Su Yun also let out a long sigh of relief. According to the situation in the first half, Su Yun was relatively satisfied with only losing one goal.
In the first half, Dortmund completely lost power in the midfield, especially Shaheen's position, which was directly crushed by Vidal.
Vidal is very strong.
Shaheen was completely unable to counterattack under Vidal's defense. Not only did he lose the ball four times, but in the end he could only pass the ball back and did not dare to organize an attack at all.
The best performer in the first half was Kyle.
Although he conceded the first goal, Kyle swept everything in the subsequent games. This allowed him to effectively protect Dortmund's defense and prevent Dortmund from conceding the ball.
Kyle's defensive awareness is so good...
The location is also very good.
If it weren't for Kyle, Dortmund's defense would have been under great pressure.
Everything must change in the second half. Su Yun looked at Shaheen, who lowered his head. Shaheen himself knew that his performance in the first half was very poor.
"Nuri, come down and take a rest in the second half."
Although Shaheen is very young, Su Yun must focus on training him. But his performance in the first half was too poor and now he has no confidence. Su Yun must replace him. With Shaheen's current mental state, if he continues to play in the second half
, the blow to him will become increasingly severe.
This is not conducive to Shaheen's growth.
Su Yun needs to protect Shaheen.
Shaheen looked up and saw Su Yun, then lowered his head again.
Very frustrated.
Shaheen, who was defended by Vidal in this game, had no temper.
It also brought Shaheen's self-confidence to the bottom.
"Florian, you come on in the second half."
Su Yun chose Klinger. Florian Klinger is a youth training player trained by Dortmund himself. When he first debuted, he was hailed as a genius player by German football.
Very outstanding.
Klinger, who is now 26 years old, has played more than 120 games for Dortmund. He also played more than 60 games for Cologne during the two seasons when Dortmund was loaned to Cologne.
He is a very outstanding player in Dortmund.
Even when he debuted, many people thought he would be Dortmund's leader in the future.
However, Su Yun reused Shaheen this season, and then began to reuse Kyle. Therefore, Klinger temporarily lost his main position, but Su Yun did not give up Klinger.
Twenty-six years old.
With nearly 200 game experience, Su Yun will not waste such a good player.
It's great that someone like this can tolerate being on the bench.
Just like now, Su Yun is about to activate Klinger.
"Defense. Defense. Defense is not a matter for the players at the back. Start defending from the front layer by layer. As soon as the opponent gets the ball, he immediately goes to defense."
Su Yun knew a lot about defense when he was in the Premier League. After going to Juventus, he learned more about defense.
Although he is now one goal behind, Su Yun still emphasizes defense.
It's not an attack.
Because Dortmund's offensive system has not yet been fully established. Su Yun is also using this formal game to choose Dortmund's offensive system. But this is a formal game.
Su Yun first had to consider the outcome of the game.
During the intermission, Su Yun didn't say too many questions. He just made simple arrangements.
"Nuri, do you know what your biggest problem is?"
Everyone else has gone out.
Su Yun left Shaheen behind. The two of them walked out slowly. Shaheen was only twenty years old and was considered a troubled genius. Su Yun had high expectations for Shaheen.
I don't want one or two games to have an impact on him.
Su Yun was worried that it would affect Shaheen's development when he was replaced in the midfield this time.
"In close defense, you don't have Harvey's skills to get rid of opponents." Shaheen's skills are still very good, and his ball control ability is not bad either.
But this is only for some weak teams.
Faced with a strong defense, like today's encirclement and suppression by Vidal and others, Shaheen's ability to escape has problems.
Plus he has too little space.
Once he ran to the front, he would clash with Hajnauer, and when he retreated, he would be stared at by Vidal because of lack of space.
Vidal?
It would be great if he were his own players. But Su Yun knew that this was impossible, because Vidal is now worth more than 10 million euros. In the future, his worth will only rise and not fall.
"So you need to keep running and then increase the number of passes. Instead of being obsessed with possession of the ball, this is not your advantage. Just like in the first half, you don't get entangled with Vidal, and move quickly after getting the ball. Yes.
Leave it to Kyle and the defense at the back, or to the players on the left and right. Then continue to use running to meet them. This is what you should do."
