Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 898 Swift Wind and Torrential Rain
When both teams stood on the field, the game did not start immediately.
The fourth official raised the substitution board on the sideline, and Yan Min stood beside him, waiting to be substituted.
He Ping was pleasantly surprised by this new situation: "Yan Min is about to be substituted! This time, Klopp has given him a full half of the game! This adjustment is indeed... If Klopp wants to strengthen the attack, Yan Min is definitely a good choice! And bringing on Yan Min means that Dortmund is about to sound the charge for the second half!"
Marcel Reif also affirmed Klopp's substitution: "Yan Min came off the bench in the games against Arsenal and Bayern Munich, and performed very well. Considering bringing on Yan Min when the team needs to score three goals in the second half is indeed the right thing to do..."
"Yan Min, a young Chinese player who transferred from China to Dortmund this summer..." The Italian commentator, seeing this, also began to introduce Yan Min to the Italian television audience. Of course, if Yan Min hadn't performed so well recently, the Italian commentator probably wouldn't have gone into such detail. "He performed well in the Champions League group stage match where Dortmund defeated Arsenal at home, and was a key figure in Dortmund's victory. In the last league game against Bayern Munich, he also performed very actively after coming off the bench, providing an assist and helping Dortmund eventually tie Bayern Munich at home... He is a player with strong individual dribbling ability, fast speed, strong explosiveness, and excellent footwork. The defenders of Napoli must be vigilant when facing him..."
Yan Min replaced midfielder Sahin.
This substitution was decided in the locker room, so Sahin didn't need to go on the field; he was already sitting on the bench.
The fourth official raised the board to tell everyone that Dortmund had made a substitution. Yan Min didn't need to hand over to anyone and ran directly onto the field.
Dortmund's formation at this time, with Yan Min replacing Sahin, looked a bit like the formation they used in the last league game against Bayern Munich.
Aubameyang moved forward to partner with Mark as a dual striker, Yan Min took Aubameyang's original position, and the positions of the other players remained unchanged.
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As He Ping said, bringing on Yan Min meant that Dortmund had sounded the horn for a full-scale attack.
Although Klopp encouraged and comforted his players in the locker room, telling them not to rush, his tactical arrangements showed that he had no intention of waiting patiently at all.
So from the start of the second half, apart from Napoli launching an attack after the kickoff, it was basically Dortmund besieging Napoli's goal.
At first, when Dortmund besieged in this way, the Italian commentator kept telling the audience in front of the TV that this was a great opportunity for Napoli to counterattack!
But soon he stopped saying that.
Because facing Dortmund's aggressive attack, Napoli couldn't even get past their own half, so what counterattack could they talk about?
In the fifth minute of the second half, Yan Min feigned a breakthrough on the left, then used his left foot to pull the ball back, and then he crossed with his right foot. Mark抢到 (qiangdao - snatched) the landing point in the center, but his header was slightly off target.
Three minutes later, in the 53rd minute, Zhou Yi sent a through ball in a counterattack, accurately finding Reus. Reus shot diagonally from the left side of the penalty area, but it was off target again.
A minute later, Dortmund came back again, Zhou Yi distributed the ball to Reus on the right side in the middle, and Reus swept the ball horizontally in front of the goal. Mark planned to poke the shot at the far post, but before him, Napoli's defender had already blocked the ball to the goalkeeper Reina...
In the 55th minute, when Zhou Yi was leading a突进 (tujin - sudden thrust) in the frontcourt, he was knocked to the ground by Behrami. The referee Carvalho decisively blew his whistle, calling a foul on Behrami, giving Dortmund a free kick in addition to a verbal warning.
The free kick was still taken by Reus. Although the ball was a bit far from the goal, Reus still shot directly!
After the ball soared over the wall, it looked as if it would fly directly out of the baseline.
But after reaching the penalty area, the ball suddenly dropped!
Reina hesitated at first, but when he saw the ball falling, he hurriedly took a step back, then jumped up, stretched out his hands, and pushed the falling ball out in front of the crossbar!
