Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Sluggish Gotze
The game was played at 6 p.m. local time, and the fat man did not get a start despite coming to Sandhausen with the team. In fact www.biquge.info almost none of the players who played last night's game started except Schurrle. Schurrle has been in better form of late, and his fitness has not been a problem, and today he led the attacking line with Gotze and teenager Moore, with youngsters Christian Pulisic, Shahin and Guerrero in midfield, Park Joo-ho, Merino, Piszczek and Ginter at the back, and veteran Weidenfeller in goal.
'Today's starting is a completely different line-up compared to yesterday's starting line-up, but there's no way around it, the two games are so tightly packed that it's hard to get the players to play one game a day. Dicker commented: "Apart from Schurrle, none of the other players played in yesterday's game. ”
'This game was an opportunity for Götze to prove himself, and he was too slow to adjust to his form compared to other rookies. Rubeus commented, "In such an important game last night, Gotze didn't get a minute of playing time, which was so disappointing, and Bartra and Dembele, who are also newcomers, played the whole game last night, Rod got the chance to start, Schurrle and Pang were substitutes, but they performed well, Pang even had a wonderful performance with three goals, and Gotze was obviously in poor condition compared to these people." ”
"Let's hope Götze adjusts soon." Dicker echoed, "Gotze and Pontze are the two players that Dortmund fans are most concerned about at the moment, but the performance of the two is very different, Pang has been in hot form recently, Götze is in a continuous slump, the performance of the two is completely two extremes, Gotze really needs to work hard." ”
The fat man was sitting quietly on the bench at the moment, and after seeing the team's starters, the fat man knew that it was difficult for him to have a chance to play today. The fat man began to think about last night's events, and although last night's events were an accident, they also sounded the alarm for the fat man. For a long time, the fat man was too kind to the friends around him, causing them to start to take the fat man's words as a deaf ear. Last night, the four girls were told not to come, but no one listened to the fat man. Although nothing went wrong with the big gathering of six people, it really frightened the fat man, and the fat man really didn't want this kind of thing to happen.
In the future, no one can come to my brother's apartment except Zhang Yuwei. If you have something to talk about, make an appointment outside, and you must not engage in last night's oolong incident, otherwise you can be sure that there will be trouble. The fat man made up his mind.
"Hey, Pong, didn't you go out for a drink last night?" Dembele, who was next to the fat man, suddenly spoke.
'No, man,' replied the fat man, 'I wanted to go out for a drink, but you know Coach Tuchel said there was a game today, so ......'
'It's a really bad game because we won the title at home and we didn't even have time to celebrate, which was infuriating. Dembele complained.
Dortmund has been very close to the warm-up games in the past month, without any rest time, originally everyone thought that they could rest for a day or two after the end of the German Super Cup, but they didn't expect the team to arrange a game the next day, which made Dembele, who was very close to home, dissatisfied.
Ousmane Dembele has been in very good form of late, having almost secured his place as a regular wing-back, and he will replace the vacancy left by Mitaryan. Dembele has long since lost the idea of competing with the fat man for a striker, Dembele knows that he is thin, and playing as a full-back is the best option at the moment, allowing him to make the most of his skills and speed.
Dembele now likes to work more and more with the fat man, because when the fat man is on the field, he can play for him and give him more shots. Although coach Tuchel played 4231 striker tactics regardless of whether Fat or Aubameyang came on the pitch, the roles played by Fat and Aubameyang on the pitch were different. The fat man plays as a center forward when he comes on the pitch, has a strong ability to adapt, and can create a lot of shooting opportunities for wingers such as Dembele; And Aubameyang played as a striker, and his ability to respond was poorer, but he needed Dembele and others to make the ball for Aubameyang, the fat man was "feeding the cake", and Aubameyang was "eating the cake", which made Dembele, who was eager to score, prefer to cooperate with the fat man.
"Pong, let's go out for a drink sometime, you know that Germany is famous for its beer." Dembele suggested, "We should also go out for a drink for last night's victory." ”
'Okay man, as long as Coach Tuchel is on holiday, we'll go out for a drink.' The fat man agreed.
The fat man could see that Dembele meant to show his affection, after all, the fat man and Dembele had greater complementarity in technology, and the other two were of the same age, as long as there was no conflict of interest, it was easy to become friends. Unlike the fat man who came to Germany to play alone, Dembele is French, and because he is very close to home, after Dembele came to Dortmund to play football, his mother also came to Germany to take care of him.
