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"Dortmund played a bit aggressively today."

In the studio of Sky Sports, the host Lineker said while looking at the big screen showing the game.

"It's really a bit surprising." Alan Shearer also said, "It doesn't feel like Klopp is playing away from home today, but he has put on a posture to fight Chelsea to the end."

With that said, everyone turned their attention to a man in the guest seat.

The guests who came to watch the game together today, in addition to the regular Gary Neville, Alan Shearer, and Chelsea star Zola and others, there is also a Dortmund star.

In May 1997, at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, a sunny boy in a yellow and black jersey shot an arrow that changed the color of the world and shocked all ghosts and gods.

He used a 35-meter volley and hit the zebra Juventus running wildly on the European continent, bringing another Champions League champion to the entire German football world.

At the same time, this is the first and only Champions League trophy in Dortmund's history.

His name is Lars Rickon!

He is an outstanding product of the famous Dortmund youth training camp, and he only played for one Dortmund club in his career.

The 38-year-old has retired for five or six years and is now also serving as the director of youth training in the Dortmund team.

Today, due to the battle between Chelsea and Dortmund, he was also invited to the studio to watch this battle of focus with everyone.

"I guess he also felt the pressure." Riken smiled wryly, "He doesn't want to lose to Pan Yi again in this match."

Everyone in Dortmund understands how much pressure Klopp has had in these two seasons.

After Pan Yi came to the Bundesliga, Klopp and his Dortmund went from a championship team to one that could only fight for the Champions League.

It is even difficult for them to squeeze into the top two, and the Bundesliga has completely become a duo between Bayern and Hamburg.

And Klopp, the "best coach in the world" in the eyes of Dortmund fans, has gradually been overshadowed by Pan Yi.

Competitive sports are like this, and comparisons are inevitable.

But the question is, who can compare with Pan Yi now?

He has only been in professional football for three years, and he has won the Triple Crown twice!

Even a coach like Klopp can't compare!

What's even worse is that in the head-to-head confrontation between the two, Klopp also fell behind in an all-round way...

After Pan Yi left the Bundesliga, everyone speculated whether Klopp would breathe a sigh of relief.

But I never thought that Pan Yi's ghost still lingers in the Premier League, and the Champions League group stage even drew Dortmund and Chelsea together again.

Therefore, you can imagine Klopp's mental state, that must be to use this opportunity to prove himself again, to play his own beautiful offense at Stamford Bridge, and beat Chelsea!

This may be the so-called "pressure is also a kind of motivation".

"In the past two seasons, he has won and lost against Guardiola's Bayern, but he has not lost the wind." Carragher also analyzed, "And Bayern is also good at playing offensive football that focuses on passing and controlling. It also gave Klopp the confidence to compete with Chelsea."

"But in Pan Yi's Chelsea team, his passing and possession tactics are obviously different from Guardiola's." Riken shook his head and said, "They have a lot of long passes from the backcourt. It happens very often in games, which you don't see very often in this current Bayern team."

What Guardiola used in Bayern was still the same set of pass and control tactics he used when he was in Barcelona. He focused on small-scale cooperation and ground advancement.

As for Pan Yi's Chelsea team, since they use three central defenders and have an excellent ball-playing central defender like David Luiz, they can safely and boldly use the tactics of central defenders inserting or long passes.

"Chelsea players' running positions are also different from Bayern and Dortmund." Ricken continued, "They are more flexible, and the range of switching positions is also greater, as if the whole team is flowing."

Everyone nodded.

Even Gary Neville has to admit that Pan Yi is better than Klopp or Guardiola in this respect.

Currently on the field, not to mention the forward line, these three positions of Chelsea have always been erratic.

Looking at the midfielder, Kanter and Ramirez are basically in a state of being unable to run to death. Wherever the ball develops, their figures will appear.

And sometimes they can press very high, but sometimes they can retreat very far back, and their positions are not fixed.

The connection between them and the two wingbacks Cancelo and Ivanovic is also very close, and sometimes there will be a switch between the two, such as Kanter suddenly appearing on the left wing, and then Then plug in the offense.

In addition to David Luiz, Terry, and Gary Cahill, although these three central defenders are mostly David Luiz to complete forward or long passes, but Terry and Gary Cahill He also didn't stick to his fixed position, and sometimes pushed forward with the ball.

Of course, at this time, when the central defender advances, one of Chelsea's two defensive midfielders will be dragged to the end to prevent Dortmund from counterattacking.

Now Dortmund's players are playing very hard and fighting very fiercely, but sometimes there is a feeling that they can't use their strength or don't know who to turn to for strength.

