Chapter 63: Passing and High-Pressure Defense

"Dortmund was suppressed by Arsenal!"

Zhan Jun grinned and said, "Arsenal is very experienced in playing with three central defenders. Arsenal has restrained this system more than once before. Now Dortmund has put out this lineup again. It's really..."

Zhan Jun was a little helpless. Dortmund's tactical choice was wrong. It was right to increase the attack against Arsenal, but the defensive strength could not be sacrificed.

Zhang Lu on the other side said; "The three-center-back lineup, to put it bluntly, is to increase the number of people in the midfield and frontcourt, so as to achieve more ball control purposes!"

"But the problem is that Arsenal does not defend with you in their own midfield and backcourt at all! Their pressing area is in the frontcourt, and Dortmund's three center-backs have become a weak point!"

"We can see that Dortmund center-back Subotic has made a big kick to clear the ball more than once. This is a signal that the passing and control cannot be carried out, and it also shows that Arsenal has cut off their passing channels!"

"In this case, it is a bit puzzling to force the passing and control!"

Zhan Jun: "Bos! This may be a tactical arrangement of desperate efforts, but he also needs to take responsibility after the failure!"

At this time, Arsenal has obviously taken the advantage on the field.

And with Arsenal's ability, they have a higher efficiency in scoring goals when they control the advantage.

"Look! Lekai has gone up!"

Zhang Lu pointed to the screen, and Lekai had stepped out of the half in the camera.

After confirming that Dortmund could not put too much pressure on their own backcourt, Lekai also participated in the attack.

Moreover, Lekai can also increase the pressing and intercepting capabilities in the frontcourt.

Dortmund's life is even more difficult now.

"Damn it!"

Shinji Kagawa played very frustrated.

In the league, they played smoothly, and against Wolfsburg, they played a 6-1 record with a three-back formation.

But when facing Arsenal in the Champions League, they were restrained very uncomfortably.

This is not a gap in players and abilities, but a clear tactical problem.

Arsenal knows how to restrain this tactical system.

After Lekai ran to the frontcourt, he increased the efficiency of pressing.

Dortmund's formation was compressed again.

They could only retreat quickly through short passes, and could not make full use of the width of the field when passing.

Whenever they wanted to pass the ball, Arsenal would quickly block the passing channel and even get close to the receiver.

This forced Dortmund to pass back.

But once they pass back, Arsenal will continue to move forward and continue to press.

Finally, they break through their three defenders and make a long clearance.

It's a very simple tactic, but it's unsolvable.

At least Dortmund doesn't know how to solve it at the moment.

Through the players' personal abilities?

Does anyone in Dortmund dare to guarantee that they can get past Luka?

This is the ultimate problem.

The tactical system is not good, and the players' abilities are not enough.

This has caused the problem of being suppressed comprehensively.

Of course, although Dortmund is suppressed, its defense is still very good.

After all, it is also some of Klopp's legacy.

But if it continues like this, Arsenal will continue to force it.

Just when Dortmund was racking their brains to find a solution, Arsenal suddenly started a problem.

Luka received a pass from the backcourt.

Mane and Wilshere suddenly made a cross-run, which also affected the opponent's defense line to move. During the movement, there was a short gap.

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Lekai aimed at this gap and stuffed the ball behind the full-back.

The ball almost rolled over the ankle of the defensive midfielder Sahin. It was a bit dangerous, but it was still successful.

Seeing the ball successfully pass through, Wilshere also ran as fast as he could to chase the ball.

The moment he caught up with the ball, Wilshere did not stop the ball, ran in an arc, and directly chose to cross the ball.

Faced with this sudden change, Dortmund's defense line was a little panicked.

Especially Subotic, who needed to defend Giroud alone at this time.

This is a big problem.

Giroud's header ability is obvious to all. During the two people's jump, Giroud obviously has the advantage.

Although Subotic caused interference, Giroud still headed the ball.

"Giroud! Header!"

