Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 1050 Simple, Direct, Deadly
Atlético Madrid was hoping to compress Borussia Dortmund's passing space by shrinking its defense, forcing them to make passing mistakes. This would give Atlético Madrid a chance to counterattack.
Generally speaking, this idea is correct and makes sense.
But Borussia Dortmund has a "supercomputer."
Zhou Yi is responsible for processing this information. The football doesn't linger at his feet for even a second; he can always deliver it to the right place immediately.
Although most of the time it's just a transfer ball, Borussia Dortmund's attack becomes smoother in his transfers.
Soon, Borussia Dortmund reached outside Atlético Madrid's 30-meter zone.
At the same time, after a series of passes, Atlético Madrid's three lines were compressed very tightly, with very short distances between each line.
Zhou Yi turned his head left and right to observe, imprinting the overhead view of this area in his mind.
Then he analyzed many possible paths and scenarios, but not all of these paths were necessarily useful. Because if only he could see it and his teammates couldn't, then even the best path would be meaningless.
At this time, Piszczek got the ball on the wing. After getting the ball, he dribbled forward along the wing, but was quickly blocked by Atlético Madrid players.
Reus appeared in the half-space to support him, and Piszczek passed the ball to Reus, while continuing forward, seemingly wanting to do a one-two with Reus.
But Reus didn't pass the ball back.
Zhou Yi ran towards Reus at this time, while signaling Reus to pass the ball to him.
When Reus received the ball, he was facing away from the direction of the attack. It didn't make much sense for him to hold the ball, so when he saw Zhou Yi coming up to support him, he passed the ball without hesitation.
Originally, Piszczek did want to do a one-two with Reus, but when he插 forward, Reus didn't pass the ball to him, which made him hesitate and want to stop his sprint.
But at this moment, he saw Zhou Yi.
When Zhou Yi was preparing to receive the ball, he didn't look at the ball at all, but stared at him.
Although he didn't say anything or make any expression, just that look made Piszczek understand.
Zhou Yi was telling him to continue插 forward.
Although he didn't know exactly what Zhou Yi was going to do, he decided to listen to Zhou Yi.
So he didn't slow down and rushed behind Atlético Madrid's defense.
At this moment, the ball was also passed to Zhou Yi's feet.
Zhou Yi still didn't look at the ball at his feet, but continued to stare at Piszczek. When he was about to reach the last line of Atlético Madrid's defense, Zhou Yi pushed the ball horizontally with his right foot, pushing it out from his left side.
Just after he passed the ball, he was knocked to the ground by Gabi, who was following up.
Seeing this, the referee Eriksson put the whistle in his mouth, ready to blow the whistle for Gabi's foul.
But he glanced at the ball and found that the ball had passed through Atlético Madrid's first line of defense and was rolling towards Godín's position.
Following the principle of offensive advantage, Eriksson did not blow the whistle, but continued to stare at the ball.
If Atlético Madrid's players cleared the ball, he would immediately blow the whistle and give Borussia Dortmund a free kick opportunity.
Godín's attention was all on the ball, and he didn't notice the gap between himself and Filipe behind him, nor did he notice that Piszczek was rushing towards this gap.
He raised his foot to kick the ball out, but when he raised his foot, he realized that the distance was not enough... His foot was already raised, which caused a brief period of僵直 in his body.
At this moment, Piszczek swept past him.
Filipe's attention was initially all on Zhou Yi. He didn't notice the opponent until Piszczek ran past him.
But it was too late to notice at this time...
He didn't even have time to pull Piszczek's jersey.
He could only watch Piszczek rush behind him.
At the same time, the ball had already rolled behind the entire Atlético Madrid defense!
Piszczek received the ball behind them!
"Piszczek! Good ball! Zhou Yi's wonderful pass! Not offside!" He Ping shouted excitedly.
"Zhou Yi's through ball! Beautiful!!" Marcel Reif also roared excitedly.
Those Atlético Madrid players who hadn't reacted yet turned their heads and saw Borussia Dortmund player Piszczek receiving the ball behind their defense, so they naturally thought Piszczek was offside. Their first reaction was not to defend, but to raise their hands to signal to the referee.
