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Chapter 140 There are still shooting opportunities

When the players of both sides walked out of the passage, the TV broadcast quickly gave Zhou Yi a close-up shot.

Zhou Yi was injured in the last fight between the two sides and missed the game for more than a month.

Now that he has returned from injury and faces Naples again, he is naturally the focus.

In the last encounter between the two teams, if Zhou Yi was not injured, would the final result be different from now? Many people think it will be different.

Even if you can't beat Naples away, you can't lose 0:3 away from the opponent, right? With Zhou Yi here, Dortmund still has a chance to score an away goal. In fact, before Zhou Yi was injured, Dortmund showed such signs. At that time, Aubameyang made a very threatening attack.

Unfortunately, after Zhou Yi's game, Dortmund's momentum came to an abrupt end. Even in the end, Naples seized the opportunity to win another game, and finally lost 0:3.

After the game, Dortmund media complained that Napoli took advantage of the Dortmund players' concern for Zhou Yi and took advantage of the situation when they were unintentional to play.

So now, Zhou Yi is back, healthy and in excellent condition, what can he perform when Dortmund faces Naples again?

Everyone is very concerned about the answer to this question.

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In the theme song of the Champions League, players from both sides enter the court, line up and stand up, and then shake hands with each other. The captains of both sides exchange team flags, guess the coins and pick the sides...

In the end, Dortmund got the kick-off.

"With the referee's whistle, the highlight of Group F in the 2013-2014 Champions League group stage began!" After the whistle sounded, the commentator also raised the volume.

"Bortmond has maintained a record of eight Champions League wins in their home court. But at the same time, they have both failed in the last two home matches against Serie A teams, namely, the League Cup loss to Udinese 0:2 and the Champions League loss to AC Milan 0:1... In this game, if Dortmund wants to retain the possibility of qualifying, he must defeat Napoli..."

"Naples can qualify one round in this game as long as they tie Dortmund. If they tie Dortmund, if they tie Dortmund, there will be the last round left in the group stage, leading Dortmund by three points, and the winning and losing relationship will be better. No matter what Dortmund's last game against Galatasaray will look like, Naples will qualify... Naples has won six of the last eight Champions League games, and only one of the last twelve Champions League games has not scored, which is the last time he lost to Arsenal 0:2... And he has conceded goals in the last six Champions League games, and he has not won the goal yet if he is away from Germany - five draws and four losses..."

Marcel Leif quickly introduced the situation of the two teams.

On the court, Dortmund has taken their kick-off opportunity to launch an attack on the Naples goal.

Dortmund didn't want to waste a second. Instead, they did not fall back and forth in the backcourt, but directly passed the ball forward and launched an attack, threatening Napoli's goal.

After Mark received a pass from Reus at the front of the penalty area, he directly knocked the ball behind him with his heel, and Zhou Yi, who followed him, directly shot from a long shot!

Napoli goalkeeper Reina saw the football flew towards the upper right corner of the goal, and quickly jumped and swung across, but he did not touch the football...

Fortunately, the football did not fly into the goal, but was slightly higher and flew over the crossbar!

"Zhou—Yi!! Oh! This is a wonderful long shot, but it's just a little higher!" He Ping thought the ball was about to enter when Zhou Yi shot, but the football flew out of the baseline. He did not forget to praise Zhou Yi for his shot.

There was also a burst of exclamation in the stands. When Zhou Yi shot, Dortmund fans also thought that the ball had been available.

After the goal, Zhou Yi, who had no goal, held his head with both hands and felt regretful and annoyed, then put down his arms, turned around and ran back.

Although Zhou Yi's long-range shot failed, it scared many Napoli fans in a cold sweat. As the game just started, Zhou Yi actually had such a threatening long-range shot, but fortunately he didn't make it... If he entered, it would be difficult for Napoli to play in this game!

Naples fans were glad that they had escaped, and after breathing a sigh of relief, they continued to watch the game.

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Although Zhou Yi's shot did not score, it set the tone for this game.

Next, Dortmund continued to besiege Napoli's goal, making Napoli passive defense after the opening.

Naples must have expected this situation, so in the face of Dortmund's fierce offensive, they did not panic, but quickly recovered and stabilized their defense.

This is the tactics arranged by Benitez for Napoli, which is aimed at the situation where Dortmund must win at home. Napoli is based on defensive counterattack in this game.

Benitez is very good at playing defensive counterattacks.

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Continuous offense also won Dortmund the opportunity to set pieces.

During training, Dortmund also focused on training set pieces offense and defense. Napoli will shrink defense, and Klopp also expected this. Set pieces are a good way to break intensive defense.

In the ninth minute of the game, Dortmund won a corner kick.

When the game reached the eighth minute, Aubameyang made a cross from the wing, and Mark grabbed the spot in the penalty area and headed the ball!

The football was lifted from the crossbar by goalkeeper Reina with one hand, and Dortmund won the first corner kick of the game.

