When the players of both sides were waiting to play in the passage, the DJ on the scene was broadcasting the appearance list of the two teams. Every time the name of a Naples player was read, there were deafening cheers over the Sao Paulo Stadium. When it was the turn of Dortmund, there were also deafening booes.

"This is the first time we are fighting with them, right?" Reus frowned when he heard such booing. If the stadium was not really different from the Fertings Arena, he really thought he was participating in the Ruhr derby.

Or the booing in the Ruhr derby is probably not so harsh...

"That's why do you feel like we have any old grudges like them?" Mark shrank his neck, and from the time he arrived at the Naples Airport, to now, those scenes flashed before his eyes like movies.

"Hi, normal. Now we are their enemies, standing on their opposite side, so it's normal for them to do this." Zhou Yi comforted his two teammates. He did not want his teammates to be scared by the momentum of the opponent's fans before the game.

"But we have gone to so many away games, and no one has liked Naples..." Mark disagreed with Zhou Yi's statement.

"Naples are different from those places." Zhou Yi said. "The people here are tough..." He did not say "Mafia paradise" directly, because he was afraid of giving his teammates worse psychological hints.

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When the game started, Napoli took advantage of the home advantage and launched the attack first.

Within five minutes, Dortmund was completely suppressed by Naples. Looking at the scene, it was impossible to believe that this was the performance of the defending champion.

With the support of their fans, the Naples team launched wave after wave of offensives towards Dortmund's goal.

But in fact, the most terrifying thing is not the offensive of Napoli, but when the possession of the ball falls on Dortmund.

Napoli started to siege from the third zone of the offensive. Their players were like mad dogs, not knowing what "tiredness" was. Even if Dortmund's defender got the ball, they would have one or two players rushed up to press.

Especially Zhou Yi, he was given the special care of Napoli players. As long as he got the ball, at least two people would go up and grab him, and sometimes three people and four people would.

This made it almost difficult for Zhou Yi to organize an effective offensive - all his energy was spent getting rid of the opponent's entanglement and protecting football, so how could he organize an offense?

Moreover, between him and the frontcourt offensive players, there are several Napoli players. Even if he passes the football forward, it will be difficult for him to penetrate the layers of defense of Napoli players.

Zhou Yi naturally experienced this in a virtual game. But even if he knew what Napoli would do, he would not come up with a better way. If he went forward and got closer to Mark, Reus and others, the connection between him and the backcourt would be cut off. At that time, his teammates would have to pass the front foot, but in that case, the turnover rate was too high and not accurate enough, and it would just be a waste of offensive opportunities.

If he doesn't step forward and stays in the backcourt to organize the offense, then everyone has seen the problems he faces just now.

"...Naples used the high-pressing tactic at the beginning of this game, and launched a siege against every Dortmund player who took the ball... I have to say that their tactics worked quite well..." He Ping said.

In fact, high-pressing is of course a very effective tactic. This is not an invention of Napoli head coach Benitez, but the question is how many teams can implement the high-pressing tactic to the extreme in the game?

Just like Barcelona, ​​everyone knows that when dealing with Barcelona's ball control, as long as you can get a high-pressing position, you can curb them. But Barcelona still dominates European football for many years. In these years, who has repeatedly defeated Barcelona by pressing at high-pressing? Not many, because pressing at high-pressing requires very high levels of teams, and not all teams have the ability to do it.

Nowadays, Benitez's Naples has the intention to implement "high-pressure" in place.

Every player runs tirelessly, covering almost the entire stadium. No matter which corner of the stadium, as long as there are Dortmund players, there must be Naples players.

Zhou Yi's position on the court is the front midfielder, but as he plays the game, he becomes the back midfielder because it is difficult to catch the ball in the front - his teammates pass him for a long time, and his physical ability to fight against him is not advantageous. It is difficult to gain advantage under the clamping of two opponents, and he can win the ball...

After becoming a midfielder, Zhou Yi was able to help the team stabilize the situation in the back court, but it was difficult to transfer the football forward.

Even if he wants to use a long pass to send the football to the front, it will be difficult, because Zhou Yi, as the core of Dortmund, was pressed and snatched by Naples in all directions, and he does not even have space for long passes.

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The teammate passed the football to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi turned his back to the attack direction and made a fake move to turn to the left. He pushed the football to the right side with his right foot and turned his body to the right, intending to get rid of the defensive player Yinle behind him.

But he was unable to achieve his goal, because he had just turned around and found that Inle was still stuck in front of him, making him unable to turn around directly. In order to avoid being interrupted, he could only lead the football horizontally to the side, and Inle continued to run with him, intending to further compress Zhou Yi's activity space.

Of course, Zhou Yi knew that if he continued to lead the way, he would have to lead him to a dead end.

