King of the Zone

Although being drawn into the death group made the whole team feel bad, but fortunately Cheng Hai is still in the team, and everyone still has confidence in qualifying.

It's the other three teams to worry about.

Therefore, everyone just complained twice, put aside the discussion about the death group, and devoted themselves to the preparations for the European Super Cup.

After all, this is a key battle that is immediately related to the championship competition and whether Dortmund's annual six-time champion Albert can complete it.

Win this battle, and then win the Club World Cup, Dortmund will replicate the miracle of Barcelona's six-time crown in 2009, and retain the possibility of creating six season crowns.

Therefore, this European Super Cup does not seem to be important, but it is actually of great significance and must not be missed.

Although Atletico Madrid does not seem to be as famous as Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​in fact, since Simeone took over, Atletico Madrid has grown into a top La Liga team that can compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona.

In the mouth of Chinese fans, the Western Super Duo originally composed of Real Madrid and Barcelona has now become the top three of the Western Super League composed of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

It can be seen that the strength of Atletico Madrid is recognized by the world.

Atlético Madrid under Simeone adopts a high-position press, counter-attack in the frontcourt and immediately counter-attack. The average running distance of the players is much more than that of Dortmund. For Dortmund, the pressure is still very high.

Neither Klopp nor Cheng Hai dared to be careless.

What's more, Atletico Madrid accounted for two of the top three scorers in the UEFA Europa League last season, namely Falcao and Adrian Lopez, who ranked second and third with 12 goals and 10 goals respectively.

This attack power is definitely the top in the whole of Europe.

Apart from Cheng Hai being able to stabilize them, the striker combinations of other giant clubs may not necessarily have a higher scoring efficiency than the two of them.

In case the two break out in the game, and with some luck, then Dortmund's fifth championship of the year may not be secure.

Therefore, everyone must treat it with caution, and Klopp also conducted targeted tactical drills in advance, so that everyone can strengthen their tactical training against Atletico Madrid.

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From the perspective of neutral audiences, although Atletico Madrid is one of the top three in the Western Super League, although Atletico Madrid has Simeone and Falcao, it is still not as good as Klopp and Cheng Hai.

As the world's number one striker with the highest scoring efficiency in football history, Cheng Hai led Dortmund to defeat Atletico Madrid and won the annual five-time crown. There should not be much suspense.

The same is true for Dortmund. Although Klopp and the team have conducted serious training and preparations, everyone still believes that with their triple crown foundation, defeating Atletico Madrid, even if there are some twists and turns, should not be a big problem.

As a result, Dortmund, who started the game with such an idea, was hit by Atletico Madrid in the 6th minute of the opening.

Atletico Madrid's high press is completely different from other teams.

Other teams basically gave up counter-attacking when the opponent passed the ball back to the back line, or even to the goalkeeper.

But Atlético Madrid is not. Their forwards Falcao and Adrian will keep pressing forward until the goalkeeper passes the ball, otherwise they will rush forward even if the goalkeeper holds the ball.

And it's not just the two of them, the whole Atletico Madrid team has this rhythm.As Falcao and Adrian press forward, other players in the midfield will also press forward with the formation, forming a high-position press for the audience, which does not allow Dortmund to slowly organize the attack.

Not to mention attacking, you can't even turn your foot in the backcourt, and the pass in the midfield is not smooth. If you move a little slower, you will be intercepted.

And the pass is fast, and there will be mistakes.

In the 6th minute, under the pressure of Atletico Madrid's frontcourt, the full-back Piszczek who took the ball in the backcourt wanted to drive the ball to the frontcourt with a big kick, and Cheng Hai or Lewandowski would compete for the header.

As a result, the ball failed to come out, and was blocked by Atletico Madrid winger Arda Turan, who was pressing close to him, flying to block the hole of the gun.

To make matters worse, the ball that bounced off Arda Turan landed right in front of Adrian.

Without waiting for the nearby Hummels to rush over to snatch the ball, Adrian didn't wait for the ball to land, and directly kicked the pass. The ball passed the head of another central defender Subotic and fell to the top of the penalty area.

And Subotic is already the last defender of Dortmund, and Falcao has just interfered with the press near him, preventing him from easily taking the ball or passing the ball, or turning his feet.

Arda Turan's flying to block the hole of the gun made Falcao instantly see the opportunity, and immediately ran laterally to widen the distance from Subotic.

Before Subotic could react and keep up with Falcao, Adrian had already picked the ball over his head without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, and landed at the top of the penalty area behind him.

