King of the Zone

Seeing Mandzu`kic’s long-range shot hit Hummels’ feet, change the line, avoid goalkeeper Weidenfeller’s defense, and get into Dortmund’s goal, more than 6 Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena immediately screamed and cheered enthusiastically.

In the game where Cheng Hai played, Bayern Munich scored the first goal to lead Dortmund, which in the eyes of many people is a miracle.

With this goal alone, Manju `Kic has been completely accepted by Bayern fans.

For Dortmund players and fans, this is undoubtedly a blow to the head!

Of course, as last season's Triple Crown champion and the current Bundesliga overlord, Dortmund is naturally impossible to be hit by a conceded goal.

Especially Cheng Hai, who has the highest salary in the world. If he loses the six-time champion in the first official match just after the contract renewal, he will not forgive himself.

Therefore, despite his physical and mental exhaustion, Cheng Hai still actively asked for breakthroughs in the frontcourt, or passed assists to his teammates.

For Cheng Hai, who has already played as a front midfielder in the Olympic team and led the Olympic team to the Olympic championship, he is very handy in both organization and offense in the frontcourt.

The only problem is status.

Although Cheng Hai can enter deep sleep at any time to recover well, but the high-intensity match against Brazil in the London Olympic final, coupled with factors such as long-distance travel and two games played within 30 hours, Cheng Hai's on-the-spot performance in this game was very poor.

In the 8th minute, when Cheng Hai took the ball and was about to use a bicycle to break through Bayern's midfielder Gustavo, Gustavo stabbed the ball away with a precise tackle.

This is relatively rare in Cheng Hai.

Under normal circumstances, even if he can't make a breakthrough, Cheng Hai's perfect dribbling skills make it difficult for him to lose the ball, unless two or three players attack together.

In one-on-one situations, Cheng Hai rarely concedes the ball.

It can be seen from this conceded goal that Cheng Hai's condition is not very good.

Cheng Hai could only slowly adjust and adapt.

As a result, before Cheng Hai could adapt, Bayern Munich scored again.

The attack was caused by Peter Pan Robben.

In the 11th minute, after breaking through from the right, Robben shot the far corner with his signature cut in. The strong arc made Weidenfeller touch the ball, but he failed to touch the ball out of the bottom line.

The ball hit Weidenfeller's fingertips, changed direction slightly, hit the far post with a "bang", and bounced back into the penalty area.

Before Dortmund's players and fans could breathe a sigh of relief, Thomas Muller, who rushed into the penalty area, rushed into the penalty area and made a flying shot before Subotic made a clearance.

"Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor..."

The commentator of Munich TV let out a long roar of excitement, and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"The ball is in!"

"A shot from Peter Pan Robben cut in from the side, causing a rebound in the penalty area, and Muller grabbed the first point and flew into the net."

"Bayern Munich 2-0 Dortmund, we are two goals ahead."

"We are on track to win the German Super Cup this year by beating Dortmund."

Amidst the narrator's hoarse shouts, the entire Allianz Arena fell into a fiery carnival. More than 6 Bayern fans turned the Allianz Arena into a sea of ​​carnival.

The remaining thousands of Dortmund away fans were barely audible.

Of course, at the moment when the opponent scored two goals and led 2-0, Dortmund fans couldn't make any noise.

The same goes for the Dortmund players.

If the first conceded goal was a blow to the head, then this conceded goal was stunned.

Being behind by two goals is not an easy score for any team to recover.

Even if Dortmund had Cheng Hai, it would be quite difficult, not to mention that Cheng Hai is still in poor condition, and it is hard to say how much strength he can exert.

Bayern Munich is not a soft persimmon that can be kneaded casually.

After leading Bayern by two goals, it is quite difficult for Dortmund to equalize or even reverse the score.

What is even more astonishing is that after seeing the two-goal lead, Bayern's head coach immediately made substitution adjustments, removing Manju`Kic who had just scored the goal, and replaced him with the defender Van Buyten, who changed 4231 to strengthen the defense.

