Zhou Yi knew where the problem lay. He saw Nuri Sahin repeatedly getting caught in the opponent's encirclement in the backfield. Paris Saint-Germain had clearly made tactical adjustments targeting Sahin during halftime.

Their thinking was correct, and the results were also significant.

But this was not without a solution.

Zhou Yi decided to drop back a bit, get closer to Sahin, and re-establish a connection with him.

Although this would take him a little further away from the goal than he was now, for Zhou Yi, it was no big deal. He had played both attacking midfielder and defensive midfielder, so whether he was far from the opponent's goal or not did not affect his performance.

When Sahin encountered the opponent's pressing again in the game, Zhou Yi shouted loudly from the side: "Nuri, pass the ball to me!"

Sahin quickly protected the ball, looked up to observe, and found Zhou Yi just in front of his side... But the problem was that he was facing away from the direction of attack. Wasn't Zhou Yi further back than him in that position?

But at this time, Sahin didn't have time to consider such minor details. He quickly passed the ball out, and the ball came out of the encirclement, landing at Zhou Yi's feet.

Zhou Yi's retreat was indeed very deep this time, retreating to a position even further back than Sahin's. His retreat broke the original balance here, resulting in no Paris Saint-Germain player coming to defend him for a while.

Zhou Yi could calmly take the ball, and because he retreated very deeply, he was facing the direction of the attack, so he could directly launch an attack from here, without having to turn around to get rid of anyone.

He sent a diagonal long pass, passing the ball to Aubameyang's feet.

After Aubameyang got the ball on the left, he forced a breakthrough with his speed, then crossed from the byline, and Marc, who was following up in the center, jumped up to head the ball... not a shot on goal, but a flick!

He flicked the ball behind him, where Yan Min, who had just rushed into the penalty area, unleashed a shot!

Although Yan Min tried hard to keep the ball down and hit it within the frame of the goal, the power was a little weak, the ball speed was not fast enough, and the ball was caught by Paris Saint-Germain's goalkeeper Sirigu, who fell to the ground.

Although this attack did not result in a goal, it was Dortmund's first shot within the frame of the goal after a series of Paris Saint-Germain attacks.

It seemed to be sending a signal, indicating that the situation was somewhat different from before.

Soon, Zhou Yi retreated again to meet Sahin, and after receiving the ball from Sahin, he quickly carried the ball forward. After attracting Paris Saint-Germain players to surround him, he passed the ball to Sahin, who had moved up to meet him.

Then he ran forward himself, and those Paris Saint-Germain players who came up to surround him had to turn around and defend Sahin again.

And Sahin pushed the ball out, sending it to Zhou Yi's feet.

"Zhou Yi! He and Sahin's continuous one-two passes in the middle have pushed the ball into Paris Saint-Germain's thirty-meter area!"

In this position, Zhou Yi lofted a pass, and the ball passed over the heads of the Paris Saint-Germain defenders in the air, landing on the left side of the penalty area. There, Aubameyang, after relying on his speed to cut in, unleashed a shot, and the ball went high over the crossbar.

Still no goal, but Dortmund's attack had improved compared to before.

Most importantly, Sahin had found a way to break free from the encirclement, which was to connect with Zhou Yi.

As long as the two of them were connected, Blanc's defensive arrangements against Sahin would lose their effectiveness.

And Sahin?

This method reminded him of the situation when he had not left Dortmund. At that time, he was still the core of Dortmund, and Zhou Yi was initially his assistant, but gradually he also showed the potential to be the core, so Klopp asked the two to connect with each other in the game, playing the so-called "dual-core tactics". When one person was marked to death, the other person would stand up, and vice versa. At the same time, by connecting the two people with each other, it was difficult for the opponent to freeze any one of them.

This double insurance-like offensive tactic helped Dortmund achieve good results.

If Sahin had not gone to Real Madrid later, perhaps this tactic would have continued to be used...

He and Zhou Yi would also become Dortmund's dual cores together.

But unfortunately, he chose to go to Real Madrid to challenge himself, but failed.

After wandering around for a few years and then returning to Dortmund, everything had changed. Zhou Yi was the team's unshakable absolute core, and what about himself? After wasting a few years, his form had declined, and he was no longer the genius teenager he used to be... It wasn't even a question of playing dual-core with Zhou Yi, it was difficult for him to even assist Zhou Yi. More often, he was a substitute.

Unexpectedly, in today's game, Sahin actually re-experienced that feeling. He and Zhou Yi had a tacit understanding and fought side by side... It was really as comfortable as a fish in water.

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Klopp was still quite anxious, but when he saw the changes taking place on the field, he sat back down.

Zhou Yi had already made adjustments before him, so he had nothing to worry about.

Blanc, on the other hand, felt that something was wrong, and took his hands out of his pockets, rubbing them in front of him.

A bit tricky...

Soon, he directed his players to pay attention to Zhou Yi, and when Zhou Yi retreated to meet Sahin, they should also stick to him and defend him.

In theory, this could be done.

But a team can only have eleven players, and if you exclude the goalkeeper, there are only ten players who can move freely on the field.

