Champion’s Heart

While Bayern Munich players celebrated their goals excitedly, the atmosphere in Dortmund was a little depressing.

In fact, before the game started, they all knew that they were at an absolute disadvantage compared to Bayern Munich. Although both sides have a large number of players missing the game due to injuries, Dortmund's injuries are all crucial players, and the entire defense line is reimbursed, which will definitely have a greater impact on the team than the few sick patients at Bayern Munich.

Even at home, it may be difficult to defeat Bayern Munich in this state.

But Klopp's words before the game still ignited their fighting spirit and hope, and they planned to compete with Bayern Munich at home.

Unfortunately, they failed.

When the ball was lost, many people felt discouraged.

There is still a big gap between reality and dreams.

The belief that was not very firm in the first place began to waver again.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, even if they lose this game, no one can actually blame them. After all, the result of the game has been decided before the game, and it is not a crime of war. They tried their best and showed their courage after the game started.

In the end, I couldn't win, which was really helpless.

Even the captain of the team, Weidenfeller, was silent at this time. He lowered his head and half-knelt in front of the goal. The ball was behind him, but he didn't even want to take a look.

At this moment, a dark shadow suddenly enveloped his body, which surprised him. He looked up and saw the back of Zhou Yi fishing for the ball in the goal.

He held the football in his arms, turned around and saw Weidenfeller looking at him, so he nodded to Weidenfeller without saying a word, and just ran towards the center circle.

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The game restarted. Bayern Munich, which had just scored a goal, was in high morale, while Dortmund was somewhat demoralized.

On the scene, Bayern Munich completely had the upper hand.

The clues can be seen from the data.

In terms of ball possession rate, Bayern Munich once had an absolute advantage with 76%.

Their continuous passing made the Dortmund players exhausted and led by the nose.

There are more and more openings in the defense, and Bayern Munich has more and more threatening shots.

It looked like Bayern Munich could score another goal at any time... if not for the fact that there was so little time left in the first half.

In the end, when the referee blew the half-time whistle, Dortmund was temporarily behind 0:1 at home.

But everyone believed that if there was another three minutes of injury time in the first half, the score might become 0:2.

During this period, Dortmund was completely suppressed, and it was difficult to even get past halftime.

At the end of the first half, the referee saved Dortmund! Marcel Leif said. But there are still 45 minutes waiting for them in the second half. Bayern Munich has half a chance to score, but can Dortmund's defense hold up for another 45 minutes?

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The air in Dortmund's dressing room was a bit heavy.

After everyone came in, they sat in their seats and said nothing.

Until Klopp came in, he clapped his hands hard and encouraged his players loudly: What are you doing! What are you doing! The game has only passed halftime, and we have only conceded one goal! There is nothing to be dejected about! Give it all to me. Keep your head up and cheer up!”

Hearing his words, the players looked up one by one.

Klopp's prestige within the team is quite high, and what he says is listened to.

We continued to attack in the second half!

Klopp continued.

Although continuing to attack may continue to concede goals, for today's Dortmund, conceding one goal is no different from conceding two goals. It is better to attack. What if they can equalize the score? Until now, Klopp still has to decide to gamble to the end, because other than that, he has no other better way...

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The fifteen-minute intermission passed quickly. In the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and played again, but no one made any substitutions.

Dortmund did not make substitutions because there was no one to replace, and Bayern Munich did not make substitutions because Guardiola was still very satisfied with the performance of the players on the field.

After the start of the second half, just like the first half, Dortmund took the lead in attacking and launched a fierce attack on Bayern Munich's goal.

But what was different from the first half was that when Bayern Munich fans saw Dortmund like this, they were not afraid that they would score.

It's just a bluffing paper tiger - this is the sentiment of many Bayern Munich fans.

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When Zhou Yi got the ball in the frontcourt, in front of him was Bayern Munich's complete and solid defense, and beside him was Martinez's personal marking.

There was no good passing opportunity. Zhou Yi either passed the football back or continued to hold the ball.

