Green Journey

After the intermission, players from both sides walked out of the player tunnel and returned to the field.

On the sidelines, the fourth official was bending over to adjust the substitution board under his feet. Standing beside him were two Dortmund players, the veteran player Shaheen and the young player Pulisic.

Seeing these two players waiting to play from the camera, a common question suddenly appeared in everyone's mind.

Who will Tuchel replace?
"Ginter's position must be changed!" Zhang Lu asserted in the LeTV live broadcast room, "If he stays on the right wing back, Manchester City will probably focus on Dortmund's side in the second half."

"Yes!" Zhan Jun nodded. "In the first half, Gentle performed well on the offensive end, but the defensive end was really terrible. He often came up and couldn't go back."

"There is no problem with his attitude, but the problem is that he can't keep up with the speed!" Zhang Lu chuckled, "Chu Zheng in Manchester City often makes the team quickly complete the offensive and defensive transition with a single pass. Sane is Chu Zheng's serve today. The high-speed conveyor belt on the machine is responsible for transporting the ball outside the Dortmund penalty area."

"Then he plays the ball depending on the situation, or directly breaks through, or he can still pass the ball. He plays very methodically and with a very clear purpose."

Zhang Lu changed the subject and said, "But Pulisic, a young American player, is different."

"Oh?" Zhan Jun didn't know much about Pulisic, a young American player in 98.

"This player, he is flexible, fast, and has balanced skills on both feet. He can play left and right."

"Although Pulisic's physical confrontation ability is not outstanding, his tactical execution ability, individual combat ability and enthusiasm for returning to defense as a winger are no problem."

"Don't talk about his defensive ability, at least he can come back as soon as the team transitions between offense and defense. This is more important."

"And Tuchel let him play, he should also pay more attention to his individual ability on the offensive end."

Soon, the fourth official on the sidelines held up the electronic card for substitutions.

No. 8 Shaheen replaced No. 6 Svenbender.

"Oh!" Zhang Lu was very surprised, "Then Gentle is going to be adjusted to the position of central defender."

After Zhang Lu finished speaking, another substitution sign was raised.

No. 22 Pulisic replaced No. 29 Schmelzer.

"Is this going to change the four-back system?"

"Also a possibility!"

"Tuchel seems to be desperate!" Zhan Jun's tone was a little surprised.

But think about it, if you don't fight at this time, you probably won't have a chance.

If the tactical strategy of the first half is maintained, although it can be guaranteed that the offensive end can exert huge pressure on Manchester City's defense, Dortmund's defense will also bear heavy pressure.

Once another goal is scored by Manchester City, those four away goals can almost sentence Dortmund to death, and they will definitely be eliminated.

Not long after, Osato blew his whistle, and the second half officially started.

After the start of the second half of the game, the positions of Dortmund players were clearly shown in the camera.

Piszczek was adjusted to the position of left center back by Tuchel, Ginter played right center back, and Papastathopoulos was in the center.

In the positions of the two wing backs, it is not Pulisic who plays the left wing back.

Tuchel adjusted Rafael Guerrero, Sahin played Guerrero's original position, and Pulisic was on the right wing-back.

Dortmund's adjustments were all seen by Guardiola.

He could see that Tuchel wanted to completely revitalize Dortmund's right attack, and he still had to stare at Kolarov's side in the second half.

But he didn't care, and he would, predictably, do the same, because he had no choice.

On the field, after the opening of Manchester City, it can be seen that the tactical strategy has also changed compared with the first half.

With three goals in hand, it is enough for Manchester City to settle down and play the pass-and-control football they are familiar with and good at.

In the second half, Chu Zheng got Guardiola's advice during the intermission.

After the opening, he withdrew a little bit, sitting in the center to schedule and control the rhythm, and was also responsible for mopping up and intercepting Dortmund's attack in the center.

Fernandinho, on the other hand, was more active on the left side of the half to relieve Kolarov's defensive pressure.

In the stands, Dortmund fans saw Tuchel's desperate tactical adjustments, and they also had high hopes for the team.

Being able to pull back a goal is tantamount to retaining a glimmer of hope for advancement.

As a result, the red and black wall in the south stand was clamoring again, and the atmosphere of the European devil's home court was full again.