When he turned around and rushed towards the ball's landing point, he saw that Falcao had rushed towards the ball's landing point obliquely.

Falcao succeeded in countering offside and received a challenge pass from Adrian.

Although Subotic tried his best to chase back and try to block Falcao's shot, he failed in the end.

Falcao volleyed ahead of Subotic, who was flying to tackle the ball. Before the ball landed, he slammed the ball passed by Adrian towards Dortmund's goal.

After he finished the shot, Subotic's foot flew to pass the ball to his side, but it didn't help, it just staggered Falcao.

The ball has flown to the upper right corner of Dortmund's goal.

The quality of Falcao's shot is very high, the position is accurate, and the force is also very full.

The ball is powerful, very fast, and has a tricky angle, almost heading for the upper right corner of Dortmund's goal.

It is very rare to volley and hit a shot of this quality.

Although Weidenfeller is a very good goalkeeper, he made a first-response save according to the path of the ball the moment Falcao finished his shot.

But Falcao's shot was too fast and the angle was too tricky. Weidenfeller was still beyond his reach in the end. He watched the ball fly diagonally above his palm and rushed into the upper right corner of Dortmund's goal against the post, hitting the net.

In the 6th minute of the first half, Atletico Madrid took a 1-0 lead with a wonderful volley scored by their striker, Tiger Falcao.

And this opportunity was snatched by Simeone's high-position pressing tactics that spared no effort in physical strength.

Falcao did not waste this opportunity either. He scored the first goal in just 6 minutes and helped Atletico Madrid take the lead.

In this goal, whether it is Arda Turan's pressing, Adrian's pick pass, Falcao's movement and shooting, they are all top in the world.

Atletico Madrid's top three in the Western Super League is not in vain.

Although being advanced by Atletico Madrid made everyone a little confused, after the Atletico Madrid players celebrated and the game restarted, the Dortmund players were not depressed.

Although it is a bit shocking to concede the goal so quickly, it also proves that they have enough time to equalize and reverse the score.

They have the world's number one striker, Cheng Hai, what are they afraid of?
Sure enough, not long after Falcao scored, Cheng Hai equalized for Dortmund in the 12th minute.

Atlético Madrid's high pressing also means they are positioned a bit further up, and once Dortmund can pass the ball through the midfield, it can pose a huge threat to Atletico Madrid's backcourt.

Even if Atletico Madrid defended Cheng Hai strictly, it was useless.

After all, the stadium is only that big, and if the Atletico Madrid team wants to press in high positions, naturally there can't be too many people to mark Cheng Hai alone, only two people at most.

However, Cheng Hai's off-ball running position, ability to grab points, speed, physique, etc. are all number one in the world. Although two people's defense can sometimes be effective, there are still more times when they miss.

This time, Atletico Madrid failed to stop Dortmund's attack, and was succeeded by Mario Gotze passing two people on the wing.

As the former darling of the Westfalenstadion and one of Dortmund's double stars, Mario Gotze is far less famous and successful than Cheng Hai, but he is still better than the average winger.

Gotze's performance this time was top-notch. Not only did he break through the opponent's two players in a row on the wing, he successfully made a pass from the bottom, and the pass was just right.

Cheng Hai, who followed up and rushed into the penalty area from the middle, threw off the defensive player through his own changing direction and successfully grabbed the first point. He jumped three or four meters to the right of the penalty spot in the penalty area, and with a powerful header, he headed the ball towards Atletico Madrid's goal.

However, after completing the header, Cheng Hai was also hit hard by Atletico Madrid captain Godin who rushed over from the side to compete for the top.

He didn't jump as high as Cheng Hai, but he jumped quite hard and with great force, and just hit his head on Cheng Hai's shoulder, causing Cheng Hai to fall to the ground, clutching his shoulder and screaming in pain after falling from the sky.

But this did not affect Cheng Hai's goal.

Mario Gotze passed the ball quite well, and Cheng Hai hit it very accurately. The ball successfully passed the ten fingers of goalkeeper Courtois and flew into the goal guarded by him.

In the 12th minute, Cheng Hai scored a header for Dortmund and equalized the score. The fans on the scene and in front of the TV gave out excited applause and cheers.

However, Aniya in the stands did not applaud and cheer, but covered her mouth worriedly and looked at Cheng Hai who fell in the penalty area, praying that Cheng Hai would not be injured.

Players from the two teams also pushed around Cheng Hai and almost clashed. Fortunately, the referee rushed over to divide the crowd and asked about Cheng Hai's injury.

