Chapter 206: First win in the Champions League
As the European national leagues conclude over the weekend, the eyes of the mainstream media are gradually focused on the second round of the 2011-2012 Champions League group stage, which begins in midweek. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the first round of competition, many teams failed to find their best form and therefore did not get the desired points.
As the Champions League group stage enters the second round, the teams are more prepared, so the mainstream media in Europe believes that the next second round will be more exciting.
Borussia Dortmund's home draw with Arsenal in the last round was somewhat regrettable, and they will be aiming to win this game at the Velodrome Stadium.
Borussia Dortmund's last Champions League victory came nine years ago, when they beat CSKA Moscow 3-0 at home.
The first win in the Champions League after nine years is not only the goal of the entire Dortmund team, but also the expectation of Dortmund fans.
Borussia Dortmund are keen to win the game, especially at the home stadium of the Stadio Velodrome.
However, the media is not very optimistic about Marseille, the main battle, because the Ligue 1 has eight rounds, and Marseille's results are somewhat miserable, with one win, four draws and three losses only seven points, ranking thirteenth in the league.
And they were lucky enough to beat Olympiacos in Greece in the group stage last round, otherwise it is likely that Marseille will lose.
Coupled with Borussia Dortmund's strong team, striker Barrios, who was injured in the Copa America this summer, has returned from injury and has now been able to enter the 18-man squad for the game, and is likely to come on as a substitute in the second half as a surprise soldier.
Of course, this is only the conclusion of the analysis of the European media.
The exact course and outcome of the game is decided by the players of both sides over the course of 90 minutes of the game, so no conclusions can be made.
Moreover, Marseille's home atmosphere is the best in France, compared to Dortmund's home stadium Westphalain Lun Stadium, the frenetic atmosphere is not at all behind.
The Stade Velodrome has a capacity of 60,000 fans, with Marseille fans at home occupying more than 50,000 seats, leaving only a few thousand places for the Dortmund Expeditionary Force.
On the day of the game, before the Champions League match, the Velodrom Stadium was already full, and the atmosphere was extremely fanatical.
If the stands weren't dominated by white and sky blue, Tang Zheng would have thought he was fighting at Westphalic Lun Stadium.
Marseille, as the only team in Ligue 1 to have won the Champions League, has a home atmosphere that should not be underestimated!
Before the start of the game, Tang Zheng learned the specific position through the photos sent by Zhao Lina, so if he could score in this game, he would give it to Zhao Lina, Zhao's father and Zhao's mother who were present.
Judging from the pre-game warm-up, Tang Zheng was in very good shape and was quite excited, so much so that physical trainer Oliver Bartlett thought that Tang Zheng had taken doping.
Marseille at home sent a full main lineup, and the starting formation submitted before the game was the current popular 4231 in world football, with Mandanda in the front of the goal, and the four defenders were Traore, Nkouru, Diawara and Azpilicueta.
The midfielders duo are Diarra and Cabo are paired with Valbuena, Cherou and Didi Ayew in midfield, with Remy up front.
Borussia Dortmund made two changes to Arsenal's starting line-up in the first round of the Champions League, with Sven Bender replacing captain Kyle and Andrea Pirlo and Perisic replacing Kuba, with no other changes in other positions.
Since captain Kyle was not in the starting line-up, Tang Zheng wore the captain's armband, and he stood at the forefront of the team.
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Zhao's father was very excited to watch the Champions League on the spot, and followed the Dortmund fans next to him to wave his arms and devote himself to the creation of the away team's atmosphere.
But there are so many home fans that no matter how hard they try, they can't overpower their outbursts.
Soon, however, in the sixth minute of the game, the Velodrome Stadium was envious of the first brief suffocation, if only in the blink of an eye.
Andrea Pirlo took a direct free-kick from the right, Tang Zheng jumped out of the crowd, and the iconic lion shook his head and smashed the ball towards the goal.
Even goalkeeper Mandanda gave up his resistance and prepared to watch the ball break through the net, and the Velodrome Stadium fell into a brief silence.
But a crisp "bang" brought him to reality, and then the scene erupted into a tsunami-like exclamation.
"Whoa, whoa—"
The ball was pushed off the line by a responsive full-back, Cesar Azpilicueta, and Borussia Dortmund continued to take a corner.