But seeing Manchester City playing bumper ball on the field, they thought it was a shameless and unsportsmanlike tactical behavior of Manchester City, which made them angry.

So all kinds of abuse came and went.

Whenever a Manchester City player has the ball they boo.

Soon, Tuchel's substitution adjustments at halftime began to take effect, showing their power.

In the 50th minute of the game, Dortmund got a throw-in on the right outside the Manchester City penalty area.

Shinji Kagawa made a quick serve and threw the ball to Rafael Guerrero, who was in front of him quickly.

Guerrero was also alert. As soon as he saw that Walker, who was standing parallel to him on the right, did not go up for the first time, he guessed that someone must be coming up behind him.

At this moment, he saw Shinji Kagawa raising his hand on the sideline in front of him asking for the ball, so he immediately pushed the ball over.

At the same time, Shaheen outside the upper corner of the penalty area suddenly started, and while De Bruyne was not paying attention, he went straight to the empty left rib area in the penalty area of ​​Manchester City.

"Damn!! Fernandinho made a mistake! He shouldn't have come out!!"

"Kevin!! Follow him! Follow him!!!!" Martin and Smith subconsciously raised their voices, their eyes widened like brass bells.

On the court, De Bruyne, who was originally in front of Shaheen, was also chasing hard, but Shaheen had already blocked his position.

In the penalty area, Kompany quickly moved laterally to make up for it.

Chu Zheng, who was originally on the left side of the penalty spot, did not make up for it immediately after seeing this. He did not forget Dembele on the penalty spot.

At this time, Chu Zheng was highly concentrated, his brain was running at high speed, and he quickly analyzed Shaheen's only two passing lines.

So in the next moment, Chu Zheng, who was standing sideways to the goal, took a step to the right.

On the left side of the penalty area, Shaheen jumped forward after he was in place, stopped the ball in his chest, and then raised his left foot before Kompany moved across from the right, and directly sent the ball to the center.

At this moment, in front of the end line of the small penalty area, Chu Zheng took a big step forward and accurately blocked the low-altitude flying ball from the bottom line.

"Huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Suddenly, there was a rush of exclamation at the scene!
"Chu Zheng, the last crucial interception at the small restricted area line!"

"If Chu Zheng didn't stop the ball, then Aubameyang, who got out from between Stones and Kolarov behind him, could directly hit the goal and threaten the goal!"

"Yes, very dangerous!"

"Shaheen! Don't look at him as an old man, but his outlook on the big picture and creativity back then are still beyond the reach of many young midfielders. What a pity!" Zhan Jun's tone was quite emotional.

"That's true." Zhang Lu nodded in agreement.

Mention Shaheen, people usually use "fallen genius" to describe him.

In terms of football talent alone, Shaheen is absolutely outstanding.

In 2001, Shaheen became a member of Dortmund's youth training echelon.

Relying on his performance far beyond his peers, Shaheen quickly showed his talents in Dortmund and entered the Dortmund first team in 2005.

But the take-off of his career had to wait until 2008.

That year, Uncle Zha, who was not very famous at the time, entered Dortmund and quickly entrusted him with important tasks and promoted him to the core of Dortmund's midfield.

Just three years later, Shaheen quickly made European football see a rising superstar.

In the 2010-11 season, the Hornets led by Klopp strongly suppressed the South King Bayern to win the Bundesliga championship and the German Cup championship that season. This is inseparable from Shaheen's excellent performance.

And Shaheen has also been widely recognized after the end of this season, and won the honor of the best player in the Bundesliga in one fell swoop.

That year, Shaheen became a hot new star in European football, and invitations from countless teams flew to him like snowflakes.

Among them is Real Madrid.

No player can refuse the invitation of Real Madrid, Shaheen is no exception.

He accepted the olive branch offered by Real Madrid.

But this guy is really unlucky.

He was injured in the first training session of Real Madrid, and because of this, he missed the crucial running-in period with Real Madrid and Mourinho.

When he returns from injury, Real Madrid has found a stable tactical play and rotation.

Even though Mourinho admired him very much at the time, he did not dare to take the risk of using the best player in the Bundesliga under the tremendous pressure of performance.

At that time, it was at the peak of the Barcelona Dream Three, and the situation Real Madrid faced that year simply did not allow Mourinho to have the slightest room for error.

So one season later, Shaheen became a visitor to Real Madrid.

