Chapter 326: Unbeaten at home in seventy-five league games
The 15th round of the 2012-2013 Bundesliga season is over, and Bayern, who lost 1-2 at home to Borussia Dortmund, are still in the top of the league, but their advantage is only a few points. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
If they don't perform well enough in the two league games before the winter break, they are likely to be overtaken by Borussia Dortmund.
Of course, this is less likely.
Bayern's two league games before the winter break were against Augsburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Dortmund, on the other hand, are likely to drop points if they are not careful, because the next opponents are Wolfsburg and Hoffenheim, who have been sluggish this season but have strong team background.
Halfway through the league, Wolfsburg and Hoffenheim are both in the relegation zone, and the best way to get out of the relegation zone is to win.
However, the schedule is favourable for Dortmund, who return to Westphalun to face Manchester City and Wolfsburg respectively after playing away at Bayern.
The Dortmund players who took the train back to Dortmund were warmly welcomed by the local Dortmund fans, especially Tang Zheng, who became the most popular player in the team, and even the head coach Klopp was 'jealous'.
Flowers, applause, cheers, you name it.
Despite having a Champions League group game in midweek, manager Jurgen Klopp gave his players a day off to close the gap on points with a win away at Bayern Munich, meaning the resumption of training is on Monday afternoon.
After arriving in Dortmund, Tang Zheng took a flight to Lyon, and then watched a French women's football league in the afternoon, and his girlfriend Zhao Lina played the whole game on behalf of the Lyon women's football team as the starting goalkeeper, and had several amazing saves.
That night, a local French reporter photographed Tang Zheng and Zhao Lina having dinner together, and then staying at the local five-star Hilton Hotel.
Tang Zheng and Zhao Lina's relationship has lasted for more than a year, and many fans have become accustomed to it, but there are still many female fans who feel very sad.
They can't accept such a high-profile show of affection between a male god and other women......
After a warm night, when he woke up in the morning, Tang Zheng lowered his head and kissed Zhao Lina's smooth forehead to start the day's morning luck.
But the morning exercise here is not some kind of morning exercise, but a habitual exercise for the body.
In order to maintain his physical condition and maintain his figure, Tang Zheng would do 500 push-ups and 1,000 or so sit-ups every morning when he woke up.
It's just that with the presence of Zhao Lina, the morning exercise is different.
For example, push-ups, Tang Zheng can look directly at Zhao Lina while supporting the ground with both hands, just like the dog-abusing push-ups that often appear in the meager now, and make a kiss.
The same goes for sit-ups.
At noon that day, Tang Zheng took a flight back to Dortmund and then went directly to the Stobelari training center.
Tang Zheng had just finished changing his equipment and was about to go to the training ground to warm up in advance, when his friend Hummels came over and joked with a smile: "Hey, I heard that you stayed in the hotel with your goalkeeper girlfriend from nine o'clock in the evening to ten o'clock the next day yesterday, can the training still be maintained?"
"It's itchy, isn't it?" Tang Zheng raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Hummels playfully.
Hearing this, Hummels instantly retreated, where did he dare to continue to tease Tang Zheng?
Countless cases in the past have proved that Tang Zheng, the animal, likes to use force to conquer you without saying a word.
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Borussia Dortmund were already top of the 2012-2013 Champions League group stage, with Jurgen Klopp fielding a large number of substitutes in the final round of the midweek group stage at home to Manchester City.
Tang Zheng, Gotze, Reus, Kuba and Lewandowski were on the bench.
The starting goalkeeper was Weidenfeller, the four youngsters Kilsch, Hummels, Santana and Schmelzer, the double midfielders Gundogan and Sven Bender, the three forwards were Grosskreutz, the youngsters Letner and Perisic, and the top three were Schibert.
In order to compete for a place in the Europa League, Manchester City did their best.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart, defenders McConn, Vincent Kompany, Lescote and Nastasic, two-man Barry partnered with Harvey Garcia, three forward defenders Nasri, Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero, Dzeko at the front.
Manchester City's official formation is a 4231, but it is actually a very aggressive 433 formation.
Obviously, Mancini fought for the Europa League!
