In fact, during the halftime break, when Klopp asked the team to start attacking in the second half, Mancini asked his team to hold back the full slam in the period just beginning of the second half, and to stabilize the defense and fight Dortmund's counterattack.

His theory is the same as Klopp. The lead of one goal is not a very safe score. Then Klopp will definitely let his team score as soon as possible in the second half, making 1:o to 2:o. At that time, it was Manchester City's chance. As long as Dortmund counterattack, the chance of scoring must be played in a positional battle with Dortmund, right?

So after the second half of the game started, Manchester City, including Mancini, were waiting for Dortmund to attack.

But when the second half really started, the situation was different from what they expected.

Dortmund kicked off in the second half. Mancini believes that Dortmund will definitely take advantage of this kick-off opportunity to attack Manchester City's goal, and then it will be a great opportunity for Manchester City to counterattack.

As a result, Dortmund's attack ended in a hurry and handed over the ball to Manchester City, and what about them?

Retreat!

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Off the court, seeing Dortmund did not take advantage of the kick-off opportunity to put pressure on Manchester City's goal, Dortmund's assistant coach Gelico Buvac was also surprised: "Why did the offense end so quickly? It's too hasty! This doesn't match our arrangement..."

Klopp next to him rubbed his chin without saying a word.

Of course, this is inconsistent with their arrangement, because it was not arranged by their coaching staff at all. He could see that this was Zhou Yi's "self-decision".

Logically speaking, players completely ignore the head coach's arrangements on the court and make their own decisions, which will make the head coach very annoyed. Because this is a challenge to the head coach's authority.

But Klopp would not think so when it comes to Zhou Yi.

This is not the first time Zhou Yi has adjusted his tactical arrangements in the game, but the effect after each adjustment is better than he expected.

If that's the case, what reason do I have to blame him?

There is a famous saying in the football world: "Victory can cover up everything."

If you can win, there is no need to change anything, victory is everything.

So if Zhou Yi's temporary adjustment on the court can bring victory to the team, Klopp would be happy to see it.

Besides, Zhou Yi is a player. He is closer to the front line than Klopp, the head coach. He will learn all the information at the first time on the court. He has first-hand information and will make the most intuitive judgments. The decisions he makes are often faster and more accurate than the head coach, which is also very normal.

Of course, not every player on the front line makes the right decision. In the intense and intense game, players actually don’t have much time to use their brains to think about problems and analyze the situation. They often can only act on their instincts...

But Zhou Yi is an exception. Klopp believes in the decisions he makes, so he gives him the greatest power.

If you are outside, the king will not accept the order.

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Because Manchester City hopes that Dortmund will attack, their formation is relatively backward.

Dortmund did not attack, and their formation also stopped.

This created a very strange situation on the court. Both sides were in their own half and did not easily press on.

After Dortmund ended this attack and handed over the possession to Manchester City, Manchester City, holding the ball, dared not invest too much troops in the attack. They were afraid that after they pressed on it, they would give Dortmund a chance to counterattack.

Therefore, Manchester City's attacking number was pitifully small and they didn't have the heart to organize it seriously. After arriving in the frontcourt, the football fell at Aguero's feet. When the Argentine saw that there was no support and supporter around him, she simply chose to do it herself.

He dribbled the ball directly to Dortmund's goal. His lone and heroic performance did not make a goal for Manchester City, but easily lost the ball under the defense of Dortmund players.

However, Manchester City doesn't have to worry, because most of their players have not stepped forward at all, so there is no need to worry about the space behind them being used by Dortmund after they lose the ball.

After getting the ball, Dortmund quickly attacked and hit the football to Manchester City's half. They didn't seem to have any good solutions against Manchester City's defense. After a series of simple passes, Lewandowski finally shot a long shot outside the penalty area, ending Dortmund's attack.

Dortmund's performance made Manchester City very glad that they did not put in a big push, but were guarding against Dortmund's fierce attack from the beginning. Because of the full preparation, Dortmund's offensive could return in vain.

If I had put a big push on the offense just now, I'm afraid the goal will be broken now...

However, in the eyes of fans, the period after the second half of the game started... can be described as "ugly".

Both teams do not play very well in offense and do not have much patience. They often do not have any exciting tactical cooperation, but choose to use simple and rough long shots or crosses from the wing to end the offense.

Who likes to watch such a game?

But both teams played like this.

The commentator also saw that He Ping said that both sides were unexpectedly conservative and cautious after the start of the second half. The game was not exciting enough during this period, and it was really unfair for Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game...

Marcel Leif believes that Manchester City's performance at home is not normal. After all, they are behind, but why are they not investing enough troops in the offense?

Mark Laurenson also believes that Mancini’s choice is not “brave” enough, so there are certainly tactical arrangements, but as the home team, should we also consider the momentum that we need as the home team?

In fact, not only does the audience not like to watch such a game, but it is also very uncomfortable for the players to play themselves.

Especially the players of the home team Manchester City, this is the number of fans who support them at their home court. Is their performance so low-key and supportive of their Manchester City fans on the spot?

Some Manchester City fans in the stands are already booing to express their dissatisfaction with the team playing like this. This is our home court. What are you afraid of!

The TV broadcast gave Mancini a close-up shot, and he stood on the sidelines, frowning.

At the beginning of the second half, Mancini felt that his adjustment was correct and effective, because when Dortmund counterattacked, facing the dense Manchester City defense line, there was obviously no good way, so he could only choose an offensive method with very low technical content.

But now he feels that the situation is not as he imagined that Dortmund is not not unable to attack against Manchester City's defense, but he has no idea of ​​attacking...

Dortmund was much shameless than he thought, and he wanted to withstand the advantage of 1:o!

Logically speaking, in this case, Manchester City should take the initiative to push forward and create some threats for Dortmund, so that they can't stand it.

But Mancini didn't want to do that.

Because he knew that at this time, he was more patient compared to who was actually.

He believed that he should be more patient than his opponent.

But after another six minutes passed, Mancini sighed and determined that if he didn't take the initiative to put Dortmund in a pressure, the opponent would really dare to just keep huddling in his half to finish the game. They didn't care whether the game was good or not. Anyway, they were the leaders, and they wouldn't care about the booings in the stands, because they were the visiting team and there was no pressure from the stands that the home team had to face.

Will Dortmund feel guilty for not playing well?

Of course not!

This is not a team that pursues "beautiful football", the result is greater than anything else.

So if they can win Manchester City like this, why don't they do it?

But Manchester City cannot accept this result, so in the end, Manchester City still needs to take the initiative to change the game.

So he waved his hand and Manchester City attacked.

In fact, Manchester City players also hope to attack. They play themselves in a frustrated manner and have long been full of anger.

Now that the referee's adjustment was made, they rushed towards Dortmund's goal like tigers down the mountain.

Seeing that Manchester City had significantly strengthened its offensive, the number of people participating in the offense increased, and the momentum also rose. The Manchester City fans in the stands were excited and cheered up loudly for their team.
Chapter completed!