Midfielder Ruler

At the pre-match routine press conference held in the press conference hall of the Camp Nou Stadium, the media were very speechless about Klopp's use of No. 2 goalkeeper Yan Junling in the second round of the Champions League semi-final, especially the German media.

Needless to say, the particularity of the goalkeeper position is known to anyone who knows a little bit about football.

Under normal circumstances, there are no more than two situations for a team to use a substitute goalkeeper. One is that the main goalkeeper is injured, and the other is suspension.

Weidenfeller has only been suspended for one game in the domestic Bundesliga. He only received one yellow card in the Champions League this season, which is far from a suspension.

In this case, the second goalkeeper is used, and the media with different concerns see different problems.

The German media believes that it is unsafe for Klopp to make Yan Junling adapt to the rhythm of the national derby in the second round of the Champions League semi-finals. A little carelessness may cause Dortmund to be destroyed.

The excitement of the Chinese media, because once Yan Junling appears in the Champions League on behalf of Dortmund, he will create many records.

For example: the first Asian goalkeeper to represent the top five European league teams in the Champions League, the first Asian goalkeeper to appear in the Champions League semi-finals, the youngest Asian goalkeeper to represent a European team...

The media in Madrid, Spain didn't feel very deep, but the local media in Catalonia were very angry. They believed that Klopp's actions completely underestimated the former six-time champion Barcelona.

The increase in glory has given the Catalan media a great sense of superiority. Even if they lost 0:4 at the Westfalen Stadium as a guest, they still believe that Barcelona can win back at the Nou Camp Stadium.

This campaign returns to the Camp Nou, and Dortmund, who is a guest, should focus on it.

However, in the crucial second round of the Champions League semi-finals, the substitute goalkeeper was used even though the starting goalkeeper was unharmed. It will inevitably cause the Catalan media to think too much.

The job of the media is to rely on imagination to make a living. How can such an obvious "contempt" be turned a blind eye?

The reporter of the local Catalan media "Mundo Deportivo" said displeasedly: "Mr. Jurgen, as far as I know, your team's No. What if Dortmund collapsed at the Camp Nou?"

Klopp smiled, did not answer the question directly, and said very comfortably: "There is no 'if' in the world. Besides, Yan has been in a very good training state these days. The coaching staff and I have great confidence in him. As for me, I am more worried about Barcelona. Will that shot test him..."

The implication is very obvious,

Barcelona's disastrous defeat at the Westphalon Stadium in the first round was directly related to their shooting percentage.

There are a lot of shots, but the number of shots that hit the goal range is pitifully small.

The reporter of "World Sports Daily" was very angry, but he did not decide to give in and was ready to make trouble: "The players are all in ups and downs. This campaign returns to the Nou Camp Stadium. I believe that Barcelona can score at least five goals."

Klopp spread his hands and joked: "Just believe that you are happy."

Immediately, there was tacit laughter in the press conference hall of Camp Nou, mocking the funny performance of the "World Sports Daily" reporter.

Klopp's four-two strokes are very good!

Immediately, the topic moved in the right direction under the control of the press officer, and attention returned to tomorrow night's game.

In fact, there is only a theoretical possibility for Barcelona to achieve a major reversal. Many media, experts and fans have already agreed that Dortmund has advanced to the Champions League final this season. The Catalan media just did not see the coffin and did not cry.

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Yan Junling, who returned to the hotel where he was staying, noticed the regular press conference of the UEFA Champions League semi-final second-leg contest not long after he habitually checked Twitter, and his mood suddenly became excited.

After working hard for more than four months, I can finally represent Dortmund in an official game, and it is also a top contest like the semi-finals of the Champions League!

Head coach Klopp considered Yan Junling's mood swings when he represented Dortmund in the Champions League semi-final for the first time, and he specifically asked the team's 65-year-old psychologist Heiner Langkamp to enlighten Yan Junling and let him play lightly. .

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Tuesday, April 30, local time in Europe, the Champions League match day.

There is still more than half a day before the second round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Barcelona and Dortmund at home. The outer square of Camp Nou, the largest professional football stadium in Europe, is already active with a large number of diehard Barcelona fans.

There are also Dortmund fans, but it is almost negligible because of the number of people.

