King of the Zone

On April 4, in the 13th round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund played away against Fürth.

After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 1-6. Dortmund won the away game with five goals.

However, Bayern Munich, which strengthened the lineup during the summer transfer period, still did not fall behind. They also beat their opponents in this round and continued to bite Dortmund in the standings.

Three days later, on April 4, Dortmund ushered in the German Cup semi-final against Wolfsburg at their home stadium Westfalenstadion.

Wolfsburg, nicknamed Wolfsburg, did not perform well last season, so they did not participate in the European war this season.

This season, the league has played so far, and Wolfsburg is in the middle again. Let alone the championship, it is difficult to even qualify for the European competition next season.

As a traditional strong team in the Bundesliga, the performance of these two seasons has been disappointing.Therefore, the German Cup has become their life-saving straw.

It has already reached the semi-finals, and as long as it wins two more games, it can win the championship, and can participate in the Europa League next season as the German Cup champion.

Therefore, even if facing Dortmund, the new cosmic team led by Cheng Hai, or at the Westfalenstadion, which is known as the most terrifying home stadium in Europe, Wolfsburg still has the heart to fight Dortmund and grab the chance to enter the final.

Of course, if you want to win or lose against Dortmund, confrontation is absolutely impossible. Cheng Hai's counterattack can break down the defense of any team in the world.

Wolfsburg could only put up a 532 formation to defend, trying to drag the game into a penalty shootout.

The 532 in 2 is not the 2 strikers in the formation that everyone is usually familiar with, but the [-] midfielders.

3, there are 3 defensive midfielders.

In other words, in order to stick to the end, Wolfsburg didn't play forward at all in this game, but used a configuration of 3 central defenders, 3 midfielders, and 2 defensive midfielders, trying to drag the 0-0 score into a penalty shootout.

Only in this way can they have a slight chance of defeating Dortmund and advancing to the final.Otherwise, in a normal game, they would definitely not be able to play Dortmund led by Cheng Hai.

Wolfsburg, which doesn't even have a striker, has indeed implemented the tactic of placing the bus to the extreme, making it difficult for Cheng Hai to use it.

Because there are no forwards, not only the three midfielders of the five midfielders are full-time defensive midfielders, but even the two forwards are weaker in offense than defense and good at defense.

Not to mention the other Dortmund players, except for lobbing the ball into the penalty area of ​​Wolfsburg, it is difficult to bring the ball into or pass the ball into the 30-meter dangerous area of ​​the goal.

Even with Cheng Hai's dribbling and breakthrough ability, every time he advances, he will encounter three or four full-time defensive players, which makes him unable to use it.

It's not that they didn't try long-range shots, but that Wolfsburg's players are all good at defending. Even if they can't stop Cheng Hai from shooting, they are very experienced in interfering beside him, making Cheng Hai's three long-range shots in the half court fail.

There was also a free kick. It was a bit of luck. One of the free kicks hit the crossbar and bounced back to the penalty area and was saved by the goalkeeper. As a result, the score between the two sides was still 0-0 at the end of the first half.

This is a relatively rare scene in Dortmund.

It also shows that football is indeed a team sport of 11 people. When all the opponents are on the defensive players and put on the bus, even with Cheng Hai's strength, it is impossible to break through the opponent's defense.

However, Wolfsburg did not concede a goal in the first half also accounted for a lot of luck.Therefore, during the intermission, the players of Wolfsburg did not have the ecstasy of defending the goal.

On the one hand, the game is not over yet, on the other hand, because Dortmund is too strong, they did not concede a goal in the first half just because of luck.

If the second half didn't have the luck of the first half, it would be easy to concede goals, so there is really no reason to celebrate.

Of course, the Dortmund players were not happy either.With Cheng Hai starting the game, the experience of not scoring a goal for 45 minutes in the first half is very difficult for everyone to encounter.

Fortunately, Wolfsburg completely abandoned the striker and didn't even have a counterattack in the first half. Everyone doesn't have to worry about their goals, as long as they continue to attack.

Even if they can't score in the second half and there are 30 minutes of overtime, Dortmund's chances of scoring a goal and qualifying for the final are generally much higher than Wolfsburg.

But in terms of specific tactics, Dortmund still needs to make changes.

In the first half when Wolfsburg placed a bus to guard against death, Cheng Hai mainly retreated outside the penalty area for long-range shots or used his dribbling breakthrough to make free kicks.

But because the opponents are all defensive players and they are very professional in defense, Cheng Hai didn't have too many opportunities even outside the penalty area. Therefore, Klopp adjusted his tactics in the second half and let Cheng Hai and Lewandowski fight for headers in the penalty area together.

