Chapter 51 The good state is one's own, and the bad state is contagious

The subsequent trend of the game was really guessed by the two commentators. www.biquge.info Although Dortmund has the initiative in this game, although Dortmund has the initiative, it is not scoreless. Whether it was a free-kick or a close-range shot, Dortmund failed to capitalise on their chances. In the end, the first half ended with Dortmund still trailing 1-0.

"It was a heart-wrenching first half." Dicker commented at half-time: "Except for the first 10 minutes of the first half, we didn't play very well, and then we were in complete control but we just couldn't find the back of the net. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Dembele, Rod and Castro all equalised again but they didn't take it, we wasted too many chances. It is said that on the football field, the good state is one's own, and the bad state is contagious, and it seems that this is really the case......"

"Before the game, I was a little bit of a blind optimist. I thought it was going to be a game of chasing points, but I didn't expect it to turn out to be the other way around, and it could well turn into a game of losing points. Rupert was in a bad mood, "Poor physical fitness is the biggest shortcoming that Dortmund faced in this game, the players on the field are obviously not excited enough, and they do not play their normal strength; There is also a problem that underestimates the enemy, a single back is not a very good tactic, in the case of poor physical fitness, it is too difficult to make Weigel perform at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and a back should be added to share the pressure of Weigel; In addition, the organization of the midfield is a bit chaotic, although there are four people in the midfield, whether it is Rode, Castro, Dembele, Pulisic, they are all good playmakers, in the case of Pang not playing, Gotze and Kagawa should probably get a chance, the team needs someone to step up and organize, otherwise the team's attack is too monotonous......"

As if listening to the analysis of the two commentators, Dortmund made personnel changes at the beginning of the second half. No. 27 Castro was replaced, and he was replaced by No. 29 Schmelzer; No.22 Christian Pulisic was also substituted, No.12 Moore came off the bench, and coach Thomas Tuchel made two changes at the start of the second half. At the same time, Leverkusen's coach Schmidt also made personnel changes, with right wing-back No. 8 Lars Bender being replaced, and No. 18 Wendel coming off the bench, and Coach Schmidt making a reshuffle to the Chinese.

"Man, after only half a game, the managers of both teams made a total of three personnel changes, did this change come too early and too soon?" Dicker asked.

"It's not early, it's not fast, it's all very targeted adjustments." Rupert replied, "On the Dortmund side, after Schmelzer played, he must play the left wing-back he is familiar with, so that the position of No. 13 Guerrero will be moved forward to the midfield, and Coach Tuchel's adjustment will strengthen the midfield attack, after all, in recent games, Guerrero's offensive performance is still very good; Moore's exchange for Pulisic is a positional adjustment, Pulisic is really in poor form today, and he is rarely seen in attack; On Bayer Leverkusen's side, the right wing-back made a change because Dortmund attacked very well on the left flank in the first half, and Lars Bender was under a lot of pressure in defending the impact of Dembele and Rode......

'Why didn't Tuchel change the midfield when he changed the midfield?' Dicker was puzzled, "Weigl and Castro have played as double midfielders a lot before, why did this substitution adjustment replace Castro?" I think Rod should be brought off and Castro can drop back and form a back two with Weigel......"

"That's what I thought about too." Rupert chimed in: "As for Coach Tuchel's arrangement, I think it may be due to the following two reasons: one is Castro's fitness problems, compared to Castro, Rode's fitness is undoubtedly better; The second is the score problem, now Dortmund is behind the score, and the 4141 formation is more aggressive than the 4231 formation! ”

"Maybe!" Dicker lazily argued, "But whether coach Tuchel's adjustment has any effect or not will depend on the game to test!" ”

At the start of the second half, Dortmund launched an attack into the heart of Bayer Leverkusen. Coach Tuchel was able to see how he mobilised his players in the dressing room, and the players' spirits were clearly higher than in the first half.

In the 47th minute of the game, Dortmund captain Schmelzer, who came on as a substitute in the second half, directly inserted the assist, and after receiving a pass from Guerrero on the left side, he suddenly cut inside the middle, dodged the gap and shot a long shot, but unfortunately the ball was high.

