Champion’s Heart

After both sides made adjustments, the second half of the game began.

But for Dortmund, bad luck came quietly.

Just one minute into the second half, Sven Bender sprained his ankle while defending Draxler's breakthrough. He was unable to continue the game and had to be replaced.

Sven Bender is injured! This is so unlucky! In such an important game, injuring such an important midfielder is equivalent to Dortmund's midfield losing its barrier in this game! And there is a more serious one The consequences - three days later, Dortmund will go to an away game to challenge Chelsea, but judging from Sven Bender's situation, he may not be able to participate in that important game, and he doesn't know how long he will be absent... This is really A double whammy!”

Marcel Leif's words left Borussia Dortmund fans in front of the TV worried, and rightly so. When they saw Sven Bender injured, what many fans thought of was not the result of this game, but the subsequent Champions League semi-finals!

Klopp also cursed Germany's national curse on the sidelines. In the next Champions League semi-final, the main center back Hummels was red carded and could not play. He was also expelled from the home court and could not direct from the sidelines. Now Sven Bender is injured again. Now...how to play the next away game?

Although Klopp is worried about the future, the most urgent thing now is the substitution adjustment.

After Sven Bender was injured, there were actually a lot of midfielders on the bench, but they included some pure offensive players. After Sven Bender is injured, what should be considered is to replace a player who can defend instead of a purely offensive player, otherwise Dortmund's midfield will really have no barrier at all.

After narrowing down the choices, there are only two candidates to choose from, captain Sebastian Kehl and Gundogan.

Although Kyle is the captain of the team, he has been plagued by injuries this season and has only played twenty games. Most of Che's appearances came as a substitute.

Gundogan is both offensive and defensive. This characteristic allows him to play higher than Kyle in the order of appearance. When midfield control is needed, he starts together with Zhou Yi, and when defense is needed, he gives way to Sven. Bender. In terms of defensive ability alone, he is actually inferior to Sven Bender.

Both men have their own strengths and weaknesses. Kyle is better defensively than Gundogan, especially his experience.

In the end Klopp made the decision to let Kyle go into battle.

What he valued was Kyle's experience and defensive ability.

Although this season due to the joining of Gundogan,

Kyle's playing time has been further reduced, but Klopp is still willing to believe that Kyle is an important member of the team.

As for Gundogan...another fierce battle is waiting for him. He'd better get enough rest. After Sven Bender is injured, the next away game against Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals will definitely not be possible. At that time, Gundogan and Zhou Yi will be paired in the midfield. He will be responsible for more defensive tasks, which is very important for Beijing. It is also a heavy responsibility for Doan.

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For Schalke 04, Sven Bender's injury was a godsend. The most defensive player in Dortmund's midfield is gone. Although Kyle has been replaced, Kyle has not played many serious games this season. How good will he be even if he does play?

Schalke 04 didn't take Kyle seriously at all.

But when Kyle came on the court, his performance quickly surprised people.

In fact, not only the Schalke 04 players did not take Kyle seriously, but even the receiver Marcel Leif was a little worried about Kyle. He believed that Kyle played as a substitute in most games and his playing time was extremely limited. It's not clear what his condition is like. Can he withstand the pressure from the opponent in such an important game?

But Kyle not only endured it, he did well.

His physical condition is not as good as before, but he still has rich experience.

He is always able to appear in the right position to make key defensive moves.

Coupled with Zhou Yi's blocking position in defense, the two of them complemented each other perfectly, disrupting many Schalke 04 offenses.

And Kyle's role is not only reflected in defense.

In Zhou Yi's view, after Kyle came on the field, his defensive tasks were reduced, but if that was all, he had not maximized the value of the captain.

Because after the goal in the first half, Schalke 04's defense paid more attention to the defense of Dortmund's attacking players. Gotze, Lewandowski, Shinji Kagawa and others are now being defended very tightly, and there is nothing Chance.

The score is 1:1, which is not an unacceptable result for Dortmund.

But Zhou Yi felt that if he could win, of course he would still win.

It's just that now Dortmund's offensive players are being targeted, so who can break the situation?

Of course not himself, because Yang Muge never left him, and he had little chance to get to the goal and shoot. So we have to find another way.

