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Chapter two hundred and four powerful opponents

"Adebayo—!!" the narrator roared with a long voice, and in this way, his voice was almost drowned in the huge cheers of the Bernabeu.

After scoring the goal, Adebayo invited Ozil to come up and celebrate with him, because this goal was passed by Ozil.

After transferring to Real Madrid this season, Ozil quickly squeezed out Kaka and became the team's main midfielder. His last pass assisted his teammates to score multiple times.

Last season, Zhou Yi and Ozil also played in the league. In the end, Ozil lost to Zhou Yi by two assists, and was taken away by Zhou Yi as the assist king. Moreover, Ozil played the whole season, but Zhou Yi only started playing in Dortmund after one-third of the league. His efficiency was obviously higher.

However, after coming to Real Madrid, Ozil's progress has been huge.

This may be because there are stronger teammates here that allow him to fully utilize his abilities.

Real Madrid players are celebrating the goal.

The game took the lead in just five minutes, and this start was really perfect.

Marcel Leif criticized Dortmund for entering the game as slow as it was, which was the reason why they quickly lost the ball. And this situation was not just this time. In the group stage, Dortmund still conceded the ball at the beginning of the game when he challenged Inter Milan away, and then conceded four goals in the first half. If Zhou Yi hadn't cheated, Dortmund might have lost that game.

So the current situation cannot help but remind people of that game.

After scoring the goal, Real Madrid took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce offensive towards Dortmund's goal, hoping to score again as soon as possible.

Dortmund was indeed in a mess during this period, and they were completely stunned. Their defense line seemed to be in danger.

Fortunately, no new goals were lost.

Then, Dortmund finally adjusted and they began to reclaim their defense.

And he successfully did not continue to concede the ball in the first half, and finally ended the first half with a score of 0:1.

Of course, this result also came at a price. Sven Bend and Schmelzer both received a yellow card in the game, which laid hidden dangers against Dortmund in the second half.

But Klopp couldn't replace them because there was no substitute on the bench who was better than them.

During the break, Klopp cheered his players and praised their performance after conceding the ball until the end of the first half, at least not continuing to concede the ball, which is indeed worthy of praise.

You should know how powerful Real Madrid's offensive was in the first half.

Mourinho's Real Madrid generally has difficulty leading the ball possession rate in the game, because they mainly play defensive counterattacks. This tactic does not require ball possession rate, but should actively give the ball possession rate to the opponent.

But in the first half, Real Madrid's ball possession rate reached 71%, which is Barcelona's ball possession level...

Real Madrid had six shots in the first half, but what about Dortmund? None of them once!

This shows the huge gap between the two sides in the scene.

Every Dortmund player has also personally felt this.

Real Madrid completely controlled the scene and rhythm, and they could only follow the rhythm of Real Madrid. They thought of counterattacking when defending, and Zhou Yi also instigated several long passes, but whether it was Lewandowski, Mark, or Gotze, it was difficult to connect after they got the ball in the frontcourt. Under the pressing of Real Madrid players, the ball rights were quickly lost.

Real Madrid also made very effective arrangements for Zhou Yi. They asked Khdira to follow Zhou Yi without hesitation, and he would go wherever Zhou Yi went. Whether Zhou Yi received the ball or not, Khdira would stick to Zhou Yi tightly, just like Zhou Yi had a ball at any time.

Such defense made Zhou Yi very uncomfortable - who would like to let a big man stick to him like this...

In fact, Zhou Yi was not surprised by Real Madrid's arrangement, because he was also treated like this by Khdira in the virtual space game.

But knowing, how to crack this kind of defense is another matter.

Moreover, there is not much time left for Zhou Yi, and he can choose the most opponent of Real Madrid in just four nights.

No matter what method he uses, it will be difficult for Dortmund to defeat Real Madrid away. In these games with Virtual Real Madrid, Dortmund always loses more than wins.

This can be seen from the comparison of the strength of the players on both sides.

But Zhou Yi did not give up because virtual is virtual and reality is reality. If you lose multiple times in a virtual game, it does not mean that you will definitely lose in a real game.

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Although Klopp praised everyone's performance in the first half, the atmosphere in the locker room was still a bit dull and most people didn't speak. Because they all knew what they played in the first half, the coach's praise was just to boost their morale. It was not that they really played well.

In this slightly dull atmosphere, Zhou Yi was also silent.

In the eyes of outsiders, he must have fallen into a depressed mood like his teammates.

But in fact, Zhou Yi was just thinking carefully about how to play in the second half to break the goal of Real Madrid. He recalled the more than 20 simulation games he played in his mind, hoping to find some inspiration from it.

