Chapter 84: Eyes Behind
With the penalty kicks won by Zhou Yi, Dortmund equalized the score away. Now 1:1, both sides returned to the same starting line.
As Marcel Leif said after Dortmund conceded the ball, after one goal broke the deadlock, the game would become more exciting and not just intense.
Dortmund quickly scored a goal with a penalty kick.
This ball further stimulated Schalke 04. After conceding the ball, they did not shrink their defense, but counterattacked quickly, hoping to take the lead again as soon as possible.
Dortmund was not outdone and fought against Schalke 04.
In this case, the scene finally looks good.
But when Zhou Yi takes the ball, the booing in the stands will be particularly loud.
Draxra no longer cared about his friend Yang Muge's mood. He put his finger in his mouth and tried his best to boo Zhou Yi who was holding the ball on the court.
The reason why Zhou Yi was able to receive such treatment was obviously because of the moment when he fell in the penalty area.
Schalke 04 fans do not care whether Bolton has contacted Zhou Yi. In their opinion, as long as Zhou Yi dares to fall into the penalty area, it will be a 100% fake fall!
It was precisely because of Zhou Yi's fake fall that Dortmund equalized the score, so Zhou Yi has now become the target of public criticism.
Of course, Yang Muge had no other way to do this. Of course, Zhou Yi was not a fake fall, but the fans were irrational in the stands, just like the Dortmund fans in the south stands of West**** Stadium.
It's hard for you to explain the truth to them.
As a hostile player, you will sooner or later enjoy such treatment.
The better you perform, the sooner you enjoy it.
So the booing of Schalke 04 fans shows how great Zhou Yi is doing now.
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Since Zhou Yi fell in the penalty area, he found that his situation had changed.
In the midfield and backcourt, Schalke 04's players have more physical contact and are more powerful, and they are completely merciless.
This may be because they fell in their penalty area and they were awarded a penalty kick. So they were hated.
However, after he entered the opponent's 30-meter area, the pressure became lighter. The opponent's defensive players were a little afraid of playing. When defending him, they just stuck to him, but rarely used their physical advantages to directly hit him.
Obviously, they were also afraid that Zhou Yi would fall again in a dangerous and sensitive place...
In their opinion, Zhou Yi is a very cunning person who can do anything to win, and fake falls in the penalty area are evidence!
However, this close-fitting but not collides makes Zhou Yi more possibilities.
No matter what, he still gained more relaxed room for himself to play.
Although he was still hit in the midfield and backcourt, his jersey was dirty.
But in the frontcourt, as long as he can get the ball, he can try to organize some offenses.
Of course, Schalke 04 is still very careful in defending Zhou Yi. The purpose of their posting is to prevent Zhou Yi from turning around at will.
As an offensive player, if you cannot turn around and can only turn your back to the goal, the threat will be reduced by at least 50%, or even more.
Therefore, preventing Zhou Yi from turning around can also limit his performance.
Generally speaking, limiting an offensive player to prevent him from turning around is to increase the difficulty of his attacking forward. After all, he cannot see the situation behind him and cannot make a correct judgment. At the same time, he has back to the offensive direction, which has higher requirements for passing and shooting skills. Some common moves when facing the offensive direction are almost impossible to do at this time.
However, this is not too difficult for Zhou Yi.
The most difficult technical action with your back to the offensive direction is actually shooting. The longer the distance, the greater the difficulty. In the small penalty area, you can still shoot with your heel. When you reach the big penalty area, the strength of shooting with your heel is not enough. If you can score a goal, it will inevitably make the headlines, which shows how difficult it is. If you want to shoot with your heel after leaving the penalty area? It is almost impossible.
But Zhou Yi didn't want to shoot, he mainly passed the ball. He had many ways to pass the ball with his back to the goal, and his heel was just one of them.
He is not afraid of being technically difficult, because when he is conducting various short pass training in virtual space, he has also contacted various passes with his back to the offensive direction. He has technical reserves in this regard.
Finally, I can't see the situation behind me with my back to the attack... Is this still a matter for him?
If the other party doesn't let him turn around, then he won't turn around. Zhou Yi doesn't insist on twisting with the other party in this regard, wasting his physical strength and energy.
He was just closely observing the running positions of both sides, looking for room to use.
The players of Schalke 04 were willing to stick behind him and pushed him, so they asked them to push him. Zhou Yi wouldn't even look at them, and he was not interested in who was pushing him behind him.
