Although the whole team was not in a very good mood when they drew the group of death, fortunately, Cheng Hai was still in the team, and everyone was still confident in qualifying.

It's the other three teams that should be worried.

Therefore, everyone only complained twice, and then put aside the discussion of the group of death and threw themselves into the preparation for the UEFA Super Cup.

After all, this is a crucial battle that immediately stakes the title race and whether Dortmund's annual six-time title can be completed.

Winning this game, and then winning the Club World Cup, Dortmund will replicate Barcelona's miracle of winning the six crowns in 2009 and retain the possibility of creating a season of six crowns.

Therefore, this UEFA Super Cup may not seem important, but it is actually very significant and must not be lost.

Although Atletico Madrid does not seem to be as famous as Real Madrid and Barcelona, in fact, since Simeone took over, Atletico Madrid has grown into a top La Liga team that can compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona.

In the mouths of Chinese fans, the original two-person in the Spanish Super League, which was originally composed of Real Madrid and Barcelona, has now become the top three in the Spanish Super League composed of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

It can be seen that the strength of Atletico Madrid is recognized by the world.

Atletico Madrid under Simeone adopts the tactics of pressing high and counter-attacking immediately after the front-court counter-robbery, and the average running distance of the players per game is much more than that of Dortmund, and the pressure on Dortmund is still very high.

Neither Klopp nor Cheng Hai dared to be careless.

What's more, Atletico Madrid accounted for two of the top three scorers in the Europa League last season, namely Falcao and Adrian López, who ranked second and third respectively with 12 and 10 goals.

This attack power is definitely the best in the whole of Europe.

In addition to Cheng Hai being able to stabilize them, the striker combination of other giant clubs may not have a high goal efficiency as theirs.

In case the two of them break out in the game, with a little luck, then Dortmund's fifth title of the year may not be able to get it safely.

Therefore, everyone must be cautious, and Klopp has also conducted targeted tactical drills in advance, so that everyone can strengthen the tactical training against Atletico Madrid.

Soon, the time came to 20:45 on the evening of August 31, 2012, and with the referee's whistle, the 2011/2012 Champions League winner Borussia Dortmund vs Europa League winner Atletico Madrid's 2012 UEFA Super Cup was officially contested at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco.

In the minds of neutral audiences, although Atletico Madrid is one of the top three in the Western Super League, although Atletico Madrid has Simeone and Falcao, it is still not as good as Klopp and Cheng Hai after all.

As the world's No. 1 striker with the highest goal efficiency in football history, Cheng Hai led Dortmund to defeat Atletico Madrid and win the annual five-time crown.

Dortmund is the same up and down, although Klopp and the team have been seriously training and preparing for the game, everyone still thinks that with their treble-winning foundation, beating Atletico Madrid, even if there are some twists and turns, should not be a big problem.

As a result, Dortmund, who started the game with such an idea, was beaten in the face by Atletico Madrid in the opening 6 minutes.

Atletico's high pressing is completely different from other teams.

Other teams have largely given up on counter-attacking when the opponent passes the ball back to the back line, or even to the goalkeeper.

But Atletico Madrid is not, their strikers Falcao and Adrian will keep pressing forward until the goalkeeper passes the ball, otherwise they will rush up and press even the goalkeeper to control the ball.

And it's not just the two of them, it's the whole Atletico Madrid team. With Falcao and Adrian pressing forward, other players in the midfield will also follow the formation to press forward, forming a full-court high press, and Dortmund is not allowed to slowly organize the attack.

Not to mention attacking, you can't even kick your feet in the backfield, and the midfield pass is not smooth, and if you move a little slowly, you will be cut off.

And if the pass is fast, it will make mistakes.

In the 6th minute, it was under the pressure of the Atletico Madrid midfield that the full-back Piszczek, who had the ball in the backfield, wanted to drive the ball to the front with a big kick, and Cheng Hai or Lewandowski would fight for the ball.

As a result, the ball could not be driven and was blocked by Atletico full-back Alda Turan who was pressing close to him.

To add insult to injury, the ball that bounced off Alda Turan landed right in front of Adrian.

Without waiting for nearby Hummels to rush over to grab the ball, Adrian didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and directly picked up the ball, which was picked over the head of another central defender, Subotic, and fell to the top of the arc of the penalty area.

Subotic was already Dortmund's last defender, and Falcao was just near him to interfere and press, preventing him from easily taking the ball or passing the ball and falling to his feet.

