Green Journey

In the stands, after the second goal was born, Dortmund fans became a lot more silent.

This also caused the live director to frequently cut the camera to the stands.

This quiet phenomenon of Dortmund fans is rare in Westfalen, the world-famous home of the devil.

On the field, Dortmund players are still resolutely implementing Tuchel's tactical strategy, focusing on Manchester City's left.

As for Manchester City, Chu Zheng also frequently sent the ball to the left to hit behind Gentle, causing Sane and Aguero to switch positions frequently and attack Piszczek in turn.

Tuchel looked expressionless on the sidelines, but in fact he was very disturbed.

As the maker of Dortmund's offensive and defensive system, he knows very well that the strong vitality and firepower in the team's offense comes from the pile of people in the midfield.

In his tactical strategy, the left and right wingbacks each took on the task of dribbling the ball today.

The two wing-backs are therefore often deeply involved in the attack.

When defending without the ball, Ginter and Schmelzer need to shrink back to assist the defense.

But there is a problem here, and that is the problem of the conversion rate from offense to defense.

An urgent problem in front of Tuchel now is that the two wing backs cannot come back and cannot be placed in the first place.

If this link cannot be continued, the problem will be serious.

Because the formation is pressed very high, once they make a mistake in the midfield pass and are cut off by Manchester City's striker, the team's three central defenders on the center line will immediately face Manchester City's powerful frontcourt attack group. , It is not a joke to say that it is broken down instantly.

In addition, the two wing backs participated in the offensive position too deep, and the speed was not fast enough to return to the defense immediately to help, which would cause Piszczek, Papa, and Sven Bender to fall into extreme passivity.

Once the two supercars Sane and Sterling slam the accelerator, and Aguero and De Bruyne follow up in the middle, their three central defenders will be cut and torn to pieces.

In fact, this also reflects another problem of Dortmund today.

That is, the midfielder is too soft and the defensive coverage area is not enough to build an effective barrier in front of the three central defenders.

Therefore, if you want to defend firmly, it is very simple, let Schmelzer and Gentel withdraw, and block the channels on both sides for Manchester City.

But in this way, their offensive vitality and firepower in the frontcourt cannot be guaranteed.

This is even more unacceptable for Tuchel.

Tuchel really knows how terrible a Manchester City that can't feel the pressure on the defensive end and the midfield line.

Once the monster midfielder of Manchester City is allowed to play happily on the field, it will be a bigger disaster for them.

So Tuchel is also in a dilemma.

But this is also something that can't be helped, there are too many injuries in their team.

Reus was injured in that 3-6 thrashing of Bayer Leverkusen in early March.

So far, it has not been smooth, the veteran Gotze has the flu, and he doesn't have many choices.

Silently watching the gradually passive situation on the field, Tuchel already had an idea of ​​how to adjust in the second half.

Now, he only hopes that the first half will end quickly, that the team can keep the current score and not concede any more goals.

Now every time Manchester City scores an extra away goal, it will be difficult for them to go to the Etihad in the second leg, and their hopes of advancing to the semi-finals will be weakened by one point.

On the field, although the right-sided defense of Piszczek and Gentle was riddled with passes by Chu Zheng and De Bruyne, Dortmund's offensive vitality was still there.

Dortmund's attack on the right was played vigorously, and he stared at Kolarov.

Therefore, Manchester City, which leads by two goals, cannot be said to have won.

With Dortmund's current offensive power, it is not impossible to score two goals in a short period of time.

In a blink of an eye, Dortmund's offense came as soon as it was said.

In the 26th minute of the game, Manchester City circled the right rib in the middle of the half.

Aguero, Sterling, and De Bruyne surrounded Weigel and Schmelzer to grab.

It was not until Sven Bender quickly stepped up from the center line that he made up for the numerical disadvantage and passed the ball diagonally back to the kick-off point of the center circle.

After Piszczek got the ball, he took it out of the middle circle to the right, and then quickly advanced along the ribs.

In the 40-meter area of ​​​​the ribs, Fernandinho and Sane, who came in from the wing, stood in parallel and blocked directly in front of Piszczek.

