Champion’s Heart

After the start of the second half, Arsenal, who played at home and had to win, continued to attack Dortmund's goal.

After ten minutes of play, some keen people noticed the changes in Dortmund.

Shinji Kagawa retreated more, but Zhou Yi did not go forward most of the time, but stayed in the backcourt...defending!

Let Zhou Yi participate in the defense? Marcel Leif was surprised. But we all know that Zhou Yi's defensive ability is not outstanding...

It seems that Sven Bender's injury really has a big impact on Dortmund. Even their core organizer has to be forced to switch to defense... The British commentator was somewhat gloating. Sven Bender's injury was completely an accident. I didn't expect that this accident would lead to such a result that was beneficial to Arsenal. Sven Bender's injury not only cost Dortmund a goal, but also completely restrained Dortmund's offensive playmakers, preventing them from threatening Arsenal's goal.

He Ping was also surprised that Zhou Yi would participate in the defense: ...In fact, instead of replacing Kyle, it is better to replace Gundogan. Gundogan is a player with a balanced offense and defense, who can attack and defend. With Zhou Yi When he was there, he concentrated on defense... Like now, asking Zhou Yi to defend is really overkill, and it also makes Dortmund's offense lose the threat...

Almost everyone did not question Klopp's decision.

The live game broadcast also gave a close-up shot of Klopp's face sitting on the sidelines.

In the camera, Klopp stares at the court with an expressionless face.

No one knows what he is thinking.

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Klopp didn't think about anything. He was observing the game very seriously and attentively.

Through observation, he found that although Zhou Yi had figured it out in his mind, his body was still not used to the role change.

At least in the first ten minutes, Zhou Yi's defensive performance was not very good. He kept running, seemed to be working hard, and actively wanted to participate in the defense, but he was just running and did not contribute anything to the defense.

This is also the main reason why commentators think Klopp's adjustment is nonsense-Zhou Yi is not adapted to defense, and nothing he does on defense is meaningful.

But Klopp believes in Zhou Yi and his own vision - the latter has been proven many times.

He still remembered the scene when Zhou Yi's eyes lit up during the intermission,

It was as if a fire was ignited in my heart.

He believed that this young man would find the right path, which might not take long...

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Ten minutes into the second half, Dortmund was still beaten by Arsenal because Zhou Yi did not play a defensive role.

Zhou Yi has become Arsenal's key breakthrough point. They believe that judging from Zhou Yi's performance, he is simply the weakest point in Dortmund's defense.

Everyone hits the ball in his direction.

At the 14th minute of the second half and the 59th minute of the game, Zhou Yi was helpless in the face of Walcott's unreasonable speed breakthrough. Although he ran up to intercept, he was easily thrown away by the opponent. Zhou Yi could only watch helplessly. Looking at it, even if he wanted to foul, there was no chance. The speed gap between him and the opponent was too big. Walcott is famous for his speed, but speed has never been Zhou Yi's advantage.

However, after Walcott broke through, the football was destroyed by Kyle who caught up. When Walcott broke through Zhouyi just now, Walcott went a little too far, and the football was slightly away from his control. Kyle came up and destroyed it.

Zhou Yi turned around and saw Kyle helping him out. He quickly expressed his gratitude to the captain: Thank you very much, captain!

Kyle waved to him: You're welcome, Zhou Yi. Don't think too much. If it doesn't work, leave the defense to me. I have gradually found the feeling. You should concentrate on organizing the offense...

Zhou Yi knew that Kyle certainly had good intentions, but when he figured out his defensive advantages in the locker room, his defense was not just to complete the tasks assigned by the head coach.

Because he felt as if a new world had opened in front of him...

This is a new world worth entering.

When he thought of this, Zhou Yi felt excited, gearing up, and couldn't wait to go in and have a try.

So although some people may laugh at his embarrassment and incompetence in front of Walcott, this will not affect Zhou Yi's belief.

Some people are indeed laughing at Zhou Yi's performance against Walcott.