The fat man knew that Dembele was probably going crazy, after all, this guy had his mother watching by his side; In addition, Dembele just turned 18 this year, and alcohol is definitely a temptation for this guy.
Today's match was uneventful, and although it was held to commemorate Sandhausen's centenary, Sandhausen did not have the slightest intention of winning. This is mainly related to Sandhausen's strength, although Sandhausen has a history of 100 years, but the club is not big, coupled with limited financial resources, it is difficult to buy high-level players, so although Sandhausen was promoted to the Bundesliga in 12 years, the team is fighting for relegation almost every year, and the strength is at the bottom of the Bundesliga.
Sandhausen resisted for only eight minutes before the goal was lost. Dortmund in an attack, back Shahin a straight through Sandhausen defense, striker Moore successfully anti-offside, in the face of the opponent's goalkeeper, Moore did not choose to shoot, but knocked on the middle, Götze followed up in the middle and chose to shoot, but unfortunately the ball was kicked too positively, was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, and Schurrle was inserted on the side to break the goal.
"Schurrle's follow-up shot, the ball goes in!" Dicker exclaimed excitedly, "Schurrle's forward step was timely, although Moore didn't distribute the ball to the wing, Schurrle took the opportunity to shoot." ”
"Gotze wasted a great chance to score!" Rubeer commented: "Gotze was a little slow to cut forward, which left him with little room to choose the angle when he shot on goal, and he ended up with a shot saved by the opposition goalkeeper to complete Schurrle's follow-up shot. ”
"Gotze wasn't excited enough in this game, this kind of shot Götze rarely missed before." Dicker commented, "Gotze hasn't played for over a week, and he didn't play in last night's Super Cup, so why is his body still obviously so heavy? ”
"I think it's still a matter of self-confidence." Rupert analysed, "Gotze hasn't scored for a long time, he created a penalty against Athletic Bilbao last time time, but unfortunately he gave up the penalty to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and he is clearly not confident about scoring now. ”
On the pitch, Sandhausen, who had lost the goal, began to intensify his attack and played against Dortmund. Both teams also began to have more shooting opportunities, especially Dortmund's shooting opportunities, which continued one after another.
"Moore's long-range shot in front of the penalty area...... Oh, missed! Rupert looked regretful, "Moore is in a hurry, there is no defender in front of him, he can adjust before shooting." ”
Gotze dodged a defender's volley...... Oh, hit high. Dicker shook his head, "Gotze didn't hold the ball, he wanted to make a lot of effort, and the ball could have been smashed into the far corner." ”
Sandhouse No.9 striker Hans' header on goal...... Oh, the ball is over the crossbar, it's dangerous. Rupert was a little upset, "Dortmund are always less reassuring when it comes to defending high balls, and looking at the way Weidenfeller roared, he was angry with his teammates for defending the ball. ”
Shaheen's header from behind...... Oh, and the ball was saved by the opposition goalkeeper. Dicker shook his head, "Shaheen lacked some luck, his header was powerful but the angle was still a little worse, and the opposition goalkeeper reacted very quickly and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand. ”
"The long-range shot of Sandhouse nine striker Hans...... Oh, and the ball was saved by Weidenfeller. Rupert was a little nervous, "Whenever I see an opposition striker hitting the goal, but there are no Dortmund players to interfere, I am very worried about the safety of the goal, we should not give the opponent a chance to calm down, our defense should be tougher." ”
Soon the first half was over, with Dortmund leading Sandhausen 1-0.
The fat man watched the first half of the game carefully on the bench, and compared to the previous game against Bayern, Dortmund's attack in this game was obviously more threatening. It can be said that Dortmund's fast passing tactics are not very disadvantaged on the field, whether it is against a strong team or a weak team, and the only difference is the difference in offensive efficiency. When playing against Bayern, although Dortmund had the advantage of possession, they did not create many good chances, although there were many shots on goal, but the threat was not great, and there was a feeling of thunder and rain; The game was the same, but Dortmund ended up scoring in the first half due to Sandhausen's poor defensive ability.
