amaotonovel Chapter 512 Top of Europe (6)
Chapter 512 Top of Europe (6)
Chapter 512 Top of Europe ([-])
Muller yelled towards the backcourt, and then pointed to his head, meaning to hit the young man on the head.
But Muller's physical fitness is good, and the others' physical fitness has indeed reached a critical point in overtime. Although they drank sports drinks and enjoyed a massage from a physical therapist just now, they still felt like their legs were lead-filled and heavy when they ran.
The Chinese say that if you survive a catastrophe, you will have good fortune. It almost came true in the 5th minute of the first half of extra time. Bender passed the ball to Gomes.
Neuer fell to the ground and threw the ball back to the small penalty area. Boateng cleared the ball, but Bayern was in a cold sweat. Benatia did not expect that Gomez would hold him down and forcefully turn around and shoot.
Guardiola saw the problem. The two central defenders of Bayern had fully adapted to Aubameyang's style of play within 90 minutes. Now Dortmund has replaced Gomez with a completely different style of play. The two defenders couldn't react for a while.
This is a problem, and it's a big problem. It's very simple. Guardiola has already replaced the two starting midfielders. At this time, Bayern's defense is very weak.
Guardiola waved and commanded, and Boateng understood. He posted Gomez, and Guardiola asked him to mark Gomez full-time. Although this will sacrifice a Boateng who can attack and defend well, it can at least limit Dortmund's big center.
Another point is that Guardiola gestured to Neuer, telling him to stay behind honestly. He didn't want any more problems in Neuer's position. Neuer... It should be said that he was too active.
Once Bayern made adjustments, Klopp was not idle either. He let the midfielder come out again, especially when the two wings were about to expand. Royce and Joe Lee spread out to form a situation where both wings flew together.
Facing Alaba, Royce made a few fake moves. It can be seen that the fake moves have been a bit sluggish, and he did not deceive Alaba.
Royce directly crossed the court with a big foot and gave it to Li Qiao. The latter didn't stop the ball, and went straight forward to Gomez.
"Depend on",
Some fans in the stands were dissatisfied. Dortmund's two full-backs were already standing up and playing football.
Li Qiao was very tired, but he was not too tired to run. The reason why he was like this was that Gomez had plenty of energy. In the first half of overtime, he let his battering ram consume his opponents, and then he would fight again in the second half.
The effect of this trick is also good. Gomez is Klopp's Drogba. The real value of last year's deal is finally reflected at this moment. Although Boateng is strong, he and Gomez are evenly divided.
How happy is it to have a powerful center in the penalty area? ?If you have seen Chelsea in the Drogba era, you will understand, or look at the current Premier League "West Ham United", the lethality of an air bully like Carroll in the penalty area.
Even if Gomez can't turn around forcibly, at least he can protect the ball [-]%. This caused Bayern a headache. The most obvious change is that Bayern's ball possession rate plummeted.
Back then Chelsea was Drogba in the middle, laughing on both sides.
Because holding the ball in the middle, the breakthrough of the winger is valuable. For example, Li Qiao must have a chance to break through and pass the ball, otherwise Li Qiao would just run around.
Gomez took the ball, Li Qiao went into the ribs, and Bayern's defense had problems again. Lahm had to follow, otherwise he would be offside, but Li Qiao's movements were very precise, and offsides were not safe. Besides, generally strong teams would not pin their hopes on offsides.
Boateng knew that Gomez was definitely going to find Li Qiao, and from the way the little guy twisted his butt, he knew that Gomez was going to turn halfway to score the ball.
Boateng took a step forward, trying to block Gomez's passing route, but Gomez had been to Italy once, and he seemed to be an old man. He faked a fax dunk, did not pass the ball, but dunked Boateng instead.
shoot! ! !
This ball is enough for Neuer to scream again.
Neuer swooped with one palm, the ball reached Royce's feet, and shot with one foot, the ball flew out of the baseline.
*****
The situation was reversed, and Sammer hurriedly forgot his identity. He is the sports director, but now he stands beside Guardiola as if he is the assistant coach of the team.
"Go grab it, don't stand still," Summer roared.
But the players are really tired. Bayern still has one substitution. The midfielder Rhodes is already warming up, but Guardiola dare not use the last substitution easily, because it seems that someone may have cramps now.
Stan has a saying - the old man is not so easy to bully, but now Ram is easy to bully, every time he chases Li Qiao, he risks his thigh strain.
What about Li Qiao?Of course, I can't learn to do it anymore, waving the ball again and again, accelerating, and overtaking.
After following a few times, Lahm finally sat on the ground, "Let Rod come on", Summer said, but Guardiola was still hesitant.
