Chapter 193 Squeeze Into the Top 8 with Half Your Body

The specific manifestation of the impatience of Milan players is not only simple offensive methods, but also impatience in defense.

In the 66th minute, A Milan center back Yepes violated Mark while defending and received a yellow card.

As a central defender, it is actually very dangerous to carry a yellow card.

During the attack, A Milan pressed higher and higher. Sometimes even if they lost possession of the ball, they were not even willing to go back. They just gathered around in the frontcourt, hoping to intercept the ball and then directly counterattack.

It would be fine if their siege could really put pressure on Dortmund, but such a siege requires a high degree of tactical discipline. It does not mean that swarming up with more people is enough.

Especially when facing Dortmund, who passes the ball quickly and accurately, the siege of Milan players can only create more gaps in the defense behind them...

In the 70th minute, Dortmund, who had been waiting patiently, finally got the chance they wanted.

When the A Milan players were fighting in the frontcourt, Dortmund, under Zhou Yi's command, passed the football backwards, mobilizing the A Milan players to press forward little by little, getting closer and closer.

Then the football was passed to Zhou Yi's feet.

At this time, Zhou Yi did not pass the football back or sideways.

But a sudden long pass forward!

He accurately found Gotze with this long pass. After stopping the ball, Gotze sent the football to the center.

Mark, who was originally in the middle, was supposed to catch the ball, but when the football rolled in front of him, he suddenly spread his legs and missed the football under his crotch!

This was completely beyond Yepes' expectations, and he missed it!

The missed football fell to Shinji Kagawa's feet.

The Japanese international took advantage of the situation and pushed the football into the penalty area. Before Nesta could pounce on him, he shot directly!

"Shinji Kagawa!!" Marcel Leif shouted excitedly.

As he shouted, the football rolled past Nesta's feet and goalkeeper Abbiati's fingertips, and then... rolled into the goal!

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"The ball went in!!!" He Ping shouted.

"Dortmund scored! Dortmund scored! They led Milan 1:0 in the away game and had a valuable away goal!"

"This is a goal worth a thousand dollars!" Marcel Leif was also always happy. "Taking the lead in the 70th minute not only scores an away goal, but also has a good chance of winning the game!"

Dortmund players ran towards Shinji Kagawa who scored the goal. Celebrating a goal with him. Zhou Yi was hugged by Sven Bender halfway through, and the two of them ran towards Kagawa Shinji.

Although this goal was not assisted by Zhou Yi, it was initiated by him. And before that long pass, Dortmund went through a series of passing kicks in the backcourt, all of which were controlled by Zhou Yi.

Facing Milan's pressing attack, Zhou Yi's calm and precise distribution allowed Dortmund to steal the ball in the backcourt...

Therefore, Zhouyi must remember a great contribution to this ball.

Perhaps ordinary fans have focused their attention on Shinji Kagawa who scored the goal. But everyone in the Dortmund team knows it. Zhou Yi is the core of this team and he is the most indispensable.

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Dortmund players and coaches celebrated the goal with excitement. Milan's players were stunned.

They attacked hard for so long without scoring, and Dortmund scored in one sneak attack.

This is...too unfair, right?

The TV broadcast focused the camera on Allegri, the head coach of A Milan, and Galliani, the vice chairman of A Milan, and... Pirlo who was sitting in the box watching the game.

These three shots form a short story.

Pirlo has been out of action due to an injury in January, and he is the brain and core of A Milan. However, this core is now facing the situation of being abandoned by A Milan.

The media reported Allegri's dissatisfaction with Pirlo and the club's support for Allegri, so Pirlo's farewell seemed inevitable.

As a player who has played for A Milan for more than ten years, Pirlo could not retire in A Milan in the end. It's a shame.

