Chapter 304: Top Stars and Superstars
Borussia Dortmund beat Stuttgart 2-0 at home to Westphara, and Eintracht Frankfurt failed to win at home to promoted Greithof, and Dortmund moved up to the top of the league table by one point. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although the difference with Bayern Munich is still six points, only 10 league games have been played this season, and there are still 24 rounds to come, and everything is possible.
The home win was Dortmund's seventh of the season in all competitions, and next week's victory at the Bernabeu against Galacticos Real Madrid will be a huge boost to their fighting spirits.
Beats of Baden-Württemberg side Freiburg and Aaron in mid-week and last weekend broke the winless run on the road so far this season.
Breaking the spell will allow the Borussia Dortmund players to take some unnecessary pressure off their feet and put their best foot forward at the Bernabeu next week.
With a home win over Stuttgart, Borussia Dortmund quickly shifted their attention to prepare for the fourth round of the Champions League group stage away to Real Madrid.
In addition to daily training, Tang Zheng spends the rest of his time in the footbonaut training room to improve his instantaneous adaptability.
In the third round of this season's Champions League group, he was able to face Cristiano Ronaldo and complete an instant turn and jam the ball, which is completely related to the footbonaut training room, and Tang Zheng feels that this special training room is of great help to maintain his form.
In addition to defense, the accuracy of passing and the adjustment of shooting crosshairs have been significantly improved.
Real Madrid's home match against Borussia Dortmund in the fourth round of the 2012-2013 Champions League group stage was played at 8:45 p.m. European time on Wednesday, with the entire Dortmund squad taking a flight to Madrid on Tuesday morning.
Arriving in Madrid, the whole team of Dortmund first took a short rest at the hotel, and then had lunch together, and at about half past three in the afternoon, the whole team took the bus provided by the hotel to the Bernabeu Stadium to acclimatize to the venue.
The media has been quite frantic during this period, and Dortmund's home win over Real Madrid in the last round was somewhat expected by the media and experts.
Originally, everyone thought that Real Madrid would win the right to qualify for the group in Group D, but Dortmund defeated Real Madrid 2:1 at home, and Manchester City unexpectedly lost to Ajax, resulting in some subtle changes in the situation of Group D qualification.
Especially if Real Madrid can't beat Borussia Dortmund in the fourth round at home to the group stage, then the situation in Group D will be even more delicate.
Group D has been the biggest focus of this season's Champions League, with the four league champions coming together in a match-up match.
At 4 p.m. local time on November 5, a large number of media reporters came to the Bernabeu Stadium, who were not only watching Dortmund's adaptation to the state of the venue, but also waiting for the regular press conference before the game after the adaptation to the venue.
They wanted to hear from Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp about the purpose of coming to the Bernabeu for this campaign.
Did you come with a draw?
Still is...... Want to win?
Tang Zheng looked around the Bernabeu stadium on the spot, and his first feeling was that it was very imposing.
In addition to a large number of media reporters around the stadium, there are also many UEFA staff, who are in full swing pasting the five-star logo of the Champions League in preparation for the Group D focus tomorrow night.
Although the Camp Nou has a larger capacity than the Bernabeu, Tang Zheng always feels that this stadium is a little more intimate.
With more than 90,000 sky blue seats as the background color, the east and west stands are mixed with some white seats, thus forming twelve capital letters "REAL-MADRID-XF"
Pirlo, who had acclimatised to the same pitch as Borussia Dortmund before the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final at Camp Nou last season, patted Tang Zheng on the shoulder: "How do you feel about this stadium?"
"OK. Tang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and said.
Pirlo smiled and didn't speak, but gave Tang Zheng another meaningful pat on the shoulder before catching up with the rhythm of strength and conditioning coach Oliver Bartlett to warm up for the field.
At the Bernabeu Stadium, Andrea Pirlo has been here many times and even had the opportunity to wear a white shirt, but he didn't make the trip for personal reasons.
Some people say that only by joining Real Madrid can you be considered a real superstar.
In Pirlo's heart, Tang Zheng is already a top star, and there is no need for anything else to set off.
Superstars, measured in time.
However, for the current players, Real Madrid is a club that is hard to refuse......
In the end, it will be up to the Santiago Bernabeu to withstand the attraction of next summer.
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With a lot of media around the stadium capturing wonderful images, Dortmund, who have adapted to the venue, will naturally not play their own tactics at the Bernabeu Stadium, and their simple routines such as warm-ups, monkey passes, and wide crosses have no value at all.
The hour-long acclimatization was soon over, and manager Jurgen Klopp led Tang Zheng to the press conference hall at the Bernabeu Stadium for the visitors' regular pre-match press conference.
