In the past 19 rounds of the 2010-2011 Bundesliga season, Schalke 04's performance in the league was unsatisfactory, and if it were not for the recovery at the end of the first half of the season, it is estimated that it is still hovering in the relegation zone. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But their overall results can only be described as 'poor'.

You must know that in the summer of 2010, there was a lot of recruitment, including many famous and powerful players such as Raul and Huntelaar.

The high level of investment contrasts with the poor results, and if it weren't for their Champions League last-16 finish, Magath would have packed up his bags and gone home unemployed.

With a top-three finish in the league a struggling season, head coach Magath has gone further in the German Cup and Champions League.

At the same time, he also believes that Borussia Dortmund will certainly relax in the German Cup with a high chance of winning the league.

But what about the facts?

Borussia Dortmund's home league game against Stuttgart has been reserved for the knockout rounds of the German Cup.

Therefore, the 2010-2011 German Cup quarter-finals at the Battlens Arena will be very difficult, and according to the form of Schalke players in the domestic league, it will be difficult to beat Dortmund even at home.

In fact, according to normal logic, even if Dortmund is not retained in the league, they will not slack off in the Ruhr derby.

The Ruhr derby, one of the hottest derbies in the world.

Someone once said that even if you lose the whole world, you won't lose a Ruhr derby.

Schalke 04, Hao Junmin quickly returned to Gelsenkirchen, Germany after the Chinese team was eliminated from the quarterfinals, and he has been training with the team for a week.

With Atsuto Uchida following the Japanese national team to the Asian Cup, Hao Junmin will likely start in the next match in the Ruhr zone.

As a result, many Chinese media and fans are interested in the Ruhr derby, and they are waiting for the Chinese players who play for their respective teams to deliver a perfect answer.

Especially Hao Junmin, he is not the absolute main force of Schalke now, he is more of a main substitute.

At 8 p.m. local time on January 25, at the Feltings Arena in Gelsenkirchen, the quarter-finals of the 2010-2011 German Cup between Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund kicked off first.

There was no surprise from the Chinese media, Hao Junmin started, but he played not in the usual right midfielder, but at right wing-back.

However, for Hao Junmin personally, it is very good to be able to get the opportunity to play.

When you have the opportunity to play, you will have a performance, and if you have a good performance, you will impress the head coach Magath.

Before the game, former Real Madrid captain Raul, who had a war of words with Tang Zheng at the beginning of the season, talked about the upcoming German Cup quarter-finals, and he admitted that it would be Schalke 04 who won the final game.

Most of the Dortmund players laughed at this.

Tang Zheng said in an interview with the media: "It was Schalke 04 who won? This is the funniest joke I have ever heard!"

There has never been a shortage of verbal battles in the Ruhr derby, and this time it will be the same, but the contrast between the fighting power of each other now makes it seem that Dortmund have a better chance of winning.

In order to perform better in the Ruhr derby, Dortmund have reserved a league game at home to Stuttgart, so even if Dortmund is a guest, they play very carefully.

Schalke 04 don't know what has happened this season, they are soaring in the Champions League, but their performance in the domestic arena is full of fatigue, giving people a feeling of inadequacy.

Only the right side of Artemisia Junmin's defense slightly reassures Magath, and the others, like the left and middle defenses, can be described as a tofu scum project.

In the 28th minute, Metzeld, who returned to Germany on a free transfer from Real Madrid, was beaten by the Polish pair of Kuba and Piszczek.

Kuba drew Hvedes out of the box and then crossed decisively, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer dropped the shot, but Tang Zheng was one step ahead of him and jumped high midway to change the trajectory of the ball.

There was no protection in front of the goal, and the football fell into the empty goal.

Schalke 04 trailed Borussia Dortmund 0-1 at home.

Raul and Huntelaar worked hard to help their side equalise at home, but they found it difficult to find a shot with Subotic and Hummels in close defence.

In addition, Tang Zheng often makes up for the defense in the penalty area to participate in the defense, and Schalke 04's counterattack thunders and rains.

Until the end of the first half, the score remained unchanged.

In the second half, he changed sides and fought again, I don't know if there was no way to win against Dortmund in a row, which caused Farfan to lose control of his emotions, and he kicked the ball to the sideline when the referee awarded a foul.

The referee on duty did not hesitate to show him the second yellow card of the game, and Schalke 04, who was playing at home, played one less.

Falling behind and playing one less person is undoubtedly a huge disaster for Schalke 04.

Just before the end of the second half, Gotze scored another goal when he received Tang Zheng's through ball into the box and hit Neuer with a crotch ball.

