Green Journey

Chapter 518 Tuchel who remembers eating but not fighting!
Inside and outside the penalty area, Dortmund players looked at the Manchester City players gathered around the left corner to celebrate, and everyone had a look of helplessness on their faces.

Originally, as long as they scored two goals, they could eliminate Manchester City and advance, but now as soon as this goal is scored, they will have a goal difference of three goals.

Although it looked like there was only one more ball, this was not a basketball game. Manchester City's goal almost doubled the difficulty of their promotion.

"Fake!!!!"

"Fack!!!!!!!!!"

Near the top of the arc, Durm was venting loudly. He didn't know whether he was scolding himself or someone else, and his face turned red with anger.

Next to him, Shinji Kagawa also had a wry smile on his face. Who would have thought that Chu Zheng could stand up instantly after falling down, which is too surprising.

"96 goals, 4 goals away from making [-] goals in a single season!"

"This is also Chu Zheng's 10th Champions League goal this season, including a penalty!"

"Currently in the Champions League scorer list, Barcelona's Messi ranks first, with a total of 11 goals, followed by Chu Zheng and Ronaldo."

"Now both of them have 10 goals in the Champions League, but because Chu Zheng scored a goal from a penalty kick, he ranks third!"

"Hey!" Zhang Lu didn't know what came to mind and suddenly laughed, "It's not necessarily the case after this game. Chu Zheng has been in a very hot state during this time, averaging more than two goals per game, I feel Maybe he will have an assist or a goal today."

"Yes, Guardiola has completely liberated Chu Zheng today, so Chu Zheng's chances of scoring goals have greatly increased."

"And it's said that everyone in the Manchester City team is helping Chu Zheng hit the personal record of making [-] goals in a single season!"

"..."

On the sidelines, a blushing Tuchel was standing in the coaching area, and his behavior was particularly agitated at this time.

He kept gesticulating various tactical gestures to the Dortmund players on the field, and his mouth was not idle. It seemed that he wanted the Dortmund players to attack with all their strength.

After a while, Tuchel returned to sit on the coach's bench panting, his face full of dignity.

Manchester City's sudden goal completely disrupted his plan.

Now they have no choice but to attack.

As for the others, he had no time to take care of them at this time, and they would have to be eliminated if they couldn't score three goals.

On the court, the Dortmund players are also desperately fighting for the ball. They quickly pass forward when they get the ball. Everyone is 100% devoted to the game.

So Dortmund's first shot came.

In the 9th minute of the game, Dortmund made a direct pass from the left backcourt to Guerrero on the center line of the wing.

Seeing Guerrero preparing to catch the ball on the center line, De Bruyne quickly pushed over and blocked his right side immediately.

At the same time, Royce, who was on the right side of the center circle, quickly pulled the wing behind De Bruyne from the side.

Stones, who reached the midfielder, reacted quickly and quickly followed Royce.

But the two of them didn't run two meters, and Royce suddenly retreated with a sudden brake.

At this moment, Guerrero stretched out his left foot, rubbed the bottom of the incoming ball with the ball without stopping, and the ball changed to Royce who suddenly retreated outside the ribs.

Royce quickly took the ball to the inside ribs, but in a blink of an eye, De Bruyne and Stones, who were chasing back from the wing, were caught in the middle from left to right.

After Guerrero saw it, he immediately pulled up his speed to full speed, entered the inner line of the ribs and went straight forward, trying to take Stones away.

But Stones was not fooled, but quickly turned to the right, facing the center and following the defense horizontally, directly cutting off the connection between Royce and Guerrero in the frontcourt.

But the east side is not bright and the west side is bright.

At this time, at the front of the top of the arc in the middle, Aubameyang's high-speed forward thrust tightly restrained Otamendi and Chrissy who retreated along the right rib.

Chrissy was afraid that Otamendi would not be able to look down on Aubameyang, so when he came back, he retracted the inside line again, and Otamendi sandwiched Aubameyang in the middle.

But Clichy is also keeping an eye on Durm, who is coming up his ribs on his right.

But Royce's goal is not Clichy's side.

Seeing Shinji Kagawa who came up along the right rib of Manchester City and directly inserted into the gap between Pani and Otamendi, Royce raised his foot and passed.

But Kompany is aware of the gap.

At the moment of Royce's pass, he quickly handed Guerrero to De Bruyne who retreated along the wing, and then turned and moved laterally.

Kagawa Shinji did not expect Kompany's sense of crisis to be so keen.

