After these two goals, De Bruyne also found his form.
As De Bruyne completely entered the offensive state, Dortmund's defense was also in a state of panic.
Fortunately, although Lin Jie gave up the single-man defense on De Bruyne, De Bruyne had room to explode.
However, Lin Jie's retreat is undoubtedly a huge improvement for Dortmund's overall defense.
In addition, the goal of Westfalen's home court tonight was very sensible.
Manchester City's several threatening attacks were finally defended by Dortmund, leaving no chance for Manchester City to equalize the score!
And as the defensive players on the field adapted to De Bruyne's offensive rhythm.
Dortmund also slowly mastered the rhythm and key points of defense.
They had played against Manchester City before, so they naturally knew some of Manchester City's offensive routines.
Before tonight, Lin Jie had a special person to defend De Bruyne, resulting in no special habits on the overall defense line.
After experiencing Manchester City's crazy attack during this period, Dortmund's players also found their previous defensive state again.
As Dortmund's defense entered the state, there were not many ways for Manchester City to break the dense defense.
Now that Dortmund has stabilized its formation, it is even more difficult to break through.
What's more, they also need to guard against Lin Jie's long pass counterattack at any time.
Although with Guardiola's special instructions, Manchester City's offense was very colorful and the organization was quite patient.
But obviously the luck was not on Manchester City's side tonight.
Moreover, a team's defense is like a spring. The harder you press it, as long as it doesn't break and doesn't get scored.
Then when it rebounds, the counterattack effect he can play is stronger!
And now Dortmund is in such a situation!
The 78th minute of the game is still Manchester City's attack on the left!
Because Cancelo's offensive ability is stronger than Walker, and De Bruyne is also active on the left.
With Lin Jie's retreat and De Bruyne's release, Manchester City's attack was mostly launched from the left.
This time was no exception.
The full-back Cancelo carried the ball forward.
And this time Lin Jie thought it was an opportunity!
Dortmund has been suppressed by Manchester City for so long, it's time to find an opportunity to counterattack!
So Lin Jie did not wait for Manchester City's attack as before, but chose to take the initiative and quickly approached Cancelo!
Looking at Lin Jie who took the initiative, Cancelo also thought that this was also an opportunity for them to attack!
Now Dortmund's defense line is missing Lin Jie, the stabilizing force.
This is the time for Manchester City to seize the opportunity to score and equalize the score!
So facing Lin Jie's grab, Cancelo did not choose to pass the ball directly.
Instead, he made a fake pass to deceive Lin Jie, shake Lin Jie away and then pass the ball, so that Lin Jie can return to defense more and longer!
But it is obvious that Cancelo's little trick was easily seen through by Lin Jie.
But it is not Cancelo's fault for misjudging Lin Jie's defensive ability.
Cancelo also understood Lin Jie's ability to steal the ball through video playback.
It is not as intuitive as the direct encounter in the actual game.
After all, Lin Jie has never played as a right winger in the game against Manchester City.
There is not much direct contact with Cancelo.
So there is no direct confrontation, no direct feeling.
But De Bruyne and Rodri have personally experienced Lin Jie's terrifying ability to steal the ball.
After seeing Cancelo's first move to deal with the ball, they realized that it was not good.
"Be careful! Pass it directly and don't dunk it!"
Both of them rushed to the direction of Cancelo quickly, shouting in unison.
Before Cancelo could react, his fake move was done well, why did his teammates shout it out?
A huge force came from the side, and Cancelo, who was able to control the ball steadily, was knocked away after a dunk.
Because after his fake pass, Lin Jie had already rushed in front of him.
With the advantage of physical confrontation, Lin Jie directly knocked him away!
After Cancelo dunked the ball, he had no time to pass it, and was intercepted by Lin Jie!
Fortunately, the previous light-speed loss of the ball made Manchester City's defense against Lin Jie reach the highest level.
When Rodri and De Bruyne saw Cancelo's action, they rushed over at the first time, and did not give Lin Jie the opportunity to pass the ball easily like the previous ball.
Similarly, Rodri's forward dive was also a blockThe space for Lin Jie to turn around was blocked, and the defense became more careful after suffering a loss.
For Lin Jie, although he lost the opportunity to directly participate in the counterattack, the defensive pressure of Rodri and De Bruyne also gave Dortmund offensive space on the left!
The 94-degree vision allowed Lin Jie to quickly find the teammate who passed the ball!
Lin Jie directly chose to use his left foot to complete a beautiful long pass and found Guerrero on his left side.
For Lin Jie, this ball just needs to pass the ball to the empty space.
Manchester City's defensive focus is more on him. There will be a lot of space on the left side, so just pass the ball, so there is no problem with using the left foot.
And this wave of Dortmund's attack is just as Lin Jie expected.
Because the focus of Manchester City's defense is on keeping an eye on Lin Jie's counterattack and Haaland's receiving the ball.
For Dortmund's breakthrough on the left, Manchester City's defensive strength is seriously insufficient!
Guerrero made a quick move and faced Walker's defense.
He passed the ball directly to Hazard, who was also making a quick move.
Hazard faced Laporte one-on-one!
Laporte was helpless about this ball.
After all, it was difficult to decide whether to let Hazard go straight for a single shot or to foul Lin Jie and let him take a free kick.
Originally Laporte wanted to consider it.
However, when Hazard raised his defensive center of gravity and wanted to continue to pass him to complete a single shot.
Laporte's muscle memory had reacted before his brain.
He took a step forward with his right foot and pulled Hazard down with both hands.
Dortmund got a free kick opportunity on the left side of the penalty area about 24 meters away from the goal!
There is no doubt that this is a very suitable free kick position for Lin Jie!
You'll Also Like
-
Traveling through Fangzheng, with only five half-yuan stones on hand
Chapter 313 8 hours ago -
Divine Mystical Immortality: Starting Cultivation with the Town Martial Guard
Chapter 471 8 hours ago -
Wizard: I want to be a top student
Chapter 109 8 hours ago -
Longevity: Starting with Only One Life, Cultivation Depends Entirely on Survival
Chapter 481 9 hours ago -
Multiverse Anime: What Should I Do When Surrounded by Anime Heroines?
Chapter 811 11 hours ago -
Multiverse Anime: A Journey Through Worlds Starting as the Supreme Being
Chapter 648 11 hours ago -
The Hero Academy in My Mind
Chapter 736 11 hours ago -
Hero Academia: The Strongest Personality
Chapter 466 11 hours ago -
There is a black hole in my dantian
Chapter 541 11 hours ago -
Siheyuan: I live next door to Xu Damao, my last name is Cao
Chapter 217 22 hours ago