The commentator yelled.

The ball hit the ground, and the Dortmund goalkeeper split, and his calf just landed at the landing point of the ball.

The ball hit goalkeeper Burki's calf and bounced back into the penalty area.

Schmelzer chose to turn around and dribble the ball to clear the ball.

The ball hit Aubameyang and flew out of the sideline.

Dortmund saved a crisis.

But the ball still did not cross the half court, but was thrown by hand near the corner.

Schmelzer ran over to throw the ball.

He did not dare to throw the ball back, even though Subotic was behind him, but the Arsenal players were eyeing it.

Schmelzer could only throw the ball far away.

He hoped that the midfielder could control the ball.

But when he just threw it out and Sahin was waiting to stop the ball, someone came out from behind.

"Be careful!"

Schmelzer exclaimed immediately.

But he still finished shouting.

Lekai pushed Sahin away from behind, used his chest to push the ball forward, and laid the ball near the penalty area line.

Then Lekai chased the ball with big strides, facing the rebounding ball, and shot directly without making any adjustments.

Bang! ! !

Dortmund goalkeeper Burki made a wonderful save and saved the ball from going out of bounds.

"Schmelzer threw the sideline ball, Sahin waited for Kai!! Suddenly moved forward to intercept, and shot directly from this position!! Oh~~~~~ Burki!! Burki made a wonderful save, if it weren't for Burki, Dortmund would have lost the ball!!"

The commentator said excitedly.

Isn't the rhythm picking up?

Arsenal has started to exert its strength.

Two consecutive shots, although they failed to score, put a lot of pressure on Dortmund.

But it must be said that Dortmund goalkeeper Burki is in really good shape and very focused.

Lekai's move forward was very sudden this time, and his shot was beyond everyone's expectations.

But Burki still saved the ball flying to the lower left corner.

With this kind of concentration, Burki kept Dortmund's goal intact.

But Arsenal also got a corner kick opportunity for this.

You know, in the previous game against Manchester City, Arsenal scored two corner kick goals.

This also requires Dortmund to be cautious enough.

Robertson took a penalty kick.

He raised his hand to signal.

At this time, Wilshere suddenly ran towards the corner kick area.

Dortmund full-back Papastathopoulos immediately followed, but Robertson actually kicked the ball directly at this time.

The ball landed just where Papastathopoulos had stood before.

"Oh no!"

Papastathopoulos just turned his head.

He saw Ramsey appear there, facing the falling ball and volleying directly.

Ding! !

The ball hit the crossbar and bounced out, and Giroud headed the ball halfway.

He wanted to head it directly into the goal, but the height of the ball was a bit high, and it went directly into the air.

Goalkeeper Burki seized the opportunity, sprinted wildly and picked up the ball.

"Arsenal's tactical corner kick? No direct penalty kick, Ramsey is here! Volley! Ah!!! Crossbar! And! Giroud's header, this ball is too high!"

Zhan Jun shook his head with regret.

Arsenal failed to seize the opportunity to score a goal.

Ramsey and Giroud also looked regretful.

However, they were not discouraged, after all, these few attacks have already explained the problem.

Arsenal is still in the advantage.

And how long can Dortmund hold up against Arsenal's attack?

With this offensive rhythm, Dortmund will soon be unable to bear it.

Lekai also loudly encouraged his teammates, and gave Ramsey and Giroud a thumbs up, indicating a good shot.

Although the two failed to score, they boosted Arsenal's morale.

Their next attack will only become more fierce.

"Dortmund's disadvantage is too great. Although they did not lose the ball, it is only a matter of time before they lose the ball according to this situation."

"There is still time left at this time"

Zhan Jun was stunned.

He found that the game had reached the 43rd minute, and there were only 2 minutes left before the end of the first half.

Time passed so quickly?

And Dortmund was almost through the halftime.

This was something he did not expect.

But making adjustments during the halftime break was extremely critical for Dortmund.