Chapter 298 Stalemate

Dortmund made unscrupulous kicks in the backcourt to delay time. In this way, they could still get cheers from the fans in the stands. The Dortmund fans even cooperated and counted along, counting how many balls Dortmund passed in succession...

This is also at the West End Stadium. If it had been at the Calderon Stadium, I'm afraid there would have been boos all over the sky at this time.

Simeone's face turned pale as he watched from the audience.

He never expected Dortmund to be so shameless.

He asked the team to shrink the defense and did not give Dortmund a chance to pass and cut quickly.

Who would have thought that Dortmund would give up on fast passing and cutting, and act like this in the backcourt.

Atletico Madrid's players don't go up, and Dortmund's ball definitely doesn't pass up.

This is Dortmund's home court again, and the atmosphere in the stadium is completely in favor of Dortmund. Dortmund players will not feel any psychological pressure when they play like this.

But time will pass by like this.

It's impossible for him not to be pushed out.

Simeone now feels that if no changes are made, Dortmund can really just keep playing at the back...

Thinking of this, Simeone had to make adjustments.

He allowed his forwards and attacking midfielders to press forward, but the backline remained stationary.

This will of course cause a disconnect, but at least it can break the current situation. As long as their defense remains intact, even if they are disconnected, there will not be such serious consequences...

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Simeone's adjustment quickly spread to the court, and Diego Costa no longer had to retreat, but was allowed to press forward to steal.

Costa has been holding back his anger for a long time. This time, it was like a tiger descending from a mountain, pounced on Dortmund's defense.

Other Atletico Madrid players quickly followed suit.

They pressed forward, and after the formation was stretched, some gaps appeared behind them.

Dortmund did not really want to delay time, but wanted to lure Atletico Madrid players to press out and create a space that they could exploit.

After the Atletico Madrid players pressed forward, Dortmund no longer moved back and forth in the backcourt, but passed forward very cleanly.

The game can finally proceed normally...

In the 55th minute, Yan Min passed the football into the penalty area. Courtois attacked but failed to hit the football far. The football fell to the edge of the penalty area. Royce followed up with a shot.

Fortunately, Courtois's second reaction was really fast, and Royce's shot was a bit on point, and the football still fell into Courtois' arms.

In the 59th minute, Aubameyang shot hard with his right foot after continuously getting out of the penalty area and the ball was blocked by Courtois again.

In the process, Atletico Madrid also organized some counterattacks.

In the 61st minute, Yan Min's dribbling was intercepted, and Atletico Madrid counterattacked. They hit the ball to the outside of Dortmund's penalty area. Finally, Koke took a long shot, but it did not have any power. The football was easily held by Weidenfeller.

"...Koke's shot was Atletico Madrid's first shot within the goal frame in this game! It's not easy!" Marcel Leif said. "It was only one hour into the game that a shot hit the goal frame... So far in this game, Atletico Madrid has been completely suppressed by Dortmund."

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Simeone said at halftime that Atletico Madrid must be patient and wait for Dortmund to run out of energy.

But he misjudged the situation. It was not Atletico Madrid that needed patience, but Dortmund. Time was not on Atletico Madrid's side.

You know, with this score now, if the game ends directly, Dortmund is absolutely acceptable, but Atletico Madrid is not.

They have to score goals.

But time passed by minute by second, and there was not much time left for them to break through.

It is now the 61st minute, and Atletico Madrid still has half an hour to score at least one goal.

But looking at the game situation now, no one believes that Atletico Madrid can score in the game. Sixty minutes into the game, there were only four shots in total, and only one hit the goal frame...

With such data and performance, how could he score a goal in the last thirty minutes?

You must know that as the game time goes by, the initiative of the game will gradually shift to Dortmund, who has a three-goal lead.

Dortmund could definitely be more patient than Atletico Madrid.

If you want to score goals, you must make changes. At least you can't play like this and be out of touch.

When defending, it may not have a big impact, but it has a great impact on the offense - after attacking, there are no teammates behind to catch up and provide support. Atletico Madrid's offense will lack confidence and level, and it will be easily defeated by Dortmund. Stop it.

