Charlotte's departure doesn't seem to have much impact, at least on the surface Dick is still the same as usual, but in the next round of the league, Dick seems to be little in command on the sidelines, and Dortmund just relied on a header from Kyle at home to win Cologne, which has been deep in the relegation zone, with this round Bremen finally stopped the pace of victory, and was forced to draw by Schalke 040-0 away from home, Dortmund surpassed Bremen by one point and became the first in the league!

This ending made Dortmund fans extremely happy, and they also ignored it.

Next, Dortmund ushered in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

The first leg was played at home to Borussia Dortmund, where they played Arsenal.

Arsenal are in very good form at the moment, they have a huge advantage in the Premier League, and they have not lost a game so far, and Wenger has been very cautious since arriving at Borussia Dortmund.

"Borussia Dortmund are the defending champions and to qualify from that group of death has shown their quality...... You know, Dick is a very good manager and we've been preparing for this game for a long time. ”

While Wenger cautiously expressed his intentions, Dick was jumping in his apartment and cursing the street.

"Fuck, what's wrong with me? I forgot to prepare for this game! Hell, I'm going to pull myself up! ”

Dick often prepares for such games a week to ten days in advance, that is, after playing Munich 1860 away, Dick should start to prepare, but Charlotte's departure made Dick completely forget this, and he spent the next few days running to the bar to eat and drink and ignore this, which directly made him completely unprepared for the game, and he did not realize this until the end of the last round of the league......

But fortunately, there are still two or three days to prepare, such a game, naturally can not be easily let go, even if Arsenal's current style of play is simply Dortmund's nemesis, but in any case, in their own home stadium, Dortmund also has to fight.

"Ready, it's going to be a difficult game and what we have to do is bring out all our strength and fighting spirit and show our full strength in these two games. Arsenal don't have any weaknesses, but just because they don't have them doesn't mean they can't be beaten, and at our home stadium we just have to give our all and play against them! We have fought against AC Milan, is there any need to be afraid of Arsenal? Go to the game and don't disgrace the Dortmund fans at home! ”

Dick did not arrange any tactical arrangement, one is that there is no time, and the other is that there is really no targeted arrangement, there is no advantage in running, only disadvantage in technology, and the state is at most half a pound and eight taels, in terms of personnel composition, Arsenal is more mature and perfect, on the contrary, Dortmund still has a lot to use......

The only thing that can be exploited is Dick's on-the-spot command - in this regard, Wenger has a weakness.

It's just that this season's Arsenal is unprecedentedly strong, such a defect is no longer enough to take advantage of, Wenger although the strength of the on-the-spot command is not strong, but the overall layout ability is still very strong, under his tuning and combination, the whole Arsenal is running well, the overall strong, no team in the entire Premier League can do anything with them, and in the Champions Cup, they also won all the way, if it weren't for Chelsea's excellent luck in history, relying on a balloon to beat them, If Arsenal wants to reach the final of the Champions Cup, they don't need to wait until 06 - in fact, Arsenal at that time has already begun to decline!

This was the first time Dick had prepared for such a game without being sure.

In the past, Dick didn't say that he was absolutely sure, but at those times, he always had something to rely on, either the strength of the players was not much different from the other party, or the other party had a place that could be used by him, and it was really not good There was also a goal card - he used three goal cards in one go, but according to the state of the players, it was not particularly good, and it could play a role, and Dick didn't have much confidence in his heart.

If you don't have an advantage anywhere, you can only rely on one point - that is, to fight!

Dortmund has nothing but fighting spirit, fitness and strength!

In many cases, such things can also play a big role.

Amid the shouts of Dortmund fans, players from both sides came out, and Arsenal's starting XI did not change in this game, the goalkeeper was none other than Lehmann, who had been with Dortmund for many years, and he was cheered on by the Dortmund fans when he appeared, and the Dortmund fans will not forget his wonderful performance in the Champions League final last season.

And when Lehmann saw Dick in the players' tunnel, he also went up and hugged Dick enthusiastically - Lehmann and Dick did not have a bad relationship, Dick used him very much when he was in Dortmund, and the later transfer was also a good reunion, Lehmann has gained everything in Dortmund, and it is time to go to another team to prove himself - he has always been haunted by his failure experience at AC Milan, and Dortmund has also obtained his transfer funds, which can be described as a happy for both parties.

At the back, Arsenal's traditional defensive five have all retired or transferred, and now their right-back is Lauren, left-back Ashley Cole, central defender is Toure and Campbell's partner, midfielder Gilberto Silva and Vieira are partnered, and the wings are Pire and Ljungberg, the Dutchman failed to come to Spain because of Bergkamp's fear of flying, and the Spanish talented teenager Reyes and Henry, who joined in the winter, partnered in the attack.