Seeing Kompany approaching quickly in front of him, Shinji Kagawa, who was facing the goal sideways, knew that once he stopped the ball, the attack would have to be delayed.

So he jumped forward the moment the ball rolled in front of him, and stepped the ball back with the sole of his left foot.

Suddenly the ball rolled horizontally into the top area of ​​the arc.

Aubameyang was very focused, and he quickly pulled back, temporarily breaking away from the guards of Otamendi and Clichy.

After getting the ball, he turned a half circle on the spot, and then quickly distributed the ball to the right with his right foot.

Clichy had been prepared for a long time, and quickly rushed to Durm who was holding the ball outside the penalty area.

But before he ran, Durm on the sideline of the penalty area followed up and passed the ball directly to the ground with his right foot.

On the right side of the penalty spot, Royce suddenly got out of Fernandinho's blind spot on the left side with a ghostly running position, and hit the ball directly with his right foot.

In the middle of the goal, Edson was on the shooting line in front of the goal line.

Facing the incoming ball, Edson knelt down on his crotch with his left knee inward, and his hands were also gathered under his crotch, directly cutting Royce's body to death.

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

Immediately, a loud and rapid exclamation suddenly resounded over the Ittihad!

On the sidelines, Tuchel looked up at the night sky angrily!

This time it was Guardiola's turn to go berserk.

Gua Shuai roared at the Manchester City players in the penalty area, and seemed to be particularly dissatisfied with this defense.

"Is that Royce?"

"It's him!"

"Actually, Dortmund's cooperation has been extremely smooth this time!"

"The two wingbacks, Durm and Guerrero, came up very quickly this time. After the entire offensive width was widened, there was a chance in the middle. Unfortunately, Royce's shot was too direct."

"Yes, otherwise Royce's close shot in front of the goal will make Edson uncomfortable."

"This is the intention of Tuchel to arrange Shinji Kagawa and Royce behind Aubameyang. These two people can plug in at any time to act as a second striker."

On the field, Chu Zheng watched Guardiola make Tai Chi gestures towards him, and he responded with an OK gesture.

The meaning that Guardiola passed to him was very clear, that is to let him stare at Dortmund's right half.

Through observation during this period, Chu Zheng has 100% determined Dortmund's tactics.

What Dortmund played today was not a regular 3421, but a severely left-leaning 3421.

Tuchel's intention today is to rely on heavy troops to storm their right.

Left wingback Guerrero, left midfielder Shaheen, Royce who often pulls to the left wing in the frontcourt, plus a cruising support Shinji Kagawa, and Aubameyang in the middle, Dortmund is on the left The half area formed an extremely strong attacking group.

After guessing what Tuchel was thinking, Chu Zheng admired the German, and his vision was very poisonous.

Now their cornerstone on the right, Walker, is not there. In addition, Fernandinho, who is weak in defensive ability and poor in physical fitness, is in the defensive midfielder position today, and there is also the movement of Stones, the central defender who is a temporary guest full-back. Because of the relative slowness, on the whole, today Dortmund's idea of ​​playing by taking advantage of its strong left side is completely correct.

Just like Dortmund launched from the left center line just now, the very smooth attack is a good proof.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. In Chu Zheng's eyes, Dortmund's goal is in the right half.

Soon, Chu Zheng began to attack Dortmund's fate.

In the 15th minute of the game, a fierce battle for the ball broke out between the two sides on the right side of Manchester City's center circle.

The possession of the ball changed hands four times, and Dortmund finally took it back and passed it back along the ribs.

Under the continuous control of Dortmund, the ball was quickly transferred to Weigel's feet in front of the arc in the middle circle.

Chu Zheng was right behind Weigel, and immediately rushed up, but was shaded by his own turf, and the turf under his feet was a little slippery, causing him to slip backwards.

As a result, at this moment, the moment Chu Zheng slipped backwards, he stretched out his right foot forward to the right, and even hooked the ball under Weigel's feet with his heel.

At this moment, countless people looked straight again.

The Dortmund fans in the stands opened their mouths in shock, they had never seen such a monster.

It was obviously an accidental slip and fall, but in the end, it was abruptly transformed into a sliding shovel by the super adaptability, but the shovel was so steady and ruthless.

And the Manchester City fans yelled, filling the Etihad with exciting cheers!

On the court, Chu Zheng got up quickly, got the ball and ejected to the start, and headed to the left, which is the right half of Dortmund.

On the ribs, seeing Chu Zheng coming up, Sane quickly pulled from the inside to the outside and took Piszczek away.

