During the break, assistant coach Buvac took the substitutes to stay on the court to warm up, preparing for possible appearances in the second half.

And Klopp returned to the locker room alone.

He was the last one to return to the locker room. After walking in, he closed the door and then directly called Zhou Yi's name: "Zhou Yi, I want to hear your explanation of the first half."

This made the other players in the locker room stunned - is the head coach going to make a comeback?

Although the score was behind in the first half and did not score back by the end of the half, everyone worked very hard and had always posed a threat to Chelsea.

The biggest contributor here is Zhou Yi. Everyone was moved by Zhou Yi and launched an offensive charge at the Chelsea goal. Not only did they create many opportunities for their teammates, but they also had several shots that threatened the Chelsea goal. If Sun Pan hadn't performed too well, let alone equalizing the score, it would be possible for Dortmund to lead and end the first half.

Everyone can see such performance clearly, so the head coach won’t be unable to see it, right?

There is no need to question Zhou Yi...

Klopp stared at Zhou Yi and said, "In the first half, you chose more straight passes, which led to a faster offense. I want to hear why you chose this approach against Chelsea in the first half?"

Then he waved his hand to the other players: "Don't be nervous, I'm not going to get angry."

Zhou Yi stood up and said, "It's very simple. I think we need to speed up against Chelsea."

This conclusion is very simple, just in one sentence, but Zhou Yi tried to find it out in dozens of games in virtual competitions.

"Yeah, let's talk about it in detail." Klopp leaned against the door, wrapped his hands around his chest and made an listening statement.

"Murinho's team is good at playing defensive counterattacks, which has been proven in Real Madrid. And they now have an enhanced version of "New Cech" before Cech was injured - Panpan... Sun Pan. They have the conditions to play defensive counterattacks. If we pass the downed feet back and forth as usual and patiently seek opportunities, I think that if we do this, we will compress the opponent into a solid piece, which will help them play defensive counterattacks. First, forcing them to shrink their defense, leaving us with less and less space. At the same time, we will continue to fall in the frontcourt, which will leave a lot of room for the backcourt and be used by Chelsea."

Klopp nodded, not interrupting.

The other players in the locker room were also listening very seriously. They knew that Zhou Yi had his unique features in game analysis, and they also understood why the head coach called Zhou Yi and asked Zhou Yi to explain, which would definitely help the team defeat Chelsea.

"So I think that if we speed up the offensive speed and rhythm, on the one hand, we can get more offensive opportunities, and on the other hand, we won't leave Chelsea with a stable chance of defending, so that we can get close to their core area to create opportunities for shooting. The third reason is that we can quickly fight and decide quickly in the frontcourt, and we can avoid investing more troops in the subsequent defense, resulting in empty defense and being seized by the opponent to hit us behind us. So I consciously accelerated the offensive speed in the first half and used more straight passes to create more shooting opportunities. For Chelsea, we cannot simply pursue success rate, but use more offensive times to disrupt them and subdue them."

Some of the team members looked at Zhou Yi with admiration. They may not all understand these principles. Even if they understand them, they may not be able to be clearly organized and well-informed as Zhou Yi said.

Many professional players have low academic qualifications and devote themselves to professional football at a young age. Even if they arrange cultural courses, they will not take them seriously. There are too many players who can't even understand contracts, listen to their agents completely, and some players can only write their own names and become family members and agents' money-making tools... For example, Jose Antonio Reyes, a genius player in Seville, Spain, has outstanding football talent, so he has almost never been to school because his parents have no

Realizing that children need to go to school, after seeing Reyes' football talent, their only goal is to train him to be a professional player to make money. Reyes officially dropped out of school at the age of fourteen. Even before that, he had never been to school several times. He failed physical education classes, was almost illiterate, and could not write. The only thing he could write was his own name. If it weren't for signing a contract, he might not even know how to do this...

Of course, it is not to say that these players from Dortmund are like this. Reyes is an extreme example, but it can also illustrate the general situation of a large group of professional players and a larger number of young people working hard to become professional players.

Besides, they are definitely not as good as Zhou Yi when it comes to being able to speak eloquently.

There is a reason for others to be the core. There is a reason for others to gain the trust and preference of the head coach.

