Chapter 167 Not Quite Hell

After going through some necessary links, the players from both sides finally stood in their respective positions, waiting for the game to begin. Xiao♀ said

In this game, the home team Galatasaray kicked off first, with Dortmund forwards Mark and Aubameyang standing outside the center circle.

The referee blew the whistle, and Drogba, the opponent's starting forward, knocked the football forward slightly. Sneijder followed up and kicked the football back into his own half.

The two Champions League champions back then are now together in the Turkish team.

"Okay, with the referee's whistle, the highlight of this round of the Champions League group stage has begun! Both sides have fielded the strongest lineups in this game. However, Dortmund has suffered injuries. Affected by the epidemic, the lineup is not neat enough. The only thing that is gratifying is that Galatasaray is not in very good condition this season. Even at home, they failed to win the two Champions League group matches at home and lost to their opponents. This pair This is good news for Dortmund..." He Ping began to introduce it to the Chinese fans in front of the TV.

He set his sights on Yan Min and continued: "Yan Min started this game. This is his first start in the Champions League group stage. His form in recent games has been very good. At the same time, the Dortmund team The serious injury also gave Yan Min a chance to play. I hope he can seize the opportunity to start this time and show his level... In the past few starts in the league, his performance was average, so he He always starts one game and then returns to the bench and sits on the bench. Of course we still hope that he can establish himself in Dortmund..."

Yan Min in the picture has already rushed out.

Yan Min, who was put off by the cold air as soon as he appeared on the stage, really needs to run more now to warm up his body.

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Galatasaray, playing at home, took advantage of their kick-off opportunity to organize an attack, but it did not threaten Dortmund's goal. It did not even form a shot. It hit the Dortmund goal and was ended.

It was Dortmund who got the ball next.

However, Dortmund did not rush to attack, but moved back and forth in the midfield.

This game is of course crucial for Dortmund, but it is also very important for Galatasaray, because this is their last chance to defend their glory. If we finish the group stage without winning a single game and are eliminated like this, it would be simply unacceptable to the fanatical and proud Galatasaray fans.

Didn’t their head coach Trim say that before the game? This game for Galatasaray is about fighting for honor.

So it is certainly impossible for them to lose to Dortmund in an away game with such peace of mind.

Zhou Yi didn't even move forward, but stayed in the backcourt, almost standing on the same line as the defenders, participating in the kick.

Under Dortmund's style of play, Galatasaray's players kept pressing up, hoping to intercept the ball directly in the frontcourt and catch Dortmund off guard. So their back line got closer and closer.

This situation certainly did not escape Zhou Yi's "radar".

When he noticed that Galatasaray's players pressed forward and never looked back, he realized that his opportunity had come.

But he didn't just kick the football into the open space in front of him dozens of meters away. If you do this, there is a high probability that it will not form a threatening attack, but will only alert the enemy.

What Zhou Yi needs is the success rate, not the number of attacks.

This is an away game, try to score goals to get the team off to a good start.

This is Zhou Yi's idea.

So even if he saw Galatasaray's defense pressing forward a little bit, Zhou Yi was not impulsive.

He began to slowly pass the football forward, not long passes, but short passes to penetrate.

After several passes, the football was finally pushed across the center line.

At this time, although Dortmund's offense passed half-time, Galatasaray's back line was pressed to the 30-meter line. Behind them was only one goalkeeper, Morales, who was open in the penalty area.

Zhou Yi ran from the center to the wing to meet his teammates.

When his teammates passed the football to him, he gently moved the football to the side with the outside of his right foot, dodged the rushing Galatasaray midfielder Melo, and then without hesitation, he directly raised the ball with his right foot. The football was picked up and passed forward.

This time it wasn't a short pass, but an overhead pass from 20 meters!

While Zhou Yi was passing the ball, Mark, who was in front, suddenly started to accelerate forward!

Galatasaray's central defender Gokhan Zan was originally guarding Mark. He saw Mark moving forward and followed suit.

But because Zhou Yi's direct pass was sudden, Gokhan Zan only followed Mark when he saw him running. He had already lost the opportunity in defense. Even if he leaned forward, he was blocked by Mark.

