Midfielder Ruler

In the 15th minute of the game, the frenzied atmosphere in the Westfalun Stadium exploded. Nearly 80,000 Dortmund fans shouted hysterically, creating a deafening noise.

In many cases, the performance of the players on the field is related to the performance of the fans in the stands.

Once the players on the field perform well, the fans in the stands will certainly not be stingy with their passion.

The Dortmund players and fans at the Westfalen Stadium are very good at interpreting what it means to complement each other...

The game restarted, and the Malaga players, who had the kick-off advantage, wanted to quickly equalize the score, but they forgot that this was here.

Here it is - Westphalia Stadium!

Known as the home of the first devil in Europe! !

Want to show off your might here?

Not so much!

Facing the huge boos erupting from the Westphalon Stadium, the Malaga players holding the ball always felt that an invisible wave was affecting them. Even the Spanish golden boy Isco, whose mentality returned to normal, could not avoid it. , he made mistakes in his consecutive dribbling.

Fortunately, Dortmund's quick counterattack was not successful, otherwise there would be another panic in front of the goal, and there would be danger.

The home team continued to control the rhythm of the game under the shouts of the fans in the stands, so that Malaga, who was behind in the score, had to retreat to the half, waiting for a chance to counterattack.

Tang Zheng is still the Dortmund player that Malaga's defenders focus on marking. However, in view of the damage to Malaga's defense from the previous hooligan tactics, Pellegrini's tactics gave up Tang Zheng's man-to-man defense and became holistic. Regional defense.

In this way, as long as they stand in the defensive position, the effect of Dortmund's hooligan tactics can be minimized.

Twenty minutes into the game, the situation became relatively calm.

Dortmund leads the score and their offensive enthusiasm is very low. They control the football more at their feet, and then consume the physical energy of Malaga's defensive players.

This is a very mature style of play, and it is often the style of play that teams with real rich backgrounds are good at.

Pirlo has rich game experience, wide vision and strong ability to read the game. As long as the football reaches his feet, he can complete the precise transfer.

Malaga players had to go from side to side,

Increase the defensive strength and try to keep the score from expanding.

There is still hope of tying behind 0:1 in the away game. If 0:1 becomes 0:2, the hope of tying the score will be greatly reduced.

Pellegrini stood in the visiting team coach's command area and paced back and forth, adjusting tactics and players' positions on the field through gestures from time to time.

Isco seemed quite aggrieved during this period. The overall passivity of the team prevented the team from passing the football to his feet smoothly during the transition from defense to offense.

Even if the football can be transmitted, Dortmund's overall high pressure is full of effect. Even if Isco's ability to hold the ball at his feet is super, he cannot rely on his personal ability to get rid of the defense.

After all, the whole is always stronger than the individual.

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Dortmund, sitting at the Westfalen Stadium, continued to control the game as the game deepened, and shots in front of the goal began to increase.

At this time, what made Malaga fans feel gratified was that goalkeeper Caballero performed against the sky. He jumped high to resist and kept the goal.

Caballero's sudden outburst led to a lack of confidence in Dortmund's offensive line players. Lewandowski, Reus and Cuba always deliberately pursue angles when shooting.

But the competition is quite fierce, and it is counterproductive to deliberately pursue angles.

Pirlo and Tang Zheng have rich experience and a lot of patience. They realized that Caballero was in a brave state and deliberately slowed down their attack speed in pursuit of efficiency.

Never pass a threatening pass unless the opportunity is perfect.

Dortmund pursued the ball possession rate, and the Malaga players had to increase the speed of running back and forth under the long pass scheduling of Tang Zheng, Pirlo and Gundogan.

The continuous running for a long time will make people feel a little uncomfortable. In the 32nd minute of the game, Baptista, who was at the top, saw Gundogan passing the ball to Pirlo. He wanted to vent and use The strong body gives Pirlo some color.

Pirlo has rich experience in the game, and he is not strong enough to be able to play the midfielder position. There must be something special about him.

In terms of ball protection and blocking, Pirlo has unique insights.

Baptista, who wanted to hit his shoulder with his shoulder, didn't expect Pirlo's reaction to be so fast. He took a step forward with his right foot, leaving Baptista with a back.

Baptista didn't slam the brakes on the spot to avoid a rear-end collision, but slammed forward, while extending his left foot to try to reach the ball behind.

