King of the Zone

Cheng Hai and his parents hugged and celebrated for a long time, and then was dragged back to the field by his teammates to celebrate for a while, before being stopped by the referee amidst the protests of Barcelona players, and returned to his own half to wait for Barcelona to open the ball.

After the game restarted, Barcelona did not rush to attack to equalize the score. They still controlled the ball firmly according to their previous rhythm, waiting for a good opportunity to attack.

As for Dortmund, although they scored a counterattack goal just now, it is actually quite dangerous.

If Iniesta's shot was slightly wider and Weidenfeller couldn't save it, then it would not be Dortmund who opened the scoring, but Barcelona with a goal.

In addition, Hummels' big foot assist also had a strong element of luck. If it didn't pass directly to Cheng Hai, I'm afraid the ball wouldn't be able to counterattack.

In short, although Dortmund scored a goal and led by one goal for the time being, everyone was not complacent. Instead, under Klopp's reminder, they defended more carefully and did not dare to be careless at all, giving Barcelona an opportunity.

At the same time, in order to make the defense more solid, Cheng Hai also took the initiative to retreat to the midfielder position to participate in the defense.

Anyway, Dortmund is already leading by one goal, Barcelona should be anxious, and Cheng Hai is not in a hurry at all.

And once Barcelona starts to attack instead of falling in the backcourt, then Cheng Hai can play a role, using his super speed, defensive positioning, and stealing ability to force the opponent to make mistakes, and then form a counterattack.

Sure enough, after Cheng Hai's position was withdrawn to the midfielder, it became more difficult for Barcelona to attack.

Under Cheng Hai's unsparing physical strength and the fastest running in the world, it was difficult for Barcelona to pass the ball to the frontcourt, almost only in the middle and backcourt.

It's not that he can't play any offense at all, but that he is not sure and dare not play easily, for fear that if the offense fails, the ball will change hands and Dortmund will launch an offense.

This is the characteristic of Barcelona's passing and possession tactics.

On the sidelines, Guardiola, who saw Cheng Hai retreating and his disciples having more difficulty finding opportunities to attack, couldn't help but look very grim.

Although it is only one goal behind, if it continues to play in this way, Barcelona will lose more and win less after all.

However, he did not dare to easily allow the team to strengthen the offense, because it would be easy to lose the ball, and the possession of the ball would change hands, allowing Dortmund to get an offensive opportunity.

In this game, the main reason why Dortmund didn't have many chances to attack was because the ball was at the feet of the Barcelona players most of the time, and Cheng Hai didn't have the ball if he wanted to attack.

The Barcelona players' ability to dribble, break through and shoot is not as good as Cheng Hai. Once they attack, the probability of the ball changing hands will be much higher than the probability of scoring.

Therefore, Guardiola can only respond to changes with the same, let the team continue to play like this first.

As a result, the rest of the first half became very dull.

The existence of Cheng Hai in the midfielder position makes it more difficult for Barcelona to find an excellent opportunity to attack. Most of the time, they can only invert their feet in the midfield and increase the possession rate.

In the few times Barcelona attacked in the first half, there was only one shot at the end, and it was blown away under the interference of Kyle.
On Dortmund's side, because it is difficult to get the ball, there are few offensive opportunities.The few counterattacks ended without a problem because Cheng Hai stood too far back and did not participate.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 1-0. Dortmund temporarily took the lead by one goal because of Cheng Hai's counterattack goal.

During the intermission, most of the commentators analyzed that the final winner of the game is still more likely to be Dortmund.

After all, Dortmund took the lead by one goal and took the initiative.

Barcelona must attack in the second half, but their shooting skills are not as good as Cheng Hai's. Even Messi's goal frame shooting rate is far from Cheng Hai's.

And once the shot is missed and the ball changes hands, Dortmund will fight back, especially when Cheng Hai participates in the attack, Barcelona will be very dangerous.

But now that Barcelona is behind, they must strengthen their offense in the second half.

Perhaps, you can only play luck to see if you can surpass Dortmund in the number of goals.