At the same time, Chu Zheng also settled in the middle, cutting off the connection between Piszczek and Shinji Kagawa.

Manchester City's defense line in the midfield is almost perfect, but there are problems in the defense line.

Kolarov slowed down from the outside of the ribs to the inside, allowing Aubameyang, who was between him and Stones, to take advantage of the loophole.

At the moment when Aubameyang started, Ginter, who brought the ball in front of Sane and the two, slipped on his support foot, but made a mistake and passed the ball.

Immediately afterwards, Aubameyang, who had already stuck Stones behind him, let the ball into the penalty area from the right side of his body, followed up to the upper corner of the small penalty area and raised his right foot to hit.

Stones clung to Aubameyang from the left side, fell to the ground and stretched out his feet to destroy the moment he kicked, but missed the ball.

Behind the two, perhaps because of the slippery turf, Kolarov also staged Arsenal Xhaka's air wall and slipped backwards.

"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh, hit high!"

"Stones, defended very well, locked Aubameyang's left foot and the angle of the far corner!"

"Yes! The cooperation with Ederson is very tacit, forcing Aubameyang to directly force a kick, but Dortmund's offensive thinking today is right!"

"Manchester City's defense is also a little out of shape today, especially on Kolarov's side. He seemed to be frightened yesterday, and his reaction is always slow today."

"Both teams are attacking each other's weaknesses. It depends on who is more efficient, but today it is obvious that Manchester City's efficiency is higher."

Countless Dortmund fans in the stands covered their faces after seeing Aubameyang's shot over the crossbar.

This attack also seemed to rekindle them, so they boosted the atmosphere of the world-famous Devil's home stadium again.

On the sidelines, Guardiola looked at the slightly embarrassed veteran Kolarov on the field and felt quite helpless.

Now the team right back he has found a perfect successor.

In the position of central defender, although Kompany jumped repeatedly between the relapse of the injury and the recovery, it was frightening, but he has not been injured again, and his state is also recovering at a constant speed.

Coupled with Stones who is already on the right path, and Otamendi, he only has the left-back position as his heartache.

But it's a pity that Guardiola has been unable to find a player with good defense and good ball skills that meets his requirements.

It made him sometimes want to pick a central defender with good defense and good ball skills to buy back and transform into a full-back.

On the court, as time went by, the game showed signs of heating up.

Compared with the opening stage, after the game entered the 20th minute, the offensive and defensive transition speed of both sides was significantly accelerated.

But what followed was more mistakes.

But not to mention the second brother, Manchester City is a little better than Dortmund in terms of mistakes.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Papa's three central defenders opened up and frequently passed back to the goalkeeper Burki at the top of the arc.

Once Aguero and others are hooked up to implement oppression, Burki will immediately make a long pass forward, directly looking for Aubameyang and others on the front line.

After 3 consecutive attempts, Dortmund finally tore out a large space in the center circle area between Manchester City's frontcourt attack group and the midfield defense line.

Aubameyang was in the 30-meter area, Manchester City's defense took off to compete for the top, and the ball returned to the arc on the left side of the middle circle.

Chu Zheng quickly realized the danger and stepped forward.

Shinji Kagawa saw Chu Zheng approaching at a high speed, so he was forced to shake his head back and ferry the ball to the center line.

After Weigel got the ball, he saw Chu Zheng crossed Shinji Kagawa and continued to grab the ball. He quickly turned around and dribbled the ball laterally.

Out of fear of Chu Zheng's stealing ability, he didn't dare to take more. After running a few steps, he passed back obliquely to Svenbender who came up along the ribs from outside the arc on the other side.

On the sidelines, Tuchel shook his head and sighed softly. The monster midfielder reacted too quickly and saw through their intentions in an instant.

Two consecutive grabs forced their offense to slow down and they were forced to move to the flank.

However, just when Tuchel was feeling emotional again and again, the Dortmund players on the field gave him a small surprise.

On the field, after Weigel and Svendl passed the ball continuously in the right rib area of ​​the center circle of Manchester City's half, Weigel suddenly sent the ball to Shinji Kagawa, who was unmarked in the middle.

Fernandinho was quick on top.