But everyone actually has their own position, and they can't really abandon their positions and run around, so the number of players in a certain area has an upper limit. There are only so many people. Originally, they had to take two or three people to defend Sahin. Now that Zhou Yi has come, and they have to divide their forces to take care of Zhou Yi, where would there be so many manpower available?

Inevitably, they would have to draw troops from the players defending Sahin, but wouldn't the defense against Sahin be less strict than before?

So, soon, when Zhou Yi was entangled by Paris Saint-Germain players, Sahin pretended to pass the ball to Zhou Yi, but suddenly turned around and dribbled past the Paris Saint-Germain defense!

Then he ran forward, pushing Dortmund's attack to the frontcourt.

Blanc's adjustment failed...

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While Zhou Yi, Sahin, and Blanc were fighting wits and courage, the game clock had reached the seventy-fifth minute.

The score was still 1:0, Dortmund leading at home.

But this score was not enough for Dortmund to eliminate Paris Saint-Germain. On the contrary, it would cause them to be eliminated themselves.

They needed to score at least one goal to take their destiny into their own hands.

Blanc glanced at the time. There were fifteen minutes left, and his encirclement tactics against Sahin had failed again. He decided to make adjustments immediately. At this time, Dortmund's morale had recovered, and with so little time left, their attacks would definitely be more fierce.

If he didn't make adjustments, his goal would probably be in danger.

So he waved his hand on the sidelines, telling the team to fall back and defend, playing defensive counterattacks. When the defense was stable, they would counterattack if they had the opportunity. If they didn't have the opportunity, they shouldn't go up. They would rather not score than concede a goal.

If they could hold this score until the end, Paris Saint-Germain would advance to the semi-finals.

At the same time, he also made personnel adjustments, replacing Verratti with Cabaye.

Strengthening the midfield defense.

So the Paris Saint-Germain players who were pressing Sahin in the frontcourt retreated like a tide.

Zhou Yi returned to the attacking midfielder position, where he could pose a greater threat to Paris Saint-Germain's goal.

The entire Dortmund team also knew that there was not much time left for them. They had to go all out to attack, hoping to score a goal before the end of the game.

Even though they might be clear that their pressing attack would leave counterattack gaps for Paris Saint-Germain, they couldn't consider so much.

In fact, Paris Saint-Germain did launch some counterattacks.

In the seventy-seventh minute, they had a very good opportunity, and even almost tied the score.

At that time, Cabaye sent a long pass directly from the backfield to He Ying's feet in the frontcourt.

After He Ying dribbled the ball on the wing, he sent a cross. As a result, Cavani shot with his left foot from only fourteen meters away from the goal, and actually shot the ball high!

"Cavani!! What a great opportunity, he didn't score! Unbelievable!" The French TV commentator exclaimed in disbelief.

It was indeed unbelievable. After Cavani shot, there was only goalkeeper Weidenfeller in front of him. At that time, the hearts of all Dortmund fans were in their throats, almost jumping out.

As a result, Cavani spat out the cake that He Ying had fed to his mouth: "Bah! A real man doesn't eat food that is given to him!"

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Despite such a dangerous situation in front of their goal, Dortmund still did not give up their approach and continued to besiege Paris Saint-Germain's goal.

In the seventy-eighth minute, Marc headed the ball in the penalty area, but it was blocked by Sirigu. Yan Min's follow-up shot went wide of the goal.

In the eightieth minute, Zhou Yi sent a pass, and Sahin took a powerful shot from twenty meters out, but the ball was confiscated by Sirigu again.

"The game has entered the last ten minutes... I think in this Westfalenstadion now, whether it is Dortmund fans or Paris Saint-Germain fans, probably no one can still sit in their seats and watch the game..." Marcel Reif said.

The TV broadcast cut to a shot on the sidelines. Not only the fans, but also the substitutes' benches and coaches' benches on both sides, almost no one could sit still. Everyone stood up and watched the game nervously.

In the eighty-first minute, Aubameyang's breakthrough on the left wing led to a foul by Paris Saint-Germain defender Jallet, and the referee gave Dortmund a free kick on the wing.

After Sahin kicked the free kick, it went straight to the back corner of the goal. None of the players from both sides who followed up in the middle were able to touch the ball. Sirigu still performed well, leaping backwards and punching the ball out with one fist!

In the eighty-third minute, Dortmund launched an attack on the wing. Zhou Yi distributed the ball to the right wing. After Yan Min received the ball on the right wing, he crossed the ball, which went straight to Marc, who was running into the penalty area to meet it. However, Thiago Silva, who was retreating to defend, forcibly jumped up and headed the ball away before Marc with a very difficult movement!

Marc had already swung his foot, but failed to kick the ball. The ball flew over his head.

Aubameyang, who was following up, happened to run to the landing point of the ball. He took a volley without stopping the ball!

The ball went straight to the far corner of the goal. This time Sirigu failed to touch the ball, but the ball did not fly into the goal either, but flew out of the baseline after grazing the far post...

"Aubameyang... Aaaaaah! Dortmund missed another chance to score!"

"Dortmund is besieging Paris Saint-Germain's goal, but they are always just a little short of scoring! It is already the eighty-fourth minute of the game, and there is not much time left for Dortmund!" He Ping couldn't help but say that famous line.