Chapter 269 Reversal Elimination
When Zhou Yi passed the football to Lewandowski, everyone's attention and gaze followed the football to Lewandowski's feet, and not many people would continue to stare at Zhou Yi. If Lewandowski followed and passed the football back to Zhou Yi, it would remind everyone that Zhou Yi's role in this offense is very important, which is equivalent to attracting defensive firepower for Zhou Yi.
But Lewandowski didn't do this. After receiving Zhou Yi's ball, he passed the football to Shinji Kagawa without even looking at Zhou Yi.
Shinji Kagawa did not pass the football to Zhou Yi, but to Goze.
As a result, football is getting farther and farther away from Zhou Yi, and everyone is paying less and less attention to Zhou Yi. More people are paying close attention to Goze, who takes the ball and Lewandowski, who is very active in the penalty area.
With Dortmund already reaching the tense atmosphere in front of AC Milan, no one remembers to pay extra attention to Zhou Yi.
But just as everyone was about to forget him, he reappeared in everyone's vision.
Facing the football, he swung his right foot.
It seemed that he would pull the football into the near corner of the goal, but just as the football was about to roll in front of him, he suddenly twisted his hips and pushed his right foot out, but the football flew to the back corner!
Abiati couldn't save it, so he could only watch the football fly to the far corner.
The only thing he can do now is pray to God, hoping that the football can be shut out of the post or simply off the line.
But this time, God did not hear his heart, and the football brushed the far post and flew into the goal!
"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!" He Ping shouted excitedly. "Bortmond is leading AC Milan 3:0!"
"TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
West**** Stadium was like an erupting volcano. Everyone jumped up and shouted, like yellow and black magma flowing down from the crater, covering everything and burning everything.
"The total score, Dortmund is leading 4:3!!"
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After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi turned around and collided with Goce. Goce took him into his arms, then leaned back and threw him to the ground.
Other hot teammates flocked to the scene and then pressed Zhou Yi under him.
Once again, Zhou Yi saved Dortmund.
"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!!" In the stands, there were deafening cheers from Dortmund fans.
The cheers can be heard clearly without deliberately keeping them quiet.
Every Chinese audience and fans in front of the TV, standing in front of the TV, listening to the uniform shouts coming from the TV, you can clearly hear the Germans shouting Zhou Yi's name.
This scene really shocked many Chinese fans.
The name of a Chinese player is called by so many foreigners. Their accent sounds strange, but it is not funny at all, and it makes people feel awe-inspiring.
This is the power of football, surpassing nationality, making a Chinese a favorite VIP at West**** Stadium.
The sense of national pride sprinted to everyone's chest, making them feel a little excited while being happy for Zhou Yi's goal.
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"I think everyone must still remember the first leg game? In the first half, Dortmund fell behind three goals... But now, this scene seems familiar? At Dortmund's home court, they also scored three goals in AC Milan in the first half!" Marcel Leif said excitedly and proudly. "AC Milan said he wanted to take revenge. I think after this game, the goal of revenge has not been completed, and I am afraid that new revenge will be added..."
Dortmund, who was in a state of dismay at San Siro Stadium, returned to his home court, as if they were resurrected in full blood.
Zhou Yi's goal was 43 minutes in the first half.
The first half ended shortly after Dortmund scored.
When the players of both sides left the court, Dortmund players had smiles on their faces, while AC Milan players looked confused. They were completely stunned by Zhou Yi's goal. They finally boosted their morale and planned to fight back, but Zhou Yi scored a goal, extinguishing all the fire of fighting spirit they had just ignited...
Although they were panicked when they were behind before, they were not as simple as panicking when they lost the third ball.
The expressions of the players of the two teams when they left the court formed a sharp contrast, which reminded people of the situation when the two sides confronted in the first round, but it was just reversed.
During the halftime break, in the locker room, Klopp did not praise the players' performance, but repeatedly emphasized the importance of the second half, and asked the players to remain vigilant and not be too optimistic.
