31. Chapter XXXI

"Good evening! Welcome to Westβ–‘β–‘ Stadium, the first game of the new season is about to begin, and I'm your old friend Norbert Dicker!"

After a summer break, Dicker's well-maintained voice is at its best, all in order to bring the most passionate commentary to the fans in the new season.

"Borussia Dortmund's head coach Yan Jing changed his outfit again today. His partner, Martin Feye, was not as excited as he was, but he could clearly tell in his voice.

"So now I will introduce to you the starting lineups of the two sides! Dortmund, Yan Jing replaced all the new signings except Di Maria in one go, the goalkeeper is still No. 1 Weidenfeller, the back line is No. 3 Dede, No. 5 Metzelde, No. 17 Thuram and No. 16 Lichtsteiner, in the midfield, two young players No. 4 Yaya Toure and No. 15 Shaheen form a double back parallel position, in front of No. 8 David Silva, No. 10 Sneijder and No. 11 Franck Ribery and No. 9 David Villa were at the top. ”

"On the Hamburg side, the goalkeeper is No. 1 Wecht, the back line is No. 3 Atouba, No. 4 Reinhardt, No. 16 Klingbair and No. 10 Kompany, the midfielder No. 6 Viki, No. 8 Karl, No. 23 Van der Vaart and No. 28 De Jong, and the forward line is No. 9 Guerreiro and No. 11 Lauter......"

Yan Jing walked out of the tunnel and took the initiative to go to the away bench to shake hands with Hamburg's coach Thomas Doerr, while the players of the two teams were shaking hands with each other on the pitch.

The camera shifted from the players on the pitch to the sidelines, and the director focused the close-up on the Borussia Dortmund bench.

Yan Jing's tie seemed to have something wrong, and he pulled open the bow tie with his index finger and expertly retied it. The white shirt shows off the figure, the slightly open lips are attractive in color, and the slender fingers that tighten the bow tie are seductive, and countless women have joined the ranks of fans without hesitation just because of this scene.

The camera turned back to the field, and with the referee's whistle, Dortmund's journey in the new season officially began!

When it came to guessing the coin, captain Metzelder won the right of first choice for Dortmund, who handed the tee off to Hamburg.

Hamburg striker Guerreiro was the first to touch the ball and was about to withdraw it to the midfielder when David Villa, who was up front, stepped forward to press it.

In a matter of moments, Villa was already approaching, and Guerrero quickly turned and got up to hand over the ball, when a foot came out from between his legs and took the ball.

Was the Spanish striker so fast?!!

At this time, Franchia Franck Franchi, who really stole the football, was dribbling the ball on the side and heading straight for the Hamburg penalty area.

Hamburg midfielder Vicky blocked in front of him, only to see that Ribery did not slow down, but increased the cadence of his feet, and turned the wiki with a dodge.

What a speed! Dort fans who saw Ribery playing in a yellow and black shirt for the first time let out a burst of amazement.

They didn't know much about Ribery before, limited to his performances at the World Cup, and they didn't know much about Ribery's performance at Marseille club.

But fans did not question the deal, after all, Ribery is also a player who has been selected for the French national team, and I believe that the coach of the French national team, Domenech, must be a discerning coach.

In the face of Ribery's sprint, Hamburg hurriedly set up their defence, but Dortmund's overall formation moved up faster than them.

Spanish striker Villa had already sprinted into the box, moving around the box to pick up the Hamburg centre-back, while the rest of Borussia Dortmund behind him were ready to burst through the opposition's defence.

Hamburg's defence was shaky, and Ribery was aware of this. Now he has two options, continue to break or pass.

As he used to do at Marseille, he would have chosen to go it alone, but after a summer of brainwashing by Yan Jing, he realized that delivering a clever pass at the right time was more penetrating than a breakthrough.

Up front was Hamburg full-back Atoba, who came to defend him, but Ribery didn't wait for Atooba to get close before he lifted his foot to deliver a through ball.

The ball was hit by the tip of Ribery's shoe, and with a whoosh, it flew past Hamburg's Frenkie de Jong and Kompany and landed at the feet of Villa.

"Borussia Dortmund's new French signing Francois Franck Ribery has a beautiful through-pass! he finds the gap and sends the ball out with precision, Kompany and De Jong can only watch the ball fly by but can't stop it!"

Villa comfortably catches the ball as soon as he stretches his foot, where will the Hamburg players be given the opportunity to reorganize their defence?

His sharp forward instincts prepared him to start early, while Klingbair, who was marking him, didn't expect Ribery to deliver such a precise pass, so he couldn't keep up with Villa's start.

By the time Klingbyer lifted his feet, Villa had left him far behind.

"In just twenty seconds, Dortmund has broken through the last line of defense in Hamburg!"

Villa faced Hamburg goalkeeper Wecht and had already adjusted the angle of his shot the next moment when the opponent gave up the goal. With a grim look on his face like a killer, he calmly got up and volleyed, the ball accelerating and sliding past Wecht's fallen hands.

Even in the summer, Yan Jing hadn't been able to warm up the leather chair under his buttocks, and when Villa faced the goalkeeper one-on-one, he and the players on the bench had already stood up and started to celebrate the goal in advance.

"David!" the ball hit the inside of the fan's post and bounced into the net, and Dicker roared his long-stored voice into the microphone, "Villa!!"

Dicker's voice was already quite loud, but the jubilation that erupted in the Westphalian Stadium completely drowned out his voice.

