Chapter 146: Ventilation
In the 70th minute of Leverkusen's bombardment, the game time came, and Leverkusen's shots rose sharply, which fully demonstrated their advantage.
But it is wrong to say that Dortmund has no chance at all. Dortmund has launched several counterattacks, but the quality is not high.
As the game time passes, it is impossible for Leverkusen to maintain such fast-paced and high-intensity games all the time, and they also need to stop and take a breath.
Zhou Yi knows this well. There has never been any team in this world that can maintain this rhythm of the game for 90 minutes.
So now we actually need to be more patient than our opponents.
When you have an offensive opportunity, don't be too anxious. If it is not a good opportunity, Zhou Yin would rather choose to give up this offense than pass the football rashly and then easily hand over the ball to Leverkusen.
For him, he felt that the worst result of this game was a draw. Although Bayern Munich would take the opportunity to widen the points gap by Bayern Munich, a 2:2 score has already appeared. What else can I do? If I can't win this game, at least don't lose, right? The three-pointer I got had already become one point, and this point can no longer become zero points.
So Zhou Yi thinks that if it really doesn't work, it's not a big deal to defend a draw.
After you have a correct attitude, your vision of looking at the problem will be different.
After the counterattack opportunity comes, he will not blindly stuff the football forward and then rely on his hopes for luck.
For him, success rate is much more important than shooting.
Leverkusen's shots far exceeds Dortmund, but the score is still 2:2, and there is no difference.
Zhou Yi was patiently waiting for the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief.
After many counterattacks but failed, the Dortmund players also found that their impatientness would not have any good results. So they gradually put down their eagerness to achieve success and waited patiently for the opportunity with Zhou Yi.
After all, it is a team that won the league championship for two consecutive seasons, so there is still a self-adjustment ability on the court.
After the players of the team calm down, the opportunity Zhou Yi wants will come. After all, he is an organization player and he is the one who mobilizes the entire team. If he is the only one, his role positioning will change.
He still hopes that more teammates can cooperate with him, rather than fighting alone.
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From the 70th minute, Leverkusen slowed down, it was no secret that anyone who had experience watching the game could tell.
From the scene, Dortmund finally had a chance to breathe.
The fans of Leverkusen cheered. In their minds, this was a temporary adjustment of the team. The purpose was to take a breath, then try to continue the attack. They would repeat the process until the end of the game. The interval between ventilation is very short, just like diving, floating on the water surface and taking a deep breath, and then diving for a long time.
In their opinion, their team is breathing.
However, in Zhou Yi's eyes, ventilation is not the result of active control by divers, but the inevitable result of physiological structure. After all, humans are not fish, and they can never breathe when they enter the water. So since they need ventilation, it is actually a weakness.
As long as you can grasp this weakness and make a fuss, you may be able to gain different results.
He was like a patient killer, lurking on the water shore, waiting patiently for the opportunity when the target person had to surface and breathe.
In the 72nd minute, not long after Leverkusen slowed down the pace of the game, Dortmund got an offensive opportunity.
But when the football fell to Zhou Yi's feet, he controlled the football and turned around in place. While protecting the football, he also lost the opportunity to pass the ball forward. Finally, he passed the football to Santana, the center back behind.
It is equivalent to taking the initiative to give up this opportunity to fight back.
This is a very regrettable thing to the view of Dortmund fans who are anxious about it - why doesn't Zhou Yi pass the ball forward? The opportunity is not good? But if you don't pass the ball forward, how can you know whether the opportunity is good? And if you don't pass the ball forward, how can you have a chance? Let's not talk about whether the opportunity is good or not, and there is no chance. What's the point of negotiating whether it is good or not?
Zhou Yi could not hear those doubts, he was playing football at his own pace and plan.
Leverkusen thought it was a good thing if Dortmund failed to play this fast break. Some Leverkusen fans even felt that Dortmund was completely afraid of being beaten by Leverkusen. Even if the opportunity was in front of them, they would not dare to try it.
Leverkusen's previous offensive was indeed crazy, and the momentum they showed was indeed enough to scare many people, so this speculation is normal.
But this kind of guess that seems to be very correct may not be the truth.
And this kind of self-feeling is likely to have a counterproductive effect - it would be fine for supporters to feel good about themselves, but if the players also feel good about themselves, something will happen.
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The game was in the 77th minute, and it was about to enter the last ten minutes. At that time, Leverkusen, who was unwilling to give up a draw at home, would definitely increase his offense.