At this time, Zhou Yi turned his attention to captain Kyle.

Everyone feels that with Kyle's current ability, defense will consume all his energy, and it is almost impossible to contribute anything offensively.

But Zhouyi didn't see it that way. The more impossible something everyone thinks is possible, the more likely it seems to him.

Thinking of this, he took advantage of the dead ball to get close to the captain, covered his mouth and said to him: Captain, if you have a chance later, you can go forward.

Kyle was surprised by Zhou Yi's statement - the head coach let him play to defend, not to rush forward and participate in the offense.

No one expected that you would suddenly participate in the attack, so this is an opportunity, captain. Zhou Yi explained.

Kyle thought about it. He was also an experienced player, so he naturally understood what Zhou Yi meant. Zhouyi wants to take a risk, but if this risk succeeds, it will reap huge rewards - leading Schalke 04 in the away game, strategically giving Dortmund an advantage.

As the captain of Dortmund, he certainly hopes that the team can defeat the arch-enemy Schalke 04.

If it can really help the team win, this risk is completely worth taking.

Thinking of this, Kyle nodded to Zhou Yi: Okay, I will choose the right time to move forward.

Zhou Yi smiled.

The right time is very important, after all, you also have to shoulder the defensive task.

So the next task is to find the right time. This is not only Kyle's job, but also Zhou Yi's job.

Several times, Kyle tried to push forward, but Zhou Yi did not give him the football, because in Zhou Yi's view, those opportunities were not particularly good and could not play the role of a one-hit kill.

This game is a Ruhr area derby, and your opponent will take it very seriously. If your attack fails, it may arouse the opponent's vigilance. Zhou Yi didn't want to alert the enemy, he wanted to wait for an opportunity similar to the goal he assisted Gotze in the first half.

Kyle didn't complain that Zhou Yi let him run in vain again and again. He believed that this young man would definitely make the right choice. All he had to do was to be in that position after he made the right choice.

Until the 60th minute, Kyle's several forward thrusts did not attract the attention of the Schalke 04 players. After all, he just ran up and didn't catch the ball. His behavior was normal and it was impossible to attract the attention of the defensive players.

In the eyes of outsiders, every forward move by Kyle was in vain. Only Zhou Yi didn't think so.

Because Kyle's first few forwards proved that no one in Schalke 04 would pay attention to him defensively.

Now just another right opportunity...

In the 16th and 3rd minutes, such an opportunity came.

At that time, Dortmund launched an attack, and all offensive players rushed towards Schalke 04's penalty area. Among these people, Kyle, who also moved forward, seemed very inconspicuous.

The football was passed to Zhou Yi's feet. Yang Muge still stayed close to him and bumped into Zhou Yi unceremoniously when he caught the ball.

Although he and Zhou Yi are good friends, he has never been polite to Zhou Yi on the court.

Zhou Yi was not surprised by Yang Muge's defense. In fact, he had been on guard for a long time - he had been fighting against Yang Muge in this game, and even earlier, he had fought against Yang Muge dozens of times in the virtual space. I know how Yang Muge will deal with him.

In this game, Yang Muge's unceremonious defensive style really caused trouble for Zhou Yi. But now Zhou Yi hopes that Yang Muge will continue to do this.

Because that way he can get rid of Yang Muge!

Yang Muge rushed up and bumped into Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi did not stop after catching the ball, but pulled the football behind him. At the same time, he turned on the spot and turned in the completely opposite direction to where Yang Muge was rushing towards him. He happened to miss Yang Muge. And pass!

When Yang Muge rushed up, he didn't expect that Zhou Yi didn't pass the ball this time, but chose to break through!

He watched helplessly as Zhou Yi rubbed against his shoulder, but he was unable to do anything. The inertia prevented him from making any movement.

Zhou Yi! Beautiful turn! Oh oh oh! He passed Yang Muge! Duan Xin exclaimed.

The boos that rang out in the Schalke stadium could almost make people's ears ring in an instant.

Yang Muge was finally able to swing his arm. He wanted to turn around and pull, but nothing caught him. He could only watch Zhou Yi turn around, move the football forward, and rush towards Schalke 04's penalty area! (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. )