Chapter 146 Breathing

Amid Leverkusen's indiscriminate bombardment, the game time reached the 70th minute, and Leverkusen's shot statistics increased sharply, which fully demonstrated their advantage.

But it would be wrong to say that Dortmund had no chance at all. Dortmund also launched several counterattacks, but the quality was not high.

As the game time goes by, Leverkusen cannot maintain this fast-paced and high-intensity game. They also need to stop and take a breath.

Zhou Yi knows this very well. There has never been any team in the world that can maintain this kind of game rhythm for ninety minutes.

So now you actually need to be more patient than your opponents.

When there is an opportunity to attack, don't be too anxious. If it is not a good opportunity, Zhou Yi would rather give up the attack than rashly pass the football to the front and easily hand over possession of the ball to Leverkusen.

For him, he felt that the worst outcome of this game was a draw. Although with only one point, Bayern Munich will take the opportunity to widen the points gap, but the score of 2:2 has already occurred, what else can be done? If you can't win this game, at least don't lose, right? The three points that were originally obtained have become one point, and this point can no longer become zero points.

So Zhou Yi felt that if it really didn't work, then it would be a draw, it wouldn't be a big deal.

After you correct your mentality, you will look at problems differently.

After the counterattack opportunity comes, he will not blindly push the football forward and hope for luck.

For him, success rate is far more important than the number of shots taken.

Leverkusen took far more shots than Dortmund, but the score was still 2:2, so there was no difference.

Zhou Yi is patiently waiting for Leverkusen's chance to breathe a sigh of relief.

After many counterattacks without success, Dortmund's players also discovered that their impatience could not lead to any good results, so they slowly let go of their eagerness for success and followed Zhou Yi patiently. Wait for the opportunity.

After all, this is a team that has won the league championship for two consecutive seasons. It still has the ability to self-adjust on the court.

When all the players on the team calm down, the opportunity Zhou Yi wants will come. After all, he is an organizational player and the one who mobilizes the whole team. If he is the only one, his role will change.

He still hopes that more teammates can cooperate with him.

Instead of fighting alone.

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From the 70th minute onwards, Leverkusen slowed down its tempo. This was no secret and anyone with experience watching football could see it.

From a scene perspective, Dortmund finally had a chance to breathe.

The Leverkusen fans kept cheering. In their minds, this was a temporary adjustment for the team to take a breather and then continue to attack with all their strength. They will continue to repeat this process until the end of the game. , the intervals for breathing are very short, just like diving. You come up to the surface and take a deep breath, and then you can dive for a long time.

In their view, their team is taking a breather.

However, in Zhou Yi's eyes, ventilation is not the result of the diver's active control, but the inevitable result of the physiological structure. After all, humans are not fish, and they can never need to breathe in the water. So since it requires ventilation, it is actually a weakness.

As long as we can seize this weakness and make a fuss, we may be able to achieve different results.

He is like a patient killer, lurking on the water's edge, patiently waiting for the target to surface for air.

In the 72nd minute, not long after Leverkusen slowed down the pace of the game, Dortmund got an opportunity to attack.

But when the football fell to Zhou Yi's feet, he controlled the football and turned it in a circle. While protecting the football, he also lost the chance to pass forward. Finally, he passed the football to the central defender behind him. Santana.

It was tantamount to voluntarily giving up this opportunity to fight back.

In the eyes of some anxious Dortmund fans, this is a very regrettable and confusing thing - why doesn't Zhou Yi pass the ball forward? Not a good chance? But if you don't pass the ball forward, how can you know whether the opportunity is good or not? And if you don't pass the ball forward, how can you have a chance? Let’s not talk about whether the opportunity is good or not. If there is no chance, what’s the point of talking about whether it is good or not?

Zhou Yi couldn't hear those doubting voices. He was playing according to his own rhythm and plan.

Leverkusen thought it was a good thing that Dortmund failed to win this fast break. Some Leverkusen fans even felt that Dortmund had been completely beaten by Leverkusen. Even if the opportunity was in front of them, they would not Dare to try.

Leverkusen's previous offensive was indeed crazy, and the momentum they displayed was indeed enough to scare many people, so this speculation is normal.

But this seemingly correct guess may not be the truth.

And this feeling good about themselves is likely to be counterproductive - it's enough for the supporters to feel good about themselves, but if the players feel good about themselves, something will happen.

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The game has reached the 77th minute and is about to enter the last ten minutes. Leverkusen, who is not willing to just get a draw at home, will definitely increase its offensive intensity.

