novelkee Chapter 501 Home Showdown (3)
Chapter 501 Home Showdown (3)
Chapter 501 Home Showdown ([-])
This kind of passing the ball under the crotch is the most difficult for the goalkeeper, because the line of sight is completely blocked, but Li Qiao slowed down the force when shooting to ensure the suddenness, and just pushed lightly. As a result, Courtois once again used his height advantage and touched the ball with his fingertips.
Under the huge friction of the goalkeeper's glove, the ball stopped, and then Courtois opened his big hand and slapped the ball under his hands.
"Oh my god, I didn't make it again," the Dortmund fans clamored, holding their heads in great regret. At this time, the Dortmund fans didn't care about the etiquette of watching the game. If they fell in the semi-finals for two consecutive years, the Dortmund fans really felt like they were going crazy.
It was 20 minutes into the second half, and the atmosphere in the Signal Iduna stadium began to become anxious. The window paper seemed thin, but it was impossible to pierce it. Judging from the current situation, 90 minutes can only determine the winner, because the only possibility of entering extra time is Dortmund 3-2 Chelsea, which now seems impossible.
In other words, Dortmund's time in the Champions League is likely to be only 20 minutes.
At this time, even Li Qiao, who has always been calm, became a little anxious. The several passes to Gomez were much bigger. Klopp knew that the time for the decisive battle had come. He walked out of his coaching bench and gestured to Zhou Dun.
Zhou Dun was stunned when he saw Klopp's gesture. He originally thought that Klopp would let him play the midfielder and withdraw Wang Kong, just like the last game.
But what I didn't expect was that Klopp's gesture was to let him play forward. Zhou Dun couldn't believe it. He ran to the sidelines to confirm with Klopp.
"forward"?
"Yes, it is the forward",
"Center to be precise."
Zhou Dun is an excellent player. As long as he needs it, the coach can ask him to play goalkeeper. Without further ado, Zhou Dun rushed forward. The fans saw Zhou Dun rushing up and gave them a standing ovation. However, the applause only lasted for a few seconds and then stopped abruptly, because the fans were still running after seeing Zhou Dun rushing through the half.
"What is he going to do, to play the midfielder"?
When Zhou Dun finally stopped, the fans were stunned, "Is he going to play forward"?After a short period of stupefaction, the fans raised their arms and chanted Zhou Dun's name, "The Germans can be beaten to death, but they will never be scared to death. Let's fight them."
Klopp's arrangement is exactly in line with the appetite of the Germans. Thinking about this country where even the goalkeeper plays the midfielder, it is normal for the defender to play the forward! !
If you think that Klopp is really brave and courageous, then you are wrong. Klopp pushed Zhou Dun up and at the same time withdrew Wang Kong back. Now Dortmund's formation is a 442 formation.
Zhou Dun and Gomez play double center tactics! !
*****
What is Hiddink doing now?
He didn't do anything, he was confident.
The reality is indeed the case. Chelsea's frontcourt is too strong. Although Dortmund put on a desperate posture, the few people in Chelsea's frontcourt are calm and can still control the ball.
What Dortmund is most afraid of now is not not scoring goals, but losing possession of the ball, because Chelsea's tactics have changed again. The four players in the frontcourt, Pedro, Oscar, Pato, and Xiaofa, hold the ball and are not in a hurry to attack.
As long as the ball reaches the feet of any one of the 4 people, at least three or four minutes of Dortmund's time will be wasted, or even longer, and now for Dortmund, the most lacking thing is time.
Pedro passed the ball to his former teammate Cesc Fabregas in the frontcourt, Fabregas didn't stop the ball, and when he pushed, Pato didn't stop the ball, and Fabregas pushed back.
Xiaofa still didn't stop the ball, and passed it directly to Oscar, this time with more than 20 feet. Although Dortmund's backcourt players were tired like dogs during the period, they couldn't even touch the shadow of the ball.
In the end, Wang Kong used his strong body to squeeze Xiaofa to get the ball. Unexpectedly, the referee called a foul. The angry Wang Kong gritted his teeth, but he just hammered the lawn hard, and did not dare to do anything else.
Chelsea took this free kick calmly, still didn't attack, and just fell in the midfield. It was like killing someone with a slow knife, and there was a slight chill behind Klopp.
Whether a team is strong or weak, in fact, depends on this time. Even if the weak team can lead, most of them fall short, while the strong team can finally keep the victory.
As one of the few top European giants that has ever won the Champions League, Chelsea has shown its temperament and maturity at this time. Maybe after this game, Klopp will put the game video into his file folder to study carefully, but he has no free time now. The only thing he has to do is win, yes, win the game! !Otherwise it's all nonsense.
