King of the Zone

While strengthening the defense, Dortmund did not forget to counterattack.

After all, Real Madrid's backcourt was really too open after changing three players in a row to play a 343 attacking formation, giving Cheng Hai, Lewandowski and others enough space and space to counterattack.

Although Cheng Hai often ran to the backcourt to participate in the defense, he missed the opportunity to counterattack.

But with more counterattacks, there will always be a time when Cheng Hai happens to be in a relatively forward position and can participate in the counterattack.

But with Cheng Hai's speed, technique, and running ability, once he participates in the offense, it will be fatal to the opponent's defense.

You know, Cheng Hai has a precise long-distance passing technique in the air.

Even if he is in the back position and has no time to drive the ball into the penalty area to shoot, he can also use his pass to assist his teammates to score.

After several failed counterattacks, Dortmund finally seized a chance to counterattack in the 75th minute.

This opportunity arose precisely because Cheng Hai participated in the counterattack.

Under Cheng Hai's pressure, Real Madrid made a pass error in the frontcourt, and Dortmund intercepted the ball to form a counterattack.

When his teammate intercepted the ball, Cheng Hai immediately turned around and rushed towards Real Madrid's half court, and received a pass from his teammate when he was close to the center line.

However, no matter how few Real Madrid defenders are, Cheng Hai is still their key target.

Therefore, when Cheng Hai received the ball, he was stopped by Nuri Shaheen, Ramos, and Pepe one after another on his way forward.

It's not impossible for Cheng Hai to make a long-distance attack and shoot through these few people, but it will take more time, and it will give time for the opponents to return to defense.

Moreover, Cheng Hai's breakthrough was not the result of a hundred trials, and the opponent was not a fool with zero defense.Occasionally performing supernormally, coupled with timely tactical fouls, can still stop Cheng Hai.

Therefore, Cheng Hai did not force a long-distance attack, but after breaking through Nuri Shaheen with a bicycle, before Ramos approached, Cheng Hai made a long pass and transferred the ball to the unguarded place on the other side of the court.

Lewandowski received a pass from Cheng Hai without defense.

Marcelo had to give up marking Shinji Kagawa and went to intercept Lewandowski.

No matter how threatening Cheng Hai is, it is impossible for Real Madrid to turn a blind eye to other Dortmund players, especially those with the ball.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Real Madrid, which is understaffed, to let Marcelo lose Shinji Kagawa to intercept Lewandowski who is advancing with the ball.

But this is totally useless.

Because Lewandowski is not a fool, he didn't try to break through Marcelo at all, but passed the ball after seeing the unguarded Shinji Kagawa running out of the gap.

Marcelo could only curse inwardly, and turned around to chase Shinji Kagawa again.

It's a pity that at this time, Shinji Kagawa had already caught the ball and formed a single-handedly.

Although Pepe in the middle also gave up intercepting Cheng Hai and tried to defend Shinji Kagawa, it was too late.

Before dribbling the ball to the penalty area line and before Marcelo and Pepe approached, Shinji Kagawa shot a burst and kicked the goal.

The hearts of Real Madrid players and fans raised their throats.

Fortunately, there is Casillas in front of them.

Shinji Kagawa's single-handed shot failed to hit the angle, and was blocked by Casillas with his foot.

As a result, the ball that was blocked by San Cassie just flew in the direction where Cheng Hai rushed up from the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Cheng Hai swung his right leg while running, as if about to shoot.

If this shot is kicked by Cheng Hai, Casillas has already fallen to the ground and formed an empty goal. With Cheng Hai's shooting skills, it is almost inevitable.

Therefore, Ramos and Pepe in the front and side flew together to block the hole of the gun.

The two of them almost blocked Cheng Hai's shot.

As a result, Cheng Hai's foot did not shoot, but twisted his ankle and made a perfect non-stop short pass, sending the ball to the corner of the small penalty area on the left.

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to find that Lewandowski, who had just passed the ball to Shinji Kagawa, had entered the penalty area and rushed to the corner of the small penalty area.

Cheng Hai's perfect "short pass" technique played a role, no matter the passing speed, distance, strength, and angle were just right.

Lewandowski rushed to the corner of the small penalty area without stopping the ball, so he volleyed the ball towards Real Madrid's goal.

Casillas, who just got up from Shinji Kagawa's shot, tried his best to make a save response, but faced Lewandowski's close-range and powerful shot, he still failed to catch up.

The ball flew from the palm of San Kasi and flew into the goal behind him without any suspense.

In the 75th minute, Dortmund finally had another counterattack. Cheng Hai grabbed the ball that was saved by Shinji Kagawa's shot. The fake shot deceived the Real Madrid defender and assisted Lewandowski to score Dortmund's fourth goal.

Cheng Hai scored twice with goals and assists, helping Dortmund take a 4-1 lead.

This score made the players and fans of Real Madrid nervous again.

Even if they played at home in the second round, even if they scored an away goal, it would be very, very difficult to achieve a comeback.