However, judging from the process of the game, the Dortmund substitutes at the Westfalfa Stadium performed no worse than Manchester City's main team, and even better than the visiting Manchester City in terms of game commitment.
The two sides attacked and defended each other, but they were just a little bit away from scoring.
At the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0
In the second half, the main players on the bench began to substitute for the battle.
The first player to replace the player was Tang Zheng, his appearance instantly changed the situation of the game, his ball handling and handling was very reasonable, the pass was more sudden and hidden, and Manchester City's defense slowly tightened and was overwhelmed.
With Reus and Robert Lewandowski coming off the bench, the visiting City were no longer able to resist.
In the 78th minute, Tang Zheng found Lewandowski in front of him with a 45-degree precise guidance on the right flank, who headed past Joe Hart to guard the goal.
1:0
Borussia Dortmund lead Manchester City.
And this score is also the final score of the whole game.
Borussia Dortmund has already qualified from the group, there is no need to extend the lead again, just win, even a draw is acceptable, even a loss is OK.
In the other group game played at the same time, Real Madrid beat Ajax 4-1 at home.
Despite this, the losing Ajax beat Manchester City to qualify for the last 32 of this season's Europa League.
The 2012-2013 Champions League group stage has been completed, and all 16 teams have qualified for the knockout stage.
Surprisingly, Shakhtar Donetsk lost 1-0 to Juventus at home, so that the defending champions Chelsea, who won at home, were eliminated.
In addition, the teams that finished second in the group in the Champions League this season are a bit stronger, such as the Gunners Arsenal and AC Milan, and the strongest group runner-up is undoubtedly the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid.
The first in each group, except for the same football association Barcelona and Dortmund in the same group, do not have to worry about meeting Real Madrid, the other group leaders are afraid.
As for the draw for the 1/8 finals of the 2012-2013 Champions League, it will have to wait until December 20 at 12 noon European time at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.
Dortmund have three games left before that.
Two league games and one German Cup.
Borussia Dortmund have been in excellent form of late, winning eight in a row in the league, chasing them from a top of nine points to just one point behind, and morale is good.
Visiting Wolfsburg are winless in their last three games and are 15th in the league and hovering in the relegation zone......
For such a team, no one would think that Wolfsburg would be able to pick up the points at the Westphalais Lun Stadium.
Besides, with all the main players who were rested in midweek on the field, the visiting Wolfsburg have a chance to pick up points?
No one is optimistic!
But when the full-time whistle blew, the Westphalun scoreboard showed a shocking scoreline.
2:3
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
No one could have believed that Borussia Dortmund, who had just beaten Bayern Munich at home, would lose at home to a demoralised Wolfsburg......
Moreover, Borussia Dortmund have not lost at home in the league for four seasons, and the last time they lost at home in the league was a 2-4 home defeat to Wolfsburg in the 34th round of the 2007-2008 season.
It is equivalent to saying that Dortmund's unbeaten home streak has unknowingly reached 75 games, second only to Chelsea's unbeaten home unbeaten 86 games in the golden era.
Looking at the Bundesliga, it is already an insurmountable milestone.
It just so happened that one such milestone was broken by Wolfsburg, which is not in the best league situation at the moment, and the media and fans were somewhat caught off guard.
Dortmund, who had the main force, lost to Wolfsburg at home, and Tang Zheng, as the captain, was unable to blame him, covering his face with his hands and looking very painful.
Now is the critical moment of chasing points, and it is not easy to catch up with Bayern only one point, and the loss of a game is likely to make the difference become four points again, which is somewhat difficult to accept.
In this game, Tang Zheng's luck was not good, his goal-grabbing point and sudden cold arrow outside the penalty area were rejected by the home post......
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In a later league game, Bayern beat Augsburg 2-0 away to extend their lead to four points again, and won the 2012-2013 Bundesliga halfway through Borussia Dortmund's home defeat.
The points were expanded to four points again, and they won the league halfway championship ahead of schedule, and Bayern fans had confidence in their hearts.
Many Bayern fans ridiculed Dortmund fans on social networks, saying: "What if you win the national derby? What about ten consecutive wins?
