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Chapter two hundred and eighty first a little unsmooth

Regardless of whether Barcelona's players and fans are willing to accept it, the fact is already in front of them, that is, Dortmund led Barcelona 1-0 away.

Now Dortmund not only leads the total score, but also has an away goal.

If Barcelona scored only one goal and equalized the score, they would still be eliminated.

It was originally a very favorable situation for Barcelona, ​​but unexpectedly it became beneficial to Dortmund in just eight seconds.

A reporter suddenly shouted in the media seat: "I understand!"

Someone looked at him, but I don't know why he shouted like that.

"What do you know?" they asked.

"I know why Zhou Yi emphasized that this is a two-round game at home and away!" the reporter said excitedly.

"Why?"

"Because this second leg is Dortmund's away game, as long as they can score a goal, they will score a away game!" the reporter explained.

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard this. What the reporter said was not very detailed, but they, the football reporters who had experienced many battles, could naturally guess what this means.

In other words, Barcelona did not score in the first leg, and their away goals were zero. In the second leg, because it was Barcelona's home leg, they could not score away goals. On the contrary, Dortmund spent a full ninety minutes to score away goals.

Therefore, Zhou Yi would emphasize that the Champions League knockout stage is a two-round home and away system. In other words, Zhou Yi believes that they can score away goals away from home and give their team an advantage in the promotion competition.

It seems that since that time, Zhou Yi has been trying to find a way to help Dortmund score a goal at Camp Nou...

If the reporters figured this out before the game, they would definitely mock Zhou Yi's delusion for a while, thinking that Zhou Yi was dreaming and whimsical.

But now, facing the 0:1 on the scoreboard, they can only remain silent.

People have said this, done this, and done it, what do you have to say?

Instead, it was Zhou Yi's turn to mock these reporters...

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There was a little silence in the media seat. In the commentary, the Catalonian commentator reacted and began to cheer the team and fans: "... Guardiola will definitely fully consider that Dortmund may score, so this goal should be what they expected... The game has just begun, and Barcelona still has a lot of time to equalize the score and overtake the score!"

In the mind of this commentator, Barcelona, ​​who plays at home, has no reason to lose to Dortmund, so there is nothing to worry about for this goal. On the contrary, what should be worried about is Dortmund's players and fans, because their goals angered Barcelona, ​​they will face Barcelona, ​​who is fully fired!

In fact, when the game started again, Barcelona's offensive firepower was indeed very strong.

The Barcelona players were really unhappy when they were told by this Catalan commentator.

Their first reaction was - shame!

The second reaction is revenge!

They want to respond to Dortmund's provocation with more goals, and swear this will be Dortmund's last goal in this game!

Barcelona are indeed strong, and at their own home court, they should also have the confidence of "we can defeat all opponents".

But today's situation is a little different.

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Dortmund, who scored a goal, narrowed his defense after the game began.

This is a normal performance. Any team will probably do this after leading Barcelona. If they continue to attack, they may concede the ball.

Dortmund retreated and Barcelona attacked.

And they are not simple offenses, Barcelona's offense and defense are inseparable.

They can continuously put pressure on Dortmund in the half, and then tear through continuous transmission to break through Dortmund's defense.

Passing is the key.

What impressed Barcelona's football style is their tacit understanding of each other and their precise passes. They can pass the ball in continuous and uninterrupted running, which looks like a meaningless back foot, but in this seemingly unintentional transmission, they slowly tear open the opponent's defense line. When they find this gap, they suddenly exert force and accelerate, break through the opponent's defense line in one fell swoop, and go straight to the heartland!

It can be seen from this that in Barcelona's successful attack, accurate and continuous transmission of tacit understanding is very important.

In the past, hesitated about Barcelona's special football philosophy and their consistent training for more than 20 years. When Barcelona's players passed on each other, they were very smooth, just like flowing water.

But today, the flowing water seems to have encountered some obstacles.

Puyol passed the football to Xavi. After Xavi received the ball, he looked up and observed, and did not rush to pass the football because there was no good point to pass the football.

Dortmund's midfielder Shinji Kagawa took advantage of his observation and leaned forward, intending to intercept the ball.

But Xavi turned around and gave Shinji Kagawa behind him and protected the football in front of him. At the same time, after he led Shinji Kagawa up, Dortmund's midfielder appeared in a gap, while Messi ran into this gap. Xavi turned around and passed the football out.

This is one of the signature ways of playing football. He uses ball control to attract opponent's defensive players to come up and grab him, creating a free time for his teammates. Then he used his turn to protect the football and passed the ball into the free time.

"Messi received the ball!"

When Messi received the ball, the Catalan commentator's voice was louder, and there was also a burst of cheers over the Camp Nou Stadium.

All Barcelona supporters have high hopes for Messi. He is a superstar who can tear the opponent's defense alone and then smash the football into the goal!