But Kagawa Shinji was faster than him, turned around with the ball and immediately kicked a long pass to transfer.

Dott's right, outside the upper corner of the penalty area, Ginter, who inserted in the back, unloaded the ball perfectly.

Kolarov is not slow here, he quickly pulls from the ribs to the side, follows the defense along the sideline of the penalty area, and puts the inside line to the outside line.

But Gentle played him a change of tempo.

After he unloaded the ball, he started up again.

Kolarov thought that Gentle was going to make a pass from the bottom, and instantly speeded up.

As a result, the moment he picked up his speed, Gentle slammed on the inside of his foot and smashed the ball, and smeared into the penalty area from behind him horizontally.

On Manchester City's side, Fernandinho and others were also very quick to defend, and they pulled up two lines of defense in the penalty area in a blink of an eye.

Sane returned to the penalty area and blocked Gentle directly.

Coupled with Kolarov who had turned back, the two quickly formed a pincer attack.

As a result, Kolarov just rushed up from the right side of Ginter, and Ginter made another sudden stop and changed direction. He flicked the ball forward from the outside of his right foot, and Kolarov rushed over his head again.

In the next second, Ginter swung his right foot forward before Kolarov turned around, and the ball was swept in front of Shinji Kagawa in front of the small restricted area line in the middle.

At this time, Shinji Kagawa was sandwiched between Stones and Fernandinho who were in tandem, but he had room to kick.

Faced with Gentle's extremely fast cross pass, Shinji Kagawa hit it with his right foot relying on muscle memory, and the ball stuck to the turf and rolled obliquely towards the lower corner of the left goal.

"Shoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"shoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Zhan Jun and Dortmund fans shouted almost at the same time!
In front of the goal line, Edson made an extreme side attack, flicked his fingertips, and the next second, the ball rubbed against the outside of the post and rolled out of the baseline.

"I buy it!!!"

"Edson, a world-class extreme save!!!!!!"

"HO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing Brazilian, he saved Manchester City!"

"Great Ederson who denied Dortmund's goal!!! Incredible save!!!"

"..."

All of a sudden, the exclamation of commentators from various countries sounded in various commentary channels all over the world!

On the sidelines, Guardiola raised his hands above his head and applauded wildly, expressing his absolute affirmation of Ederson's god-level save.

It almost scared him to death just now.

Kagawa Shinji's shot was too close.

He thought that Edson would not be able to react, but he did not expect that Edson not only reacted but also successfully touched the ball.

Next to him, Tuchel was so angry that he jumped like a kangaroo, jumped on the spot several times, and slapped the sides of his thighs several times, which probably hurt a lot.

In the restricted area, Chu Zheng grinned and was about to reach out to rub Edson's shiny hair.

"Go away, you bad boy!" Edson was on guard against Chu Zheng, and quickly pushed Chu Zheng with a smile, and then cheerfully accepted the thumbs up from his teammates.

In a blink of an eye, Dott sent a left corner kick.

Edson was focused.

Seeing the ball flying in front of the goal post, he quickly moved over, raised his knees and took off, and took the ball firmly with both hands.

……

In the stands, seeing the team continuously threatening Manchester City's goal, and the goal is close at hand, the morale of Dortmund fans is high.

The Dortmund players on the field also seemed to see the hope of scoring goals, so with the addition of morale, Dortmund's offensive became more concise and sharp.

In the 36th minute of the game, Dortmund made a diagonal pass in front of the top of the Manchester City arc, and Dembele pushed the ball into the net.

But the line referee raised it decisively, indicating that Dembele was offside first, and the goal was invalid.

Obviously offside first, but this invalid goal that successfully scored Manchester City's goal inspired Dortmund's hearts.

This is a good phenomenon!

However, after only 1 minute, they wilted again, and countless people in the stands were so angry that they vomited blood on the spot.

Soon Ederson drove the ball straight from the goal to the frontcourt.

This time he showed the level of long pass he should have, and the ball accurately found De Bruyne in the 40-meter rib area of ​​​​the frontcourt.

Seeing that the ball was a little behind, De Bruyne gritted his teeth and pushed back hard, squeezing Schmelzer behind him from the landing point, and then perfectly unloaded the ball with his chest.