"It doesn't mean that all midfielders have to be Maradona and Ronaldinho."
When facing a team with little pressure, Shaheen can organize calmly. But when faced with a lot of pressure, especially in a game like today, Shaheen has to choose another approach.
The best in this regard is Manchester United's Michael Carrick.
Carrick has many shortcomings, but he is a very good midfielder.
He can make himself invisible throughout the game, just like a screw. But he can effectively organize Manchester United's offense. Shaheen needs to learn this sometimes.
Not just organizing attacks, but sometimes treating yourself as a universal screw to connect the front and back.
"To be truly successful you need to work hard."
Shaheen nodded.
The game made him a little frustrated, but what he was most worried about was Su Yun's attitude, because Shaheen had already suffered losses in this regard.
At that time, Dutch coach Van Marwijk thought highly of Shaheen so much that Shaheen started to make his mark in Dortmund at a young age. Unfortunately, after Van Marwijk left, the subsequent coaches did not like Shaheen.
Therefore Shaheen simply cannot find a place in Dortmund.
Now after hearing Su Yun's words, Shaheen felt relieved. It seemed that Su Yun did not dislike him because of this game.
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Enter Klinger.
His style is completely different from Shaheen. Klinger breaks through better than Shaheen, but his ball handling and passing are far from comparable to Shaheen. Of course, Su Yun lets Klinger play because he does not want him to replace Shaheen.
Very simple.
Strengthen the tackling in the middle.
After the start of the second half, Leverkusen also discovered that Dortmund's defense strengthened in the middle. The midfielders of Kyle and Klinger effectively stopped Leverkusen's attack.
Unable to play in the middle, Leverkusen started playing on the two wings.
Anyway, they have a high center like Keesling and a forward like Helmers who can grab points well.
Therefore, Leverkusen began to develop along with Dortmund's changes at the beginning of the second half.
Cross.
Crossing is also a major feature of the German team.
In 2002, the German team swept Saudi Arabia 8-0, relying on crosses from the two wings and headers from the center.
Kiessling started to play hand-to-hand with Dortmund's defenders. In the first half, he was more focused on Shaheen. As soon as he got the ball, he started to go to the middle. But now it's different.
To pass.
You need a high center forward.
Since he is a high center forward, of course he has to fight hand-to-hand with the defender in the penalty area.
It's a pity that Kiessling met Williams and Hummels today.
Barnett and Renato on the wing frequently made crosses into Dortmund's penalty area.
"Barnett, cross...Kiesling. Under the interference of Hummels, the header had no power. Williams, Williams kicked the ball out before Helmers."
Kiesling is Hummels defending.
Although Hummels is young, his frontal defensive ability is still very strong. Especially his ability to defend high-altitude balls is a major advantage for him.
Compared with Hummels, Kiesling has no advantage in other aspects except experience. He has no advantages in height, jumping ability, judgment of landing point, etc.
Williams, on the other hand, was behind Hummels, saw Kiessling's header, and made a clearance in front of Helmers.
"It's Barnett again, passing in...Williams, heading the ball out."
"Vidal, passed the ball to Helmers... Williams, withstood Helmers. Helmers couldn't turn around at all, Williams, he poked the ball out."
"Williams..."
When Leverkusen strengthened their crosses from the wing, Williams began to appear frequently in front of everyone.
"Dortmund's performance in this game was very poor. The new players who just came to Dortmund performed mediocrely. Cavani and Mata did not perform impressively. Except for Williams."
"Williams, who switched to the center back position in this game, performed very well. Everyone is familiar with Williams, but what many people may not know is that Williams played as a right midfielder until he was nineteen years old.
.yes……"
Stephen Simon's commentary started to go off topic again.
Start talking about something else.
After seeing Williams' performance, he started to talk about some things about Williams' past. There are also some other things that are not easy for fans to know. This is Stephen Simon's commentary style.
However, the explanation is so, but the game scene has always been not conducive to Dortmund.
The biggest problem is the midfielder's inability to control the ball.
The frontcourt cannot create threats.
"Renato, shook Owomoyela, cross!"
"Kiesling, he got rid of Hummels."
