Chapter 131 Unexpectedly

Obviously playing at home, but falling behind, this is a blow to Valencia.

While Klopp was applauding his disciples, Emery was thinking about countermeasures.

In order to contain Zhou Yi, he kept the formation compact, which is fine.

The only problem is that Zhou Yi's ability to find space is too good, and just an occasional negligence allows him to seize the opportunity to send such a deadly pass.

Now it seems that although the space has been compressed, it is not enough.

Emery is yet to make a decision after the restart. Players on the field can only play according to the previous arrangement.

During this period of time, Dortmund, who had just scored a goal, had high morale again, and the players were in better condition than before, daring to make moves and fight hard.

The result was that Dortmund gradually suppressed Valencia on the scene.

And several consecutive attacks threatened the goal guarded by Cesar Sanchez.

During this period of time, Valencia was very passive and was completely suppressed by Dortmund on the scene.

The Spanish commentator even called out danger.

"Valencia looks like it will concede another goal in a short time! In that case, this game will be difficult!"

Fortunately, Emery made a quick decision, still using the previous defensive strategy, but when defending Zhou Yi and several Dortmund's main offensive players, he must be more aggressive.

In the past, after Zhou Yi received the ball, Valencia players jumped on it. After the adjustment, it was the Valencia players who rushed to Zhou Yi with the football.

As soon as Zhou Yi received the ball, he was staggered by the opponent. He had a chance to pass the football forward, but it turned into a backward pass. Because the only way to ensure that the ball is not lost, any other method requires more adjustments. At that time, the opponent has already snatched the ball.

For safety reasons, Zhou Yi could only send back.

And Gross Kreutz and Gotze, who advanced on the wing, ran away in vain.

Zhou Yi couldn't help it, the referee would call a foul, but what's the use of calling a foul? After blowing and playing no cards. And Valencia has interrupted Dortmund's attack anyway. The purpose is achieved.

Because Zhou Yi's position on the field is the midfielder,

Most of the time the first ball is in the backcourt, so the place where Valencia fouled is also here, too far from their goal. It's hard to call a threatening offense blocked by a foul. Fouls in this kind of place, as long as they are not particularly bad fouls such as back shoveling and elbowing. The referee generally does not give cards.

Regarding this point, Zhou Yi had no choice. Of course, he would not want to exchange his serious injury for a red card. Isn't that a disease of the brain?

It is still the most important thing to stay on the court, as long as you can stay on the court, you will contribute. You are off, no matter what the reason is, everything that happens on the court has nothing to do with you.

Now it seems that he is restricted by the opponent's foul tactics. It seemed that he could only pass back and cross, but Zhou Yi never felt that there was anything wrong with doing so. He was just waiting inwardly for an opportunity to present itself.

When unable to send a deadly pass forward, Zhou Yi will not be in a hurry, he will do his job as a midfield conversion hub. It's that simple to pass the ball passed by a teammate to another teammate.

Originally, in a football match, it is impossible for a midfielder to make every kick a deadly threatening pass that can create a chance to shoot.

The important thing is the mentality, not to be irritated by these small actions of the other party.

A midfield commander, if he loses his composure and rational judgment on the development of the situation, then he is not worthy of being a commander, because he will only lead his team into the ditch when he is dazzled. destroy.

So although his passing will always be interfered by the opponent, and his organizational offense will always be interfered by the opponent's fouls and small moves, but when the live TV shows Zhou Yi in close-up, no one can see it from his face Show a look of anger and dissatisfaction.

At most, he would open his hand to the referee, which is helpless and a civilized protest.

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Although Emery's tactical adjustments do not meet everyone's definition of "beautiful football", they are very effective.

Dortmund's arrogant arrogance just now subsided.

Valencia, who had stabilized the situation, began to think about equalizing the score. They didn't want to enter the intermission with a score behind by one goal.

You know this is their home field!

But just when Valencia had some ideas and started to counterattack, their defensive control in the midfield declined.

The chains binding Zhou Yi were loosened slightly, and Zhou Yi immediately sent a beautiful through ball forward. If it weren't for Gross Kreutz's shot that went over the crossbar, Dortmund would have missed the goal in the 41st minute. Leading by two goals.

