Chapter 204 Perfect Closed Loop

The adjustments made by Klopp make Hamburg happy. In their view, Dortmund did this and gave up the midfield defense. Hamburg will easily occupy the advantage on the field and then turn the advantage into a victory.

Klopp's adjustment was too reckless.

But doesn’t Hamburg just want to see such an opponent?

Just as Hamburg was dreaming, the second half of the game had just begun, and it was Dortmund who had the upper hand.

Just one minute into the second half, Yan Min dribbled the ball from the left rib and was about to break into the penalty area, but was tackled to the ground from behind by Hamburg midfielder Lincon!

"Ah! This foul by Rincon is too bad!" Duan Xin shouted angrily.

Now there are two players in Dortmund who must not be injured, one is Zhou Yi and the other is Yan Min. If either of them is injured, it will affect the Chinese team's preparations for the World Cup.

So Duan Xin is particularly concerned about the situation of these two people.

Fortunately, although Rincon tackled from behind, which looked scary, he actually only tripped Yan Min and did not cause much damage to Yan Min.

Dortmund's players surrounded the referee and wanted to ask the referee to play a card against Rincon.

The Hamburg players also surrounded the referee and told him that Rincon tackled the football first and Yan Min dived.

Just when the two sides were arguing, Zhou Yi stepped forward and found Yan Min who had just gotten up from the ground.

"Get ready to respond, we'll take a quick free kick!"

Zhou Yi said this to him and turned around to place the football.

Yan Min was stunned for a moment at first, but he soon realized what he was doing. He quickly pulled away to the side. Why didn't he run towards the middle? Because the center is now full of people, even if he goes there, the free kick will be meaningless.

During the dispute between the two players, the referee showed Rincon a yellow card.

Both Hamburg players and Dortmund players were dissatisfied with this result. Hamburg players believed that the foul should not have been called at all, and the yellow card was even more ridiculous. The Dortmund players believed that the yellow card was too light and should be given a red card directly.

Of course, the demands of both parties are biased, unreasonable, and far from right. But this is football, everyone only thinks about their own interests.

It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong at this point.

This can be regarded as a certain degree of "win at any cost", right?

The referee waved them away.

Players from both sides reluctantly dispersed.

The Hamburg players are going to line up a wall to kill time...

As a result, at this moment, after Zhou Yi set up the football, he suddenly kicked it out!

"Quick free kick!"

Seeing this situation, the referee hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not blow the whistle to signal Dortmund to restart. He did not award a direct free kick, which meant that the free kick could be taken without waiting for his whistle.

Hamburg's players didn't react at first, until they saw Yan Min receiving the ball again on the wing, and then they suddenly woke up - the referee made no comment!

Then why are you still standing there?

So Hamburg's players almost rushed towards Yan Min in a swarm.

Yan Min faced the onrushing Hamburg players on the wing. He saw that Hamburg's penalty area was relatively empty, especially... on the line of the penalty area.

So he first made a fake move to break through, then dunked the football back with his left foot, swayed away from the angle, and made a cross!

He used his right foot to pass the football near the penalty area line!

At this time, Hamburg's players were either attracted by Yan Min, or they hurriedly returned to the goal, not expecting to deploy a defense near the penalty area line.

After the free kick was taken quickly, Zhou Yi quickly moved horizontally to the center in front of the penalty area. After seeing Yan Min passing the football, he quickly stepped forward to meet him.

Then he used his chest to cushion the football from Yan Min, followed by another volley!

"Zhouyi——!!"

Amid Marcel Leif's elongated roar, the football shot by Zhou Yi flew toward the goal.

At this time, Hamburg midfielder Rincon, who had just made a tackle foul and caused a free kick, flew over and stretched his feet to block the football.

He touched the football, but he didn't block it.

After the football turned a weird arc in the air, it went straight to the dead center of the goal!

Hamburg goalkeeper Adler was caught off guard by Zhou Yi's volley, but he still managed to pounce. As long as Zhou Yi's kick didn't hit a blind spot, he would still have a chance to save it.

