King of the Zone

For Cheng Hai, although the defense success rate of the two of them can't be said to be very high, they are definitely much higher than the others.

Because of his full-value dribbling, body, speed, and breakthrough skills, his ability to control the ball in the narrow space of the frontcourt is much higher than other players.

Therefore, when Dortmund opened up Arsenal's defense line through a series of teamwork, and finally sent the ball to Cheng Hai's feet on the right side of the front of the penalty area, Cheng Hai first used the perfect stop technique to make a stop and wipe.

Although Song was not completely broken by Cheng Hai, with his strong physique, Cheng Hai still stuck Song behind him, unable to pose a threat to the ball under his feet.

After breaking through the pressure of Shanda Song, Cheng Hai dribbled the ball to the line of the penalty area, facing Arsenal central defender Koscielny in the penalty area.

Koscielny knew that there was no one behind him. The other teammates had been separated by the teamwork of Shinji Kagawa, Gotze, and Lewandowski just now, and his nearest teammate was still four or five meters away.

Therefore, Koscielny didn't dare to rush forward like he pressured Sandra Song.

He was going to retreat while blocking position, as long as he blocked Cheng Hai's breakthrough and shooting route, and gave the other teammates on the side a second or two, they could rush over to form a siege to Cheng Hai and defuse Cheng Hai's attack.

However, Cheng Hai didn't give him the space and time to retreat slowly.

After breaking through the pressure of Shanda Song, Cheng Hai faced Koscielny with a perfect magic-level pedaling bicycle.

Although Koscielny wanted to delay Cheng Hai's attack and wait for his teammates to support him, facing Cheng Hai's unusual proficiency in pedaling a bicycle in a false manner, Koscielny couldn't tell which time Cheng Hai's cycling was real and which was fake.

But obviously, his defense failed.

Cheng Hai's cycling was so perfect that he couldn't tell the difference at all. When Cheng Hai stepped on the bicycle, Koscielny involuntarily shifted his center of gravity, leaving room for Cheng Hai to shoot.

In addition, he has already entered the penalty area, and the pressure behind him is Shanda Song. He is afraid of pushing Cheng Hai with all his strength. He is afraid that Cheng Hai will fall and be shown a yellow card + penalty kick by the referee.

Therefore, after Koscielny was swayed by Cheng Hai's perfect bicycle and lost his center of gravity and revealed a gap, the rest was simple.

When Koscielny's center of gravity involuntarily shifted to the left, Cheng Hai's fake action turned into a real action, flicking the ball to the right, and he dodged a huge gap.

Then, before Koscielny threw his whole body out and wanted to fly to block the hole of the gun, Cheng Hai had already finished shooting.

It was too late for Koscielny to make up his mind.

Even though he hastily shot in the penalty area after passing two people in a row, Cheng Hai's shooting strength and shooting skills are full, and the shooting is perfect in terms of speed and angle.

Originally goalkeeper Szczesny stood at the near corner and defended the near goal, but Cheng Hai still calmly played a far corner in such a race against time.

The ball passed in front of Koscielny's toes, avoided goalkeeper Szczesny's ten fingers, and flew into the far goal against the post.

In the 26th minute, Cheng Hai opened the scoring and scored his first goal in the Champions League, which also helped Dortmund take a 1-0 lead at home.

Earth-shattering applause, cheers, and shouts broke out in the Westfalenstadion, where more than 8 people lived. Countless people cheered and celebrated Cheng Hai's goal.

In fact, when Cheng Hai and his teammates broke up Arsenal's defense line through a series of teamwork outside the penalty area, and finally Shinji Kagawa sent the ball to Cheng Hai's feet, the commentator of CCTV-5 stood up excitedly.

He was eagerly looking forward to Cheng Hai driving the ball into the penalty area, and then hitting the ball in.

As a result, Cheng Hai did not disappoint him, and he dribbled the ball smoothly past the pressure of Shanda Song's defense, and swayed the last central defender Koscielny, gaining a shooting space, and then decisively kicked the goal and successfully hit the far corner.

The moment the ball avoided the goalkeeper's ten fingers and flew into the goal against the post, the live commentator of CCTV-5 shouted excitedly with all his strength:

"The ball is in, it's in, it's in, it's in..."

"First Champions League goal!"

"Cheng Hai scored the first official goal of a Chinese player in the Champions League!"

"At the same time, Cheng Hai also became the first Chinese player to start and score a goal in a Champions League match!"

"Cheng Hai's annual total goal record has also been raised to 93 goals, getting closer and closer to the [-]-goal mark!"

"Listen to the huge shouts at the scene. The 8 Hornets fans at the Westfalenstadion are all shouting Cheng Hai's name in unison, paying homage to him!"