Jurgen Klopp, who appeared in the pre-match press conference, was in good spirits, and so far this season, the team has finally broken the curse of winless away games, and the pressure has been released a lot, and he seems to be comfortable and relaxed in the face of media interviews.
Spain's Lionel Messi is clearly unhappy with Jurgen Klopp's self-confidence, with a female Marca journalist who looks to be in her early thirties saying: "Real Madrid have won four and drawn one in the league this season, scoring the most goals at home in La Liga and conceding the fewest goals defensively, so I'm curious to know where Jurgen's confidence comes from." ”
"Oh?" Klopp pouted with a smile: "That's also La Liga, the next game is the Champions League group stage, if I'm not mistaken, Real Madrid narrowly beat Manchester City 3:2 in the first round, right? ”
With that, the German reporters in the press conference hall burst into laughter in solidarity with Klopp.
The two armies are at war, and their respective media armies naturally look at each other unpleasantly.
The Spanish media is high-spirited, but the German media is not used to it.
The female reporter of "Marca" was angry, her silver teeth were clenched, her brain was running at high speed, and she threw out another question: "Dortmund broke the curse of winless away games, the opponent's strength is limited, and there is no ...... at all"
Before the words fell, Klopp waved his hand to interrupt: "I'm sorry beautiful young lady, only one question per person." ”
"Hahaha~"
Suddenly, there was another burst of laughter at the scene, and the female reporter's face instantly sank, black and red.
Immediately, the newspaper spoke about Cristiano Ronaldo's current hot form, having scored a hat-trick at home to Zaragoza in the league last weekend.
Klopp did not directly answer the question of the reporter of the "As" newspaper, but turned his head to look at Tang Zheng.
His meaning is obvious, that is, Tang Zheng will answer.
In the face of countless flashing lights, Tang Zheng reached out to support the microphone in front of him, then glanced at all the reporters present, and said confidently: "My condition is very good, and the whole team is in better shape." ”
The reporter of "As" was stunned when he heard this, and he was stunned.
Tang Zheng's answer was not very sloppy, but it was a thousand pounds.
The Spanish media that supported Real Madrid had a bad appearance, and the next questions were very common, and when it was the turn of German media reporters and Chinese media reporters to ask questions, the atmosphere was good, and they even cooperated with Dortmund to mock Real Madrid intentionally or unintentionally.
After the half-hour pre-match press conference, Tang Zheng and manager Jurgen Klopp waved goodbye to reporters on the spot, and then left with press officer Joseph Schneck to take the van back to the hotel.
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That evening, there was an upset on the first matchday of the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, and Barcelona, known to the media as the Cosmos team, seemed to have lost their magic as they lost 2-1 to Celtic at Celtic Park.
Of course, Barcelona can't blame their bad performance for their loss, but bad luck.
Lionel Messi and Villa both hit the woodwork and missed the chance to equalise.
The happiest fan group for Barcelona to lose is Real Madrid fans, who believe that Barcelona's defeat will bring good luck to Real Madrid.
The next day, Madrid is the capital of Spain and the political, economic and cultural center.
But today, the city is in a frenzy because of it.
It's like a holiday in Madrid, wearing the white jersey of Real Madrid's home stadium on the streets.
Real Madrid is proud to be named the best club of the 20th century, so they consider the team they are backing to be the best in the world, even if the league has been suppressed by Barcelona in the past few seasons.
Jose Mourinho's second season in charge of Real Madrid culminated in a league title and a Champions League semi-final, but Real Madrid fans believe this season is the time to win the treble, namely the league, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.
What Barcelona did in the summer of 2009, Real Madrid will do too!
Sometimes, the expectations of the fans are increasing, which is not necessarily a good thing for the team.
Real Madrid players are now under a lot of pressure, although the Champions League lost 1-2 away to Dortmund in the third round of the league after two consecutive league wins, the first leg of the Copa del Rey 1/16 final was also won smoothly away, three goals were scored in three games, only one goal conceded, but as Klopp said, the Champions League is different.
There was a review after the third round of the Champions League group stage, and Real Madrid had nowhere to suppress Dortmund.
Even from the perspective of midfield control, Real Madrid is inferior to Dortmund.
Therefore, Real Madrid players are under a lot of pressure, especially the star Cristiano Ronaldo, and a large number of media blame him for Real Madrid's away loss, believing that he, as the star of the house, must stand up when the team is in danger......
With two hours to go until matchday 2 of the fourth round of the 2012-2013 Champions League group stage, the 95,000-seat Bernabeu Stadium was already packed.
The pressure on the whole Real Madrid team is huge, and as a fan, it is natural to stand up and share the pressure at this time.
They set up a huge show of Real Madrid's emblem, TIFO, in the south stand, to put pressure on the visiting players and give them a huge boost at the same time.