Chapter 285 What to Do?

Messi stood in the penalty area and had already placed the football. The chaos behind him seemed to have nothing to do with him. He just looked at the goal as if in a daze.

Zhou Yi didn't go up to the referee because he knew it was useless. The decision made by the referee could not be changed.

He cast his gaze on Messi's back.

Barcelona's No. 10 stood in front of the ball with his hands on his hips, waiting for the penalty kick.

If nothing goes wrong, this penalty kick has a high chance of flying into the goal, and Dortmund will go from a draw to a deficit.

To be honest, he has encountered this situation before in virtual games. After all, this is Barcelona's home court. If they are allowed to have some home field advantage, penalty kicks and the like are really not surprising.

but……

He searched his memory carefully, and when Barcelona won a penalty and converted it, it seemed that Dortmund had never won the game.

In other words, for Dortmund, Barcelona scoring a penalty kick in this game is a must-lose condition.

A large amount of combat data proves this point - although they are all virtual data, these virtual data are based on the analysis of real data. In other words, the results of this data analysis are based on facts and are not made up.

Faced with such data, Zhou Yi had a different understanding.

He always believed that data was only used for reference, but it could not determine anything.

Because data is a summary of the past and cannot predict the future.

The probability of Dortmund losing to Barcelona away from home was 100% in the past, which does not mean that the probability of Dortmund losing to Barcelona away from home in the future will still be 100%.

Every future is brand new and random. Even if there is more evidence that Dortmund will lose to Barcelona in the away game, it does not mean that this thing will inevitably happen.

So under what circumstances would this happen?

When you are scared to throw up your hands because of past 100% data.

Zhou Yi did not intend to surrender.

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No matter how dissatisfied and protesting the Dortmund players are,

It is also impossible to change the penalty already made by the referee.

After paying the price of coach Klopp being sent off and Subotic receiving a yellow card for protesting, they could only accept this result.

Players from both sides gathered outside the penalty area, looking at Messi's back.

Weidenfeller stood ready in front of the goal line.

The referee blew his whistle, Messi took a run and then took a shot.

Weidenfeller dived to the left, but the ball flew to the right and he was completely fooled.

Half a second later, the ball hit the net and the Camp Nou erupted in huge cheers.

"Messi!!! Barcelona has taken the lead! 2:1! And now Dortmund has one less player!" goltv's Hodson ** again. "Scored twice! Messi's performance in this game once again proved why he is the best player in the world! No matter what difficulties the team faces in the fifth round, he can always stand up and save! Crazy! Lan!!”

I almost feel like crying...

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After scoring, Messi and the Barcelona players excitedly ran to the bottom of the stands to celebrate the goal with the Barcelona fans in the stands.

The Dortmund players were a little distracted.

The score of 1:2 gave them no advantage in away goals.

"Barcelona took the lead with a penalty kick, and Dortmund was in trouble..." Chinese commentator He Ping said in a low tone. Zhouyi's luck is really bad. Last year he encountered the strong rise of Real Madrid, and this year he encountered the defending champion Barcelona.

With Dortmund's strength, as long as they don't encounter these two teams, they can definitely go further in the Champions League, but these two teams have defeated them and they have encountered them.

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After Barcelona celebrated, they returned to their own half. The TV broadcast kept a close-up lens on Messi. Goltv commentator Hodson was still praising Messi, with all kinds of praise coming from his mouth. It popped up in the audience, making the audience wonder how he could find so many flattering words. Even Messi fans felt a little blushing after hearing this. In front of this professional "Mei blower", even the stupid fans felt ashamed. Not like...

Marcel Leif is worried about the fate of Dortmund: "With one less central defender and the score behind, Dortmund is in urgent need of adjustments, but their head coach has been sent to the stands. It is simply at the end of the rope..."

He is right, Dortmund is in chaos now. The players didn't know what to do.

The score is behind, should we attack?

But when we attack, will Barcelona score more goals?

But if we defend, how can we equalize the score?

Now that there is one less player on the central defender, who should be temporarily back to support him until he is replaced?

Various problems arise in everyone's mind, but they cannot be solved.

At this time, Zhou Yi suddenly spoke.

He ran to Sven Bender, pulled him and said: "Sven, please temporarily withdraw and play as a central defender."

Then he clapped his hands and shouted to his players: "Don't be passive defensive, we have to control the football at our feet!"

After the goal, there was a huge cheer at the Camp Nou. The cheers are now much smaller. After all, the Barcelona fans' throats also need a rest.

And at this relatively quiet time, Zhou Yi's voice appeared suddenly.

Except for goalkeeper Weidenfeller who was too far away, the Dortmund players who gathered near the center circle and prepared to kick off all heard Zhou Yi's voice. The Dortmund players, who were still downcast and a little overwhelmed, all looked up at Zhou Yi at this time.

