Midfielder Ruler

Fifteen minutes before the game, both sides failed to create an absolute chance, so the Westphalian Stadium has not yet entered the most violent stage.

However, the fans of both sides still worked very hard to support their beloved teams, and the cheers above the stadium continued, overwhelming.

Pirlo has not yet fully integrated into Dortmund's tactical system, so most of the time he relies on experience to play. This also caused Tang Zheng to put too much energy on defense, so that Dortmund's quicksilver attack last season could not be presented in the present. In front of the home fans.

As the saying goes, if you lose, you gain.

Dortmund did not have the aggressiveness of last season, but it was a little more stable.

Sitting in the stands, coach Klopp believes that with Pirlo integrated into the team, Dortmund's offense will be sharper than last season.

Judging from the most basic running, Pirlo is much more active than in the past, because he is actively integrating into the team.

Moreover, Pirlo's long pass and scheduling ability can relieve Tang Zheng's organizational ability, and then he can fully devote himself to attacking.

You must know that Tang Zheng scored goals and 20+ assists in various competitions last season when he shouldered the organization and directly participated in the offense. Klopp believes that with Pirlo behind him, the number of goals will be further improved. Increase.

That's really an enhanced version of Lampard!

Klopp turned his head to look at the scoreboard erected in the south-west stand, which also showed how long the game had been: 19'52"

In other words, it will be twenty minutes soon.

Klopp conveyed the latest tactics to the assistant coach Zeliko Buvac through the wireless microphone hidden in the collar of the jacket: Tang Zheng is required to participate in the attack properly, the defense is handed over to Kyle, and Pirlo's position must also be appropriate. .

After receiving the news, Zeliko Buvac quickly came to the sidelines, whistled towards Tang Zheng who was slowly moving forward, and when Tang Zheng looked over, he quickly raised his right arm, stretched out his index finger, middle finger and ring finger, and then his ring finger moved forward again. Shrunk back.

Tang Zheng nodded fiercely towards Zeliko Buvac, expressing that he knew what he should do.

The on-site director keenly captured this shot, and the British Sky commentator Andy Gray's expression instantly became serious: "It seems that Dortmund is going to make tactical adjustments! I don't know if it is an illusion, but I always feel that Arsenal's goal is about to It's dangerous."

"Don is a midfielder I really admire,

Last season, he scored 20+ goals and assists in all competitions, but his state was a bit fluctuating at the beginning of this season, but I believe he will shine like the European Super Cup. "Martin Taylor said looking at Tang Zheng in the live broadcast.

Standing with his hands in his pockets in the technical command area of ​​the coach of the visiting team, he naturally noticed the change in gestures made by Zeliko Buvac to Tang Zheng, but he doesn't know where the changes in Dortmund are now, so he can't prescribe the right medicine yet. have to wait.

Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Tang Zheng pulled Kyle and Pirlo and said a few words, then moved forward two meters seemingly unintentionally.

The football field was huge, and it coincided with Dortmund's goal kick. Tang Zheng advanced two meters and did not attract any attention. Alexander Song was still in the middle, and Arteta was in charge of assisting defense.

Tang Zheng's height advantage stood out from the crowd in the midfield, coupled with his super jumping ability, he easily overwhelmed Van Persie and Alexander Song and passed the ball to Pirlo.

Benayoun stepped forward to press Pirlo, but Pirlo didn't intend to take the ball, but directly put his left foot to Piszczek on the right, and then retreated a little bit to make room for Tang Zheng.

From the looks of it, not much has changed.

The football was passed to Kuba by Pischek, and Tang Zheng ran over as a frontcourt support point.

On the right side of Dortmund's front court, a triangle attack area was formed, but Arsenal also had a lot of defensive numbers.

Gervinho, Benayoun, Gibbs and Arteta.

In addition, Alexander Song is also paying close attention to Tang Zheng's approach, because he has not forgotten the key deployment of the head coach Wenger before the game.

It is equivalent to five defenses and three defenses, no pressure.

Kuba didn't wait for Gibbs to force him to come up, he passed a cross to Tang Zheng who was responding, and then accelerated forward, making a "two over one" cooperation with Tang Zheng, which scared Sania to retreat.

At the same time, Arteta and Alexander Song leaned forward to Tang Zheng, firstly preventing him from turning around with the ball, and secondly, even giving the ball to Kuba would not make him too comfortable, which would indirectly affect the accuracy of passing the ball.

