Midfielder Ruler

In the locker room of the home team, the facial expressions of the players were not good-looking, including Tang Zheng.

The game once had an absolute advantage. Who would have thought that the score would be equalized by Malaga?

It is often the unexpected things that are expected that make people worry.

The same is true for the current Dortmund players.

On the contrary, the head coach Klopp seemed to be in a good mood. With a smile on his face, he clapped his palms, and after the players' attention had gathered, he said loudly: "Actually, I don't think everyone should be too pessimistic. In the past half, the total score was a tie, why bother?"

Klopp didn't say much, but it made sense.

The 15-minute intermission passed quickly, and players from both sides returned to the court one after another, making final preparations for the second half of the game.

The on-site director gave a shot to Pirlo, who was sitting on the bench, with a thick ice pack on his right knee.

Central 5 commentator He Wei shook his head and sighed: "Pirlo's injury is a heavy blow to Dortmund, whether it is tactical or overall, especially after the captain Kyle was seriously injured and missed the rest of the season. Pirlo's game experience Very important for Dortmund."

The game restarted, and Dortmund's offense has been significantly strengthened compared to the first half.

However, to be on the safe side, Tang Zheng's role was inconspicuous at the beginning of the second half. He was more responsible for transition and long pass transfer.

Of course, Tang Zheng can be regarded as a model of hard work by the capable. He not only has to shoulder the heavy responsibility of passing and defending in the midfield, but also shares the pressure of Goetze's offensive organization.

At this time, Gundogan's role became embarrassing.

Tang Zheng can do things he can do, and Tang Zheng can also do things he can't do.

Now Gundogan is more like a defensive midfielder than an organizational midfielder.

But next year is the World Cup year. If Gundogan wants to enter the national team's core lineup, he must get more playing time, so as to prove that he is better than Bayern's midfielders!

As a guest, Malaga has already equalized the total score, and they have no pressure.

In the remaining forty-five minutes, even if you can't score a goal, you can drag the game into overtime. If you score a goal,

That pressure will be handed over entirely to Dortmund.

At that time, it will make history and enter the semi-finals of the Champions League!

It is also very possible to go black to the end!

So Pellegrini's requirements for players are very simple-no merit, but no fault.

In the blink of an eye, five minutes into the second half, the score remained unchanged.

Judging from the situation of the scene, Dortmund is the main attack and Malaga is the main defense.

The intuitive impression is that Dortmund is conducting a halftime offensive and defensive drill under the shouts of the home fans.

As a guest, Malaga retreated to the 40-meter area of ​​their own defense, and they defended according to the defensive tactics before the game.

There is no good way for Dortmund's offense. The football is passed more than 30 meters away from the offense.

Five minutes into the game, the possession ratio of the two sides further increased, with Dortmund leading with 68% and Malaga's 32%.

According to the development of Jincheng in the game, this ball possession ratio will be further expanded...

The atmosphere at the Westfalenstadion is still frantic, the home fans cheered and cheered endlessly, but Dortmund coach Klopp frowned, not at all as comfortable as five minutes before the start.

The continuous possession of the ball did not result in goals, which was a blow to the team's offensive enthusiasm.

In addition, Caballero is in excellent condition, which makes Royce, Gotze and Lewandowski feel great pressure.

This kind of pressure is likely to increase with the passage of time. It is enough to be angry to think about the fact that the No. 1 Devil in Europe can't win Malaga at home.

The fans in the stands cheered and cheered from the first second of the game. What are they for?

Not yet a victory?

Maybe the fans will send some chicken soup for the soul after losing the game, but if there is a chance to win Malaga, what chicken soup for the soul?

Last season's Champions League quarter-finals were due to the referee's reason for the two rounds. This season, Shakhtar Donetsk and Malaga were finally drawn successively. It is unacceptable to be out of the game...

So the players on the offensive line appear to be more and more aggressive, which leads to a surge in shooting data.

At this time, Tang Zheng's thinking was firm, he really wanted to control the rhythm of the game, but once the football at his feet was handed over, there would be no return.

In the fifty-eighth minute of the game, Malaga, who was a guest, took the lead in making personnel adjustments.

No. 27 Portillo replaced No. 17 Duda whose offensive performance did not satisfy Pellegrini.