Amidst everyone's discussion, after a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and neither made any substitution adjustments.

But tactically, Barcelona launched a fast break at the beginning of the second half, and seemed to want to take advantage of the opening of the game and the opportunity when Dortmund players were not concentrated.

Messi also played his part, with several dribbles in the frontcourt, proving his ability.

It is a pity that Dortmund did not have the problem of lack of concentration.

In such an important battle at the top of Europe, they are all rookies participating in the Champions League final for the first time, and they are only one goal ahead. How could they be negligent?

Therefore, although Messi had several wonderful breakthrough performances, he was still unable to penetrate Dortmund's defense line with several people in a row. Even if he assisted his teammates, he failed to break through Dortmund's defense line.

On the contrary, Dortmund took advantage of Barcelona's attack failure and the opportunity of the ball changing hands to launch several counterattacks. In the 57th minute, Cheng Hai almost assisted Lewandowski to score and expand the score.

It's a pity that Lewandowski has the same problem as the Barcelona players. Both his shooting skills cannot reach the accuracy of Cheng Hai, and the final shot is slightly higher than the crossbar.

Originally, Barcelona's plan was to attack for more than ten minutes at the beginning of the game to see if they could break through Dortmund's goal.

If you score a goal and equalize the score, just take it easy and continue to defend with the ball, even if it is delayed to a penalty shootout.

As a result, after more than ten minutes of attacking, Barcelona still failed to score a goal, and Dortmund's counterattack was also very fast and decisive. Compared with the first half, the offensive and defensive rhythm of the two sides changed much faster, which made Barcelona feel a little bit unable to stop.

Coupled with the fact that they have not scored a goal and are still behind in the score, Barcelona can't stop. They can only continue to pass the ball forward and try to break into Dortmund's penalty area.

But after Cheng Hai retreated to the midfielder position and concentrated on defense, it was really difficult for Barcelona's offense to hit Dortmund's penalty area.

Even Real Madrid's luxurious attack line and desperate 343 offensive formation are difficult to break through the defense line led by Cheng Hai, let alone Barcelona, ​​which has a small number of people?
Although Messi's breakthrough ability is better, without the support of his teammates, Messi can't break through two or three people, three or four people every time and then score.

Even Cheng Hai has a hard time doing this, let alone Messi.

Goals scored by five players in a row, no matter against Cheng Hai, Messi, or Maradona, are extraordinary performances and short-lived.

Not only did the offense fail to enter Dortmund's penalty area, Barcelona also often lost the ball and was counterattacked by Dortmund.

Although Barcelona's possession of the ball is strong, they are behind the score and cannot always fall safely in the backcourt.

And once you hit the frontcourt, the probability of losing the ball is much greater.

Although Cheng Hai sits in the backcourt and does not participate in many counterattacks, it is not completely absent.

You know, Cheng Hai's speed is number one in the world!
Full physical fitness can also support him to rush to the frontcourt at the fastest speed.

All kinds of skills with perfect value can make him have a higher success rate in the counterattack process, whether it is cooperation with teammates or personal breakthroughs.

In terms of personal breakthrough ability with the ball alone, Cheng Hai is definitely the best in the world, even Messi and Maradona are far behind.

Of course, it is impossible for Cheng Hai to break through successfully every time, and the opponent is not a wooden pile.But Cheng Hai also has his teammates to help, so he won't keep chug chug foolishly.

Seeing that the time from the end of the game is getting less and less, Barcelona's offense is playing more and more frequently.

In the 68th minute, Fabregas made a pass error under the pressure of Cheng Hai, and the ball was intercepted by Hummels.

This time, Barcelona's offense was more in-depth. Even Xavi and Iniesta advanced near the penalty area line, and the two full-backs also assisted to a place less than 30 meters away from the bottom line.

Only Mascherano, Puyol, and Pique were left standing near the center circle to prevent Dortmund from counterattacking.

This is a great opportunity to fight back!
Therefore, before Hummels had intercepted the ball, but Cheng Hai had seen his running position and judged that he could catch Fabregas's ball midway, he immediately turned around and rushed towards Barcelona's half court at full speed.