But even though he got the ball, De Bruyne with his back facing Schmelzer behind him, Weigel in the middle on the right, and Guerrero rushing back in front of him.

Fernandinho, who came up behind Guerrero, saw that De Bruyne's situation was not good, and he quickly ran to the left to the center to establish a ball line for De Bruyne.

In the next second, De Bruyne knocked the ball diagonally.

In the right rib area of ​​the middle circle, after Fernandinho took the ball, he saw that there were four Dortmund players around him, so he didn't dare to leave the ball at his feet.

Just took two or three steps and crossed Sane on the arc of the middle circle in the middle.

Sane ran across the ball and saw Gentle on the left jumping up, he took the ball directly to the right front rib.

But after running two meters, he found that he was about to be surrounded by four people in his ribs. He resolutely gave up the idea of ​​rushing, smashed the ball and turned around, and passed back to Chu Zheng on the center line in the center circle.

In the left half, Kolarov advanced along the ribs and was about to raise his hand to ask Chu Zheng for the ball.

As a result, before he raised his hand, Chu Zheng in the middle circle swung the ball with his right foot non-stop, and the ball hit his foot.

Kolarov lightly lifted his left foot to unload the ball, then quickly turned around and passed the ball down the sidewalk, and then crossed the penalty area without any interference.

Before hitting the goal post, Aguero outflanked him.

But at this time, Sven Bender was standing on the inside line on his left.

Aguero glanced at the ball coming from the left, and he knew that Kolarov's ball was not high enough, it couldn't pass, and it couldn't fall in front of him.

But after Aguero was cleaned up by Guardiola, his attitude is nothing to say.

Although there is no hope, he still relies on the past to take off and compete for the top.

However, Aguero did not expect that Sven Bender would be so anxious.

As soon as he leaned over and jumped up, Sven Bender directly hammered the ball that fell on his head into the goal.

So under the watchful eyes of everyone, the ball was hammered into his own gate by Sven Bender at close range.

For a while, everyone was a little dumbfounded, and it was a little silly to tell which one was the offensive player, Aguero or Sven Bender.

"Oh!!!!"

"Own goals!!!!!!!"

"It's going to be difficult for Dortmund!"

"Bende!!!!" Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu exclaimed in the LeTV live broadcast room again and again!

On the field, Chu Zheng also froze for a moment.

What is an unexpected surprise, this is it.

Although their overall condition is not good today, it seems that they were blown up like yesterday, and their luck seems to have improved.

In the small restricted area, Sven Bender was sitting in the restricted area with his arms open and shouting, his eyes widened, his face full of confusion and innocence, and he seemed extremely angry.

This confuses many fans.

Soon the fans understood from Zhang Lu's commentary why Sven Bender didn't apologize or feel guilty after scoring an own goal, but instead questioned the reason for his teammates.

"At first glance, it seemed that Sven Bender was solely responsible for the ball, but in fact, the players on the right side of Dortmund did not limit Kolarov very well."

After Zhang Lu finished speaking, the slow motion replay appeared.

I saw Kolarov taking the ball and going down the sidewalk. It was obvious that Piszczek and Gentle were inside and outside the end line of the penalty area one after the other, but no one went out to watch Kolarov.

In the end, Weigel, who chased back along his ribs, leaned over.

But it's too late now.

Before Weigel ran, Kolarov had already made a cross.

The lack of understanding between Piszczek and Gentle is equivalent to opening an unimpeded green long pass channel for Kolarov.

"Actually, there are three Dortmund players inside and outside the penalty area in the rib area at this time. Sane is surrounded. It is no problem to push one out."

"But no one came out and watched Kolarov's biography." Zhang Lu shook her head and smiled.

In the stands, Dortmund fans already feel that the team's time limit is approaching at this moment.

Three away goals!

three!

God!How does this make them chase?How to play as a guest at the Etihad in the second round?
On the sidelines, this question was also Tuchel's first thought after losing the third goal.

Tuchel's answer is to stand up and kick, and die standing up.

Now they've been pushed to the edge of a cliff, with one foot hanging out, and they have no choice.