So he stopped suddenly, stepped over the football and threw his left foot back. He pushed the football to the left side, completed the turn, and turned back to the middle.

Inle was not shaken away by Zhou Yi's fake move, but turned around and leaned forward. Of course, he had some pulling moves on his hands to prevent Zhou Yi from escaping completely, but he just pulled and let go of his hand. He did not pull it away. The referee would not call him a foul because of such a hand move.

In the end, there was no way, Zhou Yi could only pass the football back. If he didn't pass the football out, the opponent would not be Inle and he would come to him. He had seen Hamsik rushing towards him. If he had controlled the ball for a while, he would be trapped in the encirclement. At that time, it would be difficult to pass the return accurately.

The match between Zhou Yi and Inle in the midfield is like a microcosm of the game between Dortmund and Naples so far.

Naples relied on tireless running and siege tactics, coupled with the cheers of Naples fans throughout the game, suppressed Dortmund.

Ten minutes passed, Dortmund had only one shot, but it had not hit the goal frame yet.

Napoli used their pressing in the frontcourt to get many opportunities, with two shots hitting the goal frame.

If Weidenfell hadn't made a wonderful save, Dortmund might have conceded the ball.

"Naples is aggressive. Although Dortmund has not conceded the ball yet, if you continue to play like this, Dortmund will concede the ball sooner or later..." Marcel Leif said worriedly.

Facing a high-level press such as Napoli, not only Zhou Yi was uncomfortable, but other Dortmund players were also uncomfortable. In addition, they may have been tossed by the away atmosphere of Napoli. Since the opening game, Dortmund has been suppressed by Napoli and has done nothing.

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The development of the game really made Marcel Lef's statement-in the 29th minute, Napoli's tireless siege in the frontcourt finally received a reward. After they interrupted Dortmund's attack in the midfield, they suddenly launched a fast attack.

Inle passed the football forward to Karehon, who then passed the football to Hamsik on the 30-meter area line.

Hamsik did not stop the ball, but turned around and pushed the ball into Dortmund's penalty area.

There was already a chance for Higuain to run out of the way - he happened to be behind Dortmund's right-back Gros Kreuz who was going forward to defend, and at the same time he was on the same line with the centre-back Subotic who was slightly dragging behind, not offside!

Hamsik's pass accurately found him. Higuain, who was holding the ball in the ribs, lay forward and took a decisive shot!

The football passed the goalkeeper Weidenfeller's fingers, rushed straight to the far corner of the goal, flew in and hit the net!

"Higuain!!!" the Italian commentator was excited. "He scored the first record for Napoli, and Napoli led Dortmund 1:0 at home!"

"Oh, dangerous! Danger..." Marcel Lef exclaimed when he saw Higuain catch the ball in the ribs, but before he finished speaking, Higuain scored the goal. He sighed: "Hamsik and Higuain accurately found the loophole in Dortmund's defense... Dortmund seemed to have been stunned by the high-pressure of Naples..."

"This goal is here! Higuain scored the first goal in the Champions League this season for Napoli! It is also his first goal in the Champions League for Napoli!" Although He Ping was very disappointed, he still had to maintain an apparent neutral and objective attitude. "These 30 minutes are too difficult for Dortmund... They did not have an effective attack and were completely suppressed by Napoli on the scene. It is not surprising that this goal was lost, because they played it before... In the front, both Mark, Reus and Cuba were basically invisible and could not see them at all..."

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After the goal, the Naples players were celebrating wildly, and the Naples fans in the stands were also cheering and cheering for the team.

Zhou Yi stood in the stadium and looked around. If he remembered correctly, the Naples fans in the stands seemed to have never sat down since the first second of the game, and they were all standing and watching the game.

Dortmund's home court, West** Stadium has a special stand. The famous South Stand is the whole stand in the domestic competition, and it will only become a seat in the Champions League.

But in his impression, the Dortmund fans, who are famous for their fanatical and hardcore, cannot stand and watch the game in one game. Except for the South Stand, other fans in the stands would also sit down. However, the fans of Naples stood and watched the game without distinguishing the stands, singing and dancing, shouting and screaming throughout the whole process.

The Naples players on the court don’t know what fatigue is, and the Naples fans on the stands don’t know what fatigue is...

Zhou Yi believes that the passion of these Naples fans must have given the Naples players endless courage and strength, and at the same time, it also greatly disturbed his own teammates...

Whether on or off the court, Naples is a difficult opponent.

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While playing the TV broadcast of Napoli players celebrating the goal, they also took time to give Dortmund players several shots. All the Dortmund players in the camera looked dull and confused.

The Italian commentator joked: "Ha! Our defending champion is in big trouble!"

There was a strong gloom in his tone.
Chapter completed!