King of the Zone

Behind the excited celebrations of the Dortmund players and fans, there was the dejection of the Benfica players and coaches.

Coming with a two-goal lead, they still want to score an away goal to even out Cheng Hai's scoring advantage in the first round!

Unexpectedly, just 13 minutes into the game, their goal was pierced twice. The game situation has undergone a fundamental change, and now they are behind.

If the game ends with the current score, then Benfica will be eliminated.

This is unacceptable to them.

They have to fight back and they have to score.

So, while the Dortmund players and fans were celebrating wildly, the head coach of Benfica had no choice but to give the players an order to counterattack.

It is impossible not to counterattack.

It doesn't make sense for Benfica to continue to defend now. They will still be eliminated by Dortmund if they maintain a total score of 3-3 until the end.

Therefore, they can only counterattack and strive to score goals.

On the one hand, with another goal, they can take the lead again from the total score.In addition, it can also smooth out Dortmund's away goal advantage at the Stadium of Light in the first round.

If they can score two goals, they can even reverse the away goal advantage, so that their two away goals need Dortmund to score three goals to reverse.

Anyway, they had to attack. The head coach of Benfica simply put all his eggs in one basket, let the players break the boat, let go of their hands and feet to counterattack, and fought against Dortmund.

Benfica was forced to this point by the situation, but for Dortmund, this is the happiest scene.

At the Westfalenstadion, Dortmund's overall performance must be much better than the away game, whether it is Cheng Hai or other teammates.

After all, this is a stadium that everyone is familiar with, and there are so many home team fans cheering, which can stimulate the players' desire to perform.

Not to mention Benfica, even if Real Madrid and Barcelona are here, Dortmund is not afraid to attack each other at the Westfalenstadion.

This is Dortmund's favorite way of playing at the Westfalenstadion.

What's more, the forward shooting skills of the two sides are not at the same level at all.

If both sides create the same number of shooting opportunities, then Dortmund's Cheng Hai can definitely score more goals than Benfica's striker.

There is no doubt about this.

So, after the game restarted, Benfica and Dortmund teamed up to create a goal battle for the fans on the scene and in front of the TV.

Although Benfica is attacking Dortmund with a desperate and desperate mentality, their offensive efficiency is indeed not as good as Dortmund with Cheng Hai.

In the 16th minute, two ex-Argentine geniuses Aimar and Saviola teamed up to create a wonderful frontcourt cooperation. In the end, Aimar made a wonderful pass and sent the ball into the penalty area.

It's a pity that Saviola's shooting skills were not as good as Cheng Hai's. Although he managed to hit the goal frame, but the angle was not tricky, and Weidenfeller, who was returned, easily saved the ball out of the baseline.

In the subsequent corner kick, Benfica had no player to grab the first point at all, and was cleared by central defender Subotic who pushed out of the penalty area.

The geniuses of Aimar and Saviola failed to score a goal, but for Dortmund, with Cheng Hai taking the last shot, the chances of scoring were many times higher.

Because it was a confrontation, the transition between offense and defense was extremely fast, so there were many opportunities for both sides to attack.

Although there is no guarantee that every attack can successfully send the ball to Cheng Hai's feet, and Benfica also focused on marking Cheng Hai, but in the 23rd minute, Cheng Hai still got a chance to shoot.

The emergence of this opportunity was created by a counterattack after Benfica's offense was cut off.

Although Cheng Hai did not form an anti-offside, he still used his running position and speed to easily get rid of the defenders around him, ran a gap outside the penalty area, and received a pass from Shinji Kagawa.

When Cheng Hai received the ball, there was only the last central defender Anderson Louison left in front of him.

Although Louisson tried his best to block Cheng Hai's possible breakthrough or shooting routes, Cheng Hai's full-value dribbling and breakthrough skills still made his defense ineffective.

Cheng Hai didn't break through him either, but took the ball into the penalty area. He swayed from side to side a few times in the process of advancing, which made Louisong exhausted and exposed a gap in defense.

