In the previous group matches, Dortmund took the initiative to retreat and defend.
There was no such high-pressure pressing.
Dortmund suddenly played with such intensity that they were a little uncomfortable.
But after all, Manchester City is a team with a mature passing and controlling system under Guardiola's coaching.
And Manchester City's midfield is still De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva, and the two have a tacit understanding.
Manchester City itself plays a passing and controlling system, and the players in the team have a certain ability to pass the ball.
Although the ball possession was in a certain crisis under Dortmund's pressing.
But it was still controlled by Manchester City.
If Dortmund implemented such high-pressure pressing at the beginning of the season.
The cooperation and tacit understanding between the players may not be as good as it is now.
But after all, they have experienced a half-season of running-in, and the high-pressure pressing duel with Bayern just ended.
Dortmund players have gained a lot of experience in this kind of high-pressure pressing.
Compared with the previous high-pressure pressing, tonight's high-pressure pressing is more oppressive!
In addition, Manchester City players are actually in a poor state tonight.
I don't know whether it is because of the away game or the pressure from the cheers of the devil's home fans on the sidelines.
In the first few minutes of the game, Manchester City players have not fully entered their best competitive state.
According to the general rhythm, facing Guardiola's passing and controlling style, it is a risky approach to rashly implement this kind of high-pressure pressing.
Because Manchester City has the world's top midfielder De Bruyne after all!
It is easy for De Bruyne to seize the opportunity and directly pass the ball to find the gap behind him after the high-pressure pressing.
But as mentioned before, Dortmund's pressing today is more oppressive.
The sudden change in the offensive rhythm has made Manchester City's original rhythm disappear.
Moreover, De Bruyne is also given special attention by Lin Jie, and there is no way to get rid of Lin Jie.
Not to mention looking for the opportunity to pass the ball behind Dortmund.
But then again, this is Manchester City coached by Guardiola after all.
In such a difficult situation, Manchester City still stumbled and stubbornly controlled the ball under their feet.
The 10th minute of the game!
After nearly 8 minutes of high-pressure pressing.
The physical fitness of Dortmund players has obviously dropped slightly, and the intensity of high-pressure pressing is not as strong as before.
This gave Manchester City an opportunity to counterattack!
Manchester City players who were already behind did not hesitate.
Immediately, central defender Ruben Dias passed the ball forward to midfielder Rodri.
After receiving the ball, Rodri naturally wanted to find De Bruyne, the strongest passer in Manchester City.
But Dortmund obviously knew the threat of De Bruyne.
In this wave of high-pressure pressing, Lin Jie basically never left De Bruyne's side!
What they are defending is the threat of De Bruyne's ability to quickly counterattack.
Lin Jie himself is a person who is very good at pushing fast counterattacks.
And his vision is drawn from De Bruyne.
Lin Jie naturally knows how strong De Bruyne's vision and passing ability are.
After Rodri failed to find De Bruyne, he wanted to pass the ball to Bernardo Silva on the right.
But Bernardo Silva was also stared at by Dortmund players.
For this kind of high-position pressing, Dortmund naturally knows that what they are afraid of is Manchester City's quick counterattack.
As the intensity decreases, the first thing to do is to pinch two points that can be quickly pushed forward after receiving the response.
After seeing that the other two midfielders who wanted to push the counterattack quickly were pinched.
Rodri simply did not choose to pass the ball, but held the ball and pushed forward himself.
Under Guardiola's coaching, Manchester City emphasizes passing and controlling.
After Manchester City suppressed their opponents in the Premier League, Rodri frequently moved forward.
He could also pass the ball or shoot from a distance near the opponent's penalty area from time to time.
He was also familiar with this kind of counterattack.
In addition, the trident in the frontcourt had already rushed towards Dortmund's penalty area quickly.
After all, they also knew the loopholes in this high-pressure pressing, and they were playing against the huge gap left behind after the high-pressure pressing!
Now that Dortmund's high-pressure pressing intensity has decreased, it is naturally time to counterattack!
Manchester City's frontcourt is quite clear about the ability of their own midfield.
In their view, as long as they can move forward, the midfield can pass the ball to the right place!
Just when Rodri took a few steps forward with the ball,He heard a shout from De Bruyne on his left!
"Be careful!!!"
Before Rodri could react to what he needed to be careful of.
Rodri's left eye caught a glimpse of a figure rushing towards him like a sword!
And without any hesitation or pause, he chose to slide and attack directly three steps away from him!
That was Lin Jie!
With the super burst speed of [Tengyunjiwu], Lin Jie sprinted towards Rodri from De Bruyne in the first time!
For Manchester City, this was their chance to counterattack.
And in Lin Jie's view, this was also his chance!
Because of his physique, although Rodri had the ability to handle the ball, he was definitely a little worse than Bernardo Silva and De Bruyne!
This wave of [Tengyunjiwu]'s quick counter-grab would definitely catch Rodri off guard!
Rodri, who realized that something was wrong, had reacted and wanted to pull the ball back and stop his forward rhythm.
But it was too late!
Lin Jie's terrifying burst speed of [Soaring into the Clouds] and the sliding tackle rushed from the grass to the football at Rodri's feet like a sharp arrow.
[Ding Dong! Congratulations to the host for activating the skill Precision Sliding Sliding! Speed up the host's kicking speed and prediction ability when sliding. After this tackle, the football will be left in place by the host! ]
After hearing that the precision sliding tackle was triggered, Lin Jie stood up quickly without any hesitation.
However, Rodri, who realized that something was wrong, had already reacted at this time.
When he felt his feet empty, he realized that something was wrong, and then he saw Lin Jie quickly stand up.
Rodri had no time to think, he immediately chose to rush up.
At this time, Manchester City's formation was switching from defense to offense, and it was just in a transition period!
If Lin Jie seized this opportunity to rush past him, there would be no doubt that the consequence would be another goal by Dortmund!
So Rodri immediately leaned against Lin Jie with his body, so that Lin Jie could not turn around immediately.
Even if Lin Jie wanted to force his way out and turn around to sprint, Rodri would have room to foul.
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