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"Southampton sent a four-four-two lineup away, not much change, goalkeeper Mendy, defender Cancelo, Maguire, Rudiger, Chilwell, midfielder Kevin De Bruyne , Rodri, Valverde, Grealish, forward Du Yue, Vardy! And Dortmund's lineup is a bit surprising, goalkeeper Birgi, defender Ashraf, Toprak, Zagadu, Tia Lowe, midfielder Dahoud, Witsel, Delaney, striker Royce, Gotze, Perisic! Putting Gotze in the center is a very strange change, let's see the effect of this change Bar!"

Under the chanting of the commentator, the players of both sides have already started the match - this is the first round of the match, but the two sides are relatively not unfamiliar, and have met in recent seasons, although in the group stage , Under such circumstances, the two sides soon started confrontation.

And the situation on the court gradually became clearer.

"Ah, Dortmund actually launched a defensive counterattack at their own home court! It is indeed a bit surprising! But thinking about Southampton's recent outstanding performance, you can understand Dortmund's approach!"

In the shouts of the commentator, Southampton quickly took advantage of the midfield and began to attack continuously!

When Southampton launches an offense, any team's defense will feel tremendous pressure.

Dortmund is certainly no exception.

Only 2 minutes into the game, Southampton's pass found Du Yue who was pulling out of the penalty area. After receiving the ball, Du Yue turned around and shot quickly. Fortunately, Dahoud made up for it in time and blocked the ball with his body. go out.

Three minutes later, Grealish took the ball from the left and was brought down by Ashraf. Southampton got a direct free kick close to the wing. De Bruyne and Rodri made a tactical free kick and broke through. In the cross from the bottom line, Vardy shook his head and attacked the goal ten meters in front of the goal. Birgi made a wonderful save and flew the ball over the crossbar with one hand.

De Bruyne took a corner kick and Dortmund's defender took the lead to clear the siege, but before they could attack, Southampton began to actively press in the frontcourt. De Bruyne stole the ball from the opposing defender's feet and rolled. The ball that went out came to Du Yue's feet. Du Yue forced a breakthrough on the right side of the penalty area, and then took a shot. The defender who was replaced blocked the baseline with his body.

Another corner kick, this time De Bruyne and Chilwell had a tactical cooperation. Chilwell passed the ball to the back point, followed by Maguire's header, and the ball was slightly above the crossbar.

After the opening, Southampton's offense began to hit Dortmund's defense wave after wave like a raging wave!

This made the Dortmund fans in the stands quite anxious-when they played against Southampton before, Southampton's offense didn't seem to be so strong?

Although we took the initiative to start a defensive counterattack, Southampton's offense was too sharp, right?

They overlooked one point. The previous few matches were all in the group stage. At that time, Southampton was never desperate.

And now it is the knockout game, the Southampton players are experienced in this situation, they clearly know that in the knockout stage, no other ideas can be tolerated, only when they go all out in every game, can they be successful To achieve better results.

This mentality is actually a key to Southampton's strength in the Champions League. They clearly know what to do in such a situation, and many teams lacking Champions League experience often have choices in this regard. mistake.

Southampton's offense was quite sharp, while Dortmund was struggling, and they wanted to wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

It has to be said that their tactical choice does seem to be very wise.

In Southampton's offense, they finally made a mistake.

When Valverde and Rodri passed the ball together, they made a mistake between each other. The ball was intercepted by the opposing midfielder Witsel when Rodri was about to receive the ball. After the interception, the Belgian immediately A direct pass to the frontcourt, under the cover of Gotze, Dortmund's captain Royce took the ball!

After taking the ball, Royce began to break forward with the ball at high speed. He himself is a player with excellent breakthrough ability. After continuous breakthroughs, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and then shot decisively!

Maguire jumped over and blocked the ball out of the baseline with his body...

Royce raised his hands high, indicating that Maguire had a handball, var intervened, the referee ran off the court to watch var, and then when he returned to the court, he pointed to the penalty spot-Maguire handball, penalty!

Maguire was very helpless. His handball was actually very hidden, and the referee didn't see it. Unfortunately, the newly used var exposed his handball.

"Var is a bit of a headache." Ji Ya muttered.

The var technology has only been gradually used in the competition in the past few seasons. It was the Club World Cup in 16 at the earliest. After that, the technology was not directly used in the competition until the World Cup in Russia before the start of this season. After the technology has been fully used in the World Cup, it has also begun to be used in the Champions League.

However, the Premier League has not yet introduced var technology, which also makes the Premier League teams a little uncomfortable in this regard.

Royce took the penalty himself, he took it overnight, Mendy threw it in the wrong direction, and the ball flew into the Southampton gate!

"One to zero! Dortmund took the lead when their defense was in jeopardy! This gave them a big advantage! Dortmund have not conceded a goal in the Champions League home game this season! And in France After Faure took office, Dortmund has remained unbeaten in [-] home games so far this season, winning [-] of them! Now they are leading, and Southampton is in big trouble!"

In the chanting of the commentator, the Dortmund fans began to cheer loudly, and the confidence began to return to them. In such a game, leading Southampton, let them win the game and start With sufficient self-confidence!

"They're lucky," Kiya said to Benelli.

"Yeah, as long as we continue to attack, it's not too difficult to deal with them." Benelli nodded.

The natural reaction of the head coach and the first assistant coach made the players on the bench not show any panic, and their reactions will also affect the players on the field.

After the celebration, Favre saw such a calm look on the Southampton bench, and suddenly had some ominous premonition in his heart...