Then Cheng Hai took a decisive volley. The ball avoided the goalkeeper Bate who was rushing towards the near corner, and got into Benfica's goal against the far post.

In the 23rd minute, Cheng Hai scored twice to help Dortmund take a 3-0 lead in the game and rewrite the total score to 4-3.

This time, Dortmund not only has the advantage of away goals, but also leads Benfica in total score.

The Bumblebee fans in the stands celebrated even more excitedly.

However, although the Benfica players sighed a little, they did not completely lose their fighting spirit.

Because they knew that as time went by, Cheng Hai's stamina would be exhausted quickly, and Cheng Hai might collapse before the first half was over.

Once Cheng Hai falls, they still have a great chance to reverse.

Now although they are behind on away goals and behind on the total score, as long as they score one goal, they can equalize the total score and smooth out Dortmund's away goal advantage.

And once two goals are scored, it can in turn form an away goal advantage for Dortmund.

So, they haven't lost hope yet.

After the game restarted, Benfica continued to fight against Dortmund, but the defense line's marking of Cheng Hai was more cautious and strict, and it was easy to deny the opportunity to counterattack and run out of space to catch the ball.

As a giant in the Portuguese Super League, Benfica's background is indeed not small, and the strength of the players is not weak.

Especially Saviola, nicknamed "Rabbit" among them, has excellent skills.

In the 30th minute, Saviola entered Dortmund's penalty area with two people in the frontcourt, and used rhythm and spiking to dodge the shot gap and low shot from a close angle.

Benfica finally scored on away goals to level the aggregate score at 4-4 and wipe out Dortmund's away goal advantage, and they still have a chance to create more away goals.

Therefore, the Benfica players on the field celebrated fiercely, and a small number of Benfica fans in the stands were also extremely excited. They applauded and screamed excitedly in the stands to celebrate this extremely difficult away goal.

In contrast, Dortmund's players and coaches looked a little heavy.

Because, next, as long as Benfica scores another goal, Dortmund will have to score two goals to win the opponent.

The advantage of away goals has been transferred to the opponent.

However, this does not shake Dortmund's determination to attack.

The Hornets were originally a young guard known for their offensive football. Cheng Hai, Gotze, Shinji Kagawa, Lewandowski, Gross Kreutz, Owomoyela and others are all very young.

At Westfalenstadion they will not be afraid to play against anyone.

Conceding goals is not terrible, as long as you can score more goals than your opponent.

What's more, this game was Cheng Hai's first start, so it would be a pity not to make full use of it.

Although Benfica paid great attention to marking and intercepting Cheng Hai's counterattack, Cheng Hai did not only break through the middle.

Seeing that the opponent's defense in the middle was too strong, Cheng Hai naturally switched to the side.

With Cheng Hai's speed, physique, and dribbling breakthrough skills, he is almost unstoppable on the wing.

Even if you can't send the ball to the top of your teammates every time you pass from the bottom, as long as there are more times, your teammates will always be able to seize a chance.

In the 38th minute, the two sides fought in the midfield, and they were panting and changed positions to the right side for a slow walk.

Suddenly, Sebastian Kyle intercepted the Benfica player's pass with an upper tackle, and lay on the ground and swept it to Mario Gotze.

Dortmund turned from defense to offense in an instant, and Cheng Hai, Barrios, Gross Kreuz, Shinji Kagawa and others rushed towards the opponent's goal.

Of course, some people immediately went to grab the ball at Gotze's feet.

But Goetze didn't stick the ball at all, and after the spike dodged a gap, he passed the ball to Shinji Kagawa.

Shinji Kagawa first took the ball to the left to attract the attention of the opponent's defense, then made a long diagonal pass and passed the ball to Cheng Hai's right.

Kagawa Shinji's pass was very accurate, allowing Cheng Hai to easily receive the ball, and then dribbled the ball to the bottom line.

Cheng Hai is naturally the opponent's main target, but right now there is only one winger Gaitan who can interfere with Cheng Hai.

