Chapter 125 The Opposing Generals: He Is Too Difficult to Defend!

After Werder Bremen took the lead, Dortmund's counterattack came very fiercely.

Lewandowski, who has scored more than 15 goals in the league this season, was very active in this game.

Lewandowski is not a player like Melo who is very good with the ball, so his presence on the court is not strong, or there will not be too many scenes of him in the broadcast footage of the game.

However, this does not mean that Lewandowski is a worse threat than Messi and Ronaldo.

On the contrary, his ability without the ball includes running, pulling, interpenetrating and grabbing points.

Perhaps at this time, these abilities are not yet at the top level, but in a few years, as his skills become more comprehensive, he accumulates game experience and uses his body better, he will have The ability to aspire to the throne of the world's number one center.

In this game, facing Werder Bremen's defenders, Lewandowski used his excellent off-the-ball running ability to still find several shooting opportunities under the opponent's tight defense.

With Gotze being targeted and the team's offensive firepower severely weakened, Lewandowski relied on his outstanding performance to shoulder the backbone of Dortmund's offense.

This made the scouts of major wealthy clubs watching the game shine in the eyes, and many people had the idea of ​​​​recommending him to their own teams.

Lewandowski is still very young this year. At 24 years old, he still has at least seven or eight years of prime time.

By buying him back at this time, the team won't have to worry about forward issues for a long time in the future!

On the sidelines, Klopp was both happy and worried when he saw Lewandowski's performance.

Lewandowski's performance is so good, he is really worried that other giants will take a fancy to him and take him away forcibly.

With Dortmund's financial resources, Dortmund would really be unable to keep him if faced with big contracts offered by other giants.

When thinking about Gotze, whose contract is about to expire next summer, Klopp's head is getting bigger.

The team began to contact Gotze's agent at the end of January, hoping to renew the contract with him.

However, Gotze's reaction was not very positive, and the contract renewal has been delayed until now.

This makes Dortmund have to wonder if Gotze has the idea of ​​​​transfer?

Two years ago, many giants including Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Arsenal made offers to Gotze. Arsenal even offered a high price of 40 million euros in the hope of taking him away.

During this winter break, after Manchester City's efforts to purchase Lin Quan failed, they rushed to the hospital due to illness and submitted offers to many clubs, hoping to introduce another superstar to the team.

Dortmund's Gotze is also within the opponent's offer range.

Compared with the buckles and buckles from other clubs, the offer contract submitted by Manchester City is very attractive.

Manchester City not only paid a lot of transfer fees, but also paid extremely high wages to the players.

They have offered a weekly salary of 330,000 pounds, which is equivalent to an annual salary of more than 20 million euros. If Gotze really goes to Manchester City, his annual salary will surpass Eto'o in the Russian Super League and become the highest annual salary in football.

Klopp was a little skeptical. Was Gotze tempted by the pie painted by the Middle Eastern tycoon?

If this is really the case, then the team may need to prepare in advance to lose Gotze.

Losing Gotze will severely damage Dortmund's vitality. If Lewandowski is poached again at this time, the team's offensive system in the midfield and frontcourt will be overturned and reset.

Thinking of this, Uncle Zha's face was full of sorrow.

What's wrong with Dortmund?

Why can't they keep their own stars?

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On the field, the situation is still somewhat unfavorable for Dortmund.

Although Lewandowski performed very well, he was a little helpless in the frontcourt when Gotze was restricted.

Dortmund's offensive is very fierce, but once it reaches the opponent's penalty area, it is like hitting an iron wall, and it is difficult to penetrate the opponent's defense.

Werder Bremen has no special defensive skills. They simply pile up people in the backcourt and use their numerical advantage to limit the opponent's offense.

Anyway, they are leading now and can completely reduce the number of people in the frontcourt, leaving only Arnautovic as the center, and let Lin Quan lie in wait for Dortmund's counterattack.

Then a very strange scene appeared on the court:

Dortmund kept attacking around Werder Bremen's goal, taking many shots, but very few threatening shots.

On the other hand, Werder Bremen's few counterattack opportunities turned Dortmund's backcourt upside down every time.

If it weren't for the outstanding performance of Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller, Dortmund might have conceded more than one goal.

The 33-year-old Weidenfeller is still in his prime.

