When the game started again, Hoffenheim went from shrinking defense to a full-field press.

This is of course Rangnick's instructions.

Rangnick's adjustment was quite fast, and he didn't give the players time to be at a loss on the court.

Faced with Hoffenheim's press, Dortmund's countermeasure was to strengthen contact between Zhou Yi and Shahin, and to open up space through the passing and cooperation between the two of them to liberate Shahin.

Zhou Yi was equivalent to taking on part of Shahin's work.

Dortmund's overall countermeasure is to counterattack after controlling the ball, and take advantage of the gap left behind Hoffenheim to hit their counterattack.

It really threatened Hoffenheim's goal several times. If Hildebran hadn't performed normally, Dortmund might have scored another goal.

However, this did not make Hoffenheim retreat, and their pressing in the frontcourt became even more fierce.

After all, they are only one ball behind, and the gap between this ball can still be made up.

There are more than ten minutes left in the game and there is still a chance.

In response to this situation, Shahin and Zhou Yi slowed down the pace and rhythm with Dortmund's midfielder and began to frequently fall down. On the one hand, they hoped to pull Hoffenheim's defenders more, and on the other hand, they hoped to spend some game time by falling down.

How could Hoffenheim not see Dortmund’s intention?

Whenever the Dortmund player is turning his feet down, the booing of Hoffenheim fans will sound in the stands.

At the same time, Hoffenheim players also scrambled even harder, and this kind of pressing was filled with emotion.

The unwillingness to fall behind and the anger at Dortmund so much.

In the 81st minute, Hoffenheim midfielder Maksuel, who had just made a substitute for five minutes, made a malicious foul on Shahin who got the ball. Shahin who was tackled over, was lying on the ground and couldn't get up.

Klopp, who was on the sidelines, jumped up suddenly and cursed Germany.

As the core of the team, Shahin will inevitably become the target of the key defense of each team, but he did not expect this to happen so quickly!

Shahin is injured!

Maksuel's foul caused a chaos on the court. In the chaos, Groschloitz pushed Maksuel with a foul, but he was also pushed back by Gustavo.

In the end, the referee of this game, Computer showed a red card to the foul Mark Suel and drove him out of the court!

But Groschloitz also received a yellow card.

Although Hoffenheim is missing one person, Dortmund may not expect this to be one more person than his opponent, because Shahin can no longer hold on to the game.

When the players of both sides clashed, Dortmund's team doctor Dr. Marcus Braun ran to the stadium to examine Shahin.

Then he made a substitution gesture to the sidelines.

Shahin couldn't hold on to the game and was going to be replaced.

The stretcher also quickly ran onto the field and carried Shahin onto the stretcher.

At the same time, Klopp, who was scolding others, was making adjustments.

Another midfielder, Forerner, will take the field to replace the injured Shaheen, and he will bring the coach's latest instructions.

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Soon, Forner was replaced.

"Bortmond lost one general. Although he lost one opponent, I think Klopp would not want to do such an exchange." Marcel Leif said. "I hope Shahin won't hurt too much, otherwise the subsequent game will be troublesome for Dortmund..."

While talking, Forner ran to the stadium and ran straight to Zhou Yi.

"Courtess Zhou Yi. Coach asked you to replace Shahin."

"Let me hit the back?" Zhou Yi was surprised. He would not hit the back.

"No, let you be the team's midfield core."

Zhou Yi has always believed that God will give him a great responsibility, but he didn't expect that this great responsibility would be so sudden... He has played in the league for the first time and is going to be the core of the midfield!

This league debuted, it was really rich in content...

But he did not refuse or escape, but nodded: "Okay."

At the same time, assistant coach Buvac yelled at the field: "Let Zhou Yi handle the ball!!"

The other players also understood that Zhou Yi was going to get Shahin's gun.

However, they were not surprised by this, because Zhou Yi has been training with them for five months. They have already had a clear understanding of Zhou Yi's ability in these five months of training. In terms of ability, Zhou Yi has this qualification.

Groschloitz gave Zhou Yi a thumbs up and encouraged him. Zhou Yi replied to Groschloitz with a thumbs up.

Because Maksuel's foul on Shaheen was in the backcourt of Dortmund. So the first thing after the game started again was that Dortmund had to give a free kick in the backcourt.

Central defender Hummels stood behind the football and wanted to kick the football directly into the frontcourt with his feet. This was a safer approach. But at this moment, he saw Zhou Yi running back from the midfield. He ran to ten meters ahead of him and took the initiative to make a gesture to ask for the ball.

The head coach asked him to take over Shahin's job, but he was really not polite at all. He instantly became the core of the team.

Hummels changed his idea of ​​kicking to the frontcourt and passed the football to Zhou Yi.

Just as the football was passed to Zhou Yi, Hoffenheim's forward Dembaba also rushed towards Zhou Yi from behind.

