Green Journey

Chapter 520 Immediate effect!
In fact, Tuchel's substitution adjustment, from a tactical point of view, he started with Durm, obviously to restrain Manchester City's left offensive.

But the result was just the opposite. Durm was blown away by Sane and Chu Zheng.

Therefore, Tuchel's hasty substitution is actually a steal.

On the pitch, Rafael Guerrero dropped back to left-back after Dembele came on.

The midfielders are Shaheen and Weigel.

Dortmund changes 4231.

The Manchester City fans in the stands didn't pay much attention to Tuchel's substitution adjustment.

In the eyes of the fans, Tuchel is dying.

indeed.

Replacing Dembele can indeed strengthen Dortmund's offensive on the left side of Manchester City.

But in this aggressive offensive situation, it also means that Manchester City will get more opportunities to counterattack.

However, Manchester City fans did not expect Tuchel's adjustments to take effect so quickly.

In the 29th minute of the game, Dembele, who had just entered the field, entered the ribs from the wing, and after getting a cross pass from Shinji Kagawa in the middle, he began to forcefully advance the ribs.

His well-balanced feet and excellent dribbling skills kept Fernandinho from getting off the ground.

In the end, Dembele burst forward after continuously sinking his shoulders in the 30-meter rib area, and then forced Sane to put Dembele down with a shovel.

Fortunately, the referee was merciful and did not give Sane a yellow card.

Dortmund's free kick is in an excellent position, just in the left rib area of ​​the top of Manchester City's arc, not far or close.

Shaheen lined up on the wall, ran up after the whistle, and directly pumped the ball towards the goal.

The ball went around the outside of the wall and fell straight to the upper left corner of Manchester City's goal.

In front of the door, Edson swooped laterally.

But did not touch the ball, but Manchester City is still lucky today.

Although Edson did not completely seal the upper left corner, the ball directly hit the junction of the crossbar and the goal post, making a crisp and loud impact sound.

In an instant, Manchester City fans were almost scared to death by Shaheen's free kick.

If this free kick is scored, it will undoubtedly bring hope to Dortmund.

At this moment, Manchester City fans also realized that now is not the time to celebrate.

They hoped that Chu Zheng and the others would score another goal and completely kill Dortmund's hopes.

But as the game progressed, the effect of Tuchel's substitution adjustment became more and more obvious.

In the 39th minute of the game, after a 10-minute standoff, Dortmund threatened Manchester City's goal again.

On the left sideline of Dortmund's middle circle, Guerrero just got the ball from the backcourt side, and Stones blocked him.

Seeing that Royce was going forward to the wing and took De Bruyne away from the outside of the ribs for him, Guerrero immediately dialed the ball and started to cut inward quickly.

But before he could get into the ribs, Sterling rushed back to him.

Guerrero was also very decisive. Seeing that Dembele's passing line was cut off at the front of the arc in the center of the center, he dunked with his left foot and passed back directly to the right.

In front of the center line of the ribs, Shaheen continued to cross to the right, and Weigel in the center circle area sent the ball to Dembele's feet in front of the arc of the center circle.

After Dembele took the ball, he quickly dribbled the ball diagonally to the right rib.

At this time, Chu Zheng was in the position of the midfielder in the middle, and he moved obliquely and laterally, always blocking the passing line of Dembele and Shinji Kagawa and Aubameyang at the top of the arc in the middle.

Sane also came back, on Chu Zheng's left.

But defending him is really not good.

Dembele made a quick change of pace. If Sane hadn't started fast enough, he would have been rushed over.

After entering the outside line of the right rib, seeing that there was no possibility of a breakthrough, Dembele immediately divided the ball to the side.

Piszczek steps back to the touchline to get the ball.

When Sane and Chrissy rushed over together, he knocked Dembele back.

Seeing Sane quickly turn around and pounce on Dembele, Chu Zheng, who was about to go up by himself, took advantage of the situation to withdraw to the ribs, and watched Piszczek who passed the ball horizontally to the ribs.

As a result, in the next second, Dembele suddenly used his left foot to pick the ball towards the penalty area while dribbling the ball laterally.

The free throw arc on the right side of the top of the arc meets the end line of the penalty area and is behind. Royce quickly got in place, and put Otamendi behind him, waiting for the ball to fall.

Because this is in the penalty area, Otamendi did not dare to make big moves.

Almost every player like Royce with extremely rich game experience has been tempered into a best actor by the cruel competitions in Europe, and he will be cast if he is not careful.

At the same time, Aubameyang, in front of the penalty spot in the middle of the penalty area, also made an oblique thrust to the right side of the penalty spot behind Royce.

When he ran, he directly took Kompany away, forcing Stones on his left to follow the inside to the middle.

As soon as Chu Zheng turned around, he saw that the right side of his penalty area was completely empty, and he instantly realized that this was another slap in the face by Dortmund.

"John, pay attention behind you!!!" Chu Zheng immediately yelled at Stones to remind him.

