Despite the booing on the spot, the referee's penalty was quite accurate. Yan Min himself rolled off the ground and got up, but he did not ask the referee to fight for a penalty kick.

After the commentators questioned it, the TV broadcast quickly gave the slow motion just now. Leno did reach out to block Yan Min's poke and then Yan Min hit it, losing balance and falling to the ground...

"It's really not a penalty kick..." Duan Xin said with some regret. If it were a penalty kick, Dortmund would be able to equalize the score in the first half.

"Leno made a key save! It's very beautiful and important!" The Korean commentator cheered for Leno's performance. Like Duan Xin, he became a supporter of Leverkusen because his country's players are in this team. Duan Xin is because Dortmund has Zhou Yi and Yan Min, so he naturally has to treat Dortmund as the home team.

Marcel Leif focused on Yan Min: "Although he did not score, he did not win a penalty kick for the team. But Yan Min's performance just now was really great. He made a firm breakthrough and agile turn and maneuver, and he could still bring the football out in the encirclement, which fully demonstrated his skillful footwork and personal ability. The last time he chased the ball, he also showed his explosive power to the fullest... It's a pity that this kick was a very forced shot... If he didn't poke the ball, he pushed the football to the side so that Leno did not touch the football, and tripped him to the ground, this ball might be a penalty? In short, Dortmund missed a good opportunity to equalize the score..."

The TV broadcast gave Yan Min a close-up shot. He hugged his head with both hands and felt extremely upset that he had not poked the football through Leno's fingers. He almost became the "lonely hero" that Zhou Yi said. He finally had such an opportunity, but he wasted it himself, which was simply disappointing Zhou Yi's encouragement and trust for him!

But he was upset that he saw Zhou Yi giving him a thumbs up.

He was stunned for a moment.

He thought Zhou Yi should be as upset as himself, after all, this opportunity was really rare.

"You scared them very much." Taking advantage of the corner kick preparation time, Zhou Yi ran up and said to Yan Min. "Look at their expressions."

Yan Min looked around and Leverkusen's players rushed up and hugged Leno to make a key save. He couldn't see what it meant to be scared.

"Their celebrating like this means they are very scared. Of course, Leno made a wonderful and critical save, but from another perspective, if your attack is not outstanding and threatening enough, you may not be so embarrassed, right?" Zhou Yi smiled.

Yan Min scratched his head, it was true...

"And, after your breakthrough this time, I think no one of them dares to relax their defense against you anymore." Zhou Yi continued, covering his mouth.

"Isn't that even more a pity for missing this opportunity?" Yan Min was puzzled. This means that it would be difficult for him to want such a good opportunity next time.

Zhou Yi smiled and shook his head: "There is a limit on the number of people on the field. If you invest more here, you will have less there. When they pay attention to you, guess how many more people they can take out to pester me on my side?"

Yan Min suddenly realized that it was Zhou Yi who gave him cover just now, and after he fully demonstrated his threat to Leverkusen, he replaced him with providing cover for Zhou Yi.

A football game does not necessarily require a goal to be considered successful in every offense. If you can force the opponent to change the focus of your defense and free up other teammates, it will be a successful offense and will be valuable.

He doesn't mind being a green leaf for others. If he chooses a winger or a winger, he must have the awareness of making wedding dresses for others.

So he cheered up and nodded vigorously: "Then I have a chance to continue to rush them!"

"Surprise! Of course, you must be surprised! You must always keep threats."

After Zhou Yi finished his explanation, he turned around and left the penalty area and fought for corner kicks, so he would not go in and join in the fun.

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"I noticed that before Yan Min broke through this time, Zhou Yi went to see him and covered his mouth and told him for a while. Will Yan Min's personal performance be there..." Assistant coach Gerliko Buvac frowned and guessed.

Klopp nodded before he could finish his words: "I think yes, you didn't see that Zhou Yi went to him again after this breakthrough? I don't know what they said, but now Yan Min is obviously not upset that he missed a great opportunity."