It is not difficult for a slightly knowledgeable commentator to see that this is a signal to strengthen the counterattack.

Klopp naturally has a panoramic view, but he has nothing to do now.

Substitution?

As soon as this idea appeared in his mind, he was denied it.

Pirlo's accidental injury caused all the established tactics before the game to be overthrown and restarted, so that the remaining two substitutions are extremely precious.

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However, it is such a class, and the consequences are unacceptable.

"Oh-My-God!!" The voice of the German Sky commentator Marcel Leif was particularly unexpected and incredible: "Joaquin! His goal helped Malaga overtake Dortmund in the away game! What a terrible game the match of!!"

The live broadcast gave two seconds to the Malaga players celebrating the goal, and then quickly switched to the Dortmund players,

Players such as Tang Zheng, Lewandowski, Reus, Gotze, Hummels and other players looked disappointed. None of them thought that Malaga would overtake the score in the 62nd minute. ...

1:1 has made the game very dangerous, and now the score has become 1:2, which is tantamount to coming to the edge of a cliff.

If the total score of the Champions League knockout round is tied, the priority is to look at away goals. Now Malaga has two away goals, and Dortmund has only one away goal, which means that Dortmund must score two goals in a row if they want to reverse and advance.

Only scored one goal in the past hour, can you score two consecutive goals in the remaining half hour?

And it also needs to be based on the fact that Malaga didn't score...

Long-term possession of the ball not only failed to bring goals to the team, but also conceded the ball first, which was somewhat of a blow to the enthusiasm of the players on the field.

Immediately, the on-site director gave Tang Zheng a close-up shot of his face.

Undoubtedly, as the soul of Dortmund, Tang Zheng should do something when the team is in extreme danger!

The Dortmund fans who watched the game live on TV couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. The current Tang Zheng has changed a lot compared to Tang Zheng in a few seconds.

In other words, his spirit has undergone a great change.

The Westfalenstadion was almost silent, Malaga players celebrated their goals unscrupulously on the stadium, while Tang Zheng, who was standing in front of the arc of his side's big penalty area, patted the central defender Santana with his hands on his hips.

It was almost the same as the quarter-finals of the Champions League in the first round. In the second round, Santana made a huge mistake in the defense just now.

It was his clearance that caused Joaquin to stretch out his foot and steal the ball. It was too late for goalkeeper Weidenfeller to attack again.

"Philip, it's nothing serious."

Santana, who was in a terrible mood, looked at Tang Zheng with confused eyes, and didn't speak for a long time.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Zheng changed his voice and said seriously: "Instead of focusing on regret and sadness, it's better to hold back your energy and think about how to help the team equalize the score."

After all, without giving Santana time to react, he ran to the goal to pick up the football, patted Weidenfeller's lower back, and then ran all the way to the middle circle, placing the football on the kick-off point of the middle circle.

The on-site director had a keen insight into this scene, and he quickly switched shots.

In the live broadcast, Tang Zheng seemed to be pulling the referee Thomson and saying something.

Not long after, Thomson trotted up to the Malaga players who were celebrating the goal, and made a 'kind' reminder,

It turned out that Tang Zheng was trying to urge the opponent to quickly return to the half court.

The Dortmund players on the field also saw this scene.

The string in their hearts seemed to touch something at this moment.

Especially the guilty central defender Santana, let alone the penalty in the first round, the fatal mistake in this game is the key to the team conceding the goal, he must, as Tang Zheng said, put his experience in regret and Sad, it's better to think about how to help the team equalize!

As a central defender, there are very few opportunities to face the goal directly.

After all, Santana is not a central defender like Lucio who is good at dribbling and attacking. He faces free kicks and corner kicks in front of the goal.

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The Malaga players who were disturbed by the referee Thomson must be a little upset, but they also know that the referee's authority cannot be challenged, so they didn't say anything.

However, what surprised them was that the mental outlook of the Dortmund players seemed to have... changed a lot.

Every Dortmund player stands in his own position, waiting for the kick-off.

How does this look like a team that has just encountered a reversal?

Pellegrini glanced at the game time displayed on the scoreboard, and there was still about half an hour including the stoppage time. He was wondering whether he should remove an offensive player and replace it with a defensive player. players.

On the other side, Klopp was having an anxious exchange of opinions with members of the coaching staff.

