Chapter 177 Recalling the Fear of Being Dominated by Dortmund

Not long after Schiebel scored, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

The Hoffenheim players all looked "relieved" when they came off the field.

The Dortmund players were obviously unwilling to end the first half, and they were also unwilling to be interrupted after finally getting up to speed.

But what can be done?

Rules are rules and must be followed.

The broadcast camera cut to Dortmund's coaching bench again, with Klopp looking solemn and frowning.

This is in line with everyone's judgment of the situation - although Dortmund pulled a goal back, the first half ended just after the goal was scored, and the game entered a fifteen-minute intermission, which was not a good thing for Dortmund. This halftime break is equivalent to saving Hoffenheim's life.

"...If Dortmund could score ten minutes earlier, maybe Dortmund would have equalized the score before the halftime break..." Duan Xin said regretfully. "Now..."

He also feels that the situation is developing against Dortmund.

In the Hoffenheim dressing room, head coach Gisdol was saying to his players with a serious face: "You should be ashamed of your performance in the second half of the first half! A good situation with a two-goal lead is over." It allowed Dortmund to get a goal back, and we were almost equalized, if the referee hadn't blown the half-time whistle in time!"

Just as Gisdol was thinking when he lost the ball, after losing the ball, Hoffenheim's players were very honest and kept their heads down to be trained.

He believes that after this warning of losing the ball, his words will be firmly remembered by the players, and then they will not play so badly in the second half.

It's a blessing in disguise.

At the same time, in the Dortmund dressing room, Klopp was encouraging his players: "You did a good job, but you were a little unlucky, so we didn't score until the end in the first half. But it doesn't matter... Is this the case? Can't we win the game? Who are we? We are the defending league champions! We have won the league championship in the past three seasons in a row. With our strength, even if it is a bit difficult, can't we just win Hoffenheim? Have you? Hoffenheim is not a very strong opponent. I am confident that I can beat them, don’t you?"

After saying this, Dortmund's players puffed up their chests. Yes, they are the defending champions. They have won the championship for three consecutive seasons. When will they be afraid of a mere Hoffenheim?

They have never paid attention to an opponent like Hoffenheim before.

They have one and only one opponent in the league, and that is Bayern Munich.

This season, although they are temporarily ranked third, their eyes have always been fixed on Bayern Munich, and even Bayer Leverkusen did not let them take a second look.

Then why do you have to bow in front of Hoffenheim?

"We continued to attack fiercely in the second half. Maybe Hoffenheim have forgotten our identity, so we let them remember again and remember the fear that the league was once dominated by us!"

Klopp spoke impassionedly and successfully mobilized the players' fighting spirit and confidence. The frustration and depression of the game ending just after half-time were swept away.

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When the second half began, both teams looked fired up, fresh and ready to beat their opponents.

Klopp did not make substitution adjustments. He believed in his players, even the substitutes.

This surprised many experts - during the halftime break, the experts reviewed the first half and predicted the second half. They all believed that Klopp should make substitution adjustments and replace him with Mark and Royce. player of. After all, Dortmund's bench is not thick enough this season, and it is unrealistic to expect the second team to win the game.

As a result, Klopp did not make any substitutions and continued to use the rotation lineup.

This led many experts to believe that Dortmund decided to temporarily abandon the league and recuperate for the Club World Cup.

But not long after the second half started, experts felt something was wrong - Dortmund's offensive was very fierce, just like before the end of the first half, their state did not seem to be interrupted by the halftime break.

On the other side, although Hoffenheim also showed intention to attack, they had just played two games with Dortmund and almost let Dortmund send the football into their goal-the two sides fought against each other, Dortmund and Hoffenheim. The strength gap between Fenheim is reflected.

The Hoffenheim players were so frightened that they quickly retreated to defend. The defenders did not dare to press out and participate in the attack, for fear that Dortmund would counterattack and score...

Head coach Gisdol did not ask the players to attack at this time. He also chose to shrink the defense, hoping to hold on to the one-goal lead.

The result was that they were beaten by Dortmund, and the scene returned to the time before and after Dortmund's goal in the first half.