Alda Turan's flight blocked the gun's eye, allowing Falcao to see the opportunity in an instant, and immediately ran sideways to open up the distance between him and Subotic.

Before Subotic could react and catch up with Falcao, Adrian didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground and lifted the ball over his head and landed at the top of the penalty area behind him.

When he turned to pounce on the ball, he saw that Falcao had already rushed diagonally towards the ball.

Falcao successfully countered offside and received Adrian's pick-up pass.

Despite Subotic's desperate efforts to keep out Falcao's shot, he failed.

Falcao got ahead of Subotic in a flying tackle and volleyed the ball towards Dortmund before the ball hit the ground.

By the time he had finished shooting, Subotic's flying foot reached him, but to no avail, it only staggered Falcao.

The ball had flown towards the top right corner of the Dortmund goal.

The quality of Falcao's shot was very high, he ate the right part and made a lot of power.

The ball was powerful, very fast, and angled, almost towards the top right corner of the Dortmund goal.

It's very rare to get a volley of this quality.

Despite being a very good goalkeeper, Falcao made a first-reaction save based on the ball as soon as Falcao finished shooting.

But Falcao's shot was too fast and too awkward, and Weidenfeller was finally out of reach, watching the ball fly diagonally above his palm, and hit the post into the top right corner of the Dortmund goal, smashing the net into the net.

In the first six minutes of the first half, Atletico Madrid took a 1-0 lead with a brilliant volley from their striker, Tiger Falcao.

And this opportunity was snatched up by Simeone's high-level pressing tactics without sparing physical strength.

Falcao didn't waste that chance either, opening the scoring just six minutes into the opening kick-off to give Atletico Madrid the lead.

In this goal, whether it is Alda Turan's pressing, Adrian's pick-and-roll pass, Falcao's running and shooting, they are all world-class.

Atletico Madrid's top three in the Western Super League is not in vain.

Although everyone was a little confused by Atletico Madrid's first goal, the Dortmund players were not depressed after the Atletico Madrid players celebrated and the game restarted.

It was a bit of a shock to concede so quickly, but it also proved that they had plenty of time to equalise and turn the scoreline around.

They have the world's No. 1 striker Cheng Hai, what are they afraid of?

Sure enough, not long after Falcao's goal, in the 12th minute, Cheng Hai equalized for Dortmund.

Atletico Madrid's high pressing also means they are positioned a bit up front, and once Dortmund can pass the ball through midfield, they can pose a huge threat to Atletico's backfield.

Even if Atletico Madrid strictly defended Cheng Hai, it would be useless.

After all, the stadium is so big, and if the whole Atletico Madrid team wants to launch a high-level pressing, then naturally there can't be too many people to keep an eye on Cheng Hai alone, at most only two people.

But Cheng Hai's off-ball running, point-grabbing ability, speed, physique, etc., are all the best in the world, and although the two-person defense can sometimes be effective, there are still more leaks.

This time, it was Atletico who failed to stop Dortmund's attack and were met by Mario Gotze on the flank.

As the former darling of Westfaren Stadium and one of the twin stars of Dort, Mario Gotze is now far from being as famous and accomplished as Cheng Hai, but he is still better than the average full-back.

Götze's performance this time was top-notch, not only breaking through two opposing players in a row on the flank, successfully sending in a low cross, but also passing the ball just right.

Cheng Hai, who followed up in the middle and rushed into the penalty area, shook off the defenders through his own change of direction and run, successfully grabbed the first point, jumped high three or four meters on the right side of the penalty spot in the big penalty area, and hit the goal with a strong header, and pushed the ball towards the goal of Atletico Madrid.

However, after completing the header goal, Cheng Hai was also hit hard by Atletico Madrid captain Godin, who rushed over to the side.

He didn't jump as high as Cheng Hai, but he was also quite hard and hard, and just hit Cheng Hai's shoulder, causing Cheng Hai to fall from the air and fall to the ground holding his shoulders and screaming in pain.

But that didn't affect Cheng Hai's goal.

Mario Gotze passed the ball quite well, and Cheng Hai was also very accurate, and the ball managed to pass the ten fingers of goalkeeper Courtois and fly into the goal he was guarding.

In the 12th minute, Cheng Hai scored a header for Dortmund and equalized the score, and the fans at the scene and in front of the TV set burst into excited applause and cheers.

However, Annia in the stands did not applaud and cheer, but covered her mouth worriedly and looked at Cheng Hai who fell in the penalty area, praying that Cheng Hai would not be injured.