When Cheng Hai moved, everyone in Dortmund knew his intentions.

Therefore, Hummels didn't even stop and adjust when stealing the ball. He pushed the ball directly and sent the ball to Shinji Kagawa who was in the gap on the wing.

Then Shinji Kagawa passed the ball diagonally to the feet of Cheng Hai, who was sprinting forward, before the opponent's full-back counterattacked.

Cheng Hai's full value off-the-ball movement allows him to run to the weakest defense of the opponent even when counterattacking.

Although Harvey, Iniesta and others began to retreat quickly the moment they lost the ball, they failed to catch up with the speed of Cheng Hai's advance and the speed of Hummels and Shinji Kagawa's passing.

Therefore, Cheng Hai received a pass from Shinji Kagawa near the center line without any interference.

Five or six meters diagonally in front of him, Mascherano is retreating and getting stuck. He is moving diagonally in the direction of Cheng Hai, trying to block Cheng Hai's breakthrough route with the ball.

On both sides, Harvey and full-back Alves are quickly returning to the defense. If Cheng Hai is held back by Mascherano for a while, the two may return to the defense.

As for Puyol and Pique, who were further ahead, they had to continue to retreat under the pressure of Lewandowski and Gundogan's running positions, and it was impossible to intercept Cheng Hai with Mascherano.

In other words, when Barcelona attacked the frontcourt, was suddenly intercepted, and was quickly countered by Dortmund, in Barcelona's backcourt, Cheng Hai, Gundogan and Lewandowski had already formed a three-on-three situation with Mascherano, Puyol and Pique.

As for Barcelona's returning players Xavi, Iniesta, Alves, Butzkes, etc., they are all slower than Cheng Hai.

This is an excellent offensive opportunity.

Mascherano naturally knew this too, and he made up his mind to stop Cheng Hai even if he made a foul.

It is far from the goal here, even if there is a foul, it is impossible for Cheng Hai to take a free kick and send the ball directly into the goal.

As a result, when Mascherano was mentally prepared for a foul, Cheng Hai dribbled the ball to a distance of only three or four meters from him, and suddenly passed the ball diagonally.

Then Cheng Hai broke out by himself, running around Mascherano without the ball at a faster speed.

Cheng Hai didn't go to surprise Mascherano at all, giving Mascherano a chance to steal the ball or foul, or delay the time, but passed the ball to Gundogan who is in a better position.

Without the ball, Cheng Hai has a decent height and weight plus full physique and balance. Mascherano can't knock him down even with all his strength.

When Cheng Hai was about to go around Mascherano, Mascherano really wanted to reach out and drag Cheng Hai down.

As long as Cheng Hai was dragged down, it would be better if it was a foul.Even if the game continues, Gundogan and Lewandowski are two-on-two, and they may not be able to break through the defense of Puyol and Pique.

Even if a shot is formed in the end, their shooting skills are not as superb as Cheng Hai, and they may not be able to break through the goal guarded by Valdes.

Therefore, Mascherano's plan to bring Cheng Hai down even if he doesn't have the ball is no problem.

However, Cheng Hai did not give him a chance to foul.

Whether it was Cheng Hai's sprint speed, or Cheng Hai's physique and balance, they all exceeded Mascherano's expectations.

Mascherano stretched out his hand and only reached a corner of Cheng Hai's jersey, and then yanked hard. Not only did he not let Cheng Hai fall down, but he was dragged by Cheng Hai's sprint speed, and was dragged by Cheng Hai's super fast speed. He lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

Mascherano's plan of fouling Cheng Hai to bring Cheng Hai down naturally came to nothing. Instead, he fell to the ground and lost the chance to return to defense. He could only watch Cheng Hai's back disappear.

Now, Dortmund has formed a three-on-two frontcourt situation, and the situation is even more favorable.

After breaking through Mascherano, Cheng Hai became the unmarked one.

