Chapter 124
Casillas, who is 36 years old, has passed his prime, but in his 16 years at Real Madrid, he still has a strong control in front of the goal.
He quickly threw the ball to the defender, ready to launch a quick counterattack before Dortmund retreated.
Layun stopped the ball and just wanted to observe the position of his teammates in the frontcourt, a yellow figure rushed up and intercepted the ball under his feet.
It was Mkhitaryan who rushed up, and he predicted the opponent's intention in advance.
After the ball was intercepted, it was immediately passed to Miyuan in front of the penalty area. The latter did not stop the ball at all, and kicked a violent long shot.
The football was blocked by the Porto player in the penalty area and went out of the baseline, and Dortmund won a corner kick on the left.
Reus was still the main corner kicker. He observed the players on both sides in the penalty area. He found that there were more troops competing for headers in the middle of the opponent, but Miyuan slipped to the ribs and prepared to grab the back point.
Reus still kicked the corner kick to the front point, looking for Hummels and Piszczek who rushed up.
He hoped that Hummels could get a good position and head the ball.
However, Porto's central defender was still very powerful and rushed to break the ball out.
The ball was grabbed by Weigl on the periphery. He did not rush to attack, but passed it back to Papastathopoulos behind him.
Papastathopoulos passed the ball to the wing and handed it to Mkhitaryan.
Dortmund opened up Porto's defense and reorganized the attack through continuous passing and transfer.
Then Schmelzer made a low pass from the left, Reus rushed to shoot, and Indi cleared the ball over his own crossbar.
Dortmund got another corner kick opportunity. Mkhitaryan took a tactical corner kick from the left, and passed it after Schmelzer's knock. Miyuan's shot from the outside of his foot was blocked by Casillas, and Piszcze followed up and directly knocked the ball into the goal with his legs.
Dortmund scored the first goal and led 1:0!
This goal was somewhat lucky, but the little bees at the scene didn't care whether it was luck or not, and burst into a tidal roar to celebrate Dortmund's lead.
After scoring the goal, Piszczek was very excited and rushed directly to the south stand to celebrate with the fans and teammates.
Tuchel on the sidelines did not lose his composure because Dortmund was ahead. He was very clear about the opponent's counterattack ability.
Seeing the players' celebration was over, he immediately gestured to the players to stay steady and withstand Porto's counterattack.
The game resumed, and after Porto kicked the ball out, they started a quick counterattack.
However, they did not penetrate Dortmund's midfield, and the ball was intercepted by Reus.
Reus passed the ball to the backcourt and turned around to rush to the frontcourt. Dortmund continued to put pressure on Piszczek, who dribbled the ball forward on the wing and made a long pass to the left. Mkhitaryan dribbled the ball and broke through Varela, then rushed to the bottom line.
When he was about to reach the bottom line, he slowed down and prepared to cross.
Varela, who was being chased, seized the opportunity and shoveled the ball sideways to knock it out of the sideline.
Schmelzer threw the ball out of bounds, and Mkhitaryan received the ball and protected it with his body.
Three Porto players came to steal the ball, and Mkhitaryan passed it back to Schmelzer.
The latter received the ball and directly passed it to the middle. Miyuan got rid of the Porto player who was guarding him, stopped the ball with his chest, and unloaded the ball at his feet.
He saw Schmelzer had already rushed into the penalty area, and without hesitation, he sent a low pass.
After Schmelzer stopped the ball, he shot at a small angle and hit the outside of the near post.
Casillas quickly kicked the ball out of the goal, and Porto quickly launched an attack.
As the core of Porto's midfield, Porto had to give the ball to Hector to organize the transition every time they attacked.
But when the ball was passed to Hector this time, he encountered trouble.
When the ball was passed to him, Miyuan came up.
Hector tried to lift the ball over his head and pass Miyuan.
Yonemoto, who was already behind him, suddenly started, thrust his leg past him, and leaned his shoulder towards him, squeezing Hector out of the way and stealing the ball.
Hector lost his balance after being hit, and stumbled a few steps before adjusting his body. He was no longer able to interfere with Yonemoto.
He could only watch Yonemoto dribbling the ball into the penalty area and chased back.
"pretty!"
" Mi is very smart, and he has a wide range of activities today. Under the close defense of the opponent's defensive players, he moved freely, and through physical confrontation, he cleanly intercepted the opponent's ball and stopped Porto's attack."
"Miyuan has already rushed to the front of the penalty area with the ball. How will he deal with this ball?"
Brown held the microphone, staring at the situation on the field, but he never stopped talking.
Miyuan's steal this time caused a warm cheer from the Dortmund fans in the stands.
Before, they rarely saw Miyuan take the initiative to use physical confrontation to steal the ball. He has always been wandering in the frontcourt, supporting his teammates, or dribbling the ball to break through quickly.
For a time, the fans thought that Miyuan did not dare to use physical confrontation.
Normally, the matchups on the court are very clear.
Miyuan's active off-ball movement caused a lot of trouble for Porto's defensive players.
The defensive players could not get away. They left their position to follow Miyuan, but Miyuan suddenly retreated to steal the ball, making them lose the chance to counterattack.
After Miyuan took the ball to the front of the penalty area, he immediately passed the ball to Reus, and then he quickly moved forward.
After Reus received the ball, he passed it to Sahin behind him, and he also rushed to the left side of the penalty area.
On the other side, Mkhitaryan also inserted to the right side.
The three Dortmund players formed a siege on Porto's goal.
Weigl also followed at this time, moving sideways to the middle of the penalty area, ready to receive his teammate's return pass.
As long as Sahin can get to the bottom After a cross, three players rushed to score in the penalty area, and Weigl had a long shot outside the penalty area.
Sahin played to his strengths in breakthroughs. Facing the interception of Porto player Sergio, he changed directions twice in a row, shook off the opponent, quickly broke through to the bottom line, and swept the ball into the penalty area.
This attack was very disadvantageous for Porto, and the defensive players in the penalty area did not dare to clear the ball easily. It was easy to make an own goal in this position, so they could only try their best to get stuck and wait for an opportunity to clear the ball.
The Porto fans in the stands clenched their fists nervously, but the Dortmund fans were ready after the goal. Cheers.
Spanish defender Kurt was very experienced and decisively stretched out his foot to intercept the ball, which flew out of the bottom line along the goal post.
The Porto fans at the scene finally breathed a sigh of relief, while the Dortmund fans were regretful.
Casillas came up and patted Kurt on the shoulder, thanking him for his timely clearance.
Dortmund once again got a corner kick opportunity, which was the third corner kick after the opening.
This time, Reus was the main kicker. What tactics would he adopt?
Can this corner kick help Dortmund break through the goal guarded by Casillas again?