You know, Heynckes made a substitution in the 11th minute of the game. This signal is very clear, that is, to strengthen the defense in the next time and keep the 2-0 score.

Although he was replaced so early in the game, Manju`kic knew that it was not because of his poor performance, but because of the team's overall tactical needs.

Therefore, when he left the field, he did not have any dissatisfaction. With a smile, he clapped and hugged Van Buyten who replaced him, and also hugged Heynckes when he got to the sideline.

Of course, he who opened the scoring for the team also received applause and cheers from all the Bayern fans.

Sure enough, after the game restarted, all Bayern Munich players retreated. Except for Thomas Muller, everyone else retreated within 30 meters of the goal to help defend, even Robben and Franck Ribery on the two wings were no exception.

Although Robben and Franck Ribery have limited defensive capabilities, Lahm, Boateng, Gustavo, Van Buyten, Tymoshchuk and a large number of defensive backbones are enough to form an insurmountable bus defense line when shrinking the defense line for defense.

What's more, Robben and Franck Ribery's quick counterattack ability also made Dortmund dare not attack with all their members.

In addition, Cheng Hai was not in good form and was heavily marked, making it even more difficult to find opportunities to shoot.

In the 24th minute, Cheng Hai managed to carry Boateng's push on the ribs of the penalty area and received a pass from Gundogan to get a chance to hit the goal, but in the end he missed the post.

Although there are interference factors from Boateng, with Cheng Hai's physique, balance ability, and shooting skills, in the past, this kind of ball can at least pose a certain threat within the range of the goal frame.

But now it doesn't work.

Of course, even so, Bayern Munich still did not dare to relax their guard against Cheng Hai.

This time Cheng Hai missed the shot, but what if he hits it next time?
What's more, even if the shot missed this time and the ball missed, it didn't go too far, it just missed the post and hit the side net, which proved that Cheng Hai's shooting skills were still at an average level.

Therefore, as long as Cheng Hai enters the 30-meter area of ​​the goal, he will generally face the close defense of at least two Bayern players, and other people will help defend and fill in at any time to stop Cheng Hai's intention to break through or shoot.

While shrinking the defense and laying out the iron bucket bus, Bayern did not completely counterattack.

Especially Robben and Franck Ribery on the two wings are first-class in the world in terms of extraordinary skills and counter-attack speed.

In the 37th minute, Bayern took advantage of the opportunity when Dortmund's attack was interrupted to play an efficient counterattack. Unfortunately, Thomas Muller pushed the ball from Ribery's bottom pass slightly above the crossbar.

If the goal is scored, the game can almost be declared over.

Even with the foundation of Dortmund's Triple Crown, it may be difficult to stage a major reversal.

In front of Bayern's iron barrel bus, Dortmund has never been able to break through the opponent's gate.Although there were one or two threatening shots, they lacked a little luck and failed to score after all.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 2-0. Bayern Munich, which was playing at home, led by two goals.

When they left the field, the Bayern players all smiled and interacted with the home fans in the stands.And Cheng Hai and other Dortmund players are a little shameless.

This is a rare experience in which the entire team did not score a goal in the first half in the game after Cheng Hai started at the club.

During the intermission, Cheng Hai took the initiative to suggest to Klopt:

"Boss, I'm not in a good state today. Whether it's a breakthrough or a shot, I can't perform at my usual level under the collective pressure of the opponent's defender."

"I think I can switch positions with Royce in the second half. I will play as a winger and Royce as a striker. How about it?"

"Withdrawing to the side of the midfield, on the one hand, the defensive pressure is much lower, and on the other hand, I can also use my ability to assist with long passes."

"It's not an escape, but I really don't feel good about shooting today. For the overall victory of the team, I think I should change to a more effective position."

Cheng Hai's suggestion was exactly what Klopp wanted.

