Chapter 303: Breaking the Spell
At 8:45 p.m. European time on Wednesday, the second matchday of the third round of the Champions League group stage started on time, and after 90 minutes, there were some upsets. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Arsenal lost 0:2 at home to Schalke 04, and what excited Chinese fans was that Hao Junmin's kick of the world wave helped Schalke 04 open the door to victory.
La Liga new rules Malaga beat declining AC Milan 1-0, Shakhtar Donesque beat defending champions Chelsea 2-1 at home.
After two matchdays in midweek, the Chinese media continued to pay close attention to the past two matches, with Tang Zheng and Hao Junmin leading their teams to defeat their respective opponents.
This kind of achievement is enough for them to blow for a whole year.
Especially in the group stage when Dortmund defeated Real Madrid 2:1 at home, Tang Zheng sent a precise assist in the first half, and after completing the precise defense in the second half, he wore Cristiano Ronaldo through the crotch to make countless Chinese fans adrenaline-pumping.
No matter which point you start, it means that Tang Zheng, who turns 23 next month, has grown into a world-class star!
Two Bundesliga titles, three German Cups, one Europa League, one UEFA Super Cup.
Although there is no Champions League title in hand, there are Champions League quarterfinals.
If it weren't for the two quarter-finals last season, the referee would have been Borussia Dortmund.
As for whether Chelsea can reach the final, there is a big question mark.
The German media praised the performance of the three teams representing the Bundesliga in this round, especially Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04, two Ruhr teams, who only played a spectacular Ruhr derby last weekend, and then beat their respective strong opponents in just half a week to pave the way for qualifying from the group.
As for Bayern's away win over Lille, that's ...... Of course, it was the 1:3 defeat to Borisov in the second round of the group, which was criticized by the German media.
Although the Bundesliga, which has secured a place in the 3+1 Champions League this season, lost Borussia Mönchengladbach in qualifying, Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 have good prospects for qualification after three rounds of the group.
Borussia Dortmund topped the group with seven points from the Super Group of Death, Schalke 04, who beat Arsenal away, topped the group with seven points, and Bayern Munich topped the group with Valencia.
It is equivalent to saying that after three rounds of the Champions League, the three Bundesliga teams are all ranked first, as long as the remaining three rounds of the group stage do not take the initiative to die, qualifying is a sure thing.
The media has done their due diligence in covering the matches, and the teams have shifted their attention back to their respective leagues.
Due to the European Championships this summer, the fixtures had to be squeezed with the match time under control, resulting in a back-to-back double of fixtures.
Therefore, if teams want to achieve good results this season, the priority is to give priority to the reasonable distribution and reserve of players' physical energy.
Borussia Dortmund make their first stop on the road on Saturday in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg to take on Freiburg.
Since Freiburg were promoted to the Bundesliga in 2008-2009 as champions of the Bundesliga, Dortmund have completed five consecutive wins against Freiburg, scoring 16 goals and conceding only four, including four goals at home and away last season.
Borussia Dortmund, who have been relatively sluggish on the road this season, met Freiburg, and a large number of North Rhine-Westphalia media said it was time for Dortmund to get out of trouble.
But Freiburg at home are tenacious and have a reason to be seventh in the league in the last eight league games. At the end of the first half, the score was unchanged.
0:0
When everyone thought that Dortmund would be difficult to get out of the away slump, they suddenly came out of the second half!
Tang Zheng continued his good form at home to Real Madrid, first giving his side the lead with a powerful volley from outside the box, and then setting up Reuss for the winning goal in the 70th minute.
In the end, Borussia Dortmund defeated Freiburg 2-0 away to win their first away win of the new season so far.
The live broadcast camera cuts to the Dortmund players and coaching staff, and their facial expressions are so exaggerated that they don't feel like they've won a game at all.
At the regular press conference after the game, Dortmund coach Klopp breathed a sigh of relief, and was quite calm in the face of media interviews, and even had the heart to talk and laugh with media reporters.
Although Freiburg is not strong, the victory is significant!
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Perhaps to break the curse of winless away games, Dortmund's good fortune began to come, and Bayern Munich, who had won eight consecutive games in the 2010-2011 Bundesliga season, unexpectedly lost at home.
1:2
Bayern Munich lost at home to North Rhine-Westphalian side Bayer Leverkusen.
Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich met for the first time in the 2012-2013 Bundesliga season in the 15th round of the tournament at the Allianz Arena.
Originally, Bayern Munich led the league with eight consecutive wins in eight rounds, nine points ahead of the third place Dortmund in the league, and the two teams narrowed the gap with one loss and one win in the ninth round, and the difference between the two teams was six points.
If the six-point margin can be maintained until the 14th round of the league, the first national derby of the 2012-2013 Bundesliga season will be the focus of the Mars collision with the Earth.
