However, it is clear that Dortmund will need to make themselves a little stronger if they want to take advantage of the momentum. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

In midweek, Dick fielded all his substitutes against opponents in the second round of the German Cup, who were relegated to the Bundesliga last season, but in this game, Freiburg, who are top of the Bundesliga, showed excellent form, they beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 at home - because the German Cup was a decisive winner until the final, so the defeat in this game also means that Dortmund will win the German Cup this season.

Dortmund fans don't care about this, all they care about is the away game against Bayern at the weekend, but in this game, Bayern, who is in internal and external difficulties, began to rise - although eight minutes after the start of the game, Cavinaghi received a pass from Rivaldo in the penalty area and opened the scoring for Dortmund, but in the next game, Bayern stubbornly pressed Dortmund in the midfield, and scored two goals in the second half to defeat Dortmund in one fell swoop!

Dick's tactics in this game made Bayern's main striker Elber and the core of the midfield Ballack not get any chances, but the two Bayern strikers who came off the bench dominated the game, and in the five minutes of the second half, Santa Cruz and Pizarro took advantage of two mistakes in the Dortmund back line to score two goals, thus allowing Bayern to win the battle of Tianwang Mountain!

It was Dortmund's first defeat in the league this season!

"We weren't strong enough and this defeat will teach us something we have overlooked before...... Let's not forget that we are still the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the Bundesliga, with only nine goals conceded so far. We won't give up this advantage, and it doesn't seem like it's time to rush now, aren't we still one point ahead? There is still a long way to go in the league, and we will continue to attack on both fronts, and whether we can win all the glory in such a situation is our chance to prove ourselves! ”

After the game, Dick maintained enough confidence as always, although the Dortmund fans regretted losing away from home, but they also knew that the situation of Dortmund is still good, there is no need to worry, after all, Bayern's previous sluggish state gave them a lot of advantages, even if they lost this game, they still have a big advantage.

However, the outside world does not see it that way.

Especially in the sixth round of the Champions League in midweek, Dick sent all the substitutes, and finally Dortmund lost 0-1 away to Auxerre, although they still qualified from the group, but after being held first by the drawn Arsenal, Dortmund has suffered three consecutive defeats in three consecutive games, and the situation seems to be very bad.

And this bad mood reached a peak after the draw ceremony for the second group stage of the Champions Cup!

If in the first stage of the group stage, Dortmund was in a group similar to the group of death, then in this draw, Dortmund was divided into a standard group of death!

AC Milan, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Lokomotiv Moscow!

However, Dick will not say that UEFA is hacking him, after all, the gold content of the round of 16 this time is very high, and other groups are also worthy of the word group of death - Group A is Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Newcastle and Bayer Leverkusen, Group B is Valencia, Ajax, Arsenal and Roma, Group D is Manchester United, Juventus, Deportivo La Coruna and Basel, which group is not easy to play, and being able to qualify in such a group is really from blood and fire!

"I think now that Dortmund would have given up on the Champions Cup and reached the second group stage and they have done their job, if they want to qualify in such a horrible group, then then Dortmund must put all their energy into the Champions Cup, so that they can still compete with Bayern in the league? After all, they didn't beat Bayern to extend their lead to seven points......"

After the draw ceremony, Dick fell silent, no one knew what he was thinking, but it was clear that he never wanted to give up the Champions Cup to protect the league, even if the agreement with Dortmund was that if he won the league title, he would be able to get a share of the transfer market revenue, and he could not choose something that was good for him and not very good for the club for the sake of money.

In fact, this season's impact on the Champions Cup is Dick's vision, when Dortmund's strength is still very good, this is the best opportunity, Dick knows the current situation of Dortmund, although he can make Dortmund's economy gradually improve, but after all, it is a debt of one or two billion, not a year or two can be changed, how many years did it take for Dortmund to tighten his belt in history to really get rid of debt? This means that Dick can only make up for it in the next time, and can impact the Champions Cup when the team's spirit and strength are still at its peak, which is a wise choice, and wait until next year to impact, maybe some players in the team will choose to leave, and people may not be able to withstand it, and the more they wait, the weaker the team will become.

This kind of thinking is the same as the previous Dortmund management's thinking, taking advantage of the current team's strength is not bad, and then attack one or two championships, but Dick pursues more things, in addition to hitting the championship, he also wants to make Dortmund's economic situation gradually better - otherwise, how can he show his ability!

