In the following matches, whenever the ball fell to a Borussia Dortmund player, the pace would immediately slow down. Zhou Yi led the entire team in playing possession football, advancing unhurriedly. If the opportunity wasn't great, they wouldn't pass the ball forward. In short, it was good to keep the ball at their feet for an extra second, and they wouldn't easily give up possession.

But when the ball landed on Atlético Madrid's side, it was a completely different style. Atlético Madrid wished they could just kick the ball from their own half directly into Borussia Dortmund's goal. When attacking forward, they mostly used through balls and long passes, rarely passing back and forth in the middle and backfields.

Atlético Madrid hoped to use simple and direct passes to directly attack the Borussia Dortmund's core.

These two completely different styles reflected the different purposes of the two teams.

Borussia Dortmund really was aiming for a draw, just as Zhou Yi had said before the game.

And Atlético Madrid's eagerness to attack was, of course, hoping to score as early as possible, and the more goals the better.

This was their home stadium. They not only wanted to win the game at home, but also win by a large margin, while preventing the opponent from scoring. The task was very heavy.

The two teams' completely opposite goals led to completely different strategies and performances.

But it can't be said that Borussia Dortmund was definitely playing passively. As long as there was an opportunity, Zhou Yi absolutely would not be soft when passing the ball forward.

Sun Pan couldn't completely relax either.

Just like Lewandowski's shot a few minutes after the start of the game, if Sun Pan hadn't been vigilant, the ball might have gone straight in.

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The game was proceeding in two completely different styles.

Although Atlético Madrid's offensive was very fierce and they attacked more often, they were unable to break through Weidenfeller's goal.

On the one hand, Borussia Dortmund's defense itself was very good. On the other hand, the small number of troops invested in the attack allowed Borussia Dortmund to put more energy into defense, which effectively reduced the threat of Atlético Madrid's attack.

At the same time, although Atlético Madrid's offensive was fierce, it lacked variety and was too direct, making it easier for Borussia Dortmund to defend.

So the score was stuck at 0:0.

This score did not change until the end of the first half. There was nothing much to say about the scene, because there were not many exciting moments in the first half overall. Most of the time, it was a stalemate, with mistakes. Borussia Dortmund had few counterattack opportunities, and Atlético Madrid's attack was not very threatening.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the players from both sides walked off the field, and the commentators gave different comments.

The Spanish commentators were not very satisfied with Atlético Madrid's performance in the first half. They believed that Atlético Madrid played too simply and crudely in the first half. It was useless to be so simple and crude against a team like Borussia Dortmund. They should have more routines in their attack. If Zhou Yi were on Atlético Madrid's side, Atlético Madrid might have been two goals ahead in the first half.

The German commentator Marcel Reif was very satisfied with Borussia Dortmund's performance. He also agreed with Zhou Yi that the goal of this game was a draw. Judging from the performance in the first half, Borussia Dortmund had completed half of its goal.

A 0:0 draw against Atlético Madrid away from home meant that Borussia Dortmund's chances of advancing to the semi-finals were over 50%.

The Chinese commentator He Ping was slightly disappointed, because neither team performed very well in the first half, and neither Chinese player had many highlights. Zhou Yi mostly passed the ball sideways and back, with few wonderful passes forward, and Sun Pan didn't make many spectacular saves either.

If this was the highest level of the Chinese derby, it was really disappointing for the Chinese fans who stayed up all night in front of the TV.

As Chinese fans, of course, they hoped that everyone would play more openly in this game, with Borussia Dortmund attacking forward more often, the opposite of what was happening now. In this way, Zhou Yi could contribute more wonderful passes in attack, and Sun Pan would also have more opportunities to show his skills.

But unfortunately, no one usually cares about the opinions of neutral fans. Borussia Dortmund and Atlético Madrid couldn't possibly give up their established tactics to satisfy the wishes of Chinese fans.

During the half-time break, Klopp praised the team's performance in the first half. In his opinion, the team played very well in the first half, and they should play the same way in the second half. But he added one more point: if there were better opportunities in the second half, they should resolutely counterattack—if they could steal an away goal and a victory away from home, who wouldn't want to?

Of course, Klopp didn't explain what constituted a "better opportunity." Anyway, how to judge this kind of opportunity was up to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi had proven in countless games that he had extremely high talent and ability in this regard, so just trust Zhou Yi.

If Zhou Yi thought the opportunity was very good, it was impossible for him to still be passing the ball back and forth in the backfield.

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The atmosphere in Borussia Dortmund's locker room was relatively calm, while the atmosphere in Atlético Madrid's locker room was a bit tense. After all, this was their home stadium, and they had wasted half a game at home. They only had forty-five minutes left to do something. They had to score, and the sooner the better.

Simione constantly encouraged his players in the locker room, telling them to go all out in the second half and show courage.

