Chapter 155: Messing In......
With Borussia Dortmund's narrow win over Hoffenheim on the road, they now have 66 points and are unbeaten in the league. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The second-placed team in the league is also from North Rhine-Westphalia, with Bayer Leverkusen currently with 14 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats, accumulating 49 points, and are now 17 points away from Borussia Dortmund, who are top of the league.
With eight league games remaining, there is not much suspense for Borussia Dortmund to win the league title this season.
Dortmund's next eight league opponents are Mainz, Hannover 96, Hamburg, Freiburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Nuremberg, Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt.
These opponents say that they are not strong, and they are not weak when they say that they are weak.
The exact outcome can only be determined by the process of the competition.
However, for Borussia Dortmund, it is not the league title that is at stake, as they are so close to the league title that it is only a matter of time.
They will next return to Westphalia to take on CSKA Moscow in an attempt to win the Europa League.
Their first-leg draw away to CSKA Moscow left plenty of suspense in the second leg, but Dortmund fans believe that the team is now in good shape and will not have a hard time winning the opposition.
Manager Jurgen Klopp is a little worried, and striker Barrios, who has been in excellent form this season, has injured his thigh muscle and will have to recuperate for at least a week.
Borussia Dortmund, who are without Barrios, have also shown signs of weakness up front, otherwise they would not have drawn away to CSKA Moscow and narrowly beaten Hoffenheim in the league.
So Klopp was worried about the team's attack when he was training in the team.
Lewandowski is well-rounded and talented, but after all, he has only proven himself in the Polish league and has not been able to bring out his best performance.
And all of this takes time to accumulate.
What Dortmund lacks most today is time.
After the league ended, the focus of the German media was also on the Champions League and Europa League.
In Europe, there are four remaining teams in the Bundesliga, namely Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 are representing the Bundesliga in the Champions League, while Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen are representing the Bundesliga in the Europa League.
Judging by the results of the first leg at the end, all four teams have a good chance of advancing to the next round.
First up on European competition on Champions League day is Schalke 04, who host La Liga side Valencia.
After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Schalke 04 at the Firmings Arena defeated Valencia 3:1 at home and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with an aggregate score of 4:2 with an opening goal from Artemisia Junmin and a goal from Farfan in each half.
Artemisia Junmin, who helped Schalke 04 score an ice-breaking goal, became the target of Chinese media boasting.
In addition to Tang Zheng's outstanding performance in Europe, they also have Artemisia Junmin!
The local media in Gelsenkirchen also rarely took the initiative to talk about Artemisia Junmin, or even praise him.
Bayern, who sacked coach Louis van Gaal, ahead of schedule, take on Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena on their second Champions League match day of the week.
Although Bayern Munich executives fired Van Gaal, many media are still optimistic about Bayern's prospects for qualifying.
They have picked up a goal and a win on the road, and a draw at home will see them progress to the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League.
However, a home draw was only an ideal result, with Bayern Munich losing their manager conceding the first goal in the opening three minutes, and it was Samuel Eto'o, one of Inter's Champions League winners last season, who scored the goal.
In the twenty-first minute, the Allianz Arena fell into a full-scale carnival!
Gomez, who has been in excellent form this season, helped his team equalise!
Ten minutes later, Bayern scored another goal to make it 2:1
Inter Milan will need to score two more goals in the remaining game time if they want to progress to the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League.
The Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena were quite excited, and their cheers continued to continue, as if they were celebrating the team's advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League!
What if you don't win the league?
We can compete for the Champions League, the highest club in the world!
The result?
The second half was a change of season, with Sneijder's long-range strike in the second half equalising for Inter.
Inter Milan's equaliser was impressive, and Juncker, who was interim head coach, appeared to lack the ability to adapt on the spot, and he did not make effective adjustments after Sneijder's equaliser, laying the groundwork for Inter's stunner.
In the 88th minute, Samuel Eto'o burst into the box and picked up Breno as he cut inside on the left, and Pandev fired a shot 14 yards out that slotted past Kraft's Bayern goal.
