King of the Zone

Cheng Hai retreated to the midfield to receive the ball, but Lewandowski did not.

As a center forward, Lewandowski has to be in front most of the time.

If Lewandowski's running position is good enough, with Cheng Haiman's perfect long pass ability in the air, it is possible to send the ball to his head, allowing him to form an excellent header opportunity.

In this counterattack, Lewandowski's movement was very good, with only one defender Seydu Keita following him.

As a central defender, although Keita's height is not bad, he is 1cm shorter than Lewandowski. Lewandowski may overwhelm Keita in the top battle.

Seeing such a situation, Cheng Hai didn't hesitate, he quickly dodged a gap by smashing the ball, and then kicked the ball from the right side of the midfield to the frontcourt, landing at the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Although he is also very young, Lewandowski's running position is still very thief.

Originally, he was behind Keita, slightly behind by half a body position, and he was not offside.

But after seeing Cheng Hai kicking a long pass, he suddenly accelerated, rushed out from behind Keita, and rushed to the top of the penalty area.

Although Keita also judged the right landing point and rushed up together, he had to observe the ball in the air while observing Lewandowski's running position behind him, so the take-off was not as sufficient as Lewandowski's, and the two weighed about the same, and body collisions were not dominant.

As a result, the ball was finally grabbed by Lewandowski, who shook his head on the penalty area line and lobbed the ball to the left foot of the goal.

Of course, the speed of the header can't be as fast as the shooting speed of the volley, but Barcelona goalkeeper Valdez just now stood a bit forward because the ball was still at the feet of the midfielder Cheng Hai.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Hai suddenly kicked a long pass, and the ball reached the top of the arc in the penalty area in just two or three seconds, and Lewandowski overwhelmed Keita to grab the first point and shake his head.

Although Valdés was desperately returning to the defense, he also returned to the small penalty area before the ball fell into the goal, jumping up and trying to hold the ball over the crossbar.

But Lewandowski's header was unlucky, and he hit an excellent route.

The ball just crossed the fingertips of the jumping Valdes, and then got into the goal along the lower edge of the crossbar.

This is pretty much the only route.

If it is higher, it has to fly out of the beam or hit the beam and pop out.If it is lower, it will be thrown by Valdes.

So Lewandowski is lucky.

Because of Barrios' injury, Lewandowski is trying to perform well and secure the position of the first center. Even if Barrios returns from injury, he cannot be shaken!
As a result, he scored the first goal in this world-renowned European Super Cup.

Therefore, Lewandowski is also very excited.

Although he lost his center of gravity by Seydoux Keita in the air and staggered when he fell to the ground, he immediately stabilized his figure and rushed excitedly to the stands where Dortmund fans gathered, celebrating wildly.

Cheng Hai and other teammates also rushed to the front court excitedly, hugging and high-fiving with Lewandowski.

Being able to take the lead in the game against Cosmos Barcelona is undoubtedly something to celebrate.

At the commentary booth, the commentators from various countries also watched the excitement and commented as if it was a big deal:

"The ball is in!"

"Dortmund opened the scoring and scored first."

"It was Lewandowski who scored the goal, but the assist came from Cheng Hai!"

"Cheng Hai sent a long pass in the air in the midfield, which found the top of Lewandowski's head like a precision-guided missile, and assisted Lewandowski to score the first goal of the game with a header."

"There is no doubt that in this face-to-face match and competition, Cheng Hai took the lead and temporarily led Messi."

"If Barcelona loses to Dortmund and Messi loses to Cheng Hai in this battle of the best in Europe, what will happen to the Ballon d'Or voting at the end of the year is really unknown!"

"Let's see what Messi can do next!"

However, there was so little time left in the first half, Messi didn't show anything, Barcelona didn't even complete a shot, and the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

Because of Cheng Hai's deterrence, Barcelona controlled the ball at their feet for a long time. The overall possession rate in the first half was as high as 67%, but they rarely shot.

Throughout the first half, Messi only had two shots, and Barcelona as a whole only had four shots and failed to score a goal.

On Dortmund's side, because the ball possession rate is too low, there are too few offensive and shooting opportunities, and there are only three shots in total.

Fortunately, Lewandowski grasped Cheng Hai's long pass assist and helped Dortmund take a 1-0 lead.

The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 1-0. Cheng Hai's Dortmund temporarily led Barcelona led by Messi by one goal.

After a 15-minute intermission, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

During the half-time break, perhaps due to the poor performance of striker Villa, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola replaced him and replaced him with Cesc Fabregas, who was born in the Barcelona youth training camp La Masia Football School, became famous in Arsenal, and bought back this summer.