But Tang Zheng didn't pass the ball to Kuba, nor did he pass the ball to Piszczek who formed a triangle, but hit back to Pirlo.

It was too late for Benayoun to step forward, and Pirlo did not stop the ball and directly shifted the long pass to the left side of the attack.

Gotze's forward drive took away Sagna's defense, so Schmelzer, who inserted at high speed from the left, was in an unmarked state.

And because of the existence of Gotze, Sagna did not dare to defend Schmelzer recklessly. He was afraid that Schmelzer would not stop the ball to make the ball for Gotze. Then Gotze with a better angle would have a better chance. Facing the goal.

"Aww-"

Schmelzer unloaded the football comfortably using the instep of his instep, and the Westfalen Stadium immediately released a huge sound.

Sagna waited until central defender Mertesacker moved over before getting close to Schmelzer, but Schmelzer didn't give him a chance to get close, and directly passed a diagonal pass to the bottom line, and Gotze inserted behind.

Mertesacker is tall and has long legs and a very slow speed. He is known as the slowest central defender in European football. Therefore, he did not grab the ball at Gotze's feet, but chose to get stuck.

Gotze didn't mean to go around the penalty area from the bottom line, he just wanted to attract central defender Mertesacker.

You know, with a height of 1.98 meters, he is like a humanoid bomber in the restricted area.

After passing the ball, Schmelzer did not wait in place, but ran inside to attract Sagna's defensive attention.

Gotze got a one-on-one chance with Mertesacker. He stepped on the football with his right foot and pulled it back, trying to attract Mertesacker to take the lead and then find a chance to break through.

Mertesacker had a confrontation with Dortmund during his time at Werder Bremen, and he knew that Gotze was the kind of player with outstanding skills at his feet, with a fast key speed and good control of passing footwork.

Goetze and Mertesacker were one-on-one. At the same time, he consciously looked outside the penalty area from the corner of the eye. His upper body suddenly swayed to the left, giving Mertesacker the illusion of going to the bottom line to break through.

Mertesacker, who has no advantage in speed at all, doesn't know the situation behind him, so he can only follow Gotze's movement to the bottom line.

However, Goetze's connection movement is very fast. The sole of the left foot supports the whole person to stay in place. The outer instep of the right foot slams the ball to the right. The frequency of the calf swing is super fast. pass the ball.

Koscielny watched the ball and subconsciously grabbed Lewandowski's jersey, trying to make an early clearance.

"Be careful!!"

At this moment, goalkeeper Szesny pointed behind Koscielny and roared suddenly.

Koscielny, who managed to grab the position, turned his head and was almost terrified.

Because Alexander Song and Tang Zheng, who came in behind, fell into a disadvantage in the process of fighting for the position.

If there is no accident, Tang Zheng is very likely to grab the football spot.

Therefore, a tsunami-like shout erupted over the Westphalian Stadium.

Both Tang Zheng and Alexander Song entered the restricted area, but Tang Zheng who entered the restricted area obviously had the advantage, because Alexander Song, who was behind in stature, did not dare to make a mistake.

But there are exceptions to everything.

Götze's crosses were particular about the height and placement of the ball, which was exactly the same as Tang Zheng's running route.

So watching Tang Zheng raise his right foot as a gesture to shoot, Alexander Song tugged hard behind him.

Tang Zheng, who had already made his movements, was dragged in this way. His upper body was originally rushing forward, but turned backwards. As for the outstretched right foot, it didn't even touch the fur of the football.

After completing the defensive action, Alexander Song quickly stretched out his hand to signal that he had not fouled, and he was greeted by deafening boos.

Everyone's focus was on the referee, who hesitated for a while, then blew his whistle, and pointed his right index finger to the penalty spot.

penalty!

"Penalty kick! The referee awarded Dortmund a penalty kick!" British Sky commentator Andy Gray said in surprise.

On the contrary, guest commentator Martin Taylor reacted normally: "Judging from the broadcast footage, Alexander Song did have an obvious pulling action, otherwise Tang, who is facing the football, is very likely to guard Wojciech Szesny. goal threat."

Andy Gray is very speechless, his old partner with a dark heart.

Who are you helping?

As a well-known British commentator, shouldn't he support Arsenal?

Central 5 commentator He Weixi said happily and shouted: "The referee awarded a penalty kick!"