Because their positions are relatively fixed, they will defend the area as the coach arranged before the game.

Of course, this approach cannot be said to be wrong, but when encountering a "fluid" running position like Chelsea, it looks like Dortmund players are being sneaked by their opponents, very passive.

"Watching Chelsea's game, I have a feeling that most teams and Chelsea are not playing the same kind of football at all." Carragher also said, "Pan Yi's tactical level is much higher than this era. .”

"You're right." Ricken looked worried, "In this case, we should be more cautious. But obviously Klopp doesn't think so, he just wants to use offense to defeat Pan Yi!"

How to deal with a super strong offensive team?
In fact, when Pan Yi played against Barcelona in Milan, he had already given the answer.

Of course, this is also the choice most coaches in the world will make, that is, low-post defense, keeping the formation compact and meticulous, compressing the opponent's space, and responding with defensive counterattacks.

But today, Klopp still chose a high position to press and press!

Although this is his signature skill and Dortmund's best style of play, this is Stamford Bridge after all, and the opponent is Pan Yi's Chelsea after all.

Therefore, in Rickon's view, this is also a very worrying and radical choice.

"Perhaps, Pan Yi is afraid of such an opponent?" Gary Neville chuckled, "At least we haven't seen a team in the Premier League that can really play against Chelsea. Maybe Pan Yi is not good at it." This way."

At this time, Dortmund can be seen on the screen to steal the ball after hard work in the midfield.

Then they quickly attacked. Royce scored the ball from the front court to the left, Aubameyang took the ball to face Ivanovic, made continuous fake moves, suddenly accelerated to the bottom line, and passed the ball into the penalty area.

But Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois has a very wide range of control. He decisively abandoned the goal and attacked with an extremely stretched save action. Before Immobile grabbed the point, he hugged the ball in his arms.

The entire Stamford Bridge stadium burst into applause again.

Gary Neville curled his lips: "Actually, Dortmund still has a chance to score. If Courtois hadn't hit the ball in time, Dortmund's offense would have been completed."

"But it didn't work out?" Carragher laughed. "This is actually what coach Pan Yi requires of his goalkeeper, that is, to have a wide range of attacks, a wide range of control, and the ability to launch attacks..."

"It's better for the goalkeeper to do his job well." Gary Neville sneered, "Like Bayern's Neuer, he ran outside the penalty area less often? You go ask Stankovic... I think our goalkeeper like De Gea of ​​Manchester United is very good, he saves well, reacts quickly, and pays his dues."

"That's why you say you are not playing football of the same era." Carragher retorted, "Otherwise, let's look at the Premier League standings and see the respective positions of Chelsea and Manchester United?"

Seeing that these two enemies seemed to be quarreling again, Lineker hurried to smooth things over: "Having said that, Dortmund can steal and create offensive opportunities in the midfield. In fact, it seems that they still have a chance to score. And if it is true If you get the goal and take the lead away from home, then the game will be much easier."

Rickon nodded: "I hope. But..."

He was still a little worried.

After all, everyone knows Pan Yi's coaching ability!
If it's so easy to score, why hasn't Dortmund had a really decent shot yet?
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The game played quickly for 10 minutes.

In fact, in these 10 minutes, neither side created a good scoring opportunity.

Everyone fought fiercely, which also caused the game to appear a bit fragmented, and the offensive routines were naturally difficult to play.

But in the Champions League level, sometimes the final result cannot be judged by the scene in the first few minutes.

After all, both sides have many stars who can decide the game. As long as one side accidentally reveals its flaws and is caught by the opposite player, it is likely to cause a fatal blow.

Of course, it depends on the skills of the coaches of both sides whether they can seize the flaws, or be more advanced, and lure the other party to reveal their flaws.

But now, after 10 minutes of observation, Pan Yi slowly saw the weakness of Dortmund's formation.

That is the position of the left winger, which is where Aubameyang is!

The Gabon striker has nothing to say in terms of physical condition and technical ability, and he is absolutely world-class.

But in terms of mental attributes, especially in terms of teamwork and work commitment, including defensive positioning and enthusiasm, there is still a certain gap compared with Royce and Mkhitaryan who are in similar positions.

This is actually the reason why Pan Yi always regarded Aubameyang as a surprise soldier when he was in Milan.

He is fast and explosive, and is very suitable for counterattacks, but if he wants to fight hard against the opponent, he needs to be a forward in the frontcourt to carry out a tight fight, and his completion will always be compromised.

Like a Chelsea back pass 2 minutes ago.

When Ramirez retreated to the front of the penalty area to get the ball, Immobile and Royce rushed over to press him in a high position.

Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan on both sides also stepped forward at the same time, preparing to block Ramirez's passing route.

This is the most basic principle of high-position pressing, that is, if you want to rob, everyone should rob together, and then the division of labor is clear, who will grab the ball at the foot and who will block the passing route.

At this point, Aubameyang is still qualified.

But then Ramirez turned around and took the ball two steps to the right when he found that the opposing player was pressing a lot.

At this time, Aubameyang did not make any further moves.

He neither stepped forward to press close, nor did he have any intention of blocking the ball. He just stood there and moved two steps to this side symbolically.

But of course, such "forced" cannot affect an experienced player like Ramirez. He took the opportunity to pass the ball to Gary Cahill, who had already pulled the side to respond.

Cahill then handed the ball to Ivanovic in front, which also solved Dortmund's high pressing.

So Pan Yi decided to use Aubameyang's place as a breakthrough to attack later!
Taking advantage of a throw-in opportunity, Pan Yi called Kanter to him, and said a few words softly:
"Tell everyone, when getting the ball in the backcourt, every player pays attention to his distance, and try to widen it to the side as much as possible."

"In this way, try to separate their defenses and don't make it easy for them to support the wing."

"Later, we will try our best to plan attacks on the side, especially our right, understand? We must make full use of the width of the field!"

Make full use of the width of the field. This is the famous saying of Xu Yang, a famous Guoan star, which is almost as famous as "I have been to Morocco".

It's just that he used this phrase a lot in his commentary, and everyone was quite annoyed hearing it.

But in fact, this is not a nonsense in essence.

Why are full-backs and wingers more and more prominent in modern football?

It is because everyone knows how to use the space on the court and how to block the space.

Therefore, in the most dangerous area in the middle of the stadium, everyone always focuses on guarding, and it is always difficult to break through the middle.

Under this premise, it has become the choice of most coaches to use the winger and full back to tear apart the opponent's defense on the side by cooperating or breaking through, and then develop the ball to the center to score.

And wingers and full-backs with a good sense of position and strong ability are precisely good players who use the space on the side.

They can always stand in the right position and play the offense to the widest range, so that the distance between the opponent's defense lines can be widened as much as possible. Then, once someone is broken through from the side, the person who comes from the center to make up for the defense You also need to run more distance, and of course the support will not be so timely.

On the court, there are often many changes in 0.5 seconds, or even 0.1 seconds. Therefore, after the width of the field is widened, the defending players need to run a few more meters, which may determine whether the ball can pose a threat!

Kanter, who is Pan Yi's proud disciple, certainly understands these principles.

He nodded in understanding, and quickly ran back to the court.

Soon, Pan Yi's latest instructions were conveyed to the heads of every player on the field.

As a result, Chelsea's offensive began to gradually shift to the right, and more began to develop towards the side where Aubameyang was responsible for pressing.

And William and Ivanovic, who were the main attackers there, also began to consciously pull to the side to catch the ball.

In the 18th minute, Chelsea once again had the ball at the back and David Luiz started with the ball forward.

At this time, Dortmund's players also quickly switched to defensive mode and settled down one after another.

The striker, as always, began to press against David Luiz who had the ball.

David Luiz first took two steps to the left and found that the defense here was in place. Whether it was dribbling or passing the ball, there were risks. This forced the Brazilian to stop suddenly, turn around to protect the ball, and knock back to the standing The captain Terry in the back row.

Terry knew that his ball-handling skills were average, so before Immobile rushed over, he turned around and passed back to goalkeeper Courtois to reorganize.

Courtois took a look and then passed to right centre-back Gary Cahill.

At this time, Aubameyang came up to press Cahill, but obviously he still didn't do his best.

So Cahill easily turned around and passed the ball to Ivanovic standing on the right line.

At this time, Dortmund's defense appeared a small problem.

That is, on the wing, only a left back Schmelzer can come to defend Ivanovic.

Because at this time, their double midfielders Kyle and Bender in the middle are competing with Chelsea's double midfielders Kanter and Ramirez, and they can't come over immediately.

In addition, Ivanovic's position is very close to the side. If the defensive midfielder comes to make up for it at this time, it is likely to cause a defensive gap in the middle.

And Ivanovic dribbled the ball forward without hesitation as soon as he got the ball.

This famous "guard with a knife" is not ambiguous at all when attacking!

Seeing that Ivanovic's position was already close to Dortmund's defense line, Schmelzer had to stand in front of him to prevent Ivanovic from going directly to the bottom after receiving the ball.

But in this way, a gap appeared behind Schmelzer.

Ivanovic heard Kanter's shout from the middle at this time, glanced ahead, and saw William starting.

