Chapter 69 A Group of "Mad Dogs"

While the players from both sides were waiting in the tunnel to play, the on-site DJ was announcing the lineups of the two teams. Every time the name of a Naples player was read out, there was a deafening cheer above the Sao Paulo Stadium. eんWhen it was the Dortmund players' turn, there were equally deafening boos.

"Is this the first time we've played against them?" Royce frowned when he heard such boos. If this stadium wasn't really different from the Veltins Arena, he really thought he was playing against them. Attend the Ruhr derby.

Or maybe the boos in the Ruhr derby weren't so harsh.

"That's why it feels like we have some old grudges with them." Mark shrank his neck. From the moment he arrived at Naples Airport to now, the scenes flashed before his eyes like movie scenes.

"Hey, it's normal. Now we are their enemies and we are on the opposite side of them, so it is normal for them to do this." Zhou Yi comforted the two teammates. He did not want his teammates to be criticized by the opponent's fans before the game. The momentum was frightening.

"But we have been to so many away games, and there is no one like Naples." Mark disagreed with Zhou Yi's method.

"Naples is different from those places." Zhou Yi said. "The folk customs here are strong." He didn't directly "Mafia Paradise" because he was afraid of giving a worse psychological hint to his teammates.

When the game started, Naples took advantage of their home court and took the lead in attacking.

Within five minutes, Dortmund was completely suppressed by Napoli. Looking at the scene, people simply cannot believe that this is the performance of the defending champion.

With the support of their fans, the Napoli team launched wave after wave of attacks towards Dortmund's goal.

But in fact, the most terrifying thing is not Naples' offensive, but when the possession of the ball falls to Dortmund.

Naples began to attack from the offensive third zone.

Their players are like mad dogs, not knowing the meaning of "tiredness". Even if Dortmund's defender gets the ball, one or two of their players will rush forward to press for it.

Zhou Yi, in particular, received special attention from the Naples players. As long as he got the ball, at least two people would come up to grab him, and sometimes it would be three or four people.

This makes it almost difficult for Zhou Yi to organize an effective offensive. All his energy is used to get rid of the opponent's entanglement and protect the football. How can he still organize an offense?

Moreover, there are several Naples players between him and the offensive players in the frontcourt. Even if he passes the football forward, it will be difficult to penetrate the layers of defense of the Naples players.

Zhou Yi naturally experienced this in virtual competitions. But even if he knows what Naples will do, he can't come up with a better way. If he goes forward and gets closer to Mark and Royce, the connection between him and the backcourt will be cut off. The teammates can only pass forward with big feet, but in that case, the turnover rate is too high, it is not accurate enough, and it is just a waste of offensive opportunities.

If he doesn't step forward and stays in the backcourt to organize the offense, then everyone will see the problems he faces just now.

"Naples adopted a high-pressing tactic from the beginning of this game. They had to surround every Dortmund player who got the ball. Their tactics were quite effective," He Ping said.

In fact, high pressing is of course a very effective tactic. This is not the fault of Naples head coach Benitez, but the question is how many teams can implement the high pressing tactic to the extreme in the game?

Just like Barcelona, ​​everyone knows how to deal with Barcelona's ball possession flow. As long as you press well from the high position, you can contain them. But Barcelona has still dominated European football for several years. In these years, who has repeatedly defeated Barcelona by pressing high? Not many, because high-position pressing is very demanding on the team, and not all teams are capable of it.

Nowadays, Benitez's Naples intends to implement the "high press" in place.

Every player ran tirelessly, covering almost the entire stadium. No matter which corner of the stadium, as long as there are Dortmund players, there must be Naples players.

Zhou Yi's position on the court is a midfielder, but as the game progresses, he becomes a midfielder. Because it is difficult to receive the ball in front, his teammates give him long passes, and his physical confrontation ability is not advantageous. , it is difficult to take advantage and win the ball when two opponents are guarding you.

After becoming a defensive midfielder, Zhou Yi was able to help the team stabilize the situation in the backcourt, but it was difficult to move the football forward.

Even if he wanted to send the football forward with a long pass, it would be very difficult, because Zhou Yi, as the core of Dortmund, was pressed and surrounded by Naples from all directions, and he didn't even have the space to make a long pass.

A teammate passed the football to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi turned his back to the attacking direction and made a fake move to turn to the left. However, he moved the football to the right with the outside of his right foot and at the same time turned his body to the right, intending to get rid of the defensive player behind him. Le.

But he was not able to achieve his goal, because as soon as he turned around, he found that Yinle was still stuck in front of him, preventing him from turning around directly. In order to avoid being intercepted, he could only take the football sideways to the side, and Yinle continued to run with him, intending to further compress Zhou Yi's space for movement.