Although no goals were conceded, Dortmund's attack sounded the alarm for Valencia again, making them realize that the danger has not passed.

So then Valencia returned to the previous state, first of all make sure not to concede the ball, as for the goal or something... I will think about it later.

In this way, the first half of the game came to the end in a stalemate.

The referee blows his whistle and the game is over.

The Valencia players walked off the pitch a little depressed.

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Fifteen minutes into the intermission, Klopp praised the team's performance, but also asked the players to continue to stay focused in the second half, and not to get carried away just because they are leading by one goal now.

"I have to remind you again, guys, this is the Champions League. You know what the name means, it's completely different from the usual league. In the league maybe you think it's safe to lead by a goal in the first half, But in the Champions League, you can go from leading to falling behind in minutes. The opponents here are not easy to deal with, so play 12 points and be careful."

At the same time, on the other side, Valencia's coach Emery is making detailed tactical adjustments, which are much more detailed than the few words he yelled casually on the sidelines.

Mainly offensive improvements.

As for defense, at the end of the first half, Valencia was able to contain Zhou Yi very well.

The crux of the problem is that after Zhou Yi is contained, there is no extra energy to attack.

This is not enough. If the second half continues like this, even if the goal is not conceded, the score of 0:1 behind cannot be rewritten.

Still have to attack.

To this end, Emery asked everyone to run more and run faster.

In addition, when the offense and defense are switched, the attention must be highly concentrated. The conceded goal was actually because the team was distracted during the continuous offensive and defensive transitions and was caught off guard by Dortmund.

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After the intermission, the two sides returned to the court.

Then the second half of the game began.

Valencia faithfully carried out the tactics that the coach arranged at half-time.

While they defended Zhou Yi very closely, they also actively strengthened their offense.

However, Klopp is not a vegetarian, he also made corresponding adjustments during the intermission.

The opponent now obviously puts the focus of defense on Zhou Yi. Then don't let Zhou Yilai organize the offense, let Shinji Kagawa retreat a little, let Gotze lean a little to the middle, and the two of them can send deadly passes.

And what about Zhou Yi? Positioning becomes scheduling to control the rhythm, but there is no need to make the last pass.

This adjustment took effect quickly, because Valencia put all its defensive focus on Zhou Yi and lacked care for other Dortmund players.

In the 69th minute, Zhou Yi retreated to the back line to ask for the ball, widening the distance from the Valencia players. After receiving the ball, he turned around and sent a 20-meter pass, finding the way to retreat. Kagawa.

Shinji Kagawa stopped the ball and passed the football to Gotze who came up to meet him, then turned and ran forward by himself. Gotze sent the football out again, and the two made a two-over-one cooperation.

Shinji Kagawa pretended to take a long shot after receiving the ball, but gave the football to Barrios, who was flexible.

Barrios rubbed a shot from the edge of the penalty area, and the ball arced around the cross of goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez and flew into the goal.

2:0!

"Goal! Beautiful goal!" Marcel Leif exclaimed excitedly. "Dortmund lead away by two goals!"

"Good goal! Barrios scored twice!" He Ping shouted, "Although this ball was not directly assisted by Zhou Yi, it was initiated by him! After receiving the ball, he decisively found Kagawa Shinji, and while Barron West Asia's defense has not adjusted its defensive focus to Shinji Kagawa in time..."

As a qualified Chinese commentator, the most basic quality is to be able to find an angle to praise Zhou Yi no matter who scored the goal or assisted.

And because of Zhou Yi's outstanding performance, no one will be disgusted even if he brags like this.

After the goal, Barrios and Shinji Kagawa hugged each other. Zhou Yi in the backcourt was also hugged by Sven Bender, and the two of them ran to the frontcourt together with other players to celebrate.

Watching the Dortmund players in yellow celebrate at the Mestalla was an incredible sight.

Before the game, everyone thought that Dortmund, who participated in the Champions League for the first time in seven years, was inexperienced, and it was an away game against Valencia. It was a good result to not lose. Klopp should adopt a relatively conservative approach in the away game. tactical strategy.

Unexpectedly, Dortmund's performance was surprising and impressive.

Instead of being conservative, they insisted on their own style of play. Instead, they led Valencia by two goals in the away game! (To be continued.) Enable new URL