As a result, Lin Kong's block just helped Zhou Yi turn the volley into a blind spot!

Adler could only look at the "ball" and sigh, but there was nothing he could do.

The football got into the blind corner and flew into the goal!

"Zhou Yi! Oh oh oh oh! The world is in shock! Zhou Yi! His recent state is so good! He can't stop cumming!" Duan Xin shouted excitedly. "He helped Dortmund equalize the score! Just one minute into the second half! Hamburg was completely caught off guard! Look at the confused expressions of their players!"

The Hamburg players who appeared on the TV broadcast looked really confused.

The players who were the first to react went to the referee again to protest. They believed that Dortmund's free kick was illegal and they did not wait for them to line up the wall or wait for the referee's whistle.

But the referee told them that this was an indirect free kick and they could kick the ball without waiting for his whistle. Dortmund just made reasonable use of the rules.

The only thing to blame is that the Hamburg players put all their energy into arguing with the referee about Rincon's foul instead of staying focused on the game.

In high-level competition, even a second of distraction can lead to a big mistake.

How could the Hamburg players forget such a simple question?

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Zhou Yi, who scored the goal, hugged his teammates.

His goal is worth thousands of dollars. When Dortmund encountered difficulties, he really stood up and helped the team tide over the difficulties.

Many people thought of what Zhou Yi said to them in the locker room of the Brackel training base.

With such a core, do you still have to worry about what you can't do?

They excitedly slapped Zhou Yi's shoulders and back, and ruffled his hair.

"The Book of Changes started and the Book of Changes ended. There is really a perfect closed loop." Marcel Leif said with emotion. "And what about Rincon? He caused Dortmund's free kick and also helped Zhou Yi drive the football into a dead corner. It is also a perfect closed loop..."

Zhou Yi's goal was replayed in the TV broadcast just now. From the camera position facing the goal, you can clearly see how the football changed direction after encountering Rincon's feet...

It was like God's will - without Rincon's kick, Zhou Yi's ball might have been blocked by Adler. After all, Zhou Yi's play was not very tricky.

But Rincon's kick directly turned an ordinary-level volley into a world-level volley!

No matter how powerful Adler is, there is nothing he can do about this...

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Dortmund's adjustments began to bear fruit as they equalized early in the second half.

But it was just an equalizer, and Hamburg still had a chance to take the lead again.

In order to avoid this situation from happening, Klopp will make adjustments and require the team to use quick passes and quick receptions at the beginning of the second half to bring the game into their familiar rhythm.

That doesn't change because of the goal.

After the goal, Dortmund's players were morale-boosted and confident, and they could perform better in the future.

So when the game restarted, Hamburg quickly discovered that the situation was different from what they had imagined...

As long as the football is at the feet of Dortmund players, the rhythm will become very fast. The football is passed back and forth between multiple Dortmund players, making the Hamburg players dizzy. If they want to steal the ball, they have to run with this rhythm. In this way, they themselves The rhythm of the game was disrupted.

Once your own rhythm is messed up, it is not that simple to get back to the original rhythm...

Just three minutes after Dortmund scored, Zhou Yi once again took a long shot from outside the penalty area. He carried two Hamburg defensive players and forced a long shot.

After the football was touched by Hamburg center back Rajkovic, it bounced to the back point. A long shot suddenly turned into a diagonal cross.

As a result, Mark, who was outflanking, was half a step too slow and failed to touch the football!

"Mark...oh! What a pity!" Duan Xin exclaimed. "If Mark could have touched this ball, it would have definitely been a must-goal! What a pity, it was just a little bit short!"

"Zhou Yi continued his excellent form today and was very active! This shot also posed a threat!" Marcel Leif was full of praise for Zhou Yi's performance.

Cortana sat on the coaching bench—she was now qualified to enter the coaching bench—looking at her boyfriend's performance in the game and thinking about what he had said to her.

Go all out and do your best.

I really do what I say...

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