Chapter 125 The opposing generals: He is too hard to defend!

After Werder Bremen took the lead, Dortmund's counterattack was very fierce.

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 has excellent ball skills, so his presence on the court is not strong, or there will not be many shots of him in the broadcast footage of the game.

However, this does not mean that Lewandowski's threat is less than that of Messi and Ronaldo.

On the contrary, his off-ball abilities, including running, connecting, interweaving and scoring, are very strong.

Perhaps at this time, these abilities are not yet at the top level, but in a few years, as his skills become more comprehensive, his game experience accumulates, and his use of his body becomes better, he will be able to compete for the title of the world's No. 1 center.

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

With Götze being targeted and the team's offensive firepower severely weakened, Lewandowski took on the main responsibility of Dortmund's offense with his outstanding performance.

This caught the eyes of scouts from major clubs who were watching the game, and many of them wanted to recommend him to their own teams.

Lewandowski is still very young this year. At the age of 24, he still has at least seven or eight years of golden age.

If he is bought back at this time, the team will not have to worry about the striker problem for a long time in the future! On the sidelines, Klopp was happy and worried when he saw Lewandowski's performance.

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

With Dortmund's financial resources, if faced with big contracts offered by other giants, Dortmund really would not be able to keep him.

When Klopp thinks about Gotze's contract expiring next summer, he becomes overwhelmed.

The team began contacting Gotze's agent at the end of January, hoping to complete the contract extension with him.

However, Gotze's response was not very positive, and the contract renewal has been delayed until now with no progress.

This made Dortmund wonder if Gotze had the idea of ​​transferring. Two years ago, many giants including Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Arsenal made offers to Gotze, and Arsenal even offered a high price of 40 million euros to take him away.

During this winter break, after Manchester City failed to sign Lin Quan, they tried every possible means and submitted offers to several clubs in the hope of bringing in another superstar for the team.

Dortmund's Gotze is also within the other party's offer range.

Compared with the hesitations of other clubs, the offer submitted by Manchester City is very tempting.

Manchester City not only pays a lot in transfer fees, but also offers extremely high salaries to players.

They offered a weekly salary of 330,000 pounds, equivalent to an annual salary of more than 20 million euros. If Gotze really goes to Manchester City, his annual salary will exceed that of Eto'o in the Russian Premier League and become the highest paid player in football.

Klopp is a little skeptical, is Götze tempted by the big promises drawn by the Middle Eastern tycoons?

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

Losing Gotze would be a huge blow to Dortmund. If Lewandowski is poached at this time, the team's offensive system in the frontcourt would have to be overturned and reset.

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

What's wrong with Dortmund?

Why can't they keep their own stars? ...

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

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

Dortmund's attack was fierce, but once they reached the opponent's penalty area, it was like hitting a solid wall, and it was difficult to break through the opponent's defense.

Werder Bremen does not have any special defensive skills. It simply piles up people in the backcourt and uses the numerical advantage to limit the opponent's attack.

Anyway, they are leading in the score now, so they can reduce the number of people in the frontcourt, leaving only Arnautovic as the center forward, and let Lin Quan ambush behind, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack Dortmund.

So a very strange scene appeared on the court: Dortmund attacked Werder Bremen's goal non-stop, with many shots, but few threatening shots.

On the other hand, Werder Bremen had few counterattack opportunities, but each time they had they were able to turn Dortmund's backfield upside down.

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

Weidenfeller, who is already 33 years old, is still in his golden age.

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 in the German national team's history.

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

After once again blocking Lin Quan's high-quality long-range shot, Weidenfeller broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't help but yell at his teammates, reminding them to pay attention to marking the player and not miss anyone.

The Dortmund defenders all looked unhappy and bitter:

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 has a clear loophole in the full-back position.

Lin Quan is a player with a high basketball IQ. After discovering the opponent's loophole, he naturally took advantage of it and attacked it to death, not giving Dortmund a chance to breathe.

This won't work! On the surface, Dortmund has the advantage. Whether it is the number of shots, the number of shots on target, the ball possession rate and other data, they are ahead in all aspects.

But in fact, Werder Bremen's attack was more threatening! They couldn't always expect the goalkeeper to continue his god-level performance and save all the opponent's shots, right? After seeing his long shot being saved by the goalkeeper, Lin Quan shook his head.

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

Weidenfeller's performance today was indeed outstanding. He had a quick reaction and chose a good position when defending.

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

Therefore, in the next attack, I must get into the penalty area and create a better chance to score!

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Lewandowski forced a turn in the penalty area while carrying the defender, and his low shot was firmly saved by the goalkeeper.

Milic didn't waste time lying on the ground. He quickly jumped up and ran out, shouting, "Lin, watch the ball!"

As he said that, he threw the ball out.

Lin Quan had seen Neuer's long-distance hand-thrown ball in the match against Bayern, but he didn't expect that his teammate Milic could also do this.

He looked up at the flight trajectory of the football, determined the landing point, and then accelerated towards Dortmund's backcourt.

Werder Bremen's counterattack this time was more sudden and fierce than the previous ones, and it just caught the time node when the two sides switched from offense to defense.

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

Although Dortmund players saw Werder Bremen launching a counterattack, they immediately chose to retreat.

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

However, most of Dortmund's players were far away from Lin Quan and were unable to interfere with him and stop his forward movement in the first place.

At this time, there were only three defensive players left in Dortmund's backcourt, midfielder Gundogan and two central defenders.

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

But after Lin Quan received the ball, he dribbled it, kicked it out and then chose to use his speed to attack him directly. Gundogan's dive was too fierce. He did not expect the opponent to make such a choice. He hurriedly reached out to pull Lin Quan's jersey, but still failed to grab it. He was overtaken by Lin Quan's speed.

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

Because Lin Quan had made several long shots here before, Dortmund captain Hulmes, who had already retreated into the penalty area, did not dare to be careless and immediately moved over, intending to delay Lin Quan and buy time for his teammates to retreat.

Dortmund's players are all very fast. As long as he can delay for two or three seconds, his teammates will be able to make up for the deficit and 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 disrupt Werder Bremen's counterattack.

Although a foul in this position will most likely result in a card, the price of a yellow card in exchange for a highly threatening counterattack from the opponent is still worth it.

Lin Quan didn’t know what Hummels was thinking, but he knew he couldn’t be dragged down by the opponent.

So he immediately passed the ball to his right foot, and at the same time moved his center of gravity forward, preparing to break through from the right.

Hummels faces the same dilemma that many defenders face when defending Lin Quan:

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How to judge whether the opponent's breakthrough action is real or fake? The opponent's action is too real, it doesn't look like a fake action at all.

If this was an ordinary player, Hummels would have kicked the ball without hesitation.

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

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

But if he doesn't kick, Lin Quan will not be polite.

Just as Hummels was hesitating, Lin Quan turned the fake move into real one and broke past him.

The audience was in an uproar. From their perspective, it seemed as if the Dortmund captain was letting the team win. Facing Lin Quan's breakthrough, he did not make any move and just let the opponent pass him like a wooden man.

"Haha, this trick again!"

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

His partner Xu Yang also laughed:

"Although Lin Quan's move looks simple, it is hard to defend against. His fake moves look just like the real ones. It is difficult for the defenders to tell which move is fake and which is real!"

"Yes, for defenders, they have to be careful when defending, because if they make a mistake in judgment, it is very likely to lead to losing the ball."

Although the two men gave some explanations, they believed that Hummels was not responsible for the goal.

However, there are still many fans on the bulletin boards and forums shouting that the match is fixed.

"It's a fake match. Putting a wooden man on the field would be more effective than a fox charm!"

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

"Ahem, the two of you upstairs are so angry, are you betting on Dortmund to win?"

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

So, other netizens joked:

"Haha, this is Garen's comment above, whispering, silencing and breaking armor!"

"That's right, it just silenced the people above!"

After passing Hummels, Lin Quan also took the opportunity to break into the penalty area.

He looked up at the goalkeeper's position and pretended to shoot before another central defender Subotic could block him.

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

But Lin Quan was just bluffing. After tricking the two men into making corresponding actions, he actually shot the ball.

The football flew to the upper right corner of the goal. The speed was not fast, but the angle was very tricky.

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

But unfortunately, he was still a little bit away from the football and could only watch the football bypass his fingertips and fly into the net!

What a pity, it was just a little bit short!

If he had not been shaken before, given the form he showed in this game, Weidenfeller might have really had a chance to save the ball.

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 a little nervous when the team was leading by one goal before.

At this point, with a two-goal advantage in hand, the fans of the Parrot Army felt that the game was a sure win.

At halftime, we were two goals ahead of the opponent!

Moreover, it was at their home ground, could the opponent still overturn the game? The coaching staff and players of Werder Bremen were also very happy, but they did not forget the last time they opened champagne at halftime and were almost reversed by the opponent.

So they did not 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 finished celebrating, and after Dortmund completed a hasty attack, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

The players from both teams returned to their respective locker rooms and listened attentively to the tactical arrangements of their respective head coaches during their breaks.

In the Dortmund locker room, after Klopp explained the team's tactical play in the second half, he called out Gotze:

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

Gotze nodded. He knew that his performance in the first half was not good and he felt very guilty.

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

Seeing Gotze's reaction, Klopp sighed in his heart.

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

But Gotze...

Thinking of this, even if he favored Gotze in his heart, Klopp had to admit that there seemed to be a big gap between Gotze and Lin Quan.

It would be great if Reus hadn't been injured, then the team wouldn't be so restricted in offense.

(End of this chapter)