Chapter 243: The decisive battle is in the second round

In the first leg of the 2011-2012 Champions League quarterfinals, Dortmund's loss at home had a serious refereeing factor, which made the players unwilling and very aggrieved, especially Tang Zheng. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

But he was the second captain of the team, the captain of the field in the second leg of the quarter-finals, and he did not allow himself to be in a state of decadence, which could only be as Barcelona wished.

As the saying goes, there is endless fun fighting with the sky, endless fun fighting with the earth, and endless fun fighting with people.

Losing at home has nothing to do with heaven and earth, only people.

What's wrong with losing at home?

What about the end of 64 unbeaten games in all competitions?

If Barcelona can win away from home, why can't we?

In the process of gathering his teammates, Tang Zheng went through it in his heart, and he had already roughly figured out what to say next and what tone to use.

After a while, the Dortmund players sat in a circle with Tang Zheng as the center of gravity.

Members of the coaching staff saw it at the far end, as did media reporters and fans who were allowed access to the first-team training ground at the Stobelari training centre.

"First of all, I would like to formally apologize to everyone. Tang Zheng turned around in place, his sharp eyes swept over the faces of each teammate, and then bowed heavily: "I'm sorry." ā€

There is indeed a big reason for Tang Zheng's absence when he lost at home, but the specific reason is the referee, so no one blames Tang Zheng.

Hummels, the usual activist of the team, was not interested, let alone the other team members, who shook their heads and sighed.

The teammate was not in high spirits, Tang Zheng suddenly raised his voice, and his voice was like a bell: "I understand everyone's mood and feelings, but do you know my feelings......? I can only sit in the seat and watch, and I can't help anything! No one can understand that feeling of powerlessness!"

Speaking of this, Tang Zheng's tone changed from fierce to inflammatory: "But this is not a reason for us to avoid the problem! What's wrong with losing at home? Can't we win back away from home? No one will forget last year's European Super Cup, right? It was a game worth remembering for a lifetime! We can beat Barcelona with one less player! Why can't we win the second leg?"

Tang Zheng's voice became louder and louder, and Klopp and others, who were resting in the coach's seat, could hear it clearly.

They looked at each other, and in each other's eyes they could see four words, two words - relief, hope.

"If you take 10,000 steps back, if you lose, you will lose, and it's a big deal to continue next season! What's this? Isn't that all about competitive sports? But I hope that every teammate here can forget yesterday's game and start all over again! As long as we work hard and struggle, then what is there to regret?"

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"In all fairness, Barcelona is not terrible at all! Think about the goals we conceded, the penalties and the lack of numbers in the defence, think about the goals we would have conceded if the game had gone right? No......! What are you worried about?"

Tang Zheng didn't give his teammates any room to think, he made witty remarks, and infected his teammates through incendiary body movements.

People are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless, professional players are a group of energetic guys, all of them are competitive and brave.

Even the veteran Andrea Pirlo, who is about to turn 33, came to Dortmund in search of new career heights.

What does this mean?

Everyone will not be easily satisfied!

As Tang Zheng said, it's a big deal to start all over again next season.

Now they have a second-leg battle in front of them, and it's not without chance.

Tang Zheng swept towards his teammates again, and their mental state had changed a lot.

Although it is not high-spirited, at least it has fighting spirit.

Now that you have the fighting spirit, there is still hope!

After a half-hour break, the media and fans were escorted by security personnel from the first-team training ground and the team was ready for the game.

Jurgen Klopp didn't talk about the mentality of the players anymore, everyone is an adult, and a lot of things are enough to say once.

The quality of the second training session was noticeably better, and the coaching staff who were watching and inspecting from the sidelines had some confidence in the away game next week.

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Borussia Dortmund suffered a major grievance at home, with media coverage and the club preparing materials overnight to appeal to UEFA.

While the result and decision cannot be changed, the club must show that it is tough.

At the very least, the second leg at Camp Nou will not be too noticeably off-the-beaten.

