Chapter 261 Flame

After Zhou Yi filled in the answer, Klopp on the sidelines also made his choice.

"Let the team shrink defensively..." he told assistant coach Buvac.

"Understood." Buvac nodded and was about to go to the sideline to convey the order. He was a little anxious, because the current situation was very unfavorable to the team, and it would be difficult for anyone to bear the loss of three goals. At this time, if the team's thinking is not unified and the people's hearts are unstable, it is not unusual to lose another goal in a short period of time.

But just as he stood up, he was stopped by Klop: "I haven't finished speaking yet."

"Isn't it a solid defense?" Buvac wondered.

"We need to stabilize our defense first, and then wait for opportunities to counterattack," Klopp said.

Buvac looked at Klopp in surprise. In this situation, he was still thinking about scoring away goals?

"0:3 and 1:3 are completely different, Zeljko." Klopp looked at him and said.

"Okay, but if we don't have a good chance to attack, I don't think we should risk attacking..." Buvac said.

"Don't worry, when it comes to timing, that boy Zhou Yi is more accurate than us." Klopp smiled.

Even when he was three goals behind, he could still laugh. Maybe he could only do so when talking about Zhouyi...

Buvac soon conveyed Klopp's latest changes to the pitch by shouting and waving his arms from the sidelines.

He first waved for the team to recover, which meant defending, and then he pointed to his temple, which did not mean keeping calm. This action may have the same meaning in other places, but it does not mean that in Dortmund, inside Dortmund , this action represents a special meaning - listening to Zhouyi.

Zhou Yi is the brain of Dortmund, so pointing at the brain means listening to Zhou Yi's meaning.

This can be regarded as a kind of secret code.

If Zhou Yi's name is called directly, the opponent may also know what Dortmund is going to do.

Although in this game, Zhou Yi had no outstanding performance under the tight surveillance of other AC Milan players such as Van Bommel and Boateng, which was a bit disappointing.

But within Dortmund, they know that the more times like this, the more they should trust Zhou Yi. Because this kid...can't be judged by common sense.

After Buvac roared with all his teeth and claws,

Everyone saw that Dortmund began to recover in the face of AC Milan's aggressive offensive. This was an obvious defensive signal.

However, commentators broadcasting the game around the world had mixed reactions to Klopp's choice.

"Dortmund started to shrink their defense. Obviously they don't want to concede any more goals. AC Milan played like crazy in this game. It might be a massacre... Shrinking their defense and solidifying their defense is the right choice..."

"Not long after the second half has just started, Dortmund is about to take back the entire team? Do they think they can hold on for forty minutes against AC Milan who are in great form?"

"I think Dortmund, instead of choosing to defend, should be braver, press out to attack, catch AC Milan by surprise, and maybe disrupt the opponent's rhythm. This is much better than passively contracting defense. And maybe they can take advantage of it. Just score another goal... And the score of this game is like this. Dortmund is in trouble. Anyway, we are going to die, so it is better to choose to die bravely instead of being suffocated to death..."

Everyone has their own interpretation and opinions on the game. If they were put in a studio, they would probably start a fight.

Fortunately, Dortmund still maintains internal unity. The players have become accustomed to it. When they don’t know what to do, they just listen to Zhou Yi’s command. His presence allows everyone to think less about many problems and focus more on coping. On the opponent.

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Zhou Yi was given high hopes in this way. The eyes of all his teammates on and off the court would fall on him, forming an invisible pressure.

However, Zhou Yi didn't care about taking on this kind of pressure. His performance was no different from before, constantly shaking his head and observing the situation of the game.

At the same time, the brain is running at high speed, analyzing the form of the game and thinking of countermeasures.

Obviously, the current situation of AC Milan is not a small good, but a great one. Under such a good situation, almost every AC Milan player will want to participate more in the offense, be the icing on the cake, and achieve success in the Champions League. Goal.

Especially... Boateng.

Zhou Yi has played against Boateng many times in simulated games and fully understands what kind of player Boateng is.

Unlike his younger brother, who is a center back at Bayern Munich, he did not choose a football powerhouse instead of playing for Ghana. It can be seen from this choice that this person does not take the ordinary path.

In fact, Boateng is an attacking midfielder and he has strong offensive power. But in this game, he was arranged by Allegri to defend Zhou Yi with Van Bommel. Of course, Van Bommel was the main defensive force, and Boateng's more work was to assist.

This may be because Boateng's strength advantage can bring great pressure and trouble to Zhou Yi.