In the end, Dortmund beat Schalke 04 2:0 away and entered the semi-finals of the German Cup.

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Schalke 04 were knocked out of the semi-finals of the German Cup at home by arch-rival Borussia Dortmund, and the local media in Gelsenkirchen did not give Magath a good look, and they collectively pressed the club's top management to fire the current highest-paid manager in the Bundesliga early.

A day later, the three teams in the semi-finals of the 2010-2011 German Cup were announced.

In addition to Bayern's normal semi-finals of the German Cup, the other two teams that qualified for the semi-finals of the German Cup were surprising: Otbus and Duisburg from the Bundesliga.

They were surprised solely because the eliminated teams were all from the Bundesliga.

Cartbus beat Hoffenheim 1-0 away and Duisburg beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 at home.

Next, the German media focused on the semi-final draw.

They all believe that the German Football Association will definitely stagger Dortmund and Bayern Munich from the Bundesliga for the sake of the German Cup, so as to repeat last season's German Cup final.

However, the result was often a surprise, with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich from the Bundesliga meeting in the semi-finals of the German Cup, while Botbus and Duisburg from the Bundesliga were battling.

Immediately, the German Football Association did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and the semi-final between Dortmund and Bayern Munich was scheduled for 8:30 p.m. on March 1 at the Allianz Arena.

The round of the league before the start of the German Cup semi-finals coincided with Bayern Munich's home game against Dortmund, which means that Dortmund did not need to return to Dortmund after playing the 24th round of the 2010-2011 Bundesliga, they only needed to wait for three days......

After the quarter-finals of the German Cup, Borussia Dortmund have only one final league game left in January, when they travel to Wolfsburg.

Today's Wolfsburg is no longer the Wolfsburg team that won the championship in 2008-2009, and their captain Dzeko also switched to the Premier League's new giants Manchester City during the winter break.

After 19 rounds, Wolfsburg have only 23 points, 26 points clear of Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table and just four points above the relegation zone.

Against a slump in form against Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund beat the home side by three goals in a bloodless away game.

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In February, Borussia Dortmund have six games, four league games and two Europa League 1/16 finals.

Of these six games, four more were hard-fought battles.

Schalke 04, home and away against Porto, away against Bayern Munich.

Fortunately, the initial schedule is not intensive, so you can play well and wait until the Europa League knockout round starts before releasing the league.

After all, the league lead is very big now, as long as the rest of the league is not lost, the chance of winning the league championship is very high.

Borussia Dortmund lost to Borussia Dortmund at the Feltings Arena before their big win at Wolfsburg, and now Schalke 04 are not fancied when they arrive at Westphazard Lun after a gap of ten days.

It is also unknown if Dortmund, who are playing at home, have been influenced by the media, and they did not win at home against Schalke 04.

At the end of 90 minutes, the two sides stood at 0:0

The game was much more boring than the game at Battlens Arena ten days ago, with no more than 10 shots on goal from either side.

After all the rounds of the league were over, some media found a very interesting phenomenon.

That is, Dortmund have drawn five games this season against Hoffenheim, and the other four teams are all bottom 10 in the league, namely: 2:2 draw with Werder Bremen, 0:0 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt, 1:1 draw with Stuttgart, 0:0 draw with Schalke 04.

Werder Bremen is 13th in the league with 23 points from 21 rounds, Eintracht Frankfurt is 10th with 27 points, Stuttgart is 17th with 17 points, and Schalke 04 is 11th with 26 points.

In the words of the Chinese media, it is -- robbing the rich and helping the poor!

Since the media began to pay attention to Dortmund's 'robbing the rich and helping the poor', they have been particularly concerned about Dortmund's away challenge to Kaiserslautern's league to see if Dortmund is really 'robbing the rich and helping the poor'.

Kaiserslautern fit the bill in terms of the league standings, having picked up just 22 points from the last 21 rounds and sitting 14th in the league.

While the media focused on whether Dortmund were 'robbing the rich and giving to the poor', the Dortmund coaching staff had shifted their attention and noticed the first leg of the Europa League 1/16 final after the away challenge to Kaiserslautern.

At the end of the 21st round of the league, Dortmund is already 17 points ahead of Bayer Leverkusen, who are second in the league, so the league can put aside for the time being and concentrate on preparing for the knockout stage of the Europa League.

Besides, Porto are not under much pressure in the league at the moment, they are already preparing for the first leg of the Europa League 1/16 final, and they are waiting to be at the Dragon Stadium in the middle of next week!

Therefore, Dortmund cannot be left behind......

(To be continued.) )