Chapter 145 Don't Be Discouraged, I Am Indeed Stronger than You [Please Subscribe! ]

"Real Madrid used solid defense to frustrate the young Dortmund repeatedly in the opening stage of the game! The fast attack that the Hornets were most proud of in the Bundesliga in the past seemed to have lost its sharp momentum.

Lewandowski, the excellent center forward who ranked third in the Bundesliga scorer list last season, seemed to be lost in Real Madrid's constant double-teaming!

Without his passing, Gotze and Reus will spend more energy than before to get the opportunity to attack with the ball in Real Madrid's defensive third zone.

The Polish center forward needs to play smarter. I don't know how Klopp will advise his disciples at this moment, but there won't be much time left for them, because Real Madrid's counterattack may pose a threat at any time!"

The commentator of this Champions League battle today is Duan Xuan, who is very familiar with the Bundesliga.

As a Bayern fan, Duan Xuan knows Dortmund very well, which has suppressed Bayern for two years. That is reasonable.

As for personal ability, the offensive trident in Dortmund is actually considered first-class in football.

There are no top players, but Klopp put the three of them together, plus the power of his personal tactics, and used the three of them to a level far beyond the first-class offensive combination.

But today he met Mourinho, who has a more vicious vision.

If ordinary coaches were to make tactical targets, most would choose to limit Gotze's performance first and suppress Dortmund's offensive engine.

The second is to limit Reus's wing advancement and suppress Dortmund's offensive variable.

Finally, Lewandowski will be considered.

After all, Lewandowski is a standard "center forward" and he does not have a strong personal breakthrough ability.

It's okay to expect him to have a flash of inspiration and occasionally play tricks, but asking him to embroider and shoot in and out of the penalty area like Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic is purely embarrassing him.

But for Mourinho, suppressing Lewandowski's performance first will make Dortmund's offense most uncomfortable.

Because he wanted to make Gotze and Reus lose their "tactical shield".

Without Lewandowski's involvement and retreating to make the ball, Gotze and Reus will not surrender, but they must face Real Madrid's midfield defense more times!

Mourinho wanted Dortmund's two big attackers to spend a lot of energy to hit Real Madrid's "reinforced concrete wall".

He arranged three defensive midfielders on the field. Li Ang seemed to play as a central midfielder today, but when defending, he would retreat to the front of the penalty area and face Gotze directly.

With such a defensive specification, Mourinho did not believe that Gotze and Reus could be far better than Robery or the combination of Messi + Sanchez!

He had this defensive confidence, and in fact he did not make a wrong judgment. After sacrificing a certain offensive initiative, Dortmund could not penetrate Real Madrid's defensive three zones at the beginning.

Klopp does not like to be conservative, or in other words, when he thinks his side is not completely at a disadvantage, he will choose to play an adventurous offense more often.

Mourinho caught this little flaw of Klopp and retracted his fist at the beginning of the game.

Now, it's time to punch out!

Mourinho turned his attention to Real Madrid's backcourt and Li Ang.

In the twelfth minute of the first half, when Li Ang saw Essien intercept Reus's attempt to cut inside, he also made a decisive forward sprint for the first time!

"Beautiful interception! Real Madrid's counterattack opportunity is here!"

Duan Xuan subconsciously shouted in the studio when he saw Li Ang's forward run!

In the blink of an eye, Essien's diagonal pass was very decisive.

Li Ang saw Goetze in front of him and Reus who began to return to defense. He did not choose the simpler way of dribbling past people in the past.

Because Goetze's obstruction would waste some of his time chasing the ball, and Reus's speed was even more incomparable to him now.

This rash dribbling would only give the ball.

So he chose another more rough way of advancement.

While advancing to the right front with his left foot, Li Ang adjusted his position, first ensuring control of the ball, and then bursting out to speed up!

This step of ball protection adjustment made Gotze's quick interception plan go down the drain.

And Li Ang did not let the ball out of his control when he sprinted forward.

He learned this trick from Kaka.

His dribbling ability is not high enough now, and his dribbling posture is not as good as Kaka, but he doesn't care, as long as it is practical.

First you have to dare to use it and know how to use it, then talk about whether it looks good or not.

This will make Gotze, who is completely at a disadvantage in confrontation, have no way to deal with this trick of Li Ang.

When Kyle and Grosskreutz both quickly double-teamed Li Ang, Li Ang quickly sent a low pass!

Arbeloa, who was speeding up on the right side, had nothing to hesitate about.

Li Ang helped him contain Kyle's defense. At this moment, there was only Schmelzer in front of him, so he had a lot of room to play. He simply dribbled the ball first to speed up the attack!

Kyle immediately turned around and double-teamed Arbeloa with Schmelzer who was expanding the defensive area.

This is the current defensive feature of Dortmund.