The football was stabbed by him, but the referee Thomson's whistle also sounded.

The foul Baptista spread his hands, looking innocent.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-"

At the same time, there were deafening boos at the Westfalen Stadium, and it was given to Baptista who fouled and showed an innocent expression.

Thomson saw it very accurately, and he used firm words: "Don't try to provoke my authority. I see it very clearly. If you make unnecessary explanations, I don't mind giving you a yellow card."

For a while, Baptista faltered, did not speak, and returned to his own half to assist in the defense.

As the captain, Tang Zheng naturally had to protect the interests of the team. He ran to the referee Thomson to complain, thinking that Baptista's foul action was serious and he must receive a yellow card.

However, the referee Thomson shrugged and said: "The action is a bit big, but it is not enough for a yellow card."

Tang Zheng saw that the referee was very firm, and Baptista stayed where the incident happened, and didn't say anything, but turned around and reached out to Pirlo, ready to pull him up.

But Pirlo pointed to the inside of his right knee and shook his head, frowning.

Suddenly, Tang Zheng had a bad premonition.

as predicted!

After the team doctor's examination, Pirlo probably injured the medial ligament of his right knee in the collision just now.

For this kind of soft tissue trauma, it is generally difficult to persist.

It was difficult for Pirlo to even get off the field, and when he had to, he went on a stretcher.

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The on-site director gave a slow-motion playback, from which it can be clearly seen that Baptista's left knee, which has not retracted his feet, hit the inside of Pirlo's right knee.

Pirlo was injured suddenly, and Klopp did not file a record at all. He only considered how to adjust after he determined that Pirlo could not persist in the game.

He turned his head to look at the bench, Shaheen, Sven Bender, Gotze can all come off the bench.

Shaheen can be compared to Pirlo in terms of function, but the comparison here is his peak period in Dortmund.

Since moving to Real Madrid, Shaheen has played very little time, and even in the first half of this season when he was loaned to Liverpool, he didn't get many playing opportunities. It is also difficult to get playing opportunities in the Dortmund team with a stable lineup.

In such a critical game, it is obviously not a very smart way to replace Shaheen.

Sven Bender?

As a defensive midfielder, he can liberate Gundogan, and he will definitely be able to put more pressure on Malaga and try to kill the game.

But then again, the double defensive midfielders of Gundogan and Pirlo were arranged before the game to make the offense three-dimensional.

If Sven Bender is deployed, it will have a great impact on tactics, which means that there will be one less organization point in the midfield.

So, Klopp looked at Gotze: "Mario!!"

As soon as the words fell, the three players who might come off the bench had different expressions.

The expressions of Shaheen and Sven Bender clearly showed disappointment, while Gotze, on the contrary, jumped up excitedly.

Half a minute later, Gotze, who hadn't had time to warm up, replaced the injured Pirlo.

In this regard, Central 5 commentator He Wei talked about his doubts: "If the matchup is adjusted, Sven Bender and Shaheen can both be competent, but Gotze is playing, so is it possible to play a double attacking midfielder?"

As Gotze stepped into the pitch, he ran towards Tang Zheng at the same time, conveying Klopp's tactical adjustments.

Seeing that Tang Zheng retreated to a position almost parallel to Jing Duoan, the central 5 commentator He Wei gave the original expression: "Oh? Tang Zheng retreated to the position of the midfielder to partner with Jing Duoan. In this case, Dortmund's offensive It can still pose a huge threat to Malaga, and Tang Zheng's ability to hit the back is super strong..."

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif also said: "Jurgen's substitution is very thoughtful. I think Malaga's defense is going to be in trouble!"

According to theory, Gotze's playing can enrich Dortmund's frontcourt attack.

But the problem that must be considered is that Gotze has just replaced the game, and the warm-up has not been completed, and he has not yet integrated into the rhythm of the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, giving people the feeling that he is always half a beat behind.

In just three minutes, Gotze conceded twice.

The core of the attacking organization in the frontcourt frequently concedes the ball, which has a great impact on Dortmund's overall offense and defense. It means that the offense cannot be linked together, and Tang Zheng's responsibility becomes even greater.

But he didn't dare to leave his position too far after retreating to the midfielder. After all, Gundogan is also strong in offense and weak in attack, so it is difficult to play the role of Sven Bender.

Gotze is actively integrating into the overall rhythm of the game, but Malaga's offense continues to pose a threat to Weidenfeller's goal under the organization of Isco.

