King of the Zone

2012年9月18日晚上20:45，2012/2013赛季欧冠小组赛D组第一轮多特蒙德主场迎战阿贾克斯的比赛在多特蒙德的主场威斯特fa伦球场正式开始。

Atletico Madrid won the Europa League last season and almost overturned Dortmund's performance in the UEFA Super Cup this season. Let everyone know how to break the game when pass-and-control football is popular. Many coaches and teams have begun to learn from Simeone and try to press high.

Ajax did exactly that.

They have been preparing for a long time, and they want to use a high-position pressing tactic that spares no effort against Dortmund in order to achieve unexpected results.

In this strongest death group in the history of the Champions League, every game requires shopping. Even if they play away against Dortmund, they must not give up and must try to win.

However, Klopp is not a fool. The experience of being almost cornered by Atletico Madrid in the European Super Cup made Klopp also see clearly the next tactical trend of world football.

He has personally experienced the experience of being behind until stoppage time on the sidelines, much deeper than Ajax's experience of Simeone's high-position pressing tactics.

Klopp, who has already won the Champions League and has been promoted to a top European coach, is also very good at learning.

Therefore, not only Ajax is learning and training Atletico Madrid's high pressing tactics, but Dortmund are also learning.

The training time for the first two Bundesliga games was short and the effect has not yet come out, but after almost half a month of training, this Champions League, Dortmund can already try to use this tactic.

After all, Dortmund is full of young people, and their physical fitness is basically worry-free.

As for Ajax, it was originally the star factory of the five major leagues, with more young people.

So this Champions League group match was exciting, and it became a confrontation between Dortmund and Ajax, which made the neutral fans hooked.

From the very beginning of the game, the two sides launched a wide-ranging press that spared no effort in any corner of the field. Everyone was constantly moving, even the goalkeeper was no exception.

The result is that Dortmund, who are playing at home, entered the state faster. After all, they have Cheng Hai, a scoring machine.

In the 7th minute, Cheng Hai passed the ball to Royce outside the Ajax penalty area and stopped the ball with his chest. Before the ball hit the ground, he suddenly picked the ball over the heads of himself and the Ajax players who defended him behind him.

Then Cheng Hai turned around with his strong physique, caught the push of the opponent's defender, and before the ball landed, he completed a high-quality volley and kicked the ball towards the goal.

The ball hit Ajax's goal like a cannonball. Although goalkeeper Vermeer made a save the moment Cheng Hai shot, Cheng Hai's volley was too powerful and too fast. Even though the angle was not very tricky, it was still faster than Vermeer's save reaction.

In the end, the ball flew into the goal before Vermeer's palm was in place.

Statistics after the game showed that the ball turned out to be a heavy bombardment with a speed of more than 100 km/h. No wonder Vermeer failed to save the ball even if the angle was not tricky.

However, although Dortmund got off to a fantastic start with Cheng Hai scoring the first goal in the opening 7 minutes, Ajax, as the leader of the Eredivisie, is still very strong.

Through the pressing high position press, in the 13th minute, Ajax forced Schmelzer to make a pass error, and Ajax countered in the frontcourt and played a counterattack on the spot.

Finally, the ball was passed to striker Ryan Babel, who charged into the penalty area, and Babel tiptoed the ball into the bottom left corner of the Dortmund goal before Hummels was on the ground and tried to tackle and destroy.

Weidenfeller also failed to prevent the goal.

Ajax tied the score at 1-1, and the game came to a climax.

However, Dortmund's overall strength is indeed superior, especially Cheng Hai's genius-like performance, which makes Ajax often unable to guess his next move.

This is Cheng Hai's full "creativity" at work.

In the 25th minute, Cheng Hai dribbled the ball into the penalty area.

Just when the Ajax defender and goalkeeper were desperately blocking Cheng Hai's shot, Cheng Hai suddenly knocked the ball with his heel and knocked the ball to the side and rear.

Under the threat of Cheng Hai breaking into the penalty area with the ball, the Ajax people went to besiege Cheng Hai and neglected to defend against other Dortmund players.

Therefore, the unguarded Gundogan inserted into the penalty area from behind, volleyed two meters to the left of the penalty spot in the penalty area, and kicked Cheng Hai's heel pass into the lower right corner of the goal.

Because the distance was too far, goalkeeper Vermeer, who was still on the left side of the goal line to prevent Cheng Hai's shot, couldn't even make a save, and just watched the ball fly into the net.

Cheng Hai assisted Gundogan to score Dortmund's second goal, and Dortmund took the lead again 2-1.

The score fell behind again, making the Ajax players fight harder.

But this kind of high-position pressing increases the chance of the opponent making mistakes, and at the same time, he may also make mistakes.

Because the offensive and defensive transition rhythm is too fast.

In the 33rd minute, Cheng Haila dribbled the ball from the side to break through two Ajax defenders and then cut inside. When he was close to the penalty area line, he made an inverted triangle pass and sent the ball accurately to the penalty area of ​​the penalty area.