After the fat man got the reinforcement card, he knew that his running skills could graduate, and he needed to rebind the new football player. But there are two ways in front of the fat man, one is to continue to strengthen his own strength, such as binding a player who breaks through well, purely improving his personal ability, and the other is to strengthen his own strength to integrate into the team, such as binding a player with good passing, so that the fat man can be more in line with Coach Tuchel's tactics and become a team player. The fat man knows that he has little playing time because his current position overlaps with Aubameyang, and Aubameyang cannot be replaced in a short period of time. So if the fat man wants to get more playing time and learn to pass the ball, playing the Reuss position is a good choice. However, the fat man still wants to play as a striker, so the fat man is very entangled now. Fortunately, the fat man does not have to make a decision right away, there are still two days before the deadline for the use of the strong card, and the fat man has two days to think about the next plan.
'Dortmund's control in midfield is declining, which means that we have a lot of chances on goal, but we also give the opposition a lot of chances, and the key to winning this game will depend on the ability of the players in both teams to take chances. Dicker commented: "At the moment, it seems that Dortmund's frontcourt players are more capable of scoring, but if Dortmund can't score again in the first ten minutes of the second half, I would suggest that Tuchel replace Pang or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who are better at taking chances than Moore......
'Gotze was disappointing in the first half, he was just playing mechanically, lacking some dangerous passes and shooting poorly. Rubeer commented, "At the moment, Gotze is not Mshitaryan, he is not Reus, he can't do Gundogan's job, he is just an ordinary player at the moment, it is difficult to link him to Messi in Germany. ”
As soon as the comments of the two commentators ended, the second half of the game was about to begin. However, at half-time, Dortmund did not make any substitutions, while Sandhausen removed a midfielder and replaced it with a striker, Sandhausen wanted to strengthen the team's attacking capabilities and get the score back as soon as possible in the second half.
After the start of the second half, the two teams continued to play against each other, and the scene was very good. Sandhausen had a chance to overpower Borussia Dortmund at the start of the second half, but their attack was fruitless and they missed a lot of good chances.
"Sandhausen's offensive is really fierce!" Rupert lamented, "With the addition of a striker up front, Sandhausen has significantly increased the number of crosses from the two wings, and they see the weakness of Dortmund's defense of high balls, and the attack is very targeted. ”
"Danger! Sandhausen No.10 Varger's shot on goal...... Oh, and the veteran Weidenfeller made a contribution, he saved his opponent's shot from close range! Dicker was nervous, "We did too poorly to protect the second point, the team's back line was almost all marking the first point, but unfortunately it was still headed by the opponent's No. 9 Hans, and the second point was almost undefended, fortunately Varg's shooting skills were not perfect, otherwise this goal would have scored......"
In the face of Sandhausen's onslaught, Coach Tuchel, who had been sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, finally couldn't sit still, and he arranged for the fat man and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to warm up. Just when the fat man thought he was going to appear, the situation on the court suddenly changed.
With 55 minutes played, Dortmund played a brilliant combination in a counter-attack. Schurrle received a pass from Ginter at the back and broke through the opponent's defense, but Schurrle did not choose to shoot, but knocked on the middle, and Gotze, who was outflanked in the middle, missed the opportunity again, and under the interference of the opponent's central defender, Gotze's tackle did not reach the ball, but Moore, who was outflanked at the back point, seized the opportunity and scored with a push.
"Moore scored! That's great! Dicker commented, "Youngster Moore doubled their lead after receiving a pass from Schurrle at the back post and firing into the near corner of the net. ”
'Gotze missed his chance again and his tackle was half a beat slower.' Rupert pursed his lips, feeling speechless, "Gotze always finds the wrong rhythm in the face of opportunities, I don't know if he has a physical problem or a mental problem......"
"Boris, Gotze is still looking for form, we should be more patient...... ' Dicker whispered.
"Man, I know what you mean, but what can we expect from Götze if he can't even take this opportunity......" Rupert said helplessly.
Götze, who missed the opportunity again, lay on the ground and slapped the turf vigorously, venting the anger in his heart. Not far away was the hug and celebration of Moore and Schurrle, who raised their hands in great excitement.
Seeing this, coach Tuchel's face also showed regret, and even the upcoming substitution adjustment was left behind. The fat man also saw this sad scene, the former Super Mario, the former German Messi, didn't expect to be in such a bad state and fall off the altar so quickly.
'If you play football, it's like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat!' The fat man thought silently.