Chapter 159 Rhythm Change

Zhou Yi used the world wave to get a goal back for the team, and the effect of boosting morale was very obvious. In the next game, the morale of the Dortmund team was high, but Schalke 04 was obviously affected by the loss of the ball, with problems in passing and receiving, and frequent mistakes.

Dortmund took advantage of Schalke 04's mistakes and launched a fierce attack on their goal, hoping to complete the task of equalizing the score as soon as possible. This would leave them with relatively more time. They only need to play again in the next game. Just score one goal.

During this period, Schalke 04’s defensive players were the busiest.

Yang Muge followed Zhou Yi almost every step of the way. As long as Zhou Yi dared to cross the line, he would quickly follow him and never give Zhou Yi a chance to calmly pick up the ball.

However, due to Schalke 04's own mistakes, Dortmund still got some shooting opportunities.

Hildebrand was highly visible during this period, appearing in televised close-ups.

Because of his save.

This talented player who once created the Bundesliga's longest consecutive clean sheet record in Stuttgart was once given high hopes and regarded as the successor of goalkeeper Kahn, but after Kahn, there were Lehmann and Hildeb Lang has always been the third goalkeeper in the German national team. During his club career, after leaving Stuttgart, he did not have a very good life. He wandered in Valencia, Hoffenheim and Sporting Lisbon until the summer of 2011. Joined Schalke 04, but he was not the main player in Schalke 04 last season.

It was not until this season that he began to play more and more games at Schalke 04.

"Hildebrand! His performance makes us feel like we are seeing him again in the 2003-2204 season, when he set a Bundesliga record of 884 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal. This record has never been broken yet... …" Duan Xin is telling the Chinese TV audience about Hildebrand's glorious past. Even though Hildebrand can't even make it to the German national team now, in those days he was a famous genius who would be trusted by others. High hopes.

But in the eyes of many Chinese fans who support Dortmund, they are really unlucky. Hildebrand has not been in good form in the past few years. Why is he in such good form in today's game?

All kinds of high passes and low blocks, but when Schalke 04 just lost the ball and the morale of the army was unstable, they tried their best to keep the goal!

This frustrated Dortmund's hopes of pursuing victory.

Nearly ten minutes later, Dortmund had to slow down, take back their company, and continue to deal with Schalke 04.

This made the Schalke 04 fans in the stands and the Bayern Munich fans in front of the TV relieved.

In any case, Schalke 04 is still in the lead now. Once they survive Dortmund's three blows, they will have a lot of room for maneuver.

And time will pass minute by minute in this kind of spin and stalemate. When Dortmund wants to exert their strength again, there will not be much time left for them.

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Not being able to score in a short period of time made Klopp a little annoyed. He stood on the sidelines, biting his lip and looking solemn.

He knows what this means.

Once the game returns to Schalke 04's rhythm, there will be trouble.

The game continued on the court, and the game returned to a balanced state. Both sides seemed to have opportunities, but no one was able to score.

The game is going in the direction that Schalke 04 supporters and Bayern Munich fans want.

Zhou Yi was so tightly entangled by Yang Muge that he had no time to adjust after catching the ball and had to pass the football immediately.

In this way, the threat he can create is much smaller.

Zhou Yi knew that he had to make some changes, otherwise the situation would get worse.

Yang Muge is a very stubborn player who is very tenacious in defense, but this does not mean that he does not have shortcomings. There are no perfect players in this world, and there is no truly airtight defense.

To deal with a player like Yang Muge who is full of resilience but lacks variety, what is needed is more exaggerated imagination.

As a saying goes, there is nothing impossible, only unimaginable.

Some people won't do things they can't think of. Because they think something like that can't happen.

People with big brains can always come up with many ideas that seem completely unrealistic. Of course, many of these ideas are simply impossible to realize, but there are always some that are possible.

Zhou Yi felt that to deal with Yang Muge, he had to take an unusual approach.

So, when he was running without the ball again, he did not stay in the center, but pulled directly to the left wing.

He made a cross-change with Gotze who was originally here. Gotze went to the center, and then Lewandowski, who had a hard time holding the ball with his back, handed the football to Gotze.

At this time, Zhou Yi began to accelerate and move forward along the wing.

His forward penetration attracted the attention of the Schalke 04 players, but with Yang Muge following him, they didn't take it seriously. Someone has calculated that Zhou Yi's most threatening place is in the middle. In the middle, he can always send very imaginative and threatening passes. However, on the wing, his efficiency is compromised, and he rarely even passes. Because he doesn't seem to be very good at crossing.

Yang Muge did not give up following Zhou Yi just because Zhou Yi was not good at crossing. Even if Zhou Yi moved to the wing, he would still be by Zhou Yi's side. At this time, stubbornness is his advantage. No matter how others evaluate Zhou Yi, he only acts according to the originally set plan. This plan is the task assigned to him by the head coach - "keep an eye on Zhou Yi."