Dick didn't change the formation, although he sometimes likes to use sudden changes to break the deadlock, but it also has to be useful, not sure, it is better to use the original starter, at least skilled enough......

Goalkeeper Weidenfeller, defenders Alves, Dede, Vaughans, Ismail, midfielders Borowski, Klinger, Kyle, forwards Olich, Gomez and Arshavin.

Borussia Dortmund's players are confident – for the simple reason that they believe in Dick, and they have nothing to fear, and the results of the past six months have given them enough confidence.

There was no recovery of the defense, no temptation, and the young Dortmund, from the very beginning of the game, launched a crazy attack!

Klinger continued to divide the ball back and forth in midfield to organize the attack, and Dortmund continued to pass back and forth in the front court to find opportunities, not giving Arsenal a chance to break the ball, and trying to score as soon as possible.

Their quick attack caused a lot of problems for Arsenal at the beginning, and Arsenal could only recycle defending around the penalty area, but Arsenal are also defensively good now, at least they have defensive giants like Campbell and Vieira, Toure and Gilbert are also top defensive players, and in their defence, Dortmund's attack has not been able to create many chances.

After withstanding Dortmund's attack shortly after the opening, Arsenal began to fight back, the new signing Reyes almost scored in the 11th minute, Henry received a pass from the back and started to attack quickly, his breakthrough attracted most of Dortmund's defensive attention, and then he cleverly distributed it to Reyes in front of the box, Reyes used a beautiful turn to get rid of Ismael who pounced on the defense, and then shot from inside the box!

Weidenfeller didn't drop the chain at this time, he was in a good position, and he fell to the ground steadily and held the ball in his arms.

Two minutes later, Reyes wanted to break through on his own, but Ismael cut off the ball at his feet with a beautiful interception, and in the physical confrontation, Reyes was at a disadvantage and was easily squeezed aside by Ismail......

"Nice defense." Dick gave a thumbs up to the court.

Unconvinced, Reyes was about to show his skills again, but he was in a hurry to break through with the ball, but he was forced to the side by Alves, and then Borowski, who was following him, broke the ball from his feet beautifully, and then quickly launched a counterattack!

Counter-attack after the half-time break!

Such attacks have always been very threatening, and Dick and Arsene Wenger on the sidelines took a step forward in unison, paying great attention to the outcome of this counter-attack.

Dortmund's counterattack attacked quickly, Borowski passed the ball directly from the back to Arshavin's feet, Arshavin began to dribble the ball, when he saw Ashley Cole rushing towards him, he didn't rush to pass, because he knew that his current state was not good, even if he was in good shape, it would be difficult to break through the defense of an agile fullback like Cole, so he just feigned a bit, and then quickly passed the ball to Gomez who was at the front!

Gomez is now facing only Campbell - Lauren has not yet returned to the defense, Toure's attention is drawn to Olic running on the other side, and now it is one-on-one, and if he breaks through the past it is one-on-one......

Thinking like this, Gomez decisively chose to break through with the ball, he took the ball and rushed towards Campbell, and then suddenly changed the line and accelerated the breakthrough!

Gomez thinks he has quicker reflexes and speed than Campbell, but he clearly underestimated Campbell, who is the best in terms of physicality among central defenders, and his speed and reflexes are also top-notch......

With a timely sideways turn, Campbell got between Gomez and the ball, and then with a stretch of his long leg, he broke the ball off and passed it to Lehmann in the box......

Lehmann immediately cleared the ball with a big foot.

The Dortmund fans sighed from the stands, Dick shook his head and stepped back, with Arsene Wenger waving his fist and walking back with his head bowed as well.

Arsenal soon launched a counter-attack, with Borowski returning to defend with Alves on Thierry Henry, who fouled him in a scramble and the referee awarded a free-kick near the touchline, which Pire converted.

The Frenchman drove the ball to the back post, Vieira and Ismail jumped up at the same time in the middle and couldn't get on the head, and Ljungberg flicked his head at the back post!

Weidenfeller made a beautiful save to block the ball, but the ball smashed into the back of the falling Ismael and bounced back into the box, and the landed Ljungberg quickly fell to the ground and slammed into it, and Weidenfeller was unafraid to pounce!

In the exclamation of the Dortmund fans, the two collided with each other, and then the ball disappeared from everyone's sight!

Then, the referee's whistle broke the silence and Weidenfeller stood up, with two bloody spots on his face, which were tackled by Ljungberg, but the ball was held in his arms!

"The courageous Weidenfeller blocked the goal!"