In fact, Cheng Hai was just hit too hard by Godin, so he felt a little uncomfortable.But with his physique, he was not really injured.

After lying on the ground for a while, Cheng Hai was actually fine.

With the help of the referee's teammates, Cheng Hai got up from the ground, moved his arms, and when he saw that there was no problem, he told the referee that there was no problem and the game could continue.

Then the teammates came up to celebrate with him the goal that equalized the score just now, but everyone paid attention not to touch Cheng Hai's shoulder.

After the celebration was over and the game resumed, although Cheng Hai's shoulder was fine, it was hit too hard by Godin, and it was still aching.

The Atlético players also shamelessly took advantage of this, intentionally or unintentionally bumping into Cheng Hai's injured place during physical contact, making it difficult for Cheng Hai to grab the ball and make movements so smoothly, which then affected his performance.

There were also fans in the stands who saw the despicable practices of the Atletico Madrid players and booed and cursed loudly.

However, these boos and curses cannot affect Atletico Madrid players.

Their high-position pressing style of play is very tough and fouls a lot. It is normal to be booed and scolded.

What's more, as long as it can freeze Cheng Hai and make Cheng Hai's state decline, so what if he uses some shameful little tricks?

These actions may even be regarded as heroes by Atletico Madrid fans if they can finally beat Dortmund to win the championship.

Therefore, Cheng Hai continued to suffer from the opponent's defense against his weakness.

In addition to the shoulder defense, Simeone's level is indeed strong. Atletico Madrid may have conducted strict targeted training. When defending, they specially defended Cheng Hai's dominant right foot, trying to force Cheng Hai to use his left foot to control the ball.

This naturally greatly affected Cheng Hai's performance again, and he never waited for the second goal.

With Cheng Hai temporarily frozen, Atletico Madrid's press in the frontcourt was not affected.

Even though Atletico Madrid had to run more distance to freeze Cheng Hai, they did not slow down, and finally succeeded in counterattacking in the 23rd minute by intercepting the ball in midfield.

This counterattack was similar to Dortmund's goal. After stealing the ball to form a counterattack, full-back George Cork broke through from the side and made a pass from the bottom. Then Falcao, who followed up from the center, overwhelmed Hummels in the penalty area and grabbed the first point.

In the 23rd minute, Falcao scored twice, extending the score to 2-1 again, and the Atlético Madrid fans on the scene and in front of the TV suddenly burst into applause and cheers.

Falcao was also very excited and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate enthusiastically.

In this game, he played really well. He not only scored the first goal in the face-to-face match with Cheng Hai, but also scored twice after Cheng Hai equalized the score, helping Atletico Madrid take the lead again.

If Atletico Madrid really wins the championship in the end, there is no doubt that Falcao will play a big role.

This time, even Cheng Hai frowned.

Atletico Madrid and Falcao are also too tenacious.

They were equalized when the score was ahead, but they didn't panic or panic. Instead, they continued to stick to their style of play, and then scored another goal to take the lead.

On the sidelines, the progress of the game also exceeded Klopp's expectations.

If the first goal was a bit of a surprise, then the second goal made his face a little dignified.

Even with the strength of Cheng Hai and Dortmund, it is not possible to score a big victory in every game, let alone equalize every time they fall behind.

Just equalized once, and Atletico Madrid scored another goal to lead. Next, whether Dortmund can equalize again is a bit of pressure.

Thinking of Cheng Hai's previous performance, Klopp also knew that he was still affected by Godin's sudden collision.

After thinking for a while, Klopp called Royce who was running past and ordered the latest tactics.

Next, Cheng Hai began to deliberately pull and run to both sides. On the one hand, it was to pull Atletico Madrid's defensive force to both sides, leaving room for teammates in the middle or on the other side to attack.

On the other hand, also because of the weak side defense, Cheng Hai may have room to play.

Klopp's adjustments were really immediate.

In the 31st minute, after Cheng Hai dribbled the ball to the right, it really attracted Atletico Madrid's overall formation to lean to the right. Then Cheng Hai made a long pass in the air with a big foot and transferred the ball to the left.

Royce, who was on the left, unloaded the ball and cut inside, and shot from the far corner on the line of the penalty area. Unfortunately, under the pressure of the opponent's defender, he shot slightly wide of the post.

Although the goal was missed, this opportunity is already considered good.

After this period of competition, Cheng Hai's injury has almost completely healed.

After all, he has a full-scale physique and has no real injuries. After more than ten minutes of slowing down, it has almost no effect, and it will not affect his movements.