Before, people were worried that Dortmund had just scored and the first half was over, which would interrupt Dortmund's good game state and give Hoffenheim a chance to breathe. But now, it seems that they thought too much...

The continuous bombardment paid off in the 67th minute.

In the 67th minute, Dortmund's two consecutive shots resulted in a corner kick.

A corner kick was taken, and defender Piszczek grabbed the point in the penalty area and scored with a header!

"Piszcek!!!" Marcel Leif shouted. "He equalized the score for Dortmund! Dortmund tenaciously equalized the score despite being two goals behind! There is still time and they still have a chance to take the lead!"

"Piszczek's goal is very important! After the equalizer, Hoffenheim, who were playing at home, could no longer shrink their defense. They had to press out and attack. And by then, the situation was obviously more favorable to Dortmund!" Duan Xin was also very happy.

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Just as the commentators said, after the equalizer, the situation on the field changed drastically. Hoffenheim could not continue to defend, they had to attack, but they attacked passively. Due to the haste, the players' performance was naturally not as good as Dortmund's active attack.

Moreover, there is a huge difference in morale between the two sides. The Dortmund players, who had just equalized the score, are in high morale, while Hoffenheim is in low morale.

Under such circumstances, the initiative in the game has completely fallen into Dortmund's hands.

Next up is watching Dortmund perform.

During this period of offensive frenzy, Zhou Yi became the entity that attracted the most attention. Because his performance is directly related to whether Dortmund can win the game.

I saw Zhou Yi continuing to run tirelessly, appearing wherever he was needed, constantly catching, passing, and handling the ball, and also guiding Dortmund's offense.

Under his command, Dortmund continued to threaten Hoffenheim's goal.

The Hoffenheim fans in the stands exclaimed again and again when they saw it, and they kept praying for their team in their hearts, hoping that God would protect their team from losing - yes, now they no longer expect the team to defeat Dortmund, as long as they can not lose, they will be satisfied with a draw.

"... At this time, Hoffenheim may have just remembered that they were facing last season's league champion and Champions League champion Dortmund. This is an unbeatable lion. Last season, Dortmund showed many times that they won at the last moment. The tenacity and magic of the next game. If Hoffenheim can think of it earlier, maybe they will not fall into a situation of self-relaxation after taking a two-goal lead, and finally Dortmund seizes the opportunity to turn over..." Marcel Ley Husband said. "The biggest pity at this time is probably not Hoffenheim itself, but Bayern Munich, right? If Hoffenheim can defeat Dortmund 2:0 at home, although the season is not even halfway through, it can already be said that Bayern Munich is the league champion. It’s basically stable... As for now, they can only hope that Hoffenheim draws with Dortmund at home. It’s better to let Dortmund take one point than let Dortmund take three points, right?”

As soon as Marcel Leif finished speaking, he saw Yan Min suddenly dribbling the ball in from the wing and breaking through. He was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples and triggering a chain reaction—— All other Hoffenheim defenders rushed towards him, and the few remaining Hoffenheim defenders were also staring at forwards like Sibel.

At this time, Yan Min did not choose to continue to break through, nor did he choose to pass to Sibel. He made an emergency stop, then knocked the football back with his left foot and made an inverted triangle pass!

The football was passed outside the penalty area. He worked so hard to break into the penalty area just to pass the football out of the penalty area, because his breakthrough had compressed Hoffenheim's defense into the penalty area, and a gap was formed at the front of the penalty area!

I saw Zhou Yi outside the penalty area facing the football from Yan Min, swung his right foot, and shot directly without stopping the ball!

The football was curved by him, bypassing the dense crowd in the penalty area, and then went straight to the upper right corner of the goal!

Hoffenheim's goalkeeper Graer was blocked by people in the penalty area. When he saw the football flying over, it was already too late to save. As soon as he jumped into the air, the football had already crossed the goal line. Got the goal!

"Zhou Yi - oh oh oh oh! Dortmund's key man once again showed his power! From two goals behind to one goal ahead, Zhou Yi helped Dortmund complete an amazing comeback!!"

When the football flew into the goal, people seemed to hear the heartbreaking voices of Bayern Munich fans...

Yes, the most sad and disappointed at this time is not even the Hoffenheim fans, but them.