He actually did a pretty good job, as it would have been difficult for such an unruly character to defend.

But Zhou Yi knew that Boateng should not be willing to defend himself all the time.

Because there is a fire called "offense" in his heart that is always burning, just like the lava in the center of the earth, waiting for the right time to burst out.

In the first half, Boateng opened the scoring for AC Milan with a long shot.

This shows that Boateng's offensive feeling in this game was very good, but later in order to restrict Zhou Yi, he sacrificed...or, in other words, suppressed his passion in this area.

But now that AC Milan is three goals ahead, it can be said that the victory is certain. What else can prevent Boateng from turning around and attacking?

At this time, containing Zhou Yi becomes less important.

In this way, Zhou Yi can obtain a relatively relaxed environment. He does not require that there be an AT force field around him. No one can get close to it within a radius of five meters. As long as there is a slight gap, he may be able to create opportunities. .

If some people perform poorly in the game, it means that they are not in good condition in the game, so they may not perform very well in this game, and it may even affect their psychology.

But Zhou Yi is not such a person. No matter how his own performance is, it will not affect his emotions, and it will not have any inevitable impact on his subsequent performance... It is not shameful to say it sounds ugly. No shame, to put it mildly, he has a big heart.

Although Zhou Yi's performance in the first half of this game cannot be described as "good", Zhou Yi did not lose his cool.

He was patiently waiting for the flames in Boateng's heart to burst out.

The high-temperature flames may be the driving force to push Boateng to take off, or it may burn him before he takes off.

This is something whose probability is unknown, but worth worrying about.

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As Zhouyi analyzed, after taking a three-goal lead and Dortmund shrinking its defense, Boateng's position became more and more forward. Sometimes he can't even be said to be an attacking midfielder, but simply a forward...

His addition to the offense did put tremendous pressure on Dortmund's defense.

Boateng, Ibrahimovic, plus Robinho who was in good form in this game and scored twice, for a time, Dortmund's goal was in turmoil.

In the stands of the San Siro Stadium, the cheers were louder than the waves, and AC Milan fans seemed to be ready to celebrate the goal at any time.

Although Zhou Yi was pushed up and became an attacking midfielder, he would still often retreat to defend. Even Lewandowski was back. Dortmund really recovered from all fronts and hoped to withstand AC Milan in the remaining game time. rapid offensive.

"I've said it before, it was wrong for Dortmund to recover so completely so early. This kind of giving up possession of the ball will only make AC Milan attack more unscrupulously. Dortmund's defense is in this red-black storm. How long can I last?"

"Even if Dortmund wants to counterattack, now that their formation is so compressed by AC Milan, it will be difficult for them to counterattack..."

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Boateng completed another explosive shot in the penalty area. However, this kick was too direct, and Weidenfeller caught him.

Weidenfeller, who hugged the football, raised his head and looked for Zhou Yi first. He looked past the dense crowd in the penalty area and saw Zhou Yi outside the penalty area. He was also looking back at him.

The two people looked at each other, Zhou Yi ran horizontally down the wing, and at the same time made a gesture asking him to throw the football over.

So Weidenfeller took a lunge, then threw the football away.

The football flew high over the heads of everyone in the penalty area and flew to the wing where Zhou Yi was running.

But at this time, beside Zhou Yi, there was also an AC Milan player - Van Bommel.

Although Boateng's inner offensive blood could no longer be suppressed, Van Bommel still followed Zhou Yi every step of the way and faithfully implemented Allegri's tactical instructions.

While running with Zhou Yi, he also used his physical advantage to continuously squeeze Zhou Yi, forcing him to fight with himself and focus all his energy on maintaining balance. It was difficult to concentrate on catching, controlling and passing the ball. .

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for Zhou Yi to even stop the ball, let alone pass the ball forward to counterattack.

But this is what outsiders made up based on what they saw. In fact, for Zhou Yi, the pressure he faced was actually much less after Boateng was no longer around.

Of course, there won't be too many opportunities, and they won't be very good, but it's better than no opportunities at all, right?

Who said you have to stop the ball before passing it?

Zhou Yi sped up and ran to the wing, even leaving the football behind him. But just when he was about to miss the football, his right foot suddenly lifted back, making a scorpion tail swing, and used his heel to knock the flying football forward!

The football flew from behind him and Van Bommel to the front, flying straight in front of Shinji Kagawa!

That’s the no-man’s land of AC Milan’s half-time blockbuster! (To be continued.)