Speaking of this, Klopp laughed: "Zhou Yi is really a worry-free player... I think the idea provided by Zhou Yi is correct. We should give off more freedom to the offensive players in the frontcourt so that they can play freely. This is actually a good way to break the deadlock now."

He looked up at his watch, and there were ten minutes left before the end of the first half.

If Dortmund cannot equalize the score in the first half, he has nothing to worry about. During the break, he will tell the whole team, especially those involved in the offense, that letting them do this will greatly increase the difficulty of Leverkusen's defense. The most important thing is that when they become active, they can reduce the defensive pressure faced by Zhou Yi.

Klopp, who thought about how to adjust during the halftime break, now I just hope that the team will not concede the ball again.

But this problem doesn't need to be worried about.

When Yan Min showed that he could fight a defense alone, Leverkusen was indeed very afraid of it in defense. They would definitely not ignore Yan Min like they did just now. On the other hand, they would not be more devoted to the offense like they did before.

As a result, Dortmund's defense became much safer.

Because his investment in offense is not as good as before, Son Heung-min did not get any good opportunities, at least he did not shoot again.

This made Son Heung-min a little anxious. When he was in such a good state, he suddenly had no chance to shoot. This is not a good trend...

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It was not until the 41st minute that Leverkusen, who had been in the previous advantage, made another attack that could threaten Weidenfeller's goal - Hegler shot with a kick from the top of the penalty area, and the football went above the crossbar.

Neither side had a higher quality attack afterwards, and the first half ended here. Leverkusen, who played away, temporarily led Dortmund 1:0.

However, unlike the situation in the first thirty minutes of the first half, it is hard to say that Leverkusen has the advantage at the end of the first half. They should enter the locker room with a relaxed mood, and it is hard to say that Dortmund players are just frustrated.

The lead with one goal, and the performance of the two teams in the last ten minutes gave everyone a lot of room for imagination, and there are still many possibilities for development in this game.

At least Yan Min's breakthrough in the first half is still impressive.

In the locker room of Dortmund, many players came to rub Yan Min's hair, which made his head messy like a chicken coop.

His breakthrough in the first half changed a lot of things. This change is something that players can feel.

However, Yan Min did not intend to be greedy for merit. He explained to his teammates: "That is actually Zhou Yi's attention, really..."

The teammates laughed and continued to rub his hair: "I guess they are, didn't he talk to you? This is nothing strange, but it's still very good that you can do so well!"

"Yes, we have no surprises about Zhou Yi's behavior. He is such a person. But you are even more surprising, haha!"

Everyone's "ravaged" of Yan Min will not end until Klopp enters the locker room.

As soon as Klopp came in, he praised Yan Min for his breakthrough in the first half: "Although he did not score, it was an offense that changed the situation. He was very bold and had good luck."

Next he began to arrange tactical adjustments for the second half to the players, without delaying a minute.

In fact, it is the content he summarized before. The core idea is just one - to relax restrictions and allow offensive players to play more freely. If they have the ability and opportunity, it doesn't matter if they dribble the ball and become a lone hero by themselves.

Of course, doing this is bound to be risky, so this requires everyone in the frontcourt to actively invest in counter-grabbing. If you lose the ball, you must fight back on the spot. If you can't grab it, you must force it up. In short, you must never let the opponent go easily.

This puts higher requirements on the players' physical fitness, but this is a price that must be paid. If the backward side wants to win, they can't expect to lie comfortably, and the opponent will take the initiative to send the mistakes to the door, right?

"Not only do we have to grab the ball after we lose the ball, but we also need to use more active running to create opportunities when attacking. We must run!"

Although there are many criticisms of Klopp's "mad dog tactics", Klopp still continues to emphasize that running is the most important thing.

In his football philosophy, running is the basis of everything. Without running, there will be no modern football, and there is no glory of Dortmund in the past three seasons. Although he knows that injury is inevitable to squeeze players like this, Klopp has no intention of changing it. After all, this is the path he has insisted on in six seasons at Dortmund. His football philosophy has also made a very deep mark on Dortmund's team. How can one change it by saying it is?
Chapter completed!