Two hundred and twentieth chapters shaken
The two games were played in such a strange tacit understanding, getting closer and closer to the end of the first half.
Neither Guardiola nor Klopp could sit on the coach's seat, but stood on the sidelines, constantly using body language to direct the team.
After the 42nd minute, Zhou Yi suddenly made a pass outside the penalty area, Yan Min inserted it, successfully counter-offside and received the ball in the penalty area.
This time he still chose to shoot himself.
His shot was once again saved by Hannover 96 goalkeeper Ziller from the baseline.
Dortmund won a corner kick.
"Yan Min's shooting choice is not the best, but he can always run to the position and receive Zhou Yi's pass... If you calm down after getting the ball, it would be great. I think this is the difference between Yan Min and Zhou Yi. Why is the age difference, but Zhou Yi gives people a much more mature feeling? Because he is calm enough on the court." Duan Xin tactfully criticized Yan Min's performance
Yan Min is now the player with the most shots in Dortmund, but he did not bring a goal to Dortmund, and even one of the reasons why Dortmund does not have an advantage in the current situation.
Duan Xin criticized Yan Min and hoped that Yan Min could perform better and make greater progress, although after he came to Dortmund from home, his progress was already shocking.
But considering the next World Cup, Duan Xin certainly hopes that Yan Min can be more mature. After all, no one wants Yan Min to become the next "Nani" - when Cristiano Ronaldo transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid, Manchester United introduced winger Nani, who is the same nationality as him. At that time, the media made Nani the successor of Cristiano Ronaldo. But it was later proved that despite Nani's outstanding talent, she was far from being able to become Cristiano Ronaldo's successor.
Yan Min sometimes shows a bit similar to Nani. This makes Duan Xin a little worried.
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Yan Min's shot won a corner kick for Dortmund.
Reus went to take the penalty, but Zhou Yi also ran up.
When Reus set up the football and got up, he saw Zhou Yi's gesture to him in the distance, which was to punish the tactical corner kick.
So he did not kick the football in front of the goal, but passed the football to Zhou Yi who came up to pick him up.
Because it was a corner kick, all the players of Hannover 96 were reclaimed in front of the goal, and Zhou Yi had no one to defend him when he got the ball.
After Zhou Yi received the ball, he did not pass the football immediately, but stopped.
While Hannover 96 players were pressing out, some rushed towards Zhou Yi, making such a big threat unguarded is too dangerous.
Zhou Yi looked up and observed the restricted area.
If it is normal, Hannover 96 people only need to run out, leaving Dortmund's players in the penalty area is very simple. But today, because he unexpectedly took the ball on the wing, the Hannover 96 defensive players were distracted, and their pace was not so uniform.
This gave Zhou Yi a chance.
He crossed the foot!
With a cross at a forty-five degrees, the football flew into the center of the penalty area.
There, Papastasopoulos jumped high, and he did not offside. Instead, he gently clicked back and headed the ball!
The football was ferryed to Hummels on the ribs!
Hummels was also not offside, he kicked a kick on the edge of the small penalty area!
The football rolls towards the lower left corner of the goal.
This time, although Hannover 96 goalkeeper Ziller made a save, it was too late.
The football rolled into the goal!
"Hummels!! Dortmund broke the deadlock! This ball is not offside, there is no problem!"
The Hannover HDI Arena, which had been very noisy before, suddenly became quiet, with only the cheers of Dortmund players and the few Dortmund fans.
Klopp, who had been walking around the sidelines, finally smiled on his face.
He can breathe for a while - this goal is very critical and the time node is also very good. If Hannover 96 brings the draw back to the home break, it will undoubtedly be a great boost to their morale, and it will be a blow to Dortmund's morale, which will be even worse in the second half.
And now just before the end of the first half, Hummels scored a goal, which immediately made the Hannover 96 players feel that their previous efforts for more than 40 minutes were wasted... This has a huge blow to their confidence and morale.
After Hummels scored, the TV broadcast scored a real-time league standings.
According to everyone's current score, Bayern Munich is still ranked first in the league at 70.
But Dortmund changed from 65 points to 68 points, still second in the league, but he caught up to only two points!
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Just as Hummels broke the deadlock for Dortmund, at Mainz's home court, Opel Arena, Bayern Munich midfielder Tony Kroos made a long shot at the front of the penalty area, and the football went above the crossbar.
This was Bayern Munich's last shot in the first half and the closest to the goal.
After that, both sides made no achievements and the first half ended.
At this time, Bayern Munich's coaching staff had already learned that Dortmund was leading Hannover 96 with one goal away. Although they did not start to talk about it, everyone's expression betrayed their anxious hearts.
Hermann Grande smelled some dangerous smell.
After Guardiola came to Bayern Munich, he also brought his coaching team. It turned out that everyone who helped Heinx in Bayern Munich was almost gone, and Hermann Grande was the only one remaining. He experienced Bayern Munich led almost one season last season and finally let Dortmund reverse this.
So what happened today made him feel very familiar.
This familiar feeling is not good.
Guardiola suddenly walked to Hermann Grande, covered her mouth with her hands and leaned into his ear and said, "Don't let someone tell the players about the score of the Dortmund game. If they want to ask, they will say they don't know."
Grand nodded.
He understood why Guardiola did this. In the last game, the players only watched Dortmund's live game broadcast for a few minutes at the last moment, and almost lost their minds in the half. If they knew that they were fighting hard here, Dortmund was already leading there, I'm afraid they wouldn't know how it would affect their condition.
At critical moments, Guardiola cannot do anything extraordinary.
But Grande understood, but the feeling of danger in his heart became stronger - before that, did Guardiola make such a special arrangement?
He is always full of confidence and doesn't care about his opponents, and he is the main focus. Under his leadership, Bayern Munich also played the most successful start of the league. So far, the league has maintained an unbeaten 25 rounds, which is the best start record of the Bundesliga season. In these 25 rounds of the league, Bayern Munich achieved a terrifying record of 22 wins and 3 draws, with a winning rate of 88%, which is unmatched in the five major European leagues.
Such brilliant achievements have always been the basis for supporting the confidence of this team.
But today, when Guardiola finished saying this to him with his mouth covering his mouth, then lowered his head and walked past him with his neck, Hermann Grande suddenly felt that the foundation under his feet seemed to be shaking, not so solid.
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The first half of the two games ended almost at the same time.
After Bayern Munich blew the whistle to the end of the first half, Dortmund soon ended the first half.
Everyone knows that on the other side, the match between Bayern Munich and Mainz is still 0:0, without any change.
Everyone knows what this means.
The players' faces were filled with joy.
But after entering the locker room, Klopp closed the door with a stern face.
"Don't be too happy too early! The game is still forty-five minutes! We only lead one ball! Everything is possible! Don't lose the game because of your complacent performance during the break, so I won't spare you easily!"
"Now focus your attention on this game, don't worry about any other messy things!"
Klopp did not directly say Bayern Munich, he hoped to express his attitude in this way - he didn't even bother mentioning Bayern Munich's name, so it would be better for the players not to think about it.
They don't need to care about any other issues except to defeat the opponent in front of them.
Be yourself well.
Chapter completed!