As long as Zhou Yi's movements are slower, he may be posted by Dembaba.

But Zhou Yi did not slow down and wait for Dembaba. While the football was passing, he kicked the football out directly. This time he passed it to another central defender Subotic.

Then he ran away and ran towards the space left after Dembaba rushed up.

Dembaba was empty.

Zhou Yi, who had run into the air, made a gesture to Subotic again to ask for the ball, so Subotic handed the football to Zhou Yi again.

It seems that the Dortmund stars are willing to listen to Zhou Yi. Here we have to mention the good impression Zhou Yi left on everyone when he first entered the first team. He flattered everyone from the team. Everyone likes this smart young man. If he wants the ball, then give it to him. It's no big deal. No one will deliberately go against him.

Zhou Yi still passed the ball with one pass at a time, and he passed the ball to the right back Owo Moyela. After passing the ball, he did not let Owo Moyela pass the ball to himself, but let Owo Moyela take the ball forward by himself, and he ran forward by himself. But the speed was not fast, and he leaned against the middle.

Soon Ovo Moyera encountered Hoffenheim's block on the way forward. He saw Zhou Yi immediately, so he passed the ball to Zhou Yi who responded to him from the side.

After Zhou Yi received the ball, he passed the ball back to central defender Subotic.

After a round of football, it seemed that it had returned to the starting point...

Zhou Yi, who was originally playing as a front midfielder, has been moving in front of the back line and looks more like a back midfielder.

How could the Hoffenheim fans in the stands not telling what the series of transmissions led by Zhou Yi mean?

They booed again.

Marcel Leif felt that Zhou Yi and his teammates did nothing wrong: "Bortmond fell back and forth in the backcourt and controlled the football at his feet. The game time passed by minute by minute, and they were getting closer and closer to victory!"

Hoffenheim players have thought of increasing their movements to defend Zhou Yi. For example, if you increase some physical contact, you will know that he is not good at physical confrontation when you look at Zhou Yi's small body.

But they basically couldn't seize the opportunity.

Because Zhou Yi's pass is very, very...fast!

He didn't even stop the ball or adjust. When the football came, he immediately passed the football again!

With such a fast speed, Hoffenheim players had no chance to get on.

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Rangnick stared at Zhou Yi who ran back and forth on the court to receive the pass, and was a little fascinated.

He has never seen a player who passes the ball very quickly, nor has he seen such a backcourt foot, but he has not seen much of Zhou Yi's backcourt foot...

Why?

Because Zhou Yi almost stopped the ball and did not adjust. He could pass the football directly. Although his goal was to defenders, most of the return passes, and occasionally there were crosses, and there was no ball to pass in front. But this still surprised Rangnick.

At first, he thought how could a player pass the ball directly without adjusting every time?

Later, Rangnick discovered that Zhou Yi was not unadjusting, but his adjustment method was different from that of ordinary players. Most people use their feet to adjust the ball after receiving the ball, and then pass the ball out. This is the so-called "three-foot touch ball": stop the ball with one foot, adjust the ball with one foot, and pass the ball with one foot.

But in fact, the higher requirement is "touch the ball with two feet": stop the ball with one foot and pass the ball with one foot.

In Rangnick's view, Zhou Yi is a model for touching the ball with two feet.

So how did he do it?

On the one hand, when Zhou Yi chooses the target of passing the ball, he tries to be the most easiest target in front of him, so that there is no need to adjust the football and can pass it directly.

Another reason is that when Zhou Yi was preparing to catch the ball, he would adjust his body posture. He used adjusting his body posture to replace the step of adjusting the ball at the foot, so that when the football came, he could directly switch the football out...

Rangnick touched his chin and felt that he had really despised the unknown man before. Now it seems that this kid is really capable in passing!

But it is still very dangerous to just keep falling in the backcourt, because no one can guarantee that every pass and catch is accurate. There is no accident. As long as there is, there is a possibility of being caught...

So Rangnick did not stop the players from pressing.

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This period of time is a feast for Zhou Jianliang, Li Cuiyun and other Chinese fans in front of the TV, because the TV broadcasting camera is basically centered on Zhou Yi and will always return to Zhou Yi.

But they still have some regrets that they always feel like this, but they are a little hypnotic...

They still want to see Zhou Yi's performance in the offense more.

Moreover, they also feel worried, worried that Zhou Yi will continue to pass this way, if he is fired and the opponent cuts the ball and fights back, causing the team to lose the ball. Wouldn't the previous goals be erased?

Commentator Duan Xin also had this concern: "Bortmond kept falling down in the midfield and backcourt, and it can be seen that he wanted to delay time. After all, there is no ten minutes left before the end of the game. But it is still quite dangerous. You should know that Dortmund is leading by one goal now, which will always bring hope to Hoffenheim. As the game time approaches, Hoffenheim will only become more crazy. Look at them pressing now... Dangerous!"
To be continued...