Champion’s Heart

When the Real Madrid coaching bench was quiet, in the Dortmund coaching bench next door, after Klopp hugged and celebrated with the people around him, he did not continue to cheer himself up, but turned his attention to Zhou Yi on the court. .

During the warm-up period before the start of the game, Zhou Yi observed Casillas's instability in catching the high ball, and then told him about the situation, and he then relayed it to the entire team.

So in terms of credit for this goal, although Hummels was the one who scored the goal, Zhou Yi actually made the most credit.

For this goal, the reason why Zhou Yi chose to lob the football into the penalty area was probably because he wanted to take advantage of Casillas's weakness in catching high balls.

He was really taken advantage of.

It is a blessing for him and the Dortmund club to have such an excellent player.

However, the better Zhou Yi performs, the more uncertain Klopp is about how long Zhou Yi can stay here.

With his performance, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Dortmund, a small temple, to retain him.

Originally, Klopp had similar thoughts towards the end of last season, but at that time the thoughts were not as strong as they are now.

Moreover, due to Gotze's sudden departure and Lewandowski's insistence on going to Bayern Munich, Dortmund lost two generals in a row. Klopp would not let Zhou Yi leave under any circumstances.

At that time, Zhou Yi did not propose a transfer, seemingly taking into account the team's difficult situation at the time.

So he signed a contract extension with the club.

But does renewing the contract mean that he will stay?

Klopp would not be so naive.

He stayed to help Dortmund make the perfect transition, and then what?

Is there any reason why he must stay?

emotion?

Honestly, this is the weakest.

Zhou Yi does not owe Dortmund anything. He has brought this team previously unimaginable honors, including four consecutive league championships, a Champions League championship, a Club World Cup championship, a European Super Cup championship, a German Cup, and a German Cup. Super Cup... These are all obtained by Zhou Yi after playing in Dortmund.

He has given Dortmund so much honor, and it is untenable to use emotions to retain him. Based on Klopp's understanding of Zhou Yi, this young man usually seems to be easy to talk to, but in fact he has his own ideas in his heart and is very firm. If he has made a decision, he will not be easily shaken.

This is a man who knows exactly what he wants to do and how to do it.

There are too few young people today who have his ability.

How could someone so young, only twenty-three years old, possibly stay in Dortmund forever?

In fact, Dortmund were lucky to have him for five seasons. If I hadn't personally gone to Barcelona to convince him, maybe he would have gone to Arsenal or Barcelona...

Apart from feelings, in terms of more practical money, Dortmund is even less convincing. Dortmund's financial resources are not as good as Bayern Munich's. Klopp doesn't believe in relying on money to retain people. It's too unreliable.

honor?

Zhou Yi has already won all the honors he deserves in Dortmund. Is there anything else that he has not won in Dortmund? Deutsche Telekom Cup?

So everyone around him was excitedly celebrating this lead, but Klopp suddenly felt a little sad and sad. He had a premonition that he was going to lose such an excellent player...

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Dortmund's players ended their goal celebrations and slowly ran back to their own half.

Real Madrid's players have long been waiting for them in their positions.

Although conceding the ball first made them depressed, it did not defeat them.

Especially after Ancelotti let them watch the video of Dortmund's home game against Atletico Madrid, everyone should have this understanding - being scored by Dortmund is not something unacceptable and unbelievable.

The key is not whether you lose the ball or not, but what you do after you lose the ball.

How to do it?

Of course it's back!

Through the previous confrontation, Real Madrid can find that Dortmund's defense is not monolithic. Without Subotic, Dortmund's defense can be regarded as a broken formation.

Papastathopoulos's frontal defense ability and air defense ability are pretty good, but his biggest problem is that he is tall and slow.

However, Real Madrid does not lack fast players.

For example, the three players in the BBC combination are all very fast players.

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When the Dortmund players returned to their positions, the referee Kuipers blew the whistle and the game restarted.

Real Madrid launched a fierce attack on Dortmund's goal.