Just after receiving the pass from Cheng Hai, Gundogan, who was blocked by Pique, naturally did not hesitate, and immediately passed the ball to Cheng Hai, which is equivalent to Cheng Hai and Gundogan doing a two-for-one cooperation and passing Mascherano.

When receiving the return pass from Jing Duoan, Cheng Hai has already advanced to a place only 20 meters away from the penalty area line, which is already quite dangerous.

Puyol, who was running with Lewandowski on the left, had no choice but to give up marking Lewandowski, turn around and rush towards Cheng Hai's direction, trying to stop Cheng Hai.

Puyol also felt the opposite of stopping Cheng Hai even if he made a foul.

The result was the same as breaking through Mascherano. Cheng Hai didn't give Puyol a chance to foul at all. Instead, after Puyol left Lewandowski, he immediately passed the ball to Lewandowski, and then he became a state of running without the ball again.

Lewandowski received a pass from Cheng Hai on the left, dribbled the ball towards the Barcelona penalty area and killed it.

Puyol had no choice but to turn around again to intercept Lewandowski. Pique, who was blocking Gundogan on the right before, moved to the middle to intercept Cheng Hai and prevent Cheng Hai from being unguarded.

But how can Pique's defense alone be enough?
Cheng Hai's stamina, speed, and ability to move without the ball completely surpassed Pique's reaction.

When Pique was running diagonally towards the middle of the penalty area, trying to intercept Cheng Hai, Cheng Hai suddenly changed direction when he was about to enter the penalty area, and rushed towards the right side of the penalty area.

Lewandowski, who dribbled the ball to the left corner of the penalty area, suddenly paused at this moment, adjusted a step, and then kicked a pass, avoiding Puyol's press, and picked the ball over Pique's head in the middle, and sent it to the other side of the penalty area, the corner of the small penalty area.

Lewandowski provided an assist for Cheng Hai who rushed to the right side of the penalty area.

Although Pique immediately wanted to rush there when Cheng Hai changed his line and rushed to the right, his speed and reaction were slower than Cheng Hai's.

Before he rushed over to block the angle of Cheng Hai's shot, Cheng Hai had already faced the ball passed by Lewandowski, and made a powerful volley without stopping the ball, kicking the ball to the near corner of the goal.

You know, Cheng Hai's "volley" skill is also at full value!

This counterattack was too fast and comfortable. Barcelona's full-backs and midfielders almost didn't have time to get back in place, allowing Cheng Hai to complete the volley without any interference.

Although Pique tried his best to rush to Cheng Hai, trying to fly to block the hole of the gun and destroy the ball, it was still a step too late.

Cheng Hai's volley was powerful and fast. The ball flew past Pique's outstretched toes like a sharp arrow, drew an afterimage, and flew into the near goal with a swish.

Valdes, who was on the left to prevent Lewandowski's shot, failed to keep up with the speed of Lewandowski's pass and Cheng Hai's shot.

In the 68th minute, Barcelona's pass-controlled football still failed to score a goal, but Cheng Hai scored twice on Dortmund's side, helping Dortmund take a 2-0 lead.

Seeing Cheng Hai kick the ball into the goal of Barcelona with a volley, the commentators from various countries in the commentary booth shouted loudly in their own languages:

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...""

"Toooooooooooooooooooor..."

"The ball is in, it's in, it's in, it's in..."

"Two goals!"

"Terrifying scoring efficiency!"

"Cheng Hai scored twice in his first Champions League final to give Dortmund a 2-0 lead."

"It's simply too strong."

"There are less than 30 minutes left in the game. Dortmund leads by two goals. The championship is in sight. Barcelona is in danger!"

"Barcelona are going to come back from a two-goal deficit in less than 30 minutes and keep Borussia Dortmund from scoring again, it's going to be impossible."

"Just look at how Guardiola and Barcelona will respond!"

"Both sides played a little too cautiously before, and they didn't dare to attack each other aggressively. But now there is no way, Barcelona, ​​which is two goals behind, can't do without attacking across the board. Perhaps, the really exciting and intense game really starts from this time."