Some media reports believe that Allegri believed that Pirlo was too old and lacked muscle and hardness in the midfield, so the club chose to renew Ambrosini's contract. He was also a veteran, and Gattuso was also retained, but only When it came to dealing with Pirlo, the club chose to give up.

but now. Looking at the goal that Zhou Yi led Dortmund to score, one cannot help but think of Pirlo sitting in the stands watching the ball.

Although Pirlo is older, his playing style is actually very little affected by his age. If Milan A had such a brain, how could they not score a goal after seventy minutes of bombardment?

If they could score an early goal, how could Dortmund succeed in a sneak attack at this time?

Take a look at Milan's midfield lineup for this game.

Gattuso, Flamini, Robinho and Seedorf. Is one a true playmaker?

Pirlo's value lies not in his muscles, but in his brains.

This is also true for Zhou Yi.

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After the game restarted, Milan launched a fierce attack on Dortmund's goal.

They hope to blast away Dortmund's goal.

But without Pirlo, their offensive thinking was a bit confusing. Some wanted to cross from the wing, while others wanted to attack from the center. And without an offensive organizer, they could only pass the football to Ibrahimovic and let the Swedish tower use his personal ability to score goals.

It's a pity that the Swedish Tower's performance in this game was not satisfactory.

Actually on Ibrahimovic. There has always been a saying that his performance in the Champions League is far inferior to his performance in the league. Or to be more specific, Ibrahimovic's performance in the Champions League knockout rounds was not as good as his performance in the Champions League group stages.

This actually has some impression elements in it, but I have to say that this statement is still very accurate.

Ibrahimovic's performance in the knockout rounds of the Champions League was indeed not good. He was considered a "soft-footed shrimp" and could only suffer in the Champions League group stages. In the knockout stages of the Champions League, where the intensity is greater and opponents pay more attention to defense, he The magic is gone.

As for why Ibrahimovic performed like this, there are many opinions, ranging from personal personality to Ibrahimovic's technical and tactical abilities, as well as the team's playing style.

I won’t go into details here, but this phenomenon does exist.

A Milan, playing at home, needs someone to step up and equalize the score for the team, or even win the final victory.

All eyes were on Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but the Swede, who tormented his opponents in the league, let his supporters down.

Until the end of the game, Ibrahimovic was unable to break Dortmund's goal. When the referee blew the final whistle, the score was fixed at 0:1.

Home team A Milan lost to Dortmund by just one goal!

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"The game is over! 1:0! Dortmund won! They got an away goal and a victory! It's perfect!" Marcel Leif was very happy.

He is not a supporter of Dortmund, but in the Champions League, he is a supporter of all Bundesliga teams and he hopes that the Bundesliga teams can achieve good results. In this way, the Bundesliga will have one more place in the Champions League. It is not like now that only the top two in the league can directly enter the main draw, and the third place must participate in the qualifying rounds.

If the Bundesliga teams perform well in the Champions League, then the Bundesliga will have four Champions League places in the future. The top three in the league will directly enter the main draw, and the fourth will go to the qualifying rounds, just like the Premier League.

The Dortmund players on the pitch were also excited.

Facing the Champions League giants, they had not participated in the Champions League knockout rounds for more than ten years and finally defeated A Milan in the away game. This result was enough to make them excited. After returning to home court in the second round, as long as there is a draw, they can advance to the quarterfinals.

Now it can even be said that Dortmund has already squeezed into the quarterfinals of the Champions League...

However, Klopp was still very calm. In an interview with reporters after the game, he said that Dortmund only led by one goal in the total score, which was not a safe score. He repeatedly emphasized that Milan has rich experience and Dortmund, who returned to home in the second round, must not take it lightly.

Allegri also said at the post-match press conference that he would not give up after a small loss. There is still a second round in the game. Even if the second round is away, he and the team will go all out. This is not the time to give up.

A one-goal lead is really a delicate score.

It will neither make the leaders lose their vigilance nor the laggards lose hope.

So there is still suspense in the second round of the game, which is probably the best result for the television broadcasters... To be continued. Activate new URL