Dortmund fans were somewhat holding back their strength in their hearts, but they did not break out on the spot, but endured it and waited until the moment when the league points overtook them!
What's so big about the four-point gap?
The lead is not won until the end of the season!
A surprise defeat at home in the league and the good mood of beating Bayern Munich away from home vanished and was replaced by depression.
Manager Jurgen Klopp did not give his team a day off as is customary for one game a week, but instead increased the intensity of training.
The surprise 3-2 defeat at home to Wolfsburg at the weekend was an element of luck, but it was more due to a decline in the attitude of the players, who felt they were top of their group in the Champions League ahead of Real Madrid, and beating Bayern Munich away from home was a nowhere to be found in the entire Bundesliga.
No, I was hit in the face.
From Jurgen Klopp's coaching point of view, it's time to lose.
If the downturn in attitude extends into the second half of the season, it will be a crucial battle and there will be no room for manoeuvre.
Four points behind Bayern in the league does not mean that there is no possibility of catching up, there is still a six-point battle between each other in the second half of the season, as long as the points are bitten in the next period, it will only be Bayern who is nervous and worried!
Borussia Dortmund's intense league campaign continued until the weekend's away game against Hoffenheim, a team that was even worse than Wolfsburg.
In the last 16 rounds of the 2012-2013 Bundesliga season, Hoffenheim have won only three games and drawn three times, losing all the remaining 10 games.
The last league win was back at home to Schalke 04 at the beginning of last month, when they narrowly won 3-2.
Facing a team that desperately needs a win to take away the gloom, the German media believe that it will be difficult for Dortmund to win at the Rhein-Neckar Arena.
In particular, the local media in Bavaria, with their huge influence led by the Munich Evening Post and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, deliberately put pressure on Dortmund and created public opinion.
This time it was Croatian winger Perisic, who had been unused at Borussia Dortmund and asked for a move in the winter transfer market.
Dortmund mean Perisic will stay for another half season and wait until next summer's transfer window opens before leaving.
Perisic obviously couldn't wait, and even fell out with manager Jurgen Klopp, and the Munich media took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters for Bayern's welfare.
No one expected that in the first game of the 17th round of the 2012-2013 Bundesliga, Bayern unexpectedly drew 1:1 with Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Allianz Arena......
Perhaps inspired by Bayern's home draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach, or just a shameful comeback, Borussia Dortmund walked away with a hearty victory at the Rhein-Neckar Arena.
0:3
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
Lewandowski stunned the whole game with two shots and one pass, leading the scorer list with 18 league goals in the first half.
Tang Zheng only contributed one direct assist due to his position.
However, Tang Zheng's contribution to the Dortmund team at both ends of the pitch should not be underestimated, he delivered a game-high 94 passes, with a pass completion rate of 93.4%, five successful tackles and four successful interceptions.
Although the most outstanding player is Lewandowski, in fact, the most important core is Tang Zheng!
Bayern Munich's home draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund's win away at Hoffenheim narrowed the gap from four points to two.
Two points, very subtle.
After playing the last Bundesliga game before the winter break, there is one more game to enter the Christmas break, the 2012-2013 German Cup 1/8 finals.
Borussia Dortmund take on Hannover 96 at the Westphalad and Bayern Munich travels to Augsburg.
In terms of league standings, Hannover 96 is stronger than Augsburg.
However, Dortmund is at home, and the difficulty coefficient of winning is not high, and the 2:3 defeat to Wolfsburg at home in the league has a lot to do with luck.
Judging by the weekend's performance at the Rhein-Neckar Arena, Dortmund's tactical loss of Pirlo was a perfect continuation of Tang Zheng's play, and his playmaking midfielder was equally good, and the post-match statistics were even stronger.
Borussia Dortmund's German Cup 1/8 final against Hannover 96 was played at 7:30 p.m. German time on December 19, and the two sides entered the game a little late due to the cold weather, but Dortmund was not disappointed for those who braved the cold to come to the Westfala Stadium.
5:1
Ninety minutes later, the scoreboard showed a shocking scoreline.
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
Borussia Dortmund ended 2012 on a strong note, leaving fans with a 75-game home unbeaten run in the league coming to an end.