King of the Zone

In the locker room, Cheng Hai walked into the locker room with the support of Shinji Kagawa and Barrios, and sat down on the sofa that had been prepared for him.

Ge Ce quickly brought Cheng Hai a bottle of water and handed it to Cheng Hai.

Cheng Hai opened the bottle cap, drank the whole bottle of water in one gulp.Gotze asked him if he wanted more, he shook his head, then fell down, and said to his teammates and coaches: "You talk, I'll sleep for a while!"

He greeted the physical therapist again and asked him to give him a massage, so he didn't have to worry about being woken up, and then Cheng Hai lay down and fell asleep.

Originally, during the intermission, the coach and the players were supposed to summarize the gains and losses of the first half and discuss the tactics of the second half, but in order to avoid disturbing Cheng Hai, everyone shut up, drank water and rested quietly, and then quietly looked at Cheng Hai who was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed.

This is the first time Dortmund's teammates watched Cheng Hai fall asleep quickly during the halftime break of the game.

Although it is now in the locker room, but the Westfalenstadion accommodates more than 8 people, it is impossible to completely isolate the sound from the outside in the locker room, and it still seems very noisy.

It was not designed for players to sleep during the intermission.

Therefore, everyone didn't believe that Cheng Hai could really fall asleep. They thought that Cheng Hai just closed his eyes and squinted for a while, and then claimed to the media that he fell asleep.

Everyone was quiet, afraid of disturbing Cheng Hai.

In fact, what everyone didn't know was that after Cheng Hai set the system's dream training time, he fell into a deep sleep within a few seconds of lying down.

Before the set dream training time is over, the outside world cannot wake up Cheng Hai.

The physiotherapist then looked at Klopp with a questioning look.

Klopp nodded, motioning for him to massage as Cheng Hai requested.

The physiotherapist nodded, turned his head and pressed Cheng Hai's feet first.

Originally, his strength was relatively light, and he was afraid of waking Cheng Hai up.

As a result, after he pressed it for a while, he found that Cheng Hai's eyelids didn't even move, and he even snored slightly, as if he was sleeping soundly.

This caught the physiotherapist by surprise, as did the other coaches and players in the dressing room.

Klopp walked up to Cheng Hai, signaled the physical therapist to increase the intensity of the massage while observing Cheng Hai's facial expression, and found that he was really asleep and was not affected by the physical therapist at all.

This gave Klopp another layer of understanding of Cheng Hai.

No wonder Cheng Hai has never needed a sleep coach. It turns out that he can fall asleep quickly by himself, and he is not afraid of insomnia at all.

Klopp left the sofa where Cheng Hai was sleeping, recruited the players to a corner, and began to summarize the gains and losses in the first half in a low voice, and arranged the tactics for the second half.

The players also joined in the discussion in low voices.

But while discussing, everyone still paid attention to Cheng Hai's situation from time to time, and finally found that their voices did not affect Cheng Hai at all, so they couldn't help but admire Cheng Hai's ability.

Being able to fall asleep so quickly in the noisy locker room of the football field without waking up from the discussions of teammates and the massage of the physical therapist has to be admired.

They also thought, but they can't do it!
Not to mention the locker room, even in the hotel, sometimes the outside noise is a little louder, and they can't fall asleep.

In the absent-minded discussion between the coach and teammates, 10 minutes passed quickly, and then the physical therapist saw Cheng Hai's eyelids moved, took a deep breath, and then suddenly opened his eyes.

"Cheng Hai, are you awake? Did you fall asleep just now?" The physical therapist asked curiously, and other coaches and players also surrounded him curiously, wanting to know whether Cheng Hai was half awake and squinting for a while or really fell asleep.

Cheng Hai stretched his arms, then sat up with some support, shook his head, then stood up energetically and said, "Of course I fell asleep. I'm in good spirits now, and I should be fine if I kick for another 10 or [-] minutes."

Gotze, who is also one of Dortmund's double stars, said enviously: "Cheng Hai, how did you do it? It's so enviable."