So Ivanovic passed the ball forward without thinking.

He used a half-high pass, and the ball passed over Schmelzer's head and fell to the right corner of the penalty area behind him.

As soon as Ivanovic's side passed the ball, William sprinted at the fastest speed, and instantly threw off Schmelzer. Facing Ivanovic's pass, he stopped with his foot, and then The whole person rushed into the right side of the penalty area.

The linesman did not raise the flag, the ball was not offside!
And because the pass-run coordination was perfect this time, William's speed was also completely rushed, so a one-handed goal was created immediately!
But Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller reacted very quickly.

As soon as William dribbled the ball into the penalty area, he had already abandoned the goal and attacked!

But the Brazilian's consummate control of football at this time came into play again.

Before Weidenfeller threw himself in front of him, he raised his right foot and made a half-high shot.

The ball just passed Weidenfeller's head and slowly fell towards the unguarded goal behind him.

William, who had just finished a lob shot, didn't even wait for the ball to fall into the goal, he had already turned around and rushed out to celebrate the goal.

Dortmund's defenders are all outside the penalty area. Who can stop this shot?
The ball landed within Dortmund's goal line as William expected.

At this time, William had already rushed to the sidelines, opened his arms, and shouted at the fans!
It was also at this time that the fans at Stamford Bridge woke up from the nervous stare just now, and a huge noise broke out!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"In the 18th minute, Brazilian star Willian scored the first goal for Chelsea!"

"One to zero! This is also Chelsea's first goal in the Champions League this season!"

"This goal is a wonderful offensive cooperation. Their cooperation on the right side pierced Dortmund's defense. William's quick jump in this time successfully reversed offside and formed a single goal."

"Although Dortmund's frontcourt pressing has been doing well since the opening, Chelsea can't find good opportunities to attack. But this time, they failed."

"After the 10th minute, it seems that under the instruction of coach Pan Yi, Chelsea began to focus their attack on their right flank, and this change quickly paid off."

"Now the situation is a bit unfavorable for Dortmund. I don't know how Klopp will respond?"
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This goal obviously disrupted the rhythm of the game that was originally stalemate between the two sides.

The main reason is that the morale of the two sides went up and down one after another, which made this fierce battle unbalanced, and the advantage began to tilt to Chelsea's side.

When Dortmund had the ball, Chelsea fought harder and harder, making it difficult for opposing players to hold the ball.

It was difficult for Dortmund's players to comfortably hold the ball under Chelsea's pressing, so the number of passing errors began to increase.

And when Chelsea had the ball, Dortmund's defense became even less aggressive.

Especially Aubameyang, he hardly puts any pressure on Chelsea's defenders.

This made Klopp, who had been standing on the sidelines directing the game, look a little stiff.

Why after Lewandowski left Bayern, he didn't immediately put Aubameyang upright to play as a positive Indian center, but bought Immobile from Italy and Adrian Ramos from Hertha Berlin ?
In addition to the technical characteristics that really prevent Aubameyang from playing a tough big center, the ability to execute tactics on the court is indeed a headache for Klopp.

This may be a common problem of African stars, even if Aubameyang spent his youth training time in Europe.

But Klopp can't help it, he only has these people.

To fight against Pan Yi, he must make good use of all the personnel in his hands who are capable of playing sharp offenses, and Aubameyang is of course one of them.

Although Shinji Kagawa can also play this position, he also has better teamwork skills, but he is too physically disadvantaged, thin and lacks balance. It is really difficult to play in such a game where Klopp is going to head-to-head.

That's why Aubameyang was used.

And before the game, Aubameyang also repeatedly assured Klopp that he would 100% implement the tactical instructions for frontcourt pressing!

But now it seems that he has run in place every time, but he didn't really go all out to fight!

Klopp was a little bitter.

Now, Pan Yi saw through the weakness here, and took advantage of the oppressive weakness here to launch an effective attack and score.

What should he do now?
You can never let it go.

You know, Pan Yi is the kind of coach who is best at catching opponents' loopholes and then hitting them to death!

So, after a little hesitation, Klopp decided to make adjustments.

Of course, it can't be a substitution.

The game has only lasted 20 minutes now, unless it is due to an injury and cannot persist, how could it be possible to change a starting player?
This must be because the starting player made a huge mistake, maybe it was because he exerted too much force last night and his legs were weak.

So, Klopp just changed the position of the players on the field.

Aubameyang topped the front and formed a double forward with Immobile.

Bender, one of the defensive midfielders, went forward, and Dortmund kicked back to the 4132 formation they had been practicing in the summer warm-up match!