180. Fall into Control
Wen Sheng and his team guessed what strategy Dortmund would adopt before the game. Of course, it is not difficult to guess what Dortmund is best at, how they will play in this game, and how can they not do it? Ferguson must have learned from Dortmund's playing style and caused trouble for Manchester City.
Dortmund did a good job in the first leg, and it was a big deal to force Manchester City. If it weren't for the opportunity, it would be worrying, and it's hard to say whether Manchester City can not concede the ball.
Wensheng also believes that his own tactics will be guessed by Klopp. The head coach who has not studied the opponent's skills and tactics these days is definitely a fool.
I am the main one?! Who do you think you are?! Who is the opponent?!
A crazy coach like Bielsa had a scandal of peeking at his opponent's training a few years later, let alone a coach like Klopp, who was not stupid at all.
Klopp's big tactics still need to continue the previous round, and the details may be more refined, especially on the defensive end. They must have tricks to deal with defensive risks.
When the game whistle sounded, it looked like Manchester United. These players were like they were fed with chicken blood. This was the rhythm of fighting for life.
But for Manchester City players, this game is completely different from being against Manchester United.
Think about it, one is a derby opponent. If you don’t steam buns and try to make a sigh of relief, the opponent will rise up, and we can’t show weakness. Whoever admits to the scoundrel is a puppy? Manchester City also killed Manchester United 6-0 last season. How can a group of players be convinced?
But Dortmund is different again. It has obviously taken the lead in the first round. No matter how fierce the opponent is in this game, Manchester City players will definitely follow Wen Sheng's command and use the most economical and practical tactics to defeat the opponent instead of a battle of intention.
This game was not as controversial as in the last game.
If you attack, I will defend. Manchester City is not polite at all and set up a bus in front of their own door!
"I knew you, a turtle bastard, are such a guy!" Klopp didn't scold him, and he was already cursing in his heart. He was the most unwilling to get Manchester City when he drew the lottery, but he won the lottery. This is all fate!
Wen Sheng was also quite worried that the momentum of Dortmund's home court would bring psychological pressure to Manchester City players, but he underestimated the psychological endurance of Manchester City's players, defended and defended without any leakage, and more importantly, these young men became more confident in holding the ball.
It was underestimated that the ball stayed at a certain player for an extra second or two, which happened to be the key to breaking the dense defense. Look at Barcelona, everyone dared to pause the ball under their feet. It is very difficult for other teams to press at high positions. In the past two years, there is only one way to fight against Barcelona, the universe team, defensively counterattack.
Playing with them at high positions is like an old birthday boy hanging himself and thinking that he has a long life!
Wen Sheng is very confident, just because he is afraid that the players like Manchester City are too slow to get into the state as before. When you wake up, you will be killed by Uncle Scramble’s rock football, and this battle will be hard to fight.
Wensheng kept making gestures to make the team slow down the pace. Dortmund wanted to win back the ball?! Hehe, Wensheng would not let them get the ball easily. Control the ball for a while and let them continue to press. No matter how awesome Dortmund is, he is really a little young. He is not very experienced. He doesn’t score goals in the first half, so see if they are anxious in the second half!
When I think of being proud, Wensheng wants to laugh. I am in good condition and have tactics. Dortmund will not go against the sky, and this game will be under the control of Manchester City.
Uncle Zha naturally cannot do such useless work. When the high-level pressing fails, what can Dortmund do? He can only passively let Manchester City attack. Manchester City can't work hard for 90 minutes. It doesn't sound nice to say it, right? Mourinho doesn't have such a courage, so Wen Sheng naturally cannot do this completely.
The game is no longer under Dortmund's control. Dortmund's technical and tactical play has also changed throughout the first half. If there is no chance of defensive counterattack, they will take the initiative to reduce the transmission speed, use overall pressure to fight positional battles, emphasizing the quality of the offense.
At the end of the half game, the score between the two sides was 0:0. Dortmund created many opportunities in the first round, but this time it really hit the iron plate. Kyle Walker had almost no big surprise in defending Reus, which was really a surprise for Wensheng.
In terms of ball control, Manchester City has an absolute advantage of more than 60%, while Dortmund only has more than 30%. The game is smoother. Compared with Manchester United's games, both teams are much more stable. It's not that Dortmund doesn't want to use tactical fouls, but they don't have much chance to use it. Manchester City's control in the backcourt is really powerful.
If you want to be satisfied with this result, Wensheng is also satisfied. If you want to be dissatisfied, Wensheng has a reason because Manchester City didn’t score!
Back in the locker room, a group of players were discussing the gains and losses of the first half, and the atmosphere was still quite good.
"It's not bad. Everyone wasn't scared by the West** Stadium to pee their pants!" Wen Sheng clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention and looked around and nodded in satisfaction.
"Boss, what are you saying?! This is not a tiger's den! I underestimate us too much!" Van Dijk shouted.
"Haha, I was wrong!" Wen Sheng nodded, "But if they were not eliminated, maybe the media would arrange you!"
"It's certainly not going to let those damn flies say more!"
"Yes, we can definitely eliminate them!"
The players expressed their determination, and they all knew the situation in the first half, that they had taken the absolute initiative, and it was really not easy for Dortmund to turn the tables.
"Okay, it's a good thing to be ambitious! Keep it up! Remember whether you win or not is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that we eliminated them! Handsome guys, I don't know if you have a heavy psychological burden, but here I really want to say that you really don't have to think too much! We are creating history!"
There is nothing to say about tactics. Wen Sheng only mentioned a few details in the midfield, and then time was left to the players. Assistant coach Kidder urged the substitutes to go out and warm up quickly.
Klopp is also cheering up his players.
"We're just one goal behind, we have to work hard to seize every opportunity we can attack in the second half..."
He was chattering in the locker room, while Lewandowski traveled thousands of miles.
In just fifteen minutes of rest, Lewandowski thought of three things, the first thing he did wasted his chance last round. If he could help the team get away goals in the first round, why would that happen?
The second thing is that this game is very powerless, Manchester City is really difficult to deal with, and it is extremely "shameless". However, Dortmund's usual tricks are ineffective, and it is awkward to play. As a striker, he has too few opportunities, so how can he score a goal?!
The third thing is that he feels that he may need to leave here.
Chapter completed!