Adjust without delay.

But how to adjust is a science.

After about two minutes of discussion, Klopp finally decided to replace Kuba with Shaheen, who is no longer very effective.

Although both Sven Bender and Shaheen can liberate Tang Zheng, Shaheen has a strong offensive organization ability, which is much easier to use than Sven Bender with a single function. This is why Klopp chose Shaheen instead Root cause with Sven Bender.

If the score is still 1:1, perhaps for stability, Klopp will choose Sven Bender.

Now, we must attack!

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"Nuri! Nuri! Nuri!!"

Shaheen stood next to the fourth official waiting to come on as deafening chants rang out from the stands.

In the summer of 2011, the media reported that Shaheen moved to Real Madrid for a bigger stage and more lucrative treatment.

In fact, many fans know that Shaheen's departure is largely because Tang Zheng is more valued, and as a product of Dortmund's youth training, he has no choice but to leave.

Now returning to Westphalia, the home fans will naturally welcome it loudly, and by the way hope to see Shaheen can help the team when the team is behind.

"Welcome back."

Tang Zheng stretched out his hand to meet Shaxin.

"Thank you." Shaxin finished high-fiving Tang Zheng, and then told Tang Zheng according to the instructions of head coach Klopp.

Klopp's adjustment was obvious. Tang Zheng, who hadn't played as a midfielder for a long time, was obviously not ready, so that he didn't do a good job on the defensive end. Shaheen replaced Kuba to push Tang Zheng to the front again. waist position.

Gotze was on the left, Royce came to the right, and Shaheen and Gundogan partnered as double midfielders.

Tang Zheng returned to the position of the front midfielder, he no longer needed to look forward and backward, and was able to display all his talents.

As Tang Zheng moved forward, Malaga's defense suffered unprecedented oppression.

Even if Pellegrini chooses to use Tulalang to defend Tang Zheng closely, it is useless, because Tulalang's physical fitness has dropped significantly by the end of the game, while Tang Zheng's body is quite strong, and he wants to compete physically with Tang Zheng Tulalan was defeated frequently.

Seeing Tulalang being squeezed behind by Tang Zheng again, Pellagrini had the idea of ​​adding more defensive players.

With twenty minutes left in the regular time, it's time to start setting up the bus.

In the 72nd minute, Tang Zheng's long-range kick from the front of the penalty area hit Demichelis, refracted and flew out of the baseline, a corner kick.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Malaga made substitution adjustments. Portuguese international Eliseu replaced goal hero Joaquin. The signal to strengthen the defense is very obvious.

"Aww-"

Dortmund got a chance to score a corner kick, and the Westfalen Stadium roared with deafening cheers. The home fans used this method to motivate the players on the field, hoping that they could quickly equalize the score.

Exactly the same as the previous corner kick attacks, Tang Zheng was still the main target of the Malaga players.

Portillo, Baptista and Demichelis, triple-team.

For this kind of defense, Tang Zheng had nothing to do, and seemed very helpless.

Immediately, accompanied by huge cheers from the Westphalia Stadium, Gotze's right corner kick came out.

Seeing where the football landed, Tang Zheng wanted to jump very much, but he had no choice but to watch the football fly overhead...

Of course, Tang Zheng couldn't jump, Portillo, Baptista and Demichelis were not much better either.

But at this moment, a Dortmund player wearing a yellow and black striped shirt flashed out of Tang Zheng's eyes.

Suddenly, his facial expression changed suddenly.

Surprise!

The big number 27 on the back told him that this is...central defender Santana!

The point is, he is unmarked!

Could it be... This is the rhythm of making up for one's mistakes?

"Philip!" exclaimed Marcel Leif, a German sky commentator, "You jumped so high!!"

In the live broadcast, Santana is like a chariot going forward bravely, smashing the falling football.

Goalkeeper Caballero obviously didn't expect that other Dortmund players would suddenly jump in and head towards the football, so his reaction was half a beat slow.

By the time it was too late to react, neither Caballero nor Isco, standing on the right post of the goal, could touch the ball...

"Goooooooooooooooooooal --!!!"

Dortmund fans watching Sky Deutschland could hear Marcel Leff's passionate explosion.

At the same time, the Westfalen Stadium boiled up, and there was a deafening cheer: "Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."