Dortmund and Manchester United were both testing each other for opportunities to attack.

However, the defensive strength of both sides was quite strong.

In the end, both sides only had three or four shots.

And they were all forced shots, only Lin Jie's long shot was on target.

The other shots basically flew to the stands.

Everyone thought that the first half would continue at this rhythm, and changes might only appear in the second half.

After all, both sides played relatively restrained and were quite stable on the defensive end.

No one wanted to be the first team to lose the ball!

Because both sides are masters of counterattack.

Once they fall behind first, there will be pressure to attack.

They need to attack, and attacking will naturally give the opponent more space to seize opportunities.

Moreover, the first half of the game is coming to an end.

In this case, the first choice must be to ensure that they do not lose the ball first.

Keep the tie until the end of the first half.

After all, losing the ball at this time will still have a great impact on the players' mentality.

But accidents often happen inadvertently.

42 minutes into the game!

Manchester United's offensive rhythm suddenly changed!

This time, it was still Rashford, the prince of Manchester United, who stood up!

Obviously, as the prince of Manchester United, Rashford's ball possession in the team is obviously much higher.

He has unlimited firing rights!

For the handling of some ball possessions, he can consider it on his own, and does not need to follow the coach's tactical arrangements like other players.

And Rashford himself is quite rebellious, and there are many thoughts in his heart.

In this case, he did not consider whether he needed to be stable.

After a simple cooperation with Diogos Dalot who came forward, he rushed forward without caring about anything.

In this stalemate stage, it was Rashford's desperate charge that caused a certain impact on Dortmund's formation.

After the wall-collision and the continuous bicycle, a change of direction charge also made Munier a little confused.

Obviously, he did not expect that Rashford, who was supposed to let Diogos Dalot advance, would rush forward directly.

You should know that at this time, Dortmund's flanks were still quite crowded!

Not only were there C Ronaldo and B Fee from Manchester United, but also Lin Jie and Witsel from Dortmund.

Even if Rashford completed the cut-in, there would not be much space to continue to break through and shoot!

This wave of defensive misjudgment also smoothly allowed Rashford to rush into the flank position at the front of Dortmund's penalty area.

Fortunately, Witsel followed up at the first time and did not give Rashford space to shoot.

But Rashford's reaction was also quite quick and he immediately transferred the ball to C Ronaldo who saw the opportunity to come over to receive the ball and B Fee who came forward.

It can be said that this wave of Rashford's cut-in was a bit sudden, but it achieved good results.

Because the front of Dortmund's penalty area was slightly crowded at this time.

However, Rashford's joining pulled Witsel away, and Lin Jie now needed to defend 2 people with 1!

Faced with this situation, Lin Jie was not afraid at all.

With [Tengyunjiwu], Lin Jie was confident that he could make up for the defense in the first time.

But after all, B Fee and C Ronaldo are teammates in the national team, and their tacit understanding is quite good.

B Fee immediately ran to the side after seeing C Ronaldo get the ball.

C Ronaldo, who got the ball, did not change his face in the face of Lin Jie's defense, and continued to kill towards Dortmund's penalty area with a bicycle.

C Ronaldo's footwork is also quite strong, but as he gets older, he is more of a simple and rough terminator.

But this does not mean that he will not pass.

Unfortunately, he is facing Lin Jie this time!

Lin Jie looked at C Ronaldo's bicycles under his feet, and was not deceived by C Ronaldo's bicycles at all, and still calmly contracted his defense.

Waiting for Akanji and Witsel on the side to double-team in place!

And his body also moved slightly to one side, blocking the space for Ronaldo to pass the ball to B Fee as much as possible!

And obviously Ronaldo also noticed the deadlock he was facing.

However, as a top striker, Ronaldo's vision is not bad, and his football IQ is also very high. He also noticed Rashford behind him at this time!

Then he passed the ball with his heel without any hesitation, knocking the ball back to Rashford in the open space!

Lin Jie naturally noticed Rashford's position a long time ago and was ready.