This didn't feel like playing at their home stadium at all.

It was more like a desperate fight away from home…

When walking from the locker room to the field, Sun Pan also told his teammates to feel free to press forward boldly, not to worry about defense, because he was behind them, and if he said he wouldn't let the opponent score, he definitely wouldn't let them score. This would leave the defensive players available to be used in attack.

Sun Pan was a goalkeeper. He couldn't really contribute much to the team's attack. This was probably the only way he could help the team's attack.

Although he and Zhou Yi were friends, since they met on the field, they were enemies. If they were enemies, who would care about the enemy's feelings and thoughts? Of course, they had to defeat the other party and send him home.

And he believed that Zhou Yi must have the same idea.

No matter how much they related off the field, as long as they met on the field, it was just one word—fight!

Going all out to defeat the other party was the best respect for them.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Borussia Dortmund was still the same unhurried way, while Atlético Madrid's offensive was even more fierce.

Atlético Madrid, who strengthened their offensive, was indeed more threatening. In the first ten minutes of the second half, Atlético Madrid's offensive was very fierce, threatening Borussia Dortmund's goal many times, causing Weidenfeller and Borussia Dortmund's defenders to be flustered and embarrassed to deal with.

This period of time was finally more passionate than the first half, and the Atlético Madrid fans in the Calderón stadium were constantly climaxing, as if the goal was right in front of them.

But unfortunately, Borussia Dortmund withstood Atlético Madrid's offensive and did not lose a goal.

After Atlético Madrid bombarded continuously for ten minutes, seeing that they still couldn't break through Borussia Dortmund's goal, on the one hand, their physical strength needed to be缓一缓 (huǎn yī huǎn - to take a break), and the rhythm had to be slowed down. On the other hand, they were also worried that the gaps behind them would be used by Borussia Dortmund to launch a counterattack. Although Sun Pan took the initiative to say that everyone didn't have to worry about the back, no one would really ignore the defense like that.

Atlético Madrid therefore slowed down.

Atlético Madrid slowed down, but Borussia Dortmund's speed did not increase as a result.

They were still dealing with Atlético Madrid unhurriedly.

When Borussia Dortmund did this, boos began to sound in the sky above Calderón.

At first, the boos were sporadic, but later the boos became louder and louder.

Obviously, Atlético Madrid fans were very dissatisfied with Borussia Dortmund's deliberate delay of the game and passive play.

Of course, they desperately wanted Borussia Dortmund to press forward across the board and counterattack with Atlético Madrid. Anyway, they had Sun Pan behind them, so they were not afraid of Borussia Dortmund's attack. However, after Borussia Dortmund pressed forward to attack, there would be many loopholes in the defense line, which could be seized and used by Atlético Madrid.

However, under the leadership of Zhou Yi, the shameless leader, the entire Borussia Dortmund team turned a blind eye to the boos from the Atlético Madrid fans, and did not change their tactics at all, no matter how loud the boos were.

Borussia Dortmund wasn't in a hurry and didn't come up. Atlético Madrid couldn't wait any longer.

If the game continued to drag on like this, it would be detrimental to Atlético Madrid in the end—Borussia Dortmund could accept a 0:0 draw away from home, but Atlético Madrid definitely couldn't accept it!

So Atlético Madrid, who hadn't had time to catch their breath, had to press up again and surround and grab the ball from the feet of Borussia Dortmund players in the frontcourt. Fortunately, their physical fitness was relatively good, otherwise they really wouldn't be able to run.

But Borussia Dortmund's physical fitness wasn't bad either. Under Zhou Yi's leadership, everyone's passing and running were very tight. Because they were always running, the player with the ball could always find a passing route, so that Atlético Madrid players couldn't easily intercept the ball by pressing. So Borussia Dortmund's passing was relatively smooth.

During this period of time, Zhou Yi brought his ability to pass the ball without observing to the extreme. No matter how Atlético Madrid players pressed, he could pass the ball out before the opponent. So in the end, the Atlético Madrid players had no choice but to foul Zhou Yi.

But doing so was meaningless. Because if they fouled Zhou Yi, the game would be interrupted, and interrupting the game was the result that Borussia Dortmund wanted to see.

Moreover, fouling would put Atlético Madrid players at risk of receiving a card, adding uncertainty to the next second leg match.

However, Atlético Madrid fans didn't care so much. They only saw Zhou Yi fall to the ground as soon as he was touched by an Atlético Madrid player. So as long as Zhou Yi got the ball, the boos were deafening.

In the minds of many Atlético Madrid players, Zhou Yi was completely equated with "diving"...

But in fact, every time they watched the slow-motion replay, they could see that there was no problem with the Atlético Madrid players' fouls, and Zhou Yi's falls were all justified.