Faced with such a player, Dortmund's players also became nervous.

After Messi got the ball, Sven Bend immediately posted it.

Facing Sven Bend, Messi made a move to break through the side, and Sven Bend moved the center of gravity to the side. However, Messi just made a fake move, gently tweaking the ball to the inside with his left foot, jumped up and flashed past Sven Bend, and rushed towards the middle!

"Messi broke through Sven Bend!" Marcel Leif exclaimed.

Seeing Messi break through in a straight line, Dortmund's defense immediately responded, and two Dortmund players rushed towards Messi's defense.

Zhou Yi and Gundogan. Gundogan took the lead, rushed to Messi first, and then ran into it.

At this time, the Catalonian commentator was extremely excited, thinking that Messi would be a one-stop exaggeration and go straight to the yellow dragon.

He shouted excitedly: "My audience, don't blink at this time! Otherwise..."

While speaking, Messi was hit by Gundogan. Although he still firmly controlled the football, it became difficult to continue dribbling the ball and breaking inward.

Perhaps the commentator and Barcelona fans in the stands hope that Messi can show his extraordinary skills and pass Gundogan.

But in Messi's heart, he has his own judgment. If he continues to force breakthroughs, it is inefficient. After conceding the ball, what Barcelona needs is not to show off by himself, but to equalize the score and score goals.

Then at this time, the best way is to pass the football...

I have attracted two Dortmund players, so there must be loopholes in other parts of the Dortmund defense line.

So Messi followed his tacit understanding with Iniesta, and without even watching it, he passed the football to the left.

He knew that Iniesta would definitely wait for him there - countless Barcelona games have proved this, and sometimes they pass each other without having to observe in advance to determine the position.

This is tacit understanding.

This time he had a little problem with his tacit understanding with Iniesta...

"...Otherwise you will miss the most exciting performance... Eh?" Before the Catalonian narrator finished speaking, he found an unexpected situation on the court.

Messi did not show his superb footwork to break through Gundogan, but passed the football out.

The Catalan commentator who is very familiar with Barcelona naturally knows that Messi is going to pass the football to Iniesta.

But Iniesta did not receive the ball.

Whose feet did the football fall?

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When Messi passed the ball over, he turned his head to look, but found that the ball did not fall at Iniesta's feet.

Between him and Iniesta, a Zhou Yi suddenly appeared!

He appeared on the pass route and pulled the ball down with a slight stretch.

"Zhou Yi! Beautiful interception!" He Ping shouted excitedly. "He guarded Messi's breakthrough!"

If you only listen to this and don’t watch the game, someone would definitely think that Zhou Yi snatched the football from Messi in a one-on-one game with Messi…

But in fact, it was just stealing Messi's pass from the side.

But even so, it is easy for Chinese people, including He Ping, to feel proud and excited.

You should know that Zhou Yi’s opponent is Messi! He is the world’s number one superstar Messi! It is not easy to be able to interrupt his ball in defense, even if it is just a pass.

However, Zhou Yi himself was not happy about this, or he did not think that this was of great significance.

After intercepting the ball, he did not stop and directly knocked the ball behind him with his heel, which was passed to Shinji Kagawa.

Messi watched Zhou Yi finish all this in surprise. At that time, he was busy dribbling the ball against Gundoan, and he didn't see what was happening around him at all. He didn't know why Zhou Yi appeared there. Logically speaking, shouldn't he come to grab his own with Gundoan?

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After Zhou Yi intercepted the ball, he passed the ball to Shinji Kagawa, and Dortmund took the opportunity to launch an attack. However, this attack did not work. When Shinji Kagawa passed the ball to Gotze, Barcelona's defense line was arranged very quickly. After Gotze received the ball, there was no good chance. He chose to force his breakthrough to break through Barcelona's right-back Alves, but because of his lack of speed advantage, his breakthrough was destroyed by Alves' tackle.

Football rolled out of the sideline, Dortmund only got an out-of-bounds ball in this attack. But think about the fact that their penalty area was just now at Barcelona and Messi's threat, this out-of-bounds ball is also a good thing for Dortmund.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to die, the TV broadcast quickly returned to defend against the scene when Messi's pass was cut off.

At this time, the audience who were focused on staring at the duel between Messi and Gundogan saw how Zhou Yi cut the ball off.

At first, he ran forward normally and rushed towards Messi, intending to join Messi with Gundogan. But just as he was about to run behind Messi, he suddenly turned a corner and suddenly ran towards the connection between Messi and Iniesta.

When he just ran to this line, Messi's ball came over, so he reached out and intercepted the football.

This action naturally seemed like a mistake.

But anyone who knows Zhou Yi will probably not think that Zhou Yi has gone luck.

Just after football went out of bounds, Harvey looked back at Zhou Yi who was running up.

This kid seems to be very familiar with our football routine...
Chapter completed!
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