In fact, in the first half, he was a little worried about Cheng Hai's state, and he wanted to withdraw Cheng Hai's position.After all, Cheng Hai led the Hua Guo Olympic team to win the championship in the London Olympics, and his performance in the midfielder position is obvious to all.

But Jing Duoan is not a forward material, and it will not work for him to exchange positions with Cheng Hai.It is also impossible to withdraw Gundogan, which is a great waste when an attack is needed.

Letting Cheng Hai retreat directly to the midfielder position is even more unacceptable.

Now Dortmund does not need to defend, but to attack.

So Klopp scratched his head a little and didn't make adjustments in the first half.But now, Cheng Hai proposed not to switch positions with Gundogan, but to switch positions with Royce, which solved the problem of Gundogan's position.

Royce can play as a striker, and it is no problem to switch positions with Cheng Hai.

The only question is whether Cheng Hai can play well in the forward position.

But with Dortmund's current situation, I'm afraid Cheng Hai can only try in the forward position.

With the tactics established, Cheng Hai entered the dream training again, allowing his body to recover for a short period of time.

After 15 minutes, the second half of the game began, and the two sides changed sides to fight again.

As a result, everyone found that Cheng Hai no longer stayed in the forward position, but switched positions with the left forward Royce. Royce played the forward position and Cheng Hai played the left midfielder.

On the right side of Bayern Munich's matchup, Robben's defensive ability is much inferior to his offense, and only right back Tymoshchuk can barely intercept it.

But with one person's defense, even if Cheng Hai is in poor form in this game, he can basically beat Timoshchuk.

Cheng Hai's speed alone could make Tymoshchuk drink a pot.

In addition, there was another problem that Cheng Hai, Klopp and others hadn't thought of before. When Cheng Hai went to play the left midfielder, he just suppressed Robben's counterattack.

Cheng Hai's defensive ability, physique, speed, and stealing ability made Robben unable to play his ability to cut inside after breaking through the wing in the second half.

The change of positions between Cheng Hai and Royce immediately activated Dortmund's left attack.

Just 4 minutes into the second half, Cheng Hai received a pass from Gundogan on the left. A sudden pass by a man broke through Tymoshchuk, and then made a pass from the bottom.

It's a pity that Cheng Hai's left foot is far inferior to his right foot. This time the cross was not high enough, and Van Buyten grabbed the first point and pushed out of the penalty area to clear the siege.

Since the bottom pass is not very good, Cheng Hai cuts in and shoots.

Luo Ben can cut in and shoot the far corner with his left foot, and Cheng Hai can also cut in and shoot with his right foot.

Although Gustavo, Van Buyten and others paid great attention to the defense of the wing to prevent Tymoshchuk and Robben from being too easy to break through, the wing itself has limited space, and it is impossible for Bayern to double-team with two or three people like the center and the penalty area.

If this kind of thing really happens, Cheng Hai can use his passing skills to pass the ball out.

Cheng Hai also has a full range of vision and skills such as long passes, short passes, and through balls in the air!

In the 53rd minute, Cheng Hai had such an opportunity.

After taking the ball from the wing, he broke through Robben easily, and then saw Van Buyten move to the wing, as if he wanted to join forces with Tymoshchuk to intercept Cheng Hai.

Gustavo also obliquely blocked Cheng Hai's in-cutting line.

Boateng, Kroos and others in the middle also moved to the left, almost blocking Cheng Hai's bottom pass, cutting inside and passing the ball to the middle.

With Cheng Hai's state in this game, it is beyond his power to break through the penalty area and shoot in one go.

However, Cheng Hai's full vision made it easy for him to spot it, because he took the ball on the left side, causing Bayern's defensive players in the midfield to move their formation to his side.

In the middle of the stadium, central defender Boateng was competing with Lewandowski, full-back Lahm was marking Reus, and Gross Kreutz, who cut in from the wing at high speed, was unguarded and rushed straight to the right corner of Bayern's big penalty area.

Seeing this, how could Cheng Hai be polite.