German Sky commentator Marcel Leif lamented: "Oh-My-God!! The goal frame prevented Don from scoring......!
Tang Zheng, who didn't put the ball into the goal, looked very pity, he dragged his hair with both hands and grinned.
Jurgen Klopp, who was standing on the sidelines and directing the game, clapped his hands hard and applauded the team's attack.
Tang Zheng just won the header, so he was marked by the next corner kick, the football was cleared by Diarra, a defender who is more than 1.9 meters tall, and Schmelzer, who was protecting on the periphery, blasted the ball into the second-floor stands.
The game continued, and the visiting Dortmund slowly dominated the field with their foot skills and high success rate of high pressing.
Marseille, who were at home, had to carry out the plan B arranged by the head coach before the game and defend the counterattack.
Seeing the team you support defend and counterattack at home makes the home fans a little unhappy, after all, this is your own chassis, why let the other party have an advantage?
However, thinking about the reigning champion of the Bundesliga in Borussia Dortmund, the winner of the Europa League last season, and this year's European Super Cup beating the 2010-2011 Champions League champion Barcelona with one less player, it is not too pessimistic.
Judging from the technical and tactical ability of the Dortmund players, they do have more advantages, and if they use the home advantage to play against Dortmund, then Marseille will not be far from losing.
The atmosphere at the Velodrome stadium is still frenetic, with the home fans cheering for Marseille without sparing any effort.
The home team's choice to defend and counterattack does look a little aggrieved, but it is still very good from the perspective of the game process.
They played two of the more successful quick counter-attacks, one of which resulted in a shot on goal, and if it hadn't been for the timely block by centre-back Hummels, Marseille would have taken the lead at home.
This goalmouth danger also made Klopp realize that he had to push relatively safely on the road, and gradually slowed down the attacking tempo.
Pirlo's playmaking work is more than flexible, the attacking organization in the midfield has Tang Zheng and Gotze, Lewandowski and Perisic frequently run forward, and Dortmund's attacking hierarchy is reflected.
In the twenty-third minute of the game, the visiting Dortmund took the lead in the killing.
It was Tang Zheng, who wore the captain's armband, who helped Dortmund score.
Dortmund's tacit tacit attack in front of the court caused Diarra, who received the ball and attacked in tandem, to find the ball point, Sven Bender, Tang Zheng and Gotze formed a trap on Diarra and successfully broke the ball.
Since the two midfielders were not in their positions, Tang Zheng directly faced Marseille's incomplete backline after winning the ball.
He opted to stride forward, with the duo of centre-backs Nkouru and Diawara drawn to Lewandowski's advance, and Perisic's nimble movement on the right flank.
Cesar Azpilicueta made an immediate decision and chose to step forward to defend Tang Zheng.
However, Tang Zheng seemed to have eyes behind his back, and directly sent the football to the left side of his own attack, that is, the right side of the defense where Azpilicueta should be.
Götze, who had previously formed a closing trend, plugged in at high speed on the left!
"Woo-woo-"
Loud boos erupted at the Velodrom Stadium, and the home fans wanted to distract from the ball in this way.
It's just that the current Gotze is no longer a fledgling Gotze, and he did not change his face in the face of the overwhelming boos, and cut directly to the inside line.
In the absence of Cesar Azpilicueta, central defender Nkuru had to pull to the side to make up for the defense, Diawara defended Lewandowski one-on-one, and Azpilicueta, who lost his position, defended Tang Zheng who was in front.
Successfully attracting centre-back Nkuru on, Gotze picked up his left foot and curled the ball on the run.
Lewandowski, who ran to the front point, didn't even jump when he saw the incoming ball, and Diawara, who was marking him, wanted to jump to the top to clear the ball, but the ball didn't mean to fall when it came to his head.
Goalkeeper Mandanda looked at a curved ball that turned outward, hurried and fast, and didn't dare to attack.
Azpilicueta, who was marking Tang Zheng, panicked, originally he thought that Gotze would pass an inverted triangle, because Dortmund used to attacking in the front court is like this, so he chose to jam Gotze's ground pass route to Tang Zheng.
But the result?
