Chapter 90: Borussia Dortmund vs Tottenham

With eight rounds to play in the Premier League and the Europa League reaching the round of 16, it is a onerous schedule to add home and away.

As for the FA, Tottenham have all but dropped that line due to Elkeson's injury.

This allows them to better prepare for the league and Europa League.

The FA Cup quarter-finals are Arsenal vs Tottenham.

In this battle, Arsenal can be said to be the main force, and it is bound to be humiliated.

But Tottenham's attitude almost drove them crazy.

Villas-Boas pressed most of his main players directly on the bench, and Yile did not play the whole game. Kane was substituted after half-time and made a gesture of giving up.

Although Arsenal beat Tottenham 3-1 in this game, they couldn't be more depressed.

After the game, Arsenal fans started to get into trouble, and they broke into Tottenham's official website.

Brush the message of 'Arsenal 3:1 Tottenham'.

But Tottenham fans were not provoked at all and put on an attitude of indifference.

I don't care!

The backhand was thrown 7:0 over.

Arsenal fans remember the devastation in north London vividly, and it became their nightmare.

For the FA Cup defeat, Tottenham fans showed a rare look of composure.

They understood that back when Elkeson was injured.

And for Tottenham, the most important thing is the league and Europa League.

The FA Cup is the icing on the cake, but it is not the most important one.

Without the burden of the FA Cup, Tottenham began to prepare for the league and the Europa League.

On May 11, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed the opponent of the last 12 of the Europa League.

This opponent is from the Bundesliga, and it is somewhat related to Yile.

Dortmund!

Yile's former teammate, Grigori, is on this team.

......

On May 10th, the entire Tottenham team arrived in Dortmund, North Rhine-West**, Germany.

Dortmund is known as the 'Green City', and the planning and greening of the entire city is excellent.

Half of the city is made up of woodlands, waterways, green areas and parks, and the city is full of life.

As soon as Tottenham settled into the hotel, Yile received a text message from Grigory.

'Hey! Man, long time no see, if we weren't opponents, I could have taken you to a good look at Dortmund. ’

Yi Le chuckled and replied to the text message.

'You're playing tomorrow?' ’

Grigory was quick to reply.

'No! You can't ask so directly, it's our tactic! Hahahaha, but to be honest, my chances of playing are low and since I left Millwall, I seem to be in a goal drought. ’

Yi Le had also heard a little about what happened to Grigory.

Grigori would have been a tactical system that would not have been suited to Dortmund, and Dortmund did not have a pure midfield commander like Yile.

Although Reus hung in the midfield position, he was more of a breakthrough player.

There wasn't enough support, and Grigory wasn't the kind of centre-forward with outstanding individual qualities, which caused him to sink.

Leaving Gregory of Yile, there was no one to deliver shells to him!

After a brief chat, the two did not communicate.

At this time, no matter how good the relationship between Yile and Gregory is, both of them need to avoid suspicion.

......

Dortmund Club, conference room.

Borussia Dortmund players gather to watch a video of the match.

In the Europa League last-16 knockout round, they faced a strong team.

Tottenham!

With a team that dominates the Premier League, Dortmund naturally need to take it very seriously.

Compared to Tottenham, they are more like facing giants such as Arsenal and Manchester United.

But at this point, they had no choice but to do their best to win.

Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas. Thomas Tuchel is giving a brief.

The most frightening aspect of this Tottenham side is their highly mobile midfield, especially the Chinese's peculiar passing path and huge vision, which always allow them to control the initiative in midfield.

Thomas. Thomas Tuchel's style of coaching is more attack-oriented, but this Dortmund side will not allow him to do so.

If it was the youth army of three years ago, and with the strong play of Lewandowski, Gotze and Royce, Thomas. Thomas Tuchel is confident he can go toe-to-toe with Tottenham's midfield, but this Borussia Dortmund side can't.