So, in the 38th minute, Cheng Hai finally broke out again.

He first took the ball on the left and broke through Atletico Madrid's full-back Arda Turan, and then hit a wall with Gundogan to break through the midfielder Mario Suarez, and then faced full-back Felipe and chose to cut inside.

Of course, Mario Suarez, who was just broken by him, and Felipe, are doing their best to defend and avoid being shot by Cheng Hai.

Central defender Miranda also stopped in the penalty area to avoid being rushed into the penalty area by Cheng Hai.Even if Cheng Hai shoots from the far corner outside the penalty area, he will try to interfere as much as possible.

The three-person double-team defense prevented Cheng Hai from finding a good chance to shoot after cutting inside.

But Dortmund is not the only striker, and his vision and passing skills are also at the pinnacle.

So, when the three of Miranda were focusing on preventing Cheng Hai from kicking the ball into the far corner, Cheng Hai suddenly smashed the ball out of a gap and passed the ball out.

The goal is four or five meters to the right of the penalty spot in the penalty area, where there is a small gap.

That is to say, Cheng Hai's full-value vision and extremely precise short pass are able to pass the ball.Otherwise, if other people come to pass, regardless of the speed, angle and timing of the pass, if there is a slight deviation, it will be destroyed by Atletico Madrid players halfway.

Two Atletico Madrid players almost watched the ball roll past their toes and rolled towards the gap on the right side of the penalty area in the penalty area.

Not only the two players who failed to stop the ball, Cheng Hai's wonderful pass made the Miranda trio and goalkeeper Courtois who surrounded him feel cold.

Because, in the direction of Cheng Hai's pass, another Dortmund striker, Lewandowski, just threw off the defense and appeared there.

Under everyone's horrified gaze, Lewandowski didn't stop the ball to adjust, rushed to the gap to meet Cheng Hai's wonderful pass and volleyed directly, kicking the ball towards Atletico Madrid's goal.

Lewandowski's shot made the players and fans of Atletico Madrid tremble.

Fortunately, Courtois played well.

The moment he saw Cheng Hai pass the ball, he jumped from the left side of the goal to the right side, and Lewandowski's shot was not tricky, and he was successfully blocked by him.

The ball hit Courtois' arm and bounced back into the penalty area.

As a result, just when Atletico Madrid players and fans breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that everything would be fine after Courtois resolved Lewandowski's shot, a figure wearing Dortmund's No. 9 jersey appeared in the small penalty area.

In the 38th minute, Cheng Hai first broke through from the side and then cut inside the penalty area. Lewandowski shot to create a threat, but was saved by Courtois.

Just when everyone thought the ball was gone, Cheng Hai suddenly appeared in the small penalty area, fell to the ground and shoveled the ball, and then shoveled the ball into the goal.

Cheng Hai's perfect off-the-ball running and grabbing ability played a key role at this time.

Falling behind twice, equalizing twice, scoring twice vs. scoring twice, Cheng Hai's goal not only ignited the passion of Dortmund fans at the Louis II Stadium, but even the commentators of various national TV stations in the commentary booth went crazy.

They spoke the languages ​​of different countries and shouted at the top of their lungs with all their strength:
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

"Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor..."

"The ball is in, it's in, it's in, it's in..."

"Two goals!"

"Cheng Hai also scored twice!"

"It was originally his wonderful pass to assist Lewandowski's shot, but Lewandowski himself failed to kick the ball in, and was saved by Courtois with a quick reaction."

"However, Cheng Hai showed his superb ability of running without the ball and grabbing points. At the moment when everyone was watching what Lewandowski and Courtois made a save, he just appeared in front of the ball saved by Courtois. He flew to the ground with a shovel shot, and then shoveled the ball into the goal."

"Cheng Hai helped Dortmund equalize again."

"It was a fantastic game."

"Tiger Falcao scored twice to give Atletico Madrid the lead twice."

"And Cheng Hai also proved his value as the world's number one striker. He didn't make a name for himself. He stood up twice when the team fell behind twice, and scored twice with the same goal to help Dortmund equalize the score twice."

"The two sides are back on the same starting line again."

"Only in the first half, the two sides scored a total of four goals, and the top scorers of the two teams also scored twice. It was almost tit-for-tat and evenly matched. For neutral fans, this first-half goal battle was too enjoyable."

"It is worthy of the European Super Cup, the battle of the best in Europe!"

"This game is probably going to be equally exciting later on, everyone, don't blink!"