Azpilicueta could only watch as Tang Zheng tiptoed on his left foot as he ran, then stretched out his long right leg and padded forward, and the ball slipped between the legs of the half-striking goalkeeper Mandanda, before crashing into the snow-white net.
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"Whew-"
Accompanied by the silence of the home fans, the fans composed of the Dortmund Expeditionary Force and the Chinese fans who worked and studied in France erupted into huge cheers, and quickly became the dominator of the Velodrome Stadium.
Tang Zheng, who scored the goal, opened his arms, turned a corner to the right, ran to the lower edge of the grandstand area where Zhao Lina was, and then formed a heart shape with both hands.
The on-site director was obviously concerned about Tang Zheng's private life, so he quickly switched the camera, and the camera was aimed at Zhao Lina, who was excited and a little embarrassed.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei said with a smile: "Tang Zheng has always been an iron-clad man in our impression, but today he let us see the tender side! I believe that the fans in front of the TV also learned from the news report that on the birthday of Zhao Lina, who played for the Lyon women's football team, Tang Zheng spent a lot of money to buy a convertible Maserati as a birthday gift, and I have to say, a real man's ......."
The commentator Xu Yang said in a changed voice: "It's hard not to like this kind of Tang Zheng, but I have to say that tens of thousands of female fans in front of the TV are very sad, handsome, golden, and willing to spend money for their girlfriends, the key is that the ball is also played so well." ”
During the period when He Wei and Xu Yang were talking, the on-site director successively gave the whole process of scoring goals and passionate coach Klopp's signature combination boxing celebrations.
The game restarted, and the desire to attack with Marseille, who had the advantage of the kick-off, was very strong, and the two wings pressed a lot.
Coach Didier Deschamps, with short hair and a face that should have been in high spirits, looked a little sluggish, and he was very focused on the game, so he naturally knew the risk of overpressing the two wings.
However, he saw that the team continued to press Dortmund, causing Weidenfeller to guard the goal in danger, so he decided to take a second look.
Maybe a goal will be scored under high pressure?
However, the high pressure did cause the goal, but it was not Marseille who scored......
Tang Zheng made a precise foot sliding tackle in the run, successfully broke the ball from the feet of Valbuena, who was sticky to the ball, and then stretched out his foot without waiting to get up to poke Pirlo, who was ready to receive the ball.
Pirlo didn't stick to the ball, he played a long ball straight and Perisic was incredibly fast on the right, and the Marseille left-back was still in the Dortmund defensive half.
In the face of the attacking goalkeeper Mandanda, Perisic was very selfless and crossed the ball to Lewandowski, who ran out of position.
To be sure, Lewandowski pulled his foot to a halt and then slotted the ball into the unguarded empty net.
0:2
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
Dortmund's quick counter-attack took a short time, taking just three passes to send the ball into the Marseille goal, with an efficiency comparable to Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid.
With this conceded goal, Deschamps hurriedly signaled the team to attack patiently, and the two wings could not be pressed at the same time.
It was because of Didier Deschamps' change of tactics that there were no more goals in the first half.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides again, and Dortmund, who also had league games at the weekend, took the initiative to slow down the tempo of the attack, using the foot skills of Tang Zheng, Pirlo and Gotze to control the tempo.
Aspect control was maximised after Gundogan replaced Sven Bender, but the substitution also left Dortmund's midfield a little less hard.
Gundogan is both offensive and defensive, but he lacks Sven Bender's defensive domineering and defensive awareness.
Andrea Pirlo has always been a playmaker and his defense is basically done with fouls.
So with Sven Bender off the pitch, Marseille's attack slowly picked up, and the atmosphere at the Velodrome Stadium became frenzied again.
Jurgen Klopp took advantage of the dead-ball opportunity to change positions on the field, Tang Zheng and Gundogan switched positions, and returned to the midfield position to partner Pirlo, whose running coverage and interception ability made up for Dortmund's lack of defensive rigidity in the middle.
Captain Kyle then replaced Perisic and re-introduced Tang Zheng to the central midfield position, with Gundogan playing as a wing-back on the right side of midfield.
Marseille at home did not play a new attacking routine, and Borussia Dortmund also reserved for the weekend league game.
In the end, Borussia Dortmund beat Marseille 2-0 away to claim their first Champions League win in nine years.