Chapter 220 The Turning Point of the Game?

? During the halftime break, Klopp made adjustments to the team in response to the situation where the team was beaten by Bayern Munich's two wings at the end of the first half. However, Klopp's adjustment is not to strengthen the defense on the wing, but... to strengthen the offense on the wing.

He believes that in order to curb Bayern Munich's rampant wing attack, of course, they must use a more rampant wing attack than theirs. When Dortmund's wing attack became more intense, Bayern Munich's wing had to switch to defense. Naturally, it had no time to attack and could not threaten Dortmund's defense.

This approach of "fighting violence with violence" is in line with Klopp's style. He doesn't care at all what to do if there is a gap behind him during the attack. He is very confident in his players.

Coincidentally, in the Bayern Munich locker room, Heynckes also asked his team to continue to strengthen the offensive of the two wings in the second half.

"Use our speed on the wing to overwhelm them!"

Bayern Munich has more capital to play on the wing than Dortmund, because they have Robben and Lahm on the right, and Ribery and Alaba on the left. These four have extremely strong offensive capabilities and are also very fast. , can completely form that kind of continuous wing offensive and continuously put pressure on Dortmund.

In comparison, Dortmund's offensive power on the wing is slightly worse, especially after Gotze was injured and went off the field, Kuba was not able to completely fill the vacancy left by Gotze.

The head coaches of the two teams unanimously chose the wing as the location for the decisive battle.

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In the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and played again, and no one made any substitutions.

Because of the same adjustment, the two teams started to fight against each other on the wing.

In the 46th minute, Royce dribbled the ball on the right wing and then sent a cross. Lewandowski knocked the football away due to Boateng's personal interference. A minute later, Bayern Munich launched a fast break from Ribery on the left wing. After a collision with Bastian Schweinsteiger, he dribbled the ball towards Dortmund's penalty area, but the final breakthrough At that moment, it was a little too big, and Piszczek seized the opportunity to cut in, protect the football, and let the football roll out of the bottom line.

In the fifty-minute minute, Bayern Munich launched a very threatening attack on the wing again. Alaba sent an overhead ball from the left side of the frontcourt and passed the football to the left side of the penalty area.

After Gomez received the ball, he was approached by Hummels, and at the same time Piszczek came to surround him. Under the pressure of two Dortmund players,

Gomez was not able to control the football very well. The football rolled out. Weidenfeller quickly attacked and kicked the football out before Thomas Muller!

The two teams played a big wing offensive. Ribery, Robben, Lahm, Alaba, Reus, Kuba, Piszczek, Schmelzer and other wide players were active and appeared many times. In close-up.

In comparison, the players in the middle seem a little quieter.

The most important work Zhou Yi did during this period was to divide the football into sides and then sides.

In fact, his job is quite important, because choosing the right time to pass the ball is often related to the success or failure of the offense. If the ball is passed too early, his teammates will not be able to catch the ball. After the pass is completed, it slows down the speed of the offense and gives the opponent time to set up a defense line.

But even though the job was important, it wasn't cool enough or flashy enough. How can a simple pass be more eye-catching than dribbling the ball from the wing?

Unless Zhou Yi's every pass is a "", or a fancy pass with the heel.

But this is impossible to do.

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Although Zhou Yi's appearance rate during this period is not as high as the wide players of the two teams, it does not mean that he can be ignored.

In the 58th minute, Zhou Yi received the ball at the front of Bayern Munich's penalty area. He turned to the right and seemed to want to pass the ball to Royce who was connecting on the wing. Bayern Munich responded quickly and focused on the overall defense. Then move over there.

Zhou Yi leaned back and raised his right foot. It seemed that he really wanted to pass the football. Even Gustavo in front of him stepped forward to intercept the pass.

But after Zhou Yi swung his right foot, it passed by the football, then quickly swung back, and the inside of his heel knocked the football from behind him to the middle!

At the same time, he quickly turned to the middle!

Then without giving anyone time to react, he shot just one step away from the top of the free throw arc!

This was really unexpected, and the Bayern Munich players didn't even react.

For example, Boateng, who was right on the shooting path, didn't even have time to hide his open arms before the football hit him!

Handball!

Zhou Yi immediately raised his arm and signaled to the referee.

Without making him wait, Gagelman's whistle sounded almost at the same time.

