Chapter 1 Piszczek—goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooAL!!!

The commentator's drawn-out roar came from the TV.

The phone in Sun Pan's hand fell onto the carpet again. He was still oblivious, staring blankly at the TV screen.

This time he wasn't surprised that Atletico Madrid had conceded a third goal.

Zhou Yi's voice echoed in his mind.

"Hey, Panpan, you don't seem to have seen us go all out, have you?"

"You have to watch the live broadcast of the game tomorrow!"

"Going all out..." Sun Pan murmured. Now he finally understood what Zhou Yi meant by "going all out."

So this is what Dortmund looks like when they go all out!

Three goals in fifteen minutes! In the Champions League semi-final, against Atletico Madrid, a team known for its tenacity and pressing!

Truly terrifying...

He suddenly thought of the conversation about the "secret weapon."

Zhou Yi said there was a secret weapon, and he thought Zhou Yi was just talking nonsense and playing psychological warfare, pretending to have one when he didn't.

Now he realized he was wrong...

So there really was one!!

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"Three goals in fifteen minutes! Can we say that the game is over early? No... maybe not yet. Atletico Madrid still has a chance, as long as they can score a goal, the situation can still be controlled... But no matter what, Dortmund's opening fifteen-minute blitz did stun Atletico Madrid. I don't know if they can recover from it..." He Ping said, analyzing the situation after his initial excitement subsided slightly.

On the Chinese internet, everyone was also going crazy.

"Three goals in fifteen minutes! Who would have thought..."

"Didn't they say that Dortmund is fighting on two fronts and can't take care of themselves? How can they still be so fierce?"

"As expected of the defending champion, Atletico Madrid is like an elementary school student in front of them..."

"Zhou Yi is awesome! All the attacks were launched by him, and Atletico Madrid can't handle it at all!"

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In Germany, Marcel Reif also expressed amazement: "Unbelievable! This is definitely the most shocking first fifteen minutes I've ever seen! In fact, Atletico Madrid has already chosen to shrink their defense in response to Dortmund's fast attack, but even if they shrink back, they still concede another goal in a very short period of time... I think this is the biggest blow to Atletico Madrid..."

He was right. When the Dortmund players celebrated their third goal, the Atletico Madrid players finally showed deep confusion in their eyes.

They couldn't understand why they were still conceding goals even though they had listened to the command and quickly retreated to defend...

If the first two goals were caused by their pressing up and leaving gaps behind them, then how do you explain this third goal?

For the first time, Atletico Madrid players began to doubt whether what they were sticking to was meaningful, and their confidence in Simeone was also shaken.

That's the deadliest thing.

The team that hadn't been defeated even after conceding consecutive goals at the start was now shaken...

Simeone also looked very depressed. Dortmund's third goal had a great impact on him.

He regarded the first two goals as his tactics being countered by the opponent.

Okay, so he adjusted his tactics. Shrink the defense and don't press up to steal the ball.

That should be okay now, right? Shouldn't that stabilize the situation?

No, the slap in the face came even faster!

Just one minute after the last goal, Dortmund scored another goal!

It made Simeone start to wonder if he had made a mistake somewhere...

Otherwise, why would he still concede goals after adjusting his tactics? And it was conceding them even faster.

This time Simeone couldn't give the team any suggestions or adjustments in the first instance, because he himself was also in a daze...

Simeone is cunning and clever, which was evident since he was a player—in the 1998 World Cup, Argentina played against England. Because of the Falklands War many years ago and the classic "England-Argentina War" in the 1986 Mexico World Cup, the matches between England and Argentina always produced many stories.

The 1998 England-Argentina match saw Owen's classic goal as a chasing teenager, as well as Zanetti's classic free-kick cooperation, and a red card and a classic "performance."

At that time, Simeone fouled Beckham. The young and vigorous Beckham couldn't bear it, and he raised his leg while lying on the ground and touched Simeone's calf.

Simeone, who was standing in front of the referee, took the opportunity to stumble backwards and then sat down on the ground.

Although Simeone's movements were exaggerated, the effect was good. The Danish referee Nielsen, who witnessed the whole process, directly sent Beckham off with a red card.

The next story is known to the world—England, with one less player, was eventually eliminated by Argentina in the penalty shootout. And Beckham, who was sent off with a red card, became the chief culprit for England's elimination, and was criticized and scolded by the whole of England. If Ferguson hadn't stepped forward, I'm afraid there would be no such person as Beckham in the world of football...

Simeone was definitely very smart at the time. In fact, Beckham's kick wasn't very strong and wouldn't have caused him to fall. But Simeone made good use of this point of Beckham's, and at the same time made perfect use of the rules.