Therefore, in the last 15 minutes, Real Madrid launched a more crazy offensive, and even Ramos and Marcelo often rushed to Dortmund's penalty area to participate in the attack.

Real Madrid does have too many stars, and the overall strength is indeed strong enough.Even though Cheng Hai spared no effort to run back and forth to participate in the defense, Real Madrid still scored in the 83rd minute.

And this time, Ozil scored a volley from Di Maria's wide cross, which was very beautiful.

Real Madrid made it 2-4, trailing by just two goals and with two away goals to play.

Although the probability of qualifying for the final is still lower than that of Dortmund, there is always a little hope that it is not.

Returning to the Bernabeu in the second round, Real Madrid can advance as long as they win Dortmund 2-0 or 3-1.

And in their own home, the Bernabeu, Real Madrid has the possibility of staged this kind of comeback.

Coupled with the indiscriminate bombardment of the full-strength attack in the second half, the physical fitness of Real Madrid's generals was almost exhausted. They did not have such abnormal physical fitness as Cheng Hai.

Therefore, in the last 10 minutes, all Real Madrid retreated and kept the 4-2 score to the end.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the Westfalenstadion still erupted with huge cheers.

Although the lunatic Mourinho took away 2 away goals in the end, Dortmund led 4-2 in total, and Dortmund is still more likely to advance to the final.

Besides, with Cheng Hai's scoring efficiency and the fact that Real Madrid had to attack aggressively in the second round in order to equalize the total score, it is not impossible for Cheng Hai to score two goals at the Bernabeu.

And once Cheng Hai can score two goals at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid's away goal advantage can be wiped out.

Once Dortmund's overall goals reach three, it will in turn form an away goal advantage, and Real Madrid will have to score a full six goals to defeat Dortmund and advance to the final.

Therefore, Dortmund, who are playing at home, are quite satisfied and got the results they wanted.

But Real Madrid, which lost the ball, did not completely lose the chance to advance to the final.

What's more, Real Madrid's coach is still a madman like Mourinho. Even if he loses in the end, he will not bow his head. What's more, they only played one round now, and there is a second round. The second round is still their home court!
Mourinho said in his post-match press conference:
"Cheng Hai is very strong, but Dortmund only has one Cheng Hai."

"And we have Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema, Ozil, Di Maria and a bunch of superstars."

"Today's game was my tactical mistake. If I accidentally played a defensive counterattack in the first half, but played a 343 mad attack formation like the second half, maybe we can take away a victory from the Westfalenstadion."

"Don't believe it? Look at how many goals we scored in the second half, two! And how many goals Dortmund scored, only one!"

"So, as long as we don't care about Cheng Hai's offense and counterattack, Real Madrid's offensive ability is enough to score more goals than Dortmund."

"Back to the Bernabeu for the second round, I believe that Real Madrid will advance to the final!"

Mourinho's arrogance did not win him much support, except for the media and fans in Spain and Madrid.

Because of the 4-2 aggregate score, the fact that they are two goals behind, it is not so easy to tie.

What's more, Dortmund also has Cheng Hai, the world's number one striker, in Dortmund's formation.

Back at the Bernabéu in the second round, even if Real Madrid has a home morale bonus and can score, can Cheng Hai not score?
Under the circumstances that Real Madrid must attack with all their strength and cannot take defense into account, with the scoring efficiency Cheng Hai has achieved so far, scoring an away goal is not something out of reach, or even a high probability event.

So here's what the media reported that night and the next day:
"The first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, Dortmund 4-2 Real Madrid took the lead in advancing to the final! "

"Cheng Hai scored twice with goals and assists, led Dortmund to a 4-2 victory over the Galaxy Battleship and won the first round! "

"The total score is 2-4 behind, how confident is Mourinho to say that Real Madrid must advance in the second round! "

"Dortmund 4-2 Real Madrid took the lead in promotion, Cheng Hai's total goals in the Champions League this season broke through the 20-goal mark! "

"Dortmund VS Real Madrid is now in the goal battle, Cheng Hai scored twice with an assist and scored twice to lead the Hornets to sink the Galaxy Battleship 4-2 to take the lead in promotion! "

The reason why the media is not optimistic about Real Madrid is not only the difference in the total score, but also the difference in the schedule of the two sides.

Dortmund has already won the Bundesliga championship in advance. Not only did Dortmund undergo a substantial rotation in the Bundesliga before the first round, allowing the main players to rest, but also in the 32nd round of the league between the two rounds, Dortmund can also give up completely.

Unlike Real Madrid, they are far from winning the league. Between the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals, they have to play a league game.

Even more coincidentally, Real Madrid's opponent happened to be Barcelona in the league between the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals, and it was still an away game.

After Real Madrid fought Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion on April 4, they will go away to Camp Nou and Barcelona for the Spanish national derby in the second half of the season on April 17.

Barcelona is not only Real Madrid's mortal enemy in the Spanish national derby, but it is Barcelona who is No.2 this season.

Therefore, Barcelona is naturally eager to beat Real Madrid and narrow the point difference between the two sides. If they can finally achieve a point-leading lead and win the La Liga championship, it will naturally be excellent.

