Chapter 59 Drag into overtime
While Chelsea players were surrounding the referee and hoped to plead for Ramirez, Zhou Yi was pulled up by the rising Mark, and Reus came up to hug him.
Everyone is happy that Zhou Yi’s success makes Chelsea lose personal information.
This means that Dortmund has the advantage in terms of numbers, and Ramirez's foul is likely to become a turning point in the game and determine the outcome of the game.
But facing his happy teammates, Zhou Yi was not happy. He frowned and said to them: "Don't be happy too early, guys. We must score in the remaining minutes, otherwise it will be hard to say what the outcome of this game will be."
Everyone was surprised that Zhou Yi actually poured cold water on this time.
"Why?" asked Mark.
"Chelsea, who has one less person, will certainly shrink their defense. Now ninety minutes are coming soon. If we can't score a goal before this and win the game. If the game enters overtime, I think Mourinho will not hesitate to put a bus in front of the goal, and then hope to drag the game to the penalty kick. Don't forget, they have Sun Pan."
After Zhou Yi explained this, everyone suddenly realized it.
Although several games have passed, Sun Pan's heroic posture of saving the penalty kick still left a deep impression on many Dortmund players. As soon as Zhou Yi mentioned it, everyone remembered it - Dortmund encountered a team called Offenbach kicker in the German Cup. At that time, the team was hanging in the low-level league, and it was impossible to compete with the powerful Dortmund in terms of strength. So in that game, Klopp had a large rotation of the team's lineup, and Zhou Yi did not even go away.
The result was that such an insignificant opponent successfully blocked Dortmund in the game, and finally defeated Dortmund by relying on a penalty shootout, revealing a big upset at the time.
And why can Offenbach kickers eliminate Dortmund?
Just because the person standing in front of Offenbach's kicker was Sun Pan, he saved Dortmund's players' shots many times in the game, and then performed perfectly in the penalty shootout. He saved Goze and Zidan's penalty kicker in succession, helping Offenbach's kicker defeat Dortmund 4:2 in the penalty shootout.
Sun Pan's performance in front of the door was a nightmare for Dortmund.
If this game is really dragged to the penalty kick, it will be very unfavorable for Dortmund.
Zhou Yi’s worries make a lot of sense.
When everyone thinks of such a prospect, they are no longer happy.
"So come on and try to kill the game in ninety minutes!"
After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he ran away. He didn't care what would happen to Ramirez. Anyway, no matter whether it was a yellow card or a red card, Ramirez would end up.
Chelsea may be dissatisfied with the penalty, but if they knew that if Ramirez hadn't committed a foul just now, they would have kicked the ball under Mark's feet, who had already run into the air, they might have thought that Ramirez's foul this time was pretty good...
Because if Ramirez doesn't make a foul, they don't even have the chance to set up a bus.
Ramirez looked reckless, but made the right choice.
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The game started over and Dortmund won a free kick in the frontcourt.
Dortmund players in the frontcourt will think of what Zhou Yi said, and they don’t have much time left for them. They must seize the opportunity that Chelsea has one less person and is not stable in their position to score!
So Dortmund launched a fierce attack on Chelsea's goal.
Chelsea are not stupid either. Of course, they know that it is very dangerous to lose one person, so they chose to reclaim their defense in the face of Dortmund's offensive.
They knew Mourinho would make adjustments as quickly as possible, and they just need to survive that period of time.
So even though Mourinho has not given instructions, Chelsea players have already set up a bus in front of their goal.
Although Dortmund players worked hard, they could not break through the goal guarded by Sun Pan in a very short time.
One minute after Ramirez left the court, Chelsea made a substitution in the 87th minute. Mikel came on the court and replaced the winger Xuerle who performed well in the game. Although Xuerle performed very well, the team now needs not attack, but strengthening defense, so he must be replaced.
This substitution also proves Zhou Yi's judgment of the situation. Mourinho is really going to set up a bus. He realized that his team could no longer win the game within 90 minutes, so dragging the game into a penalty kick is the best choice.
Dortmund did not give up. In the 88th minute, they made a series of quick passes at the front of the Chelsea penalty area, creating a momentary shooting opportunity for Mkhitaryan, who directly took a long shot from the penalty area line.
As a result, the football went slightly off the goal...
After that, Dortmund never had a better shot.
The referee blew the whistle to the end of the ninety-minute game after three minutes of injury time.
"The ninety minutes of the game ended! Dortmund and Chelsea had a 1:1 draw, and both sides were unable to decide the winner in regular time..."
"Chelsea, who welcomed Mourinho, performed very tenaciously in the game, and their counterattack was also sharp. Similarly, Dortmund did not seem to have the influence of Zhou Yi running back and forth to receive the prize, and performed at a normal level. The two teams are evenly matched, and they meet the opponent!"
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Because the rest time before overtime is only a very short five minutes, it is probably time for players to go back to the court when they walk back to the locker room, so everyone rests on the court.
Mourinho asked the players to form a circle, and he was in the circle, holding a tactical board to his players to quickly deploy overtime tactics.
"All defense is recovered, Torres is at the forefront, but he must also withdraw to the middle circle..." Mourinho placed a formation on the tactical board with a magnet. "On the one hand, of course we must do our best to defend their offense. It can be predicted that their offense will be crazy. But at the same time, the more crazy their offense, the greater the space behind their defense line, so when you are sure, you have to fight their counterattack. Torres can not come back to participate in the defense, but instead puts his physical strength and energy on the counterattack..."
On the other hand, Klopp is also doing the same thing: "If you can decide the winner in thirty minutes of overtime, that is of course the best. But you must also be clear that we are not afraid of playing penalty with them. They have Sun Pan and we have Roman!"
Klopp is encouraging players to avoid teams being too impatient in overtime.
This point reflects a side of Zhou Yi's older Taoism. Although Zhou Yi said it correctly, just saying it without any concealment will inevitably cause panic among his teammates. He accidentally exaggerated the threat of his good friend Sun Pan.
If his teammates feel fear because of his words, and bombard them in overtime, causing the defense to be vacant and the opponent to catch a counterattack, wouldn't Dortmund lose?
Even if Dortmund was not scored by Chelsea in overtime and dragged the game to a penalty kick, the Dortmund players' fear of Sun Pan would probably not bring Dortmund good luck and good results...
Klopp didn't know what Zhou Yi said to his teammates. His current approach was only due to his professional quality as a head coach. It was necessary for him to remind his players of possible crises and how to deal with them.
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The five-minute break passed quickly and the players on both sides returned to the court.
Chelsea kicked off in the first half of the overtime, but after they kicked off, they did not invest too much force in the offense. From this, we can see what adjustments Mourinho made before the overtime.
When Dortmund's defensive lineup was complete, Chelsea had no intention of fighting and shot in a hurry and handed over the ball.
When Weidenfeller was preparing to kick off the ball, Chelsea players all retreated back to their half as if they were in a tide. Torres, who was at the front, was also behind the center line.
Zhou Yi looked around and saw this scene.
I thought to myself, that boy Sun Pan must be very happy.
Because it's time for him to show off...
Sun Pan was really excited. He tightened his gloves and stood in front of the door and shouted: "Come on!!"
He is ready to face Dortmund's offensive anger.
Chapter completed!