Champion’s Heart

When Lewandowski volleyed near the penalty spot in the Arsenal penalty area, Arsenal's defenders could only watch, completely powerless.

When the football flew into the goal, the Arsenal fans in the stands held their heads with their hands. Unexpectedly, the goal was broken like this!

Lewandowski——! Lewandowski!! Marcel Leif was very excited. Beautiful volley! Gotze's cross is also very accurate!

The Dortmund players on the court all ran towards Lewandowski, including Zhou Yi, but halfway through, he was hugged by Kyle.

Well done, Zhou Yi! the captain praised him. That kick just now was really accurate!

Zhou Yi smiled: You're welcome, captain. That also depends on luck.

Hey, don't be humble. You Chinese just like to be humble. It's your credit. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have scored at all!

Zhou Yi was no longer modest and smiled happily.

He was not only happy because he received praise from captain Kyle, or because the goal equalized the score. The more important reason is that he found confidence from this success. Defensively, he does have his strengths.

This advantage is different from anyone else's and belongs only to him.

He is indeed on the right path now.

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He Ping is also paying attention to Zhou Yi: The goal just now was started from Zhou Yi's steal. Is this the purpose of Klopp asking Zhou Yi to defend? But the steal just now looks familiar...

He suddenly remembered that this ball was somewhat similar to the one that Dortmund played against Inter Milan in the away game. It was also Zhou Yi who stole the ball from behind.

When everyone saw that scene, they all focused on the goal. As for Zhou Yi stealing the ball... it was more considered to be luck.

I feel that Zhou Yi just happened to appear in a key position, and then stretched his foot and broke the football.

So is this ball now just a matter of luck, did it happen to happen?

He Ping did not dare to make such a conclusion in his heart.

He always felt that this matter was not that simple.

It can only be explained by good luck.

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Off the court, Klopp jumped excitedly when he saw Lewandowski score, waving his arms vigorously and cheering heartily at the Emirates Stadium.

He was so excited not only because the ball equalized the score, but also because he saw that his vision had come true again!

This ball was initiated by Zhou Yi, but before launching the attack, Zhou Yi completed a beautiful defense!

Yes, this is defense!

This is the Zhouyi defense that Klopp wants to see.

Jurgen, we made the right bet! Assistant coach Buvac was also very happy.

Of course! That kid never let me lose! Klopp happily boasted to Zhou Yi.

Regarding Zhouyi's defense, Klopp and the coaching staff have actually been studying it since last season.

Because Zhou Yi officially became a defensive midfielder last season. Since he is a defensive midfielder, no matter how bad the defense is, he still has to bear some defensive tasks in that position. Defending just by looking at him is not enough.

So Klopp and his assistants have always been wondering whether Zhou Yi is really suitable for defense. If he is suitable, how to tap his defensive ability?

During this period, they studied a large number of Zhouyi game videos, carefully analyzed Zhouyi's playing characteristics and style, and then saw whether he was really suitable for defense.

In the end, Klopp and Buvac both believed that Zhou Yi actually had very good defensive abilities, but he probably didn't realize it himself.

They didn't know the secret of Zhou Yi's talent, but by analyzing Zhou Yi's many games, they found the secret of Zhou Yi's movements.

This leads to the conclusion that Zhou Yi's ability to perceive space is far beyond that of ordinary people. His habitual movement of moving his head from side to side allowed him to take in a panoramic view of the situation around him and keep it all in his mind. So he can see many things that are difficult for ordinary people to see.

Since he has such ability, he should be able to judge the opponent's passing route. This provides the basis for stealing the ball.

So it's not that Zhou Yi has no defensive ability, it's just that his defensive ability is different from that of others.

This misunderstanding has caused many people to be biased against Zhou Yi's defense, including himself.

But Klopp must correct this bias now and tap Zhou Yi's defensive ability.

This is equivalent to the introduction of one more main player for Dortmund.

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After celebrating the goal, everyone ran back to the half court. When Zhou Yi went back, he glanced at the coaching bench on the sidelines. He thought of what head coach Klopp said to him during the halftime break. This showed that he knew himself well and knew what he had before himself. Advantage.

He saw Klopp standing on the sidelines and gave him a thumbs up.

So he smiled and gave a thumbs up in return.

Being able to meet a coach like Klopp who understands and trusts him so much is really a blessing in his career.

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After Dortmund equalized the score, the Emirates Stadium suddenly fell into a tense atmosphere. Not only the fans felt worried, but the players also felt nervous.

