Chapter 090: Teaching Yi Zhe: Controlling the Ball Is Not This Way
This time it was Klopp's turn to be rude to his players. He directly called Kyle, Hummels, and Sven Bender over for a small meeting. His expression was serious. He didn't know what he said, but
Uncle Zha's expression was quite serious.
Yi Zhe was also on the court greeting several people in the frontcourt.
"Ivan, do you still think passing the ball is a girl's football?"
Perisic grinned and shrugged: "Yi, you have the final say on this."
Yi Zhe chuckled. Such a rough guy can't understand such delicate work, but Wolfsburg only needs football that can win!
Twenty minutes into the game, Wolfsburg completely controlled the situation on the field, but Yi Zhe kept insisting on such tactics.
The Dortmund fans in the South Stand are always tireless, creating the reputation of Europe's first devil's home stadium. But as the game time goes by, even this group of Dortmund die-hards slowly calm down, and their eyes become
Worried and frightened.
Their team is still as brave as it was at the beginning, but now it's like a clown. Wolfsburg all shoots the ball, and Dortmund players can only run like crazy on the court, and they are often confused and thrown on the court.
He fell to the ground and couldn't touch the ball at all.
If Dortmund goalkeeper Langerak hadn't rushed out of the penalty area several times to save the situation, the South Stand would have been silenced in the first half.
When the half-time whistle blew, Klopp wiped his forehead. This half was not easy for him.
Wolfsburg's ball possession rate was as high as 60%, and the number of passes was doubled. What's even more terrifying is that sitting at home, his team only had two shots in the half!
Completely dominated by these wolves! I should be thankful to God for a goal... Klopp walked back to the locker room with a sullen face. With Uncle Zha's character, you can imagine what will happen in the Dortmund midfield locker room.
However, Heijin stared at Yi Zhe in midfield and asked: "Yi, do you think Wolfsburg is also suitable for Barcelona football?"
This sentence immediately silenced the teammates around him, thinking that Yi Zhe was going to be unlucky. The old man had never asked for it like this. Wolfsburg had always played football that relied on impact to tear apart opponents.
Bendtner and others were ready to speak, but Yi Zhe answered before them in a humble and humble manner: "Wolfsburg football is about tearing opponents apart, and everyone has indeed done that."
The atmosphere in the locker room fell into a strange silence. Five seconds later, Kurogane walked towards the door and said: "Then keep doing this, boys!"
Everyone let out a long breath, and Perisic looked at Yi Zhe with strange eyes: "Yi, you are really favored by the old man! You are actually allowed to change your tactical style without authorization."
Yi Zhe shook his finger: "Wrong, Ivan. This is also about tearing the opponent into pieces. Wolfsburg's method is to bite the opponent's arteries in one bite, and passing and controlling like this is to tear apart until the opponent's last bit is exhausted.
The energy will tear apart all the bones in their bodies!"
Yi Zhe's explanation opened a new door for everyone.
"Ha! I like that explanation!"
"Yi's statement makes sense. I'm starting to like this approach."
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At the beginning of the second half, Klopp made a substitution, and Shinji Kagawa came on to replace Kyle.
This was a signal to strengthen the attack. But when Shinji Kagawa came on the stage, the script that everyone expected had just begun.
"Shinji Kagawa is late, haha! It seems that Klopp is betting on him to save the game... I hope he can do it in front of Yi Zhe!"
"Kagawa-san is finally here! This will be a showdown between the strongest midfielders in Asia! Kagawa-san's experience will obviously be superior!"
After Shinji Kagawa came on, he stood in the attacking midfielder position, with Sven Bender and Gundogan partnering as a double defensive midfielder.
Dortmund took the lead in the second half, and Shinji Kagawa quickly got the ball in the frontcourt. Yi Zhe appeared next to him, and the two had their first face-to-face conversation.
But Shinji Kagawa obviously hid. Before Yi Zhe could make a move, he quickly passed the ball to Grosskreutz on the wing.
"Kagawa-san! He successfully avoided Yi Zhe's shovel!"
The Japanese commentators were very excited, but soon they discovered that this was not the case at all. Yi Zhe was not going for Kagawa at all, but retreated to the front of the penalty area, waiting for him to pass the ball to Aubameyang. Yi Zhe
Get one step ahead of you and slide the tackle directly.
Another counterattack, De Bruyne sent a pass in the frontcourt, but unfortunately Perisic took the lead and cut inside and was destroyed.
Klopp's face had calmed down for a while, but now he was a little gloomy again. Kagawa's pass had already made him see that something was wrong, and it didn't seem to have any effect...
Yi Zhe calmly directed the team to retreat. Although there were still earthquake-like noises and boos from Dortmund fans behind them, it was different now.
Dortmund's offense had reached the edge of the penalty area, but Shinji Kagawa was a little frightened by the dense defense and made three consecutive lateral passes to Gundogan next to him.
"Dortmund's attack has stalled! Hahahaha! Are Shinji Kagawa and Ilkay Gundogan playing children's games? But have they really figured out how to face the iron wall of Wolfsburg?"
Shinji Kagawa was indeed in trouble and habitually passed the ball across the ball, but such an attack was impossible to have any effect. Yi Zhe was already in front of him, and the Japanese midfielder almost subconsciously passed the ball into the penalty area.
But the landing point was too deep, and he was directly hugged by Benario. He turned around and saw Yi Zhe's gesture, and immediately launched a counterattack by throwing the ball.
Shinji Kagawa immediately turned around and rushed towards Yi Zhe, but he soon discovered that Yi Zhe's passing was not in the same rhythm as him at all - he seemed to know everything about the situation on the field.
The ball was passed in one go, just kept running in the frontcourt, and the offense was extended to the Dortmund half with inconspicuous short passes.
Now facing Dortmund's penalty area, this area is not what Kagawa is good at, but he still chased it all the way back. Anyway, it is in line with the coach's "mad dog" tactics.
But he saw Yi Zhe facing Hummels' defense, slumping his shoulders to resist his opponent, and moving his body's center of gravity with his left and right feet. In a blink of an eye, Hummels failed to predict, and his feet were mixed, and Yi Zhe turned around.
Wipe it over and send the pass through the gap in front of you.
"Bendtner-Nick!!!!!tooooooor!!!!!"
Bendtner in the penalty area scored with a single shot and took the lead again.
Compared to the quiet home court, Shinji Kagawa was greatly shocked, and his eyes when looking at Yi Zhe changed.
In the previous series of passes, Kagawa thought that he could do worse than Yi Zhe if he was given some time, but in the end he challenged Hummels in a one-on-one duel, using his body and foot skills to such an extreme that Kagawa felt powerless.
Only in a head-on confrontation can one understand the shock brought by Yi Zhe. He began to understand the warning of national teammate Makoto Hasebe: This Chinese must be a strong enemy in the future!
The Japanese commentator was equally frustrated: "It's so frustrating! Yi Zhe's personal ability determines everything, and this is something Kagawa-san and all Japanese midfielders don't have - only true stars like this can lead us to excellence!"
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He Wei found this intuitive comparison even more useful.
"Shinji Kagawa's possession of the ball is more like a helpless tactic, just like the essence of passing and controlling in Japanese football. Compared with Yi Zhe, it is a judgment call! If this is Asia's top-level midfield duel, we might as well say
Yi Zhe is teaching live to all Asia - ball control is not like Kagawa's, control with perfect personal ability is the real master of the field!"