'Borussia Dortmund captain Schmelzer had the first shot of the second half and Dortmund's counter-attack was about to begin...... Dicker commented.

"The team's offense needs to change, change, not long-range shots...... Rupert muttered quietly, unhappy. Because Rupert has seen Schmelzer shoot in this position countless times, but the probability of scoring is really very low, Rupert can't understand why Schmelzer has always been happy to do so.

In the 51st minute of the game, Dortmund had another chance, Guerrero received a pass from Weigl and sent a through ball for Aubameyang, Aubameyang got a chance to shoot on the left side of the penalty area, but unfortunately he did not get rid of the marking of Bayer Leverkusen central defender No. 21 Toprak, who gave up his body to block the ball off the line.

Then No. 18 Rod took a corner, Aubameyang, Sokladis and Ginter all rushed into the Bayer Leverkusen penalty area, but no one grabbed the spot, the ball was pushed out by the Bayer Leverkusen player, Dortmund's attack still did not score.

'It's very good, we have to keep pressing the opposition and sooner or later there will be leaks at the back...... Dicker encouraged.

Rupert didn't speak up this time because the team's offense still didn't make him see the change, which made Rupert a little dissatisfied. The new Moore and Guerrero, who are based on the premise of the position, have not brought much change to Dortmund's attack, still passing the ball and passing the ball, and finally handing the ball to Aubameyang to deal with, or shooting from a distance, which is still the same old routine.

Rupert couldn't help but think of the fat man, because as long as the fat man played, Dortmund would make a lot of changes when attacking. Breaking, splitting, confrontation, always completing passes and shots without the opponent noticing, this is the attack that Rupert wants to see. However, Rupert also knew that the fat man would definitely not be able to play in this game, so Rupert began to worry about this game.

On the pitch, Borussia Dortmund were still on the attack. In the 58th minute, Moore was tripped by Bayer Leverkusen when he cut inside the field, and the referee gave Dortmund a free kick.

"It's a free-kick in a good position, you can either choose to attack directly or play with your teammates, I wonder what kind of attack the players will choose this time?" Dicker commented.

"If this ball is here, it will definitely hit the goal directly, and the free kick in this position belongs to the area where Pang likes to kick free kicks......" Rupert couldn't help but speak, so Rupert remembered the fat man again.

"It's a pity that Pang is injured, otherwise this free kick is definitely an opportunity for Dortmund!" Dicker sighed, "I guess it's more likely to play this ball......

It really made Dicker guess correctly, although Guerrero stood in front of the free kick, he did not choose to attack directly, but hoisted the ball into the penalty area, but the power was not well controlled, a little big, and the ball was directly picked up by Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper No. 1 Leno.

"Oh my God, Guerero passed the ball straight to the opposition goalkeeper!" Dicker couldn't stop shaking his head, "It's better to choose to shoot directly from this free kick......"

"Looks like Guerrero wants to be in the rotation as well!" Rupert teased.

"Boris, you've been saying that the players on the field at Borussia Dortmund are not in good shape and that the players need to be rotated, but have you ever wondered if it's the same situation for Bayer Leverkusen? We played in the Champions League in midweek and Bayer Leverkusen played in the Champions League in midweek, so the two teams are on equal footing and there is no such thing as Borussia Dortmund being out of fitness. Dicker retorted.

"Man, I just didn't think the players were running aggressively enough and not excited enough to ......," Rupert explained.

"It's not a reason, if Dortmund loses this game, it only means that we are not playing well enough, the desire to win is not as strong as the opponent, that's all, fitness is not a reason at all!" Dicker continued to retort.

Rupert knew that Dicker had just refuted himself twice in a row, not because Dicker disagreed with him, but because Dicker was venting his resentment. This is a way for the two to cooperate in the commentary, to vent their dissatisfaction by tearing down each other.