Such a little-known player, not a professional defensive player, would be able to defend against Cheng Hai, a pervert with full speed, dribbling, and physique.
Cheng Hai made a simple pass and poked the ball from the inside of Gaitan. Then Cheng Hai passed Gaitan from the outside at full speed, made a circle from the sideline, and ran back to the court to catch the ball.

Even though he made a circle from the outside, Cheng Hai's amazing speed allowed him to catch up with the ball before Gaitan, and used his strong physique to trap Gaitan behind him.

Although Gaitan pushed Cheng Hai hard, intending to push Cheng Hai down, but Cheng Hai, who is already 179cm tall and weighs 75kg, is not something that Gaitan can casually push down with his full physique.

Unless it is with the mentality of deliberate fouling and pushing Cheng Hai with all his strength.Otherwise, under normal circumstances, small actions that are usually concealed for fear of being discovered by the referee will not be able to overthrow Cheng Hai.

It was the same this time, the moment Cheng Hai caught up with the ball, Gaitan failed to push Cheng Hai down, and then Cheng Hai took the ball and threw him away.

Even running with the ball, Cheng Hai is faster than Gaitan.

After breaking through Gaitan, Cheng Hai has come to a position almost level with the penalty area line, and full-back Pereira appeared on the inside line in front of his body obliquely.

Pereira didn't dare to stand in front of Cheng Hai, because he was afraid that Cheng Hai would take the opportunity to cut inside and attack the penalty area, so he could only block inside diagonally to avoid Cheng Hai cutting inside or passing the ball.

But Cheng Hai took advantage of Pereira's position, directly poked the ball towards the bottom line, and then squeezed it with a strong physique and super fast speed. Pereira tried to reach out but failed to hold Cheng Hai.

Cheng Hai dribbled the ball to the bottom line while observing the running positions of his teammates in the middle, and then used the difference in speed to stagger a little position with Pereira when approaching the bottom line, gaining a gap for passing the ball.

Afterwards, Cheng Hai immediately made a cross.

Although Pereira threw his whole body out in desperation, trying to fly to block the hole of the gun, but because his speed was slower than Cheng Hai before, he still failed to block Cheng Hai's passing route in time.

The ball passed by Cheng Hai's full-value cross and long-range pass skills passed in front of Pereira's outstretched toes and flew towards the back of the penalty area.

The Benfica defenders and goalkeepers who were attracted by Cheng Hai's wing breakthrough and Barrios' rushing to the front point were all deceived.

Cheng Hai's cross was not for Barrios, but for the captain Sebastian Kyle who rushed into the penalty area and ran to the space outside the back corner of the small penalty area line.

Kyle jumped lightly with almost no interference, and with an easy lion shake, he headed the ball into the back corner of the goal.

The goalkeeper Bate, who was at the front point, couldn't make a return. When he ran to the middle of the goal, he watched the ball being pushed into the goal by Kyle.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Dortmund scored again. It was captain Kyle who scored and Cheng Hai assisted.

Cheng Hai has once again scored twice with goals and assists, helping Dortmund lead Benfica 4-1 in this game and 5-4 in the two rounds.

This is already Cheng Hai's second goal and assist double score in a month. The last victim was Bayern Munich, and this time the victim is also not an unknown person.

Even the narrator of the neutral TV station was shocked and sighed:
"Cheng Hai, who started the game for the club for the first time, completely dominated the game. The contribution of goals, assists and double goals not only allowed Dortmund to regain the disadvantage of being two goals behind in the first round, but also allowed Dortmund to overtake the total score and take the initiative to advance to the quarterfinals."

"Cheng Hai's performance is phenomenal! This season's Bundesliga Golden Boot is most likely to be Cheng Hai's, and this year's European Golden Boy Award will undoubtedly be in Cheng Hai's pocket."

"In addition, if Cheng Hai can really help Dortmund win the Bundesliga and UEFA Cup double this season, and if Messi, Ronaldo and others don't show a more convincing performance, I even think Cheng Hai is qualified to compete for the Ballon d'Or!"