But the referee Eriksson saw clearly, how could this ball be offside?
He ignored the complaints from the Atlético Madrid players.
The game continues!
Piszczek, who got the ball behind Atlético Madrid's defense, now only has the goalkeeper Courtois in front of him.
Courtois decisively abandoned the goal and attacked when Piszczek was breaking the offside trap. Now the two are very, very close!
In the past few seasons, Borussia Dortmund has swept the league, winning the league title for three consecutive seasons, and Piszczek, who plays right back, is also considered the best right back in the Bundesliga.
But probably few people know that this "best right back in the Bundesliga" started out as a striker.
Piszczek, who started as a striker, didn't play very well, so he switched from striker to winger. He played in this position for Hertha Berlin.
In 2010, Hertha Berlin was relegated, and he transferred to Borussia Dortmund.
At Borussia Dortmund, Klopp let him switch to full-back. Unexpectedly, in this position, he became an instant hit, found his most擅长 and most suitable position, and became an important member of Borussia Dortmund's league title and Champions League title wins in recent years.
Although he wasn't as good as a full-back as he was as a striker and winger, this doesn't mean he doesn't have the ability to shoot and score.
After all, he has been training and cultivating as a striker since he was a child...
So facing Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Courtois who attacked, Piszczek didn't swing his leg and take a powerful shot, but quickly stretched his foot and poked!
He poked the ball towards the goal as quickly as possible.
The ball窜 towards the goal along the grass.
Courtois saw the ball rolling over and quickly dived to save it.
Because the two sides were too close, even if Courtois dived, he couldn't save it with his hands. He could only spread his legs apart while diving, hoping to block the ball with his legs...
But Piszczek's poke was very fast, much faster than Courtois's reaction.
By the time he made this move, the ball had already slipped past his crotch...
He fell to the ground, but didn't touch the ball at all!
The ball rolled into the goal behind him!
"Oooooooo!!!" Borussia Dortmund fans in the Westfalenstadion stands shouted like this when Piszczek received the ball behind Atlético Madrid's defense.
When the ball rolled into the goal, the decibels of their cheers reached their peak.
"Wo! Wo! Wo!!!" Marcel Reif kept exclaiming. "3:0! 3:0! 3:0!!! Borussia Dortmund changed the score to 3:0 in the opening fifteen minutes!! Three goals ahead! This is probably something that many people would never have imagined before the game! Borussia Dortmund can actually complete a three-goal lead in the opening fifteen minutes! Wasn't it said that this was an evenly matched game!?"
Marcel Reif was so excited that he was a little crazy. He shouted this sentence, truly revealing his surprise.
He Ping was also very excited: "Piszczek... good ball! Good ball! Good ball! Borussia Dortmund scored another goal! 3:0 leading Atlético Madrid! This start is something that no one could have imagined... Borussia Dortmund's three axes completely stunned Atlético Madrid!"
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Piszczek, who scored the goal, ran towards the Südtribüne and celebrated the goal with the Borussia Dortmund fans below.
His teammates涌 up from behind and surrounded him.
Borussia Dortmund fans responded to the players with the loudest cheers.
The entire stadium was jubilant.
Klopp in front of the coaching bench was even more excited, even more excited than the first goal.
He was so excited because he really didn't expect that when he thought that a two-goal lead was good enough and he could start thinking about slowing down the pace, the players on the field could still bring him a goal!
A three-goal lead is of course better than a two-goal lead...
He is now even more grateful that he did not intervene directly and let the team make adjustments immediately, but gave the players on the field full autonomy, especially Zhou Yi.
It was also under Zhou Yi's leadership that Borussia Dortmund took advantage of a quick attack opportunity and broke through Atlético Madrid's goal for the third time.
In the end, Zhou Yi's through ball was really amazing to Klopp. It penetrated two lines of defense of Atlético Madrid in one breath, crossed a distance of nearly ten meters, and was not touched by a single Atlético Madrid player, and then accurately sent to Piszczek's feet.
You must know that this was still a ball he passed out while being closely marked by Gabi. Some players may not be able to pass such a ball even if they are not marked...
With Zhou Yi, things have become a lot simpler!