Cheng Hai uttered an uh, and said, "Well, how should I put it, as long as you have nothing to worry about, automatically block out all external sounds, don't care about it, don't listen to it, you can fall asleep naturally."

He can't say the real reason, he can only give everyone this nonsense that sounds right but few people can do it.

Gotze scratched his scalp and said, "Oh, I will never be able to do what you do."

Other teammates also expressed envy for Cheng Hai's ability, and the coaches felt very good.

Since Cheng Hai has already recovered a large part of his energy through sleep, it is completely fine for Cheng Hai to continue playing for one to two ten minutes in the second half.

This will give Dortmund greater confidence in winning this game and advancing to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.

Afterwards, Klopp quickly ordered some tactical arrangements to Cheng Hai, and then it was almost time to play in the second half.

The moment Cheng Hai followed his teammates out of the player tunnel and onto the turf, tens of thousands of Bumblebee fans in the stands cheered excitedly again.

Some fans applauded and commented in surprise:
"Damn it, Cheng Hai can really play the second half?"

"During the halftime break, you have to be supported when you leave the field. After ten minutes of rest, you can play?"

"Not only can he play, you can see his appearance, which is similar to the state he played after the halftime break when he played in the Asian Cup. It is estimated that he can play at least ten minutes in the second half."

"Could he really be able to sleep in the dressing room and still fall asleep, rested and rejuvenated?"

"It's amazing! He can fall asleep in such a noisy football field. I definitely can't sleep."

"Of course, otherwise, how can people call you a genius, and you are a waste material?"

"Damn it, you're not trash? You're not trash, why didn't you go up and kick it?"

Amidst the discussions among the fans, the faces of Benfica's players and coaches were very ugly.

Judging by Cheng Hai's walking state, maybe he can really play for one or two 10 minutes in the second half.If you lose the ball again, how do you let them reverse it?
However, no matter what the opponent thinks, the game must continue.

With the whistle of the referee, the second half of the game officially began.

Despite trailing on aggregate, Benfica had to attack in order to score.

As long as they score another goal, they will be able to eliminate Dortmund with the advantage of more away goals and advance to the quarterfinals with the same total score.

However, the premise of this is that Dortmund can no longer score goals.

Therefore, while they were attacking, they did not relax their guard against Cheng Hai.

But Cheng Hai has too many skills and strength. Even if Benfica concentrates on defending Cheng Hai and doesn't give him any chance in the middle, he can still find opportunities to break through on the side.

It is impossible for any team to pile up too many defensive personnel on the side. It is a luxury to have at most two people to defend Cheng Hai at the same time.

For Cheng Hai, who has full speed, physique, dribbling, and several breakthrough skills, the probability of a successful breakthrough is too great for one or two people.

In the 53rd minute, Benfica, who were fighting against Dortmund, still failed to score a goal, but Cheng Hai counterattacked from the side to pass two people in a row, directly hit the bottom line, and then kicked in a pass.

Cheng Hai's full-value crossing and long-distance passing skills make the height, speed, and landing point of the ball he passes very suitable.

Barrios also understood Cheng Hai's intention to pass the ball. He ran away from the players marking him just right, jumped in front of the penalty area and grabbed the first spot. A powerful lion shook his head and headed the ball towards Benfica's goal.

Although Roberto made a save, he was too close to stop the goal, and the ball flew from his hand into the goal.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, Cheng Hai assisted Barrios again to score a goal, staged a hat-trick of assists, and helped Dortmund take a 5-1 lead in this game and a 6-4 lead in the two rounds.

The celebration of the Hornets fans in the stands was even louder.

Leading by two goals, Dortmund's chances of winning are getting higher and higher.

In contrast, Benfica's chances of qualifying are getting smaller and smaller.

No way, after the game restarted, Benfica once again increased the rhythm of pressing forward and aggressively attacking, hoping to score goals as soon as possible.

With the disadvantage of two goals, even if Cheng Hai is replaced later, they may not be able to recover, and must seize every opportunity to attack.

Defensively, they began to use tactical fouls to organize Dortmund's counterattack.