And this goal was also the last goal of the game.
Inter Camillan reversed Bayern 3:2 away, and with an aggregate score of 3:3, Bayern beat Bayern to advance to the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League with the advantage of more away goals!
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Schalke 04 is the only one left of the two teams representing the Bundesliga in the Champions League, so the German media is also very concerned about the two Bundesliga teams representing the Bundesliga in the Europa League while criticizing Bayern.
Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen kick off at the same time on Europa League day, but their results are likely to be very different.
Borussia Dortmund drew away at CSKA Moscow from the Russian Premier League in the first leg and will have a good chance of beating their opponents and progressing to the quarter-finals when they return home in the second leg.
Bayer Leverkusen were different, they lost 2-3 at home in the first leg, and they were not very favored by the German media when they went to the Love Song Stadium.
Sure enough!
Villarreal, who sat at the Love Song Stadium, defeated Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Europa League with an aggregate score of 5-3.
It is worth mentioning that it was Tang Zheng's friend at River Plate, Matteo Musacchio, who helped Villarreal score the goal.
In the other match played at the same time, Borussia Dortmund did not disappoint at the Lun Stadium in Westphara, as the Bundesliga leaders educated CSKA Moscow from Eastern Europe.
3:0
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, the scoreboard showed the score.
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
Most media outlets thought Borussia Dortmund would struggle to score in the absence of Barrios, but ...... Tang Zheng, who wore the captain's armband and played the whole game, told everyone that as long as he was there, Dortmund, who was in Westpha, was an invincible existence!
A goal, an assist, and a goal planner.
Tang Zheng once again handed over a perfect answer sheet at Westphalen Stadium!
In the end, Dortmund eliminated CSKA Moscow with an aggregate score of 3:0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
They became the only remaining team in the Bundesliga to win the Champions League, following Schalke 04 as the only team in the Bundesliga to win the Champions League.
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Borussia Dortmund's progress to the quarter-finals of the Europa League was not expected by many media outlets, but their clean three-goal win over CSKA Moscow at home was a bit of a surprise.
Barrios have been in excellent form this season, helping Dortmund to 26 goals and four assists in all competitions, arguably one of the biggest contributors to Dortmund's unbeaten run in all competitions.
It was his constant scoring that helped Dortmund win game after game.
Therefore, in the absence of Barrios due to injury, many media believe that Dortmund's attack will be affected to a certain extent.
And Dortmund have scored just one goal in their last two games, as evidenced by that!
But at this time, Tang Zheng stood up.
He told everyone that Dortmund had him...... Enough!
The next day, UEFA held a draw at its headquarters in Nyon, and Schalke 04, the only remaining Bundesliga player in the Champions League, drew Inter Milan in the quarterfinals.
Borussia Dortmund, the only remaining side in the Europa League, drew last season's Eredivisie champions FC Twente, home and away.
The results of the two draws came out, and the family in North Rhine-Westphalia was happy and worried.
Although Inter Milan lost the title coach Jose Mourinho last summer, the team did not suffer any injuries, and the main players were there.
Schalke 04 is different, with Magath and the team's hierarchy at odds, even if he led the team to the Champions League quarterfinals, Schalke 04's hierarchy decided to let him go on Europa League day......
At a critical time, the head coach is out of class, and the German media are worried that Schalke 04 will repeat the mistakes of Bayern Munich......
Borussia Dortmund's draw was different, as their opponents were last season's Eredivisie champions, but with the departure of the decorated manager McClaren, the team's performance declined rapidly.
Therefore, the German media is not optimistic about Schalke 04, only Dortmund.
Looking at the relevant reports in the German media, Dortmund fans are very excited, and they can show off their power for a while......
Of course, Schalke 04 entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and as fans, they will not admit defeat in front of their mortal enemies.
Add to that the fact that they are backing a team that plays in the Champions League, the highest glory of the club on the planet, which is much more advanced than Borussia Dortmund's Europa League......
So the Schalke fans who refused to admit defeat said: "We can win the Champions League, what if you win the league, the German Cup, the Europa League?"
