Chapter 134 Reading the Book of Changes at the Last Moment
Facing Bayern Munich's indiscriminate bombardment after the goal, the Dortmund team once again tightened its defense.
However, due to problems in the defense, even if the entire Dortmund team shrinks to their own half for halftime, the situation is not very good.
Every Bayern Munich attack seemed to find its way past Dortmund's goal.
Offensive players such as Zhou Yi, Yan Min, and Aubameyang also all resort to defense. As a result, it is not so easy to counterattack.
For the rest of the game, it seemed that Dortmund fans could only watch Bayern Munich siege the Dortmund goal, and then pray that the Dortmund goal would not be breached...
Zhou Yi also knew very well how bad and unfavorable the current situation was.
It stands to reason that with Dortmund in such a state, being able to lose only one goal is already a result that requires every effort.
For non-war crimes, Dortmund scored two goals, forcing Bayern Munich to be so embarrassed. Their performance can completely make them walk out of the stadium with their heads held high.
But Zhou Yi was unwilling to accept it.
Since you have worked so hard, why do you still lose?
Bayern Munich is indeed very aggressive now, but this does not mean that Dortmund has no chance at all.
First of all, Bayern Munich's crazy offensive must be mitigated.
So when Dortmund got the ball again, Zhou Yi did not immediately pass forward to beat Bayern Munich's counterattack - all Dortmund players were in their own half. At this time, blindly passing long balls to counterattack would not be much better. go.
Although everyone is very anxious, hoping to keep the football away from Dortmund's goal.
But Zhou Yi did the opposite.
When he got the football, he first protected it, and after Bayern Munich players pressed forward, he passed the football out. It was not a forward pass, but a cross pass or even a back pass.
After passing the ball, he moved quickly and ran to the next available place to ask for the ball.
After receiving the ball from his teammate, he did it again.
If a teammate wants to pass the ball forward quickly to start a counterattack, he will stop him loudly and gesture to him to steady himself and pass the football over.
After repeating this several times, other Dortmund players also understood what Zhou Yi was going to do - he was going to slow down the pace of the game and interrupt Bayern Munich's current offensive momentum.
I have worked with Zhou Yi for many years and have a high degree of tacit understanding. It is not difficult to understand Zhou Yi. When Zhou Yi made several cross passes or back passes, everyone knew what he was going to do.
So the other teammates also cooperated with Zhou Yi and tipped the football up.
Although the lack of major generals in the back line caused the team's defensive instability, this did not affect the passing ability between Dortmund players.
When Dortmund wants to pass the ball with peace of mind, it is not that easy even if Bayern Munich wants to steal it.
And they can't surround Dortmund players in the frontcourt so unrestrictedly. Otherwise, what if there is space behind them and Zhou Yi seizes the opportunity to pass the ball long?
Whether it’s Aubameyang or Reus,
Or Yan Min, they are both fast players with excellent personal skills, very suitable for counterattacks.
Bayern Munich besieged Dortmund's goal in the hope of scoring another goal in a short time, not in order to concede another goal in a short time...
Anyway, Bayern Munich is in the lead now. If Dortmund does not counterattack, but kicks in the backcourt, they have no reason to intercept Dortmund's ball and just let them kick in the backcourt. As time goes by, The balance of victory is tilting more and more towards Bayern Munich.
3:2 is a win, 4:2 is also a win, both are three points, there is no difference, the result is more important.
So when they saw Dortmund back-and-forth like this, Bayern Munich grabbed the ball. After failing to grab the ball, they also retreated. If Dortmund wants to fall back, let them fall. If Dortmund were to attack, Bayern Munich wouldn't mind fighting Dortmund's counterattack.
No matter how you think about it now, Bayern Munich is invincible.
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Seeing that Bayern Munich recovered their half and no longer besieged Dortmund's goal, many Dortmund fans breathed a sigh of relief.
They are really worried that their porous defense will not be able to stop Bayern Munich's fierce attack. If they concede one more goal, the game will be over... Although there is not much difference between now and the end, there is still a line left. I hope...
Talk about a silver lining. Many people have turned their attention to Zhouyi.
