Chapter three hundred and eighty fourth difficult victory
The referee stopped the game, and the team doctor quickly ran up. It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle that Weidenfeller dropped the ball in his hand, then walked towards the sidelines and walked out of the stadium behind the goal.
The team doctor hurriedly ran up and treated the wound on Weidenfeller's face who was sitting on the ground. The referee came over and asked if he wanted to make a substitution. Before Dick came up, Weidenfeller said firmly.
: "No change!"
Weidenfeller knows that he is the only goalkeeper that Dortmund can play now. No matter who the two young goalkeepers are on the bench, it is impossible to play any role in this situation. If they really want to replace them with young goalkeepers who have no experience, most likely
Arsenal will smash the door into a sieve...
Seeing what Weidenfeller said, the referee could only choose to wait - if other players were injured, they could be treated on the sidelines and continue playing on the field, but if the goalkeeper was injured... everyone could only wait.
At first, the team doctor was shocked when he saw Weidenfeller's face covered with blood. However, he soon discovered that there were only two scratches. Although the bleeding was scary, it was not too serious.
After the injury was stopped and the bleeding was stopped, he was treated and a mask was fixed to prevent him from touching the wound again, and then he was allowed to play.
Under normal circumstances, players are not allowed to wear any accessories on the field, not even wedding rings. However, in such situations where there is injury and some psychological shadow, some protective items can be worn, such as Cech being injured.
The protective helmets worn by Kiki and Chivu after their heads were opened were chartered for the purpose of protecting players, not as a confrontation against tyranny as a certain military expert believed...
Weidenfeller, who was wearing a mask, came on. In this situation, there was a fight for the ball, but in Dortmund's penalty area, Arsenal voluntarily gave up this opportunity. Weidenfeller directly kicked the ball into the front.
field.
There were thunderous cheers in the stands.
Weidenfeller's minor injury and his failure to leave the line of fire undoubtedly caused the young Dortmund players to become excited - young people's emotions are always easy to regulate, especially for young players like Dortmund.
Team.
Arshavin seemed to have regained some form. He began to break through frequently on the right. Alves also continued to create murderous opportunities on the right. Dortmund's strongest wing began to exert force, slowly suppressing Arsenal's left.
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Pires' own defensive ability is not strong. In this case, he and Ljungberg changed positions. Ljungberg came to the left to help defend. However, in the 27th minute, it was his foul.
Gave Dortmund a great opportunity...
Arshavin's forced breakthrough from the right allowed Ljungberg to pull him down with a backhand, and Dortmund also won a free kick close to the sideline.
Arshavin came to take the free kick, and Dortmund's tall men ran into Arsenal's penalty area - this was also an advantage for them.
Ismael, Warnes, Kyle, Borowski, Gomez, Olic, six players were running back and forth in Arsenal's penalty area looking for opportunities. Arsenal's defensive high ball
Their abilities are also quite outstanding. Both defensive midfielders and two central defenders are of sufficient height. However, after a group of Dortmund players swarmed into the penalty area, they also endured great pressure.
Not only are there five tall players, Olic roaming in the penalty area can also bring great damage.
After the referee blew the whistle to take the penalty, Arshavin started to run and passed the ball into the penalty area!
The ball drew an arc in the air, making it difficult for everyone to determine where it would land. Players on both sides of the front and center jumped one after another, but none of them touched the ball...
The ball flew to the back point before starting to slide. Vieira was about to take off and head the ball to clear the ball, but Borowski rushed up from behind!
The two collided in the air. In terms of confrontation, Vieira was not afraid of anyone. However, he jumped on the spot, and Borowski had the advantage of sprinting. Before the two collided, Borowski
Rovsky jumped higher than Vieira and headed the ball first!
Faced with this close header, Lehmann was unable to make a timely save, and the ball quickly flew into the near corner of the goal!
"The ball went in! Borowski's header gave Dortmund the first goal! I have to say that they are able to take the lead now because of their tenacious style and perseverance! Weidenfeller's
There was no fear when making the save, and Borowski's charge to the top was a head-on challenge full of courage! Dortmund can achieve such outstanding results this season, in addition to Dick's command, the courage and fighting spirit of the Dortmund players,
It also played a big role!”
Dick waved his fist vigorously. It was now the 27th minute of the first half. This header gave Dortmund a certain advantage!
If we can hold on... going to the away game with a one-goal lead is not without a chance!
After taking the lead, Dortmund's momentum was completely up. They began to use quick attacks to deal with Arsenal's defense, and Arsenal also seemed a little confused. If they could score another goal at this time, maybe they would be able to lay the foundation.
The whole game was won, but at this time, when Arsenal was in danger, the outstanding performance of former Dortmund player Lehmann made Dortmund's hope of scoring another goal come to nothing!