During the seven-minute "breathing" process, Leverkusen's goal was not threatened. Leverkusen's players naturally feel that Dortmund is no longer capable of threatening their goal. Now that there is not much time left in the game, they should try their best to launch an attack and try to score a goal in the remaining time and then complete it. A classic comeback.

But just when they were about to speed up, due to a passing error, possession of the ball fell to Dortmund. However, the Leverkusen players did not panic. After losing the ball, they did not quickly retreat. Instead, they surrounded the Dortmund players in the frontcourt, hoping to intercept the ball directly and launch an attack.

Anyway, Dortmund was frightened by their previous offensive...

When the football was passed to Zhou Yi, two Leverkusen players, one on the left and one on the right, ran towards him.

Facing the upcoming encirclement, Zhou Yi did not control the football as much as possible this time. He turned around and passed the football directly with his heel!

The football passed between two Leverkusen players who were planning to close the door and surround Zhou Yi!

When the two Leverkusen players' attention was attracted by the football, Zhou Yi quietly turned away from them and ran forward.

This is a very rare move in recent times where he not only passes the football forward, but also moves people forward.

However, the attention of Leverkusen's players was attracted by football, and few people noticed him.

Zhou Yi's heel pass passed the football to Royce in front.

Reus is a Dortmund player who scored a goal just three minutes into the game. He has skills and speed, and is an excellent candidate for counterattack. Of course it will attract the attention of defenders even more.

Zhou Yi's decisive pass created an opportunity for Royce to get the ball without anyone defending him. After he stopped the ball and turned around, no one was close to defend him, so he could do it very calmly.

After turning around, Royce rushed forward with the ball. Soon he encountered a block from a Leverkusen player.

In this case, he distributed the football to Mark on the wing.

Mark received the ball from the wing, but Leverkusen's defense was also set up, so he didn't have a good chance to go inside.

Or he can pass the ball directly from the wing, but this offensive efficiency is too low. In all likelihood, Lewandowski will not be able to hit the ball at all. Directly break into the penalty area? Looking at the prepared full-back Carvajal, Mark has no guarantee of success.

Dortmund's attack hit a deadlock here.

Leverkusen's players returned one after another, leaving less space for Dortmund.

As long as they are patient, Dortmund's attack will basically be difficult to create any threat.

Under such circumstances, Royce took the initiative to run to Mark, seeking cooperation.

But his run also attracted the attention of Leverkusen's defensive players.

Leverkusen players immediately came up.

Royce ran towards Mark, who was also slowly dribbling the ball towards the center.

When two people cross, that's when Leverkusen's defense is most focused. There are too many tricks of crossing and then passing the ball. Of course, Leverkusen must guard against Dortmund doing the same.

In the eyes of many people, when Royce goes around Mark, Mark will pass the football to Royce, and at the same time he will provide Royce with a screen, allowing Royce to break through from behind him. In addition, He can also help Reus block the Leverkusen players who are marking Reus.

The "pick and roll" on the football field was formed like this.

But Mark didn't do this. When everyone thought he would pass the football to Royce, he directly pushed the football to the center!

There, there is the Book of Changes!

"Zhou Yi!" Duan Xin shouted excitedly. "nice shot!"

Because of Royce's movement, the attention of the Leverkusen players was attracted by Royce. No one expected Zhou Yi to move forward.

It wasn't until Mark passed the football that Zhou Yi returned to their sight.

But at this time, it seems a little late...

Facing the football passed by Mark, Zhou Yi stepped forward to meet it. When he was about to run to the football, his left leg, which was swinging normally, fell down, but instead of stopping the ball, he suddenly exerted force, and his calf was like a whip. Swinging out, he turned his ankle sideways and pushed toward the ball.

The football was kicked by the inside of his left foot. It did not fly up, but flew forward very quickly against the turf, drawing an obvious arc on the turf and going straight to the lower left corner of the goal!

This is a shot!

Because this kick was too hidden and too sudden, when the football rolled towards the goal, Leverkusen goalkeeper Leno realized that the opponent was a shot, not a through ball. So he rushed out and fell to the ground to save him.

But for goalkeepers, ground balls are the most difficult to save because the speed at which goalkeepers fall to the ground is slower than the speed at which they jump up into the air.

Not to mention the ground ball heading towards the blind spot!

Leno missed the ball and the ball rolled across the goal line before him...

Just like a billiards putt, the black ball hits the hole in one! (To be continued.)