Even though Dortmund knew that Liverpool was the top team in Europe, they had never played against them in the past few years. Their understanding of Liverpool's strength was like a blind man trying to figure out the elephant.
Perhaps if they used Bayern Munich as a comparison, they could only vaguely recognize that Liverpool was stronger than Bayern Munich. However, the specific situation of the game was still unknown.
After the start of the Champions League game today, Liverpool first launched a tentative wave of offense.
Alonso passed the ball to Qin Xiong in the middle of the front waistline in the backfield.
Qin Xiong stopped the ball with his back to Keir. After turning to the left, he suddenly stopped and broke through from the right front.
Keir did not move his center of gravity, but in the next second, he could not keep up with Qin Xiong's pace after he passed the ball horizontally.
Qin Xiong saw Bender supporting Keir to defend, so he sent a straight pass.
The football rolled to Suarez's feet.
He inserted the ball diagonally behind Subotic in the middle of the front of the penalty area.
Raúl cut in front and directly kicked the goal while being sandwiched by Subotic and Schmeichel.
His starting position for the ball was not good, and the quality of the shot was not high. Weidenfeller easily held the ball in his arms.
It was Dortmund's turn to attack, and they immediately started a youth storm.
The full back, Piszczek, assisted from the right flank. Perhaps he was more relaxed today because Qin Xiong did not play as the left winger or the striker's side.
After Piszczek passed the ball across the half of the field, Dortmund quickly played a pass and cut.
Xanchua received Piszczek's diagonal pass in the middle and knocked the ball horizontally to Götze in the front right.
With Götze being sandwiched by Baines and Lucas, Götze imaginatively passed the ball over the top.
Baines immediately turned back to chase, and Piszczek went to the bottom!
He saw the situation in the middle before the end line.
Xanchua cut into the penalty area diagonally, but he was blocked by the experienced and highly aware Thiago Silva.
Lewandowski was ready to snatch the ball in the middle of the goal, and Piszczek sent a cross.
Skrtel took the lead to jump so that Lewandowski could not jump. After both of them jumped, the football fell at Johnson's feet.
Johnson saw that Qin Xiong in front of him had been pulled to the right side. He sent out a long teleport, but unfortunately, the quality was not good.
Qin Xiong failed to grab the ball and was controlled by Schmeertzer after the ball bounced to the ground.
Once Dortmund had the ball, they did not hesitate to attack. They had the spirit of a newborn calf that was not afraid of a tiger!
In the fifth minute of the match, Dortmund launched another attack. Schmeerzer came to the front of the field and cooperated with Grosskreutz to pass the ball diagonally in front of the penalty area.
Before Mascherano could steal the ball, Xanchua cleverly passed the ball to Lewandowski in the penalty area.
Lewandowski stopped the ball and turned around under Skrtel's marking. He flicked the ball horizontally, trying to get out of the shooting angle, but the cold-looking Thiago Silva stuck out his leg and destroyed the ball.
Lewandowski clapped his hands in regret.
Liverpool's attack looked lukewarm, as if they were still finding the feeling of the game.
Alonso went to the front of the field and cooperated with Qin Xiong to break through Bender's defensive line.
In front of the penalty area, Qin Xiong controlled the ball. He looked at the situation in the penalty area and found that Suárez and Raúl were concentrated in the middle of the penalty area.
This was not a good situation, so he passed the ball over the top.
Hummels headed the ball as he retreated, but the football did not fly far and bounced back in front of Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong overpowered Keir and jumped to head the ball into the penalty area again!
The football flew past Subotić's side and behind him.
Raúl stopped the ball in an empty area where no one was marking and then pushed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.
Just as Raúl was about to celebrate, he found that the referee raised the flag to signal that he was offside.
Raúl did not react and ran back. He knew that he might be offside before he received the ball.
After all, the first time he rushed forward to reverse the offside position was to receive Qin Xiong's pass over the top. Later, Qin Xiong's header was completely improvised.
In the process of retreating, Qin Xiong said to Suárez and Raúl, "Don't occupy an area. Be more flexible."
With a simple sentence, Qin Xiong retreated to defend.
Suárez and Raúl muttered a few words and then separately went to counterattack or mark.
Dortmund adopted the tactic of encircling and robbing in the front field.
Their offense was very smooth.
This was due to Klopp's training. The Hornets had many players with excellent skills and a very good team spirit. This was an important foundation for Dortmund to be able to return to the top of the Bundesliga.
However, Dortmund seemed to be a little aggressive. Their momentum was too strong!
They were like a sharp arrow that had been shot and showed no signs of turning back.
Was this good?
Maybe if it were other opponents, they would be shocked by the youth storm of the Hornets and be caught off guard and panicked.
But how could the battle-hardened Liverpool players be intimidated?
In the 13th minute of the game, Götze was in possession of the ball in the front field. When faced with Lucas' defense, he deftly turned on the spot and dribbled the ball past Lucas.
After the front waist line created a space for him to pass the ball, Götze immediately slanted the ball to the back of Thiago Silva.
Thiago Silva quickly turned around. He saw Lewandowski in front of him. He still had a chance to interfere with Lewandowski.
However, Lewandowski did something that surprised him.
Lewandowski used his heel to knock the ball back to the top of the arc of the penalty area.
Xanchua took advantage of Alonso's defenselessness and quickly cut forward. He received the ball and was about to shoot a cold shot.
At the crucial moment, Mascherano came forward and used his calf to block the football that Xanchua shot out.
After the slide tackle ended, Mascherano stood up from the ground and looked at the Dortmund player who quickly went to the sideline to kick the ball. He thought to himself, Are they too excited?
Dortmund's momentum was indeed amazing. Plus, the scene was very exciting.
The storm swept over like a wave.
However, they seemed to have overlooked one point.
If there was a team in Europe that could suppress Liverpool, there was only one team: Barcelona.
Being able to suppress the opponent did not mean that they would definitely win!
On the contrary, the Hornets Dortmund did not have the strength to suppress Liverpool, even if it was at home.
However, Liverpool seemed to be willing to be suppressed by the opponent. Dortmund played fast attacks. Before the first attack was over, another attack came. Could Liverpool not play fast?
Of course they could!
However, it was Liverpool who decided when to suddenly attack.
Obviously, Dortmund did not have the ability to control the rhythm of the game.
Today, Liverpool would give them an unforgettable rhythm training lesson.
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