During the seven-minute "ventilation", Leverkusen's goal was not threatened. Leverkusen's players naturally felt that Dortmund no longer had the ability to threaten their goal. Now there is not much time left in the game. They should do their best to launch an attack, so that they can score a goal in the remaining time and then complete a classic big reversal.
But just as they were about to speed up, the ball was controlled by Dortmund due to a pass error. However, the Leverkusen player was not panicked. After conceding the ball, they did not retreat quickly, but instead grabbed Dortmund's players in the frontcourt, hoping to directly intercept the ball and launch an attack.
Anyway, Dortmund was scared by their previous offensive...
When the football was passed to Zhou Yi, there were two Leverkusen players running towards him, one left and one right.
Faced with the upcoming siege, Zhou Yi did not control the football as much as possible this time. He turned around and passed the football directly with his heel!
Football passed between two Leverkusen players who were planning to close the door and surrounded Zhou Yi!
When the two Leverkusen players were attracted by football, Zhou Yi quietly turned around and ran forward.
This is a very rare move that he has not only passed the football forward, but also followed the action.
However, Leverkusen's players' attention was attracted by football, and few people noticed him.
Zhou Yi passed the ball with his heel and passed the ball to Direus in front.
Reus is a Dortmund player who scored the goal three minutes after the start of the game. He has skills and speed, and is an excellent candidate for counterattacks. Of course, it will attract the attention of the defenders more.
Zhou Yi's decisive pass created a chance for Reus to get the ball without anyone defending it. After he stopped the ball and turned around, no one defended it closely. He could do it calmly.
After turning around, Reus dribbled forward. Soon he encountered an interception from the Leverkusen player.
In this case, he divided the football into Mark on the sidelines.
Mark received the ball on the wing, but Leverkusen's defense was also laid out, and he didn't have any good chance to go in.
Either you pass directly on the wing, but the offensive efficiency is too low. Lewandowski is probably unable to hit the ball at all. He breaks directly into the penalty area? Look at the full-back Kavajal who is waiting for the team, Mark is not sure of success.
Dortmund's attack ended here and it was deadlocked.
Leverkusen's players have returned one after another, leaving less space for Dortmund.
As long as they are patient, it will be difficult for Dortmund to create any threats this time.
Under such circumstances, Reus took the initiative to run towards Mark, seeking cooperation.
But his run also attracted the attention of Leverkusen's defensive players.
A player from Leverkusen will be posted immediately.
Reus ran towards Mark, and Mark was slowly driving the ball to the middle.
When the two people crossed, it was the time when Leverkusen was most focused on the defense line. There were too many routines to pass the ball after crossing positions. Of course, Leverkusen had to strictly prevent Dortmund from playing like this.
In the eyes of many people, when Reus goes around behind Mark, Mark will pass the football to Reus, and at the same time he gives Reus a cover to allow Reus to break through behind him. In addition, he can also help Reus block the Leverkusen player who is marking Reus.
As soon as the "pick-and-roll" on the football field was formed.
But Mark didn't do that. When everyone thought he would pass the football to Reus, he pushed the football directly into the middle!
There is Zhouyi!
"Zhou Yi!" Duan Xin shouted excitedly. "Good ball!"
Because of Reus's running position, Leverkusen's players' attention was attracted by Reus, and no one expected that Zhou Yi would actually intervene.
It was not until Mark passed the football that Zhou Yi returned to their sight.
But at this time, it seems a bit late...
Facing the football passed by Mark, Zhou Yi went forward. When he was about to run to the football, his normal left leg fell down after falling down, but he suddenly exerted force, and his calf swung out like a whip. At the same time, he pushed his ankle across and pushed towards the incoming ball.
The football was kicked on the inside of his left foot and did not fly up. Instead, he rushed forward quickly against the turf, drawing a clear arc on the turf, heading straight to the lower left corner of the goal!
This is a shot!
Because the kick was too hidden and too sudden, when the football rolled towards the goal, Leverkusen's goalkeeper Leno realized that the opponent was shooting, not a straight pass. So he rushed out and fell to the ground to save.
But for goalkeepers, the ball rolling ball is the most difficult to pounce, because the goalkeepers fall to the ground faster than they jump up and pounce upwards.
Not to mention rolling balls in the ground running towards the dead corner!
Leno didn't save the ball, so the football rolled across the goal line before him...
Just like a billiard putt, the black ball enters the hole with one shot!
Chapter completed!