"You know, this is Cheng Hai's first season in professional football!"

"Such a shocking performance, appearing on a young man from Huaguo, really subverted my understanding of football!"

"Perhaps, this is the once-in-a-century super genius bred by more than one billion Chinese people!"

After Cheng Hai made a cross from the side to assist Kyle to score Dortmund's leading goal again, his physical fitness was basically at its limit and he could no longer run.

For the rest of the first half, Cheng Hai barely ran, let alone sprinting. At most, he used his physique, stopping skills, and dribbling skills as a transfer station for passing and receiving the ball, but there was nothing he could do to sprint and break through.

It can only be placed in Benfica's half court to provide a vague nuclear deterrent to the opponent, but the real offensive ability is gone at all.

Even so, no one in Benfica dared to be careless, for fear that Cheng Hai would suddenly erupt after taking a walk and rest, and score another goal, and Benfica would be completely cold.

Fortunately, Cheng Hai didn't break out in the last few minutes and didn't score a goal.

But on the other hand, Benfica, who was involved in some midfielders by Cheng Hai and Barrios, also failed to score in the remaining time and equalize the total score.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the two sides entered the intermission with a total score of 4-1 in this round and 5-4 in the two rounds. At home, Dortmund temporarily leads their opponent Benfica by one goal in total, occupying the initiative to advance to the quarterfinals.

Although Cheng Hai didn't run much in the last few minutes, occasionally passing and receiving the ball, and confronting the opponent's body, Cheng Hai's physical energy was quickly exhausted.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half and left the field at halftime, Cheng Hai was paralyzed again, and was supported by Shinji Kagawa, Barrios and others from both sides before he walked off the field panting.

If other professional players are so poor in physical fitness that they can only play halftime and have to be supported during the halftime break, they will definitely be laughed to death by their opponents and booed by their own fans.

However, it was clear that Cheng Hai was no ordinary player.

This is his first start in a high-intensity club game and he played the full 45 minutes of the first half. In 45 minutes, he staged a terrifying goal, assists and double goals to help Dortmund reverse the score behind the first leg and take a 5-4 lead on aggregate.

This performance alone is already worthy of applause from all the home fans.

When Cheng Hai left the court, all the Bumblebee fans gave him a standing ovation, and countless people shouted Cheng Hai's name to pay tribute to him.

Even the Benfica players and fans, who are the opponents, looked at Cheng Hai, who seemed to be weak and was helped off the field by his teammates, with complicated eyes.

If there is no Cheng Hai, Benfica can take advantage of the huge advantage of leading by two goals in the first round to deal with Dortmund in a leisurely manner, so as to gain the initiative to advance to the quarterfinals in two rounds.

Unexpectedly, first, Dortmund's head coach Klopp shamelessly played a trick, using the starting lineup to deceive Benfica up and down.

Then, Cheng Hai, who was starting for the club for the first time, exploded with such great energy. In this game, he actually staged a double-scoring trick with goals and assists.

Such a performance simply made Benfica's players and coaches feel desperate.

Of course, this is not the most desperate.

The most desperate thing is that although Cheng Hai was helped off by his teammates during the intermission, Cheng Hai did not collapse after all.

what does this mean?
Anyone who has been familiar with this year's Asian Cup in Qatar knows that Cheng Hai used the method of starting the game and recovering his energy quickly during the halftime break in the Huaguo national team. He persisted until six to seven 10 minutes into the second half before being replaced.

This means that this game Cheng Hai can also use this method to take a good rest during the intermission, and then play vigorously for another 10 minutes in the second half.

For Benfica, which is already behind in total score, this is naturally even more desperate for them!
Everyone can only pray and hope that the news that Cheng Hai only needs 10 minutes of intermission sleep to recover most of his energy is false.

In addition, I also hope that Cheng Hai will not play so well in the second half like the first half.

The performance of goals, assists and double goals is enough for any player, right?

I hope Cheng Hai is also satisfied, and stop being so "perverted" in the second half!