Chapter 268 The situation is reversed
When Dortmund scored two goals in 26 minutes and equalized the total score, this should not be a good thing for AC Milan. But AC Milan suddenly realized that they were no longer confused and did not have to think too much.
Because the current situation is very critical and very simple.
AC Milan must score goals, only in this way can they avoid the doom of being eliminated.
This goal is equivalent to the AC Milan player who was still a little panicked before waking up - we have nothing to lose, so let's fight!
So when the game started again, AC Milan suddenly returned to their first round, causing the Dortmund player who rushed to take advantage of the situation to score another goal and completely locked in the victory.
Dortmund's offense was not only defended by AC Milan, but they also took advantage of the opportunity to play back in front of Dortmund's goal. If Weidenfell hadn't performed well, the goal might have been in.
This threatening offense also inspired AC Milan's morale, and in the next game, it became AC Milan's dominant situation.
Marcel Leif also discovered this and exclaimed: "As AC Milan at the beginning of the game, it was like a sleeping lion, and now AC Milan reminds us of the AC Milan when the two sides fought in the first round!"
Dortmund found that the attack was ineffective and the opponent's offense was very fierce. He had to slowly shrink and slow down the pace of the game.
During this period, after AC Milan's offensive came, Dortmund's 30-meter area seemed not very peaceful.
On several occasions, it caused a scream from Dortmund fans - they thought AC Milan was going to score a goal.
Fortunately, Dortmund's defense still held back and did not concede the ball.
But if you can withstand it for a while, you may not be able to withstand it for a lifetime. If you defend like this passively, you will always lose the ball.
The relaxed and joyful atmosphere over the West**** Stadium was swept away and replaced by the tense air.
If AC Milan scores a goal, it will be over.
Both sides scored away goals, and the number of away goals was the same. In terms of the total score, AC Milan was one goal ahead of Dortmund.
Even if Dortmund scores another goal and equalizes the total score, he cannot rely on this score to eliminate AC Milan. They will continue to play overtime with AC Milan. If they cannot score another goal in the 30-minute overtime game, they will have to play a penalty kick.
At this time, Dortmund must change the current situation. At least they cannot be beaten by AC Milan's offensive, right?
So how can we change the current situation?
Many people choose to focus their attention on Zhou Yi.
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Zhou Yi did not play very actively during this period. After getting the ball, he took more control rather than transporting shells forward.
Because if he passes the ball forward, there is nothing to pass, everyone is suppressed by AC Milan. If he thinks he is pursuing a counterattack, he will be in vain to AC Milan.
So during this period, after Zhou Yi got the ball, he mainly passed the ball horizontally and turned his feet, and he was not in a hurry to pass the ball forward.
Such a back foot is to give his teammates time to insert forward. Zhou Yi will only consider sending the football forward after there are enough contact points on the front.
Although doing so will lose some chances of counterattack, it can reduce the number of attacks by AC Milan, which actually reduces AC Milan's threat to the goal.
However, this does not mean that Zhou Yi is in a negative and unpromising position in the backcourt, hoping to pass the time by relying on the backcourt. He is always paying attention to the changes in the situation on the court, scanning and recording the positions of each player, observing their running positions, looking for and waiting for opportunities.
Now AC Milan's offensive is very fierce, and they have the initiative. But it does not mean that they have the control of everything. There will always be some room for the football field.
Zhou Yi kept scanning and found these gaps, both big and small, but not every gap could launch an attack.
But waiting is not enough, sometimes you have to create opportunities.
When the football was passed to Zhou Yi again, he began to try to guide the players on both sides to make a potential space he had seen bigger.
He first passed the pass back with his teammates, just like before.
AC Milan players actively snatched Zhou Yi's style of play in the frontcourt - they believed that Zhou Yi's back-up foot was delaying time. After all, the score remained until the end of the game, and Dortmund would eliminate the opponent with the advantage of away goals.
If AC Milan does not press in the frontcourt, but quickly retreats to its half after Dortmund takes the ball, sets up a defense line, and waits for the opponent to attack, then it is possible that Dortmund may not have attacked for five minutes in the backcourt - they think Zhou Yi can definitely do such a thing!
In this way, the game time will pass through Dortmund's back and forth back foot. In order to avoid this situation, front-court pressing must be carried out. On the one hand, Dortmund can be put pressure on Dortmund to increase their chances of making mistakes in the ball control, and on the other hand, it is hoped that they can directly counterattack through front-court pressing.
As long as they can cut the ball, they are very close to Dortmund's goal, which takes less time to speak than pushing from the backcourt, and it is also more sudden, and can catch Dortmund off guard.
AC Milan's frontcourt press further intensified the tension over West**** Stadium. Dortmund fans in front of the TV and in the stands were frightened. Marcel Leif also said: "Bortmund has been very dangerous during this period!"
