King of the Zone

After being nominated for the 23-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or without any suspense, at 2011:11 on the evening of November 2, 21, in the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Borussia Dortmund played at home against Olympiacos.

In the last round of the group match, Dortmund was tied 3-3 by Olympiacos away. Cheng Hai and his teammates were very unconvinced.

But on the other hand, for Olympiacos, that game gave them a lot of confidence, thinking that even if Cheng Hai can perform a hat-trick, they still cannot beat them.

If they had scored one more goal in that game, they would have beaten Dortmund.

They created a lot of opportunities, but their grasp of the opportunities was wasted because their shooting skills were not as high as Cheng Hai's.

Now they have switched to an away game, a guest at the Westfalenstadion, and they have not flinched.

They still want to fight Dortmund to the end as they did in the last home game, and strive to beat Dortmund and take all 3 points.

Of course, even if you don't want to attack, you can't help it.

They only have 1 point now, and they are at the bottom of the group. Not to mention qualifying for the group, it is very difficult for them to even get third in the group to play in the Europa League.

Therefore, they have to go shopping in every group match, even facing Dortmund led by Cheng Hai, a goal-crazed team.

Knowing that it is easy to be counterattacked by Cheng Hai, they have no way out.

As a result, as soon as the game started, the two sides started a fast-paced offensive battle, and the rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions was extremely fast.

And Olympiakos was so lucky. Before Cheng Hai and his teammates scored a goal, in the 4th minute, Olympiakos' first shot of the game and striker Dejebul's long shot from outside the penalty area hit the foot of Hummels, who was flying to block the hole of the gun, resulting in a change of line, but this change of line did not block the ball out of the baseline.

As a result, Weidenfeller, who had already judged the path of the ball and made a save, could only watch the ball change its line at the corner of Hummels, and flew into Dortmund's goal from the opposite direction of his save.

Olympiacos actually broke through Dortmund's defense in the away game and took a 1-0 lead.

This stunned countless fans at the scene and in front of the TV. Of course, after the Olympiacos fans reacted, they naturally celebrated wildly with joy.

The same goes for the Olympiacos players on the field. Djebhur, who rushed up to surround the goal in an instant, wildly celebrated his first goal and the team's lead.

This ball greatly increased the confidence of the Olympiacos players, and strengthened their determination to fight Dortmund in the away game.

"What about the Westfalenstadion? What about Cheng Hai? We can't score first, ahead of you!"

With this in mind, except for two or three people from Olympiacos to defend Cheng Hai, the others pressed forward and participated in the attack.

In fact, in this way, the "defensive position" skill that Cheng Hai just added was useless.

Since no one was in the backcourt, Cheng Hai, a forward, naturally had no room for defense.

Fortunately, he has other skills.Especially the new skill "volley", but I haven't let the opponent taste it yet, compared to hitting the opponent by surprise.

What Cheng Hai didn't expect was that the opportunity came so quickly. Within a few minutes after Dejebul's goal, the opportunity fell in front of Cheng Hai in the 8th minute.

In fact, this is also very understandable.

Because Olympiacos played against Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion with full confidence, the two sides fought fiercely in the midfield, and the offensive and defensive transitions were extremely fast.

Although some balls cannot be passed to Cheng Hai's feet, in terms of probability, there are still many opportunities.

That's how the chance came in the 8th minute.

When the two sides robbed the ball in midfield, the ball fell at the feet of Jing Duoan. After Jing Duoan spiked the ball and dodged the opponent player who was grabbing, he glanced at the frontcourt, and then made a long pass on the center line, rushing the ball to the front of the penalty area.

When Jing Duoan passed the ball, Cheng Hai used his off-ball running position and speed to start rushing forward.

Olympiacos' defense has always been against Cheng Hai's anti-offside, but this time the two sides' positions and Cheng Hai's running position played better, successfully crossed the opponent's back line, and rushed to the ball in front of it.

However, the landing point of the ball did not fully match Cheng Hai's speed, so Cheng Hai had to reduce his speed after successfully countering offside to meet the whereabouts of the ball, which gave the opponent's defender a chance to stick him.

Defender Mellberg, who returned to the defense the fastest, took advantage of Cheng Hai's deceleration to successfully stick to him, and even wanted to overtake Cheng Hai to grab the ball.

Although Cheng Hai's speed slowed down, he still used his full physique to hold his position, and did not allow Mellberg to overtake, let alone be pushed.

With a height of 180cm and a weight of 80kg, Cheng Hai, with the support of his full physique, faced Mellberg, who is 187cm tall and weighs 81kg, and his confrontation even gained the upper hand.