For example, the British commentator laughed after Zhou Yi was broken through by Walcott: Faced with Walcott's speed, Zhou Yi acted like a scarecrow! He was just stuck in the field, motionless, hoping to Drive the birds away. But this is destined to be just wishful thinking!

He compared Zhouyi to a clumsy scarecrow.

Even Marcel Leif covered his face with his hands when Zhou Yi was breached and groaned: It's so miserable...

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Although many people think that his participation in defense is just nonsense, Zhou Yi still goes his own way.

He is constantly looking for opportunities. Although he can accurately judge the opponent's passing route, it does not mean that he can successfully intercept the ball - at least he cannot wait directly on the passing route. , The opponent is not a fool. When he sees someone blocking the passing route, he will definitely change the route and pass to another target, then his own blocked position will be meaningless.

So he can't just run to someone else's passing route and sit back and wait for someone to bump into him.

He has to stay in a very subtle position, so as not to arouse the opponent's vigilance, but also to be able to quickly rush to the passing route to intercept the ball.

At the same time, if the opponent passes the ball too fast, even if he reaches the passing route, it may be too late.

This requires skill and luck. It doesn't work out every time.

Before this, Zhou Yi had been trying to get closer to the target passing route without attracting the opponent's attention, and was also waiting for an opportunity.

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In the 61st minute of the game, two minutes after Zhou Yi was humiliated by Walcott with his speed, Walcott came forward again.

This time, Kyle took the lead to greet him - he didn't want Zhou Yi to become the target of Walcott's teasing again.

At the same time, Gotze also retreated to assist in the defense.

Kyle's active attack prevented Walcott from increasing his speed, so he had to slow down.

After slowing down, Gotze pressed forward from behind.

Seeing that Walcott was about to fall into a circle of attacks from both front and back, Walcott had to consider passing the football out, which made him a little annoyed. He originally wanted to find Zhou Yi, repeat his old tricks, break through from him, and then cause chaos. Dortmund's defense.

Turns out Kyle's reaction was quicker than he thought.

Facing the attack between two people, Walcott vaguely saw a figure wearing a red and white jersey in front of him. Based on his experience, he judged that it should be his teammate Robin Van Persie, although he did not see it. A clear number and face, but Walcott still decided to pass the football, and then relied on his speed to cut and run, throwing away the pursuers and interceptors.

Walcott guessed correctly, that person was Van Persie. He was originally on the wing. After seeing Walcott's dribbling on the wing was blocked, he moved to the center and formed a path with Walcott. Diagonally so Walcott can see him and have an angle for the pass.

Walcott did pass, get the football to him.

But the football did not finally fall to Van Persie's feet, but was stopped by a foot midway.

Zhou Yi stretched out his left foot forward to block the rolling football. The force of the football hitting the inside of his foot did not dissipate, but caused the football to bounce upward. When it fell again, he used his right foot to Move the outer instep to the right and walk away with the ball!

From interception to activation, it was all done in one go, so suddenly that many people didn't react.

Unexpectedly, the person who appeared in that position turned out to be Zhou Yi!

After intercepting the ball, Zhou Yi did not continue to dribble. His dribbling speed was definitely not as fast as Walcott's. If he continued to dribble the ball at this time, it would give Arsenal time to react.

So after Zhou Yi took the football out, he caught up with the ball and passed the ball directly, moving the football to the frontcourt, and the football fell at the feet of Shinji Kagawa!

Dortmund's counterattack! Marcel Leif became more energetic. After the second half, Dortmund was finally able to threaten Arsenal's goal attack!

After Shinji Kagawa stopped the ball, he handed the football to Gotze who came in from the wing.

Gotze passed the football to the middle again, and the person following in the middle was Lewandowski!

He directly won the ball with a volley!

“Robert Lewandowski—!!”

In Marcel Leif's elongated roar, the football was slapped firmly on the instep of the Polish shooter.

The football was like a cannonball, breaking through Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny's fingers and hitting the net behind him! (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )