Chapter 253 Good luck in gambling
"Klopp used two substitutions in one breath. He replaced Mkhitaryan with Yan Min and replaced Gros Kreuz with Reus. Obviously, Dortmund is going to attack hard, but will it be a bit late to make a substitution at this time? Will it be better if you are ten or twenty minutes earlier?" Duan Xin said worriedly.
In his opinion, Klopp was really too bold. He even played such rotations in such an important game, and he didn't make any substitutions until the last fifteen minutes of the game.
If the final adjustment is not successful, who will be considered?
Compared with the illusory Champions League match, isn’t the league more safer? What exactly did Klopp think?
Duan Xin can't figure it out no matter how it is.
And not only can he, a Chinese, not only can he understand, but many Germans, including Marcel Leif, cannot understand.
In fact, there is nothing to be understood. Klopp's actions do not hide any conspiracy, and it is not "everything is in control."
Klopp was just betting, just like a red-eyed gambler.
He wants both the league and the Champions League, so he can only bet that he can still beat Wolfsburg at home after the rotation and still bite Bayern Munich.
Now it seems that he still has the chance to win...
This is quite in line with the characteristics of Klopp, a gambler.
When you don’t know how to choose, don’t know whether to give up or not, then don’t think about who you give up or not, and take a gamble.
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After Yan Min and Reus came on the court, they brought some improvements to the team, especially the offenses on the two sides became more active, and they helped Zhou Yi share some defensive pressure.
In the 79th minute, Dulm dribbled the ball from the full-back and passed the football to Zhou Yi after facing Wolfsburg's block.
Zhou Yi quickly passed the football into the space on the left, where Yan Min was running forward.
Zhou Yi found Yan Min accurately.
After Yan Min stopped the football, he made a fake move to break through, but he used his left foot to knock the football back, and then made a cross with his right foot.
Aubameyang jumped up in front of the goal to compete with the opponent for the ball.
At the same time, goalkeeper Marcos Green also attacked to get the ball.
Three people were fighting in the air, and Marcos Green made a wrong move - he actually wanted to take off the football directly instead of playing it out, while two people were separated.
So he didn't touch football at all.
Aubameyang did not hit the football under the interference of the opponent's two people - the football hit his shoulder and then bounced to the other side.
At that place, Zhou Yi happened to arrive. When he saw the football falling from the air, he didn't care about stopping and adjusting, and directly slammed his feet towards the football!
Zhou Yi's body is not strong enough and his legs are not long. He basically can't take any advantage in the restricted area with many people.
However, Zhou Yisheng has a stronger view of the overall situation and is more sensitive to the ever-changing situation on the field than others, so he really grabbed everyone's attention!
The football he kicked was flying straight to Wolfsburg's goal.
At this time, Wolfsburg goalkeeper Marcos Green had just landed and had no time to react again - he might not even know where the football is...
Football flew into Wolfsburg's goal under everyone's gaze...
"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! Good ball! Good ball! Zhou Yi took the lead for Dortmund!"
After shooting, Zhou Yi turned his head and looked at the referee and the lineman, and found that they had no objection to their actions. Then he opened his arms and ran to the South stand, where he celebrated the goal.
Other Dortmund players followed suit.
Only Wolfsburg players stayed and asked the referee for an explanation - on the one hand, they believed that Aubameyang was suspected of hitting the goalkeeper when he was fighting for the top, and on the other hand, they believed that Zhou Yi had stepped on.
However, the referee did not accept these two complaints.
At that time, three people on both sides collided, and there was a Naldo separate from Aubameyang and Marcos Green. If there was direct physical contact, it was also a physical contact between Green and his teammate Naldo.
It would be even less important to pedal. Zhou Yi was playing the ball at that time, and there was no Wolfsburg player in front of him, so Zhou Yi did not constitute a dangerous move.
So this goal is valid!
After the football flew into the goal, West** Stadium was like a volcano erupting, full of deafening cheers, and the stands seemed to be shaking.
This goal is really important to Dortmund.
The TV broadcast also quickly gave Klopp a close-up shot, in which he was waving his fists desperately to celebrate the goal.
This gambler seems to have always been pretty good...
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After Zhou Yi scored a goal, the latest league standings were played on TV.
Originally, Dortmund was four points behind Bayern Munich, but now it has become a two-point gap again.
As long as Dortmund can hold on to their current score, they can continue to maintain pressure on Bayern Munich.
However, Wolfsburg is not the kind of person who is willing to give in easily. Now they are just one goal behind, not two goals behind.
So after conceding the ball, Wolfsburg still did not change his strategy and continued to attack Dortmund's goal and attack Dortmund.
Klopp did not replace Zhou Yi, the hero of the goal. Although Zhou Yi fought continuously, Klopp obviously planned to let Zhou Yi play the whole game.
Zhou Yi is really important to Dortmund now. If he replaces it, he might let Wolfsburg equalize the score at the last moment after Dortmund loses control in the midfield.
Although Zhou Yi himself is not the kind of player who specializes in defense and is good at defense, his existence will indeed make Dortmund's defense more stable.
At this time, Klopp could only hope that after several years of training, the qualitative physical change in his physical fitness could help him.
At the last moment of the game, Wolfsburg's counterattack was indeed quite fierce. For example, De Bruyne's free kick was high, and Perisic shot hard at the side net at a small angle near the bottom line on the left...
However, despite this, Dortmund resisted Wolfsburg's offensive.
Keep the score of 2:1 to the end.
"The game ends! Dortmund won the victory in this game with difficulty! They continued to fall behind Bayern Munich in the league standings by only two points! Klopp still insisted on letting the team take a rotation rest in a difficult situation. I wonder if this arrangement can help the team eliminate Lyon at home in the Champions League in the middle of next week..."
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Dortmund, who won the ball, walked to the south stands and thanked the Dortmund fans for their support.
Dortmund fans also applauded and cheered them.
Although the process is difficult and thrilling, as long as you can win the game, it will be a beautiful game.
Isn't there a saying that?
"The good thing ends up being a good thing."
On the road to winning the league championship, you can get three points, and you don’t have to worry about how to get these three points.
After playing this game, Dortmund is about to prepare for the Champions League match with Lyon.
They lost 1:3 in the first leg and must beat their opponents two goals at their home court, and at the same time they cannot allow the opponent to score.
For them, there is good news - Paris Saint-Germain's absolute main player Ibrahimovic was forced to leave the court with a muscle strain in the last round of the Champions League because of this injury. He missed the just-concluded Ligue 1 and is likely to continue to miss the Champions League match against Dortmund.
However, looking at the Ligue 1 game that just ended, Paris Saint-Germain still defeated Lons 3-0 at home without Ibrahimovic and with a large rotation.
It can be said that the whole team is in good shape.
Facing such a team, Dortmund may not have any confidence in winning.
Not to mention, after this game, Dortmund will immediately challenge Bayern Munich away. That is the most critical game of the whole season, and it will inevitably affect Dortmund's game against Paris Saint-Germain.
After the game, Zhou Yi was asked this question during an interview.
"Will the game against Paris Saint-Germain affect the league?" Zhou Yi asked back and confirmed the question, then shook his head, "No, I don't think so. Opportunities are equal. We have the Champions League match, Bayern Munich also has the Champions League match. They also have to face Manchester United at home."
"But Bayern Munich played 1:1 away in the first leg." A reporter reminded him. "So they will be relatively calm."
"I don't think so. If Bayern Munich really thinks so, and thinks they are 1:1 away and will be easier to go back to home, then I will be very happy to see them being eliminated from the Champions League." Zhou Yi said seriously. "Every game is worth taking seriously. We will take Paris Saint-Germain seriously and will take Bayern Munich seriously..."
However, a reporter still raised objections to Zhou Yi's words: "But I'm afraid some people won't think that you have taken Wolfsburg seriously..."
Zhou Yi smiled: "How could it be? I played the whole game. Isn't this called taking it seriously?"
The reporter who asked the question opened his mouth but did not make any sound. He was speechless when Zhou Yi asked the question back.
Because in fact, this is what everyone recognizes - as long as Zhou Yi is not rotated, it means that Klopp still wants to win this game. No matter how much chance of winning is, at least from the point of view of subjective intention, it cannot be said that Dortmund does not pay attention to his opponent...
However, these are all public opinion and have never been officially confirmed by Dortmund. The Dortmund Club has never said such a thing. So everyone thinks that this is just a conventional unspoken rule.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi directly used the media's praise for him to criticize the reporter today, and the reporter was speechless.
Looking at Zhou Yi's back as he left, some reporters kept shaking their heads.
They still think that Zhou Yi is just arguing.
Chapter completed!