Although Cheng Hai is not the tallest on the field, his physique, running position, jumping, etc. are indeed the best on the field.

When the ground attack fails to score, it can only try to attack in the air.Even if the opponent has piled up too many people in the penalty area and hoists the ball into the penalty area, it is better than not even being able to enter the penalty area.

Even if one's own team fails to score, it may cause the opponent's own goal in a panic.

After a 15-minute break, the second half officially began.

As a passive side, Wolfsburg has no choice but to continue the tactics of the first half, looking forward to continuing to block Dortmund and prevent the Hornets from scoring.

But Dortmund showed a different tactic from the first half. Cheng Hai and Lewandowski entered the penalty area, and other players began to hang the ball into the penalty area from the wing, allowing Cheng Hai and Lewandowski to fight for the top.

In the first half, because Cheng Hai withdrew from the penalty area to shoot long shots, Lewandowski was alone in the penalty area without cover. The Wolfsburg defender could easily mark him, and hardly gave him any threatening opportunities.

But after the start of the second half of the game, the situation suddenly changed.

On the one hand, Cheng Hai's threat in the penalty area is much higher than that of Lewandowski.In addition to being slightly shorter than Lewandowski by a few centimeters, Cheng Hai's physique, jumping, running position, grabbing points, header skills and other aspects of body and technology are much better than Lewandowski.

Coupled with the reason of fame, once Cheng Hai entered the penalty area, the opponent's defenders suddenly became a little frightened, and Cheng Hai was almost the only one in the swarm.

This gave Lewandowski a chance.

In the 57th minute, Lewandowski got a good chance to score.

Cheng Hai grabbed the first point when Royce dropped the ball into the penalty area from the side, but he was unable to shake his head and attack the goal under the collision of several opponents, so Cheng Hai ferried the ball to Lewandowski in the small penalty area.

It's a pity that Lewandowski hit the ball high with a volley shot and failed to score.

But this attack made the Dortmund players see the direction, and everyone strengthened this routine in the next game: kicking the ball from the side, Cheng Hai's header ferry, and Lewandowski grabbing points in front of the goal.

Although under the strict defense of Wolfsburg defenders, neither Cheng Hai nor Lewandowski had many chances to succeed in grabbing points, but in general the threat was higher than in the first half, and the frequency of dangerous situations was also higher than in the first half.

After a few more failures, finally, in the 83rd minute, just before the end of the 90-minute regulation time, Dortmund finally scored.

And the goal this time was neither Cheng Hai, who was fighting for the header, nor Lewandowski, who had been cooperating with Cheng Hai in the penalty area.

Because the two of them have played a lot of this routine of Cheng Hai competing for the header ferry and Lewandowski grabbing a shot. The Wolfsburg players are familiar with it. Even with Cheng Hai attracting firepower, Lewand is still guarded to death.

Instead, Gundogan, who plugged in from the back row, was in a short gap.

Naturally, Cheng Hai's full value of creativity was not given for nothing. Almost without consideration, Cheng Hai gave up his plan to continue ferrying the ball to Lewandowski, but instead ferried the ball to Gundogan who was inserted in the back row.

Jing Duoan did not disappoint Cheng Hai either.

When Cheng Hai and Lewand attracted most people in the penalty area to defend, Gun Duoan, who was inserted in the back row, faced Cheng Hai's ferry and did not stop and adjust. He volleyed directly and played a very high-quality world wave without anyone marking.

This volley shot is not only powerful and fast, but also shot from a very tricky angle.

Although the goalkeeper Benalio reacted immediately, but Gundogan's shot was too powerful, too fast, and the angle was very tricky, so that Benaglio didn't even touch the shadow of the ball.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Dortmund finally led Wolfsburg 1-0 with Cheng Hai's header ferry assisting Gundogan's volley when Wolfsburg didn't have a striker and all the staff were on the bus.

In the DFB-Pokal match, which was determined by a single game, this immediately reversed the situation on the field. Dortmund became a side that had nothing to worry about, and it was time to switch to Wolfsburg in a hurry.

After the game restarted, Dortmund really stopped attacking aggressively, but retreated to their own half. Wolfsburg, who was behind in the score, had to make substitutions and adjustments, replacing two forwards in a row, making a last-ditch effort.

However, the consequence of Wolfsburg's attacking team was that it left a lot of gaps in the backcourt, and Cheng Hai no longer had almost no room to play as before.

Before the aggressively attacking Wolfsburg team scored a goal to equalize the score, in the 88th minute, Gundogan intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it diagonally to the side.

