Chapter 287: Winning
September 14, the fifth round of the Bundesliga. [Full text reading. 】
In order to prepare for the first round of the Champions League, Dick hid several key players in the next Ruhr derby, and finally Dortmund drew 1-1 at home with Schalke 04, Everton equalized in the second half, and Dortmund ended the winning streak - and in the other round of the league, Bayern also hid a lot of players, but they relied on Ballack's two beautiful goals to beat Nuremberg 2-1, leading Dortmund by two points and ranking first in the standings, Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, were overtaken by Rostock, who won, and slipped to third place in the rankings.
Dortmund fans have no problem with this, they all know that Dortmund is here to stay in the Champions Cup, because next, they will go to Arsenal away!
Dortmund have not achieved outstanding results in the Champions Cup for a long time, and the Champions Cup final in the 96-97 season is their most glorious scene in European competition so far, and Dick's arrival has made them look forward to reliving that scene, after all, Dick is a very good manager who leads the team to play in the cup, because he helped Atletico Madrid win a League Cup and a Champions Cup in his two full seasons at Atletico Madrid, and made up for the shortcomings in Atletico Madrid's honor room. They're a Grand Slam team – oh, one more, they're one Toyota Cup winner away......
Regardless, Dick is indeed a manager who is good at leading his team to cup games.
However, Dick is aware of the difficulties his team faces - it can be said that the difficulties he faces now with Dortmund are even greater than the difficulties faced by Atletico Madrid last season, although that Atletico team has no experience in the Champions Cup, but they have been working together for a season before, there is no problem with the tacit understanding, it is only the experience of the Champions Cup, so after a draw, they quickly won three consecutive victories and laid the foundation for qualifying from the group. In the second group stage, they qualified in the final round without Dick, and then Atletico's rise began to be unstoppable......
And now? Dortmund is a lack of tacit understanding and lack of experience, even the number one star Rivaldo, he has no experience of winning the Champions Cup, the only one in the team who has the honor of the Champions Cup is the captain Ruit, and before this game, he played because of injury, Dick can only replace his position with Alves, so that the team that appeared at Highbury Stadium basically has no experience in the knockout rounds of the Champions Cup, and their cooperation has not yet reached a very good point......
Dick had some foreboding when he went out, and sure enough, they lost away from home, although the Dortmund players worked very hard in the game, but the problem that their midfield was not tacit enough was still caught by Arsenal - now Arsenal's squad is very complete, Vieira and Henry, two members of the French national team, scored one goal each to help Arsenal beat Dortmund 2-0 at home, Dortmund suffered Waterloo in the first game of the Champions Cup!
'It's a shame we lost, but that's football.' Dick said after the game: "We still have a lot to do in terms of coordination and experience, fortunately this is only the group stage and not the knockout round, we still have enough time to make the team's cooperation better, and we can't afford to slack off in the next game." ”
Arsene Wenger was very happy after the win, after all, Dick has been too glamorous on the European stage in the past two years - he did not even taste defeat in the Champions Cup last season! Unbeaten in the first stage of the group stage with four wins and two draws, unbeaten in the second stage of the group stage with two wins and four draws, defeated Panathinaikos in the knockout round, defeated Real Madrid in the double, and defeated Bayer Leverkusen in the final...... An unbeaten run of the title throughout the season is not a common occurrence in the history of the Champions League, especially after the start of the group stage format, and now his Arsenal have beaten Dick's side, which makes him very happy.
After the game, the media did not criticize Dick, after all, the difficulties he faced were obvious, and he was constantly improving the team's problems, but there was a voice that there was more to think that Cavinagy, as Dick's main striker, started almost all games and played the whole game many times, but only one goal and two assists, such a performance could not bear the responsibility of Dortmund's main striker, at least in many games when he was deadlockedAt this stage, Cavinaji's performance is far less than his substitute Olich, you must know that Olic played less than half of Cavinaji's time, and scored two goals, and now Dortmund wants to get better, let Cavinaghi sit on the bench, and it may be a good choice to reuse Olich.
