429 Dream start
The German Super Cup is coming, but Klopp put Tang Hong, Reuss, and Mkhitaryan on the bench.
New signing Adrian Ramos and returning Shinji Kagawa started the game, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also started.
Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich side held back for a summer and led their side to Borussia Dortmund's home stadium, the West** Stadium, with the obvious expectation of frustrating the reigning champions there.
The upcoming new season is a bit special for Borussia Dortmund and Tang Hong.
First of all, the Club World Cup will be played at the end of the year, and then Tang Hong and Shinji Kagawa will return to Asia in January next year to compete in the Asian Cup, which could be a variable in the way of Dortmund's league title defense.
Klopp didn't want to overdraw Tang Hong, so he was rested for some inconsequential games.
I thought that Dortmund, the two main players, would be very passive at home, but Bayern Munich did not show much competitive form at the West** Stadium.
After all, German players such as Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Boateng, Neuer and other players have fought all the way to the final on the World Cup stage and successfully won the cup, and there is relatively little time for rest and preparation in the summer.
In addition to Hummels in the starting line of Dortmund, Weidenfeller, Gundogan and Sven Bender stayed with the German team as spectators until the end of the World Cup.
The overall state of affairs is not greatly affected.
Bayern Munich still dominated the field at the West** Stadium, but they still looked panicked in the face of Dortmund's premeditated counter-attack.
Adrian Ramos and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang flanked together, while Shinji Kagawa and Saheen kept sending through balls in central midfield to try and threaten the Bayern Munich defence.
It's not always a dangerous shot, but one chance can be fatal.
Before the end of the first half, Aubameyang headed in a cross from Ramos on the counter-attack!
Then he played Spider-Man to celebrate, which made the atmosphere even more high.
Pep Guardiola was a little annoyed by his team's half-time deficit.
In the second half, Bayern Munich's offensive was even more wolf-like, but Dortmund should have played Bayern Munich's experience, allowing Bayern Munich to control the ball on the periphery, they contracted the defensive line and did not move, patiently seeking opportunities to counterattack.
Until the 80th minute of the game, Bayern Munich was weak, Dortmund burst into trouble, the team's continuous fast attack made the Bayern Munich defense unable to parry, Mandzukic received Shahin's wonderful pass in the penalty area and scored a good show of killing the old owner.
Borussia Dortmund eventually defended their German Super Cup title by beating Bayern Munich 2-0 at home.
This result is a bit of a surprise to the outside world, many people think that after last season's failure, Bayern Munich will inevitably make a strong comeback in the new season, although the German Super Cup is not heavy, dispensable, but Bayern Munich to psychologically reverse the disadvantage against Dortmund, then even a friendly match must do its best to win!
Bayern Munich worked hard in the game, but unfortunately the team also seemed to be used to the scoreless scene.
Robert Lewandowski did not feature in this game, and Bayern Munich's forward line did not play its most threatening role.
But just as Borussia Dortmund also hid two main players, Bayern Munich has no excuses for the defeat.
Borussia Dortmund won the UEFA Super Cup and the German Super Cup before the start of the new season, and the team started the new season with high spirits!
In the bookmaker's odds for winning the Bundesliga in the new season, Dortmund surpassed Bayern Munich to become the biggest favorite!
When the German media looked forward to the new season and the pre-season tour of each team, most voices questioned whether Pep Guardiola could lead Bayern Munich to overturn Dortmund's dominance!
If you don't look at the championship, just the wins, draws and losses, Pep Guardiola led the team to a near-god last season, including the Bundesliga winning streak record.
But in the end, he only won two runners-up, and the results of the Champions League semi-finals are quite "both Yu and He Shengliang".
In the opening match of the new season, defending champion Borussia Dortmund took on the challenge of Bayer Leverkusen at the West** Stadium.
Son Heung-min, as Bayer Leverkusen's main winger, looked at Tang Hong's back in the player's tunnel thoughtfully, and when he tried to catch up with Tang Hong, he found that the gap between the two seemed to be getting bigger and bigger!
When they met for the second time last season, Tang Hong had not been crowned Bundesliga champion at least and had not won the Champions League for the second time.
But now look at it, Tang Hong, who has become the favorite for this year's Golden Ball Award, holds two Champions League titles, a Europa League title, top league top scorer for three consecutive years, best player, European Golden Boot Award and other awards, Tang Hong's height is unattainable for Asian players, and there are only two stars on this planet who can be at the same level as him, one plays for Real Madrid and one plays for Barcelona.
The close gap will make the chasers more motivated.
The gap is far away, and it will only make the pursuers behind them feel desperate!
Sun Xingmin is a little desperate now, and he can't help but have the idea that he can't catch up with Tang Hong in this life.
But he quickly swept that idea away.
He is still young, Tang Hong is still young, and no one can predict how their respective journeys will change in the next ten years.