The current situation in the group forces them to win, and they are already leading. Now Dortmund equalizes the score. Who can bear it?

So after the game started, Arsenal continued to launch a fierce attack on Dortmund's goal.

In their offense, Zhou Yi continued to fulfill his defensive duties.

After successfully intercepting Walcott's pass, Zhou Yi found some tricks.

If the opportunity is really good, hide to the side and wait for an opportunity to steal the ball.

But if the opportunity to steal the ball directly is not particularly good, and you don’t want to break through from here, and want to force the opponent to the wing or other places, then just get stuck in the opponent’s passing route openly.

In this way, when Arsenal players see themselves blocking their passing path, they will naturally retreat and pass the football elsewhere.

The former and the latter are actually successful defenses, and they don't necessarily have to intercept the football every time.

Arsenal's players also quickly discovered the difference they felt in the offense. In fact, they couldn't say exactly what the difference was, but they could find that their offense was not as smooth as before.

Sometimes, the offensive route is clearly optimistic, but in the middle of the battle, it is found that this route is blocked and has to temporarily change to other routes.

That is to say, Arsenal's passing and control ability is excellent. If it were another team, this offense would not be able to continue. Arsenal can at least open up another way, but it will have to go around in a circle and waste some time. Originally optimistic about The opportunity disappeared during the detour...

Why would this change occur.

After kicking and kicking, they discovered that the main reason for their poor offense was... Zhou Yi!

This discovery really shocked many people.

Because not only Arsenal players, but also the commentators who commentate on the game have discovered it.

Zhou Yi forces the opponent to pass the ball back...

Facing Zhou Yi, Walcott was unable to break through. He passed the football out... This scene is really surprising. You must know that he had easily broken through Zhou Yi before, leaving only Zhou Yi behind... The British commentator was incredulous about this.

But there is nothing incredible about it. Not only can Zhou Yi force Arsenal's offense on his side to be in vain, but he can also occasionally steal the ball directly. This kind of performance is actually in front of everyone, whether they like it or not. It must be admitted that Zhou Yi no longer seems to be the weakest link in Dortmund's midfield defense.

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When the game reached the 85th minute, the score was still tied at 1:1. But Arsenal no longer has any obvious advantages on the scene.

Dortmund frequently launched counterattacks through their defense in the midfield and backcourt.

Especially after Zhou Yi participated in the defense, Dortmund's counterattack was faster and the threat increased greatly.

The Arsenal fans in the stands were silent. They discovered that now it was not a question of winning a few goals at home, but a question of not being able to win at home...

This issue is also something that Arsenal soldiers must consider.

Can we still win this game now?

Wenger on the sidelines did not give up hope of winning. He directed the team to strengthen their offense and gave Dortmund a fatal blow in the remaining time.

The game time passed by one minute and one second. In a blink of an eye, the fourth official raised a sign on the sidelines to remind everyone that the injury time of this game was three minutes.

A decent stoppage time means that if Arsenal wants to win this game, they only have three minutes left to make a last ditch effort.

For Dortmund, as long as these three minutes are delayed, they can take away a draw from the away game, which is completely acceptable.

After a draw, Arsenal were still second with eight points, while Dortmund secured first place in the group with 12 points. What's wrong with this?

Facing Arsenal's aggressive offensive, Dortmund retreated across the board, vowing to defend the tie.

In the 92nd minute, Arsenal continued to attack, but this time their attack failed.

Ramsey made a passing error - it's hard to say whether it was a passing error or not - the football was passed directly to Zhou Yi!

After intercepting the ball, Zhou Yi directly passed the football to Shinji Kagawa.

After receiving the ball, the Japanese midfielder turned around and ran wildly with the ball, heading towards Arsenal's goal.

Because Arsenal was besieging Dortmund's goal before, there was no one on their defense at this moment.

Kagawa Shinji passed Mertesacker, who turned slowly, and faced the attacking goalkeeper Szczesny, and pushed the ball!

The football rolled past Szczesny's feet, and then... rolled into the goal!

Shinji Kagawa! Shinji Kagawa! Shinji Kagawa!!! Marcel Leif shouted the name of the scorer in a row, because this was a winning goal! In the 92nd minute, Dortmund took a 2:1 lead in the away game!

When Shinji Kagawa turned around and rushed towards Zhou Yi at the Emirates Stadium, the entire Emirates Stadium suddenly fell into silence.

Those Arsenal fans only reacted at this time. They had thought too much before... This is not even a problem that they cannot win at home, this is the rhythm at which they will lose at home! (To be continued.)