Vol 3 Chapter 276: On the verge of going out

Dortmund players may think that after special training, they can beat Barcelona at home.
But when the game started, they soon found themselves wishful thinking.
The powerful Barcelona use their passing ability to firmly control the situation on the field, while using tireless running and rounding to cut off the connection between Zhou Yi and other Dortmund players.
Let Dortmund gradually get into trouble after five minutes of the game.
They also wanted to beat Barcelona at home, but now they found that the most important problem is not to win, but not to lose the ball...
Therefore, under the oppression of Barcelona, ​​Dortmund had to turn to the offensive and defend first.
But this did not surprise or surprise the audience. Because in their view, this game should have been like this.
Even at Dortmund's home, with the huge strength gap between the two teams, Dortmund wants to have the upper hand at home, it is impossible.
If they are lucky, they may be able to win a victory by attacking at home. But the odds of this good luck are too low.
If you are lucky, Dortmund will lose the game without suspense.
With bad luck, maybe the first round can end all the suspense of the two rounds.
At the end of the first half, the score was 0:0, Dortmund did not concede a goal, but did not score.
However, this result has made many Dortmund supporters feel relieved.
At least Dortmund did not fall behind in the first half.
This is already a good result.
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In the second half, the two sides changed sides, and Klopp realized through the performance of the first half that both sides adhered to Dortmund's play at home and it was difficult to deal with Barcelona.
If you continue to play like this, Dortmund is likely to lose the game at home.
This is not the result Klopp wants.
There are three outcomes in a game, including a draw and loss, and home loss is the worst of all results.
He also made adjustments during the halftime break, allowing the team to focus more on defense.
The players also had no objection to this. After the first half of the contest, they also realized that they had a huge gap with Barcelona.
Although they use footbonaut for special training, how long have they been training? Not for two weeks.
And how long has Barcelona practiced passing the ball? Twenty years.
Can this huge gap be bridged by two weeks of special training?
Obviously not.
At this time, reality is more important.
For Dortmund, who plays first at home, if he can win at home, then of course it is better to win. But what if the opponent is too strong to win? Don’t lose, it’s a very realistic consideration to draw a draw, but the important thing is that this draw must not be anything like 1:1, 2:2, it must be 0:0, only 0:0.
In the two-round knockout system at home and away, scoring away is crucial. In any case, the opponent cannot be allowed to score on the road.
Klopp repeatedly emphasized this to his players during the halftime break-it would be great if he could score a goal. But if you can’t score, don’t let the opponent score.
So in the second half, Dortmund was obviously different from the first half.
More often they defend in the backcourt.
Commentators have also mixed opinions on his adjustments.
"Klopp made adjustments at halftime and Dortmund focused more on defense in the second half. But I don't think this is the right choice. Because Dortmund itself is not the kind of team that is good at deadlocked areas. It’s difficult for them to stick to the end of the game in a good way. Barcelona, ​​Dortmund, who gave up the offense, once lost the ball in the game, I am afraid that if he wants to fight back, he will be weak..."
"Dortmund is shrinking defense, this is the right choice. If they continue to attack Barcelona in the midfield, they will lose the ball sooner or later. Obviously, Dortmund's midfield is not as good as Barcelona's midfield. With Harvey, Ine Star, Messi, Keita, Busquets, and Sanchez’s Barcelona midfield are better than Dortmund’s midfield..."
Both of these claims are accepted by people, and they both make sense.
But the players on the court must choose one and discard the other, because thinking too much is a more terrible thing than choosing the wrong one.
Dortmund's choice actually surprised Barcelona. They analyzed Dortmund's before the game, thinking that Dortmund could not play too conservatively at home, and before the game Dortmund's players were very confident in interviews and did not fear Barcelona.
It was the same in the first half, Dortmund actively fighting with Barcelona in the midfield and frontcourt.
Why did they counsel after the intermission?
Unexpectedly, Barcelona took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce offensive against Dortmund.
The Dortmund fans in the stands and in front of the TV violently did not sweat in the palm of their hands...
In these fierce offensives, Messi is naturally the most prominent person. Whether it is a breakthrough or a shot, he can always pose a great threat to the goal guarded by Weidenfeller.
But the person who continued to support him behind Messi was Harvey, who didn't seem to be in the limelight.
He sorted out Barcelona's midfield. If Barcelona's offensive is like a tide, wave after wave, then Harvey is the magnetic field, which is the cause of the tides.
The Catalan narrator is naturally very praising about Xavi's performance. It is very funny to think that there was media before the game to compare Zhou Yi to "Xavi successor".
"...We can see clearly in this game, the gap between Zhou Yi and Harvey. Yes, Zhou Yi is a very talented player. Over time, he will become a very good midfielder. , But now, he and Harvey are not a little bit worse, especially in controlling the rhythm, controlling teammates, controlling the team's control, he is much worse than Harvey. This is why Dortmund was firmly suppressed by Barcelona in this game. the reason……"
"I don't think it's necessary for the media to speculate on the topic of'Harvey's successor' now. Harvey is only thirty-two years old. With his style of playing, he can never retire at the age of thirty-four. He can still maintain a high level for many years, I think at least in the next four years, we don’t need to find a successor for him..."
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However, despite the offensive Barcelona's attack, Dortmund's goal has been maintained.
Because many people have overlooked one thing, that is Dortmund's defense is not weak. To know that last season they were the team with the fewest goals in the Bundesliga. Subotic and Hummels formed a central defender team that was the most successful defender partner in the Bundesliga.
And it’s not just the two center-back partners. It’s important to know that last season only lost 22 goals. It’s not just the two center-backs. The defense has never been the work of one or two people. What is needed is the whole team. The tacit cooperation and sacrifice.
So Dortmund's defense is not as bad as some people have left.
With ten minutes left in the game, the score was still 0:0, which was a bit surprising and unexpected.
Unexpectedly, Dortmund was so tenacious.
At this time, the situation has undergone some subtle changes.
Barcelona realizes that they need to take some high risks if they want to beat Dortmund on the road. Because it was all 80 minutes, Zhou Yi had not been replaced by Klopp. Everyone knows that Zhou Yi has a very accurate pass, he has the ability to initiate a quick counterattack.
Everyone knows what Klopp Liu Zhouyi meant on the court.
It is nothing more than trying to make a sneak attack while Barcelona is on the offensive.
Originally, Barcelona saw Dortmund's defense so tenacious, so he had Mingjin's thoughts to withdraw his troops. Coupled with Zhou Yi staying on the court and harassing their back line with a long pass from time to time, Barcelona is even more guilty of losing a goal for an away goal at the last minute.
Anyway, the result of the last 0:0 is not unacceptable, but their next home is their home-this is the advantage of the first guest after the home in the field arrangement. If the home of Dortmund is the home of the devil, then the home of Barcelona is the home of hell!
They are confident of eliminating Dortmund after returning to home.
Under such circumstances, if the first round loses away, it will increase the workload of Barcelona in the second round, not worth it.
Under this kind of thinking, the Barcelona players on the court also slowed down. When they control the ball, they will no longer rush to pass forward, but instead pass more and more in the midfield, brushing the ball control rate, but also prevent Dortmund's counterattack.
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the match, the score was fixed at 0:0.
Dortmund has no way to take Barcelona at home, but can only choose to keep it flat. And Barcelona also clearly has room to spare, not going all out.
This result may be an acceptable result for both parties.
But although it is said to be acceptable, the mentality of different teams is still different. EbookFREE.me Right?
It doesn’t matter to Barcelona—
"Draw? Oh, okay, whatever, whatever. This game is not important anyway..."
At the end of the game, the TV broadcast some shots to the Dortmund fans in the stands. Some of the Dortmund fans in the shots have their hands on their heads, and some regret frowning.
Obviously they all know that for Dortmund, they did not win Barcelona at home, which means that most of their bodies have been eliminated.
Marcel Leif also said: "Although we don't want to say that, we have to understand the reality. Dortmund is likely to stop at the quarterfinals of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons-although this is already very good for them No one had expected this young team to achieve such results for two consecutive years in the most competitive and highest-level competition... Okay, now Dortmund can concentrate on the league, I think this There is no longer any suspense for the season league champion!" (To be continued.)