Stones' complexion changed, and he immediately looked back to the upper corner of the penalty area behind him.

Sure enough, Guerrero has already touched it.

At the same time, when the ball landed, Royce saw Shinji Kagawa running across the penalty area line, and Royce directly unloaded the falling ball to Shinji Kagawa with his chest.

Shinji Kagawa led the ball away, and then quickly distributed the ball to the left side of the penalty area before Chu Zheng approached from the left back.

Outside the upper corner of the small penalty area on the left, Guerrero hit the ball.

At the moment of shooting, Stones, who was reminded by Chu Zheng, slid towards the upper corner of the small penalty area and successfully blocked Guerrero's shot with the outside of his left calf.

"Oh yo!"

"Fortunately, Chu Zheng reminded me quickly!"

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were as frightened by Dortmund's attack as the Manchester City fans at the scene.

"Shinji Kagawa and Royce's tandem scheduling in the frontcourt is too powerful!" Zhan Jun said.

Zhang Lu nodded and said: "Tuchel's substitution is too critical. Dembele's ball control and speed in the frontcourt have significantly strengthened Dortmund's ability to hold the ball in the frontcourt, and it also appears offensively. Much more organized."

"Yes, after Dembele came on the field, it is not so easy for Manchester City to steal in the middle. His speed is dreadful, and he can break through with a little carelessness."

"Well! After becoming a 4-backer, Dortmund's defense has also stabilized a lot."

"..."

On the sidelines coach's bench, Guardiola, with his hands folded over his chest, no longer had a smile on his face.

The Dortmund fans at the scene saw that after Dembele played, the team's situation improved significantly, and they gradually became excited.

But until the referee Skomina blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Dortmund's offense was full of thunder and rain, and no goals came for a long time.

As the live broadcast came back to the LeTV Sports live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun also quickly began to replay the first half of the game.

"In fact, in the first round, Tuchel's 3421 formation has already encountered a major crisis."

"He turned into a four-back in the second half, and arranged heavy troops Dembele and Pulisic to attack Kolarov on the left of Manchester City in turn. Only then did he regain the initiative in the game and keep the suspense of promotion."

"But today, Tuchel once again arranged the same formation and the same combination of personnel, which paralyzed Dortmund's right half again."

"Although he has made corresponding arrangements for the defense of the right half, but limited by Weigel's lack of ability, his plan has completely failed."

"As a result, the suspense that caused Dortmund players to desperately recover in the first round is now almost gone again"

“是的，总比分5-2，多特要在下半场45分钟之内连追3球或者4球才能不被淘汰。”詹骏笑说。

Zhang Lu nodded and continued: "After Tuchel replaced Dembele and used a four-back formation, the defensive changes on their right side were extremely obvious."

"Pishcek coming to the right back limited Sane to a certain extent.

Aguero, who has excellent mobility, is controlled by the most defensive central defender Papastathopoulos, and Chu Zheng, who often hits Dortmund's right rib area.

Coupled with the fact that Dembele, who has a strong impact on the right wing, restrained Clichy, Tuchel instantly made the threat of Manchester City's powerful left offensive much smaller. "Zhang Lu continued.

In a blink of an eye, the intermission is over.

As soon as the players came to the field one after another, the fourth official on the sidelines raised the electronic card for substitutions.

No. 29 Schmelzer replaced No. 8 Shaheen.

"Eh!" Seeing Tuchel's substitution, most people showed surprise expressions.

Everyone can see how Shaheen performed in the first half, especially in terms of offensive scheduling and organization, which can be said to be very good.

But Guardiola, who carefully studied Dortmund's players, understood Tuchel's intention for this substitution almost instantly.

Last summer, Dortmund introduced Guerrero, a full-back from Lorient in Ligue [-], to serve as a substitute for Schmelzer.

But after Guerrero joined Dortmund, he quickly became a regular in Tuchel's main lineup.

In Tuchel's tactical lineup, Guerrero played the midfielder, midfielder and left forward, but he hardly played the left back he is most familiar with.

The reason is that Guerrero has other potentials.

His speed is good, and his ability to cross from the side and cut inside is excellent.

But what Tuchel likes the most is Guerrero's passing and his overall view.

After being transformed into the middle, Guerrero did not live up to Tuchel's expectations.

This guy actually played a key role as a metronome and finisher in the middle.

And because Guerrero was born as a defender, he is also very responsible when defending, and he is very active in chasing back and assisting in defense.

Guerrero's all-round attributes even made Tuchel admire him, saying that Guerrero was so good that he couldn't use a position to fix Guerrero.

So Tuchel replaced Shaheen with the young Guerrero. In Guardiola's view, he hoped that Guerrero could replace Shaheen's role on the offensive end and at the same time strengthen the defense and control of the midfield.

This is a substitution that kills two birds with one stone.

But Guardiola doesn't really care too much in his heart, because he has Chu Zheng.

Just like he had Messi back then, he was fearless.

