There is a belief called football

Chapter 394 This is life
"This is fate," Ibrahimovic looked back helplessly and watched the "Dortmund" players pat "Weidenfeller" in celebration.

There is such a thing as fate in football. For example, no matter how good the Netherlands is playing, they will not win the World Cup. For example, the Bundesliga "Leverkusen" has never won the Bundesliga championship, and the fate of the Swedish tower may not win the Champions League!
Strange isn't it?All the teams that Ibrahimovic joined before have won the Champions League-Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, ​​​​AC Milan, but Ibrahimovic himself has never won the Champions League. These teams either won the Champions League before Ibrahimovic joined or after.

Because it is so coincidental that many people say that Ibrahimovic is not destined for the Champions League, and as he grows older, the possibility of Ibrahimovic winning the Champions League is also decreasing. Maybe the Swedes will really miss the Champions League in this life.

Ibrahimovic looked up at the scene just happened, still can't believe it.

To be honest, Ibrahimovic's penalty kick was already perfect. He swung his leg to draw the ball to the right of the goalkeeper, and at the moment of the final touch, Ibrahimovic twisted his arch and pushed the ball in the opposite direction, a perfect fake move, and Weidenfeller was completely deceived by Ibrahimovic.

But maybe Ibrahimovic was too perfect. The angle he launched was too tricky, and finally hit the goal post on the other side. At this time, the players outside the penalty area of ​​Paris Saint-Germain were stunned and did not catch up with the supplementary shot in time. After the ball bounced off, Hummels kicked it out of the sideline first. In this way, Dortmund narrowly escaped.

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The penalty kick appeared in the 44th minute of the first half, and shortly afterwards the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. The Paris Saint-Germain players quickly left the field with their heads down and disappeared in front of the player channel, while Dortmund seemed to have won the game, especially Weidenfeller, who raised his hand to greet the fans as he left the field.

When he was about to go out of the sideline, Weidenfeller seemed to suddenly remember something. He signaled his teammates to go back to the locker room first. He still has something to do.

It turned out that "Weidenfeller" suddenly remembered that he was so excited just now, and there was one thing he didn't do. He quickly returned to the goal, and before the left post, he held the post with his right hand and kissed the post lightly.

"thank you, friend".

All goalkeepers have three friends—the crossbar and the uprights on both sides, because once the ball passes the goalkeeper, the uprights may be the last hope, and in many cases, the goalposts are indeed the key factors that determine the outcome of the game. Think about the unsolved case of England's "Lampard" in the World Cup in South Africa.

When all the players returned to the locker room, Klopp closed the door. He was about to say something, but seeing the excited faces of the players, Klopp really couldn't bear to fight the cold water, but the players seemed to have forgotten one problem-that is, the team's defensive problem has not been resolved.

Players can forget, but Klopp can't, because he is the head coach, looking at the overall situation.

In fact, solving the problem is also very simple to say-add a strong midfielder in front of the defense, but the problem is that there are only 11 positions on the court, and adding people to one position means that one must be reduced in another position.

After much deliberation, Klopp realized that the team only had one striker—Aubameyang. He must not be able to move. The two wingers are like two legs. If they move, it means that "Dortmund" is limping. This cannot be considered.

With double midfielders, Shaheen has just regained his confidence. He will definitely be on the court, Gundogan?He is the team's main organizational midfielder this season, and it is even more impossible to move.

Back four?Can't move.

"Weidenfeller"?hehe.

After much deliberation, the only player who can move is the attacking midfielder, but Klopp can't make up his mind, because "Mkhitaryan" has great skills, can pass "threat balls", and can also break through by himself. More importantly, his style of play is relatively tough, and he will not fall down at the touch of Gundogan and Sahin.

During the halftime break, Klopp asked the assistant coach to summarize the gains and losses of the first half to the players, and he was alone thinking about it.

It is another question of "fish and bear's paw". The reason why Klopp is so hesitant is because he understands a football principle, that is, offense and defense are equal, and maintaining offense equals reducing the pressure on defense.

So remove the front midfielder and add a midfielder. Will the defense become stronger or weaker in the end?Klopp can't make up his mind.

In the end, Klopp chose to resign himself to his fate. He walked out of the locker room, closed the door, and took out a coin.

As the coin was tossed, dropped and finally caught by Klopp, it seemed that everything had been answered. Klopp glanced at the result and thought: "just do it".