Not all of these 20 games have lost. Some games have been tied, and some games have even won. However, only two games have been won in more than 20 games, and the chance is too low.

Zhou Yi now thinks that compared to winning, Dortmund can win as long as he can draw in the away game in the first leg, because Real Madrid is now one goal ahead. If Dortmund wants to draw, there will definitely be a away goal.

What's unacceptable if you score a away goal and a draw?

This result is simply great.

So Zhou Yi is now full of mind how to equalize the score in the second half.

Judging from the situation in the first half, he just passed the football up, and it was difficult to pose any threat to Real Madrid's defense line. The defense line composed of Ramos, Pepe, Carvalho and Marcelo is still very stable.

But it is not without weakness.

That is, when Khedira came up to defend himself closely, there was only one Alonso left in their back midfielder. Alonso was a midfielder who was both offensive and defensive, but relatively speaking, his defense was still slightly weaker.

If someone can kill at this time, they can break the balance and may create some opportunities.

Zhou Yi closed his eyes and began to imagine various scenes and situations in his mind, both sides' offensive and defensive running.

He was able to construct these scenes out of thin air in his mind, thanks to the countless games that Zhou Yi played in the virtual space. Those games provided him with a lot of experience, making him a veteran who "I haven't seen any game before?" at the age of 20.

Just as Zhou Yi closed his eyes and meditated, he was touched and opened his eyes and found that Mark was looking at him.

After seeing Zhou Yi open his eyes, Mark lowered his voice and asked him: "Can you fall asleep even if you do this?"

"No, I'm thinking about how to equalize the score. Close your eyes and you can get less external interference."

"Did you think it out?" Mark was a little excited when he heard Zhou Yi say this. Since the youth team, he has been in contact with Zhou Yi for more than two years. Mark believes that Zhou Yi can do everything.

Zhou Yi nodded: "Mark, don't be in the front in the second half of the game. Although they have a lot of room in the backcourt, the distance between me and you is too far, and the contact is easily cut off. If you take it down, we can keep in touch."

As soon as Zhou Yi said that, Mark understood, and he nodded repeatedly: "No problem."

Needless to say, with his tacit understanding with Zhou Yi, even if there is no script, he will know what to do.

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The two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half, and the noise at the Bernabeu was still very loud.

After the game started, Real Madrid continued to launch a fierce attack on Dortmund's goal, not caring whether Dortmund answered their counterattack. Perhaps it was Dortmund's performance in the first half that made them feel that Dortmund was not threatening, or because they had absolute confidence in themselves.

However, this is a good thing for Zhou Yi.

Because when Dortmund got the ball, he had more opportunities.

When the football fell to him, Khedira still defended him closely, constantly interfering with him, trying to intercept the ball from his feet or prevent him from passing the football accurately.

If the distance is too far, it is indeed difficult for Zhou Yi to accurately pass the football to the feet of his teammates in front in this situation. But now the situation is not working, and Mark is retreating very deeply, so he can pass the football to Mark without having to work too much.

After Mark received the ball, Harvey Alonso came up to defend him.

At this time, Zhou Yi started running forward and did not stay behind like in the first half.

Of course, Khedira followed him, thinking that Mark would pass the football back to Zhou Yi.

But Mark did not do so, but passed the football to Gotze.

During this process, Zhou Yi was still running forward, although he was not running fast. But Khedira still followed him. He believed that Goce should pass the football to Zhou Yi this time, and he could not give Zhou Yi any chance.

But Gotze did not pass the football to Zhou Yi, but to Mark who was also moving forward.

After Mark passed the ball, Harvey Alonso's attention was attracted by Gotze, relaxed his marking, and Mark was able to easily run away from him.

Moreover, Mourinho made Khdira stand inseparable from Zhou Yi, but he did not let Alonso stay inseparable from Mark...

He didn't pass the ball twice in a row, and Hedira was a little confused. If he kept running with Zhou Yi but Zhou Yi didn't touch the ball at all, wouldn't he be led by him?

If you see obvious gaps at this time, will you make up for them? If you make up for them, what if they pass the ball to Zhou Yi? But if you don’t make up for them, the opponent will use this gap to score?

They don’t have only one Zhou Yi.

Khedira played in Stuttgart last season. He also knows Dortmund very well. Although Zhou Yi is the core, it is not only Zhou Yi who can threaten the opponent's goal.

Khdira fell into a hesitation. It is certainly a practice to faithfully execute the head coach's arrangement, but as a player, shouldn't we need to know how to adapt on the court?

While Khedira was hesitating, Zhou Yi was still running. He was not running straight forward, but was writing about running to the side. It seemed that he really wanted to take Khedira to the side...
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