At 6:30 in the evening, under the wild boos of the Barcelona fans, the Dortmund team left the hotel where they were staying in the bus and headed to the Nou Camp Stadium, the venue for the second round of the Champions League semi-final.

The Dortmund players on the bus were very relaxed. It is not difficult to see that the 4:0 home score advantage has brought about obvious psychological changes.

Klopp's tactical requirements in the away game are very simple, to qualify for the promotion at the smallest cost.

Of course, this does not mean that Dortmund will be fully defensive when they are a guest at the Nou Camp, on the contrary, they have to play their own style.

Barcelona, ​​who lost 0:4 in the away game, will definitely spare no effort to attack in an all-round way when they return to the home court, so stabilizing their position is the first priority, and the second is to seize the opportunity in the counterattack.

Once a goal is scored at the Nou Camp, Barcelona is not far from collapse.

Because Dortmund scored away from home, Barcelona must win by five goals to qualify for the comeback.

This is also one of the reasons why Klopp finally chose Yan Junling as the starting goalkeeper for this game.

In this game, the error tolerance rate is very high.

But this does not mean that Klopp allows players to make mistakes. On the contrary, in the regular meeting held at the hotel last night, he emphasized the mental outlook of the away game. Winning at home does not mean that the team has advanced in advance. The odds are several percent higher.

The whole team arrived at the Nou Camp, warmed up, returned to the locker room, and prepared for the game.

With the Champions League theme song "-League" resounding throughout the Camp Nou, the referee team led the players from both sides into the stadium to carry out a series of necessary procedures for the Champions League.

At the same time, He Wei, the commentator of Central 5, was in a great mood, looking at Yan Jun who was following Tang Zheng, he was very inspired: "The one who is following the captain Tang Zheng is the Chinese goalkeeper Yan Junling. He caused a lot of media enthusiasm before the game. It even aroused extreme dissatisfaction in the local Catalonia media..."

"Yan Junling joined Dortmund at the beginning of this year. I think most of the fans don't know who Yan Junling is. Here I have to explain. Yan Junling came from the Genbao training base and was the main goalkeeper of the 2012 Chinese Premier League champion Shanghai Teles. , a fairly young post-90s goalkeeper..."

"The first time to represent Dortmund in an official game is the focus of the Champions League semi-finals. I hope he doesn't have too much burden in his heart. He just needs to show his own training level. My fellow apprentice Yan Junling has some confidence..."

At the moment of the game, Tang Zheng called his teammates to gather together after finishing the side-picking session at the referee team, cheering each other up to boost morale.

In the end, Tang Zheng took the initiative to pull Yan Junling towards the goal. He stretched out his right hand and squeezed Yan Junling's right hand that was also extended: "Come on! I believe you can become famous in one battle! Just like you want to become the first player in the European top league A Chinese goalkeeper with a foothold."

"I know."

Yan Junling nodded very humbly.

This scene happened to be captured by the on-site director, and the topic of Central 5 commentator He Wei returned to Yan Junling's first appearance: "If you guessed correctly, Zhang Tangzheng is privately giving Yan Junling a small lesson to relieve him from the huge pressure brought by the game. .”

At the same time, Messi pulled Villa and Pedro, and the three whispered a few words, not knowing what to discuss.

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"Beautiful!!" He Wei, the commentator of Central 5, was extremely excited and shouted almost crazily: "Yan Junling used a very wonderful sideways save to save Messi's long-range shot out of the bottom line!"

The commentator of Catalonia TV said regretfully: "Leo's loading has improved qualitatively compared to last week. I think as the game progresses, his state will become more abnormal! Become the omnipotent Leo!"

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif nodded lightly, and said with relief: "I think the German media and Dortmund fans can take a breath of relief for the time being. From the current situation, it can be concluded that Yan's reaction speed and state are quite good. .”

At the same time, Hummels, who was somewhat careless in defense, pulled up Yan Junling, who made a wonderful save, and said gratefully: "Beautiful."

Other teammates also gave Yan Junling full encouragement, hoping that he will continue to work hard in the next game.

Klopp, who was standing on the sidelines, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yan Junling's performance. The defense just now was due to Hummels' defensive error, so that Messi got a long-range shot. If it wasn't for Yan Junling's quick reaction, Barcelona would probably take advantage of it. An offensive opportunity opened the scoring in the opening game.