All the successes in this world are not surprising.

After listening to Zhou Yi's explanation, Klopp nodded and asked, "But they still have one Sun Pan. At the end of the first half, the goddess of luck was on our side with your shot. But Sun Pan still rushed out. Is there any way you can deal with him?"

Everyone looked at Zhou Yi with anticipation, but unexpectedly, Zhou Yi simply gave them an unexpected answer.

"No." Zhou Yi shook his head.

Klopp was also a little surprised - Zhou Yi said no?

Seeing him looking so confident before, I thought he had a plan...

Zhou Yi smiled and spread his hands and explained: "It's not a joke, it's really not. I think that when dealing with Sun Pan, we can only use more shots to accumulate quantity, and hope that quantitative change will cause qualitative change. Do you still remember how many goals we shot in one game last season when we played Atletico Madrid at home?"

Everyone looked confused. Who would care about this number? Besides, the game has been over for so long, and even those who knew it at that time have forgotten it.

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Twenty-seven feet. We exchanged 27 feet for three goals, and finally eliminated Atletico Madrid."

"But..." Some people seemed to have different opinions. It was Sven Bend, but he did not continue to speak, as if he felt it was not easy to question Zhou Yi, who was deeply trusted by the head coach.

Klopp encouraged him: "It's okay, let's talk about any problems."

Sven Bend then frowned and said to Zhou Yi: "But I remember Zhou Yi, what kind of goalkeeper did you say before, Sun Pan was a... type?"

"Man comes from crazy style." This is a word invented by Zhou Yi. It is normal for Sven Bend to be not familiar with it, but he understands what it means.

"That is, the more shots he faces, the better his performance may be. Are you not worried that he will be shot out by a large number of shots?" asked Sven Bend.

Zhou Yi shook his head: "Even if we didn't shoot a single shot, Sun Pan's condition would not be bad. If we were a weak team, he might not be able to play, but we are the European champions. He was excited before the game started. So whether he is in good shape has nothing to do with how many goals we can shoot. In order to score a goal, let's shoot him with confidence and boldness!"

Zhou Yi systematically explained the theoretical basis of "If the sky has feelings, the sky will grow old, and when you see Panpan, you will be beaten."

Although he did not use this likable poem, everyone understood the truth.

Klopp also affirmed Zhou Yi's judgment: "Yes. We need more shots and more times to threaten their goal. We cannot shrink the defense like Chelsea and then counterattack. Because we are behind now, we must continue to play in the second half at the pace of the first half. Mourinho's Chelsea is known for counterattacking fast. Our fast is not exactly the same as their fast, but we must be faster than them!"

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In Chelsea's locker room, although they were the ones leading the way, Mourinho was not satisfied because the team gave Dortmund too many shots in the first half.

"You are simply giving gifts!" Mourinho criticized his players mercilessly, speaking with a strong tone. "Look at how many shots you gave to the opponent in the first half? If it weren't for Sun Pan, we would have been behind long ago! If this continues in the second half, I don't think we can hold the lead of this ball at all!"

Sun Pan lowered his head and curled his lips. He wanted to tell Mourinho that even if he was still like this in the second half, he would be confident that he would block all Dortmund's shots.

But it is obvious that Mourinho is a tough guy at Chelsea, so it is better not to offend him easily.

Sun Pan is sometimes reckless, but not stupid.

He intends to use his actual actions on the court to prove Mourinho's statement wrong.

"We must be more stable in the second half of the defense, and have more restrictions on Zhou Yi. If you can be close to your body, you can be close to your body. If it is really not possible, you can foul. Don't let him continue to shoot and pass the ball in front of our penalty area without any scruples! Be more ruthless to him! Don't be afraid of taking cards. Until now, no one of you has taken cards. It's simply incredible to deal with Zhou Yi!"

The key to Dortmund is Zhou Yi. Mourinho believes that the reason why Dortmund performed so well in the first half is related to his lack of restrictions on Zhou Yi.

Fortunately, Chelsea is still ahead now, even if it is only one goal ahead, it is not too late to make up for the loss.

Wait until the ball is lost and then adjust, and it will be done.
Chapter completed!