But after all, Ronaldo's reputation is there, Lin Jie dare not mentionRun forward, afraid that he would give Ronaldo space to shoot.

But now that Ronaldo has passed the ball, Lin Jie immediately uses [Soaring Clouds] to rush towards Rashford!

Originally, in Lin Jie's expectation, Rashford must have caught the ball and rushed into Dortmund's penalty area after taking advantage of the gap created by Ronaldo's impact.

But after receiving the ball, Rashford unexpectedly shot a long shot directly!

This surprised Lin Jie.

Fortunately, Rashford's long shot was a bit right, and was successfully cleared by Hummels at the back.

But it's a pity that the ball was still at Manchester United's feet after the change, and Pogba got the ball outside the penalty area.

And it's embarrassing that Rashford's unexpected impact attracted most of Dortmund's defensive attention!

This means that at this moment, Pogba's position is actually not open to any defensive players against Dortmund who can interfere with Pogba!

Moreover, Ronaldo and Rashford were both attacking on the left, while Pogba, who was advancing, got the ball on the right!

This side happened to be the weak side of Dortmund's defense!

Facing such a great opportunity, Pogba did not hesitate and suddenly pushed the ball forward!

However, he only adjusted slightly forward with this kick, and did not choose to shoot directly from a distance!

Instead, he chose a 45-degree long pass bombing!

Pogba and Ronaldo, who was still annoyed that Rashford did not knock the ball back to him, looked at each other.

The tacit understanding between the two top players was immediately formed.

Ronaldo immediately moved forward without any hesitation.

At this time, Pogba's fake shot showed its effect.

The Dortmund players in the penalty area thought Pogba was going to shoot from a distance, and for a while they all ignored the defense against Ronaldo!

But Lin Jie did not forget Ronaldo's threat!

After seeing Rashford's long shot, Lin Jie retreated for a while and wanted to continue defending Ronaldo.

But unfortunately, this wave of continuous attacks came very quickly.

Lin Jie was obviously slower than Ronaldo who started blocking in advance.

And in terms of height, there is still a gap between Lin Jie's 184cm and Ronaldo's 187cm.

What's more, in a relatively poor position, the timing of taking off was also half a beat slower than Ronaldo.

But fortunately, Lin Jie also has the skill blessing of [Air Overlord]!

[Congratulations to the host for activating the skill Air Overlord! Significantly improve the host's ability to fight in the air during jumping! ]

It was triggered immediately after taking off, and started an aerial confrontation with Ronaldo!

But Ronaldo is Ronaldo after all, the two most shining top stars of that era!

His jumping and confrontation are naturally equally strong. Even with the blessing of skills, Lin Jie still couldn't completely shake Ronaldo's figure in the air.

However, the aerial confrontation given by Lin Jie still made Ronaldo's originally stretched header action a little deformed.

It's just that the ball was passed to Pogba, and it was a long pass without any interference.

The power and angle were perfect, and Ronaldo didn't need much strength to head the ball.

Even though Lin Jie gave some interference, it didn't change Ronaldo's header to Dortmund's goal.

Moreover, the impact of Pogba's fake shot and real pass before was not over yet!

As the last line of defense, Kerber was also shaken by Pogba's long shot!

He moved there in advance when Pogba passed the ball!

Originally, Kerber's early movement was to better save Pogba's long shot near the corner, just like De Gea's early movement before.

But obviously Kerber made a wrong judgment this time. Pogba's ball was not a long shot but a 45-degree cross bombing!

This wave of early movement also made it impossible for Kerber to come back and save Ronaldo's header.

Even though he was disturbed by Lin Jie's confrontation in the air, Ronaldo didn't use too much force on this header.

GOOOOOOAL! ! !

1:0!

Manchester United played at home. In the last minute of the first half, the advantage of Ronaldo stood up to help Manchester United rewrite the score!

After scoring the goal, Ronaldo excitedly rushed to the corner area and made his most classic celebration!

As Ronaldo jumped high and fell with both hands down.