Now, Chu Zheng also gave him this fearless feeling.

Soon, the second half of the game began.

From the perspective of player positions, Dortmund followed the tactical strategy after the first half substitution adjustment in the second half.

But Manchester City have also changed.

Looking at Chu Zheng's defensive positions, Manchester City played 4411 on the defensive end in the second half.

Seeing Guardiola's sudden change, Manchester City fans' hearts were suspended.

In terms of tactical ability, Guardiola is rarely matched by anyone in the world.

But when it comes to making troubles, this guy is definitely number one in the world, no one can make troubles better than him.

Manchester City fans are very curious about Guardiola's real intention of putting Aguero ahead and letting Sane behind Aguero.

But before they could see Guardiola's true intentions for the change, Dortmund imitated Manchester City in the first half and made a fantastic start to the second half.

In the 48th minute of the game, De Bruyne was immediately entangled by Guerrero after he got the ball from Aguero in the center on the right side of the center circle.

Relying on his strong body, De Bruyne always blocked Guerrero who was rushing up behind him. After Sterling came up from the right at high speed, he rushed to cross before being flanked.

After Sterling got the ball from the wing, he saw De Bruyne rushing forward along the ribs to the outside line of the front side. He made a pocket on the inside of his right foot, and the ball went around from the right side of Schmelzer on the outside line. In front of De Bruyne inside.

De Bruyne went straight to the bottom to chase the ball.

Schmelzer was thrown behind him and found that he couldn't catch up from the outside, so he turned into the inside lane.

Taking advantage of the moment De Bruyne took the ball and slowed down, he quickly smoothed out the gap in body position.

In the next second, Schmelzer, who is extremely experienced in defense, accurately grasped the best opportunity to attack.

Just before De Bruyne kicked a cross, Schmelzer suddenly burst into a crowded defense, and De Bruyne was so crowded that he lost control of his center of gravity and fell down.

The ball was also kicked directly out of the baseline by De Bruyne.

Croquet!

In the penalty area, Burki quickly took the ball thrown by the caddy, bent down and placed it, and immediately kicked it to Weigel at the top of the arc in the middle.

Weigel quickly dribbled the ball in along the middle.

But in a blink of an eye, De Bruyne and Sane were blocked at the front of the arc in the middle circle, and they were forced to turn around and pass back to Papa in the area of ​​​​the right side of his side.

After Papa came up, he stopped with his left foot, turned to the right and quickly passed Dembele in front of the center line on the right.

Dembele turned around with the ball, Sane also quickly moved to the side, and Clichy in front was also ready for the impact.

Sure enough, the next second Dembele on the sideline directly started to charge forward, and within a few breaths he was fully charged.

At the front of the 30-meter area on the sidewalk, Sane was forced to slow down after following for a while, otherwise he would have to run hard with Clichy.

At this time Dembele was sandwiched between Sane and Clichy.

Clichy, who was stuck inside, also fully played his speed, and stuck Dembele in front of him.

After coming to the outside of the penalty area, Dembele began to show off.

In the high-speed dribbling movement, Dembele continuously changed directions from left to right and ran a lightning-shaped line.

Chrissy was shaken to the left and right and looked back, and had to actively slow down.

While Dembele took advantage of Clichy's deceleration and turned to the left to look back, his left foot suddenly knocked the ball forward to the right, and then accelerated instantly.

Clichy was forced to turn around on the spot and quickly got stuck in an attempt to separate Dembele's ball.

But Dembele was fully charged at this time, forcing his way past Clichy's right and getting the ball before the baseline.

Immediately after crossing the sideline of the penalty area, Dembele slammed the ball directly on the outside of his left foot just before Clichy hit him.

Immediately, the ball flew over the heads of Kagawa Shinji, Otamendi and others in the upper corner of the small penalty area, and fell straight to the penalty spot.

On the left side of the penalty spot, Royce quickly followed up horizontally, facing the ball falling in front of him, facing the goal sideways, and swung his right foot directly.

bang!
In an instant, the ball turned into a white electric light and flew directly into the Manchester City goal against the inner side of the upper end of the approach post.

"The ball went in!!!!!!!" Zhan Jun shouted!
"A mercury-like attack!! From the start of the attack to the goal, Dortmund only used two passes!!"

"In the 49th minute of the game, Dortmund finally pulled back a goal! They imitated Manchester City and got a fantastic start to the second half!!!"

"Dembele's combination of man and ball is really great, which made Clichy completely unable to play, so he had to be passive all the way to the end, and was finally eaten raw by Dembele!"

"Yes!"

"Royce also played very beautifully in the middle, very resolute, and played directly without adjustment. This short-range shot made Edson in front of the goal completely powerless!"

"..."

On the sidelines, Guardiola went berserk again after witnessing the conceded goal.

He pointed at Manchester City's penalty area and roared, apparently extremely dissatisfied with the defense in the penalty area this time.

(End of this chapter)