But does anyone know that this is exactly the result that Zhou Yi wants?
Because if AC Milan didn't come up to grab the siege, the gap behind them would not become more and more large. He believed that as long as the gap became larger, he would not be the only one who could see this gap. His teammates, no matter who they were, would always find it...
After passing it back and forth, the space Zhou Yi discovered at the beginning was getting bigger and bigger.
But it seems that no one of his teammates can find this space.
If you continue to wait, the gap will become more obvious. After it is obvious, AC Milan will definitely be on guard. They are not fools either.
In this case, Zhou Yi has two choices - either give up this opportunity and continue to wait and find it. This is more secure, at least the formation of the entire team will not be messed up.
Either choose to attack strongly and seize this opportunity to make a fuss. But this will bring great risks. What if other teammates cooperate with Zhou Yi to go up, but this attack is not successful, so what should I do if the opponent makes a counterattack?
Zhou Yi must make a choice.
But I said before that Zhou Yi is a person who is good at doing multiple-choice questions...
With the ball, he made a move to pass the ball forward, as if he wanted to use a long pass to launch an attack.
Seeing this, Van Bomel forced himself up and wanted to interfere with his pass.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi passed the ball just a fake move. After swinging his right foot, he swung his right foot and then pulled it back, pulling the ball back and avoiding Fan Bommel's feet.
Then he knocked the football pulled back to the left with his right foot, dodged away from Van Bommel, and took the football forward!
"Good ball, Zhou Yi got rid of it beautifully!"
He couldn't just let his teammates run forward, but he could run forward by himself!
He dribbled the ball away from Van Bomel's Zhou Yi and dribbled the ball forward.
In fact, in the game, Zhou Yi rarely takes the initiative to drive the ball and run for a long distance. Most of the time he dribbles only take two or three steps. After encountering the interception of the opponent's defensive player, he will directly pass the football. He will not try it, because that will delay time.
So when Zhou Yi dribbled the ball forward, Nocerino, who came up to stop him, thought that as long as he blocked him and made a defensive posture, Zhou Yi would pass the football by himself.
But now there is only one Lewandowski in front of him, and he is still attached by Thiago Silva. There is no room for receiving the ball, so where can Zhou Yi pass the football?
He can only pass it back.
However, when Nocerino stood in front of Zhou Yi with such an idea, Zhou Yi used an unexpected action to pass Nocerino.
"Fried croquettes!" exclaimed commentator Marcel Leif.
Playing the ball with his right foot and blocking the ball with his left foot. The football changed its direction and crawled through Nocerino.
Then Zhou Yi flew past Nocerino and caught up with football.
Just such a simple extraordinary action made Nocerino froze in place, watching Zhou Yi pass him like a chicken.
Zhou Yi did not choose to pass the ball, but was extraordinary!
This was far beyond everyone's expectations.
By the time AC Milan players realized, Zhou Yi had already rushed through the center line and entered AC Milan's half.
Zhou Yi's sudden forward also led Dortmund's players, Gotze, Shinji Kagawa, and Kuba, to rush forward to support Zhou Yi.
Lewandowski also began to get restless in front, trying to get rid of Thiago Silva.
For a moment, it seemed that there were not a good opportunity, but suddenly there were many more opportunities.
Zhou Yi has more pass options.
Zhou Yi did not continue to dribble the ball towards AC Milan's goal, but decisively divided the football.
He passed it to Lewandowski in the frontcourt. Lewandowski turned his back to the attacking direction. Under Thiago Silva's press, he could not turn around.
But that doesn't mean he can't participate in the offense.
Without turning around, he pushed the ball back and passed it to Shinji Kagawa who was coming. After passing the ball, he turned around and inserted it in front of the goal.
After receiving the ball, Shinji Kagawa paused for a moment, not sure who to hand over the football to.
Later, he turned his head and looked to his left. Gotze had already run into place and he quickly sent the football over.
Gotze received the ball on the wing and AC Milan's defense was almost in place. Under this series of attacks from Dortmund, the back line of AC Milan was pushed back to their goal and was pressed very far behind.
Logically speaking, Gotze should pass the football to the goal with one kick, so that Lewandowski can compete for the top.
However, when Goce turned his head to observe the situation in the penalty area, he glanced at Zhou Yi from the corner of his eyes.
He is about to break into the penalty area.
And he happened to be in an air!
What else can I hesitate about?
Gotze kicked and passed the football out.
The football rolled into the penalty area against the turf, but it was not rolling towards Lewandowski in front of the goal. Instead, it rolled back with a diagonal line... and passed the ball inverted triangle!
When everyone's eyes shifted with the football, they happened to see Zhou Yi running into the penalty area swinging his right foot towards the football.
Chapter completed!