Hummels has been defending Kiessling, and he has done a very good job in this game. But after all, Kiessling is more experienced than Hummels, and Hummels is just behind in experience.
In terms of experience, Hummels is far inferior to Keesling.
Finally Kiessling found an opportunity and got rid of Hummels.
Get rid of Hummels.
Faced with Renato's cross, he jumped high. He already felt that he would be able to head the header this time. Because of that damn kid, he was finally able to get rid of it. But when he was about to throw his head towards the goal
At that moment, his body was hit by a huge force.
Very powerful.
It's not that big.
It makes a high center forward like Keesling feel chest tight.
It almost made him angry.
And the ball was pushed out by this person.
"Williams, Williams again. The 32-year-old Williams's jumping and heading abilities have not declined at all. He actually overpowered Keesling and headed the ball away."
Even though Keesling is 1.9 meters tall, he is taller than Williams.
But in terms of high ball judgment and header ability, Kiessling is definitely no match for Williams. Moreover, Kiessling is just tall. His header is not as good as Jankoler and others back then.
Williams headed the ball directly outside.
Kyle received the ball from Williams outside the penalty area, but unlike Shaheen. He was a very experienced midfielder and was not eager to attack or control the ball.
Instead, the ball was passed back to Williams.
Williams, on the other hand, made a big kick and passed the ball to the right.
Williams plays as a defender, but he has not lost the skills he had when he was a defensive midfielder. His most outstanding long-passing ability was fully displayed at this time.
Very accurate.
Williams is looking for Blaszczykovsky in front.
"Williams, pass the ball... the ball was passed a little too big. No, not at all. Blaszczykovsky, he is very fast. He caught up with the ball."
Williams came to Dortmund for the first time, but with his many years of experience, he is far more adaptable to Dortmund than Shaheen. Williams understands the characteristics of his teammates better than Shaheen.
Shaheen, as the core of the midfield, has not fully understood the characteristics of his teammates. Therefore, he cannot form effective cooperation with Hajnauer, Mata, Blaszczykovsky, and Cavani.
But Williams has mostly mastered their technical characteristics.
The choice of passing the ball this time also fully understands Blaszczykovsky's characteristics.
speed.
Blaszczykovsky can't control the ball, so it's impossible for him to play like Shaheen and Hajnauer. But he has the speed of the wind. That's enough.
"Brashchikovsky, he has surpassed Jakpa. Jakpa can't keep up with Blaszczykovsky's pace. Blaszczkovsky has already surpassed Jakpa.
.”
Jakpa is young, only twenty-one years old, and will be twenty-two in more than a month.
This is an offensive full-back with strong offensive ability.
But this time running with Blaszczykovsky, the gap was very obvious. Blaszhikovsky's speed advantage was fully demonstrated.
In just a few steps, Blaszczykovsky pulled Djakpa four or five meters away.
"Brashchikovsky, his speed is simply amazing. I saw a Ferrari. Blaszczykovsky had already rushed into the penalty area."
This counterattack caught Leverkusen off guard.
Simple.
Williams passed the ball and Blaszczykovsky ran.
This creates a threat.
Adler concentrated, because Blaszczykovsky already had her own angle.
"Blashchikovsky, pass the ball... Hainauer, Hainauer shoots the goal!"
Blaszczykovsky was not greedy for credit. Although he had an angle to shoot, he did not shoot. Instead, he passed the ball near the penalty area. Because it was a counterattack, Leverkusen's defense could not be fully established.
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Hajnauer stepped in, saw Blaszczykovsky's pass, and shot directly into the goal.
"goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Hainauer, Hainauer. Dortmund equalized the score with a counterattack opportunity under extremely unfavorable circumstances."
"Williams came to Germany. It seems that his defensive ability, physical strength, and long-distance passing skills have not declined at all. On the contrary, he is getting older."
Evening the score, Su Yun shook his head.
With a counterattack, this is not the Dortmund that Su Yun imagined. This is a play style out of desperation.
But Su Yun soon looked at Williams.
I finally worked with Williams again. In the past three years, without Williams in my team, I always felt like something was missing.
Now seeing Williams, Su Yun feels much more at ease. (To be continued.)