The players of the two teams also almost clashed around Cheng Hai, but fortunately, the referee immediately rushed over to divide everyone and asked about Cheng Hai's injury.

In fact, Cheng Hai was just hit too hard by Godin, so he was a little uncomfortable. But with his physique, he wasn't really hurt.

After lying on the ground for a while, Cheng Hai was actually fine.

With the help of the referee's teammates, Cheng Hai got up from the ground, moved his arm, and saw that there was no problem, so he told the referee that there was no problem and he could continue the game.

Then his teammates came up to celebrate the equaliser with him, but everyone was careful not to touch Cheng Hai's shoulder.

After the celebration and the restart of the game, although Cheng Hai's shoulder was not a major problem, he was hit too hard by Godin, and he kept feeling a faint pain.

And the Atletico Madrid players also shamelessly took advantage of this, intentionally or unintentionally hitting the place where Cheng Hai was injured in physical contact, so that Cheng Hai grabbed the ball and did not move so smoothly, and then it affected his performance.

There was also no shortage of fans in the stands who saw the despicable practices of the Atletico Madrid players, and let out huge boos and curses.

However, these boos and curses did not affect the Atletico players.

Their high-level pressing style of play is itself a very tough and foul style of play, and being booed and scolded is simply the norm.

What's more, as long as Cheng Hai can be frozen and Cheng Hai's state can be reduced, what if he uses a little shameful action?

If they can beat Borussia Dortmund in the end and win the title, these moves may even be regarded as heroes by Atletico Madrid fans.

As a result, Cheng Hai continues to suffer from the opponent's defense against his weaknesses.

In addition to shoulder defense, Simeone's level is really strong, Atletico Madrid may have carried out strict targeted training, defending specifically against Cheng Hai's habitual foot and right foot, trying to force Cheng Hai to use his left foot to control the ball.

This naturally greatly affected Cheng Hai's performance again, and he didn't wait for the second goal.

In the case of Cheng Hai being temporarily frozen, the pressing of Atletico Madrid's midfield has not been affected.

Even if Atletico Madrid paid more running distance in order to freeze Cheng Hai, they did not slow down, and finally succeeded in breaking the ball in the midfield in the 23rd minute to form a counterattack.

The counter-attack was similar to Dortmund's goal, which was broken off and formed a counter-attack, with full-back George Koke breaking down the flank and sending in a low cross, and then Falcao following up in the middle of the box to beat Hummels in the box to grab the first point and head home.

In the 23rd minute, Falcao scored a brace to make the score 2-1 again, and the Atletico Madrid fans broke out in loud applause and cheers at the scene and in front of the TV.

Falcao was also quite excited, rushing to the sidelines to celebrate enthusiastically.

In this game, he played really well, not only scoring first in the face-to-face match with Cheng Hai, but also scoring a brace after Cheng Hai equalized, helping Atletico Madrid take the lead again.

If Atletico Madrid does win the title in the end, there is no doubt that Falcao will play a big role.

At this moment, even Cheng Hai frowned a little.

This Atletico Madrid and Falcao are also too tenacious.

After being equalized while the score was leading, they did not panic or panic, but continued to stick to their style of play and then scored again to take the lead.

On the sidelines, the course of the game also exceeded Klopp's expectations.

If the first goal was a bit of a surprise, the second made him look a little grim.

Even with the strength of Cheng Hai and Dortmund, not every game can be won by a big score, let alone a tie every time they fall behind.

Just equalized once, but Atletico scored again to take the lead, and then Dortmund can equalize, there is some pressure.

Thinking of Cheng Hai's previous performance, Klopp also knew that the moment he was slammed into Godin still had some impact.

After thinking for a while, Klopp called Royce, who had run past him, and ordered the latest tactics.

Next, Cheng Hai began to deliberately pull and run to both sides, on the one hand, in order to pull Atletico's defensive strength to both sides, leaving room for teammates in the middle or on the other side to run and attack.

On the other hand, it is also because of the weak defensive strength on the side, Cheng Hai may have room to play.

Klopp's adjustment was really immediate.

In the 31st minute, after Cheng Hai pulled the ball to the right side, it really attracted the overall formation of Atletico Madrid to the right, and then Cheng Hai made a long pass in the air with a big foot and transferred the long pass to the left side.

Reuss, who was plugged in on the left, unloaded the ball and cut inside to shoot into the far corner on the edge of the penalty area, but unfortunately the shot went just wide of the post under the pressure of the opposing defenders.

Although the goal didn't go in, it was a good chance.

After this period of competition, Cheng Hai's injuries have almost all healed.