Then Mark moved the football from Zhouyi forward!

He didn't need to slow down at all, he just entered the penalty area, and then faced the attacking goalkeeper Morales, Mark poked the football with his left foot!

The football flew past Morales and hit the net!

"Oh! Oh! Oh - just four minutes into the game, Dortmund takes the lead! There couldn't be a better start than this!" Marcel Leif shouted excitedly.

Before the game, everyone knew that this game was very important for Dortmund. Because of this, everyone also had a lot of worries about Dortmund, worrying that they would be too nervous, under too much pressure, and perform abnormally.

But judging from the few minutes of the game, it seems that everyone's worries are unnecessary.

Even if I was stressed or nervous, it has all disappeared with this goal.

After scoring the goal, Mark was also very happy. He turned around and hooked Zhou Yi, gesturing for him to come up and celebrate together.

So Zhou Yi led the other Dortmund players and ran towards him. In front of Galatasaray's penalty area, a group of people hugged each other and cheered to celebrate.

As long as they win this opponent, they don't have to worry about the result of Naples and Arsenal in another stadium...

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At Naples' home stadium, the Sao Paulo Stadium, their match with Arsenal is in progress. The match has just begun. Both sides are still a little out of shape, or in other words, both sides are still playing very cautiously.

But soon this cautious situation will be broken.

In the fifth minute of the game, a piece of news came from distant Istanbul.

"Dortmund is ahead?" Benitez asked his assistant to confirm, and the assistant nodded and gave him a positive answer.

Benitez frowned after seeing it.

If Dortmund wins Galatasaray away from home, it will be 12 points. Naples must now win against Arsenal in order to be consistent with Dortmund in terms of points.

I originally wanted to be more cautious to avoid making mistakes and gave Arsenal a chance.

Looking at it now, if he continues to be cautious, even if he, as the head coach, can sit still, he is afraid that the Naples players will not be able to. It's not a secret that Dortmund scored a goal. The players will know it soon. Even if they don't tell it themselves, the Naples fans in the stands will tell it to the players on the field in many ways.

So Benitez immediately made a decision to increase his offensive intensity.

When Napoli increased their offensive intensity, Arsenal immediately felt the pressure.

Wenger knows why. Because Dortmund is ahead, Napoli must defeat Arsenal at home if they want to advance from the group.

Wenger fully estimated the difficulty of this game.

It's not that Arsenal can't lose, but they can't lose more than three goals.

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Taking the lead just five minutes into the game boosted Dortmund's morale and when play resumed, they practically laid siege to Galatasaray.

Faced with Dortmund's overwhelming advantage, Galatasaray fans were dissatisfied - this is their home court after all, how could they allow the opponent to be so unscrupulous?

Although the team has no hope of qualifying from the group stage, everyone still hopes that the team can win in the last home game. Bid farewell to this season's Champions League with a victory.

So there were huge boos in the Ali Samyan Stadium. At this time, there was finally a bit of a "hell home court" atmosphere.

However, the boos from the fans did not affect Dortmund's performance. Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, they still firmly controlled the situation on the court.

Marcel Leif is a German commentator. It stands to reason that he should be on Dortmund's side, but Galatasaray's performance is indeed so bad that even he can't stand it anymore: "Galatasaray Sarai has given Zhou Yi too much room for movement, and it cannot continue like this..."

He Ping also said: "Perhaps this can explain why Galatasaray has played so poorly this season... This is the last group match, and Galatasaray seems to have no fighting spirit..."

Their head coach Trim was very dissatisfied with the team's performance. He kept spreading his hands and yelling on the sidelines, but it seemed to be of no avail.

In the tenth minute, Dortmund attacked the edge of the opponent's penalty area. After Zhou Yi received Yan Min's pass in the middle, he did not stop the ball, but chose to shoot directly from a long distance!

The ball ended up just slightly over the crossbar, scaring the Galatasaray fans.

"Zhou Yi - what a pity! It's just a little too high! I feel like if we keep playing like this, Dortmund can still score goals, and it won't be long..." He Ping said confidently.