strictlysupreme Chapter 499 Home Showdown (1)
Chapter 499 Home Showdown (1)
Chapter 499 Home Battle ([-])
The shot gave a long shot, with a red dragon unfolding in the distance and Li Qiao in the near. This shot will become a classic in the future.
At this time, the familiar song "You Will Never Walk Alone" was played at the home court of "Dortmund". Tens of thousands of people held up the "Dortmund" scarves and swayed to the beat.
After a touching opening ceremony, the players high-fived each other, then the captain picked a side, and in between the others were ready to play.
After picking sides, it was "Dortmund" who kicked off first in the first half!
Chelsea's starting lineup for this game is:
Goalkeeper - Thibaut Courtois
Defense - Azpilicueta, Terry, Cahill, Ivanovic
Double defensive midfielder-Mikel, Matic
Forward line - Willian, Fabregas, Hazard
Forward - Pato
Except for the suspended Costa, everyone else was the starting player in the last game. In addition, Chelsea's substitute lineup is also very strong today.
Brazilian international "Oscar", Spaniard "Pedro" and so on.
And "Dortmund" Wang Kong is back, Klopp has sent the strongest lineup this season, and Uncle Zha is also bound to win this game.
Before the game, Klopp guessed Chelsea's tactics for this game. How will Hiddink arrange it?
According to common sense, since the home game is 3 to 2, then the away game is 0 to 0, that is, Chelsea may choose conservative tactics, but intuition tells Klopp that things must not be so simple.
On the football field, the more you want to defend, the more you end up playing chicken and eggs. There is nothing. Klopp guessed that Chelsea will attack, at least in the first half.
In the end, the facts proved that Chelsea really did this. At the beginning of the game, Chelsea launched a crazy press in the frontcourt. Even Weidenfeller was not spared. Even if the goalkeeper was passed back, Pato still spared no effort to grab it.
This made the "Dortmund" players a little surprised. They didn't expect the opponent to be in such a good state and fight so hard.
Following an exclamation, Hazard almost blocked Weidenfeller's pass to Piszczek.
Roman raised his hand to express his embarrassment. After all, Weidenfeller has not encountered such a game rhythm for a long time. "Then next time, we can just deal with the big feet. We must not pass the ball in the backcourt," Weidenfeller thought.
It's okay to say that people like Matic are rushing, but in fact, even technical players like Xiaofa stepped forward to grab the ball at Wang Kong's feet.
Klopp knew at a glance that the opponent was prepared, "Yes, if you don't fight at this time, you are a fool."
Although the pressure is high, the current "Dortmund" has a very fast passing speed, and can escape the crazy rush of Chelsea players through Xiao Kuailing's pass. Soon, after 10 minutes, Chelsea stopped grabbing and began to try to control.
Klopp guessed that the opponent is likely to switch between the mad rush and control mode in a 10-minute cycle.
And "Dortmund" still mainly play two sides, especially Li Qiao's side, but it is still an old problem. Facing a team of Chelsea's level, the probability of Li Qiao's single-handed success is very low, let alone zero, but it will not exceed 10%.
And Zhou Dun can't go up to help in this game, because he has returned to the position of central defender, so what about Wang Kong?
If he is too tall, if he goes to the wing to break through, then Wang Kong's battery will be used up all at once, and he may only be able to stand and play in the second half.
Li Qiao had a big foot, and the ball crossed the entire field to the feet of Royce on the other side. This was right. Facing the dense defense, it was like a big ball of dough, so pulling it back and forth seemed to have a good effect.
The pressure on Royce is also great. Ivanovic is very experienced in defense and basically doesn't understand, waiting for Royce to throw himself into the trap.
The little rocket passed the ball to Mkhitaryan, and the latter picked it up directly. The ball passed too big and went straight out of the baseline.
Klopp kept looking at his watch. He wanted to confirm his judgment. Sure enough, when the time reached 20 minutes into the first half, Chelsea pressed out and grabbed it again.
Hiddink is indeed a coach who is good at learning. He has learned the lessons from the last game. Chelsea’s passivity at the end of the last game was because they completely gave up attacking. However, Hiddink has changed in this game. Defense is the main thing, but he can’t give up the frontcourt.
One thing must be admitted is that the skills of the Chelsea midfielders are a little more delicate than that of "Dortmund", so they are not grabbing the ball blindly, they will predict.
For example, Xiaofa, when his teammates steal the ball, he observes the surrounding situation and predicts in which direction the opponent will pass the ball, then he can steal it in advance.
Under strong pressure, the probability of making mistakes will be greatly increased, and Hiddink's bet is that the "Dortmund" midfielder will make mistakes sooner or later.