Although Zhou Yi has not scored a goal so far in this game, Yan Min, who came on as a substitute, once again stole the show. But when the crisis comes, many people will habitually go to see Zhou Yi and place their hopes on him.
This is the trust Zhou Yi has earned by turning the tide again and again in the past few seasons.
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Zhou Yi saw Bayern Munich shrink back, so he no longer played back and forth with his teammates in the backcourt. He began to pass the football forward, but it was not a simple and crude long pass, but a short pass and penetration, little by little. Push forward.
It's not just the cooperation between a few one or two people, but the entire attacking lineup is moving forward. Even the two full-backs Grosskreutz and Durm, Zhou Yi gestured for them to move forward. Move forward and get involved in the attack.
This approach seems to some people to be too risky - doesn't he know that Bayern Munich is waiting to hit the space behind Dortmund's two full-backs?
Zhou Yi uses more diligent running to appear near his teammates who have the ball at any time. When they encounter difficulties and don't know how to pass the ball, they pass the football to Zhou Yi.
The transition was completed by the Book of Changes.
Bayern Munich wanted to strengthen its defense against Zhou Yi, but had nowhere to go - unlike playing in the backcourt, once it advanced to the frontcourt, Zhou Yi's passing rhythm became faster, and he would hardly let the football get to him. If the Bayern Munich players focus on Zhou Yi, it will be almost impossible to steal the ball from Zhou Yi. On the contrary, the marking of other Dortmund players will not be tight, which will lead to Zhou Yi had a chance to pass the ball.
In this way, Dortmund, although slowly but tenaciously, pushed their front forward bit by bit, all the way to the thirty-meter area of Bayern Munich.
Of course, by this time, a lot of game time had passed.
It is now the 85th minute of the game, and there are only five minutes left before the end of the 90-minute game. Counting injury time, it is only eight or nine minutes.
Now that Dortmund has reached the edge of its own penalty area, Bayern Munich simply shrinks its defense and accumulates heavy troops inside and outside the penalty area to prevent Dortmund from easily attacking, nor giving Dortmund space and opportunities.
When the attack reached this point, it became the most difficult positional battle.
Bayern Munich's defense is not like Dortmund's. They have remained intact. There is no lack of tacit understanding among the players due to lack of tactical training, and their awareness of assisting and supplementing defense is impeccable.
Under such circumstances, it is not easy to score Bayern Munich's goal. Even giving Dortmund another half hour would be difficult, let alone less than ten minutes left...
Watching Dortmund constantly passing the ball back and forth outside the penalty area, Bayern Munich fans are now very relieved.
He also kept mocking Dortmund: "Pour it down, pour it down, time is running out!"
There is a reason why Bayern Munich fans are relaxed. In fact, Dortmund does now also encounter the "last step" problem. They had already reached the edge of Bayern Munich's penalty area, and only needed the last pass to make a shot.
But this last pass is not that easy, or it is not as simple as people think - it is just a pass into the penalty area and that's it.
Actually no, it is very simple to pass a kick into the penalty area, but what to do after the pass is completed?
If a pass doesn't lead to a shot, what's the point?
And Zhouyi's requirements are even higher. With little time left, if the last pass can't result in a goal, what's the point?
He wants to ensure success rate, not number of shots.
When many teams encounter the same situation, they will choose to cross directly from the wing, send the football to the goal again and again, and then try their luck. If they are lucky, the football will be touched by their own players, and then they will have better luck. You can enter the door.
However, this kind of luck-taking approach is inconsistent with Zhouyi's philosophy.
He would rather keep the ball on his side than give it to the opponent casually and perfunctorily.
During the process of passing it back and forth, he was always observing and looking for opportunities.
But it has to be said that Bayern Munich's defense remained very complete and compact, giving Dortmund very few opportunities, or even none at all.
Dortmund passed back and forth in front of Bayern Munich's defense, but failed to open a hole.
Zhou Yi realized that if he kept passing the ball like this, his teammates would soon lose patience, and it would be more difficult to get a good shooting opportunity.
He decided to make a change.
Since you can't find space by passing the ball, take the initiative to create space!
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