With Wolfsburg aggressively attacking and trying to equalize the score, there were not many people who could be used to stop Dortmund from counterattacking. In addition, Gundogan's interception and passing speed were too fast. Wolfsburg did not have time to react.

Although Cheng Hai followed up in the middle, the threat was huge, but he couldn't ignore Gotze who was dribbling the ball. He could only assign a defender to intercept Gotze, and there was only one defender left in the middle who could mark Cheng Hai in the end.

As for the others, they all attacked just now, and they haven't had time to return to their positions at this time, and they are still eating ashes behind Cheng Hai's ass!

With Cheng Hai and Mario Gotze two-on-two, the next thing is simple.

When Gotze dribbled the ball to the level of the penalty area line, after seeing Cheng Hai was about to rush into the penalty area, he dodged a gap and kicked a pass through the change of rhythm.

Wolfsburg defender Naldo and Cheng Hai rushed into the penalty area together. Seeing that his physique, jumping ability, and ability to grab points were all at a disadvantage, the ball was likely to be snatched by Cheng Hai and form a header. So he became ruthless, and directly stretched out his hand to grab Cheng Hai's clothes, and pulled Cheng Hai who was about to take off.

The obvious pull this time not only made Cheng Hai unable to take off, but also made Cheng Hai run too far under inertia, and it was unrealistic to jump up and attack the goal with a header.

The referee put the whistle in his mouth, and it seemed that he was about to call Naldo for a foul.

Naldo himself also understood how obvious his action was just now. When he made this action, he knew that he could not escape the punishment of yellow card + penalty kick, or even be shown a red card directly.

Therefore, after pulling Cheng Hai so far that he couldn't jump up, he let go of his hand, thinking that the defensive mission was over.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Hai did not give up.

If Naldo keeps pulling him, then Cheng Hai can't do anything about it, but now that Naldo let go, Cheng Hai doesn't want to give up, he still has to try.

I saw Cheng Hai turned around and took off when he ran too far, and shot a stretched hook volley, kicking the ball that was about to fly towards the goal.

This time the shot was rushed, so it didn’t actually take a good angle, but the goalkeeper Benalio also thought that the referee was going to call his teammate Naldo for a foul, and he was not prepared enough for Cheng Hai’s shot.

In the 88th minute, Mario Götze assisted Cheng Hai in the counterattack and Dortmund scored a beautiful undercut shot to extend the score to 2-0.

But Naldo still did not escape punishment.

The referee first blew the whistle for Cheng Hai's goal, and then ran to Naldo and showed him a yellow card as punishment for his strong pull on Cheng Hai in the penalty area.

In the 88th minute, 2-0, Cheng Hai celebrated with his teammates for a while, and Klopp made another substitution to delay the time...

Wolfsburg has been powerless.

The same is true.

In the last few minutes of the attack, Wolfsburg was almost completely undefended, and all members pressed the attack, but they still failed to score a single goal.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. Dortmund defeated Wolfsburg 2-0 in the semifinals and advanced to the final of the 2012/2013 German Cup.

This game caused a lot of discussion after the game, because Dortmund's victory was not as easy as it seemed on the score.

If luck is worse, Dortmund may really be dragged into overtime or even a penalty shootout by Wolfsburg.

After the game, the media and fans analyzed Wolfsburg's tactics. Most people believed that Wolfsburg's tactics had a chance of success, but they were not very lucky.

Dortmund has Cheng Hai, a pervert with strong breakthroughs, excellent ejaculation skills, and undying physical fitness, which is almost equivalent to fighting with one or two more people than the opponent.

The usual tactics are too disadvantageous against Dortmund. Even if all the players retreat, it will not work, because the forwards retreat is just one more person, and the defensive skills and experience are still not enough.

Only by completely abandoning the forwards and accumulating enough professional defensive players in the backcourt can there be a slight possibility of drawing Dortmund.

Some teams have learned from Wolfsburg and are already ready to move.

Especially those opponents in the league, they don't need to beat Dortmund, as long as they draw and score a point, they are victorious.

Even if they lose, it is acceptable for the Wolfsburg team to concede only two goals and lose a little less goal difference.

Dortmund themselves also realized the adverse effects of this game, and began to strengthen the defense-breaking training against the opponent's real bus-defending tactics in training.

The next day, another German Cup semi-final came to an end. Stuttgart defeated Freiburg 2-1 and met Dortmund in the final.

The final between the two sides will be held on June 6. At that time, the Bundesliga and the Champions League will all be over. Therefore, the German Cup final is also Dortmund's last game of the season.