Between the two Champions League semi-finals, the opponent Real Madrid will play an away Spanish national derby. For Dortmund, it is naturally a very good news.

Therefore, it makes sense for the media to be unanimously optimistic about Dortmund. They not only lead the total score by two goals, but also have enough advantages in the schedule.

Sure enough, on April 4, in the 21nd round of the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach, Dortmund, who had already won the Bundesliga championship in advance, sent most of the substitutes. Only two or three main players, Cheng Hai and Weidenfeller, continued to start.

Although it is an away game, Borussia Mönchengladbach broke out a strong combat effectiveness in this game, because they are now ranked fourth in the Bundesliga, only 3 point away from No.1.

And No.4 and No.3 are the watershed for whether they can win the UEFA Champions League next season.

No.3 can play in the Champions League, while No.4 can only play in the Europa League.

What's more, in order to prepare for the second round of the Champions League semi-finals, Dortmund has rotated most of the substitute players. How can Borussia Mönchengladbach not seize the opportunity to win?

Therefore, in this game, Borussia Mönchengladbach aggressively attacked, trying to overwhelm Dortmund with offense and win.

However, their plan was unsuccessful.

Because Dortmund still has Cheng Hai as the starter!
Although almost all the main teammates were rotated, Cheng Hai could solve the battle alone.

Borussia Mönchengladbach is not a galactic battleship like Real Madrid, and there are not so many superstars to fight against Cheng Hai.

Therefore, Cheng Hai played the mainstay role in this game and made great contributions to Dortmund on both offensive and defensive ends.

Although Borussia Mönchengladbach scored a full three goals in the end, Dortmund scored four goals.

Cheng Hai scored another hat-trick and used his running position to create opportunities for his teammates, who scored the fourth goal.

Dortmund finally won 4-3 in a goal shootout at home. Borussia Mönchengladbach, who came with hope and wanted to take advantage of Dortmund's main rotation to win, finally returned with a defeat.

After this league match, Dortmund will focus on preparing for the second round against Real Madrid.

In fact, Dortmund was also training against Real Madrid a few days ago. In the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Dortmund did not conduct targeted training at all because it was unnecessary.

For Dortmund, this season is an excellent season to beat Real Madrid, advance to the final, and finally win the Champions League.

They have already reached the second round of the Champions League semi-finals, and the total score is two goals ahead of their opponents. Everyone feels that Dortmund is almost certain to enter the final.

Even if Mourinho finds a tactic that can fight against Cheng Hai, it's useless.

The 343 offensive formation doesn't only score goals, it still concedes goals.

However, in the last game, neither Klopp nor the Dortmund players expected that there would be a lunatic coach like Mourinho in the world. Therefore, they were not well prepared for Real Madrid's mad attacking formation, which allowed Real Madrid to score two goals in the second half, and only allowed Dortmund to score one goal.

But now, Dortmund not only has psychological preparation, but also allows the team to conduct targeted training for a long time.

This is different than Real Madrid's Spanish derby and Barcelona's Spanish derby.

What's more, Klopp also prepared an unexpected surprise for Real Madrid during training. I believe Real Madrid will be completely dumbfounded by then.

As for Real Madrid, although they struggled to win a 2-1 away game in a direct dialogue with Barcelona, ​​Mourinho's team also paid a big price at the Nou Camp.

As the media said, a Spanish national derby interspersed between the two Champions League semi-finals is undoubtedly a nightmare for Real Madrid.

Although Real Madrid finally won the victory, widening the gap with No.2 Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid won the La Liga championship this season without much suspense.

But in this Spanish national derby, Real Madrid has an important player injured, that is Nuri Shaheen.

You must know that in the game against Dortmund, it was precisely because Nuri Shaheen was affected by the abuse of Dortmund fans that he was full of fighting spirit, destroyed many of Cheng Hai's counterattacks, and also sent many wonderful passes and assists for Real Madrid. Real Madrid scored two goals in the away game and retained the hope of advancing to the final.

Without Shaheen's desperate contributions on both offensive and defensive ends, I am afraid that the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals would have lost suspense after the first round.

As a result, Shaheen is now injured. This is undoubtedly bad news for Real Madrid. They will lack a midfielder with a very high fighting spirit and excellent offensive and defensive skills against Dortmund.

But at the pre-match press conference, Mourinho still maintained his true nature of a madman, rebelliously said:

"Real Madrid has only one superstar, and that's me!"

"Therefore, although Shaheen's injury and absence are regrettable, it is not the end for Real Madrid."

"We also have Khedira, Granero, Xavi Alonso and a bunch of midfielders who can fill Shaheen's position."

"At the Bernabeu, the final victory must be Real Madrid. We will step on the corpse of Dortmund to advance to the Champions League final and finally win the cup!"

"As for Cheng Hai and Klopp, this is only their first trip to the Champions League. It is already pretty good to be able to get the current results."

"Losing is not terrible, it's just a matter of accumulating experience. I believe they will achieve good results next season."

"bless them!"