I am the king of football

Chapter 466 Thunder Explosion
The confrontation continued, which was something that some commentators had not expected. In such a heavyweight final, the team that scores first will often have a huge advantage, and correspondingly, the team's style of play will be restrained after the goal.

But at this moment it was obvious that Ferguson was not prepared to let his team shrink and limit Dortmund's offense. Instead, he chose to continue to use bombardment to force the opponent to divert their attention to defense.

After Qin Hu's shot was saved by Weidenfeller and hit the crossbar, Manchester United once again threatened the opponent's goal in a corner attack. This time, after Qin Hu and Van Persie were tightly guarded, the team's third striker Rooney stood up and headed the ball towards the goal before Schmelzer.

This time, Weidenfeller had no time to block the ball. If the ball had not bounced off the ground in front of the goal and flown directly out of the left side of the goal post and out of the bottom line, Manchester United would have scored a goal less than five minutes into the second half.

"Hold on!"

Klopp rarely shouted the word "keep calm" on the court. He was very afraid that the team would lose the second goal quickly. If that happened, there would be a big question mark as to whether they could win the game.

So, after the game started again, Dortmund's ferocity at the beginning of the second half disappeared completely. Although they continued to show a high desire to attack, Gundogan, as one of the offensive helpers, did not dare to join in easily.

After all, Sven Bender's ability is not enough to take on the responsibilities of a single defensive midfielder. This is the gap between the players on both sides.

The Hornets' subsequent attacks began to frequently fall to Gotze's feet for organization. However, when the young golden boy got the ball again, he handled it more and more independently.

As the offensive core of Dortmund's midfield, Gotze does have a good ability to dribble past opponents, but it also depends on the situation. When facing the opponent's midfield combination of Fletcher and Scholes, and the defender is an experienced veteran like Vidic, many of his feints and deceptions did not work.

Being intercepted once is normal, being intercepted twice is a mistake, and being intercepted three times is unacceptable in any way. In ten minutes, the Hornets' attack was not only slowed down due to Gundogan's absence, but was even frequently blocked.

"Dortmund's attack conversion rate dropped sharply. They haven't threatened Manchester United's goal for ten minutes, which is completely contrary to their tactical play."

Zhan Jun also noticed the problem. He frowned and looked at Gotze, who had become a single attacking midfielder again, and suddenly remembered something.

"It's Gotze. Gotze was repeatedly intercepted by Manchester United's midfield and backcourt. Although he dribbled past his opponents, he made fewer key passes. How should I put it? He's a bit selfish~"

In the 61st minute of the game, when Gotze was intercepted again, Fletcher passed the ball to Rooney who pulled back from the left side in front of him.

Luke Shaw ran forward with the ball until Schmelzer and Sven Bender double-teamed him, then he slowed down. He had no intention of controlling the ball to pass the ball, but simply passed it horizontally to Carrick in the middle.

Carrick, who had the ball, only needed to consider the one-on-one match with Gundogan. Gundogan's potential may not be worse than Carrick in the future, but at this moment he met Carrick, who had reached the peak of his career. The midfielder knocked the ball directly at the moment the opponent approached his body, and a beautiful crotch pass was born.

"Beautiful! Carrick went straight through Gundogan's crotch and got the ball again. The road ahead of him was now clear!"

"BOOM!!! Manchester United! Manchester United! Manchester United!"

The Red Devils fans in the stands suddenly burst into loud cheers. They watched Carrick rushing all the way to the top of the penalty area and also saw Subotic rushing out to defend.

"Just pass the ball when the goal is achieved. Carrick is not a loner at all!"

"Swish~" Subotic's attack slanted to the right, causing a gap in Dortmund's defense line but did not play any role in slowing down the opponent's attack.

"Van Persie got the ball on the right, and Piszczek blocked his inside position this time. How will he deal with it?"

"Oh!"

"Just hit it~ No, it was more like a pass or a shot. The ball flew to the left side of the small penalty area. Hummels and Qin Hu grabbed a spot!!!"

"Boom!"

There was a dull collision sound, and Hummels, who was defending Qin Hu, finally showed his true qualities as a defensive stalwart. They fought head to head with Qin Hu.

The ball was finally snatched away by Qin Hu, but it had already gone out of bounds and flew out of the baseline. Qin Hu and Hummels both fell to the ground, holding their heads and crying.

The referee quickly stopped the game and players from both teams immediately ran to their teammates. For a moment, most of the players on the field ran to the scene of the incident, which made Götze, who was in his own half but did not move, quite noticeable.

Observant journalists and media would not miss this scene. It is understandable that Lewandowski was in Manchester United's half and did not have time to run back, but Reus and Kreutz, who were in a similar position to Gotze, ran back immediately to separate the Red Devils players who wanted to rush over to seek explanation.

In this way, the scene became very obvious. The news of discord within the Dortmund team, which had been brewing before the game but had never been revealed, was about to be confirmed.

Some media outlets that are good at hyping up off-field news started editing the footage immediately. Klopp's cold eyes looking at Gotze on the sidelines were also captured, and coupled with the scene of Gotze lowering his head and remaining silent on the field, everything was put on paper.

"Dortmund is still young. After the team encountered adversity and played poorly, the conflicts within the team actually fermented during the game."

Zhan Jun also saw this scene. He couldn't help but sigh and felt quite complicated.

Dortmund has not played a Champions League final for nearly 20 years. What their fans have been waiting for for the team for so many years is not a disastrous defeat, but now it seems that Dortmund's decline has begun to show, which makes Zhan Jun feel sorry for the Hornets fans.

On the other hand, as a die-hard fan of Qin Hu, when the opponent encounters such problems, Manchester United will undoubtedly have a greater chance of winning the championship, and Zhan Jun is naturally happy about it.

However, this complicated feeling soon ended, because as Klopp turned coldly and pointed to the bench, Dortmund chose to make a substitution in the 63rd minute of the game.

Winger Blaszczykowski came on to replace Gotze who had a bad performance in the second half, and Reus was adjusted to the team's attacking midfielder.

When Gotze left the field, he didn't even say hello to Klopp and went straight back to the bench. The golden boy's story with the Hornets came to an end.

Today's update is here! Thank you all for your support!!! (They look good but not good at heart. Gotze's injury was a relief. I think even if he played, it would be like this at best. If the wind is favorable, everyone will cooperate. If the wind is unfavorable, there will definitely be problems.)
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