They have a good lesson in the past, that is, AC Milan in the first leg, because they began to relax after leading three goals in the first half. As a result, Zhou Yi scored a crucial away goal in the second half. If there were no such away goal, the psychological state of the two sides would definitely be different at the beginning of the second leg. At least Dortmund would definitely not have such fighting spirit.
But speaking of this, AC Milan seems to be very good at blindly optimistic when leading three goals. This is the knockout match against La Coruña in the 2003-2004 season. He led La Coruña 4:1 in the first leg. As a result, he went away and was beaten 3:0 by La Coruña in the second leg. He eliminated AC Milan with a away goal advantage. The most famous one is the Istanbul Miracle in 2005. AC Milan led Liverpool with three goals in the first half. As a result, they drove Champagne in advance during the break, and their character was defeated. They were chased by Liverpool three goals in the second half. Finally, in the penalty shootout, AC Milan, who had a psychological collapse, lost to Liverpool...
Dortmund can no longer repeat the mistakes of AC Milan. In that case, it will be ten thousand times stupider than AC Milan.
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After the second half begins, the two sides will change sides and fight again.
Dortmund did not relax his vigilance at all. They used their excellent overall ball control and tenacious defense to block AC Milan's increasingly crazy counterattack.
Although AC Milan used up three substitutions in a very short time in the second half.
But it doesn't help.
Until the last moment, AC Milan was unable to break through Dortmund's goal. Although they could drag the game into overtime with just one more goal, the goal seemed to become out of reach.
When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Dortmund's substitutes rushed to the court and celebrated the hard-won victory with his teammates on the court.
Some AC Milan players collapsed to the ground, but they didn't expect that they would be eliminated in the end if they had the advantage...
"The game is over! Congratulations to Dortmund! They eliminated AC Milan with a total score of 4:3! They reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons!" said Marcel Leif.
When the midfield whistle sounded, a huge cheer erupted, cheering for the ball's Jedi reversal and approaching the quarterfinals.
After giving a panoramic view, the TV broadcasting camera was almost locked on Zhou Yi.
"The best player in this game is of course Zhou Yi who assists and scores one goal at a time. If it weren't for him, how could Dortmund eventually reverse and eliminate AC Milan? You should know that this reversal has laid the foreshadowing since Zhou Yi scored the goal in the last round!"
In the camera, Zhou Yi was hugging and celebrating with his teammates, each of them had a smile on his face.
In the end, almost all the Dortmund players surrounded Zhou Yi, surrounded him, hugged, cheered, and celebrated the goal with him.
This scene fully demonstrates Zhou Yi's status in Dortmund.
After the game, Zhou Yi was interviewed by reporters in the mixed zone. He mentioned the victory, but he did not think it was his own credit: "Any game, no matter what the result is, is obtained by the whole team, so the victory is not my own credit. I only scored one goal. I am very happy to be able to reverse the game and eliminate AC Milan at home."
A reporter asked him: "Who do you want to meet in the quarterfinals now?"
Zhou Yi shook his head: "No matter who it is, it doesn't matter."
At this time, he didn't want to consider the question of who was so disgraceful in the quarter-finals. Since he won the reversal, he should celebrate it well.
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At the post-match press conference, Allegri denied that the game was caused by his improper tactics: "My tactics are not a problem. We came here with the determination to win. But there are always many accidents in football games, and this game is an accident..."
He refused to answer questions from Italian journalists who questioned him.
But the Italian reporter obviously did not want to let him go, because AC Milan was eliminated away in the away game while leading 3:1 in the first leg, which is really unacceptable...
They insisted on questioning Allegri's tactical arrangements, and Allegri refused to admit that there was something wrong with his arrangements, and both sides just made it.
In the end, the post-match press conference he participated in ended up in a bad mood.
On the other hand, Klopp had a happy and peaceful atmosphere at the press conference.
"I'm proud and proud of the guys' performance, they're all great. We were able to make it to the quarterfinals in adverse circumstances, which was amazing."
Chapter completed!