All players participated. If the frontcourt failed to grab the ball on the spot, then the backcourt would double-team decisively to buy time for the frontcourt players to return to defense.

But Arbeloa was not greedy for the ball at this time. Seeing that it was almost impossible to go to the bottom, he simply knocked the ball back to the feet of Li Ang who was following.

Li Ang took a look at the dense defensive crowd of Dortmund who were rushing to his side and did not rush to pass the ball forward.

He withdrew from Gotze's defensive interference and then passed the ball back to the middle of the midfield.

This seemed to delay the counterattack, but in fact it was the last accumulation of power before Real Madrid's counterattack!

Alonso, who was advancing slowly, had seen the current situation clearly in the middle.

Therefore, when Li Ang passed the ball to him, he had adjusted his pace and then sent a flat and fast long pass with his left foot without stopping the ball!

The target was either the wing or the Dortmund penalty area!

Previously, the running cooperation between Li Ang and Arbeloa had already made Dortmund's defense line tilt to the right as a whole.

So at this moment, Alonso's precise and fast pass was like a sharp sword that pierced directly into Dortmund's weak side of defense!

And Ronaldo, who successfully countered offside, was already familiar with such moments.

Hold your breath, move forward resolutely, and shoot sideways after stopping the ball with your chest!

If someone insists on asking what the characteristics of Real Madrid's counterattack are during this period.

Then he will understand after watching this ball!

Familiar cooperation, the final threatening pass is accurate, plus the historical level of stable ending!

Weidenfeller's reaction at this moment is not slow.

He immediately rushed to the near corner of the goal, but Ronaldo's previous shooting action deceived him!

The final shooting action of the football was not the two corners of the goal, but the middle of the goal!

"Li Ang's ball-protecting pass?! Alonso's follow-up long pass! Beautiful! Ronaldo stopped the ball and shot--!!! The ball went in--!!! The ball went in! The ball went in! It was the 13th minute of the first half! Real Madrid led Dortmund 1-0 at the Westfalenstadion!

We can see that the Real Madrid fans in the live broadcast were boiling! This was definitely a big surprise for them!

Dortmund suffered a heavy blow. They failed to defend against Real Madrid's quick counterattack, which was a real quick counterattack! Alonso's long pass and Ronaldo's finish, the cooperation between the two was estimated to be no more than three seconds!

Li Ang's final pass choice was too smart! Gotze did not show a very convincing performance in this attack and defense transition. At least in this round, Li Ang was a more dazzling existence!"

Duan Xuan wanted to say in his excited commentary that Li Ang's opening performance completely overwhelmed Gotze.

But he finally held back and limited his performance to this attack and defense round.

However, the neutral commentators from other countries were not so polite and reserved at this time.

Today's commentator and guest commentator of Sky Sports bluntly stated that Li Ang no longer needs to prove his excellence.

"This is the absolute suppression performance in the position. Compared with the offensive and defensive effects, I'm frank. Today's Mario Gotze and Li Ang are not on the same level."

As soon as this was said, the discussion about this game in the English football world exploded first.

The scope of public opinion is quite wide, especially this kind of comparative public opinion that has caused heated discussions before the game.

Gotze on the field is still calm at this time. He is not anxious. Instead, he helps captain Kyle to calm the emotions of his teammates around him.

Klopp also reacted at this time and made urgent adjustments to let Lewandowski pull out of Real Madrid's defensive hinterland first.

Rather than letting Lewandowski continue to stay in the penalty area of ​​​​Real Madrid without receiving the pass and playing a fulcrum role.

It is better to let him retreat first and be a stable ball point in the arc top area of ​​​​Real Madrid's half circle.

There was still a lot of time left in the game. Klopp was surprised by the defensive level shown by Real Madrid today, but he did not think that his team had no chance at all.

After the game resumed, Dortmund obviously increased the pressure of all players, and their players became more active in running.

However, Mourinho was not too immersed in the joy of opening the scoring.

He decisively signaled his disciples to shrink the formation and return to their own half.

Dortmund's offensive was very aggressive after pressing forward, with fast ball transfer and fast advancement.

But they needed space.

Mourinho just didn't give Klopp this space.

Meat grinder defense is exactly what Real Madrid is good at.

When Li Ang and Essien covered and swept with all their strength, Dortmund had to pay a difficult price for every step of advancement.

Even if Dortmund's offensive players can occasionally break through this sweeping level, they will also be greeted by Alonso and Real Madrid's solid defense!

Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes!

Dortmund had no good way to deal with Real Madrid's defensive system!

When Gotze tried to force his way through again and was blocked by Li Ang, he finally slapped the grass under him anxiously!

Li Ang passed the ball to Essien who was advancing, and shook his head at Gotze.

Don't break the defense, brother.

Because I am indeed better than you, this is a fact, you have to admit it!