After all, he is a full-value physique, and there is no real injury, and after more than ten minutes of slowing down, it has almost no effect, and it will not affect his movements much.

So, in the 38th minute, Cheng Hai finally broke out again.

He first broke Atletico Madrid's full-back Alda Turan on the left flank, then played a wall with Gundogan to break through the defender Mario Suarez, and then cut inside against full-back Felipe.

Of course, Mario Suarez, who had just broken through by him, and Felipe, were doing their best to defend and avoid being shot by Cheng Hai.

Central defender Miranda also stopped in the box to avoid being rushed into the box by Cheng Hai. Even if Cheng Hai shoots into the far corner from outside the penalty area, he has to interfere as much as possible.

The three-man wrap-and-cover defense made Cheng Hai not find too good shooting opportunities after cutting inside.

But Dortmund is not the only striker, and his vision and passing skills are also superb.

So, when the three of Miranda were focusing on preventing Cheng Hai from kicking into the far corner, Cheng Hai suddenly smashed the ball and passed the ball out of a gap.

The target was four or five metres to the right of the penalty spot in the big penalty area, where there was a small gap.

That is, Cheng Hai's full vision and wonderful accurate short passes, can pass this ball. Otherwise, if someone else comes to pass, regardless of the speed or angle of the ball and the timing of the pass, the slightest deviation will be ruined by the Atletico players in the middle of the way.

Two Atletico players watched almost as the ball rolled forward on their toes towards the space to the right of the penalty spot in the penalty area.

Not only the two players who failed to stop the ball, but Cheng Hai's wonderful pass made the Miranda trio and goalkeeper Courtois who surrounded him also feel cold.

Because, in the direction of Cheng Hai's pass, Dortmund's other striker Lewandowski just shook off the defense and appeared there.

Under everyone's frightened gaze, Lewandowski did not stop the ball to adjust, rushed to the gap to meet Cheng Hai's wonderful pass, and directly volleyed the ball towards the goal of Atletico Madrid.

Lewandowski's shot made Atletico Madrid's players and fans tremble.

Fortunately, Courtois played well.

The moment he saw Cheng Hai's pass, he pounced from the left side of the goal to the right, and Lewandowski's shot was not at a good angle, and he was successfully stopped.

The ball hit Courtois' arm and bounced back into the box.

As a result, just when Atletico Madrid players and fans breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Courtois would be fine if he cleared Lewandowski's shot, a figure wearing the Dortmund No. 9 shirt appeared in the small penalty area, and a flying tackle shot fell to the ground and shoveled the ball into the goal before Atletico Madrid captain Godin, who wanted to clear the ball.

In the 38th minute, Cheng Hai first broke through on the side and then cut inside the penalty area, Lewandowski shot to create a threat, but was saved by Courtois.

Just when everyone thought that the ball was gone, Cheng Hai suddenly appeared in the small penalty area, fell to the ground and shoveled, and shoveled the ball into the goal.

Cheng Hai's perfect off-ball movement and ability to grab points played a key role at this time.

Twice behind, twice equalized, twice brace VS brace twice, Cheng Hai's goal not only ignited the excitement of Dortmund fans at the Louis II Stadium, but even the commentators of various national TV stations in the commentary seat went crazy.

They spoke in various Chinese languages and shouted with all their strength:

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal……”

“Tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor……”

"The ball went in, it went in, it went ......"

"A brace!"

"Cheng Hai also scored a brace!"

"It was his clever pass that assisted Lewandowski's shot, but Lewandowski couldn't kick the ball in and was saved by Courtois's quick reaction."

"But Cheng Hai showed his brilliant off-ball running and point-grabbing ability, and at the moment when everyone was watching Lewandowski and Courtois save, he just appeared in front of Courtois's pounced ball, and he flew to the ground and shoveled the ball into the goal."

"Cheng Hai helped Dortmund equalize again."

"It was a fantastic match."

"Tiger Falcao scored twice to give Atletico Madrid the lead twice."

"And Cheng Hai also proved his value as the world's No. 1 striker, not in vain, standing up twice when the team was twice behind, and helping Dortmund equalize twice with the same brace."

"The two sides are back on the same page again."

In the first half alone, four goals were scored by both sides, with both teams' top scorers scoring braces. It was simply-for-tat and evenly matched, and for neutral fans, the first-half goal shootout was too enjoyable to see. ”

"It's worthy of the European Super Cup, the battle of the kings of Europe!"

"This game, it is estimated that the back will also be exciting, everyone must not blink!"