The next day, UEFA dismissed Dortmund's lawsuit, but according to the grapevine in the Spanish newspaper Marca, the Swedish referee Eriksen, who officiated Dortmund's first-leg clash with Barcelona, will not be in charge of the remainder of this season's Champions League competition.

There is also a league game between the two legs of the 2011-2012 Champions League quarter-finals, with Borussia Dortmund hosting Stuttgart.

Stuttgart miraculously won the third Bundesliga title in the team's history in 2006-2007, but the league results since then have not been very good, with the best result being third place in the Bundesliga in 2008-2009.

Last season, they finished 13th, the worst in recent seasons, just four points above the relegation zone.

There has been some improvement this season, with 27 rounds of league games to sit eighth in the league, but it will be a bit difficult to qualify for next season's Europa League.

Facing the league leaders away from home is tantamount to a sheep's mouth.

However, with Borussia Dortmund distracted from the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final at Camp Nou in midweek, the German media are more optimistic about Stuttgart's prospects.

The entire Borussia Dortmund squad at the Stobelari training centre are preparing for a trip to the Camp Nou as well as a home league game against Stuttgart.

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Barcelona are strong and have an amazing home win rate.

Defense, but has been criticized by experts.

Borussia Dortmund, who lost at home, will have to score at least three away goals away if they want to come back and win, so they will have to attack next week.

In this campaign, Dortmund used Stuttgart as a trainer to interpret the attack.

At the end of the match, the scoreboard shows the number of goals scored by the home team as '3'.

Surprisingly, however, the visitors also scored a '3'

Stuttgart drew 3-3 with Borussia Dortmund.

Yang 5 commentator Duan Huo shook his head at the end of the game and said: "Dortmund has outstanding offensive performance, but if they want to reverse Barcelona in the away game in midweek and advance to the last four of this season's Champions League, it is useless to rely on attack alone, they also need a solid defense." ā€

In this game, the game was played wide open and closed, for the sake of rehearsal.

It's just the process and the result that somewhat disappointed the fans and the German media.

If you rely on your current form to go to Catalonia to challenge Barcelona, which is in full swing, it is very hanging.

The next day, Catalonia's authoritative local media "World Sport" ridiculed Dortmund who drew at home: "Dortmund's attack is great! Scored three goals! But also conceded three goals later! Barcelona's attack is not comparable to Stuttgart, and in the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, Barcelona will definitely beat Dortmund." ā€

German media "Bild" also talked about the problems in Dortmund's defense, saying that if they want to reverse and advance to the Champions League semi-finals, good defense is the top priority.

However, the head coach Klopp is very calm, and the players do not have much burden in their hearts.

Because the team's defense relies more on the enthusiasm of the whole team's players, in Klopp's tactical system, the attacking players are not only responsible for attacking, but also shoulder more defensive responsibilities, which is why Dortmund ranks first in the Bundesliga in terms of running distance.

The big opening and closing of the home game against Stuttgart was largely aimed at confusing Barcelona.

The real is virtual, and the virtual is real.

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After playing the home league, Dortmund entered a recovery period and actively prepared for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final at Camp Nou.

The German and Spanish media focused on the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, but with different emphases.

Take the German media as an example, most of the media reported that Bayern Munich faced Arsenal at home, and Dortmund, who lost 1:3 to Barcelona at home, did not have much coverage in the German media due to the low chance of advancing due to the reversal.

Instead, the Chinese media and the North Rhine-Westphalia state media have been trumpeting Dortmund's preparations for the game, saying they have a chance to make a comeback.

Now recalling last year's European Super Cup, there is a feeling of rejuvenation, Dortmund, who visited Camp Nou, will welcome the return of Tang Zheng, especially the local media and Chinese media in Dortmund are quite optimistic about Dortmund's comeback away from home.

At 7:35 p.m. Beijing time on Monday, in addition to the regular highlights of the past European football week, the host Duan Huo also focused on Dortmund VS Barcelona in the second leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals in midweek.