"Although the referee hesitated, the penalty kick was still very firm!" German Sky commentator Marcel Leif said with satisfaction.

Alexander Song shrugged his shoulders and clasped his hands together, defending himself: "I didn't foul!"

But the referee did not listen to his defense, but showed a yellow card at the same time.

A foul with a head-on shot opportunity, there is nothing wrong with a penalty kick and a yellow card!

The live broadcaster gave a few full shots of Alexander Song fouling before cutting to close-ups of Wenger and Klopp in the stands.

Wenger rushed to the fourth official angrily, complaining about the referee's foul.

Klopp excitedly raised his right hand and shouted!

The fans of the home team at the Westfalen Stadium excitedly made deafening shouts, as if they were welcoming a goal.

Tang Zheng, who got up from the ground, embraced Lewandowski, Gotze and others to celebrate the team's penalty kick.

Arsenal captain Robin van Persie is still trying to persuade the referee to take back his life, but the referee is firm.

The referee has a firm attitude and the penalty kick is a foregone conclusion.

However, who will take the penalty kick has become the focus of discussion among the commentators.

Tang Zheng became Dortmund's number one penalty shooter last season, but the veteran Pirlo is a veteran, and has always had a stable penalty kick percentage in the past.

So the on-site director also very interestingly gave the two of them a close-up shot.

"Who will take the penalty kick?"

German sky commentator Marcel Leif was full of doubts.

Also having the same doubts is the head coach Klopp, who has not divided the work of penalty kickers this season.

The answer is revealed in five seconds.

Tang Zheng took the initiative to pull Pirlo's arm and said, "Andre, you take the penalty kick."

"Huh?" Pirlo was a little surprised. According to last season's arrangement, Tang Zheng should take the penalty.

"I believe in you, because your penalty hit rate is extremely high." Tang Zheng put the football in Pirlo's hands directly: "Also, I want to feel the shock when the audience shouted your name."

Pirlo was no longer polite, he nodded with a smile, and then put the football on the penalty spot.

Next, is the direct contest between Szesny and Pirlo!

The old football driver Pirlo used the change of rhythm to deceive Szesny, and then easily kicked the football to the other side.

1:0

Dortmund at home took the lead!

All the home supporters at the Westfalenstadion created incredible energy, sweeping the entire stadium.

Before the end, in order to incite the emotions of the home team fans, the live announcer Norbert Dicole shouted almost frantically: "It was Andre who scored the goal——"

"—Pirlo!"

Tens of thousands of Dortmund fans tacitly hysterical.

Pirlo, who scored a goal, looked very happy, and he responded by clapping his hands towards the home team fans who made a huge cheer.

"Aww-"

The scene responded with more frenetic cheers.

Central 5 commentator He Wei said with a smile: "This is Pirlo's first goal since he joined Dortmund, and I don't know if you have noticed that this goal is the first since Tang Zheng and Pirlo worked together. A successful routine, even if Alexander Song didn't foul in the penalty area, after getting the ball, Tang Zheng would directly face the goalkeeper Szesny, and then break the goal..."

The game restarted, and Arsenal's desire to attack after the re-kick-off was very strong, and it was easy to see their psychology of equalizing the score.

Even though Dortmund coach Klopp is on the sidelines and it will take time to make corresponding adjustments, Arsenal's midfield organizational ability has declined significantly after Fabregas' transfer and departure.

Besides, there is Tang Zheng's defense protection in the middle, at least Arsenal's penetration in the middle is very troublesome.

They had to put more football on the two wings, but the wing attack routine hit Dortmund's arms.

Both Subotic and Hummels are over 1.9 meters tall, and they are more than enough to defend Van Persie two-on-one.

Wenger is having a headache now, he doesn't know how the team's offense will unfold.

The team used to play a very strong combination of side and center, but with the departure of Cesc Fabrega and Nasri, the team's offense has been greatly affected. Neither Arteta nor Gervinho can do it in a short period of time. Integrate into the team.

Running-in is an essential stage for new players to integrate into swimming.

In other words, the team's offense can only go with the flow and wait for the offensive routine to take shape.

Therefore, Dortmund, which is leading the score, played more easily than before scoring. After all, their personnel cooperated tacitly. In these three seasons, the personnel did not change much, and the cooperation was quite tacit.

Now it's only a matter of Pirlo integrating into the team, and the terrifying Dortmund team is back!