Dortmund, whose physical fitness had entered the window period early, switched to high-pressure defense.
High-pressure defense is also very energy-consuming, but compared to the miners who seemed to be without breathing in the first 10 minutes, the energy consumption is still small.
Dortmund did a good job of high-pressure defense, and the team's basic skills and coordination were solid.
But the problem is... high-pressure pressing is equivalent to pulling the team into a three-dimensional formation. This formation is still very effective in defending the opponent's three-dimensional passing and cutting, but when defending long passes or opponents with strong individual breakthrough abilities, it will appear full of loopholes because it is too three-dimensional.
After Sterling came on the pitch, he immediately woke up from his sleepy state and kept sprinting in the midfield to support the ball.
In the 13th minute, Liverpool's Gerrard lobbed the ball to Sterling who came back to receive the ball. Sterling used his personal speed to dribble the ball along the ribs. Dortmund's high-pressure defense could not stop Sterling's speed at all.
Sterling took the ball to the right side of the penalty area in one breath, then made a fake move to deceive two Dortmund defenders and passed the ball short to Chamberlain who ran into the open space in the penalty area to receive the ball.
Chamberlain got the ball and immediately turned around and passed it sideways.
Gu Ran ghosted in from the back row, and under the defense of Hummels and Subotic, he forced a heavy shot at the goal! The football was like an electromagnetic cannonball flying close to the ground, whizzing into the lower left corner of the goal.
Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller didn't even have time to react, and watched helplessly as the ball shook the net! The ball went in! The Liverpool fans cheered wildly! After Dortmund's 10-minute attack, Liverpool relied on Sterling's speed advantage to unceremoniously break through Dortmund's rib defense, and Gu Ran fired a heavy shot from close range, scoring in one fell swoop!
The score on the big screen at Anfield Stadium immediately changed to Liverpool 1:1 Dortmund!
Although Dortmund was very scary at the beginning, Liverpool's quick equalization also proved one thing: Liverpool is definitely not a pushover! Mourinho cheered happily in the technical area. His substitution strategy was obviously very correct.
What big and small wasps, no matter how hard you play in the first 10 minutes, it's useless! Football is a 90+ minute multiplayer sport! Sustained physical fitness is the most important! The 4231 high-pressure tactics is just a younger brother in Mourinho's eyes! The game continues!
The morale-boosted Liverpool team began to control the tempo of the game.
In the 19th minute, Sterling accelerated on the right side of the rib again. Dortmund midfielder Sven Bender couldn't stop Sterling and could only use an uncivilized way to contain Sterling by pulling his arm.
Sterling was pulled to the ground and Liverpool got a diagonal free kick about 40 meters away from the goal.
Captain Lampard walked to the penalty spot, ready to take a tactical free kick.
However, Gu Ran ran up and whispered something to Lampard. Lampard nodded slightly and then moved away from the penalty spot.
With this ball, this distance, and this angle, others would definitely not have confidence in making a free throw, but Gu Ran was very confident.
Gu then took three steps back, aimed at the top of the human wall, and accelerated his kick! The crescent-shaped scimitar and the deadly elevator reappeared! The football passed by Hummels' hair in the human wall in an amazing arc, and then immediately fell at high speed.
Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller is stuck again!
Due to the height of his family wall, he was not able to see where the ball was coming from at the first time. By the time he saw the ball coming down, it was already too late.
The ball fell into the upper right corner! The ball went in! After Liverpool equalized the game, they took the lead again! The game was only 20 minutes old, and these two teams that mainly relied on defensive counterattacks had already scored 3 goals together!
Anfield was boiling! The score on the big screen was immediately changed to Liverpool 2:1 Dortmund!
Now, the pressure is back on the Hornets Dortmund.
Dortmund's physical fitness is their biggest problem. If they cannot establish an absolute advantage in the early stage and are beaten back in the middle stage, they will be very passive.
Facing the powerful and tenacious Liverpool, Dortmund head coach Klopp had no choice.
If, if Liverpool didn't have Gu Ran, Klopp would be at least 80% sure that he could defeat Liverpool, the phoenix. However, Liverpool with Gu Ran is really an invincible strong team.
The game continues.
Dortmund began to shrink their defense to reserve energy for the second wave of crazy attacks.
However, Liverpool led by Gu Ran does not intend to give Dortmund a chance to breathe.
In the 27th minute of the game, after two fatal through passes were wasted by Suarez and Chamberlain, Gu Ran received a pass from Coutinho and forced himself to dribble into Dortmund's penalty area.
Gu Ran used his body and speed to eat up three Dortmund defensive players in a row. Even the beastly Sven Bender was knocked several meters away by Gu Ran's shoulder.
Gu Ran dribbled the ball to the top of Dortmund's penalty area and quickly raised his hand to point to the open space towards Chamberlain.
That empty space was actually an offside position. Even if Chamberlain ran over to receive the ball, he would definitely be offside. However, Chamberlain had long been accustomed to being dominated by Gu Ran. When Gu Ran asked him to be offside, he knew he would be offside, and he would still follow Gu Ran's instructions and go offside.
Seeing Chamberlain running towards the offside space, the Dortmund players in the penalty area were stunned for a moment, their brains working rapidly.
At this moment, Gu Ran saw the gap and kicked the ball directly to the ground, passing through the crotch of two defenders and shooting the ball towards the goal! This move of aiming east and hitting west completely fooled the Dortmund defense!
Goalkeeper Weidenfeller did react, but he still couldn't block Gu Ran's double crotch-piercing move! The ball went in! In the 28th minute, Gu Ran completed a hat trick!
From his first goal in the 11th minute to his third goal in the 28th minute, it took Gu Ran only 17 minutes to complete his hat trick in the Champions League group stage!
This is the shortest interval between hat-tricks in the history of the Champions League!
And the value of this record is extremely high!
After all, Liverpool’s opponent is the defending champions of the Bundesliga, the Yellow Bees Dortmund, who are known for their defensive counterattacks!
Anfield was going crazy! The score on the big screen at Anfield was immediately changed to Liverpool 3:1 Dortmund.
The Hornets fans who came from afar were stunned at this moment. Who could have imagined that 28 minutes ago, they were so excited that they wanted to take off their clothes to celebrate.
...(End of this chapter)