Chapter 25 Taking the Head Start
Before the game, media experts were indeed not very optimistic about Dortmund defeating Bayern Munich in the Super Cup.
But after the game started, the situation was somewhat different from what they expected.
Only six minutes into the game, Dortmund launched a threatening attack.
After Lewandowski left, Mark, who took over his jersey number and wore the No. 9 jersey, pulled to the right wing. Royce passed the football to him, which was an offside.
After Mark received the ball, he did not dribble the ball along the wing, but directly passed the ball to the back of Bayern Munich's penalty area.
Sven Bender scored ten meters from the goal!
"Bender!!"
The football went straight to the back corner of the goal. Neuer pounced hard and lifted the football.
But because Sven Bender's head was very powerful and the angle was very tricky, Neuer was moving forward at the time. Facing the football that was pushed behind him, it was already very uncomfortable to touch the football. It’s easier…
He had no control over how far the ball was thrown.
The result is that football does not even leave the small penalty area...
At this place, Zhou Yi, who came in behind, quickly accelerated and rushed towards the football, and then hit another header!
This time, Neuer was powerless and could only watch the football being pushed into the goal by Zhou Yi not far from him!
"Zhou Yi——!! TOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!!! In just six minutes, he opened the scoring for Dortmund!!" Marcel Leif shouted excitedly.
The entire West Coast Stadium was already like an erupting volcano, and everyone jumped up from their seats, raising their arms and shouting.
Yan Min, who was sitting in the box, was no exception. The moment the football hit the goal, he jumped up and waved his fist vigorously: "Good goal!!"
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After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi ran towards Mark who was crossing the ball from the wing, and the two hugged each other. Then he turned around and waved to Sven Bender, gesturing for him to come up and celebrate.
In fact, there was no need for him to wave. Not only Sven Bender, but also the Dortmund players in the frontcourt rushed forward.
Surround them and celebrate the goal together.
Before the game, everyone was saying that Dortmund would be at a disadvantage in the competition with Bayern Munich this time. In addition, after the end of last season, Bayern Munich poached two core players from Dortmund, which made many Dortmund players even more concerned about this competition. The opponents were gnashing their teeth in hatred, and everyone was suffocating in their chests, wanting to show those who doubted them whether Dortmund had been poached by Bayern Munich!
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After the initial cheers, live radio presenter Norbert Dicker shouted: "Sixth minute, Dortmund are ahead! The scorer is -"
He asked in a deliberately long voice.
The fans at Westfield Stadium responded to him with a very loud voice: "——Zhou Yi!!!"
The clean answer is powerful.
Even though Yan Min was in a closed box, he could still feel the overwhelming roar of Dortmund fans rushing towards him. If this were on the court, the impact would be even stronger...
Unexpectedly, watching Dortmund's game live for the first time, I realized the magic of Dortmund's home court.
He is even more excited about his future in Dortmund.
"It's really amazing..." He murmured as he looked at the court.
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Dortmund took the lead in the first six minutes, which really surprised many people.
Didn't it mean that Dortmund didn't have any serious training in the pre-season training camp? Doesn’t it mean that they spend too much energy in business activities?
Why are they faster than Bayern Munich, who should be in excellent form, judging from the time it takes to enter the game?
Bayern Munich players were also stunned by this conceded goal.
When Sven Bender headed the ball, everyone felt that the ball should not pose a great threat to Neuer, but Neuer missed it when he made the save, giving Zhou Yi a chance to make a supplementary shot. But this loss of the ball is not Neuer's responsibility alone. From the moment Mark received the ball, Bayern Munich's defense was making mistakes. Originally, Mark should have been offside, but Bayern Munich's central defender Van Buyten was delayed at the end. Although he realized his mistake and ran forward quickly, he was still half a step slow, allowing Royce to pass the football. Passed to Mark.
Then Mark passed the football into the penalty area. Bayern Munich's defenders ignored Zhou Yi who inserted into the penalty area and just stared at Sven Bender and Kuba... When Zhou Yi made a supplementary shot, there was a Bayern Munich player next to him. None of the defensive players.
The TV broadcast gave a close-up of Bayern Munich's head coach Guardiola. Guardiola in the camera had his hands folded across his chest and was frowning.
He was obviously dissatisfied with this conceding goal.