If you don't use fouls, it's too difficult to rely on ordinary defense to stop Cheng Hai and his teammates from counterattacking under the premise of aggressive offense.

So, in the next few minutes, Benfica received two yellow cards, and one of the full-backs was still in the process of fouling Cheng Hai, but was retaliated by Cheng Hai's elbow when he fell down and was injured.

Although Cheng Hai was also shown a yellow card, the main full-back of Benfica had to be replaced and replaced by a substitute.

This conflict caused other people in Benfica to have a certain degree of fear when defending Cheng Hai, for fear that they would not be able to hurt Cheng Hai, but would be injured by Cheng Hai instead.

They already clearly felt Cheng Hai's abnormal physique and tough personality.

Although Cheng Hai didn't take the initiative to find trouble, but if someone intentionally fouled him, under Cheng Hai's counterattack, the strong Cheng Hai might not be injured, but the person who intentionally fouled him would be injured.

Of course, this kind of scruple is only short-lived. Once the game time is long and everyone devotes themselves to the game, how can they think of Cheng Hai's retaliation and injury to his teammates in the moment of defense?

But Cheng Hai seized the short-term hesitation opportunity of his opponent.

In the 66th minute, Benfica's goal still did not come, but Dortmund took advantage of an opportunity to steal the ball and played a quick counterattack.

Cheng Hai ran out of a gap by running, received a pass from his teammate in the midfield, and then a sudden Matthews feint passed the No.1 central defender who was intercepted by the opponent, and rushed to the penalty area of ​​Benfica with the ball.

The Benfica players behind him chased after him, but they were thrown further and further away by Cheng Hai.

In front of Cheng Hai, there was only one central defender, Luisong, who didn't dare to stop and steal easily, for fear that if Cheng Hai passed him by, he would be single-handed.

Therefore, Luisong can only quickly retreat to his penalty area, and while running, he looks back at Cheng Hai, adjusts his position according to his running position, and blocks Cheng Hai's forward route.

Originally, he was not as fast as Cheng Hai, and he had to observe Cheng Hai's position while retreating to defense, so he couldn't retreat at full speed.

So, soon, at the front of the penalty area, Luisong was overtaken by Cheng Hai who was leading the ball forward.

Cheng Hai's full-value dribbling, fake moves are very realistic, and the ball is well controlled.

After a couple of feints, he tricked Louisson's center of gravity into the middle, and then Cheng Hai made a trip to the baseline by himself, ready to use his speed and physique to forcibly pass.

With Cheng Hai's physique and speed, as long as the center of gravity is shifted and Luisson, who is too late to block Cheng Hai's dribbling route, does not foul, there is no way to stop him.

Once he breaks through and enters the penalty area, with Cheng Hai's shooting skills, there is a high probability that the ball will be scored.

And as long as Cheng Hai scores another goal, then Dortmund will lead Benfica by a full 3 goals, almost killing the game completely.

Therefore, seeing that he was deceived by Cheng Hai and lost his center of gravity, and could no longer stop Cheng Hai's breakthrough from the outside to the penalty area, Louisong threw himself out in a hurry and gave Cheng Hai a flying shovel.

But Cheng Hai's full acceleration and physique made his explosive power exceed Louisson's expectations.

Before Louisong got the ball, Cheng Hai shoveled the ball one step forward, and then Louisong shoveled to Cheng Hai's feet, causing Cheng Hai to lose his center of gravity and fall forward in the penalty area.

After Cheng Hai fell down, Louisong seemed to wake up from a dream and found that the place where he uprooted Cheng Hai was just inside the penalty area.

He suddenly panicked and stood up on the ground while raising his hand to show that he did not foul.

However, the referee will not listen to his sophistry.

The moment Cheng Hai was shoved into the penalty area by Louisong, the referee who caught up behind him blew a sharp whistle, pointed to a penalty kick, and awarded a penalty kick.

At the same time, he also took out a yellow card to Luisson and gave him a yellow card warning.