So he is very high-profile, very pompous - this can inspire the players to fight, you must know that Dortmund now has a Rivaldo who is rushing to join the Champions Cup, if Dick says that he wants to keep the league and give up the Champions Cup, Rivaldo may lose his fighting spirit next, which is very fatal for Dortmund now.

"To be in such a group...... To be honest, I found it enjoyable. ”

After returning to Germany, Dick began to give an interview: "AC Milan was one of the top teams in the 90s, and they played with them

I've been thinking about it for a long time, Real Madrid...... I think I'm familiar with them. Lokomotiv Moscow is relatively new to us, but it's not too cold yet, if we play well, we are not without hope of qualifying from the group, and we have 24 first-team players, it would be a waste to only play in the league, we are strong enough to support the two-front battle. The substitutes have lost two games before? That's not a problem, those two games are for training, and then they will play a big role. I'm thrilled to be able to meet the best team in the world in such a difficult group stage, and I think my players are starting to get excited – we will never give up on the Champions Cup, and I said before that what Bayern can't do now, let's do it! ”

After Dick's tough statement came out, many people's first reaction was - this guy is crazy......

But very much, they began to think that Dick was the real Dick when he said this—the Dick who was habitually arrogant, and often made people think that he had reason to be arrogant.

It's just that before in Atletico Madrid, he had a strong general, and in Dortmund, the strength of the team seems to be a little worse, and at the same time, when he was in Atletico Madrid, it can be said that he had a gradual process, the first season stabilized his strength to improve his self-confidence, and the second season reached the peak, but in Dortmund, he did not have such a strong subordinate, where did his confidence come from?

A third of the way through the season, and basically everyone knows the quality of Dortmund, they may not be better than last year, but under the leadership of Dick, they are definitely strong contenders for the Bundesliga title, and they are also capable of reaching the knockout stage in the Champions Cup, but it is still a bit of a joke to say that they can challenge for the title in both the Champions Cup and the league......

Dick didn't explain, was it a joke, they would know when the season was over, and if they didn't even dare to shout slogans, then what would they say about the championship?

If it is changed to La Liga, Dick may not dare to attack the championship in this situation, but the Bundesliga schedule is much easier after all, and there is still a winter break of more than a month in the middle, with Dortmund's slightly poor bench thickness, Dick is still sure to attack on both fronts.

Such a group is difficult, but there will certainly be a very complicated situation, the three teams will be strangled together, and at the same time, Lokomotiv Moscow will have their own chance to grab points with the help of home advantage, Dortmund has a slight advantage is that they will meet Lokomotiv Moscow in the first round, go to Moscow at the end of November, the weather will not be so cold and exaggerated, if the first round can beat Lokomotiv Moscow, the next game, will be easier to play.

However, after three consecutive defeats and being placed in such a group, the next league game is crucial, and now Dortmund need a win to boost morale and make Dick's words convincing.

However, Dick's luck is that in the next round, they will face the current mid-table Munich 1860, a team that is not very good, and as long as Dortmund have no problems, it will not be difficult to beat them at home.

'We're top of the league right now, that fact won't be erased because we lost a league game, the advantage we had in the league wasn't by luck, in fact there were two games in the so-called three consecutive defeats that we didn't care about, and that defeat wasn't enough to shake our confidence, understand? Beating this opponent proves to everyone that the previous defeat was a fortuitous phenomenon and that we have what it takes to challenge for two titles. Of course, whether we can win the championship or not depends on how well we play, but we definitely have that quality...... Let's go! ”

Dortmund's luck this season has been that they have often been able to score soon after opening the scoring – and this game was no exception, just five minutes into the game, when Cavinaghi picked up a pass from Rivaldo and did it back, followed up by Okocha from inside the box to open the door for Dortmund!

Cavinaghi scored his sixth league goal of the season in the second half and there is no longer any claim that he is unfit to be Dortmund's main striker, and his goal has become a key factor in Dortmund's point snatching as his movement begins to become flexible.

In the end, Dortmund beat Munich 1860 by two goals at home, and although Bayern beat Wolfsburg 1-0 at home, Dortmund still led the table by one point. (To be continued.)