Yan Junling is a rookie on the team, he doesn't have the courage and confidence to scold his teammates angrily.

But Tang Zheng is different, he is the current team captain, and has absolute authority in the team.

He first touched Yan Junling's hair intimately, and then yelled at Hummels: "Focus on the game! Don't give the opponent any chance, you know?"

Hummels was a little embarrassed, but he knew that Tang Zheng was doing it for his own good, so he nodded solemnly in agreement, expressing that he would concentrate on the next game.

Immediately, Tang Zheng yelled at the surrounding defenders: "You must concentrate! Don't let me get distracted!!"

The head coach Klopp wanted to hit the players on the field when he was lucky enough to spare, but he didn't expect the captain Tang Zheng to do this job again, so it was a lot easier.

Five minutes before the game, Barcelona, ​​which was sitting at the Camp Nou, played quite proactively, especially Messi and Pedro, who were not active enough in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals and were criticized by the media.

Compared with the lack of active and exciting running in the first round, the running and enthusiasm of this game have been greatly increased, so many more opportunities have been created.

According to Messi's opening game strategy, he wanted to use Yan Junling's nervousness in the Champions League semi-finals for the first time to shoot more long shots and force the opponent to make mistakes.

As a result, people are not as good as heaven, and Yan Junling's performance was beyond his surprise.

Five minutes later, Messi had to change his strategy and find space with more tandems and runs.

However, Klopp's tactics before the game were very rigorous, and the positions between the players were maintained very well. The double midfielders partnered by Sven Bender and Gundogan were enough to ensure the safety of the area in front of the central defender. When Tang Zheng ran around without sparing any effort, Barcelona didn't create any decent chances.

Klopp is also targeted in the formation of troops. He replaced Goetze with the faster Kuba, which means that Kuba and Royce can form two sharp swords well, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

In addition, the problem that cannot be ignored is that Alves has been suspended for three yellow cards in the first round. It is difficult to create opportunities with only Messi or Pedro on the right. Alba on the left is a little immature. He only moved to Barcelona last summer. He is a little lacking in coordination.

With a good defensive foundation, Dortmund also got some offensive opportunities.

Tang Zheng considered coach Klopp's employment and tactics, he often took the initiative to retreat to get the ball.

It's not that Tang Zheng is afraid of Barcelona's defenders, but that Kuba, who replaced Gotze, lacks technical ability, and more retreats can take the premise of Barcelona's entire defense line.

In this way, both Royce and Kuba will have room to sprint.

In the double-handed game, you come and go, and the game is very open.

In the words of Marcel Leff, Barcelona has no retreat and must score goals as soon as possible.

Continuous attacks may bring great hidden dangers to the defense, but not scoring is to kill yourself, Barcelona has no choice!

In the 14th minute, Messi, who made consecutive breakthroughs on the right side of the attack, took advantage of Gundogan's supplementary defense, fake shots and real dunks to get a breakthrough opportunity at the top of the arc in the penalty area. Let Messi move forward and take a decisive foul.

The Dutch referee Kupels decisively blew his whistle and gave Subotic a yellow card.

"This position is a bit dangerous~" The central 5 commentator looked at the place of Subotic's foul, and was a little worried: "The top of the penalty area is on the right side of the arc, about 23 meters away from the goal. Messi has a kick here... ..."

"Aww-"

Barcelona fans at the Camp Nou erupted in deafening cheers as they saw Messi standing at the foul spot with a football in his arms.

In this position, Messi does his part!

The tone of the Catalan TV commentator has obvious ups and downs: "I have a strong feeling that Leo will open the scoring first!"

Yan Junling, who was wearing the No. 12 jersey, looked very nervous. From time to time, he directed the wall to the left or right with gestures, and did not stop arranging the six-man wall until the referee Kupels asked.

Klopp stood on the sidelines with his hands folded, looking very nervous.

Watching Messi highlights, there are many goals in this position!

But...his worries seemed unnecessary.

Messi's free kick was tricky and his speed was not bad, but Yan Junling's reaction and bullet speed have been improved after training in the footbonaut training room. With a single palm, he saved Messi's inevitable free kick to the bottom line...

For Klopp and Dortmund fans, Yan Junling's performance... was a pleasant surprise.