In the program, it was mentioned that in the history of the Champions League, there have been two teams that have come back from behind to advance after losing the first leg at home.

In the 1995-1996 Champions League semi-finals, Ajax lost 0:1 at home to Panathinaikos, but beat the home team 3-0 away in the second leg.

The most recent was last season's Champions League 1/8 final, and the victim was Bayern Munich.

Inter Milan lost 0:1 at home to Bayern Munich in the first leg, won 3:2 in the second leg, and reversed the advantage of more away goals to advance.

However, Borussia Dortmund's hopes of reversing qualification are far more difficult than those of Ajax and Inter Milan.

First of all, Barcelona is in full swing, and secondly, they have conceded too many goals at home and scored too few goals.

If you want to come back away from home, you have to score three goals and concede goals within a range.

Of course, it's best not to concede a goal.

A 3-0 win away from home would be enough to reverse Barcelona and qualify for the last four of this season's Champions League.

If they concede away goals, Dortmund will try to score more goals on top of their three goals and qualify as well.

Central 5 took last year's European Super Cup as a reference, and the most optimistic score was Dortmund beating Barcelona 3-1 away and going into extra time.

The same can be said of the German media, who are hopeful about Borussia Dortmund, believing that Dortmund's ability to drag the game into extra-time is the biggest victory, and as for the direct reversal of Barcelona, the difficulty factor is extremely high.

Barcelona player Sergio Busquets was interviewed by the media and heard about Dortmund's possibility of qualifying, and he laughed: "What? to advance at the Camp Nou......? Even if there are nine of us, it will not be possible!"

Sanchez is not familiar with Dortmund, but he knows Tang Zheng very well, and he has been a teammate for more than a season, so much so that he was very cautious in an interview: "There is a reason why Dortmund has created 64 home games unbeaten and 39 consecutive league games in the past two seasons, our opponents are very strong, and the second leg must be treated with caution!"

The local media and fans in Catalonia have been quite flattering to Busquets, who have won the Champions League twice in three seasons and give them a sense of superiority, so they think of Barcelona as invincible.

Since it is invincible, how can there be a big loss at home?

Busquets' casual claims were supported by a large number of fans, but Sanchez, who was cautious about the game, was bombarded by some extreme fans, saying that he was not worthy of being a Barcelona player.

The media and fans are confident that Barcelona will progress to the last four of the Champions League, and they will even be able to see Barcelona become the first team to defend the Champions League title since the reconstitution of the Champions League......

The second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals is getting closer and closer, and Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola suddenly has a feeling of restlessness, and his right eye beats from time to time, as if something will happen in the future.

This feeling became more and more serious as the weekend league ended.

The second leg of Barcelona's 2011-2012 Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund was played at 8:45 p.m. local time on Tuesday, and the entire team arrived at Barcelona International Airport in the town of Elpadro Bregut on Monday morning.

After a nutritious lunch at the hotel at noon, the whole team headed to the Camp Nou to acclimatize to the venue at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Tang Zheng, who had just entered the Camp Nou stadium from the players' tunnel, couldn't help but turn three hundred and sixty degrees on the spot and glanced at the Camp Nou stadium fiercely.

The Camp Nou is the stadium with the largest fan capacity in Europe, with a maximum capacity of 109,815 fans, or nearly 110,000.

Many of the standing seats have now been demolished, and only 99,354 fans can be accommodated.

But compared to Westphalun Stadium, which can accommodate more than 81,000 fans, this stadium still has nearly 20,000 more fans.

This stadium is not the first time Tang Zheng has seen it, but it is the first time he has been there in person, and it is still a game.

Europe's top league - Champions League!

It's exciting to think about!

As the other Dortmund players warmed up under the guidance of strength and conditioning coach Oliver Bartlet, Tang Zheng suddenly closed his eyes, and his mind naturally came to mind the Camp Nou stadium full of fans.

The corners of his mouth curved in an arc, and he muttered in a voice that only he could hear: "The cheers at the Camp Nou are deafening?