Zhou Yi raised his voice and continued to shout: "Pass the ball! Pass the ball quickly! Think about how we have been training these days! Everyone, run! Anyway, there are only more than 20 minutes, use up all your physical energy!" "

After hearing his words, many Dortmund players' eyes shone with light.

Yes, how could we forget this?

Why did we practice the "little dark room" for almost a month?

Remember what Klopp said?

——This is the secret weapon to defeat Barcelona!

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After Klopp was chased into the stands, the man in charge of the team became assistant coach Zeljko Buvac.

He knew that he should make a substitution immediately, and he also made such an adjustment. Before the penalty kick was taken, he had already asked Felipe Santana to take the time to warm up.

But on the issue of who to replace, Buvac could not make up his mind for a while.

A central defender was sent off. In order to strengthen the defense, it stands to reason that he should not replace any defensive players. In that case, what is the point of replacing a central defender but replacing another defensive player? ? Under normal circumstances, an offensive player will be replaced at this time to stabilize the defense at the expense of offense.

But the current situation cannot simply do this. Because replacing offensive players will weaken the offensive power. And now Dortmund is still one goal behind, weakening the offensive power. What is the difference between this and suicide?

But if you don't replace the offensive player to maintain the offensive power, but replace a defensive player, what if the opponent scores another goal before equalizing the score?

Buvac couldn't decide to pay attention.

In the past, the person who made the decision was the head coach Klopp, and he was the one who made the choice. If Dortmund wins because of it, then he enjoys the praise, but if it fails because of it, he has to bear all the criticism.

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While Buvac was undecided, something had changed on the court. Sven Bender dropped back to the central defender position and played as a defender.

In the midfield, Zhou Yi and Gundogan formed the defensive midfielder.

It stands to reason that the defensive hardness of this defensive midfielder combination is not as good as that of Sven Bender and Gundogan. As long as Barcelona strengthens its offensive, it will be able to break open this midfield defensive combination.

After Barcelona attacked, they faced Dortmund, who was shrinking across the board. Once the ball changes hands, according to usual practice, Barcelona will not retreat to the half-court, but directly start an active attack in the frontcourt.

This kind of siege combined with the momentum of their just goal was enough to make Dortmund confused and overwhelmed, leading to mistakes. And they took advantage of Dortmund's mistakes and directly threatened Dortmund's goal.

But when the ball really changed hands, everyone found that the situation was different from what they had imagined.

Messi, who was in good condition, suddenly shot a cold arrow from outside the penalty area. The football missed the outside of the goalpost and flew out of the baseline. Goalkeeper Weidenfeller failed to touch the football.

Dortmund gets a goal kick.

Goalkeeper Weidenfeller did not directly drive the football forward with a big kick - many teams will do this when facing Barcelona. On the one hand, they hope to launch attacks directly in front of the goal to avoid Barcelona The strongest midfielder struggled with them. On the other hand, even if the attack fails, you can keep the football away from your goal by simply kicking it, which is safer.

But Dortmund didn't do that this time.

They chose what was considered the most unwise approach - short passes.

Anyone who knows Barcelona's ability to press forward will not think that the goalkeeper's short pass to kick off the ball is a good thing.

But now Dortmund has done just that.

The football was quickly passed to Zhou Yi's feet.

As the core of Dortmund, Zhou Yi will naturally be taken care of by Barcelona. As soon as the ball reached his feet, Barcelona players pressed forward.

But as soon as the football reached his feet, he passed it out again.

This is normal. Zhou Yi often plays like this. This is a habit he developed on the court to avoid being defended by defensive players.

But then, it was the other Dortmund players who were a bit out of character.

After receiving the ball from Zhou Yi, they will quickly pass the football out as soon as possible. The speed is very fast, and the key is that it is very accurate!

This is different from the previous situation.

The speed and accuracy of passing are inversely proportional. The faster the speed of passing and receiving, the lower the accuracy. This is not just for Dortmund, but for any team. This is why Guardiola's Barcelona caused such a sensation after coming out, because Barcelona can pass the ball quickly and accurately.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that their passing distance usually does not exceed fifteen meters. The closer the passing distance, the higher the accuracy.

Barcelona's ability to pass the ball so smoothly and freely is based on the football philosophy they have adhered to for more than 20 years. So they can do it.

But why can Dortmund?

When the Barcelona players gathered in the frontcourt according to the original plan, they found that it was difficult for them to grab the football.

Although many of Dortmund's passes are short passes with little difficulty.

But they can ensure that they keep the football under their feet through passing the ball, which is really amazing.

Facing Barcelona's siege, Dortmund's players didn't act like they had just lost the ball. They were calm and composed, leading Barcelona by the nose with back-and-forth passes.

However, no matter how many Barcelona players scrambled around, it was difficult for them to grab the ball.

This scene really left many people stunned.

This includes Dortmund assistant coach Buvac on the sidelines. (To be continued.)