Fans in the South Stand cheered and chanted, and yellow and black flags fluttered high in front of the visiting players.

Villa, who scored the goal, rushed to Ribery, who provided him with an assist, and listened to the sound of an explosion like β–‘β–‘ in the stadium, and he had the illusion that he was deaf in both ears.

Originally, Villa was going to slam Ribery on the back twice, but he didn't want to be cleverly dodged by the Frenchman and was beaten back.

Villa was about to come back, and Sneijder, Silva and other players who were closer to the goal had rushed to join in the celebration, so he had to stop and laugh: "Frank, your pass is so handsome!"

"Just twenty seconds into the game!" Dortmund relied on Villa's one-on-one strike to break through the Hamburg goal!"

Hamburg goalkeeper Wecht watched Borussia Dortmund's players celebrate the goal, and his heart was still in a trance, and the Hamburg backline couldn't recover.

What happened just now, and why did the ball go from the side to Villa's feet in an instant?

Yan Jing's face quickly calmed down from his excitement, this game has just begun, and a sneak goal does not guarantee a final victory.

He turned to Nafir: "If we can score another goal soon, it will probably be difficult for the Hamburg players to recover before the second half. ”

The two teams returned to the centre circle to restart, and less than a minute into the game, the Hamburg players were a little unacceptable to the players - their coach Dole had told them before the game that Dortmund would choose to play back against teams of equal or higher quality than them. Although they finished behind Borussia Dortmund last season, they believe that they are not inferior to their opponents, and they are so angry that they want to vomit to be led so quickly.

Having learned the lesson just now, Guerrero immediately passed it back to the midfielder as soon as he touched the ball this time, and he didn't even think about attacking directly.

The speed of the Ribery just now was so fast that he deserved to be a member of the French national team...... And to be able to pass such a difficult through ball, one point should be focused on defense.

That's what the Hamburg players are thinking at the moment, even if they are in possession of the ball and have the offensive power, but they are thinking about how to defend.

With the first goal as a guarantee, Dort's players were more confident, they pressed the formation as a whole, and then a number of people surrounded the Hamburg ball-handler.

Faced with the harassment of Sneijder and Ribery, Hamburg's midfielder No. 8 Karl frowned. He was rushing to pick up the ball when Vicky lost the ball just now, so he witnessed the whole process of Ribery snatching the ball.

Ribery was so quick that Carl thought he couldn't drag it any longer, so he took advantage of Sneijder's incomplete arrival to knock the ball across to the next wiki.

Vicki got the ball, Ribery didn't follow but chose to keep his position, Sneijder, who was already in the middle, and David Silva on the other side also arrived with the defenders behind him.

Silva and Ribery are the kind of people who are not tall but extremely agile at their feet, and Vicky looked at the cadence of the two men, quickly turned and passed the ball to defender Reinhardt.

Just now, it was because he couldn't send the ball out in the first place that led to Hamburg's conceded goal, and now he doesn't dare to relax anymore.

Dole on the sidelines couldn't help but be vigilant, because it didn't look like the same team's tactical play as what he learned in the video of Dort's game last season.

Unable to steal the ball from Vikki's feet, Silva quickly dropped back to the wing and switched to Villa in front of him to harass Reinhardt.

Yan Jing sat on the sidelines, holding a new notebook with the tactical characteristics of the Hamburg team that he had summarized before the game.

They usually choose to attack from the middle and have a good ability to score from long range, but there will be wave shots. When there is no good opportunity, he chooses to control the ball at the back and likes to play physical confrontation with opponents.

Advantages: The players are physically strong, have a strong aggressiveness, and most of them are long-range shots scored by players in the middle, and they are also very positive after losing the ball and rebounding, and their mental attributes are average.

Disadvantages: Poor defense, very weak ability to prevent through passes and breakthroughs, and it is easy to make mistakes. Possession is weak, easy to steal, and players often make unexpected mistakes.

Therefore, during the pre-game training, Yan Jing deliberately asked Ribery and Silva to increase their breakthroughs on the side, and then chose to continue to break through to the end or share the ball depending on the situation.

He emphasised avoiding direct physical contact, trying not to fight hard without fighting with the Hamburger players, and disrupting their rhythm with quick shots.

Villa's one-man harassment did not pose much of a threat to Reinhardt, who made a few passes to Kompany, and Villa stopped wasting his body and slowly stepped back.

The 20-year-old Belgian defender Kompany looked up at Dortmund ahead and saw that although Dortmund were pressed higher, they were closely connected.

Vincent Kompany was the best player of the year in 2004. At Anderlecht, he was already at the heart of the team's defence, attracting the attention of giants such as Milan and Manchester United, and at the age of 18 he joined the Belgian national team as a regular player. In order to be able to get enough opportunities to play and train himself, he turned down the invitations of a number of giants this summer under the advice of his agent and chose to transfer to Hamburg for 6 million euros.

There's no space to get the ball...... Kompany moved forward slowly with the ball, searching for space in Dort's formation to no avail, so he passed the ball to full-back Atouba.

Atoba was not in a hurry to press up after receiving the ball, because their manager said to be patient enough and wait for a good opportunity to wait for it.

Villa, who is at the front of Dortmund's formation, is not in a hurry, and now it is Dortmund who is leading, and if the opponent wants to mess with the backfield, let them pound it, anyway, time is going to go.