"Penalty kick?! Yes, penalty kick!" Marcel Leif said in a confirming tone after seeing Gagelman's gesture.

When Gagelman blew the whistle, he ran towards the penalty area, and his hand... pointed at the penalty spot!

This series of actions proved that it was a penalty kick!

The commentator of Munich Radio lamented for Boateng: "This is a ball hitter. Boateng has already made a move to stop the ball, but he couldn't pass the ball quickly! This penalty kick is really far-fetched!"

What he said makes sense at first glance, but in fact it doesn't make sense at all. In fact, handball does not depend on whether the ball is played by the hand or by the ball. If Boateng had his hands tightly close to his body and was hit by the football, Gagelman would probably have to argue about the penalty kick, but Boateng When Aten touched the ball, his arm was open, so it had to be a penalty kick. Don't say that Boateng was about to stop his hand. As long as he didn't take it back, this excuse would be meaningless.

You must know that in the 1998 World Cup, during the group match between Italy and Chile, Roberto Baggio kicked the Chilean player's arm outside the penalty area. The referee decisively awarded Italy a penalty kick. In the end, Roberto Baggio kicked the Chilean player's arm from outside the penalty area. ·Baggio took the penalty himself, solving his penalty nightmare four years ago in the United States.

Therefore, there is no problem with the penalty kick awarded by referee Gagelman.

Boateng and other Bayern Munich players also tried to appeal from this angle, but Gagelman was unmoved at all and insisted on his penalty. He stood at the penalty spot, shook his head and waved, signaling them to move away. .

"Eh? Penalty kick? It's a penalty kick! Dortmund got a penalty kick!" Duan Xin shouted. "Looking at it in slow motion, when Zhou Yi shot, Boateng did want to avoid it, but his arm did not avoid it... But according to the rules, there is no problem with this penalty kick!"

There is also a heated discussion on the Internet: "Damn, this ball is a hitter!"

"What's wrong with the ball player? With his arms so open, even if he gets hit by the football, it will definitely be a penalty kick!"

"Zhou Yi didn't hit Boateng on purpose, did he?"

"Well, he probably doesn't have such precise footwork..."

"That's hard to say..."

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No one knows whether Zhou Yi really did it on purpose, but after the penalty kick was awarded, he was immediately hugged by Gundogan next to him. Lewandowski and Kuba also ran up to high-five Zhou Yi to celebrate. .

In any case, this penalty kick was created by Zhou Yi.

This penalty kick will be taken by Lewandowski. He has already scored a goal in this game. Faced with this opportunity, he will score twice.

Lewandowski placed the football on the penalty spot, then backed away to prepare for a run-up to take the penalty kick.

The Westfield Stadium, which was very noisy before, fell into silence.

Everyone is looking at Bayern Munich's goal with bated breath.

Especially in the South Stand of the West End Stadium behind the goal, the Dortmund fans were even more motionless for fear of disturbing Lewandowski.

"Dortmund got a penalty kick, which was a great opportunity to break the deadlock... As long as Dortmund can hold on to the lead, they can win this crucial game!"

"So far this season, Lewandowski has scored 24 goals and currently ranks first in the league's scorer list. He has two goals more than Leverkusen's Kiessling. If this goal were If we advance further, we can expand our advantage over Keesling... which will help him win the top scorer title this season!"

The chatter of the commentators stopped after Lewandowski stood still.

For a moment, everything inside and outside the TV was quiet.

In this silence, referee Gagelman's whistle was particularly clear.

Lewandowski in the camera took a deep breath, then took a running start and kicked the football with the straight instep of his right foot!

With a bang, the football was kicked hard by Lewandowski to the lower right corner of the goal. It was a very difficult place, but as long as it was hit within the goal frame, the scoring rate was extremely high.

The penalty kicks that goalkeepers like to save the most are half-high kicks that hit their sides, while the ones that stick to the ground are the ones they are least willing to face.

Of course Lewandowski knew this, so to be on the safe side, he kicked the football to the lower right corner of the goal!

When the ball came out, Lewandowski felt like "this ball is there" in his heart.

But then, he saw Bayern Munich goalkeeper Neuer in front of the goal lunging towards the lower right corner of the goal!

He seemed to have known where Lewandowski was going to kick, even earlier than Lewandowski took the shot!

He was like a torpedo flying close to the sea, accurately hitting the target ship and throwing the football out in front of the goal line!