When Bayer Leverkusen kicked off the first goal away from home, Dortmund surprised that the opponent only passed through three feet and then Son Heung-min provided an assist on the wing, and another winger, Bellarabi, outflanked the ball into the Dortmund goal!
It seems that the referee's whistle is still echoing in my ears, and the goal is in!
Velarabi set the Bundesliga record for the fastest goal and scored against Borussia Dortmund in just 9 seconds!
The Dortmund crowd were caught off guard, and Jurgen Klopp looked serious on the sidelines, which was not a good start.
Is Dortmund relaxed? Careless?
Or is it simply Bayer Leverkusen's lightning fast break that moment ago played an unstoppable efficiency?
Bayer Leverkusen's dream start was a surprise to even the rest of the world.
But now that you're already ahead, try to maintain your advantage as much as possible!
Borussia Dortmund kicks off and the frenzy sweeps away!
After last season's success, Dortmund's midfield has been more efficient and tacit, and even though they knew that their opponents would focus on blocking Tang Hong, the team still made the Leverkusen defence tremble through a dazzling combination of quick passes.
Tang Hong's long-range shot from outside the penalty area, Mandzukic grabbing points in the penalty area, Reus's sudden attack on the right, Mkhitaryan inserting pictures from time to time, Dortmund actually paid more attention to creating opportunities for Tang Hong under the seemingly global linkage offensive.
Bayer Leverkusen struggled on the counter-attack, and Son Heung-min performed well, but there was little support on the counter-attack, and the individual attack was lacking in fire, and some chances that looked obviously good did not turn into fatal blows because of one problem or another.
In the 24th minute of the game, Dortmund's continuous attack in front was blocked by the opponent, and it was the third fast attack in a short period of time, Gundogan passed the ball diagonally to the side, Schmelzer quickly set the side and went down to the bottom to respond to the ball back to the front of the penalty area, Tang Hong led the ball and cut the ball inside but pulled the ball and cut it horizontally after stepping on the bicycle and shaking, and after getting rid of the defense, the right foot blasted out a heavy cannon, and the football hung in the corner of the goal!
Unlike when he used to like to hit the inside of his right foot to rub the instep of the arc, this long-range shot is simply powerful and powerful, and it is a miracle!
People remember the German team's brutal slaughter of the host Brazil team in the Brazil World Cup, the German team's return to the top of the world after 24 years of defeating Argentina, and Messi's regrettable goal crown after passing by in the Hercules Cup.
Not many people still remember the picture of Tang Hong's inward arc hitting the goalpost and missing the killer in the group stage.
But Tang Hong will not forget, thousands of times when he thinks back, he can't help but assume that if he had exploded directly, maybe the result would have been different.
He hasn't given up on his habit of shooting skillfully, but he needs to try more direct shots on his own, and after a lot of training, the technical circuit will instinctively make him take the best approach when facing different opportunities.
Sometimes simplicity and brutality are football's purest aesthetics.
Deafening cheers rang out at West** Stadium, Tang Hong's signature celebration move, and his uppercut in the air after jumping attracted the audience to shout "Hong!" ββhongοΌβ
It's as if the earth is shaking!
The scene was extremely shocking.
Dortmund equaliser followed the attack.
The attacking group up front, the fast running, passing and cutting coordination, and the pressing combined with counter-attacks made the whole Leverkusen team tired in the middle and back.
When Mandzukic missed a close-range header in front of goal, Bayer Leverkusen burst onto a fast attack.
Piszczek hurriedly returned to the defense, but he didn't expect Son Xingmin to stop and retreat to make him save, and then Son Xingmin shifted the attack, and Bellalabi burst in on the right and sent a cross.
Kiessling flanked down the middle and got rid of Hummels before firing a powerful shot through Weidenfeller's 10-finger pass.
Bayer Leverkusen leads Dortmund again 2:1 away!
Jurgen Klopp couldn't help but smile bitterly on the sidelines.
The new season seems to be somewhat similar to last season.
If Dortmund adopt defensive counter-attacking tactics in the strong dialogue, few teams will be able to stop their counter-attacks.
But on the other hand, in addition to facing the top opponents, Dortmund plays other teams, whether it is a first-team team or a middle and lower team, it is impossible to play defensive counterattacks, and Dortmund will be very passive in dealing with the opponent's counterattack at this time.
As long as the opponent can play a speed advantage in the long run, then it is likely that the Dortmund defense will break down in the full retreat.
This is not a new situation, and it is difficult to say that Barcelona at the peak of their counter-attacking masters can stifle the opponent's counter-attack every time.
The limits of defense can never guarantee a clean sheet per game!
But the limit of the attack can be to score more goals than the opponent.
Therefore, in this context, it is not the defense that will test Dortmund, as long as the defense is not a head-off for no reason, then it is acceptable.
It was only Dortmund's attack that was put to the test.
Jurgen Klopp expects the team to do better, and he has also started his new "practice" as a manager.
It wasn't until the next part of his coaching journey that he took the balance of offense and defense to a new level.