number one striker

Chapter 422 Targeted Defense

In the first half, Royce didn't perform well consciously. He failed to score and helped the team score.

He has performed very well in both Borussia Borussia and Dortmund this season, and he is very hopeful to join the team in this European Cup. Loew and his assistant Flick are watching from the stands. He must perform in front of the national team coach.

Klopp also knew this, so he used Loew as a tool to motivate the players, encouraging them: "Loew is watching from the stands! Show your performance! Take Atletico Madrid!"

At the same time, he said to Shinji Kagawa: "Kagawa, how are your feet?"

In the first half, Kagawa was stepped on by the Chilean when he was facing Vidal, and he could walk and limp a bit.

The Japanese star nodded, indicating that he has no problem.

Klopp frowned. If Kagawa fails, he must be replaced.

But can Gotze take on this important task?Although he performed well in the league, he has not yet performed well in the Europa League.

Gotze, who is only 20 years old, is the hope of Germany in the future. Some outsiders named him the "German Messi", as well as Royce's so-called "German Ronaldo" and Gundogan, the "German Harvey".

Klopp laughed at this thought. If these three people can really grow to that point, then Dortmund's dominance in Europe only needs to be as simple as snapping fingers.

The halftime time passed quickly, and Atletico Madrid did not make any adjustments.Simeone was also aroused by Klopp, since he wants to attack, then come on.

Both Atletico Madrid and Dortmund are teams that like to press high, and they are also teams that like to counterattack quickly.

The styles of the two teams are similar, but Dortmund is more about using the passing and receiving of players to speed up and tear the opponent's defense.Atletico Madrid relies on the personal strength of the players, and their passing and receiving cooperation is average.

Klopp also saw this weakness of Atletico Madrid, so at the beginning of the second half, he asked the players to try their best to cut off Atletico Madrid's pass. Even if they couldn't stop them from passing the ball, they had to push Caesar and Reyes out, and they couldn't be allowed to receive the ball very close to the penalty area.

Caesar was in excellent form in the first half, and everyone naturally gave him the ball to handle.

In the dangerous area, Piszczek didn't dare to make a big defensive move, but he had to stop Caesar, so he played quite awkwardly.

Now the main purpose is to intercept all passes to Caesar, which is slightly easier than defending Caesar.

"Vidal made a long pass from the left! Piszczek intercepted the ball! Dortmund launched a counterattack!"

As a result, Gundogan was pushed down by Gabi before the ball was played, and Dortmund lost the opportunity to counterattack quickly.

Calderon let out a schadenfreude laugh, Gabi didn't move much, and the referee didn't give a card.

Klopp expressed his dissatisfaction to the fourth official. He thought the ball was an obvious tactical foul, so why didn't he give a card.

The entanglement on the sidelines did not affect the players' game. Atletico Madrid recovered, defended firmly, and blocked Lewand's long-range shot.

Vidal tried to connect with Caesar again, but Caesar, who came to the middle, failed to receive the ball. Gundogan ran sharply and blocked the ball.

"Damn, it looks like they're after you."

Juan Fran sabotaged Royce's breakthrough, Vidal covered his mouth and said to Caesar.Gundogan on the side came over cunningly, he wanted to find out the secret.

"I'll retreat a little." Caesar didn't care about this, so what if you know, can you still follow me out?

Dortmund's attack was blocked again. This time Caesar retreated deeply and received the ball without interference.

The defenders did not follow him out, but they were still a little far away when they received the ball at this position.Caesar planned to cooperate with his teammates in two-for-one, but Reyes' pass back was too weak and was cut off by Dortmund.

"It seems that Dortmund focused their defense on intercepting Kaiser's ball! They tried their best to prevent Kaiser from receiving the ball!"

Not only Caesar, including Costa, who can directly threaten the goal behind Weidenfeller, Dortmund has given this kind of treatment.

For a while, Vidal couldn't find a point to pass the ball, so he could only passively play with Gabi.

Simeone glanced at Klopp, this method does work, but what if I do this?
"You asked Vidal and some idiots to give Luther the ball behind him! I don't believe it, they can still catch up with Luther?" Simeone called Felipe Luis and conveyed his meaning.

Just in time, the ball passed to Cork's feet, and he was also forced out.

Without waiting for Louis to pass the words, Cork saw the weakness of Dortmund's tactic by himself, facing Kuba's defense on the left, and passed it with his left foot.

The ball bypassed Kuba, passed between Piszczek and Subotic, and came directly behind them.

Weidenfeller's pupils shrank suddenly, Caesar was already accelerating!

"The ball went behind Dortmund's defense! Caesar is sprinting!"

Hummels and Subotic didn't expect the ball to come over. Cork is more than 30 meters away from here, and there is a Kuba in front of him!
"Caesar caught up with the ball! Subotic and the others can only eat ashes behind!"

It's just that Caesar failed to catch the ball well with the first kick, and it was a little too big.In desperation, he had to cross the ball to Costa.

"Weidenfeller strikes! Caesar crosses! Costa hits the goal!"

As a result, under the interference of Schmelzer behind the ball, Costa failed to hit the spot, and the ball bounced before flying to the goal.

Calderon's fans stared wide-eyed, and Hummels rushed towards the goal with the ball.Then, amidst their regretful boos, Hummels made a desperate effort to clear the ball, crashing himself into the post and falling to the ground in agony.

"Foul! He kicked me from behind!!" Costa was knocked to the ground by Schmelzer after shooting the goal. He immediately turned back and complained to the referee, but the referee ignored it and gave a sideline ball instead.

Loew in the stands stared wide-eyed, nervously watching Hummels being treated by the team doctor.

"This is not good news." The national team assistant coach Flick said on the sidelines. Hummels is the expected main central defender of the German team in this European Cup. If he is injured before the start of the European Cup, it will be a major blow to the German team's preparations.

Under the nervous eyes of the two, Hummels was helped off the field by the team doctor, while Santana was already taking off his coat on the sidelines.

"The game has restarted. Let's see, Hummels on the sidelines seems unable to persist in the game. He seemed to have hit hard just now. This is extremely bad news for Dortmund!"

(End of this chapter)