Chapter 337 Alley-Oop

During the halftime break, Ancelotti encouraged his players in the locker room: "It's just a ball, just a ball. Imagine who we are, we are Real Madrid! We are here to win the championship!" "

At the same time, in the Dortmund dressing room, Klopp clapped his hands hard: "It's just a goal, just a goal. We are just one goal ahead! If you think you can sit back and relax, then wait until You will regret it at the end of the game!"

Ancelotti: "What we did in the second half of the first half was correct. We used our best weapon to deal with them. Their defense is not impregnable. As long as we can keep putting pressure on them, we can Create opportunities!”

Klopp: "In response to their style of play in the second half of the first half, we have to stabilize the rhythm. Zhou Yi did the right thing and play like this. We are in the lead now, so we should be more patient and more patient than them. Take it easy..."

Ancelotti: "There are still forty-five minutes left. I don't think we can't score a goal. Our offensive firepower is the most powerful this season. As long as we have confidence in ourselves, we are unbeatable!"

Klopp: "There are still forty-five minutes and everything can happen. But I think no matter what the situation is, the most important thing is not to give up!"

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During the halftime break, discussions were also going on among the Chinese team.

Of course, it was a spontaneous discussion among everyone, not something requested by the head coach.

After watching the first half, everyone was happy that Dortmund was able to withstand the pressure at the last moment and did not concede a goal.

But some people are worried that Dortmund will not be able to withstand Real Madrid's crazy counterattack in the second half. After all, Real Madrid's offensive firepower is very fierce.

This concern is not unreasonable. Real Madrid has scored thirty-seven goals in the Champions League this season, the most of any team participating in the Champions League. In La Liga, Real Madrid scored 104 goals in a season, making it the team with the most goals in La Liga. Although Barcelona also scored 100 league goals this season, they also scored 104 goals. It can only be ranked second. These 104 goals put Real Madrid first not only in La Liga, but also in the five major European leagues. Manchester City scored 102 goals in the Premier League this season and can only be second.

In the whole of Europe, only the Austrian league champions Red Bull Salzburg have scored more goals than them - 110. But the gold content of the Austrian league is too low, and this number of goals is only numerically greater than that of Real Madrid.

Regarding the worries of some teammates,

Sun Pan hummed and said: "If I were here, there would be no need to consider this kind of problem at all!"

He played for Atletico Madrid for two seasons and although he has now returned to Chelsea, he will still regard Real Madrid as his enemy.

There are also players worried about injuries.

Because before the end of the first half, Khedira swept Zhou Yi from behind. At that time, there was a lot of noise in front of the TV. Anyway, none of the players present were teammates with Khedira, so there was no psychological barrier to scolding him.

Everyone is worried that Zhou Yi will have some shortcomings in this game.

Zhou Yi has long used his actual performance to shape himself into the golden thigh of the Chinese team. Before the start of the World Cup, no one wanted to have any problems with this golden thigh.

It doesn't matter whether Dortmund wins or loses, the important thing is to give them a healthy core.

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The fifteen minutes of halftime passed quickly. Players from both sides returned to the court one after another, changing sides and fighting again.

At the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid launched a fierce offensive. Di Maria was pulled to the ground by Royce while cutting inside. Royce was given a yellow card and gave Real Madrid a very good free kick. Twenty-five meters from the goal, slightly to the left.

The ball was taken by Cristiano Ronaldo. After the Portuguese set up the football, Dortmund's wall was also erected.

After hearing the referee's whistle, he took a shot.

After shooting with his right foot, the football flew up and hit the jumping Dortmund wall player. It had a tendency to jump up slightly. This jump just made the shot more tricky. The football flew higher, but suddenly it fell...

Fortunately, Weidenfeller was very focused and reacted very quickly. He jumped up and raised his hand to block the football from the crossbar.

"Oh! What a risk! Weidenfeller lifted the football with one palm!"

Cristiano Ronaldo looked very depressed and helpless when he saw that his shot failed to score. He shook his head and kept mumbling, as if he couldn't believe that such a tricky shot even cost Weiden. Le jumped out...

Real Madrid wins a corner kick.

For this corner kick, Modric did not kick it directly into the penalty area. Instead, he made some changes and took a tactical corner kick.

He passed the football to Carvajal, who came up to meet him.

He then ran away from behind Carvajal.

Carvajal originally wanted to cross, but felt that the chance was not very good, so he passed the football to Modric who passed around him.

Modric did not stop the ball, but when the football rolled toward him, he looked up to observe the situation in the Dortmund penalty area. Then he directly kicked the ball and passed the ball to the back of the goal with his left foot!

At this time, Dortmund's players are pressing outwards - after the corner kick is taken, they must press forward quickly. This is basically one of the common sense when defending corner kicks.

But sometimes, this becomes an opportunity to be exploited.

Zhou Yi took advantage of this opportunity in the first half and assisted Hummels to score.

This time, Real Madrid's midfield commander, Modric also plans to take advantage of this opportunity.

He lifted the football to the back of the goal. At the same time, many Real Madrid players turned and cut back to the goal.

They were all among the Dortmund players before, so they would not be offside when they receive the ball with a reverse cut.

Weidenfeller also followed the football and retreated to the back of the goal. He planned to hold the football out.

But he looked at the flight estimate of the football below, estimated the height of the football, and felt that no one would be able to hit the football before it flew over the bottom line - it was too high...

So he didn't make any moves, intending to watch the football fly out of the baseline - wouldn't it be better if he didn't give the opponent a corner kick?

As a result, at this moment, he saw a scene that shocked him - Real Madrid's No. 7 leaped high, as if flying in the air! He flew to the baseline, then shook his head to push the football back before it flew out of the baseline!

Of course, the ball is indeed too high. Even a person with extraordinary bounce like Cristiano Ronaldo can only rub the football but cannot hit it firmly.

But just like that, the football flew high, over Weidenfeller's head, and flew directly to the area behind him in front of the goal.

The person who hurriedly returned to defense was not Hummels or Papastathopoulos, who are famous for their headers, but Schmelzer.

Schmelzer only looked at the football flying in the air, trying to grab the spot, but he was completely unaware of the situation around him.

As a result, at this moment, Bell jumped up high and landed on Schmelzer's head before he could take off!

Then move the flying football down a little!

The football flew into the already empty Dortmund goal without any suspense...

"Gareth Bale!!! Real Madrid equalized the score!" the Spanish commentator shouted excitedly. "Scoring a goal just at the beginning of the second half! It's great! Real Madrid had a perfect start to the second half!"

"Ah, Real Madrid equalized the score!" Marcel Leif screamed when he saw the football flying into the goal. "In an alley-oop with a header, Bale pushed the football into the goal! Just at the beginning of the second half When I was playing, I lost the ball and the score was equalized. It was really bad..."

"This ball..." He Ping sighed.

Can this goal be said to be a problem with Dortmund's defense?

Of course, Dortmund's defense did have a little problem, but it was not that fatal.

The terrible thing was that no one expected that Cristiano Ronaldo could jump so high and save the ball...

It was precisely because of the lack of preparation that we watched the football fly to the most dangerous area and could do nothing.

This time it was Real Madrid's players' turn to run wild in celebration, with the frustrated Dortmund players providing the backdrop.

When Ancelotti saw the goal, he stood up from the coaching bench, waved his arms, and then applauded. He was relatively calm. On the other hand, Zidane next to him was very excited. He jumped up with his fists waving, and then rushed back to hug those around him.

Stealing the show from Ancelotti...

Ancelotti looked at him from the side as if to say: "Are you the head coach, or am I the head coach?"

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