Champion’s Heart

After the start of the second half, Simeone's team launched a very fast attack on Dortmund's goal.

Now they only have forty-five minutes left. They must recover at least three goals in order to advance to the finals. If they miss one goal, they will be eliminated.

Regarding this, Klopp was well prepared during the halftime break. In this case, it is clear at a glance what countermeasures Atletico Madrid can have, and there is no need to guess.

In response to Atletico Madrid's counterattack, Dortmund's countermeasure was very simple, which was to defend and counterattack.

Shrink your defense and wait for opportunities to counterattack.

And Dortmund also has the capital to fight back. Yan Min, Aubameyang and Royce all belong to the category with speed, skills and strong individual combat capabilities. Only one of them can stir up trouble in the opponent's defense. Started.

So defensive counterattack is actually very suitable for Dortmund now.

The morale of Atletico Madrid players is indeed very high. After Simeone's adjustments in the midfield, they all performed normally and did not look as lost as when they just lost the ball.

But their morale is high, and Dortmund's morale is no longer low. They have just scored a goal and can even be said to be morale-like. At this time, every Dortmund player feels very stable and safe because they have a An away goal, this goal plus the total score of 4:2 almost puts them in an undefeated position.

So the game did not repeat the scene from the beginning of the first half as Atletico Madrid fans imagined.

Atletico Madrid's offensive is indeed very fierce. Just judging from the offensive momentum at the beginning of the second half, it is really no less than the trend at the beginning of the first half.

But Dortmund in the second half was different from Dortmund in the first half.

Facing Atletico Madrid's aggressive offensive, Dortmund responded with a sharp counterattack.

In the 48th minute, just three minutes into the second half, Atletico Madrid launched an attack. Alda Slaughter's shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area was saved by Weidenfeller.

The saved football was cleared by a Dortmund player. Zhou Yi grabbed the second spot and directly found Yan Min with a long pass. Dortmund took advantage of the situation and launched a quick counterattack!

Yan Min ran with the ball for thirty meters and then passed the football to the goal. Aubameyang received the ball at the edge of the penalty area and shot.

Slightly off.

Although they didn't score a goal, they scared Atletico Madrid fans enough - when the football missed the goal, there was a huge exclamation in the stands, and they almost thought the ball was going in...

Aubameyang's shot missed a little, what a pity! Dortmund's counterattack is of very, very high quality!

Oops! Aubameyang! Dortmund can almost end the suspense of this game! The score of 5:2 will be enough to collapse Atletico Madrid! He Ping said.

However, although this attack did not result in a goal, it did not affect the Dortmund players.

Because they know that there will be many such opportunities in the second half, they don't have to worry at all.

Sure enough, in the next ten minutes, Dortmund got two more chances to counterattack. Although they did not score, they still posed a threat to Atletico Madrid's defense and made Atletico Madrid fans frightened.

After three consecutive counterattacks like this, Atletico Madrid also realized that if they continued to attack like this, they might lose the ball before they could score...

So Atletico Madrid, which was originally aggressive and wanted to eat up Dortmund, now had to face a choice - continue to attack, regardless of defense, and strive to advance by three goals? Or should we recycle it appropriately to avoid losing the ball?

Atletico Madrid players were confused.

Simeone on the sidelines knew something was wrong as soon as he saw this situation.

The players' mentality is unstable, and they can no longer agree on the goals of the game.

This situation is very dangerous. If it is delayed for a long time, the team will be out of touch, which will give Dortmund more opportunities to take advantage of it.

So Simeone immediately made adjustments. In fact, the tactics were the same as now, except that he needed to stabilize the morale of the army and unify his thinking.

He made the same decision as he did at halftime, which was to continue attacking.

For Atletico Madrid now, there is no other way to go.

After Dortmund scored a goal, Atletico Madrid was forced into a desperate situation and had only one way to go: attack.

While attacking may result in them conceding another goal in the game, not attacking is really doomed.

And with Simeone's temper and character, it is impossible to give in at this time. Of course, you have to fight to the death with your opponent.

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After being unified by the head coach, Atletico Madrid finally got rid of its previous hesitant state and began to bombard Dortmund's goal.

Of course, Dortmund was already prepared for Atletico Madrid's tactics, and they were not afraid of it. They just used defensive counterattacks.

During this period, of course, Atletico Madrid had more shooting opportunities, while Dortmund had fewer opportunities.

There are also some thrilling scenes here. For example, in the 72nd minute, Juanfran made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Alda Turan headed the ball ten meters away from the goal. Weidenfeller used it. After blocking it with his finger, it hit the crossbar and bounced back.

Turan followed up with another follow-up shot, but Piszczek, who retreated to the goal line, blocked it with his foot.

Tulan!! Piszczek made a key defense! He blocked the football at the goal line! What a risk! Atletico Madrid almost scored! He Ping roared fiercely, but in fact Even if Atletico Madrid scores this goal, they will still score two more goals...

In the next game, Atletico Madrid's main forward Diego Costa was also injured and was unable to persist in the game and had to be substituted.

Costa's substitution was a huge loss to Atletico Madrid's offense.

Atletico Madrid without Diego Costa will find it even more difficult to score against Dortmund.

Many Atletico Madrid fans showed disappointed expressions, as if they had seen the outcome of the game in advance.

After Diego Costa left the field, Atletico Madrid's morale began to gradually decline.

Now there is less than fifteen minutes until the end of the game.

In the 79th minute, Turan passed the ball and Felipe shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area, but was saved by Weidenfeller.

In the 84th minute, Dortmund got a chance to counterattack. Aubameyang passed the ball and Royce almost made a single goal. However, the football he shot when facing Courtois was missed by the Belgian goalkeeper. Blocked it with his feet...

Royce - ahhh! He almost killed the game early! Marcel Leif yelled regretfully.

But it doesn't matter if he didn't kill him. Anyway, the suspense of this game has long been gone.

With less than ten minutes left in the game, Atletico Madrid need three more goals if they want to knock out Dortmund, but how is that possible?

Atletico Madrid's defeat was inevitable.

The TV broadcast gave Simeone a close-up shot. The Argentine coach's facial expression still suggested, but no one knew what he was thinking in his heart...

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Until the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score on the field was never changed again.

In the end, Dortmund lost to Atletico Madrid 1:2 in the away game, but eliminated Atletico Madrid with a total score of 4:2.

The game is over! The game is over! Dortmund eliminated Atletico Madrid 4:2. They have reached the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons! This is really an amazing achievement! Marcel Leif said excitedly.

With Bayern Munich already eliminated by Real Madrid, Dortmund has become the only hope to defend the glory of German football.

The defending champion has entered the final, so does Dortmund have a chance to defend the championship? You know this is something that no team has been able to do since the Champions League was restructured... Marcel Leif also looked forward to it.

Dortmund's substitute players rushed onto the court and hugged and celebrated with their teammates on the court.

To be able to reach the Champions League finals for two consecutive seasons is indeed worth paying attention to.

Klopp was able to suppress his inner excitement at first and went to shake hands with Simeone.

After shaking hands, he showed his true colors, jumped onto the court happily, and ran towards his players.

A team of people celebrated at their home stadium.

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