Dortmund fans scoffed and sarcastically said: "The Champions League is so easy to get?
In the face of the sarcasm of their sworn enemies, Schalke fans do not have much confidence, after all, the difficulty of the Champions League is very high......
Not to mention that there is a mountain like Inter Milan in front of him, even if he is lucky enough to advance to the last four of the Champions League, the future is very worrying.
Real Madrid drew Lyon, Barcelona drew Shakhtar Donetsk, and Manchester United drew Chelsea, which means that the remaining three opponents who finally advanced to the semifinals of this season's Champions League are all top European giants!
You can feel it when you think about it. The road ahead is bumpy......
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Three days later, Borussia Dortmund take on the 27th opponent of the season, Mainz, at the Westfal Stadium.
Mainz started the season in excellent form, equalling Borussia Dortmund's best start to the season, but with their league defeat to Borussia Dortmund, the season's biggest dark horse seemed to have lost its original color.
In the middle and late stages, they became typical dark horse representatives, and their performance was not stable enough.
By now, they have dropped out of the top four.
If you want to retain your place in the Europa League next season, you will have to pick up some points in the second half of the league.
Mainz, who did not have a European mission, was obviously stronger in physical reserves than Dortmund, which had a European mission, and from the first second of the game, the visiting Mainz had the meaning of anti-guest.
The later in the league, the more the team's physical reserves are tested.
Mainz, who have an average of one game per week, clearly don't have this problem, and they can run at any cost and use their running to increase their chances.
Mainz's goal at the Westphalia Stadium was a windfall from running at all costs.
Schurrle instantly counter-grabbed Owomoyela, who was in rotation after conceding the ball, causing the opponent's ball to be too weak, which was cut off by Holtby in advance, and then smashed straight into the Yellow Dragon.
Mainz, who had been in excellent form on the road, led for 85 minutes at one point, but it was then that Tang Zheng stepped up and headed home from a corner kick from Shahin to help Dortmund retain their unbeaten run this season.
With Bayer Leverkusen beating Schalke 04 by two goals at home in another North Rhine-Westphalia derby later in the country, Borussia Dortmund's lead in the table has been reduced to 15 points.
Of course, with seven league games remaining, it will be difficult for Borussia Dortmund, who are up to 15 points ahead, to lose the title.
Not to mention that Bayer Leverkusen will win all the remaining leagues, and Dortmund will not be defeated in the remaining seven league games, so the suspense of this season's league title will not be too uncertain.
Borussia Dortmund will continue to play at home against Hannover 96.
If this game is placed in the first half of the season, many media may think that there is not much suspense, but after most of the season, many fans will find that there are teams in the league standings......
Borussia Dortmund have been at the top of the table this season and have never fallen, Bayer Leverkusen have experienced a slump at the beginning of the season, and are back on track under the leadership of veteran coach Heynckes, and in the last round they beat Schalke 04 at home, finishing second in the league is a normal result.
But when they see the third place in the standings, many people will feel shocked, because the third place is Hannover 96, which is thrilling relegation every year!
However, in terms of league points, there is still a certain gap between the two, with Dortmund with 67 points and Hannover with 49 points from 96, a full eighteen points less than Dortmund.
There are still two international breaks before this game, though.
During the international break, Tang Zheng's attention was still focused on the training routine of long-range left-footed shots.
A few months on, his training on his left foot has been quite good.
But if you want to be as agile as your right foot, it still takes some time to train.
The current Tang Zheng's long pass with his left foot is not as accurate as his right foot, and the error of the landing point of the long pass from 30 meters to 50 meters is between two and three meters.
The accuracy of long passes above 50 meters is even greater.
As for long-range fire, the force is quite sufficient, and only occasionally anti-aircraft guns are fired.
In fact, this result is not surprising, the left foot, which has been used as a support foot in the past, wants to achieve the effect of the right foot, in addition to talent and hard work, there is also persistence!
Otherwise, the whole world is a professional player with a balance of left and right......