Of course Zhou Yi knew that if he continued to lead to the side, he would only be led to a dead end.

So he made an emergency stop, stepped over the football with his left foot and then threw it back. The outside instep pushed the football to the left, completed his turn, and then turned back to the center.

Yinle was not shaken away by Zhou Yi's fake move, but turned around and leaned in again. Of course, there were some pulling movements on his hands to prevent Zhou Yi from completely escaping, but he only pulled once and then let go, and did not hold on. The referee would not criticize him because of such a hand movement. Foul.

In the end, there was no other way. Zhou Yi could only pass the football back. If he didn't pass the football back, the opponent would not be an Inler to follow him. He had already seen Hamsik rushing toward him. He would control it for a while longer. If you hit the ball, you will be surrounded, and it will be difficult to pass the ball back accurately.

The midfield battle between Zhou Yi and Inle is like a microcosm of the game between Dortmund and Naples so far.

Naples relied on tireless running and pressing tactics, coupled with the cheers of Naples fans in the audience, to suppress Dortmund.

Ten minutes passed, and Dortmund only had one shot, which had not hit the goal frame.

Naples took advantage of their pressing in the frontcourt and gained many opportunities, including two shots that hit the goal frame.

If Weidenfeller hadn't made a wonderful save, Dortmund might have conceded the goal.

"Naples is very aggressive. Although Dortmund has not conceded a goal yet, if they keep playing like this, Dortmund will concede a goal sooner or later," Marcelleif said worriedly.

Facing Naples' high-position pressing, not only Zhou Yi felt uncomfortable, but other Dortmund players were also very uncomfortable. In addition, they may have been in a bad state due to Naples' away atmosphere. From the opening to now, Dortmund has been suppressed by Napoli and has done nothing.

The development of the game really made Marcelleif's words come true. In the 29th minute, Naples' tireless pressing in the frontcourt finally paid off. After they interrupted Dortmund's attack in the midfield, they suddenly Attack quickly if you move.

Inle passed the football forward to Callejon, who then passed the football to Hamsik on the 30-meter zone line.

Hamsik did not stop the ball, but turned half-turn and pushed the football into the ribs of Dortmund's penalty area.

There Higuain has already run out of space. He is just behind the Dortmund right back Grosskreutz who is defending forward, and at the same time he is on the same line with the center back Subotic who is slightly behind. Offside!

Hamsik's pass found him accurately. Higuain, who had the ball in his ribs, took a step forward and then decisively shot!

The football passed goalkeeper Weidenfeller's fingers, went straight to the far corner of the goal, flew in and hit the net!

"Higuain!!!" the Italian referee became excited. "He opened the scoring for Naples, and Naples led Dortmund 1:0 at home!"

"Oh, danger! Danger" Marcelleif exclaimed when he saw Higuain receiving the ball in the ribs, but before he could finish his words, Higuain scored and he sighed: " Hamsik and Higuain accurately found the loopholes in Dortmund's defense. Dortmund seemed to have been dizzy by Napoli's high press."

"This is the goal! Higuain scored the first goal for Naples in the Champions League this season! It was also his first goal for Naples in the Champions League!" Although He Ping was very disappointed, he still wanted to Maintain a seemingly neutral and objective attitude. "The past thirty minutes were too difficult for Dortmund. They had no effective attack and were completely suppressed by Naples. This goal conceded is not unexpected, because they were very dangerous before. Whether it was Mark or Royce and Bowser is basically invisible and can't see them at all."

After the goal, the Naples players celebrated wildly, and the Naples fans in the stands also cheered and cheered for the team.

Zhou Yi stood in the stadium and looked around. If he remembered correctly, no one of the Naples fans in the stands seemed to have sat down from the first second of the game. They were all standing and watching the game.

Dortmund's home stadium, the West End Stadium, has dedicated standing seats. The famous South Stand is an all-standing stand during domestic games. It only becomes a seated stand during Champions League games.

But in his impression, Dortmund fans, who are known for their fanaticism, cannot stand and watch the game during a game. In addition to the South Stand, fans in other stands will also sit down. But the Naples fans, regardless of the stands, all stood and watched the game, singing, dancing, shouting and shouting the whole time.

The Napoli players on the pitch don’t know what tiredness is, and the Napoli fans in the stands don’t know what tiredness is either.

Zhou Yi believes that the passion of these Naples fans must have given the Naples players endless courage and strength, and at the same time caused great disturbance to his own teammates.

Whether on or off the court, Naples is a difficult opponent.

While the TV broadcast was showing the Naples players celebrating their goals, they also took the time to show the Dortmund players a few shots. The Dortmund players in the shots all looked dull and confused.

The Italian commentator saw this and joked: "Ha! Our defending champion is in big trouble!"

There was a strong sense of schadenfreude in his tone. (.)

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