team also knew that there was not much time left for them, and they had to attack with all their strength, hoping to score a goal before the end of the game.

Although they may know that their pressing attack will leave an opening for Paris Saint-Germain to counterattack, they don't think about it so much.

In fact, Paris Saint-Germain did fight back.

In the 77th minute, they had a good chance and even almost equalized the score.

At that time, Cabaye directly passed a long ball from the backcourt to He Ying in the frontcourt.

After He Ying broke through with the ball from the wing, he sent a cross. As a result, Cavani shot with his left foot only fourteen meters away from the goal, and he actually hit the ball high!

"Cavani! What a great opportunity, but he didn't score! It's unbelievable!" the French TV commentator exclaimed in an incredible tone.

It's really incredible. After Cavani's shot, there was goalkeeper Weidenfeller in front of him. At that time, the hearts of all Dortmund fans were in their throats and almost bursting out of their chests.

As a result, Cavani spit out the cake that He Ying fed to his mouth: "Bah! A real man doesn't eat the food he comes to!"

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Despite this danger in front of the goal, Dortmund still did not give up their approach and continued to lay siege to Paris Saint-Germain's goal.

In the 78th minute, Mark headed a header in the penalty area, but was blocked by Siligu. Yan Min's follow-up shot missed the goal again.

In the 80th minute, Zhou Yi sent a pass, Shaheen shot hard from 20 meters away, and the football was confiscated by Siligu.

"The game has entered the last ten minutes...I think in this West End stadium now, no matter whether it is a Dortmund fan or a Paris Saint-Germain fan, I am afraid that no one can still sit in his seat and watch the game... …" said Marcel Leif.

The TV broadcast cut to a scene on the sidelines. Not only the fans, but also almost no one could sit on the benches and coaching benches of both sides. Everyone stood up and stared nervously at the court.

In the 81st minute, Aubameyang's breakthrough on the left caused a foul by Paris Saint-Germain defender Jallet. The referee gave Dortmund a free kick from the wing.

After Shaheen took the free kick, he went straight to the back corner of the goal. No player from both sides who followed in the middle could touch the football. Siligu played well, jumped back, and knocked the football out with a single punch!

In the 83rd minute, Dortmund launched an attack from the wing. Zhou Yi distributed the ball to the right wing. Yan Min received the ball from the right wing and passed the ball. The ball ran straight into the penalty area to meet Mark. However, Thiago Silva, who was retreating to defend, jumped up forcefully and used a very difficult move to push the football before Mark!

Mark swung his feet and couldn't kick it out. The football flew over his head.

Aubameyang followed up and ran to the ball's landing point. He volleyed without stopping the ball!

The football went straight to the far corner of the goal. This time Siligu failed to touch the football, but the football did not fly into the goal. Instead, it missed the far post and flew out of the bottom line...

"Aubameyang...ahhh! Dortmund missed another chance to score!"

"Dortmund besieged Paris Saint-Germain's goal, but they were always just a little short of scoring! It's already the 84th minute of the game, and there's not much time left for Dortmund!" He Ping couldn't help but Said that famous saying.

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