Mario Gotze is cutting in at high speed, ready to shoot into the ball.

The result may be that he wanted to make a contribution and destroy the threat of the ball too much. Ajax defender Alderweireld made a flying tackle from the side.

But Mario Gotze touched the ball first and flicked it away.

Alderweireld's flying tackle then shoveled Mario Gotze into the penalty area.

Alderweireld made a shovel foul in the penalty area and was given a yellow card + penalty kick by the referee.

For penalty kicks, Cheng Hai is naturally perfect.

He accepted the gift with a smile, volleyed the ball into the dead corner, and scored twice to help Dortmund expand the score to 3-1.

This is the final score of the two sides in the first half.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half. Ajax, who was two goals behind, continued to use high pressure to try to steal the ball in the frontcourt to counterattack.

And also successfully played several threatening counterattacks. After all, Dortmund's turnover rate is not low when the ball is not at Cheng Hai's feet.

But Ajax did not have a sharp shooter like Cheng Hai, and only one of the few good shots was within the range of the goal frame, and Weidenfeller threw it out.

But Dortmund is different here.

Once the ball is delivered to Cheng Hai's feet, Ajax's goal will face a huge threat. Even if Ajax spares no effort to use many people to siege and pinch Cheng Hai, they can't stop Cheng Hai's goal.

Cheng Hai's archery and various skills are really too powerful.

In the 66th minute, Cheng Hai dribbled the ball past a person outside the penalty area and attracted three or four defensive players from Ajax to intercept him, trying to prevent him from entering the penalty area.

With so many people blocking the way, even with Cheng Hai's ability, the probability of breaking through and entering the restricted area is not high.

But it's not like Cheng Hai doesn't have teammates, so why bother hitting the wall by himself?

When he attracted three or four people to defend and intercept, there were naturally other teammates who were unguarded, and Cheng Hai's full "vision" allowed him to easily spot the running positions of his teammates and the gaps where he could pass the ball.

Therefore, Cheng Hai immediately distributed the ball to Mario Gotze, who was inserted from the wing and was unguarded.

Then, Cheng Hai ran without the ball and rushed into the penalty area.

Without the ball, basically few people can keep up with Cheng Hai.

Even if the people in the penalty area can keep up with Cheng Hai by virtue of the distance advantage, Cheng Hai's erratic running position and strong physique give him an advantage even in the penalty area where there are many people in the penalty area.

Of course, if Guang Chenghai has an advantage, it depends on the passing of his teammates.

Sometimes, a teammate's pass is too low, and before it reaches him, it is intercepted and destroyed by the opponent at the previous point.Or the pass is too high, no matter how high he jumps, he can't reach it, and it is useless.

What's more, if the pass is too close to the goalkeeper, no matter how good he bounces, he can't compare with the goalkeeper who can catch or hit the ball with his hands, so he can only help him.

Therefore, Cheng Hai does not score headers in every game.

But this time, Cheng Hai's running and grabbing points were combined with Mario Gotze's cross.

After receiving the ball from Cheng Hai without any defense, Gotze took two steps to the bottom line, and then successfully kicked a cross before the opponent's defender rushed over to block the crossing route.

The ball soared into the air, flew over half of the penalty area, and landed behind the small penalty area line.

Although the goalkeeper moved to the back point according to the flight path of the ball, Cheng Hai overwhelmed the bounce of the crowd in the penalty area, and he shook his head in time to attack the goal. Before the goalkeeper Vermeer blocked the goal, he pushed the ball into the back point of Ajax's goal.

In the 66th minute, Cheng Hai scored another goal and completed a hat-trick to help Dortmund take a 4-1 lead.

This goal can be regarded as a seal of victory. It is impossible for Ajax to perform a miracle by scoring three goals in a row with less than half an hour left in the game.

But Ajax will not surrender and admit defeat.

Because the group stage is not a game to determine the outcome, nor is it a direct competition with Dortmund. Even if they can't win this game, they still have to strive to score more goals, get more goal difference or goals, and maybe they will be able to gain an advantage in the case of the same points after the group stage.

Therefore, Ajax, who lost the ball again and fell behind 1-4, was not discouraged, but continued to press and fight against Dortmund.

And Ajax's technical background as a Dutch giant did allow them to play a wonderful quick counterattack in the 74th minute.

And this time it was Cheng Hai who lost the ball.

Even if Cheng Hai dribbles at full value, there is no guarantee that he will never lose the ball.This time, it was during his breakthrough with the ball that he was interfered by two defenders of the opponent, and then the ball was stabbed away.

Then, before Cheng Hai used his full stealing ability to fight back, Ajax had already passed the ball and launched a counterattack.

Just now, because the ball was at Cheng Hai's feet, the Dortmund players were more at ease and lacked mental preparation. As a result, several offensive players from Ajax played a 3-on-2 situation in the frontcourt.

