Champion’s Heart

Regardless of whether Barcelona players and fans are willing to accept it or not, the fact has been placed in front of them all, that is, Dortmund leads Barcelona 1:0 in the away game.

Now Dortmund not only leads on aggregate, but also has an away goal.

If Barcelona had scored just one goal and equalized the score, they would still have been eliminated.

What was originally an extremely favorable situation for Barcelona unexpectedly turned into an advantage for Dortmund in just eight seconds.

Suddenly a reporter in the media gallery shouted: I know!

Some people looked at him sideways, wondering why he shouted so.

Know what? they asked.

I know why Zhou Yi emphasized that this is a two-leg game at home and away! the reporter said excitedly.

Why?

Because this second round is Dortmund's away game, as long as they can score, it is an away goal! the reporter explained.

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard this. What the reporter said was not very detailed, but experienced football reporters like them could naturally guess what it meant.

In other words, Barcelona didn't score in the first leg and they scored zero away goals. Now in the second round, because it is Barcelona's home court, it is impossible for them to score away goals. On the contrary, Dortmund spent the entire ninety minutes to get away goals.

Therefore, Zhouyi will emphasize that the Champions League knockout rounds are two rounds of home and away games. In other words, Zhouyi believes that they can get away goals on the road to give their team an advantage in the promotion competition.

It seems that Zhou Yi has been thinking of ways to help Dortmund score goals at the Nou Camp since then...

If the reporters had figured this out before the game, they would have ruthlessly ridiculed Zhou Yi's wishful thinking for a while, thinking that Zhou Yi was just talking nonsense and having wild whims.

But now, facing 0:1 on the scoreboard, they can only remain silent.

People have said this, done this, and done it. What do you have to say?

Instead, it was Zhou Yi's turn to laugh at these reporters...

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There was some silence in the media gallery;

In the commentary box, the Catalan commentator reacted and began to encourage the team and fans: ...Guardiola will definitely take full consideration that Dortmund may score, so this goal should be expected by them. The game has just begun, and Barcelona still has a lot of time to equalize the score and take the lead!

In the commentator's mind, Barcelona, ​​which was playing at home, had no reason to lose to Dortmund anyway, so there was nothing to worry about in this conceding goal. On the contrary, it is Dortmund's players and fans who should be worried, because their goals angered Barcelona, ​​and they will face Barcelona who have come back to their senses and are full of firepower!

In fact, when the game restarted, Barcelona's offensive firepower was indeed fierce.

The Catalan commentator got it right. The Barcelona players were indeed unhappy, very, very unhappy.

They conceded the ball in the first eight seconds. When they recovered, their first reaction was - shame!

The second reaction is - revenge!

They will respond to Dortmund's provocation with more goals and swear that this will be Dortmund's last goal of the game!

Barcelona is indeed strong, and in their own home court, they should also be confident that we can beat all opponents.

But things are a little different today.

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Dortmund, who scored a goal, shrunk their defense after the start of the game.

This is a normal performance. Any team will do this 10 times out of 10 after leading Barcelona. If they continue to attack, they may concede the ball instead.

Dortmund retreated and Barcelona attacked.

And they are not a simple offense, Barcelona's offense and defense are inseparable.

They can continuously put pressure on Dortmund in Dortmund's half, and then tear down Dortmund's defense through continuous passes.

Passing the ball is the key.

The most impressive thing about Barcelona's football style is their tacit understanding of movement and precise passing. They can pass the ball in a continuous and uninterrupted run, which seems like a meaningless pass, but in this seemingly inadvertent pass, they slowly tear apart the opponent's defense. After they discovered this opening, they suddenly accelerated and broke through the opponent's defense line in one fell swoop, reaching their heartland!

It can be seen that in Barcelona's successful offense, accurate and tacit continuous passing is very important.

In the past, due to Barcelona's special football philosophy and their consistent training for more than two decades, Barcelona's players passed each other very smoothly, just like flowing water.

But today, the flowing water seems to have encountered a little obstacle.

Puyol passed the football to Xavi. After receiving the ball, Xavi looked up and observed. He was not in a hurry to pass the football because there was no good place to release the ball.

Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa took advantage of him to observe and moved closer, intending to steal the ball.

But Harvey seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. With a turn, he put Shinji Kagawa behind him and protected the football in front of him. At the same time, after he led Shinji Kagawa up, Dortmund's midfielder became open, and Messi ran into this space. Harvey turned around again and passed the football.

This is one of Harvey's signature ways of playing, using the ball to attract opposing defenders to come up to him and create space for his teammates. He then used his turn to protect the football and pass it into the open space.

Messi got the ball!

When Messi received the ball, the Catalan commentators' voices rose in pitch, and cheers erupted above the Camp Nou.

All Barcelona supporters have high hopes for Messi. He is a superstar who can single-handedly tear apart the opponent's defense and then blast the football into the goal!

Facing such a player, Dortmund's players also became nervous.

