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Klopp felt a chill on his neck, and he raised his head. The cold raindrops fell on his face, and his eyes on his left were blurred.

Damn it, it actually rained.

Klopp pulled the heavy down jacket on his body, put on the hat, rubbed and heated it hard with both hands, leaned to his mouth and breathed a sigh of relief, and a ball of white mist rose in front of him.

This year, the cold winter in Europe came and left slowly.

In early March, it had just fallen heavily in Paris, causing traffic paralysis, and many citizens even took to the streets to protest.

The temperature in Dortmund is not much better than that in Paris, but I just can't stand the rainy climate here. It's too much but not too big. It stops from time to time, making the air wet. I feel very uncomfortable as if I've just been thrown out of the washing machine.

But what makes Klopp feel even more uncomfortable is the court.

Visiting the Princes Park Stadium and challenging Paris Saint-Germain led by Gao Han is regarded as a key battle for self-testing by Klopp. He wants to prove to Gao Han the progress he has made in the past two years.

Yes, he is a very good friend of Gao Han. During his coaching at Bayern Munich, Gao Han also helped him a lot. He did not receive guidance from Gao Han on his coaching path. But like all professional head coaches, he was proud to defeat Gao Han and eager to compete with Gao Han in the Champions League.

The Champions League quarterfinals knockout stage is undoubtedly a very good platform.

To this end, after learning that he had won Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarterfinals, Klopp and his team immediately prepared a detailed analysis report and preparation plan, which simply regarded the first leg of the two sides as the Champions League final.

Paris Saint-Germain's offensive this season is a tide, and the most eye-catching thing is the iron triangle of the midfield.

Last season, Paris Saint-Germain's midfield combination was Pastorre, Yaya Toure and Pirlo. He had more than the ball, but he was not sharp enough. Especially in terms of offense and defense conversion, Pastorre did not do well enough. This season, Gao Han continued his past tradition of being good at transforming players and transformed winger Di Maria into a midfield.

The midfield iron triangle of Di Maria, Yaya Toure and Pirlo has become the most surprising combination of European football this season, especially veteran Pirlo, who is the most indispensable core of Paris Saint-Germain's back-end organization and a crucial member.

To freeze Paris Saint-Germain's attack, you must freeze Pirlo.

"Our goal is to prevent Pirlo from participating in the game. Once he can do whatever he wants, we will not be able to defend Paris Saint-Germain, but if we can block Pirlo, the game will be completely different."

This was a loud warning in the locker room before the game, and the players also meticulously implemented Klopp's tactics from the beginning of the game. From the beginning of the game, Dortmund pushed forward and tried to oppress his opponent.

But in the end, the price paid was that Paris Saint-Germain's midfield iron triangle firmly gained the upper hand.

Gao Han obviously expected Klopp's plan, and obviously knew that Dortmund would use Pirlo to make a fuss, so he pulled back the team's ball control area in this game, making Yaya Toure even further back, echoing Pirlo.

Adding to Marcelo and Azpilicueta on both wings, David Luis and Thiago Silva behind him, this makes it difficult for Dortmund to freeze Pirlo. Italian veterans are always able to gain room for activity by flexibly moving the run.

Not to mention limiting Pirlo, Dortmund paid the price for his own pressure just four minutes into the game.

Pirlo's long pass fell accurately to the left side of the front court.

Suarez led two of Dortmund's defensive players to chase the ball quickly. In the end, the Uruguayan striker, who was prepared, took the lead. After stopping the ball, he protected the ball on the wing and passed it back to Marcelo who was inserted.

After receiving the pass, Marcelo took the opportunity to enter the penalty area. After passing through Gundogan, he passed the ball into the penalty area.

In the penalty area, Neymar took the lead and stopped Marcelo's cross, wiped the opponent's central defender, and then formed a one-on-one strike, directly pushed the ball and hit the goal, which was the first record for Paris Saint-Germain.

There is a saying that goes right: the head coach will lead the same team.

Klopp knew his team's personality very well, and he did not stop the team because like the players on his field, he was unwilling to give up and wanted to equalize the score. He also knew very well that once he retreated, the defense might be more stable, but the team would have difficulty with hope of turning the situation around.

So, after conceding a goal, Dortmund pressed more and the defense began to race against the forwards of Paris Saint-Germain, which made Paris Saint-Germain players frequently fall into offside traps, while Paris Saint-Germain continued to enjoy trying to send the ball behind Dortmund's defense.

Gradually, Klopp gradually realized the difficulty of the midfield combination of Paris Saint-Germain.

Although Pirlo is old, he is still strong and has rich experience. He is calm in the organization and dispatch, and is extremely good at long and short passes. Yaya Toure is very comprehensive. He can not only provide interception and steals and defense hardness to the midfield, but also has excellent ability to take and dribble the ball. After intercepting the ball, he can send the ball in time and can also forward and participate in the offense.