Cheng Hai immediately stopped the rhythm of continuing to break through with the ball from the side. First, he dunked the ball inward, caught Robben who was rushing up behind him with his body, and passed the ball with a big foot before Gustavo blocked the passing angle.

At this time, Cheng Hai used the full-value "Long Pass in the Air" skill.

Whether it was the players on the field or the audience in the stands, they were all firmly attracted by the scene of Cheng Hai taking the ball and breaking through Robben from the wing.

No one expected that Cheng Hai would suddenly transfer the ball away.

After everyone looked at the ball passed by Cheng Hai, they were shocked to find that in the direction of the flight of the ball passed by Cheng Hai, there were no Bayern defenders, only Dortmund's right forward Gross Kreutz rushed into the right rib of Bayern Munich's penalty area against the direction of the ball.

Ram, who was marking Royce at the top of the penalty area, immediately threw off Royce, wanting to compete with Gross Kreutz for the aerial ball and clear the ball.

Goalkeeper Neuer, who was on the left side of the goal, immediately moved to the right to prevent Gross Kreutz's header.

However, it was too late for them to remedy the situation.

Cheng Hai, who was in a sluggish state for most of the game and rarely threatened to shoot, finally played his normal level this time with a long pass in the air.

For Gross Kreutz, the pass was really comfortable.Whether it's the height of the ball's flight, the landing point, or the speed and arc, he doesn't need to stop the ball to adjust, just dive directly to the top.

The flying speed of the ball is naturally much higher than the running speed of the players.

Therefore, although Ram found out that Cheng Hai was going to pass the ball to Gross Kreutz, he immediately threw off Royce and wanted to destroy it, but he still failed to catch up.

Gross Kreutz, who rushed in from the right corner of the penalty area, saw the ball's landing point, jumped to the top with a flying body, and hit the fast-flying ball.

Then, he was also knocked to the ground by Ram who came from the side, and rolled a few times.

But that didn't stop him from hitting the ball.

Gross Kreutz saw Neuer jumping from the far end to the near end before reaching the top, so he deliberately pushed the opposite far corner when he made the top, which is opposite to the center of gravity of Neuer's body movement.

Gross Kreutz's diving to the top also performed exceptionally this time, perfectly achieving the effect he wanted.

After the ball hit his head, it changed direction instantly. After crossing a parabola in the air, it fell to the left side of the goal, opposite to the direction in which Neuer's body was moving to the right.

Although the speed of the header is not as fast as the speed of the shot with the foot volley, Neuer's body shifts the center of gravity in the opposite way, which makes his save a step slower.

By the time Neuer saw clearly the flight direction of the ball that Gross Kreutz dived to the top, braked suddenly and turned around and rushed to the far end, it was too late.

The ball fell into Bayern Munich's goal against the lower edge of the crossbar before Neuer's palm was in place.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, Cheng Hai, who switched positions with Royce in the second half, finally played his value as the world's number one superstar on the left side. With a long pass in the air that spanned half the pitch, he assisted Gross Kreutz with a diving goal and broke the Bayern Munich goal. He tied the score at 1-2, only one goal behind.

The commentator of Dortmund City TV in the commentary booth can finally release his feelings.

I saw him jumping up from the commentary seat and shouting loudly:

"Toooooooooooooooooooooooooor..."

"The ball is in!"

"Gross Kreutz made a great dive over the top of Bayern Munich and we were only one goal behind!"

"This ball was assisted by Cheng Hai's long pass from the left."

"Cheng Hai must have been greatly affected by yesterday's Olympic finals and long-distance flight. In the first half, he was in a very poor state at the forward position, and he didn't even have two threatening shots."

"During the intermission, Klopp made tactical adjustments, allowing Cheng Hai and Royce to switch positions."

"As a result, this change of position made Cheng Hai's performance a lot better, and Dortmund also scored a goal in less than 10 minutes of the second half."

"Only one goal behind, we still have time!"

"The ultimate winner must be Dortmund!"

"Bumblebee, come on!!!"