"Man, don't forget, at halftime, you said something like this: the good state is your own, and the bad state is contagious!" Rupert reminded, "Do you want to say that Dortmund has been infected by bad form in this game? ”

"Isn't it?" Dicker asked rhetorically, "I just looked at the stats and so far the team has only had seven shots on goal, you know, in the past, at this point in the game I had at least 10 shots. Why is today's data so low? It's because there were a lot of inexplicable cross mistakes today. And the shots on target, even lower, only one shot on target, the first shot on goal for our opening team, is that a normal performance for Borussia Dortmund? Isn't that a bad state? ”

Listening to his friend Dicker's "passionate" remarks, Rupert did not refute this time, because the data is more convincing than subjective judgment. Dortmund is really out of form today, physical fitness is only one aspect, and the more important thing is that the players have not been in the game for a long time, and they are indeed infected by the "bad" state.

The two commentators were "tearing down" each other, and the Dortmund fans who watched the live broadcast online were not idle, leaving messages to express their views on the game.

"When the two commentators took the mutual demolition of the stage as the fun of commenting the game, I could already guess that at least the two commentators were no longer optimistic about the game." A fan left a message.

"I'm not going to be able to play this game right now. When Dicker said in the first half that it was a similar game away to RB Leipzig, I didn't believe it. But so far in the game, I believe that this game is really similar to that game, we didn't find the rhythm of the game at all! "Second floor

"The reason why this game is very similar to that game is because Pang didn't play in this game either. There is a big difference between a game with and without a pang. Compared with the last Champions League game against Real Madrid, and then look at this game against Bayer Leverkusen, Dortmund is completely two teams. "Third floor

"It's true, Dortmund without Pang not only has a lot less change in attack, but more importantly, the team lacks a desire to win. If the game continues like this, the game of chasing points will really become a game of losing points! "Fourth floor.

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Seeing that the team's attack continued to improve in the second half, Tuchel's coach was unusually anxious. Originally, coach Tuchel wanted to bring the momentum of the Champions League victory over Real Madrid and want to easily win Bayer Leverkusen in this game, but he didn't expect the game to be completely unexpected by him. Now the team is not only one goal behind, but the attack has been repeatedly blocked, and there is no hope of an equaliser.

With 70 minutes played, Thomas Tuchel finally lost his patience and walked to the bench again. Dortmund then made the third personnel change of the game, No. 18 Rod was replaced, and he was replaced by No. 23 Shinji Kagawa, who had been absent for a long time.

"Man, Coach Tuchel brought Kagawa on this time, do you think Dortmund still have a chance?" Dicker asked.

"There is a chance, in terms of midfield organization, Kagawa is a little stronger than Rode, and Dortmund's biggest problem now is that the forward organization is more chaotic." Rupert replied.

"Man, I don't think so." Dicker retorted, "Kagawa was injured after participating in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup in September, and he hasn't played in a competitive game since then, and now he has returned from injury, and no one knows how his condition will adjust......

"At least better than GΓΆtze's state, right?" Rupert asked rhetorically.

"Not necessarily!" Dicker retorted, "Kagawa's lack of a starter is a lot of a problem......

It really made Dicker guess right, after Kagawa came on the field, Dortmund's attack did not change much. Since the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup in early September, Kagawa has not played for more than 20 days. After he was absent from the team for a long time, he couldn't find the rhythm of the game at all, and his cooperation with his teammates was a little familiar, and he couldn't take on the responsibility of team organization at all.

In the 79th minute of the game, Bayer Leverkusen once again played a quick counterattack. No. 10 Calhanoglu and left winger No. 19 Brandt first made a one-two, past the Dortmund defender Weigel, and then No. 10 Calhanoglu sent a through ball, and when No. 19 Brandt received the ball again, he had already burst into the Dortmund penalty area. Brandett did not choose to shoot, but crossed on the left side of the penalty area, and No. 7 Hernandez, who followed up in the middle, pushed the goal to extend the score to 2-0.

"The ball is in! The ball is in! Goal from Bayer Leverkusen No. 7 Hernandez! Dicker was very depressed, "The Mexican flanked in the middle and scored Bayer Leverkusen's second goal of the game!" ”

"Calhanoglu again, Bayer Leverkusen's Calhanoglu delivered another key pass and created scoring opportunities for his teammates!" Rupert said depressedly that although he and Dicker were not very optimistic about this game, when the team was really going to lose, they were more uncomfortable than anyone else, because they witnessed the team lose.

"Hey, sure enough, the bad state is contagious, and the good state is your own ......," Dicker said helplessly.