After Messi got the ball, Sven Bender immediately followed up.

Facing Sven Bender, Messi made a move to break through to the wing, and Sven Bender's focus shifted to the wing. But Messi was just a fake move. He gently moved the football inward with the outside instep of his left foot, jumped up and dodged past Sven Bender, and rushed towards the middle!

Messi breaks through Sven Bender! Marcel Leif exclaimed.

Seeing Messi's straight breakthrough, Dortmund's defense immediately reacted, and two Dortmund players rushed towards Messi's defense.

Zhouyi and Gundogan. Gundogan took the lead, rushing in front of Messi and then bumping into him.

At this time, the Catalan commentator was extremely excited, thinking that Messi was going to make a one-stop pass and go straight to the yellow dragon.

He shouted excitedly: Friends in the audience, please don't blink at this time! Otherwise...

While speaking, Messi was bumped by Gundogan. Although he still firmly controlled the football, it became difficult to continue to break through with the ball.

Perhaps the commentators and the Barcelona fans in the stands hoped that Messi could show his otherworldly skills and get past Gundogan.

But in Messi's mind, he has his own judgment. It is inefficient to continue to force a breakthrough. After conceding the goal, what Barcelona needed was not to steal the spotlight, but to equalize the score and score a goal.

So at this time, the best thing to do is to spread the football...

He has already attracted two Dortmund players, so there must be holes elsewhere in Dortmund's defense.

So Messi followed his tacit understanding with Iniesta and passed the football to the left without even looking.

He knows that Iniesta will definitely be waiting for him there - countless Barcelona games have proven this. Sometimes they pass the ball to each other and there is no need to observe and determine the position in advance.

This is a tacit understanding.

This time, there is a problem with the tacit understanding between him and Iniesta...

...Otherwise you will miss the most exciting performance...Eh? Before the Catalan commentator could finish his words, he discovered something unexpected happened on the court.

Instead of showing off his superb footwork to get past Gundogan, Messi passed the ball away.

The Catalan commentator, who is very familiar with Barcelona, ​​naturally knew that Messi was going to pass the football to Iniesta.

But Iniesta did not receive the ball.

Whose foot did the football fall to?

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When Messi passed the football, he turned around to look, only to find that the football did not fall to Iniesta's feet.

Between him and Iniesta, a Zhouyi suddenly appeared!

He appeared in the passing lane, stretched his foot slightly, and stopped the football.

Zhou Yi! Beautiful interception! He Ping shouted excitedly. He prevented Messi's breakthrough!

If you only listen to these words and don't watch the game, some people will definitely think that Zhou Yi directly snatched the football from Messi's feet during the one-on-one with Messi...

But in fact, he just stole Messi's pass from the side.

But even so, it is easy for the Chinese people, including He Ping, to feel proud and excited.

You must know that Zhou Yi's opponent is Messi! It’s Messi, the number one superstar in the world! It is not easy to intercept his ball defensively, even if it is just a pass.

But Zhou Yi himself was not happy about this, or he didn't think it was anything special.

After stealing the ball, he did not stop, but directly knocked the football behind him with his heel, and the football was passed to Shinji Kagawa.

Messi watched in surprise as Zhou Yi finished all this. At that time, he was immersed in dribbling the ball and dealing with Gundogan. He didn't see what was happening around him at all. He didn't know how Zhou Yi appeared there. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have come with Gundogan to rob him. ?

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After Zhou Yi stole the ball, he passed the football to Shinji Kagawa, and Dortmund took the opportunity to launch an attack. However, this attack did not succeed. When Shinji Kagawa passed the football to Gotze, Barcelona's defense was arranged very quickly. After Gotze received the ball, there was no good chance. He chose to force a breakthrough against Barcelona. The right back Alves, but because he did not have the speed advantage, his breakthrough was destroyed by Alves' tackle.

The football rolled out of the sideline, and Dortmund's attack only got a throw-in. But think about how their penalty area was facing little threat from Barcelona and Messi just now. This foul ball is also a good thing for Dortmund.

Taking advantage of this dead ball opportunity, the TV broadcast quickly responded to the scene where Messi's pass was intercepted just now.

At this time, those spectators who had been focusing on the duel between Messi and Gundogan saw exactly how Zhou Yi intercepted the ball.

At first, he ran forward normally, pounced on Messi, and planned to surround Messi with Gundogan. But just as he was about to run behind Messi, he suddenly turned a corner and suddenly ran towards the line between Messi and Iniesta.

Just when he ran to this line, Messi's ball was passed over, so he stretched out his foot and intercepted the football.

The movement came as naturally as an accident.

But anyone who knows Zhou Yi will probably not think that Zhou Yi was unlucky.

After the football went out of bounds, Harvey looked back at Zhou Yi who was running up.

This kid seems to be very familiar with our kicking routine...

It's a bit unbelievable, he has never played for Barcelona for even one day! (To be continued.)