In the 61st minute, Groschloitz got the ball in the midfield and dribbled the ball forward. After taking two steps, he was intercepted by Schalke 04 players. So he passed the ball to Zhou Yi, who was diagonally in front of him.
After passing the ball, Groschloitz did not stop, but continued to rush forward and headed towards the penalty area.
This is obviously a fight with Zhou Yi to cooperate with him.
Schalke 04's midfielder Rakitic was behind Zhou Yi and prevented him from turning around easily after receiving the ball. While other Schalke 04 players closely watched Groschloitz, Kuranyi even followed Groschloitz to run into the penalty area.
Zhou Yi glanced at Groschloitz and knew that it was not a good pass target. It was difficult to get the big cross when passing it over, and it was difficult to threaten the goal if it got it.
At this time, he noticed in the other side of his mind that there was a small gap on Barrios, but it was much better than what Groschloitz faced.
Moreover, Groschloitz's decisive forward has attracted the defensive attention of most Schalke 04 players, and now is the best time!
So Zhou Yi ran forward and faced the football rolling over.
Rakitic also ran up, thinking that Zhou Yi was about to turn around.
But Zhou Yi did not turn around. He just used the toes of his right foot to lift the rolling football backwards!
Football flew past Rakitic!
Rakitic had no defense at all about Zhou Yi's kick. He turned his head and followed Football, wanting to see where Zhou Yi kicked the football.
Then he saw...Barrios!
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"Zhou Yi! Beautiful!" Marcel Leif shouted.
He saw clearly in the commentary seat. Zhou Yi went forward to meet the ball, then picked the ball back with his right foot, and the ball flew accurately to Barrios on the other side!
Without seeing what was going on behind him, he decisively passed the football, and it was a very difficult pass to pass backwards!
"Good ball! Zhou Yi's wonderful pass!" Duan Xin also cheered in the live broadcast room, "This is Dortmund's opportunity!"
While speaking, the football had already flown to Barrios. He lifted his foot and removed the football in the air, then directly shot!
Very decisive!
Although Neuer made a save, Zhou Yi's pass was too sudden... Even Neuer's reaction was a little slower.
The football was stuck to the turf, rubbed against the near post, and rolled into the goal!
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"The ball is in!! The ball is in!" Marcel Leif cheered. "Barrios received Zhou Yi's pass and took the lead for Dortmund!"
In the stands, the few Dortmund fans who cheered for the team also cheered.
Schalke 04 fans quickly suppressed the cheers of Dortmund fans with boos.
On the court, Schalke 04's players had not reacted yet, and the central defender Bolton had not even put down his arms. When he turned his head, he saw Barrios receiving the ball, and thought Barrios was offside, so he raised his arms.
But in fact, at the moment when Zhou Yi passed the ball, Schalke 04's other central defender Hovides dragged the ball at the end. Barrios received the ball behind Schalke 04's entire back line, but at the moment when Zhou Yi passed the ball, he was not offside.
"There is no problem with this ball, and it will definitely not be offside!" Duan Xin said firmly. "Zhou Yi's timing of passing the ball is so wonderful!"
"If he turns around and passes again, Barrios will probably be offside." Tao Wei also said from the side. "It's amazing that such a ball can be passed from the back to the offensive direction! It's like eyes are on the back!"
Listening to the commentator praising his son again, Zhou Jianliang felt happy: "That's because he has an amazing father!"
Li Cuiyun grinned beside her.
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After scoring the goal, Barrios did not celebrate alone, but turned around and ran towards Zhou Yi. When he ran to Zhou Yi, he knelt down on one knee and asked Zhou Yi to give him an initiation.
Zhou Yi had already given up on this and cooperated to reach out and put it on Barrios' head. He completed the celebration of the initiation.
Then the other teammates burst into laughter and hugged the two of them.
Dortmund's players celebrated the goal on Schalke 04's territory, stimulating the eyes and nerves of every Schalke 04 fan.
"It's really a hell!" Draxler cursed in a low voice in his seat with his hands in his head.
Yang Muge gently patted his shoulder and comforted him: "It's okay, Julian. The game is not over yet, we still have a chance."
Hearing Yang Muge's words, Draxler suddenly thought of something, so he became energetic: "You are right, no matter how powerful Yang Zhouyi is, he can't hold on to the whole game. After he is replaced, we will regain control of the situation!"
He regained confidence in this game.
Yang Muge also had to admit that Draxler found the key point.
Zhou Yi's physical fitness made him be replaced around the 70th minute of the game. How could Dortmund continue to organize the offense after the replacement?
Chapter completed!