Taking into account the problems in Dortmund's defense, the Real Madrid midfielder led by Modric gave up the practice of passing and controlling, but chose a simpler and more direct approach, using more through balls to hit the back of Dortmund's defense, and then give full play to The speed advantage of the offensive players in the frontcourt.

This is indeed how Real Madrid plays.

This style of play is also more suitable for them. After all, Real Madrid has established a fast attack style since the Mourinho era. Ancelotti continued this style while also making some adjustments, but overall, There is no variation in this style. Real Madrid's current staffing is also very suitable for this style of play.

Faced with Real Madrid's simple and crude attack, Dortmund's defense became more difficult and looked a little embarrassed.

Where does the embarrassment appear?

In the 37th minute, Dortmund full-back Piszczek made a fatal mistake when passing back from the backcourt. His pass was too weak and was intercepted by Gareth Bale with his speed. , and then rush forward with the ball!

The Stadium of Light was filled with cheers and cheers from Real Madrid fans.

Bell broke through in a straight line and threw away the defender, but Dortmund's backline also responded quickly. A line of defense was immediately formed in the penalty area, betting on Bell.

Still, Bale had a golden opportunity.

He dribbled the ball to the line of the penalty area. Both Dortmund defenders were approaching him. At this time, they could not care about the Real Madrid players in other positions.

In fact, Benzema had already run into the space at this time, and there was no Dortmund player around him.

But when Bell faced two Dortmund defenders, he chose to stab with his left foot.

As a result, while running at high speed, he was unable to stabilize his body well enough to complete the shot. In the end, he took a slightly hasty shot and slid out...

Bell poked - oh! It missed! This is a perfect opportunity!

He should have passed it to Benzema. Benzema ran out of space, but he didn't see it...

Bell, this opportunity should not be wasted!

There was a sigh of relief in the commentary box.

He Ping took a deep breath, feeling scared just now.

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Zhou Yi also noticed the troubles the team is currently experiencing.

Real Madrid obviously wants to pick up the pace, so Dortmund will have to do everything possible to prevent them from succeeding. Gotta slow down the pace.

When Dortmund had the ball, Zhou Yi changed his previous approach of playing against Real Madrid and started passing the ball.

Force the speed down with more cross-passes and back-passes.

However, Piszczek just made a mistake in the return pass. This will affect the mentality of some Dortmund players, including Piszczek himself, when passing the ball backwards, and they will lack confidence.

In response to this situation, Zhou Yi kept running to meet his teammates, and used his steady catching and passing to boost the confidence of his teammates.

Under his leadership, the Dortmund players finally calmed down and passed the ball more steadily.

However, Zhou Yi naturally became the target of Real Madrid.

In the 44th minute, when Zhou Yi passed the football, he was kicked to the ground by Khedira.

The referee Kuipers blew the whistle to suspend the game and then showed Khedira a yellow card.

Someone on the sidelines of the Real Madrid coaching staff was dissatisfied with this.

But there is actually nothing to be dissatisfied with. If you are dissatisfied, you should be dissatisfied with Khedira.

As a defensive midfielder, he received a yellow card before the first half of the game was over. How will he play the next half of the game?

Zhou Yi, who was kicked to the ground by Khedira, did not get up immediately. Instead, he lay on the ground for a while holding his calf until the referee finished the cards for Khedira and asked him if he needed a stretcher after recording. , he waved his hands and slowly got up from the ground.

By the time he got up and play resumed, first-half regulation was over.

After two minutes of injury time, referee Kuipers blew the whistle to end the first half.

The first half is over! Dortmund leads Real Madrid 1:0 in the first half with Hummels' header!

1:0 is the most common first-half score in the Champions League final, occurring fifteen times in total. For Dortmund, this is good news and a good start. The last time a team reversed a half-time deficit was in 2006 Barcelona, ​​when they defeated Arsenal 2:1... and Real Madrid has never won a European final after trailing at half-time, so these may be good signs.

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