After leaving Real Madrid, injuries gradually became the main theme of Shaheen's career.

Since then, a rising superstar in the Bundesliga has quickly fallen and was ruined by injuries, which is regrettable.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lu thought of Chu Zheng.

The experiences of Shaxin and Chu Zheng are so similar, they both became the core of the team at a young age.

However, Chu Zheng is strong because he is almost insulated from injuries.

Although I usually suffer some injuries, they are all minor injuries.

Whether in Wolfsburg, Leicester City, or now Manchester City, Chu Zheng is almost full-time, unless the coach tells him to rest.

At the beginning, Zhang Lu was also worried that Chu Zheng's career would be affected by injuries, and then he fell quickly.

But over the past few years, good guy, that body is like a calf, and this kind of physical talent that is almost insulated from injuries is far beyond Shaheen's comparison.

On the field, Shaxin didn't feel too upset when he saw the ball was intercepted by Chu Zheng.

Because this result was within his expectations.

He had observed before the chest stopped the ball just now, and Chu Zheng's position selection shocked him, that kind of position selection that was neither up nor down at the same time blocked his two routes at the same time, it was too accurate.

When Chu Zheng was still in Wolfsburg, Shaxin felt that Chu Zheng had the potential to play in the midfield, but he never thought that Chu Zheng would be such a monster after completing the transformation.

Soon, Dortmund took a corner kick from the left.

The ball went straight to the middle of the penalty area.

It was still Chu Zheng. After he took off in the middle, he directly pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

Shaheen rushed to the left to grab the ball and pass it back to the midfielder before it went out of the sideline.

After Weigel took the ball, he saw Aguero quickly pressing up, and he immediately turned around and passed back to the goalkeeper.

Burki didn't play the ball immediately after taking the ball, but waited for Manchester City's formation to press up, and then kicked up a long pass to the right of the center circle.

On the spot, Pulisic followed up and unloaded the ball, and then quickly cut inward.

But Sane and Fernandinho teamed up to block the inside and outside, forcing him to pass the ball back to Shaheen in front of the center circle arc.

As soon as he got the ball, Shaheen showed off again.

He quickly sent a direct pass forward before Fernandio got close.

In the 30-meter area of ​​the ribs, Shinji Kagawa turned around while taking the ball. Seeing that Pulisic had inserted back to the front right, he immediately stuffed the ball.

In front of the upper corner of the penalty area, Kolarov followed up inside.

Facing Kolarov, Pulisic slammed forward immediately after receiving the ball, and then used his speed to eat Kolarov raw.

After entering the penalty area, Pulisic immediately crossed the ball low and flat in front of the goal.

After the point, Aubameyang outflanked in place, but the ball missed and was blocked by Kompany.

In an instant, the Iduna Signal Park stadium screamed continuously.

"Dortmund is besieging Manchester City!" In the BBC studio, Lineker said, frowning.

"Pulisic, Shaheen, these are two amazing substitutions. Tuchel has brought Dortmund back to life! Amazing German!" Ferdinand praised.

The two were talking, Pulisic came again on the court.

On the field, after more than a minute of continuous transfer of possession at the front of Manchester City's penalty area, the ball was passed back to the 30-meter area on the left rib.

Weigel immediately turned around with the ball, kicked up and shifted to the right wing.

Pulisic sprints out to the touchline and unloads the ball.

Kolarov behind him also followed very closely, leaving no room for Pulisic to turn around.

But in the next second, Pulisic blasted his right foot to the bottom line, and then Kolarov had another tragedy, and was eaten raw again, allowing Pulisic to rush into the penalty area along the bottom line.

Immediately afterwards, Pulisic returned a straight pass to Dembele on the right side of the penalty spot.

Dembele raised his right foot when no one was guarding and it was a burst shot.

"Dembele!!!!!!!!!!" In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun was so frightened that his voice instantly rose.

"Fortunately, Stones came to the top quickly!" Zhang Lu also had lingering fear on his face.

On the sidelines, Guardiola has been almost berserk by Dortmund's wave-like offensive.He pointed at the penalty area and yelled, making gestures continuously.

"hey-hey!"

"Ha ha!"

After this scene was captured by the camera, Zhang Lu and Zhang Lu laughed again.

"It's time for a substitution, Kolarov can't handle Pulisic!"