If Mellberg pushes Cheng Hai desperately, Cheng Hai may still fall, but then he will definitely get a yellow card and give his opponent a good free kick opportunity.

It was only a few minutes into the game, and Mellberg didn't dare to do that.

He could only push as hard as he could, and then tried to overtake Cheng Hai to grab the first landing point, but Cheng Hai got stuck in the position and couldn't overtake him.

But his close defense is still somewhat effective. This kind of air ball passed from the backcourt, with Cheng Hai's previous way of playing, can only unload the ball and catch up with the ball to shoot.

On the one hand, it is this kind of air ball that falls from behind, it is difficult to make an accurate volley, and it is easy to kick or kick.

On the other hand, according to Cheng Hai's previous record of playing football, he is not very good at volleying, just like he is not good at arc shooting. Volleying is Cheng Hai's weakness.

Therefore, Mellberg is sure that Cheng Hai will first use his light-weight stopping technique to unload the ball on the ground before shooting.

Mellberg pinned his hope on the moment Cheng Hai unloaded the ball.

He is going to push the sea at that time, let him unload the ball with too much force, lose control of the ball, and give the goalkeeper Migieri who hits the penalty area a chance to catch the ball.

However, when Mellberg, like Cheng Hai, was rushing forward while observing the flying point of the ball in the air, Cheng Hai did not prepare to unload the ball, but prepared to volley and hit the goal directly.

As Mellberg thought, Cheng Hai seldom volleyed in the past because he hadn’t mastered this skill yet. He was not proficient in the skill and was prone to kicking or flying.

But in this way, there will be one more procedure, which naturally increases the possibility of the opponent defending him. Many of Cheng Hai's flying shots from outside the penalty area were shot flying after being interfered by the opponent under such circumstances.

But now, Cheng Hai has activated "Volley Draw Color" and added this skill to a perfect state of 20 full value, and the opponent has only one person sticking to him, and his physique can completely handle it, so why hesitate?
Naturally, it is necessary to volley directly, without giving the opponent's defender and goalkeeper a chance to destroy.

As the ball fell in the air, Cheng Hai, who had rushed to only seven or eight meters away from the penalty area line, was ready to volley, and Mellberg was also ready to push.

Of course he didn't dare to use too much force, he was afraid of pushing Cheng Hai down and getting a yellow card, so he just wanted to affect Cheng Hai's unloading effect.

However, as the ball fell, Mellberg found that Cheng Hai's right foot seemed to have a bigger wheel when running.

Is this the action of unloading the ball?

No, this is a direct shot!
Melberry was overjoyed immediately, feeling that Cheng Hai was going to waste this opportunity to counterattack.

It is very difficult to hit an accurate volley with an aerial ball rushed from the backcourt.

Moreover, Mellberg will not just watch.

When the ball was about to hit the ground and Cheng Hai's right foot was about to hit the ball, Melberg pushed Cheng Hai forward with force.

This is not enough to make Cheng Hai, who never flops, fall, but it can definitely affect his balance.

Cheng Hai was indeed pushed so that he lost his center of gravity. If ordinary people might really be affected by this blow, they would lose the quality of their shots.

However, Cheng Hai still has a full "balance" skill!

Although he lost his center of gravity, Cheng Hai, who was about to finish the shot, gritted his teeth. With his upper body leaning forward a little, he forcibly stabilized his supporting foot, and slammed his right foot on the falling ball.

After all, Cheng Hai completed the volley with his back to the back court and lost his center of gravity, and the quality was very good.

Regardless of shooting skills, shooting power, or volley, Cheng Hai is a perfect skill at full value.

Although the upper body lost its center of gravity, Cheng Hai's strong balance ability allowed him to forcibly stabilize his feet at that moment, and completed this high-quality volley.

Then, he completely lost his center of gravity, staggered a few steps forward, rushed into the restricted area, and then stabilized his body.

But the ball he volleyed and kicked had already flown over the right side of goalkeeper Miguieri's head like a cannonball, and flew into the goal against the lower edge of the crossbar.

Miguieri made a save, but Miguieri, who attacked into the penalty area, was very close to Cheng Hai who shot the goal. In addition, Cheng Hai's shot was too powerful, too fast, and the angle was too tricky, which made his save a step late.

The ball had already flown past the side of his head, and his palm of the save came a long time ago, but it was already too late, and he could only watch the ball fly into the goal.

Cheng Hai used a volley that fans and spectators seldom saw, sent a volley from Gundogan's midfielder into the goal of Olympiacos, equalizing the score for Dortmund, and the score became 1-1.