The quick counterattack and the number of people are large, and the pass and cut movement in this counterattack has performed very well.

Even with Cheng Hai's full speed, he failed to return to the defense after losing the ball, and was kicked into the goal by Ajax with three passes and two downs.

Ajax scored another goal and tied the score at 2-4, only two goals behind.

This even gave the Ajax players hope of tying the score.

It's not that no team has scored two goals in a row in the last ten minutes. Cheng Hai even performed a miracle of scoring two goals in two minutes in stoppage time in the European Super Cup that just passed.

Therefore, after the game restarted, Ajax continued to increase its offense, and replaced two new players in the 81st minute, continued to press high and steal the ball at any time to launch a counterattack.

However, Dortmund's tactics are also high-position pressing, and immediately counterattack after losing the ball, which will not allow Ajax to easily counterattack.

And even if they did succeed occasionally, their striker's shooting skills were not as good as Cheng Hai's, and they still failed to turn the counterattack into a goal after all.

But for Dortmund, once Cheng Hai is allowed to seize the opportunity, it can become a huge threat.

Ajax naturally knew this too, so in the end their marking of Cheng Hai became tighter.

But in this way, other Dortmund players have more gaps and opportunities.

Just when the game was about to enter stoppage time, in the 89th minute, Cheng Hai switched positions to the right to get the ball. As a result, Ajax's midfielders moved to the right one after another, blocking Cheng Hai's breakthrough and shooting routes.

As a result, Cheng Hai didn't force a breakthrough at all. Seeing that Ajax's entire backcourt was pressing over, Cheng Hai dodged the defender in front of him and kicked decisively. A precise long pass in the air sent the ball to the left side of the court outside the big penalty area.

Cheng Hai's full vision allowed him to discover the gap on the left and the running position of his teammate Royce.

And the full-value long-pass technology in the air also allowed him to pass the ball accurately, and fit in with Royce's running position.

Although Royce stopped the ball, he was blocked by a defender in front of him, and the probability of him dribbling into the penalty area to shoot is not high.

But Cheng Hai attracted too many people's defenses, and Royce was not the only one who got a free opportunity.

Seeing that he was blocked, Royce sent the ball to Lewandowski's feet in the penalty area without hesitation.

Lewandowski received a wonderful pass from Royce near the penalty spot in the penalty area, stopped and wiped the ball to the right, and dodged the defender who rushed over from the side to block his shot.

The ball passed through the penalty area like a sharp arrow and shot to the lower right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Vermeer had just jumped to the left to prevent Royce's shot, but he couldn't catch Lewandowski's shot. In the end, he could only watch the ball go into the net.

In the 89th minute, Lewandowski received an assist from Reus and scored Dortmund's fifth goal. Dortmund led Ajax 5-2 at home.

The game completely lost the final suspense. Even Dortmund, which has Cheng Hai, could not come back to life after falling behind by three goals in the 90th minute.

The final score was 5-2. Dortmund won a big home victory and won their first victory in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season.

Group D really deserves to be the group of death. Although Ajax lost by a big score, they still scored two goals at the Westfalenstadion, which is considered a powerful attack.

In another group match that was held at the same time and ended at the same time, Real Madrid, who was at home, was even tied 0-0 by Manchester City in the first half.

In the second half, the situation of the game changed suddenly, and Manchester City took the lead in Dzeko's goal in the 68th minute.

Immediately afterwards, Real Madrid equalized the score in the 76th minute after the knife guard Marcelo broke through from the wing and scored an inside shot.

As a result, in the 85th minute, Manchester City was also assisted by Kolarov from the wing, and after completing cooperation with his teammates, he entered the penalty area and scored a goal, once again expanding the score to 2-1.

At this time, it was less than 10 minutes before the end of the game, but Real Madrid, who were playing at home, were still behind in the score.

Many people thought that Real Madrid was about to capsize in the gutter and lost at home. As a result, only 2 minutes later, Real Madrid equalized the score with a header from Benzema in the 87th minute.

Ronaldo, who holds the current world record for football transfer fees, used a ground-breaking long-range shot in the 90th minute to complete the overtake for Real Madrid in the score, staged a super reversal, defeated Manchester City at home thrillingly, and scored all three points.

Although Manchester City lost, they caused huge troubles for Real Madrid in the away game, which can be said to be a glorious defeat.

This thrilling match at the Bernabéu Stadium truly clarified the difficulty of the death group. Even the Galacticos Real Madrid were almost defeated by their opponents at their home court, which shows that this group is not easy.

After the first round, Dortmund ranked first with 3 points and 3 goal difference, Real Madrid ranked second with 3 points and 1 goal difference, Manchester City ranked third, and Ajax ranked fourth.

However, this is only the first round, and everyone is likely to qualify, and anyone is likely to be eliminated. The battle for qualifying places has just begun.