After the start of the second half, Barcelona continued to take the initiative on the field with their pass control advantage, but because of the score behind, they were forced to strengthen their offense after all.

Messi's breakthroughs have also increased.

Messi has a nickname of Little Flea. In addition to proving his small stature, he also vividly proves his flexibility and explosive power in a small space.

In terms of breakthrough ability with the ball near the penalty area, because of Cheng Hai's lack of skills and the fact that he is easy to be guessed by opponents, his breakthrough ability may not be comparable to Messi's.

Therefore, after Messi stepped up his breakthrough, coupled with the passing and cutting cooperation of other Barcelona teammates such as Xavi, Iniesta, and Cesc Fabregas, Barcelona's pass-and-control football finally exerted its due power.

Especially Cesc Fabregas, this is his first official game after returning to Barcelona from Arsenal, and he really wants to express himself.

And he himself was born in the La Masia youth training camp, and he felt no discomfort when playing Barcelona's pass-and-control football.

As a result, not long after the start of the second half, in the 53rd minute, Fabregas, Iniesta, and Messi played an exquisite teamwork in the frontcourt.

First, Messi broke through Sebastian Kyle, causing the defenders near the Dortmund penalty area to panic.

Then Messi did not continue to break through, but sent the ball to Iniesta's feet.

Iniesta made a gesture to pass the ball to Messi, which attracted Dortmund defenders Hummels, Subotic and others nervously to block the passing route between him and Messi, as well as Messi's possible shooting route.

As a result, Iniesta flicked his ankle and sent the ball to Fabregas on the other side of the penalty area.

Fabregas received the ball from Iniesta unguarded and gave the look of a shot.

This time, all the Dortmund defenders were shocked.

The nearest defender rushed over, trying to fly to block the hole and block Fabregas' shot.

Goalkeeper Weidenfeller also rushed to Fabregas' side in a panic, trying to save Fabregas' shot with all his strength.

Unexpectedly, Cesc Fabregas did not take a shot at such a good opportunity, and the dropped foot actually dunked the ball, which not only knocked down the goalkeeper Weidenfeller, but also dunked the full-back Piszczek who flew to block the hole of the gun.

Then, without waiting for anyone else to react, Fabregas sent a cross and sent the ball to the other side of the penalty area.

A small player in a Barcelona jersey burst out from the crowd, and with a flying stab, Fabregas crossed the ball to the other side of the small penalty area and stabbed Weidenfeller into the Dortmund empty goal formed after Weidenfeller fell to the ground.

It was Messi who scored the goal.

The Spanish TV commentator in the commentary immediately shouted excitedly, praising Messi's goal, and the Barcelona fans in the stands applauded and cheered excitedly, celebrating Messi's goal.

Messi equalized for Barcelona.

Moreover, he had a direct goal, which was better than Cheng Hai's assist.From the statistics, Messi is undoubtedly dominant.

Fabregas' assists and Messi's goal boosted Barcelona's morale. This not only proved the seamless connection between Fabregas and Barcelona, ​​but also proved that Messi's state in this game is not worse than Cheng Hai.

Next, Barcelona, ​​immersed in the festive mood of scoring goals, began to attack continuously, as if they wanted to make persistent efforts and immediately reversed the score.

However, they didn't notice that when they were constantly attacking, once a shot was formed, the Mets changed hands and gave the ball to Dortmund.

Dortmund got more possessions.

As a result, less than 10 minutes after Messi scored the goal, in the 61st minute, Dortmund seized the opportunity of Barcelona's shot to complete a high-quality counterattack.

This time it also came from Messi's shot after breaking through, but he didn't completely break through Dortmund's entire defense line, only broke through two people, and then shot from the right side of the penalty area.

As a result, central defender Subotic made a shovel from the side, blocking the hole of the gun and intercepting the ball.

The ball hit Subotic's vamp and bounced to the foot of full-back Schmelzer.

Schmelzer did not stop the ball, and passed the ball without stopping the ball, and sent the ball to the midfielder Gundogan.

At this time, Cheng Hai has already used his speed to rush to the center line, and is about to form an anti-offside against Barcelona's back line.

Gundogan, who got the ball, stopped and wiped off Harvey, who was robbed, and then slid his foot to the ground, pushing the ball behind Barcelona defender Abidal.

And at the moment when Gundogan passed the ball, Cheng Hai forced his way through the gap between Abidal and Seydu Keita, forming an offside.