So he is still following Zhou Yi, giving Zhou Yi a little headache: How to get rid of this "shadow" and get a chance?

Yang Muge's close defense hardly gives him any time to think after getting the ball, so he must solve this problem before getting the ball.

But he actually doesn't have much time when he's not holding the ball.

Seeing that he was about to run to the front line, if Gotze saw his movement, he might pass the football.

Yang Muge was stuck on the inside line on his side, determined not to allow Zhou Yi to break through.

What to do in such a situation?

Many scenes flashed through Zhou Yi's mind. They were all clips of him simulating the game again and again in the virtual space, looking for solutions in the games he had already played. This is called experience. And Zhou Yi is a very, very experienced player.

It suddenly occurred to him.

At this moment, Gotze saw Zhou Yi's forward penetration, and he passed the football directly over without hesitation.

No matter what time, Zhou Yi is trustworthy.

Zhou Yi looked back at the football passed by Gotze. He slowed down. Yang Muge did not rush to grab the ball. In that case, Zhou Yi might take advantage of the speed difference and hit him behind, so he stayed in the penalty area. Inside, there is a white line in the penalty area separated from Zhou Yi. The distance is neither close nor far, and it is very suitable.

In this way, he can guard against Zhou Yi's breakthrough and Zhou Yi's pass.

Looks like the perfect defense.

Since Yang Muge didn't come up to grab it, Zhou Yi got the ball easily.

Zhou Yi, who got the ball, did not break through with the ball or pass the ball directly. He dribbled the ball along the line of the penalty area. His speed was not fast and his steps were very slow. If he is a speed player, this will arouse the vigilance of defensive players, because some speed players like to play this kind of change in rhythm. They will dribble the ball slowly at the beginning and suddenly accelerate when you are not paying attention. , taking advantage of his speed advantage and the defensive player's slow turning weakness to create murderous opportunities.

For example, He Ying scored like this in his first game after joining Paris Saint-Germain on loan.

But Zhou Yi is obviously not a speed player. Even if he wants to suddenly accelerate, the biggest result is that because he cannot increase his speed, he will be stuck in position by Yang Muge and lose possession of the ball.

Therefore, Zhou Yi will not do this, so there is no need to worry about any changes in speed when he slowly dribbles the ball.

This analysis is theoretically correct, but there are always surprises.

Zhou Yi didn't have any intention of accelerating the ball or using fake moves to break through. Yang Muge just stuck in the paint and didn't make a move. In his opinion, there was still space ahead, so Zhou Yi wouldn't be in a hurry. There is no need to rush. Only when he pushes Zhou Yi to the bottom line and is about to go out of bounds will Zhou Yi become anxious. When he becomes anxious, there will be flaws.

Yang Muge's strategy is to push Zhou Yi to the bottom line.

Why didn't Zhou Yi know Yang Muge's strategy?

But he also has countermeasures.

While dribbling the ball which didn't look very fast, Zhou Yi's right foot, which is the foot closer to the penalty area, should logically continue to move the football forward. However, when this foot came over, he directly Pick up the football with your toes!

A very casual movement, not obvious at all, and extremely fast. Yang Muge just saw Zhou Yi kicking the football. When he realized that it was a cross, the football had already flown in front of him. In the past, no matter how much he tried to stop it, it was just beyond his reach!

He could only chase the football with his eyes when he turned around, but he was completely powerless.

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"Zhou Yi... passed the ball!?" Even Duan Xin was surprised. He didn't expect that Zhou Yi would suddenly send a cross like this.

None of the Schalke 04 players in the penalty area reacted, but one person in front of the goal reacted, and that person was Lewandowski who was penetrating forward!

When Zhou Yi passed the football into the penalty area, he made a sprint!

When his forehead hit the football firmly, the Schalke 04 defenders around him, whether it was Hovides or Matip... no one reacted, not even goalkeeper Hildebrand, because The distance was too close, and he was unable to react to Lewandowski's powerful charge. He just watched the football fly into the goal he was guarding...

"Lewandowski -!! Robert Lewandowski!!" Marcel Leif screamed with excitement. "2:2!! He equalized the score for Dortmund!! Now Dortmund and Schalke 04 are tied!!"

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Yang Muge turned to look at Zhou Yi. He never expected that Zhou Yi could pass the football out like this. This was still a change in rhythm, but it was not the rhythm of dribbling, but the rhythm of passing...

Zhou Yi winked at the surprised Yang Muge, and then ran towards Lewandowski, while Lewandowski had already run towards him, and the two hugged under Yang Muge's eyes. At the same time, more Dortmund players rushed up, surrounded the two of them, hugged each other, and celebrated unbridledly on Schalke 04's territory. (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian.com (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )