Chapter 48 Red Card and Penalty Kick
After Coach Schaff explained the tactics, he looked at his players seriously.
"I know this is very difficult. You have to withstand the opponent's crazy attack, and you also have to conserve your energy until the final stage of the counterattack, especially the offensive players who play the whole game!"
As Shafu spoke, he looked at Lin Quan and asked:
"Lin, do you still have the strength to run?"
Lin Quan nodded. Although his physical energy was consumed a lot, he still had the system's physical strength potion as a backup.
If you really can't, you can spend some points to buy a stamina potion, which can last for thirty minutes!
"Okay, then I won't replace you. The team needs your breakthrough ability to change the score. In the second half of the game, you should pay attention to allocating your physical energy to ensure that you have the strength to launch a sprint in the final stage. Do you understand?"
Lin Quan nodded heavily, and he clearly felt the weight of expectations in the head coach's tone!
Fifteen minutes later, the game resumed.
The crazy goals at the end of the first half allowed Dortmund's players to completely recover from the confused state of the opening game.
They firmly believe that they are invincible at home and the enemy cannot stop their offensive!
Therefore, as soon as the second half started, Dortmund's players continued to resolutely implement their frontcourt pressing tactics.
This kind of running without hesitation can only be carried out by a team like Dortmund that plays chicken all year round!
Werder Bremen's players are obviously not good enough and can't outrun them at all.
Of course, this style of play also has great limitations.
As players age and become more injured, the execution of this tactic will seriously decline.
Moreover, after other opponents in the league gradually adapted to this style of play, they quickly developed specific tactics.
Therefore, after a few peak seasons, if the team's tactics cannot be further improved and changed, the team's performance may plummet.
Historically, Dortmund's record began to decline gradually after the 12-13 season, and it even became a relegation team in the 14-15 season.
If the team hadn't recovered in the final stage, scoring 13 points in six games and breaking out of the relegation zone, they might have really been relegated.
Such squeezing of one's own physical fitness and potential can easily lead to injuries for players. Take Dortmund's new summer aid Reus as an example. After joining Dortmund, he began to suffer from frequent injuries. Several times due to injuries The reason for missing the national team game!
A large part of the reason for this is Klopp's tactical play.
Just like this season, Liverpool is full of injured players.
Klopp is a good coach, but he is not suitable for all players.
Like Lin Quan, he believes that he is not suitable for Klopp's tactical play. The same is true of Atletico Madrid's Simeone.
On the playing field, Dortmund's players worked very hard to press and run.
But their opponents no longer cooperated with them. Werder Bremen did not speed up with them like they did at the beginning of the first half, nor did they fight against them.
Instead, they set up a set of iron barrel formations, hoarding a large number of troops in their own half, and using intensive defense to limit the opponent's offense.
Dortmund's offensive firepower is indeed very fierce, but when the opponent sets up a steel barrel formation, they have no good solution.
There were too many people in the penalty area, and Werder Bremen replaced several players with strong physical strength.
The aggressive fighting of these players caused their attacks to fail many times, so they began to try long-range shots from outside the penalty area.
Long shots, set pieces, these are conventional means to deal with dense defenses.
Since Werder Bremen dares to set up an iron barrel formation, they will not be unprepared for this.
They use regional assistance to defend, restrict the opponent's passing, and ensure that the opponent's most threatening midfielders and frontfield players always have defenders around them to interfere with their goalscoring at any time.
When the goal was interfered with, Dortmund's players fired several anti-aircraft guns in succession and failed to pose a threat to Werder Bremen's goal.
Klopp couldn't sit still on the sidelines. His opponent's tactics were simply disgusting.
He wanted to ask Schaff: You are behind, what's the use of defense?
If this score continues, it will be us, Dortmund, who win in the end!
Are you just so willing to accept a defeat?
If the leading team at this time is Barcelona, then if the opponent dares to set up an iron barrel formation, it will give Barcelona a victory.
They can use the pass to delay time and wear out the opponent!
But passing and controlling tactics are not Dortmund's style, and they have no such tactical options.
Therefore, Klopp can only ask the players to play more patiently. They are leading the score now, and it is the opponent who should be anxious.
If it weren't for his home court, he would have wanted his players to retreat to his own half for defensive counterattacks.
However, looking at the opponent's behavior, if they really withdraw, the opponent may not attack.
If the opponent does not attack, both teams will set up buses in their own half, and the game will be so ugly that the fans at the scene will not stop booing!
Klopp wanted to lose face. Anyway, he was leading the score, so there was no need to go too far.
If the team can score another goal, the outcome of this game will lose its suspense, and then there will be nothing to worry about!
Klopp expected his team to score another goal, but his expectations were met with disappointment.
Under the united defense of Werder Bremen players, Dortmund attacked wildly for more than 20 minutes but were unable to break through the opponent's goal again.
In these more than 20 minutes, they had more than 70% of the ball possession and took 17 shots, 12 of which were long-range shots, almost besieging the opponent's goal.
It is a pity that there were many shots, but less than half of them were on target, and there was not a single shot that scored a goal.
After not scoring a goal for a long time, and with the effect of the previous game fading, Dortmund's players began to enter a bottleneck period of physical fitness, and their running speed and enthusiasm on the field began to decline significantly.
In the 55th minute of the game, seeing the opponent's physical fitness declining, the intensity of the frontcourt pressing decreased.
Werder Bremen's players finally started to launch a counterattack!
They picked up the tempo of the game in an instant, changed their previous defensive posture, and began to attack Dortmund.
Dortmund's players were obviously taken aback. Their opponents were pinned to the ground and rubbed against them for more than 20 minutes. They had almost become accustomed to thinking that their opponents would not fight back.
As a result, as soon as they slacked off a little, their opponents launched a crazy counterattack.
This makes Dortmund players feel a little bad!
"Could it be that this is your tactic? You don't dare to fight for the whole game, but only fight for the five minutes after the opening and the five minutes before the end?"
Dortmund's head coach Klopp was the first to react and guessed his opponent's intentions.
When he thought of his opponent's sharp counterattack in the opening stage and the two goals he conceded, his heart skipped a beat and he immediately realized the danger!
"Quick, retreat, don't let the opponent's counterattack come out!"
If Werder Bremen can still play the terrible counterattack like in the first half, then Dortmund's goal will be in danger!
They only lead by one goal. If the opponent scores, then both sides will be back on the same starting line!
And now there is not much time left in the game. Once the game is tied, they may not have time to score another goal to reverse the score.
If that happens, they will be dragged into a penalty shootout by the opponent!
So, is this your real purpose?
Klopp turned to look at the opponent's coaching bench. Over there, Werder Bremen's coach was already standing on the sidelines, looking toward the field with piercing eyes, watching the team's counterattack.
Klopp's guess was very accurate. Werder Bremen really wanted to drag the game into a penalty shootout.
After a whole game, their physical energy was running low and they could only support them to complete a high-quality counterattack.
If this goal is successful, then inspired by this, they may still be able to work hard, defend desperately, and persist in the last few minutes of regular time.
If this counterattack fails, they will be unable to change the score and will have to accept the loss.
The opportunity to counterattack this time was obtained by the team's defensive efforts throughout the second half and the second half, without allowing the opponent to expand the score.
Otherwise, once the score difference exceeds one goal, even if they fight back, it will be of no avail.
Therefore, you must not miss this opportunity!
The football quickly passed from Werder Bremen's backcourt to the frontcourt and to De Bruyne's feet.
Pulled by Dortmund's No. 5 player, he tried his best to pass the ball before falling to the ground.
The moment he fell to the ground, he saw the No. 10 player in the green jersey in the frontcourt sprinting at full speed.
Lin, it's up to you, you must score a goal!
Lin Quan didn't want to live up to De Bruyne's assist. He walked for more than ten minutes in the second half just to conserve his energy for this fatal blow.
And now, it's time to use them!
After receiving the ball, he lay on his side, dodged Dortmund's No. 7 Leitner's attack, broke into the penalty area with a lunge, and passed Günter, who was defending.
There are no defensive players in front of him, only the goalkeeper!
Therefore, Lin Quan decisively raised his foot, aimed at the goal and prepared to shoot.
At this moment, a figure rushed out from behind and fell to the ground to tackle Lin Quan before he could hit the goal.
The ball was kicked away and Lin Quan fell in the penalty area.
The entire audience couldn't help but stood up and looked at the referee, wondering how he would make the penalty.
The referee immediately rushed into the penalty area and pointed at the penalty spot.
Penalty kick!
