goal goal

Chapter 64
In the Champions League knockout rounds, whether it is better to go first before the host or first the host and then the guest is better, and there are debates on both sides.

Of course, from the perspective of UEFA, the No.1 group stage qualifying team can enjoy the first guest and then the home game, so in UEFA's view, it is better to go first and then host.

But there are also many people who think that it is better to host first and then guest.

The home team can establish an advantage in the first round, and it is enough to fight back in the away game with peace of mind.

And if the guest first, then the host, it is very likely that it will be difficult to attack, and when returning home, you have to worry about the counterattack of the visiting team. If you are scored, it is very troublesome to score an away goal.

Therefore, it is a matter of opinion whether it is the guest before the host or the host before the guest.

For Tuchel, he prefers away games first.

After all, Dortmund's away performance this season is also quite good, even better than at home.

So not only Tuchel, everyone in the team is quite confident.

The Borussia Dortmund team arrived in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

It is only half a year since Portugal won the European Cup.

So there are banners and slogans celebrating Portugal's Euro 2016 victory everywhere in Lisbon.

Ronaldo is the one with the most portraits on the street.

"This is really a national hero!"

Dembele couldn't help but sigh.

After arriving at the hotel and putting down our luggage, we will go to Benfica's Stadium of Light to step on the field in the afternoon.

As the traditional top three of the Portuguese Super League, Benfica is also a traditional strong team that has won the European Champions Cup, and their home court is also quite good.

From Wang Yi's point of view, the home courts of many Bundesliga teams are much better.

The team's stands are a bit steep, but you don't feel it when you walk up to the stands, but it feels very grand from the visual perception.

Wang Yi was walking on the turf.

He also found out a lot of anecdotes about Benfica on the way.But for no water.

I won't say much, if you are interested, check it out, it's very interesting.

The night before the game.

In the conference room of the hotel.

Tuchel announced the starting lineup.

The next day, the day of the game.

"Friends in the audience, the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 3 at 45:[-] am BJ time, the match between Benfica and Borussia Dortmund is about to start."

"Dortmund's starting lineup is 4231, the goalkeeper is Burki, the defense is Piszczek, Sokradis, Bartra and Schmelzer, the double midfielder is Weigel and Guerrero, and the frontcourt is 4 people The group is Royce, Aubameyang, Dembele and Wang Yi who performed very well in the last league game."

"Royce's official position given before the game is the front midfielder position, but fans and friends who watched the last round of the league know that Royce played more as a second forward or a shadow forward in the game. Location."

"And Wang Yi is still standing on the left winger today. Compared with the right winger, Wang Yi will cut inside more at the left winger. Although Wang Yi will cut inside at the right wing, but more Of course, it is also possible that Wang Yi seldom plays on the right, so he has not been able to cut inside more for the time being."

As long as the domestic commentators encounter a game with Wang Yi, they will try their best to speak in a direction that is beneficial to Wang Yi.

But Wang Yi is really competitive, so when the various commentators blow up, there will be no sense of disobedience. On the contrary, sometimes they are criticized by fans for being too neutral.

In this game, Dortmund pressed heavily at the beginning and prepared to open the game.

But Benfica has long been prepared.

Straight to the bus.

Tuchel frowned, usually until the Champions League knockout round, few teams can play so conservatively at home.

But Benfica seems to want to implement this idea, and Dortmund's offensive was raging throughout the first half.

Especially Wang Yi.

In the eyes of the fans, Wang Yi was alive and well in the first half, with 4 direct shots after cutting inside and 3 crosses.

But they failed to break through Benfica's goal.

"The first half is over. Dortmund's offensive was overwhelming in the first half, and Benfica could only defend passively. But Dortmund's luck was a bit unlucky. Wang Yi's several shots were extremely threatening, but they all missed the goal slightly."

Even during the intermission, Tuchel actually did not criticize the team.

In his opinion, continuing to exert pressure in the second half and passive defense consume a lot of physical energy, not only physical energy, but also mentally exhausting.

Therefore, after the start of the second half, Dortmund continued to press aggressively, frantically applied pressure, and occasionally exchanged the ball. They also immediately grabbed the ball in Benfica's half and continued to attack.

Originally, the coach of Benfica decided to counterattack in the second half, but after being suppressed by the start of the second half for 10 minutes, he had no intention of counterattacking at all.

He directly made a persistent gesture to the captain on the field.

The captain feels aggrieved. In the Portuguese Super League, he is also at the dominant level. He needs to be more serious when he encounters Sporting Lisbon and Porto.

But the captain had no choice but to shout a sentence in Portuguese behind him.

The whole team visibly tensed up again.

It's different from what I said during the intermission.

This is the first reaction of many Benfica players after hearing what the captain said.

But there is no way.

You have to listen to what the head coach says.

So, continue to stick to it.

However, a subjectively voluntary defense is different from a defense that was about to attack but was suddenly stopped.

It can be seen from running a single step that the voluntary defense may immediately push up when the opponent steps forward to adjust, but the passive defense, the opponent adjusts before the top of the penalty area and only wants to block it. No one came up to press down.

Royce was in such a position at this time, originally he wanted to shoot directly.

I was still planning to adjust to my dominant foot, but found that the opponent did not come up to press like in the first half.

In this way, Royce made a decisive fake move and passed a diagonal pass to Wang Yi on the left.

Given an advance amount, Wang Yi immediately accelerated.

At this time, Royce and Aubameyang rushed directly into the penalty area to grab points.

After Wang Yi got the ball, he resolutely went to the bottom line.

In this way, the central defender has to come out to press down.

It would be troublesome if Wang Yi entered the restricted area along the bottom line.

When Wang saw the central defender who came to press him, he swayed left and right, repeated it, and succeeded in breaking through directly along the bottom line.

This is bad.

And Aubameyang is anxious, where is this Wang Yi going to pass it on.

Not an inverted triangle.

At this moment, Wang Yi raised his head to observe.

No way, experience is not enough.

He glanced at Royce and retreated slightly to the penalty area line at this time, but there was no one around him.

Then pass the inverted triangle.

Pass - receive - shoot.

Royce swung his foot and shot without waiting for the ball to stop.

Aim for the upper right corner of the goal.

The Benfica goalkeeper has been guarding the near corner.

The far corner let the teammate stand by the goal post.

But teammates are not goalkeepers after all.

"Wang Yi made an assist, Reus scored a goal, and Dortmund finally got off the hook."

(End of this chapter)