But the situation is very difficult now. It would be easy for the opponent to take the bus, but now the opponent is playing control of the ball. This is a very advanced kind of war of attrition. What should we do?
Here I have to cite an example, that is Greece in the 2004 European Cup, the Greek national team that created Greek mythology.
In fact, that Greek team has no big names, and its strength is average, but why did it finally win the European Cup?
The reason is very simple, that is, they are resistant to running and run more than any opponent. Relying on the advantage of running out of one more person, they finally make up for their own disadvantages in strength.
Klopp is very clear that the only way for Dortmund to get back is to run, run, or even run desperately like Greece did back then.
Klopp started gesturing, he asked to speed up, speed up, as for how fast?The answer is simple, limit! !
These players have been with Klopp for so long, they still understand Klopp's thoughts, and they know what to do.
Next, the Dortmund players slowly approached Chelsea's frontcourt like pockets. Of course, the first few attempts were easily broken by Chelsea, but Dortmund was not discouraged and still spared no effort to surround Chelsea.
At this time, Fafa was holding the ball, and Wang Kong stepped forward to grab the ball. At the same time, "Hummels" leaned towards Pato, Piszczek leaned towards Oscar, Schmelzer leaned towards Pedro, and shot four arrows. Fafa was the master. He had already observed the situation of his teammates.
But he forgot one person. When the ball flew towards Matic, Li Qiao came out and broke the ball.
Xiaofa knew it was bad!
Li Qiao rushed forward after passing Matic. This opportunity was given by Chelsea, so the suddenness was [-]%.
Li Qiao dribbled the ball and continued to accelerate, but at this moment, someone behind him bumped into him, it was Mikel, no doubt a foul, Mikel also received a yellow card without any suspense, and Dortmund won a free kick.
*****
With 10 minutes left before the end of the game, Chelsea was even a little more nervous than Dortmund. Courtois had already learned how powerful Li Qiao was.
On Dortmund's side, Li Qiao and Royce were discussing whether to take a tactical free kick, but in the end they decided to keep it simple, and Li Qiao took the penalty alone.
When standing on the ball point, Chelsea's human wall was already lined up. Because of the foam spray, the distance was no problem. Li Qiao looked and suddenly found that there was a gap between the heads of Xiaofa and Pedro that could be used.
With a shot, Li Qiao's ball was in the middle of Xiaofa and Pedro. The ball was very accurate, and it just passed between the two.
Courtois behind the wall felt trapped again. Today, Courtois was like a godsend. He once again made a side throw to save the ball out of the baseline.
With a roar, Courtois seemed to have saved a penalty kick, and the whole Chelsea team was also very excited. They seemed to feel that even God was on their side today.
Li Qiao was very helpless, "Could it be that luck is not on Dortmund's side today"?
Uncle Zha was silent, he believed in luck, and he was already angry with a hint of foreboding in his heart.
The so-called joy begets sorrow, the overexcited Chelsea player "Ivanovic" received a yellow card for making an indecent gesture at the Dortmund fans behind him, which also ignited the anger of the home fans.
Just now Courtois' save allowed Dortmund to get a corner kick. Li Qiao was a little bit sluggish. His luck seemed to be bad today. He gestured at Royce to let the latter take the penalty, but Royce waved his hand to indicate that he couldn't do it.
There is no way that the only one who can stand up this time is Li Qiao.
This time, all the big men from Dortmund entered the penalty area of Chelsea from the corner kick, and Li Qiao also changed his style of play, not the usual deciduous ball, but the kind of footwork that turns the ball inward.
When the corner kick was taken, Courtois felt bad at first, because Li Qiao's previous corner kicks were too low, he could easily pick it up, but this time Li Qiao's ball was high and floating, which made the Chelsea goalkeeper dare not attack.
After the ball reached the front point, Ivanovic rubbed back, and he knew it was not good, but there was no way, he didn't do it on purpose, but jumped up to the limit and could only scratch his scalp.
There were at least 5 people crowded in the middle of Chelsea's penalty area, but none of them touched the ball. When the ball was swiped to the back point, one person shook his head a little.
Then everyone except him knelt down. Chelsea felt it was over, while Dortmund was too happy.
Li Qiao knelt in the corner flag area, he pointed to the person running towards him, the person he was most familiar with, the Chinese captain Zhou Dun.
At this moment, Li Qiao was about to cry and couldn't say anything. Zhou Dun slid and knelt and rushed in front of Li Qiao. Afterwards, the Dortmund players rushed over like crazy.
Klopp didn't rush into the field, he raised his head and pointed to the sky.
(End of this chapter)