Champion’s Heart

The previous game between Manchester City and Dortmund reminded many old fans of the tacit match between Sweden and Denmark in the 2004 European Championship in Portugal.

At that time, before the start of the final round of the group stage, Sweden had four points and a goal difference of five, Denmark had four points and a goal difference of two, Italy had two points and a goal difference of zero, while Bulgaria had zero points.

According to the rules, Denmark and Sweden can advance together as long as they draw 2:2 or 3:3, but 1:1 is not acceptable.

As a result, the game ended at 2:2, so no matter what the result was, Italy would be eliminated. After 2:2, the players of Sweden and Denmark played very conservatively. In the final stage of the game, no one was willing to attack past half-court, so they just kicked in their own backcourt, and the opponent's players did not Don't come up and force a gun.

Just worried about something unexpected happening.

This scene is somewhat similar to the start of the second half between Manchester City and Dortmund.

But it's okay now. If the game continues like this, boos will definitely be inevitable.

Now, Manchester City has taken the initiative to make adjustments and changes, and their offense has become more threatening.

The Manchester City fans in the stands also believe that the team is back on track and they can look forward to the team winning the game at home.

But the reason why reality is called cruel is because it does not develop according to people's subjective wishes.

In the 69th minute when Manchester City pressed forward, Dortmund got an offensive opportunity.

Dzeko's shot was confiscated by Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller. Then Weidenfeller did not kick the football out with his big foot, but threw it directly to Sven Bender outside the penalty area with his hand.

Sven Bender tapped the football to Zhou Yi with his head, and Zhou Yi directly passed the football horizontally to the wing.

On the wing was the full-back Schmelzer who stepped in. Although Schmelzer caught the ball on the wing, he did not continue to dribble forward. Facing the blocking of the Manchester City players, he passed the football diagonally. Arrived in the middle.

The ball was received by center Lewandowski in the middle.

When Lewandowski receives the ball, his back is facing the direction of the attack, but he does not need to think hard about how to turn around. He only needs to pass the football directly back.

Football has fallen to Zhou Yi's feet.

Zhouyi did not stop the ball,

Instead, he kicked the ball directly towards Lewandowski. The football flew to the left wing, where Gotze had already moved forward at high speed.

And there is also a gap in Manchester City's defense!

In a series of indiscriminate bombardments around Dortmund's goal, Manchester City forgot that their defense was no longer complete, and now this gap was seized by Zhou Yi.

Dortmund's series of quick passes not only overwhelmed the fans in front of the TV and in the stands, but also made the Manchester City players on the pitch unable to react. Dortmund's attack started in the center but was quickly moved to the left.

After Manchester City's defensive focus shifted here, the football was passed back to the center.

So the Manchester City players turned their attention to the center. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi actually passed the football back to the left wing. In order to prevent Schmelzer from dribbling the ball forward, Manchester City's defense here was relatively tight. Up front, anyway, compared to their left back, Manchester City's right back Zabaleta has already passed the center line. He originally wanted to block Schmelzer, but Schmelzer did not bring the ball up. , instead passed the football to the center, and his attention also turned to the center, ignoring for a moment that there was actually space behind him.

But Zhou Yi did not ignore it. He made a very fast and accurate transfer and passed the football behind Zabaleta.

When Gotze got the ball, because Manchester City's other defenders were still lagging behind, even though he was behind Zabaleta, he was not offside!

Good shot! Gotze!

Amid Marcel Leif's exclamations, Gotze dribbled towards the Manchester City penalty area.

There were still not too many Dortmund players involved in the attack. Lewandowski and Royce took the lead and rushed forward. Zhou Yi was also running forward, but not very fast and did not intend to take the lead.

His behavior naturally failed to attract the attention of the Manchester City players, so the Manchester City players who were returning to defense kept accelerating and ran past him, but no one turned to look at him. Their eyes were firmly fixed on the pattern of dribbling the ball. Ce body...

As a result, the distance between the slow-running Zhou Yi and the fast-running Manchester City players became wider and wider, almost leaving them unmarked.

When Gotze rushed to the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester City and found that there was no good target to pass forward, he naturally chose to knock back and pass the football to Zhou Yi.

Only then did people realize that no one had read the Book of Changes!

So those Manchester City players who were defending Lewandowski and Royce near the penalty area turned around and pounced on Zhou Yi.

Facing Javi Garcia, who was the first to rush forward, Zhou Yi faked a long shot, making him jump up and turn around, intending to block it with his back.

But Zhou Yi just dunked the football to the left, then passed by Javi Garcia and drove the ball towards Manchester City's penalty area!

Zhou Yi! Beautiful fake move, he dribbles the ball forward! He Ping was very excited.

After getting rid of Javi Garcia, Zhou Yi had a brief space where he could shoot, but he did not and continued to dribble the ball forward.

So he quickly ran into Manchester City's defense.

At this moment, he used a very hidden movement while running - picking up the football on his toes. The football passed over the Manchester City defenders and fell behind them. At this time, Lewandowski appeared behind them and at the landing point of the football. He gently touched the football with his ****!

Although a Manchester City player raised his arm to signal to the referee that Lewandowski was offside after receiving the ball, neither the referee nor the linesman said anything.

Especially the linesman, he could clearly see that at the moment when Zhou Yi passed the ball, Manchester City's defense was actually not consistent. Clichy was a little late and was delayed at the back, and he also let Lewandeau Fsky happens to be in a position not to be offside!

Not offside! Good shot! Lewandowski -! Marcel Leif shouted in a long voice.

In his roar, the Polish shooter who stopped the ball directly kicked the football with his legs and fired a semi-volley!

The football thudded towards the goal.

Due to the close distance and great power, even Joe Hart couldn't completely stop the ball. He jumped into the air, stretched out his hands, and blocked the football, but the football still flew into the goal stubbornly!

The ball just went in!

2:0!

Dortmund takes a two-goal lead!

Lewandowski! Beautiful volley! Stopping the ball and shooting in one go! He Ping was also very happy. Because Zhou Yi was there, he naturally supported Dortmund.

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After scoring, Lewandowski asked Zhou Yi to come up and celebrate with him, while running towards the stands where Manchester City fans gathered, and then made a shut up gesture.

This is a provocative celebration.

But Lewandowski actually has no grudges against the Manchester City fans. When he got the ball in the game, he didn't hear the boos from the Manchester City fans.

So why is he still doing this?

It's very simple, he is fighting injustice for Zhou Yi!

There were no boos when he took the ball, but there were boos when Zhou Yi took the ball. It was deafening boos every time. This was the response of Manchester City fans to Zhou Yi's kick before the game.

As a teammate, of course Lewandowski has to take the lead for Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi is a person that everyone likes in the team. When he is wronged, others will naturally come out to fight for him.

So not only Lewandowski, but other Dortmund players who came up to celebrate the goal also made a shut-up gesture.

This celebration may tell us how popular Zhou Yi is in the Dortmund team, ha! He Ping laughed.

Although Manchester City once had Chinese player Sun Hai play again and has a group of fans in China, their popularity is still far behind Dortmund, which has active Chinese players. Therefore, He Ping's ridicule will not cause too many people's dissatisfaction.

Of course Zhou Yi is very popular. Even regardless of his personality, his good popularity is earned by his selfless assists again and again.

Who wouldn't like such a person who can always provide nanny assists to his teammates and meet their requirements when they need goals most?

Some Chinese fans always think that Zhou Yi Lao provides assists to others and scores few goals himself. They think he is too virginal. But it doesn’t mean it’s called “the Holy Mother” just because of the dedication. (To be continued.)