But Weigel followed Chu Zheng very close to the right, completely cutting off his route to Aguero and Sterling to the right.

Seeing Papa, who was bending over the penalty area line in front of him and lowering his center of gravity, waiting for him to hit him, Chu Zheng didn't hesitate, and directly sent the ball to the front left.

In the upper corner of the left penalty area, Sane took the ball and faced Piszczek in front of him.

Piszczek learned the lesson of the first round and kept enough distance to turn around.

Sane saw that there was no chance of a breakthrough, so he slowed down and slowly forced Piszczek back in front of him.

He was going to wait.

If no one is on the sidelines, he is ready to forcefully cut in the middle and wait for an opportunity to hit the goal, or pass back to the front of the penalty area for Chu Zheng and De Bruyne to take a long shot.

In a blink of an eye, Chrissy came up, and went directly to the bottom along the sideline of the penalty area.

Sane stepped on a bicycle and suddenly pushed the ball straight to the bottom line.

In the next second, Chrissy roared past on his left.

After Clichy caught up with the ball in front of the bottom line of the ribs in the penalty area, without any hesitation, he directly passed the ball with his left foot.

At the second point, Sterling followed up to the right front of the small penalty area, and directly hammered the flying ball towards the goal without anyone around him to defend.

But this guy's core strength is too weak. Even if he is fully exerted, the speed of the ball is not fast, and the line of the ball is too positive.

In the end, the ball was hammered directly into the arms of goalkeeper Burki by Sterling.

"Oh, it's a pity, but it is Sterling, he is not very good at using headers!"

Zhang Lu nodded and said, "Although there is no one around Sterling, his choice is correct. If he stops and plays again, he probably won't have a chance."

"Yes!"

On the field, Sterling, who missed the chance to score a goal, was a little guilty, but when he saw Guardiola in the coaching area applauding, he was relieved.

In the BBC studio, Klopp shook his head and laughed when he witnessed Chu Zheng's attack with a very obvious purpose.

Tuchel's 3421 today really made him shine, but the shortcomings are also obvious.

Dortmund's tactical arrangement today, because Shinji Kagawa and Shaheen prefer to concentrate on the left side, makes their right half very empty.

In this way, Piszczek and Durm on the right will often encounter Chrissy and Sane on the left of Manchester City, and Chu Zheng, who often goes to the high position to support and support. Cut the impact of the attack.

As the former Dortmund coach, Klopp still knows Piszczek and Durm very well.

Due to age and injuries, Piszczek's athletic ability has begun to decline, which is not as good as before.

So the current Piszczek is incapable of going up to interfere with Chu Zheng and Sane.

And once Chu Zheng and Sane had enough space to move, even if Piszczek blocked people in front, they could only retreat step by step and be unable to stop them.

As for Durm, Klopp's evaluation of him is that he lacks defensive skills, and his speed and flexibility are also mediocre.

Therefore, Durm was also unable to deal with the successive attacks of Sane, Chu Zheng and Chrissy.

On the offensive end, this guy doesn't have enough ball-handling ability or off-ball speed, he can't force Manchester City's left side to recover at all.

In terms of the midfielder position, in Klopp's view, Dortmund is also problematic.

Weigel is supporting the right flank more often today, which is no problem.

This shows that Tuchel clearly knows the weakness of his 3421 partial formation today.

But the problem is that Weigel also bears the responsibility of Dortmund's backcourt hub, which forces Weigel to frequently lean towards the middle.

However, Weigel's lack of athletic ability caused his recovery speed and defensive ability to actually be unable to guarantee Dortmund's defense in the right half.

Therefore, the three weak links of Piszczek, Durm and Weigl, who are overwhelmed by themselves, are connected together, making Klopp feel that it will be a matter of time before Dortmund's right half collapses.

From a few minutes before the opening, Klopp noticed that Chu Zheng was deliberately targeting Dortmund's right half. Klopp believed that Chu Zheng had already caught Dortmund's goal.

Therefore, Klopp believes that the key to the victory of today's game lies in the efficiency of offense.

It depends on whether Dortmund first smashed Manchester City's right from the left, or Manchester City first smashed Dortmund from the left to the right.

Klopp thinks it will probably be Manchester City.

Because he knew how perverted Chu Zheng was.

Thinking of this, Klopp has already begun to mourn Tuchel's audacity.

He felt that Tuchel really didn't remember to play, and the 3421 formation had already suffered a major crisis in the first round, but he still dared to play like this today.

(End of this chapter)