Retaliation is punished very severely in the rules.

Regardless of whether the retaliatory act causes serious consequences for the opposing player, as long as there is a retaliatory nature, a severe penalty will be imposed.

This is to avoid players on both sides fighting and retaliating against each other on the field.

With such a cunning and clever person like Simeone, he was caught by Dortmund this time.

This can only be said that Klopp and Zhou Yi are also cunning and clever...

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When the Dortmund players finished celebrating and returned to their respective positions, the game restarted.

Atletico Madrid was completely stunned by Dortmund's opening blitz. Not only could they not organize effective attacks, but there were also many loopholes in their defense, which made Atletico Madrid fans nervous.

For example, in the eighteenth minute, Dortmund launched an attack. Zhou Yi's cold shot outside the penalty area had bypassed the defenders in the penalty area and Courtois's fingers, but it hit the crossbar!

It scared the Atletico Madrid fans, but it also made the Dortmund fans regret it.

"Crossbar! The crossbar of the Westfalenstadion ruthlessly blocked Zhou Yi's long shot! If this ball went in, Dortmund would be four goals ahead of Atletico Madrid! Scoring four goals in the first twenty minutes of the game, such a thing has never happened in the Champions League semi-finals..." Marcel Reif said.

"If Zhou Yi scored this goal, we can not only say that this game is over early, but even the next round of the game is over early, right..." He Ping said.

Dortmund's fast passing and cutting style of play continued until the twenty-second minute before finally slowing down.

After all, this style of play requires very high physical fitness of the players. It is difficult to pass the ball quickly and accurately while running continuously.

No team can insist on playing like this for ninety minutes, not even forty-five minutes.

Dortmund must also rest after playing like this.

When Dortmund got the ball, they began to pass it back and forth in the midfield and backfield, not in a hurry to attack forward.

Those Atletico Madrid fans breathed a sigh of relief—the storm had finally passed.

"Dortmund seems to have adjusted their tactics... But this is normal, their style of play can't last. It seems that Dortmund can only last for twenty minutes if they try their best... But before that, they scored three goals. It seems that Dortmund's plan is correct. Use this tactic to catch Atletico Madrid off guard, and then try to score goals, the earlier the better, the more goals the better." Marcel Reif analyzed. "Before the game, everyone was asking whether Dortmund's closed training was necessary. At that time, Klopp answered that it was because they had a secret weapon. This answer was also ridiculed by people. Now it seems that there is indeed a secret weapon, but it is not the kind of secret weapon that everyone thought... This is a 'secret weapon' that we are not unfamiliar with... Three days of closed training, it seems that it is just some intensive training for Atletico Madrid, so three days is not impossible..."

After Dortmund slowed down, Atletico Madrid's life became easier.

They also recovered from the blow of conceding three goals in a row and could play normally.

Because they didn't know if Dortmund's slow pace was a smokescreen, Atletico Madrid still chose to continue to shrink their defense and didn't dare to easily rush out to steal the ball.

Dortmund was even less anxious, slowly passing the ball, slowly maneuvering, and at the same time letting their physical strength recover.

Of course, Atletico Madrid was not completely without the power to fight back.

In short, compared with the first twenty minutes, the current game is more like a normal game.

In the twenty-seventh minute, Atletico Madrid launched a counterattack. Diego Costa's right-footed shot from the right rib of the penalty area, sixteen meters away, went wide of the near corner. This was Atletico Madrid's first shot of the game.

In the thirty-first minute, Gabi fouled Zhou Yi, and Dortmund won a free kick in the frontcourt. Zhou Yi took the free kick. He didn't shoot directly, but lobbed the ball into the penalty area. The ball was headed out of the penalty area by Godin before Mark could reach it.

In the thirty-third minute, Hummels sent a long pass from the backcourt. Aubameyang made a mistake when he stopped the ball in the penalty area and failed to seize the opportunity. Atletico Madrid took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

After reaching the frontcourt, Gabi sent a cross pass, and Mario Suarez's right-footed shot from twenty-five meters away went slightly wide.

In the thirty-eighth minute, Reus took a corner kick, which was easily caught by Courtois.

In the forty-first minute, Reus stopped the ball with his chest fourteen meters away from the goal, and then shot with his right foot, but Juanfran blocked the ball with his side. Reus raised his hand to indicate that Juanfran had committed a handball foul, but the slow motion showed that Juanfran's hands were behind his back when he blocked the ball.

Soon after, the first half ended with a score of 3:0. Although Dortmund slowed down the pace, Atletico Madrid was still at a disadvantage. Although they had some opportunities, they were still far from scoring a goal.