Wang Kong seemed a little hesitant to take the ball. Mikel ran towards Wang Kong like an African cheetah. Mikel pounced fiercely. Wang Kong was a little nervous.
But Mikel is not a rookie, he only pushes but not grabs, waiting for Matic.
Seeing that he was cornered, Wang Kong decided to pass back, but a second later he regretted enough to hit the wall.
The pass back to Zhou Dun was blocked by Xiaofa who shot halfway. Fabregas is like a chess master. He has predicted it in advance. For Wang Kong who is cornered, the return pass is the only choice.
Zhou Dun had a feeling of being cheated, "Even if you want to pass the ball back, you can't pass it back to the central defender, it's better to pass it to the full-back. Aren't you cheating me?"
Indeed, after Xiaofa took the ball and passed it behind Zhou Dun, the ball was passed very accurately, as if it had been measured with a ruler in advance, and it was accurately passed to Pato's feet.
Zhou Dun turned around and chased after him, but it was impossible to catch up. The opponent was a fast horse - Pato.
Although Wang Kong was dying of remorse, he was too far away from the scene of the incident and could do nothing. He could only pray that "Hummels" and "Weidenfeller" would fill in the hole for him.
Hummels, as the last and strongest line of defense of "Dortmund" and the German national team, has turned the tide countless times. What about this time?
In fact, even if Hummels can't be dropped, Pato has already entered his range and can shoot directly, but the Brazilian wants to do it [-]%.
Facing Hummels, Pato also slowed down and then quickly accelerated, trying to run past Hummels with a change of speed.
Just when he finished changing the speed, he suddenly discovered one thing-the ball! ! ? ?
It turned out that Hummels' eyes were like a torch, and he had been staring at the ball at Pato's feet. At the moment he slowed down, Hummels stretched out his foot to break the ball at the risk of being sentenced to a red card for a penalty kick.
The audience applauded. This time the defense was world-class, but the game continued. Hummels distributed the ball to Piszczek on the left, and his task was over.
Hummels and Zhou Dun, who ran back, high-fived Wang Kong, and then turned around to high-five Weidenfeller. We are a team, and a good defense is supposed to be credited to everyone. Of course, Hummels is modest this time.
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The 10-minute period of grabbing the ball has passed, the score is still 0 to 0, and the total score is 2 to 3. If "Dortmund" wants to advance, they must score at least one goal.
Klopp felt that the time was almost up, and it was time to beat his opponent. If it didn't work, he should push Zhou Dun up. It was a waste of talent for this kid to play as a defender.
But Klopp still didn't want to take risks prematurely in the first half. He wanted to see if he could find Chelsea's flaws.
It seems that there are really no flaws in Chelsea's three lines, at least there are no obvious flaws, what should I do?
Klopp thought of the 2010 Champions League semi-finals, when Inter Milan led by Mourinho took the lead at home and went to the away game at Camp Nou. Mourinho started to defend and was really defended by him.
Chelsea are branded with the brand of Mourinho, and it seems that they are determined.
"Dortmund" made a pass from the midfielder, and Chelsea's two defenders pushed you out again and again. This is a preview. Gomez will definitely play in the second half, but Klopp certainly hopes that the problem will be solved before that.
At this time, the "Dortmund" fans were also a little anxious. Maybe the previous game was too smooth, making everyone mistakenly think that "Dortmund"'s home game is not a question of scoring or not scoring, but a question of how much the minimum consumption is.
But this is the semi-final of the Champions League. It is normal to encounter difficulties. For example, this is like the fastest swordsman in Europe meeting the hardest stone Buddha in Europe.
"Dortmund"'s sharp knife slashed on Chelsea. Although it was crackling, it could not kill the opponent.
It became very difficult for Wang Kong to deliver the ball to Li Qiao. If his strength was weak, Li Qiao would be unable to break through if he stopped.
Now the "Dortmund" midfielder needs a person like Cesc Fabregas, who can play the pass as accurately as an embroidery needle. It is a pity that there is no such talent in the "Dortmund" team.
At 40 minutes into the first half, Hiddink asked Pedro and Oscar to come out to warm up at the same time. If Chelsea added a "saber" to the second half, then the situation of "Dortmund" must be bad.
But Klopp also knows that Hiddink is showing off his muscles, first scare and scare, if you are not good, I will use the saber.
People in the Chelsea arena call the Jagged Blues, and now it seems that this statement is true, and Klopp has realized it.
Klopp pointed to Li Qiao, meaning that if he couldn't get the ball, he would go to midfield, and it was useless to hold the wing. What I didn't expect was that Klopp's slightly angry adjustment played an unexpected role.
After Li Qiao withdrew, his effect became greater.
(End of this chapter)