"Let's let the team doctor see it first. If it's a cramp, then stick to it. If it's a strain, then change it immediately."
Summer thought to himself: "You talk a lot of nonsense, if you don't change your injury, go kick it."
Guardiola's worries are justified. If Bayern has one less player, then there will be one less free thrower in the penalty shootout.
At this time, there was a heart-warming scene on the scene. Li Qiao was holding Ram's leg and pressing it for him. If it is a cramp, pressing the leg at the first time is the best treatment method.
After pressing for a while, Lahm signaled that it was enough, Li Qiao stretched out his hand, Lahm stood up, and the audience burst into applause. No matter what time it is, the sportsmanship of fair competition must not be lost.
*****
15 minutes into the first half of overtime, the two sides will start the second half after a drink of water.
At this time, Guardiola made up his mind to make a substitution. Rhodes played as a midfielder, but he played as a right back when he was in Frankfurt, but unexpectedly, Guardiola did not replace Lahm, but replaced Costa and pushed Lahm to the midfield.
Many people don't understand, but Guardiola's purpose is very simple, that is, if a penalty shootout is entered, then Ram will be the first to go to the penalty spot.
In the penalty shootout, the first to take the penalty and the last to take the penalty are the most stressful. Guardiola's ideal order is that the first to take the penalty is Captain Lahm, and the last is Muller. Muller is usually the first penalty shooter in the team.
And Klopp over there didn't want to play a penalty shootout at all. He simply divided the team into two piles, Li Qiao, Royce, Gomez, and others. Now they are the only three who can run up and attack, so you three should just stay together.
This formation looks weird, but in general it is still 433.
The second half of extra time began, the Dortmund trio exchanged winks, it was time to do it! !
When Li Qiao met Rhodes, the German midfielder was very defensive. Li Qiao changed gears 3 times, and Rhodes also changed gears 3 times, so he didn't suffer at all.
"Meet a ruthless character"!
At this time, Royce went to the side, and Li Qiao glanced at him, but passed the ball to Gomez. This time, the eye fake was very sneaky and classic.
Gomez made a triangle pass and passed it directly to Royce, so the three completed a cooperation, and then the fool could guess that Royce made a pass, and Gomez competed for the top in the middle.
"Snapped",
Neuer jumped up on the ball and slapped it with one palm, just like playing volleyball.
Then, the most exciting scene of the UEFA Champions League this season appeared. The ball that Neuer shot was kicked back, and it was Li Qiao who drew the ball.
The ball really flew into the goal like a missile, and the audience cheered. This ball is more beautiful than Zidane's flying fairy back then! !
But before he was happy for a long time, Rizzoli's whistle blew, and the goal was not counted. Li Qiao had an innocent face, "what"?
"Is there a mistake"?
Rizzoli smiled and patted his right hand, which means Li Qiao, you have a handball.
It turned out that Neuer shot the ball too high, Li Qiao did smooth it with his hand before shooting, the movement was very small, Li Qiao thought it was nothing.
Even so, everyone was hooked. From 35 meters outside the penalty area, a volley was shot so beautifully that not everyone can do it.
*****
There is another problem with this ball that Klopp sees, that is, the place where Li Qiao kicked the ball is where Bayern's midfielder should be, but in fact, there is no one there. Alonso and Vidal have already been replaced. This is a huge hidden danger for Bayern.
But this cannot be blamed on Guardiola. When he made the substitution, Bayern was behind and needed to attack. If they did not attack at that time, there would be no overtime now, so hindsight is meaningless.
Sammer came up with another idea, "Prepare for a penalty shootout, let Muller come back and stand on the winger, and Lahm retreats to the midfielder. Don't you see that there is a large unguarded area in front of our defenders?"
Gua Shuai nodded, but unfortunately it was too late! !
Royce once again made a breakthrough on the left, and Gomez was still in place in the middle, but Royce didn't make a cross. He passed an inverted triangle pass to Li Qiao in front of the penalty area, but Bayern's midfielder was still empty.
So the two rushed forward, making sure to block Li Qiao's shot.
What about Li Qiao?
At the critical moment, Li Qiao didn't take a shot, but tipped his toe, and just like that, the two "sandbags" were crossed by a beautiful parabola.
Neuer in the penalty area is still making the final remedy, but Gomez is surprisingly calm at this moment.
It's been 3 years, although I don't care about the revenge of the year, but I haven't forgotten. Facing my former teammate Neuer, Gomez pulled the sole of his foot, swung past and pushed the empty goal. Dedicate the most important goal of his career to the person who hurt me the most.
The ball went in! ! !
(End of this chapter)