Di Maria is the trick of this three-man midfield combination. After changing from the wing to the middle, his contribution to the defensive end was shocking. He ran physically and defended tenaciously. These are completely different from his time at Real Madrid. But what is even more rare is that he is very comprehensive, proficient in passing and breakthroughs, and he is at ease in the middle of the wing.

The moment that best reflects Di Maria's ability happened in the 18th minute of the first half.

At that time, Dortmund was launching a counterattack. Gotze had just crossed the center line. Di Maria tried hard to defend, entangled Gotze, broke the ball down, turned around and passed the ball directly against the ground with her left foot, accurately sending the ball to Dortmund's 30-meter area.

Suarez quickly retreated from the front and pulled out a central defender. Facing Di Maria's pass, he directly touched the ball and passed the ball directly behind the defense line. Aubameyang quickly reversed offside like lightning, surpassing Schmelzer, and formed a single shot and easily scored.

Two to zero!

Two goals, each one is wonderful!

Dortmund's morale was greatly hit by conceding two goals in a row.

No matter how reluctant Klopp was, he had to change his tactics and adjust his original forward pressure to retract his defense. He set up two compact defense lines in front of the Paris Saint-Germain player holding the ball, making it impossible for Paris Saint-Germain to face the goal directly easily.

Paris Saint-Germain had two goals in hand and played more patiently, starting to stabilize the pace of the game by controlling the ball.

With just twenty minutes of continuous fast-paced offense and defense, Dortmund ended with a complete defeat.

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The second half has been around for about ten minutes.

The raindrops waving in the sky became denser and denser, but people stood on the sidelines but felt colder.

Just like Klopp's mood at this moment.

After retreating, Dortmund completely lost the ability to limit his opponents. Paris Saint-Germain completely dominated the game, controlled the ball unscrupulously, and planned the attack again and again.

With the arrival of this drizzle, the field became more slippery. Under the pressing and interference of the home team players, Dortmund's passes and receiving mistakes became more and more, and his defense began to be in a difficult position, looking very embarrassed.

This made everyone believe that if Dortmund continues to lose the ball again.

"Be careful and try to get the ball away from the 30-meter zone as quickly as possible."

Klopp walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly to the players on the court.

He was very aware of the team's problems and potential crises. He hoped that the players could play more steadily, make fewer mistakes, or even no mistakes, especially within the 30-meter area.

After Dortmund retreated, he tried to intercept the ball many times and directly launched a long pass, but Thiago Silva and David Luis performed very steadily, and the long passes came to the frontcourt, which was basically controlled by Paris Saint-Germain, so the Hornets players tried to control the ball.

But with the arrival of the rain, the field was slippery, and Dortmund made many mistakes in passing and receiving the ball.

Once the opponent is intercepted by the ball in the 30-meter area, it is a very dangerous thing.

There was such a mistake just now. Fortunately, Sven Bend made a timely foul, but Pirlo's direct free kick almost penetrated Dortmund's goal a little bit, which also reminded Dortmund that the Italian midfielder's free kick was the best in the world.

After walking to the sidelines to remind the players, Klopp reached out to wipe his face, his hands covered with water as he walked back.

"This damn weather!" the German cursed indignantly.

On the court, Paris Saint-Germain organized another attack and tried to send the ball into the penalty area.

But it was soon intercepted by Dortmund's central defender and quickly moved to the feet of Piszczek on the right.

Neymar chose to go forward to interfere immediately. Piscek flew a shot and saw that Gundogan was still in the penalty area in the middle, and directly passed the ball across the front of the penalty area with a force, wanting to pass it to Sven Bend, who was unguarded.

Bend also responded very promptly and stopped the ball as soon as possible.

But unexpectedly, the ball was covered with water, wet and slippery, and when the ball was stopped, it accidentally stopped getting bigger.

Yaya Toure, who had already decided to retreat, reacted quickly. Suddenly, he sprinted and cut between Bend and the ball. After blocking Bend with his body, he controlled the ball with his long legs and drove the ball forward.

Suddenly, Dortmund's defense turned from offense to defense, and Dortmund's defense was shocked.

Yaya Toure blocked Sven Bend by his side, and he couldn't stop him by letting Sven Bend pull him hard. He dribbled the ball directly to the front of the penalty area, passed the ball directly to Suarez's feet. The Uruguayan took advantage of the situation and then suddenly hit the lower left corner.

The ball quickly crashed into the bottom of Dortmund's goal net with rain from the turf.

Suarez rushed out of the court excitedly in the rain curtain, slid and rushed to the edge of the stands.

All the fans in the audience cheered wildly.

Paris Saint-Germain players rushed out one after another, surrounding Suarez.

On the sidelines, Klopp, who had just turned around, witnessed all this happening with his own eyes. He patted his forehead hard and shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Yaya Toure's ability to drive the ball, especially at the forefront of the penalty area, is really quite large.

Before the game, he had repeatedly reminded his players, but he was still used.
Chapter completed!