Borussia Dortmund have won eight in a row against Bayern Munich since the start of the 2010-2011 season.
It can be said that Dortmund is the bitter master of Bayern Munich.
The difference in points between the two teams is six points, which is intriguing.
The media supporting Dortmund said that Dortmund is likely to make efforts in the middle and late stages to achieve three consecutive league dominance!
While the pro-Bayern media ridiculed Dortmund's whimsy, Bayern's home defeat was entirely due to a fierce Champions League group stage in midweek, and Bayer Leverkusen's defeat was not a surprise because they were much stronger than Dortmund's face against Freiburg.
Bayern Munich will surely bounce back next and win another back-to-back until the national derby comes.
At that point, even if Dortmund wins, it won't mean much.
In addition to the German media controversy, the mainstream European media also reserved their views on the league battle between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, saying that anything is possible.
While the media coverage continued, Borussia Dortmund were preparing for the second round of the German Cup.
They are also against Baden-Württemberg side Aaron, who are in the middle of the Bundesliga.
Jurgen Klopp is preparing for the weekend's Premier League tie at home to Stuttgart, and he has fielded plenty of substitutes and young players for the second round of the German Cup.
Because of the obvious difference in strength between the two sides, Dortmund, who sent a large number of substitutes, also defeated Aaron 4:1 away and advanced to the round of 16 of the German Cup.
With the German Cup at the end of the competition, the focus quickly shifted to preparing for the league game at home to Stuttgart and the fourth round of the 2012-2013 Champions League group stage at the Bernabeu in the middle of next week.
In the two games, which is more important, Klopp has a clear score.
However, the league is only six points away from Bayern Munich, and it is inevitable that they can do their own mistakes and narrow the score, and when the national derby is worth six points, the hope of winning the league title again is not impossible.
Bayern nemesis Tang Zheng is not a joke.
Ten games, thirteen goals.
So Klopp decided that the league could not be released!
After all, the Champions League is currently in the first place in the group, and even if it loses to Real Madrid away, it will be second in the group at most.
Coupled with Manchester City's unexpected 1-3 away defeat to Ajax in the third round of Group D, it is equivalent to saying that Dortmund has more room for maneuver, which also causes Klopp to prefer the domestic league.
Besides, there is a bet that is not lost.
Why did you lose at the Bernabeu?
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Borussia Dortmund's final two games in October against Baden-Württemberg side Freiburg and Aaron respectively gave some pressure on the pressure on the Dortmund players, so it was easy to host also Baden-Württemberg side Stuttgart.
Or rather, more self-confidence.
This stadium first defeated Ruhr derby rivals Schalke 04 and then beat the Galacticos Real Madrid.
Stuttgart isn't a piece of cake yet?
According to the odds offered by the three major bookmakers in Europe, they are also quite optimistic about the home team Dortmund.
Home team concedes one goal, win: 1.36 to 1, draw: 4.59 to 1, lose: 7.75 to 1
In terms of odds, bookmakers are quite optimistic about Dortmund winning by two or more goals at home.
In addition to the German and Chinese media, the media that followed the match also included Japanese media.
The 21-year-old Japanese international joined Stuttgart on loan last winter and has become Stuttgart's main right wing-back this season after a strong performance in the second half of last season.
Sakai Gaode, who has half German ancestry, continues the fighting spirit of the Germans, and his hard work is what Stuttgart lacks the most, and Sakai Gaode, who chose to represent the Japanese national team in international competitions, is quite optimistic about the Japanese media.
They believe that Sakai Gaode will definitely help Stuttgart beat Borussia Dortmund and thus achieve a great revival of the team.
I have to say that the Japanese media is no less YY than the Korean media, but the results are not what they want to see.
The right side of Sakai's defence was attacked by Reus and Gotze in turn, and finally opened the gap in the 40th minute of the game.
Reus broke through and crossed into the middle, and Lewandowski fell to the ground and kicked the ball into the goal, giving Dortmund a 1-0 lead at home.
Two minutes later, Dortmund doubled their lead when Tang Zheng caused goalkeeper Ulreich to get away from a corner kick, and the alert Hummels scrambled to reach out and send the ball into the back of the net before Sakai cleared the ball.
It is equivalent to saying that the two goals conceded by Stuttgart in this game are related to Sakai Gaode, so the Japanese media who came to the scene were quite embarrassed.
After all, he was slapped in the face on the spot, and he couldn't get over his face.
In the end, Borussia Dortmund beat Stuttgart 2-0 at home, but Bayern also beat their opponents at Hamburg, and the difference of six points between them remained unchanged.
However, Eintracht Frankfurt drew 1:1 with promoted Greithof at home, which means that Dortmund overtook Eintracht Frankfurt by 21 points with this victory and climbed to the second place in the league table.