Manchester United fans in the Old Trafford stadium shouted in unison.

"siuuuuuuu!!!"

...

"Rashford's long shot!"

"Blocked!"

"Two more points!"

"Is Pogba going to shoot too?!"

"Cross! Pogba's shot is a fake shot and a real pass!"

"There's someone missing in the penalty area!!!"

"C RonaldoLeft open!"

"Fortunately, Lin Jie rushed back in the first place!"

"What a pity, Lin Jie still has no advantage against Ronaldo!"

"Ronaldo's header!"

"Got it!"

"In the 45th minute of the game, Manchester United scored a lore by Ronaldo at the last moment of the first half!"

"Manchester United is currently leading 1:0!"

It was a pity for Zhan Jun to see that Manchester United still led in the end.

"Hey! What are the other players of Dortmund looking at for this ball!"

"How can you just stare at the ball at this time!"

"Shouldn't you keep an eye on your defensive players for this ball!"

"Manchester United's attack is not over yet!"

Coach Zhang also looked disappointed.

"Indeed, Dortmund's defensive attention was attracted by Pogba's fake long shot for this ball!"

"But it's understandable. After all, this wave of Manchester United's attack was a bit unexpected. "

"The protection of the continued attack of the second-point ball is still not so good."

"It's a pity that Lin Jie's defense is a bit regrettable!"

"In fact, Lin Jie's defense this time is not out of position."

"And in the confrontation with Ronaldo in the air, we can see that Lin Jie is not too disadvantaged!"

"It can even be said that Lin Jie has a certain advantage!"

"In fact, Lin Jie successfully interfered with Ronaldo's header!"

"Ronaldo didn't fully hit the ball, and the speed was not fast!"

"It's just a pity that goalkeeper Cober didn't come in time."

Speaking of this, Sun Jihai also said with regret.

"Indeed, in fact, Dortmund's defense was still good this time, but it's a pity that the luck was a bit bad."

"If the second-point ball was controlled or cleared by Dortmund's players, there would be no loss of the ball. ”

“The last minute goal by Manchester United in the first half must have had a significant impact on the players’ mentality!”

Zhan Jun also said with emotion.

“Yeah, what Coach Zhan said makes sense. It depends on how Dortmund changes its tactics in the second half.”

“Judging from Dortmund’s current starting lineup, the offensive line has not fully recovered.”

“Facing Manchester United’s defensive formation, it didn’t work very well. It depends on how Dortmund’s head coach Marco Rose adjusts it next.”

“After falling behind by one goal, should we stabilize the situation and wait until the second round when we return to the home court or adjust it immediately?”

“In short, Dortmund is now behind, and the pressure is definitely greater than before! "

Sun Jihai also said the final summary.

...

Back to the court.

After Ronaldo celebrated, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half shortly after the restart.

The two sides also entered the halftime break with a score of 1:0.

Dortmund's head coach Marco Rose was also lost in thought as Sun Jihai said.

It's a bit tangled for him now.

There are two choices in front of him.

One is to continue the rhythm of the first half in the second half and look for opportunities to counterattack.

If not, then wait until the second round to return to the home court with a 1-goal deficit to fight life and death.

The other is to change the formation in the second half and try to equalize the score in the first round!

But there is a problem with this. Dortmund's initiative will definitely give Manchester United more opportunities to counterattack. !

The current state of Dortmund's offensive players is obviously not very good.

Don't let Manchester United expand their lead instead of equalizing the score!

But if this game continues the rhythm of the first half, Dortmund will still have offensive pressure when they return to their home court.

At that time, once Manchester United seizes the opportunity to expand the score again, the room for adjustment will be even smaller!

If the adjustment in this game has no effect, at least there is enough time for Marco Rose to study the offensive strategy.

In short, both options have advantages and disadvantages.

Marco Rose is also very difficult to choose.

The result was the goal lost at the last moment of the first half.

Thinking of this, Marco Rose was also depressed.

Then he shook his head and walked back to the locker room. He still needed to think about how Dortmund should play in the second half.

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