After Lewandowski and Gotze were poached by Bayern, Dortmund's forward line and midfield control plummeted, and although they kept the tradition of the youth army, Tottenham Hotspur also remained a youth army, and in terms of specifications, it was much more advanced than them.

Yi Le, Sun Xingmin, Dele. Ali, Harry. Kane and so on, when you think of these players, Thomas. Tuchel is a little jealous of Villas-Boas, why do you have such a good young player at the helm of Borussia Dortmund, who is a half-cripple.

Thomas. Tuchel has his sights set on the Japanese [Shinji Kagawa], will he be able to contain Yile's play?

Subsequently, Mr. Head Coach couldn't help but grin secretly, let's play defensive counterattacks honestly.

Mesut Ozil couldn't fall well in the hands of Yi Le, and he didn't think Shinji Kagawa would be able to contain Yi Le's play, let alone control the initiative in midfield.

Knock knock!!

Thomas. Tuchel tapped the table twice to draw the attention of his players and said: 'The next game is a tough game and we need to take this game seriously, they are even stronger than Bayern in some ways!' ”

Hearing this, Dortmund's players looked stunned.

At this point, an Asian face appears on the slide.

Black hair, black eyes and yellow skin, looks quite delicate, but his smile reveals a simple color, wearing Tottenham's No. 21 jersey.

Thomas. Tuchel pointed to the photo above and said: "We need to contain this Chinese!" He's the engine of Tottenham and we can't let him get the ball and play the ball comfortably, it's going to be a nightmare for us, so up front, we have to press hard, and at the same time, Shinji Kagawa ....."

Mr. Wangjiang, the head coach, looked at him, and Shinji Kagawa hurriedly sat upright.

"In this game, I won't put too much pressure on you, I don't need you to fight against this Chinese, I don't need you to fight for the initiative in midfield, and I don't need you to play to the advantage, what I need is for you to stabilize the midfield, don't be led by Tottenham's rhythm, we always have our own rhythm of playing."

Kagawa Shinji nodded a little depressedly, this is what he meant, although he was a little unconvinced, but in the face of the momentum of Yile, he was really a little stunned.

Thomas. Tuchel has a lot of tasks in place, but it's all for Tottenham's midfield.

After saying that, Thomas. Tuchel said: 'Gligori, we want to hear your advice, we know that you and Yi were once team-mates. ”

Grigory grinned secretly, how could he feel like a second or fifth boy.

'I'm not questioning you, Mr. Manager, but I don't think it's useful to target Tottenham's midfield.

Grigory said loudly; "Tottenham's midfield is not only mobile, they have two or three times the physical reserve and running distance of us, and in the case of unequal fitness, our midfield can easily be dragged down by Tottenham."

Gregory understood very well that it was useless to target Yile.

In the Championship, so many teams have deployed many tactics to contain Yile, but they all ended in failure.

Now that Yi Le has gone to Tottenham, the teammates around him are even more powerful, not comparable to the Millwall period, and he doesn't know what terrifying bonuses these teammates can give Yi Le.

In the past, he was teammates with Yile, so he didn't pay attention to that.

But until he became an opponent, after research, he found out that his former gun stand father was really a monster!

Physical reserves!

Thomas. Tuchel frowned, he did miss that.

But Thomas. Tuchel has decided to stick with his tactical set-up.

He disbanded the team and told the players to go back to rest and wait for tomorrow's official game.

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Day 2, Dortmund, Germany, Signal Park Stadium Iduna.

This is the home of the Bumblebees, and it is covered in yellow as far as the eye can see.

In the North Stand, Hornets fans hold small yellow boards that combine into a giant (BVB) lettering, which is short for Hornets.

The corresponding South Stand is a spectacular sight.

This is a picture of the gods produced by Unity, a radical Dortmund fan group, in which a Dortmund fan holds a telescope with the Champions League trophy in the background, and the underlying text reads:

'On the road to finding a lost Champions League trophy'.

The frenetic home atmosphere set off the game and also showed a concept.

Football is not as simple as a sport.....

It's a culture, a way of life, an unwavering faith!