Reus drove the corner kick out on the right, and there was chaos in the penalty area. In the fight, Albior grabbed Mark, making him unable to jump up. As a result, the football flew over his head, but he was powerless and could not compete for the top.

But the referee Carvalho from Spain did not say anything, which made Mark very angry. He opened his arms to protest to the referee: "He pulls my clothes!!"

But Carvalho just shook his head. In his opinion, that level of pulling was not enough for a foul.

So Dortmund lost a chance to shoot.

Although the referee did not say anything, it caused discussion among the commentator.

"Albiol's move should be considered a foul, right? This is an obvious pull. He even hugged Mark, so that Mark could not jump up..." He Ping was refereeing the penalty for Zhou Yi.

Marcel Leif was also very dissatisfied with the penalty: "Obviously, Albiol had hand movements while defending, which interfered with and hindered Mark's competition. This should be a foul in the penalty area and then give Dortmund a penalty!"

However, the Italian commentator's view was different from theirs: "Marc's action is too exaggerated, right? He just entangled with each other and pretended to be pulled and unable to move. There was a very obvious exaggeration in performance! It was correct for the referee Carvalho to ignore him!"

There was a booing sound in the stands because of the entanglement in the penalty area.

Dortmund fans also believe that Albiol is a foul and should give Dortmund a penalty, and even show Albiol a yellow card to let the main central defender bear the burden of a yellow card at the beginning of the game!

But nothing happened, and Dortmund fans were very dissatisfied.

Mark was not willing to give up and wanted to ask the referee to protest the appeal, but Zhou Yi was stopped: "Okay, Mark, don't care about this kind of thing. Don't spend all your energy on the referee, it's not worth the loss."

"But that should be our penalty kick!" Mark was indignant. Dortmund was in a bad situation now, and everyone was under heavy pressure. Being able to win a goal opportunity may reduce everyone's pressure...

Zhou Yi shook his head: "The referee will not change the penalty easily. Even if you protest around him, it will be useless. Instead, you will get yourself a yellow card. If you protest, you can get us a penalty kick. Of course I support you, but can it?"

Mark was silent by Zhou Yi's question.

Protests cannot change the referee's penalty result, this is a fact.

"Okay, don't think too much, the past is over, the important thing is the next game. Don't worry, you still have a chance to score!" Zhou Yi patted Mark's shoulder and ran back to his position first.

Mark looked back at Albiol and had no choice but to run back helplessly.

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Not long afterwards, Dortmund attacked again. Durm directly transferred the long pass of the football from the left to the right.

On the right side, Groskreuz jumped up to compete with Napoli's left-back Almero, but the football was still pushed back by Almero.

Zhou Yi appeared at the landing point of the football and raised his foot and gave the football pad in the air to Mark who was responding in front.

Then Zhou Yi started to penetrate the middle lane.

Mark did not get too many balls when there was Napoli players in close contact, but instead transferred the football to Reus.

When Reus received the ball, he turned his back to the offensive direction. He did not turn around or stop the ball. He chose to directly transfer the football cross to Zhou Yi who was in front of the ball.

Zhou Yi layed the football forward, as if he wanted to shake off the pursuers beside him.

In front of him, Naples' four-man defense line was on high alert. Zhou Yi's long shot at the beginning scared them. Next, as long as Zhou Yi had the opportunity to shoot from a long shot, they would be particularly nervous.

During the run, Zhou Yi suddenly adjusted his pace and made a big move, as if he was going to shoot a long shot. This made the Naples defenders who were retreating to defend, and even prepared to use their bodies to block the eye at any time.

After slitting up, Zhou Yi swung his right foot, which was indeed a long shot!

Albiol, the centre-back who was blocking Zhou Yi, no longer hesitated this time, protected his crotch with both hands, and then turned halfway and stretched his legs to block Zhou Yi's shot.

But Zhou Yi did not shoot long-range shots!

After swinging his right foot down, he poked the ball forward with his outer instep very lightly!

The football rolled under Albiol's open legs!

This is a very, very concealed and sudden diagonal pass!

After the football crawled through Albiol's crotch, he rolled over from another Naples central defender Federico Fernandez and rolled diagonally to the right rib of the penalty area. Federico Fernandez could only watch the football slip away from his feet, but he was helpless - he was running back and didn't have time to adjust his center of gravity and make a move to destroy the ball...

He followed the football and saw Mark Wagner who was inserted like a ghost from him!

"This ball was passed...good!! Mark Wagner's chance -!!!"

Amid the roar of Marcel Leif's long voice, Mark adjusted his pace, swung his right foot, and shot!

With a bang, the football flew past Renner's shoulder at the angle of attack and blocking!

Mark seemed to vent all his resentment that he was pulled and did not award a penalty kick. This was a real powerful shot!

The fast-paced Reiner didn't even have time to make a save, so the football flew over and then drilled into the goal from the gap between him and the near post!
Chapter completed!
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