"Cheng Hai is the pride of our country!"

Naturally, the other commentators were not to be outdone, and loudly explained the significance of this ball to their TV audiences.

This is Cheng Hai's first goal in the Champions League, marking Cheng Hai's start to attack the Champions League record.

Although this is only Cheng Hai's first goal in the Champions League, with Cheng Hai's scoring efficiency, everyone said that various Champions League records have become precarious, and they might be broken by Cheng Hai one day.

In addition, the annual total goal record was refreshed again, which also gave everyone a lot of topics to discuss and discuss.

Amidst the heated discussions between the commentator and the fans, Cheng Hai himself was very excited and celebrated fiercely with his teammates.

As many commentators have said, this is his first game in the Champions League and his first goal, and he scored it against the Premier League giants Arsenal.

I know my own situation.

As the level rises, it becomes more and more difficult to upgrade.

The experience rewards of the Champions League will be much higher than those of the Bundesliga and the German Cup. Each goal is worth 10 experience. Just like the world preliminaries, one goal needs more than three Bundesliga goals, which is very generous.

In addition to the No.1 goal scored by a Chinese player in the UEFA Champions League, which he also knows, the annual total goal record was refreshed again, etc., so Cheng Hai also celebrated enthusiastically.

After the celebration was over and the game resumed, Arsenal became more scruples about Cheng Hai, while Dortmund's morale was boosted and they became more aggressive because of Cheng Hai's goal and lead.

However, sometimes, taking advantage of the scene does not mean being able to score goals.

Under Arsenal's strict defense, Dortmund did not score a second goal until the end of the first half.

Instead, Arsenal played a quick counterattack in the 42nd minute. In the end, Arshavin assisted Van Persie to score the equalizer goal, and Arsenal evened the score.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the two sides entered the intermission with a score of 1-1.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

After the adjustment at halftime, Arsenal did not rush to attack in the second half. They still stabilized their defense first, and then made occasional counterattacks on the basis of preventing Cheng Hai from scoring easily.

Cheng Hai's threat is too great.

Moreover, this is an away game. For Arsenal, a draw is not a bad result, and they can accept it.

So in the second half of the game, Dortmund continued to attack around Arsenal, but they were unable to score for a long time.

Because Arsenal's defense against Cheng Hai is too tight, it is difficult for Cheng Hai to even shoot from outside the penalty area.

However, Dortmund is not Cheng Hai's team alone.

Even if Cheng Hai can't score, there are still other players.And when Cheng Hai attracted most of the defensive attention, other players got a lot of opportunities to attack and shoot.

Finally, after wasting several chances, in the 60th minute, Dortmund made a cross from Mario Götze from the wing, and Lewandowski fought for the top in the middle to score another goal for Dortmund.

Dortmund regained a 2-1 lead.

For Arsenal, a draw is acceptable, but a loss is not.

Since it's a loss anyway, it's better to attack and give it a try.

So, after Lewandowski scored to give Dortmund the lead, Arsenal, who were behind, were finally forced to step up their attack.

But now, they have never been able to play as smooth offense as the first half.

The beauty of Arsenal's football is beautiful, but it is not easy to win and win the championship. It always feels a little bit uninteresting.

Now, when they are obsessed with using their skills and teamwork to break through Dortmund's defense and goals, it is inevitable that they will invest a lot of troops.

This was incomparable to a single-soldier breakthrough force like Cheng Hai, who could penetrate the opponent's defense line by himself.

Arsenal, which put too much emphasis on pass-run coordination, not only had to invest a lot of midfield and backcourt troops to participate in the attack, but also made mistakes if there were too many passes.

So, in the 69th minute, less than 10 minutes after the last Lewandowski's goal, Arsenal's team cooperation really made a pass error, and was intercepted by captain Sebastian Kyle. Then he made a long pass in the air and sent the ball to Arsenal's backfield.

Because Arsenal's team attacked just now, the overall formation was quite high, leaving only three defenders in the backcourt, and one of them was defending Lewandowski.

There were only two defenders in front of Cheng Hai, and they all stretched their necks absent-mindedly to watch the offense of the frontcourt teammates just now, as if they were eager to try and participate in assists at any time.

As a result, they were turned offside by Cheng Hai and Kyle.

Cheng Hai's running position, speed, and physique allowed him to overtake the opponent's back line composed of two defenders after Kyle completed the pass, and succeeded in anti-offside.

The next thing is simple.

Cheng Hai unloaded Kyle's long pass in the air with his perfect stopping technique in the frontcourt, and then single-handedly dribbled the ball to the outside of the big penalty area. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Szczesny, he scored a volley and scored twice. At the same time, he also extended Dortmund's lead to 3-1.