The Benfica players were naturally panicked and dissatisfied. They rushed up and surrounded the referee trying to persuade the opponent to cancel the penalty kick.

But the referee saw the ball clearly, and it was impossible to change the judgment.

As for the Dortmund players and fans, they had already started to celebrate. Barrios, Gotze and others rushed forward one after another, pulling Cheng Hai up from the ground to celebrate.

Everyone knows that as long as Dortmund gets a penalty and let Cheng Hai take the penalty, Cheng Hai has not missed a penalty so far, which can be called a hundred shots.

As long as Cheng Hai scores the goal, Dortmund will lead Benfica by three goals in total.

At this point in time, leading by three goals is basically a sure win.

The drop of three goals is not so easy to reverse.

The commentators of TV stations from various countries in the commentary booth also explained excitedly:
"Penalty!"

"Dortmund got a penalty!"

"When Cheng Hai was about to break through Luisong and enter the penalty area, Luisong made a tackle. As a result, the ball missed and Cheng Hai was shoveled into the penalty area!"

"Luisson was shown the yellow card by the referee and awarded a penalty."

"Although the Benfica players surrounded the referee and tried to get him to change the decision, it was obviously impossible."

"Let's look at the replay of Luisong's tackle. Obviously, the place where Luisong tackled Cheng Hai was inside the penalty area. The referee's penalty is no problem. This is a foul in the penalty area with a yellow card + penalty kick."

"There is no doubt that this penalty will be taken by Cheng Hai."

"This is a penalty created by Cheng Hai himself, and his penalty hit rate so far is still as high as [-] percent."

"And once Cheng Hai makes the penalty, we will witness an unprecedented history!"

"That is the first double hat-trick of goals and assists in the history of the European War, including all European competitions including the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners Cup!"

"That's right, this is the first time in the history of the European War. Cheng Hai now has the possibility to create a unique new history!"

"In the previous games, Cheng Hai has assisted his teammates three times and staged a hat-trick of assists, and also scored two goals."

"Once Cheng Hai takes this penalty kick, he will become the first player in the history of the European War to score and assist with double caps, making history!"

"The referee dispersed the Benfica players surrounding him, and Cheng Hai was already holding the ball and standing behind the penalty spot."

"Let's wait and see and witness the new history!"

Following the commentator's explanation, many viewers in front of the TV realized that Cheng Hai had already scored two goals and had three assists in this game without knowing it.

Once this penalty kick is scored, Cheng Hai will create the first record of scoring and assisting double caps in the history of the European War.

On this record, Cheng Hai will become No.1 in European football intercontinental competitions including the Champions League and UEFA Cup.

Although most of the fans in the stands didn't know that Cheng Hai's penalty kick would create a new history in the European War, they all knew that anyone who scored a goal and assisted a double hat-trick in a game would be a very impressive achievement.

Therefore, the Dortmund fans in the stands also held their breath and prayed for Cheng Hai, hoping that he would score the goal and create a miracle of goals and assists with double hats, and at the same time help Dortmund completely seal the victory with a three-goal lead.

Of course, in turn, the Benfica players and fans naturally don't want Cheng Hai to take the penalty.

They don't care what historical record Cheng Hai will create. Anyway, they know that once Cheng Hai's penalty is scored, then Benfica's hope of reversing and advancing to the quarter-finals will become even more slim.

Therefore, thousands of Benfica fans in the stands booed and even cursed, hoping to affect Cheng Hai's state and prevent him from scoring free throws.

Benfica goalkeeper Roberto also swayed around the goal line, hoping to interfere with Cheng Hai and let him miss the ball.

But these external factors can hardly affect Cheng Hai.

Cheng Hai has absolute confidence in his full-scale shooting skills. The penalty kick definitely refers to where to hit it, and he will not miss it, unless it is due to ground reasons.

Therefore, before putting the ball on the penalty spot, Cheng Hai carefully inspected the turf around the penalty spot, and if there was nothing abnormal, he put the ball on the penalty spot and prepared to take the penalty.

Next, wait for the referee's whistle.