With his outstanding performance this season, he started for the German team for the first time in the national team friendly match between Germany and England last month, becoming the oldest player to start the national team in the history of Germany.

"Cheer up, don't give them such a chance to fight back!"

Weidenfeller once again saved Lin Quan's high-quality long-range shot. Weidenfeller broke into a cold sweat and couldn't help but roar loudly to his teammates, reminding them to pay attention to marking and not to miss anyone.

All the Dortmund defenders looked ugly and felt bitter in their hearts:

Marking? I also want to keep an eye on that guy and not give him a chance to shoot.

But the question is, can it be done?

With Schmelzer injured and unable to play, Dortmund had an obvious hole in the full-back position.

And Lin Quan is the kind of player with a high football intelligence. After discovering this loophole of the opponent, he naturally seizes it and beats it to death, not giving Dortmund a chance to breathe.

This can't go on like this!

On the surface, it seems that Dortmund has the advantage. Whether it is the number of shots, the number of shots on target, ball possession rate and other statistics, they are leading in all aspects.

But in fact Werder Bremen's offensive threat is greater!

They can't always expect the goalkeeper to continue his divine performance and save all the opponent's shots, right?

After seeing his long-range shot bravely saved by the goalkeeper, Lin Quan shook his head.

While retreating, he was thinking about the shortcomings of the shot just now.

Weidenfeller's performance today is indeed very good. His reaction speed is very fast and his position selection when defending is also very good.

If he just shoots long shots from outside the penalty area, it may not be enough to threaten his goal.

Therefore, in the next attack, he must get into the penalty area and create better chances to score!

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Lewandowski turned around with the defender in the penalty area, and his low shot was firmly blocked by the goalkeeper.

Militz didn't waste time lying on the ground. He jumped up quickly and ran out, shouting loudly:

"Lin, watch the ball!"

As he spoke, he threw the ball.

Lin Quan once witnessed Neuer's ultra-long-distance hand throw in a game against Bayern, but he did not expect that his teammate Militz would also do this.

He raised his head and glanced at the flight path of the football. After judging the landing point, he accelerated towards Dortmund's backcourt.

Werder Bremen's counterattack this time came more suddenly and fiercely than the previous ones, just catching the moment when the two sides were transitioning between offense and defense.

This caused many Dortmund players to have no time to retreat because they had just participated in the attack.

Although Dortmund's players saw Werder Bremen's counterattack, they immediately chose to retreat across the board.

The execution and discipline of such an outstanding team is truly admirable.

However, most of Dortmund's players are far away from Lin Quan, and there is no way to interfere with him and hinder his progress.

At this time, Dortmund only has three defensive players left in the backcourt, midfielder Gundogan and two central defenders.

Dortmund's defensive midfielder Gundogan was closest to Lin Quan, and he rushed up to intercept Lin Quan.

But after Lin Quan caught the ball, he dunked it, kicked the ball out, and then chose to use his speed to force him. Gundogan's pounce was too fierce. He didn't expect the opponent to make such a choice, and hurriedly reached out to pull him away. Lin Quan's jersey, but he still didn't grab it. Don't let Lin Quan pass him by with his speed.

After passing Gundogan, Lin Quan took a few steps forward and reached Dortmund's 30-meter danger zone.

Because Lin Quan had hit several long-range shots here before, Dortmund captain Hurmaz, who had retreated to the penalty area, did not dare to be careless and immediately came over, intending to hold Lin Quan back and buy time for his teammates to retreat.

Dortmund's players are very fast. As long as he can delay for two or three seconds, his teammates can cover up and defend. By then, the threat of Werder Bremen's counterattack will be reduced to a minimum.

And there is another advantage of leaving the penalty area, that is, when necessary, he can use fouls to destroy Werder Bremen's counterattack.

Although a foul in this position is likely to result in a card, the cost of exchanging a yellow card for a highly threatening counterattack by the opponent is still worth it.

Lin Quan didn't know what Hummels was thinking, but he knew he couldn't be held back by the opponent.

So he immediately handed the ball to his right foot, and at the same time moved his center of gravity forward, preparing to make a strong breakthrough from the right.

Hummels faces a dilemma faced by many defenders when defending Lin Quan:

How to judge whether the opponent's breakthrough action is real or fake?

The other party's movements were so real that they didn't look like fake movements at all.

If this was an ordinary player, Hummels would definitely take action without hesitation.

However, this is not an ordinary player, this is Lin Quan, the forward with the highest one-on-one dribble success rate in the entire Bundesliga.

Thinking of this, he held back and did not act rashly.

But if he doesn't take action, then Lin Quan won't be polite.

Just when Hummels hesitated, Lin Quan turned his fake move into reality and rushed past him.

The audience was in an uproar. From their point of view, it was as if the Dortmund captain was letting off steam. He didn't make any move in the face of Lin Quan's breakthrough, and he let the opponent pass him like a wooden man.

"Haha, it's this move again!"

In the CCTV live broadcast room, Duan Xuan couldn't help laughing when he saw Lin Quan easily passing Hummels.

His partner Xu Yang also laughed at the side:

"Although Lin Quan's move seems simple, it is hard to guard against. His fake moves are just like the real ones. It is difficult for the defenders to judge which of his moves are fake and which are real!"

"Yes, for defenders, they have to be careful when defending, because once they make a mistake in judgment, it is likely to result in conceding the ball."

Although the two gave some explanations, they believed that the responsibility for the goal did not lie with Hummels.

However, many fans still shouted about match-fixing on forums and forums.

"Fake ball, it's so fake. Putting a wooden figure on it is more effective than being charming!"

"That's right, this guy is still the captain of Dortmund. Are you worthy of the captain's armband on your body and worthy of us?"

"Ahem, the two people upstairs are so angry. Could it be that they overpowered Dot and won?"

As soon as this comment came out, several netizens who had been clamoring very loudly suddenly stopped talking.

As a result, other netizens joked:

"Haha, the person upstairs is Galen's comment. He is so silent and so broken!"

"That's right, just silence the few above!"

When passing Hummels, Lin Quan also entered the penalty area.

He raised his head and glanced at the goalkeeper's position, and before another central defender Subotic blocked him, he made a move to hit the goal.

Subotic immediately raised his foot to block the ball, and the goalkeeper kicked his legs hard, ready to save.

But Lin Quan was just bluffing. After tricking both of them into taking corresponding actions, he actually shot.

The football flew towards the upper right corner of the goal, not very fast, but at a very tricky angle.

Dortmund's goalkeeper jumped high, stretched his body completely, and reached his limit.

But it is a pity that he is still just a little short of the football. He can only watch the football bypass his fingertips and fly into the net!

It's a pity that it's just a little bit different!

If Weidenfeller hadn't been shaken so much before, Weidenfeller might have had a chance to save the ball given the state he showed in this game.

But there is no such thing as "if" on the field!

Seeing Lin Quan score the second goal at the end of the first half, the fans at the Weser Stadium were excited.

If they were still a little uneasy when the team was leading by one goal before.

So at this time, with a two-goal advantage, fans of the Parrot Legion felt that the game was safe.

Half the game, leading the opponent by two goals!

And it's still at his home court, can he still be overturned by his opponent?

Werder Bremen's coaching staff and players are also very happy, but they have not forgotten the last time they opened champagne at halftime and were almost reversed by the opponent.

So they didn't dare to be careless at all, and continued to maintain the same high-intensity defense as before, not giving Dortmund any chance.

There was little time left in the first half after they celebrated. After Dortmund completed a hasty attack, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

The players from both sides returned to their respective locker rooms. During the break, they all listened attentively to the tactical arrangements of their respective coaches.

In the Dortmund dressing room, after Klopp explained the team's tactics in the second half, he called out Gotze alone:

"Mario, the team needs you to step up!"

Gotze nodded. He also knew that his performance in the first half was not good, and he blamed himself in his heart.

However, Werder Bremen's defense against him was too targeted, and he could not find a good way to break the opponent's cage.

Seeing Gotze's reaction, Klopp sighed inwardly.

Not every player is as smart as Lin Quan. When Bayern used this tactic to restrict him, he quickly found a way to deal with it.

But Gotze...

Thinking of this, even if he is partial to Gotze in his heart, Klopp has to admit that there seems to be a big gap between Gotze and Lin Quan.

It would be nice if Royce wasn't injured, then the team wouldn't be so restricted offensively.