Grass roots glory

Chapter 493 The Rhythm of Attack

Before boarding the flight to Madrid, Zhou Tiancheng posted a short Weibo: This is a journey of revenge.

All of a sudden, it aroused a large number of fans' likes and comments. Under the conscious exaggeration and exaggeration of the Chinese media, Real Madrid's image in the Chinese fan community was completely blackened, and it became the target of everyone.

Although there are a large number of Real Madrid fans in China, this part of the group responded to Zhou Tiancheng by leaving messages under Weibo in a self-deprecating way.

"Chengdu take it easy, our group (Real Madrid's joking name, derived from the Royal Circus.) Champions League Sixteen Lang, reaching the quarter-finals is already a historic victory."

"Mr. Luo said that there was no sense of accomplishment in eliminating Schalke last year. This time he wants to prove that the striker is still a little bit more likely to score than the midfielder..."

"Water Lord (Ramos) has washed his head and asked for light abuse."

It can be seen that everyone is not pessimistic about the first round of Dortmund's expedition to the Bernabeu. All confidence comes from the reference against Real Madrid last season.

As long as Zhou Tiancheng does not have a situation, Dortmund should have a greater chance of winning than Schalke last season!

And Klopp also determined his tactics before the game. He explained to the players: "Boys, this is the Bernabeu. Many people think this is a palace. Otherwise, Shaheen would not try to come here, haha... But We are not here to worship, but to fight! Only the strong can conquer the palace! So oppress them in the way we are best at! Here, conservatism will not work, you can understand this from Zhou, he knows best of."

Zhou Tiancheng smiled and nodded at everyone: "The boss is right, don't try to play a defensive counterattack here, even Barcelona will die ugly."

Klopp finally determined the strategy for this game after hesitation, and the tactics instilled in the players have already explained his choice.

Following his nature, Klopp is a lunatic, and it is not surprising to choose to play against.To be honest, Klopp has been praised for being able to do this in the first season of returning to the Champions League.Winning or losing against Real Madrid is normal.So it is not surprising that Klopp did not gamble on the luck of the defensive counterattack. It is not his style to give the initiative to the opponent.If you want to win, you have to win heartily, even if you lose, you have to go crazy without regrets!
Psychologically, Mourinho and the Real Madrid players, who feel sure of winning, would never have imagined that they would face a group of lunatics.

Sitting at home, and first host and then away, Mourinho will not have a second choice. What he explained to the players is similar to Klopp: "Beat them with the strongest attack! Dortmund is just a group of inexperienced It's time to show your experience, guys! The winners at the Bernabeu can only be us!"

Judging from Mourinho's starting lineup, the three lines are almost impeccable.The central defender Carvalho and Ramos have both experience and defensive hardness. The two full-backs are Marcelo and Aveiroa, both of whom have quite powerful post-up assists.The double defensive midfielder Khedira partnered with Alonso, the all-round capable Ozil was the starting midfielder, and the frontcourt trident was Ronaldo, Di Maria and Benzema.Mourinho has already lined up what he thinks is the most stable lineup, such as Pepe and Coentrao, who have a hot temper and are prone to mistakes, as well as Varane and Albiol, who are outstanding but lack experience in big scenes. Young people are excluded from the starting lineup by him.

Standing next to the coach's bench, the madman who had always been unsmiling put on a smile. Obviously, he was very confident in this game. In his opinion, winning Dortmund was a lottery. Although Zhou Tiancheng wanted to step on himself The dead body went further, and that was impossible.

No team can return to the Champions League without paying tuition fees.

Mourinho didn't intend to give a chance at all. Real Madrid played a quick counterattack at the beginning of the game. Di Maria received a long pass from Alonso and forcibly threw Piszczek away.The speed of the Argentine caused a climax of screams at the Bernabeu.Di Maria is known as the "Argentine with three lungs", and running with the ball is his specialty.Walking the bottom line and forcing a pass, Benzema headed the ball ahead of Hummels, and the ball hit the post with a "bang".Fortunately, Weidenfeller's second reaction was quick, and he was lucky enough. The ball bounced to the outside of the post, and Weidenfeller rushed sideways to press the ball down with his body.

Bernabeu fans thought it was a prelude to a dream start, but Dortmund immediately fought back.Weidenfeller throws the ball 40 meters directly along the side. Royce has the space to maximize his speed, and he throws away Aveiroa. The same side cross, Barrios is in the middle Throwing his head out against the defense.The ball was lightly blocked by Iker Casillas with his fingertips before it ran to the dead corner, but it did not roll out of the baseline. Kuba followed the inverted triangle and passed back to Zhou Tiancheng. Zhou Tiancheng took advantage of the situation and shot low, but unfortunately Lamo Si stood in front of the door to make up for it and blocked it.

Marcel Leif exclaimed: "Ah! It's really unlucky."

But the opening counterattack was just a prelude. Dortmund let everyone see their attitude. Today Dortmund adopted their own man-to-man defense strategy, and there is absolutely no room for anyone to dribble the ball through the distance between them. After the state, Klopp's arrangement gradually showed its power.

Perhaps in the face of super capable players like Ronaldo and Di Maria, one-on-one is indeed impossible to defend, but if the core position around the penalty area is trapped and surrounded, Real Madrid's offensive efficiency will be greatly hindered.

Although Real Madrid dominated the opening stage, it was Dortmund who really created more scoring opportunities. The speed of Royce and Kuba was like two swords of Damocles, hanging above Real Madrid's head, pressing Neither Marcelo nor Arbeloa dared to release their assisting ability, but after coming to the frontcourt, Zhou Tiancheng's speed at the back can always be faster.Mourinho originally hoped that Khedira, who has B2B attributes, would keep a close eye on Zhou Tiancheng, but when he needed to assist Alonso to take care of the offense, it seemed unrealistic to turn around and chase Zhou Tiancheng.

Had it not been for Casillas' multiple meritorious service in the opening game, Dortmund might have been able to make a head start within 10 minutes of the opening game.

Madrid TV commentator Juan Picci frowned deeply: "It shouldn't be like this, Real Madrid absolutely shouldn't be like this! The defense is obviously not focused enough, maybe they want to win too much?"

Everyone has seen Dortmund's determination, it is a kind of courage to win at the Bernabeu!
Real Madrid fans kept exclaiming, until this time they began to realize that this opponent is definitely not that simple.

Not many teams dare to confront them at the Bernabeu.

But the more this is the case, the more Real Madrid fans will smile, and if they dare to play against each other at the Bernabeu, they will die ugly in the end...

(End of this chapter)