"Oh! This ball... this ball seems to have a drop!" The commentators were surprised by this result.
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In the 58th minute, Napoli finally attacked to the front of Dortmund's penalty area.
Behrami took the ball in the middle and planned to pass it diagonally to his teammate on the edge of the penalty area.
As a result, his passing intention was too obvious and was seen through by Kehl, who was defending him head-on. He stretched out his foot and intercepted the ball!
Then Kehl passed the ball to Zhou Yi who was nearby.
Zhou Yi then passed it horizontally to Yan Min, who was diagonally in front.
As Yan Min received the ball, Napoli's players also pressed up.
Yan Min gently拨 (bo - plucked) the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot, then deftly jumped up, just dodging Napoli's player's抢 (qiang - snatch).
Then he chased after the ball and ran forward!
Napoli's second player immediately leaned on him. This time, Yan Min did not continue to dribble, but passed the ball to Reus who cut in from the right to the center.
This was a great pass, because Reus was completely unmarked at the time!
Because Dortmund's counterattack was launched when Napoli was attacking, Napoli was caught off guard. There were not enough players retreating, and they seemed a little flustered.
Reus took advantage of this flustered opportunity and received Yan Min's pass without being marked.
Then Reus advanced with the ball, and Dzemaili chased up from behind, but Reus had already brushed him off by half a body. He tugged at Reus's jersey, but when he thought that if he fouled now, it would give Dortmund a free kick in a position that couldn't be better, he hesitated and let go.
Reus also took the opportunity to shake off Dzemaili and reached the edge of the penalty arc.
At the same time, Mark, who was originally on the left, also followed and cut in towards the center.
He and Reus met exactly at the penalty arc. He was in front, pulling Napoli's defenders to the center as well. In addition to the central defender who was originally defending Reus in the center, and Dzemaili who was chasing from behind, all of Napoli's defensive forces were now concentrated in the small penalty arc area, and both the left and right sides were completely blank!
On the left, Zhou Yi had already高速插上 (gaosu chashang - inserted at high speed), which everyone could see.
He Ping even shouted anxiously, "Pass the ball! Pass!"
He wanted Reus to pass to Zhou Yi.
Reus also saw Zhou Yi's内切前插 (neqie qiancha - cutting inside and moving forward) on the left, so he pushed the ball over with his right foot!
"Good ball!" Marcel Reif cheered for Reus's pass.
The ball rolled towards Zhou Yi, and he didn't accelerate to meet the ball, but instead began to adjust his pace. He took a big step forward, adjusting his pace to the most suitable rhythm, and then he swung his right foot!
Shoot directly without stopping the ball!
The inside of his right foot rubbed the ball, and the ball flew up, drawing an arc in the air, and directly拐 (guai - turned) towards the back corner of the goal!
"Zhou Yi—shoot—!!"
Goalkeeper Reina jumped into the air, stretching his arms to the limit, but he couldn't touch the ball!
He looked back at the goal and saw the ball bypassing him and flying straight into the goal!
"Zhou Yi!! Zhou Yi!!" Marcel Reif shouted Zhou Yi's name excitedly. "In the 58th minute, he extended Dortmund's lead! This goal was very, very, very beautiful!! Perfect arc! Direct shot without stopping the ball! Now Dortmund is only two goals away from their goal! And the second half has only just begun for thirteen minutes!!"
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When the ball flew into the goal, a huge cheer erupted from the Westfalenstadion, and the cheer swept over everyone in the stadium like a tsunami. To the players of Dortmund, the cheer seemed like a shot in the arm, making their blood boil.
And to the players of Napoli, the cheer seemed like a death knell... Their own home stadium, Stadio San Paolo, is also known for its fanatical fans, but at Dortmund's home stadium, even they, who were used to the cheers of fanatical fans, were still震慑 (zhenshe - awed).
For a moment, their confidence wavered, and they felt that Dortmund could really score four goals against them at home...