"Yes, this is the difficulty of dealing with the small fast and smart winger, he is too flexible and able to drill!"

"But the problem is that there is no one in Guardiola's hands. Go to Otamendi? Probably not."

"Although Otamendi's speed is faster than Kolarov's, his turn around is not as fast as Kolarov's! I guess I still can't see Pulisic!"

On the sidelines, Guardiola was already bald at this time.

The Dortmund fans in the stands are also getting more excited.

At this stage of the game, anyone can see that Dortmund may score in the next second.

Guardiola returned to the coaching bench and sat down angrily. Arteta immediately came over and said, "Pep, why don't you let Chu play Kolarov's position?"

Guardiola turned his head sharply and stared straight at Arteta, his eyes seemed to say, "Is Ayew crazy?"

"Perhaps this is a good idea. We can let Toure play the Chu position, and the strength and creativity of the midfield can still be guaranteed to a certain extent." Torrent also suggested.

Seeing the two assistants say that, Guardiola frowned, and his heart was a little shaken.

But he always felt awkward.

Chu Zheng was indeed omnipotent, but when he switched to the position of full-back, he always had the absurd feeling of blowing up mosquitoes with nuclear bombs.

Besides, he was still counting on Chu Zheng, who had recently exploded, to make another goal.

What if they can get rid of Dortmund in the first round?This is not impossible.

At that time, with 4 goals in hand, Dortmund will be dead!

However, before Guardiola could make a decision, the fourth goal on the field was born.

In the 64th minute of the game, Shaheen took the ball at the top of the arc in the middle and quickly dispatched the ball to the left half.

Guerrero took the ball from outside the upper corner of the penalty area on the left and passed it directly.

The ball crossed a C-shaped arc in the penalty area and fell directly to the penalty spot, surrounded by three sides, Aubameyang with his back to the goal.

However, just when countless Manchester City fans thought the ball was not too threatening, Aubameyang suddenly fell to the left, laying his body in the air and kicking the ball with his right heel.

The ball bounced between Kompany and Stones.

After the second point, Shinji Kagawa quickly followed up, and in the left area of ​​the small penalty area, he rushed the ball to the middle before Edson.

In the next second, Dembele, who followed up in the middle, directly pushed the empty goal.

For a while, there were forests of arms in the penalty area of ​​Manchester City, and Kompany, Stones and others were all raising their hands to signal that Dortmund was offside.

However, the lineman did not give any indication.

Seeing the referee Osato pointing to the middle circle, the Signal Iduna Park stadium erupted like a violent volcano.

3-1!Dortmund recovered a goal and a glimmer of hope.

"The balance of the game is beginning to tilt towards Dortmund!"

"Tuchel, two magical substitutions directly reversed the team's decline!"

"The next step is to see how Guardiola will deal with it! Now there is only one genuine full-back Clichy on the Manchester City bench, and Otamendi is the other one."

Soon, Guardiola made substitution adjustments.

Yaya Toure replaces Kolarov.

So Chu Zheng appeared in Manchester City's second position, left back.

Guardiola's substitution adjustment was ridiculed by nearly 7 Dortmund fans at the scene.

Has Chu Zheng ever played as a full-back?

They have no impression at all, so they don't think Chu Zheng can play well.

However, the fact is that after Chu Zheng came to the position of left back, Pulisic ended up being directly guarded to death.

No matter how Pulisic swayed or swayed, Chu Zheng stood in front of him like an insurmountable mountain, stealing and destroying the ball time and time again.

So Dortmund's right-wing offensive that had just been revitalized gradually disappeared.

But Manchester City failed to keep the 3-1 score in the end, and Dortmund used a corner kick to score a goal to rewrite the score to 3-2.

Tuchel's adventure in the second half also allowed Dortmund to keep the hope of advancing.

But facing Manchester City with three away goals in the second round, Dortmund is still on the passive side.

After the game, Tuchel received media and praise.

And Guardiola is miserable, especially the English media, who simply don't save any face, criticizing Guardiola for not slowing down the pace to control the ball in the second half, so that he was beaten by Dortmund continuously, but should be like the first half Play attacking football.

In this regard, Guardiola did not have any excuses. Instead, he cheerfully said at the post-match press conference that Manchester City was the winning side, and he didn't care about the rest.