In the next twenty minutes, Dortmund created at least four or five good opportunities, but Lehmann made three very wonderful saves - he first saved Alves's curved shot after a cross.
Then before the end of the first half, he made a diving save of Arshavin's powerful long-range shot. Gomez's follow-up shot was also blocked by Gomez, who immediately got up and blocked the ball from the baseline...
Lehmann's wonderful performance allowed Arsenal to enter the halftime break with a one-goal deficit. After the start of the second half, Dortmund continued their strong offensive, but Lehmann also continued his outstanding performance!
Kyle's header hit the goal post in the first minute of the second half. A few minutes later, Kyle's long shot from the front of the penalty area was saved by Lehmann. After withstanding several attacks from Dortmund, Kyle
After that, Arsenal began to gradually recover. Through several consecutive counterattacks by Henry and Reyes, they slowly regained some initiative and began to use offense to create threats.
Henry and Reyes had two threatening shots in a row. Weidenfeller was not to be outdone and made consecutive saves. Seeing the opponent's offensive, Dick began to direct the players to return to defense.
Just now, a slap of sticks failed to kill the opponent, so now, we must start to guard against the opponent's counterattack...
Dortmund started to defend, and it was not easy for Arsenal to score goals. They defended Henry and Reyes very tightly. In this case, Ljungberg became an important contributor to Arsenal!
In the 58th minute, Henry started dribbling the ball from the wing. After attracting the attention of the Dortmund defenders, he passed the ball straight to Ljungberg in front. Ljungberg received the ball and began to dribble the ball laterally, relying on his speed.
Get rid of Borowski's defense, and then suddenly take a long shot from the front of the penalty area!
This seemingly hasty shot was of a very high standard. The ball drew an arc in the air, passed the hands of Weidenfeller who was struggling to take off, and then plunged into the gap between the crossbar and the upright.
Dead spot!
The stands fell silent, while the red-haired Ljungberg started his own celebration on the field...
"Arsenal equalized the score! Ljungberg's world wave was so exciting! Dortmund is a bit dangerous now. They were unable to expand their lead when they took the initiative before, but now Arsenal got an away goal. This kind of
The situation is very dangerous for them!"
Dick pursed his lips, and then made a decisive substitution. Donovan replaced Arshavin. Arshavin also ran very fiercely on the court today, and now his physical fitness is somewhat unable to keep up. Instead of letting him at this time
If he can barely kick, it would be better to replace him with an assaulter who has more impact and is in better condition.
Arshavin has no objection to this. He just regrets that his condition has not been adjusted to the best yet, otherwise he would not need to run a lot to get back to his condition...
Donovan really brought something different after he came on the field. His speed and breakthrough ability are also quite good, and he is a new force. Immediately after he came on the field, he frequently dribbled the ball to disrupt Arsenal's defense.
In the 64th minute, Donovan dribbled the ball from the sideline and passed in, but Cole blocked the baseline. For a corner kick, Donovan took the corner kick. He drove the ball to the goal. Warns beat Campbell with a header.
, but the ball hit Toure's back and fell off. Kyle, who was in the penalty area with quick eyes and quick feet, quickly turned around and volleyed. This sudden shot in the penalty area made Lehmann unable to react anymore, and the ball flew into Arsenal.
the door!
Dortmund leads again at home!
The Dortmund fans burst into crazy shouts in the stands, and Dick waved his fist vigorously. Although he knew that the value of this goal was slightly worse than the previous goal that opened the scoring, as long as the home court could lead
Going to the away game with victory still has some advantages - the disadvantage of just an away goal is not impossible to make up for...
However, after scoring this goal, Dortmund's defense had some problems again. The transition between offense and defense after taking the lead was somewhat disjointed. In the 79th minute, Henry's pass created another opportunity. His through pass cleverly sent the ball to
Pires wandered into the penalty area. Before Ismael and Warnes came up to block it, Pires calmly kicked off and scored with a low shot in the penalty area!
Taking the lead twice and being equalized by the opponent twice, the situation is already very unfavorable for Dortmund!
Dortmund did not give up in the next game. Dick successively replaced Everton and Ricken to strengthen the attack. Finally, in stoppage time, they took the lead again with Olic's shot in the penalty area, and finally won.
The victory of this game was achieved, but the 3-2 lead at home made it impossible to be optimistic about the second round...
"In an unfavorable situation, we won, which is better than anything else. Although we were unable to win more due to some luck problems, after all, we have mastered the moves... We only need a draw in the away game
Winning, isn't it?"
Dick said in an understatement at the post-match press conference that he was really planning on holding on for the 90 minutes of the second round. However, when he said this, he was a bit untrue.