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In the second half, Dortmund made a substitution, replacing Durm and Mkhitaryan. Bender went to the position of the midfielder, and Durm played the right back. Now the formation has become 4141, and Bender plays the single midfielder.

Klopp made such an adjustment, and the effect was immediate. "Pastore" has a bamboo pole shape, tall, thin and handsome. Such a player plays football with an elegant style and full of creativity, but his disadvantage is his weak confrontation ability.

And "Bender" has a butcher-shaped figure, a square face, and a vicious look at first glance. After Bender moved to the position of the midfielder, "Pastore" gradually became misfired in this position.

Klopp is like an old Chinese doctor, who can always find the key factors of the problem and cure the disease. This is why many European giants are pursuing Klopp. Such a good coach is now a scarce resource.

After 10 minutes of the second half, the atmosphere on the court became more and more strange. Simply put, the two sides became more and more tacit understanding.
Of course not. In fact, it is because of the score. The current total score is 1 to 1, which means that neither side has been cornered. If it ends with this score, the game will enter overtime.

Human psychology is inert. Since you haven't lost yet, why don't you postpone the timing of the decisive battle?
Maybe it was the last 20 minutes, or the last 10 minutes, or even the last 5 minutes. In fact, both sides only need one ball.

Under the leadership of this kind of psychology, the two sides played more and more tacitly on the court. If you don’t attack, I won’t force, and the fans seem to be happy to see this. For the same ticket price, if you can watch 30 minutes of overtime, wouldn’t it be profitable?

In the end, the second half ended flatly. For the first time this season, the Champions League knockout game required overtime.

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There are very few cases where the Champions League knockout rounds go into overtime. The reason is very simple. It is really rare that the score is tied and the home and away goals are exactly the same.

But there is another rule in the Champions League overtime that is very strange, even unreasonable, that is, home and away goals are still counted in the overtime period. That is to say, if Paris Saint-Germain and Dortmund score 1 to 1 in overtime, then Paris Saint-Germain will advance.

Even many players don't know this rule, because it really feels unreasonable, but UEFA stipulates it like this.

After the 90 minutes of regular time, the players could not go back to the locker room, but could only rest on the sidelines. At this time, Li Qiao, who was in the stands, also went down to the court. He cheered up every teammate, and hugged and encouraged everyone he met.

"Come on, Captain",
"Well done, Roman",
"Be more ruthless when breaking through, Marco",
At this time, Li Qiao was like an assistant coach. His teammates were also very happy to see Li Qiao. After a season, Li Qiao now has a very important weight in the hearts of his teammates.

Klopp came over and put his hand on Li Qiao's shoulder, "You can sit on the bench in overtime", Li Qiao nodded.

Overtime began immediately, and the referee was already looking at his watch. Li Qiao finally said to everyone: "After the game, I will treat everyone to Chinese food."

"Do you invite only after you win?"Bender asked.

Li Qiao smiled but did not answer, Weidenfeller came over and took the words, "We will not lose."

"Yeah, we won't lose, Joe, get your credit cards ready, I'm notoriously a big eater," Hummels said.

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As soon as extra time began, Paris Saint-Germain made a substitution, replacing the Argentine winger "Lavezzi" with Lucas.

The offense of Paris is still an old problem, stuck at the point of "Pastore". After 5 minutes of overtime, Ibrahimovic finally couldn't stand it anymore. He saw "Pastore"'s delicate way of playing and became popular.

So the true nature of Ibrahimovic's ball tyrant appeared. Like Manchester United's king "Cantona" back then, he played the role of temporary team boss.

He let "Pastore" go back to the wing, and Ibrahimovic is going to take care of the attacking midfielder and forward, and play two positions with one person, and he has such ability.

When Bender saw that his opponent had changed, from "Sun Shangxiang" to "Lu Bu" (metaphorically speaking), he also felt apprehensive. Ibrahimovic has a great reputation, and everyone knows how powerful he is.

In the first confrontation, Bender didn't take advantage. Ibrahimovic stretched his arms and squeezed "Bender" behind him, and then prepared to forcefully protect the ball and turn around. Bender couldn't bear his body and had to rub his head against Ibrahimovic. In the end, Ibrahimovic was fired, and he pushed Bender away.

The referee saw it clearly, he called a foul on Bender, and at the same time "Paris Saint-Germain" won a free kick in a good position in front of the penalty area.

Ibrahimovic looked up at the distance and angle, and then held the ball in his arms, obviously he wanted to take the penalty himself.

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(End of this chapter)