Isco played very smartly when the team was gradually gaining offensive opportunities. He chose to bypass Tang Zheng's defense zone in the offensive organization.

Tang Zheng naturally realized that Isco was deliberately avoiding him, but he didn't have a good way now.

Although Malaga's overall strength is not as good as Dortmund's, the average age is much higher than Dortmund's, which means that they have more experience in the game and know how to be more conducive to their offense.

In the thirty-ninth minute, Tang Zheng handed the ball to Goetze, and Goetze encountered Tulalan's frontal defense just as he turned around.

After passing the football, Tang Zheng shouted loudly: "Pass it back."

Gotze wanted to pass back, but his brain subconsciously gave instructions, and the outside instep of his right foot flicked the ball to the right.

At this moment, a Malaga player suddenly appeared on the right of Gotze.

The Spanish national TV commentator suddenly shouted: "Martin Demichelis!!"

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"Ooh-oh--"

With Demichelis suddenly stealing the ball at Gotze's feet, there was a deafening exclamation at the Westfalen Stadium.

Tang Zheng was the closest to Demichelis, so he naturally shouldered the heavy responsibility of being the first line of defense, so he rushed forward without hesitation.

Demichelis played very stealthily, and quickly diverted the ball away after attracting Tang Zheng's attention.

It wasn't until this moment that Tang Zheng realized that he was playing as a midfielder, so he shouldn't have stepped forward to defend so recklessly.

But the problem has happened, and the thing to do now is to make up for the mistakes.

The football reached Joaquin's feet, Tang Zheng slammed on the spot and ran back quickly.

You must know that the running speed of football is much faster than that of people, and the core tactic of Malaga's away game against Dortmund is to counterattack quickly, so the counterattack after stealing the ball is very tactical...

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The frenetic atmosphere at the Westfalenstadion dropped to its lowest point at this moment, and the Malaga players ran under their expeditionary stands to celebrate the goal.

Tang Zheng stood with his hands on his hips, shook his head and smiled wryly in front of the arc top of his own restricted area.

From a personal point of view, Dortmund's conceded goals have something to do with him.

First of all, passing the ball to Gotze did not give much consideration to Gotze's game integration, and secondly, it was very reckless to pounce on Demichelis. Without Gundogan or Pirlo as protection...

Central 5 commentator He Wei is a little worried: "Now the score has become 1:1, and the total score of the two sides has become 2:2. That is to say, if the score ends now, the two sides will enter overtime. Once Malaga One more goal and Dortmund are in danger."

Speaking of this, he paused, frowned and continued: "Pirlo's end due to injury really has an extraordinary impact on Dortmund."

Marcel Leff talked about Klopp's substitution: "It seems that Jurgen's tactics did not have the effect he wanted to see. Instead, the signal to strengthen the offense caused the team to become passive."

At the same time, Tang Zheng took a deep breath. As the captain, he naturally had to shoulder the responsibility of boosting morale, so he took the initiative to take the blame: "This ball is my responsibility. I didn't observe the surrounding environment of Mario well, and the defense was also reckless."

Immediately, Tang Zheng's voice was raised a few degrees, and he shouted: "But everyone, don't worry, everyone should perform their duties, and we must be the ones who will advance to the final four!"

No one noticed, Gotze lowered his head, clenched his hands naturally, looking very unwilling.

His reluctance is justified. Strictly speaking, the blame should be borne by himself.

After Tang Zheng passed the football, he asked Gotze to pass back, but Gotze, feeling the huge pressure, chose to dribble subconsciously...

The game restarted, and Dortmund's offense became cautious. Tang Zheng and Gundogan deliberately controlled the rhythm, waiting for Gotze, who came off the bench, to find the rhythm of the game.

Perhaps affected by the loss of the ball, Gotze integrated into the game very quickly, and even completed a threatening long-range shot.

However, Malaga's defense line retreated very far, and the three defensive areas protected each other very well. Dortmund's offense could not reach the core.

The score did not change until the referee Thomson blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the two sides entered the locker room with a score of 1:1.

The Dortmund players in the broadcast footage were somewhat in a bad mood. If it weren't for Pirlo's sudden injury, they would probably enter the locker room with a bigger score instead of the current 1:1

A total score draw is not a good thing, it will mean that the next game is full of suspense.

Any mistake is fatal!