Fortunately, the goal was conceded in the first six minutes, leaving a lot of time for Bayern Munich. If there were still six minutes left before the end of the game and such a fatal goal was conceded, it would be over.
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Taking the lead made the atmosphere at Westfield Stadium very lively, with constant singing and cheering. Amid the constant cheers from the fans, the Dortmund team also took the initiative on the field.
In the eighth minute, two minutes after Dortmund scored, Bayern Munich originally attacked, but when they advanced in the midfield, Sven Bender intercepted the football and then passed the ball to Kuba. .
After Kuba received the ball on the left wing, he sent a through ball. Mark countered offside and advanced forward. After receiving Kuba's through ball, he dribbled the ball to the front of Bayern Munich's penalty area and shot a low shot. The football never stopped. Ir slipped past his feet and rolled into the goal close to the near post.
Just as the scene erupted into loud cheers again, the referee raised his arm and blew the whistle forcefully.
After scoring the goal, Mark turned around and saw this gesture, then looked at the linesman and found that the linesman in the distance had raised the flag in his hand - he was offside!
Mark couldn't believe his eyes. He felt that he was not offside.
The TV broadcast also quickly cut out the still picture of the moment when Kuba passed the ball just now. Through the still picture, you can find that Mark indeed has half of his upper body stretched out than the Bayern Munich center back Van Buyten next to him, which is this half of his body, making him offside...
"...It was indeed offside. The linesman saw it very accurately. Although the goal didn't go in, I think it should have made Bayern Munich nervous quickly. They didn't seem to be in the game yet. The one who just went forward The pass was too casual and was easily intercepted by Sven Bender. After losing the ball, the Bayern Munich players reacted very slowly. Dortmund seized the opportunity and made a counterattack. Although it was offside this time, who can guarantee that Will Dortmund not be offside next time?" Marcel Leif criticized Bayern Munich mercilessly.
Different from what everyone expected before the game, Bayern Munich seemed to be hypnotized at the Westfield Stadium...
This time when the broadcast camera cut to Guardiola on the sidelines, the Barcelona man finally did not remain indifferent. He rushed to the sidelines, waved his arms towards the stadium, yelled, and looked very angry.
The opponent scored two goals in two minutes. Although the second goal was offside, it didn't count, but it was also very dangerous - it was offside in the slightest. If the linesman didn't look carefully just now, wouldn't Bayern Munich be in trouble now? Two goals behind?
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Dortmund's two aggressive attacks within two minutes did put Bayern Munich's players under tremendous pressure, and this pressure turned into stimulation for Bayern Munich.
In the tenth minute, they finally had a decent attack.
After Shaqiri received Lewandowski's response at the front of the penalty area, he fired a low shot. The heavy football rushed forward against the turf, but Weidenfeller fell to the ground and tackled him at the line of the small penalty area. go out.
Four minutes later, Bayern Munich organized an attack from the left. Alaba made a cross from the wing, and Lewandowski jumped high in the penalty area and headed the ball to the center.
Because the football was too close, Thomas Muller, who came in from behind, didn't even have time to react. The football hit him on the chest and then bounced to his left.
Fortunately, Shaqiri followed closely behind, caught the football, then raised his left foot and kicked it out!
This was a very sudden shot, because everyone's attention was attracted by Lewandowski and Thomas Muller at that time, but Shaqiri's shot still made Weidenfeller use his feet to reflex The ground blocked it back.
The football flew back and landed at Muller's feet. He did not stop the ball, but directly stretched out his foot to kick it. In a hurry, the football was kicked out of an arc and flew towards Dortmund's goal!
At this time, Weidenfeller once again made a wonderful save. He jumped back, reached out with difficulty to hold the football, and made the football change direction and fly towards the baseline.
Although Shaqiri still wanted to chase the ball, he was a step too late. He failed to catch up with the football before it flew out of the baseline, but Bayern Munich also received a corner kick.
Bayern Munich's offensive in these four minutes made Marcel Leif very happy: "This is decent! This is a battle between the two best goals in Germany! Dortmund's continuous attacks finally woke up Bayern Munich Got it!"
As a neutral commentator, he certainly does not want the game to become one-sided. Whether it is falling to Dortmund or Bayern Munich, it is not what he wants to see. He hopes that both teams can perform well. Give the fans a wonderful showdown.