Simeone naturally also knows that in order to make the offense threatening, more troops must be invested. At least two full-backs must go up and participate in the offense.

Just in this way, there will be more space behind the defense. He is worried that Dortmund will use a fast attack style again.

It's just that he has no choice but to do this, otherwise returning to the home court with a score of 0:3 will not be much different from being eliminated early...

Simeone is also a bloody head coach. He decided to fight Dortmund in the last thirty minutes!

So he waved his hand and asked Atletico Madrid to take the initiative.

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Facing Atletico Madrid's adjustments, Dortmund also made targeted adjustments on the court - they resumed a fast passing and cutting style!

"Oh! My God! Dortmund is firing on all cylinders again! Playing like this consumes a lot of energy! I really wonder if the players in Dortmund are all robots. Why can they still play like this?!" the Spanish commentator exclaimed.

Both sides attacked, but it was obvious that Dortmund's offense was more threatening. They not only suppressed Atletico Madrid's offense, but also threatened the goal guarded by Courtois.

In the 65th minute, Zhou Yi sent a wonderful pass with his heel outside the penalty area. Aubameyang received the ball in the penalty area and turned around to shoot!

The ball bypassed Courtois's fingers, but slightly missed the far post...

Two minutes later, Royce cut in from the wing and suddenly made a pass. Mark shot in the penalty area and was saved by Courtois.

"Dortmund got consecutive good shooting opportunities in a short period of time, and they all threatened Atletico Madrid's goal!"

Faced with Dortmund's aggressive offensive, Atletico Madrid could only use foul tactics to stop Dortmund.

In the 69th minute, when Atletico Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Diego was competing with Sven Bender, his elbow hit the latter's right side. Sven Bender covered his face and fell to the ground.

However, the referee only showed Diego a yellow card instead of a red card and sent him off directly. This caused dissatisfaction among the fans and Dortmund players and coaches.

For a moment, there were loud boos in the stands of the Westminster Stadium, and assistant coach Zeljko Buvac stood up and shouted a protest to the court - Klopp has learned that this kind of thing that may lead to punishment is his own Don't show up, let your assistant do it. In this way, even if the referee wants to use thunderous methods to maintain his authority, it will only be the assistant coach who is sent to the stands, not him, and the impact on the team will be much smaller.

Buvac is also happy to be Klopp's "scapegoat". Everything is for the best interests of the team. What's the big deal for him personally in the stands?

On the court, Dortmund players surrounded referee Eriksen and complained, believing that a yellow card was too light and should have been a red card.

If Diego can be sent off with a red card, Atletico Madrid's midfielder will lose the ability to organize offense, and Atletico Madrid will basically have no chance to counterattack. This game will be won. At the same time, Diego will definitely not be able to play in the next round, which will cause irreparable damage to Atletico Madrid's strength. When Dortmund goes away, it will be relatively easy...

This is what Dortmund has planned.

However, there is of course a reason why the referee Eriksen did not give a red card - Diego jumped up and naturally spread his arm, hitting Sven Bender in the face. The action itself was unintentional. Diego had no intention of deliberately elbowing, so giving a yellow card warning is already the limit. If the referee encounters a more lenient penalty standard, he may not even give a yellow card, let alone a red card. .

This penalty still affected the mood of the Dortmund players.

Sven Bender then made another retaliatory foul on Diego, causing him to also receive a yellow card, and this yellow card will make him miss the second leg against Atletico Madrid...

"Sven Bender's foul was unnecessary. It was completely revenge... There is no dispute about receiving a yellow card. As a result, he will miss the second leg against Atletico Madrid. As the main or even the only midfielder of Dortmund, His absence has a huge impact on Dortmund..." commentator Marcel Leif sighed.

Klopp on the sidelines was also dissatisfied with Sven Bender's foul. He stood up and roared into the court.

Of course he wasn't scolding the referee - in that case it would have been Zeljko Buvac - he was scolding Sven Bender for what a stupid retaliation foul he was.

It was supposed to be a flawless victory, but now because of this yellow card, Dortmund's victory is suddenly cast a shadow...

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