But continuing to eat balls is risky.

Facing the defense, Zhou Yi swung his foot and made a fake move to separate the sides, but then used the outside instep of his right foot to move the football to the right, hoping to create some openings through his dribbling.

But Bayern Munich center back Boateng in front of him was completely unmoved.

If the defense cannot be pulled, no space can be created, and Zhou Yi cannot force the ball. This will just transfer possession of the ball to the opponent in vain.

Normally at this time, Zhou Yi would probably pass the football to his teammates, and then move around to look for opportunities.

But today, Zhou Yi did not do this. He's still trying to create opportunities with the ball.

Unfortunately, Bayern Munich's defense is impregnable, and Martinez is still around him constantly disturbing him. Javi Martinez, who is 1.90 meters tall, has long legs. Even if he is across from Zhou Yi, he can really touch the football when he extends his legs to intercept the ball. Therefore, Zhou Yi must do his best to protect the football.

In this way, it is almost impossible for him to create opportunities.

Zhou Yi seemed to be aware of this, so he gave up the opportunity to continue looking for an open space in front of Boateng. He suddenly pushed the football to the outside of his body with the instep of his right foot, then turned around and took the football out again - he turned to his back. To the direction of attack!

It seems that they have completely given up on passing the football forward.

Zhou Yi turned around and stretched out his arms to block Martinez behind him as far away as possible.

Seeing that Zhou Yi turned his back to the direction of the attack, Martinez was not as aggressive as before - he was worried that if he kept kicking Zhou Yi from behind, he would provide an opportunity for Zhou Yi to fall to the ground.

When the time comes, the referee gives Dortmund a free kick opportunity at the edge of the penalty area. How unfair is that?

During the halftime break, Guardiola repeatedly emphasized to them not to give Dortmund free kicks easily. Because after conceding the goal in the first half, Dortmund's offensive quality dropped significantly. The only way they could threaten Bayern Munich's goal was through set kicks.

Set kicks are a very effective scoring weapon in football matches, especially for teams that do not have an advantage and are relatively weak. There are too many examples of comebacks relying on set kicks.

Any qualified head coach knows that in this situation, he must be especially wary of the opponent's set-piece attack. Naturally, he will repeatedly warn his players not to give the opponent the chance to set-piece in dangerous areas.

Therefore, when Martinez found that he could not quickly grab the ball from Zhou Yi, he instead reduced the intensity of his defense and just stood up against Zhou Yi from behind to prevent him from turning around easily.

After seeing Zhou Yi being held up by Martinez and unable to turn around in a short period of time, Boateng in Bayern Munich's defense felt a little more relaxed - now he and Zhou Yi were followed by Martinez. He is no longer directly facing Zhou Yi's line of defense.

In fact, there is a lot of pressure to defend Zhou Yi, because who knows what kind of kick he will pass.

Boateng even had a feeling that defending Zhou Yi might be more tiring than defending Messi.

But just when he breathed a sigh of relief, Zhou Yi, who couldn't even turn his body when being pushed by Martinez, suddenly sent a ghost-like through ball with his heel!

The football slipped between Javi Martinez's legs and then rolled past Boateng's feet. Because it was so sudden, Boateng didn't even have time to destroy it!

A little behind him, the person who received Zhou Yi's through ball was Royce who suddenly cut in from the wing to the middle!

Royce——!!!

Marcel Leif chanted as soon as Reus got the ball.

Amid his chants, Royce kicked the ball and shot!

The football was drawn by him in an arc, bypassing the oncoming goalkeeper Neuer, grazing the inside of the far post and flying into the goal!

When the football flew into the goal, the Bayern Munich players had no reaction at all.

And Dortmund's players have already started celebrating.

Zhou Yi pushed away the stunned Javi Martinez and ran to Royce to celebrate the goal.

Martinez stared at his back blankly, unable to figure out how he saw that open space with his back to the direction of attack and without ever looking back...

Everyone else was also shocked - why is the style different from the first half? !

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