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Nothing special, but why does this game seem more and more wrong?

Steger felt so, and so did Reus on the field.

Fast, very fast, very fast.

This is how he felt when facing the Wolves' attack.

Reus has played against Premier League teams before, and he usually pays attention to some Premier League games. He is not unfamiliar with the performance of Premier League teams in European competitions.

He knows that the glorious historical tradition of the Premier League, or the English League, is fast-paced football, violent physical collisions, and extremely fast-paced offense and defense transitions. He also knows that the youth storm of the Wolves is very fierce.

But is this rhythm a bit too fast? !

Dortmund got the chance to kick off first, but they didn't control the ball for long.

Weigl, the defensive midfielder, made a long pass to find the left forward Schurrle, but Kounde was tall and strong, and he bumped the ball to Rodri. And the Wolves' attack started from this time!

Rodri made a decisive pass to the front court, and Jota retreated to the front line and received the ball. At this time, Reus was closest to him and immediately went to intercept, but Jota clearly did not look at him, but passed the ball to Alphonso Davies who was advancing on the left.

Reus felt that there was nothing wrong with this, maybe he just saw Alphonso Davies' position first, and it was just a coincidence that he did not grab it.

Alphonso Davies dribbled forward, and Dortmund's right back Piszczek quickly blocked his position to prevent Alphonso Davies from crossing from the bottom. Alphonso Davies is fast and good at breaking through, which was their head coach Steger's main warning to them before the game.

Dortmund's offensive players also began to retreat to help the backcourt double-team defense. This was the first change Steger brought to Dortmund, that is, solid defense.

The overall formation began to tilt towards Alphonso Davies, and the space for him to handle the ball was compressed. At this time, the space for the Wolves players in the frontcourt was also compressed.

But the Wolves players were not surprised at all, because this was what Wei Le told them would happen in the game. Not only were they not surprised, they were even eager to try.

Jota, who was standing in the middle, looked behind him and saw Reus half a meter away from him. He suddenly relaxed in his heart-what, not as much pressure as Footbonaut gave him!

Thinking of this, he confirmed Rodri's position and ran forward.

Alphonso Davies didn't want to break through either. He had to make sure not to lose the ball on the wing as much as possible. His job in this game was not to break through, but to pass the ball.

This was Wei Le's conspiracy. Put Alphonso Davies on the field. Everyone knew that he had the ability to break through. If there was space, he would definitely break through to the end, and Piszczek couldn't keep up with him at all.

But Alphonso Davies didn't have to break through. He was not a speed freak with rough skills. He also had excellent vision and outstanding skills! But as long as he has the possibility of breaking through, Piszczek's position has to be restricted.

Alphonso Davies didn't even look at Piszczek, and knocked the ball back to Jota, who was in the front midfielder position and took on the responsibility of the core of the organization. He thought about the direction of his pass before he received the ball.

This time he can't be allowed to receive the ball comfortably! Reus thought so and did so. He stepped forward, trying to interfere with Jota before he passed the ball and forced him to make a mistake.

But Jota looked back, and he swayed to the right and turned to another direction! At this time, his passing path suddenly became clear, and he passed the ball diagonally to Bowen on the wing.

The ball was not intercepted by Weigl because he was now next to Jovic. Such a tall tower would not be ignored anywhere, especially when he tried to rush into the penalty area, there must be more people watching him.

But the ball was passed to Bowen, and Jovic ran out again.

Bowen didn't dribble the ball, but passed it horizontally to Jovic. Jovic kicked the ball without stopping, and he and Bowen completed a two-on-one match against Weigl!

It's over!

Reus was shocked. He stood outside and saw clearly that although Dortmund's defense looked large, it had been divided into several small pieces. There was Trossard in the penalty area, and Rodri, Jota and Jovic were outside. Bowen was dribbling the ball to the bottom line.

Dortmund had no way to form an advantage of more people against fewer people, but was divided into many one-on-ones.

Bowen didn't spend much effort facing the defense of Dortmund's left back. He accelerated into the penalty area with a change of direction! The somewhat bulky central defender Toprak seemed like an aircraft carrier.It was clumsy to turn around.

Bowen made a cross, and Jota appeared in the penalty area!

Jota started looking for opportunities from the moment he passed the ball. He followed Weigl in the blind spot behind him, and no one reminded Weigl to pay attention to defense, so Jota was allowed into the penalty area!

"Jota pushed the ball! Burki saved Dortmund!"

Goalkeeper Burki made a side dive and made the first save at the beginning, slapping the ball out of the goal range. The whole Westfalen Stadium was exclaiming, because if it weren't for their goalkeeper, Wolves might have "taken the ball into the stadium"!

The advantage of an away goal is huge! If the two sides are tied after the two rounds, then the first thing to do is not to play overtime and penalty shootouts, but to compare the away goals of both sides.

The side with more away goals will advance directly.

If the number of away goals of both sides is the same, then the overtime and penalty shootout will be played according to the rules to decide the winner. This rule is to encourage the team to maintain an offensive posture even in an away game with heavy pressure, which is enough to illustrate the importance of away goals.

It also proves the importance of home defense.

In the 3rd minute, Wolves took their first corner kick.

Looking at Coady, Ruben Dias, Dendoncker, Alphonso Davies, Kounde, Jovic and Jota in the penalty area, Burki was nervous. There were too many people in the penalty area of ​​Wolves, and they were all good at heading.

Whenever a high ball hits, whoever touches the ball...

Fortunately, this time, Bowen's corner kick was headed by Dortmund's central defender Papastathopoulos. Although the first time was not far, Piszczek, who followed closely behind, kicked the ball out of the danger zone with a big foot.

But Reus on the periphery was still scared. He shouted to his teammates to be vigilant.

"There is something wrong with the Wolves today!!"

Reus shouted loudly.