However, in the sixth round of the league after returning to Germany, Dick did not let Cavinaghi sit on the bench, but continued to use him as the main striker, Cavinaghi also appeared very positive on the field, in the game against Rostock, it was his pass in the twelfth minute that gave Rivaldo a chance in the penalty area, the Brazilian striker shot quickly with his left foot, and the ball flew into the door of Rostock like a cannon, relying on this goal, Borussia Dortmund beat Rostock, who are on top of them, away from home to move back into second place, with a two-point deficit behind Dortmund.
It's just that Cavinagy's assist didn't make his situation better, and the media still thought that his performance was not good, because apart from that assist, Cavinaghi was not able to create any threat at other times, but Olic who came on as a substitute was very active and almost scored the second goal for Dortmund......
For this kind of comment, Dick ignored it, since he wants to train Cavinaghi up, then he will have enough patience, not to mention that in the last few games, although Cavinaghi has not scored, but his running position has begun to slowly improve, at least he can pull out of the penalty area, and then pass the ball to his teammates, Rivaldo's goal is a good example, he passed the ball in time to Rivaldo who inserted into the penalty area, Rivaldo just has to shoot with his feet at the first time, As long as he continues to play like this, he can be a useful part of Borussia Dortmund's forward line.
Olic is indeed better than Cavinaghi in running now, but he is not a traditional goalscorer, his goals have not been very much, such a striker can only be used occasionally or as a surprise soldier, and if Cavinaghi can really integrate with Rivaldo and Okocha, then then Borussia's front trident can really take shape, and only such a trident is the key to Dortmund's good results in the European arena!
With the current Olich, it may be enough to play in the Bundesliga, but it is still a little worse in the Champions Cup, but a grown up Kavinaghi can also perform well in the Champions Cup!
He may be a little worse than the real Barty, but he is still a very strong man, and he is still a young man who is constantly improving, and has enough potential, such a young man deserves Dick's patience in him.
Although Cavinaghi did not have many achievements in later generations, Dick would not have any prejudice because of this situation, because he knew that young players are very malleable, and Cavinaghi did have very good qualities and potential, and he did not achieve anything later because he took some detours, but this is what Dick can make up for through his own efforts, and now, what he has to do is such a job.
If a butterfly wants to stretch its beautiful wings in the sun, it must first endure a period of darkness in a cocoon, and Kavinagi is now dormant, and when the time comes, it will be the moment for him to break out of the cocoon and transform into a butterfly!
After beating Rostock, Borussia Dortmund are in for the second round of the Champions League group stage, where they will host AJ Auxerre.
Auxerre drew 0-0 at home to PSV Eindhoven in the first round and are now third, one place above Borussia Dortmund – but Guy? Lu showed caution after coming to Dortmund - "Dortmund's strength in the first round doesn't say anything, they are constantly improving. We'll try to get a good result away from home, but obviously it's going to be difficult to do that. ”
And Guy, who is known for his ability to develop young players? Roueux was full of praise for Dick's use of Cavinaghi: "You have to be patient with the young players and allow them to make mistakes. It's also much better for young players to make mistakes on the pitch than to sit on the bench off the pitch, and if they don't make mistakes, they can always improve. You can scold them when they make a mistake, and it's also much better than leaving him on the bench and ignoring them. ”
Dick also expressed his concern for Guy in an interview? Lu's respect.
"Before I was born, Guy? Lu had already started doing it in Auxerre. He brought an amateur team to the French championship, an unprecedented achievement that no one can match. It's a miracle in the history of football for more than 40 years, and I don't think it's likely that anyone will surpass Guy? Mr. Lu's coaching time, which is a miracle that is increasingly unlikely to occur in modern football, can be in this situation and Guy? I feel very honored to play against Mr. Lu's team. ”
The game played out in such a friendly atmosphere, but the process of the game was not so friendly - the game was very intense, in the sixth minute of the first half, Dede, who had the assist, sent a beautiful through ball, and Okocha got a chance under the influence of Cavinaghi to receive the ball in the box and score the ball, Dortmund took the home lead, and then it was not until the 78th minute that Dortmund sealed the victory. Substitute Olic also received a through ball from substitute Ricken and shook off the goalkeeper before slotting the ball into the Arsenal goal, and although Auxerre's Zimbabwean striker Mwaruvari pulled a point back before the break, it still prevented Mondstadt from winning the Champions League for the first time of the season!
The entire Westfa-Lun Stadium erupted in huge cheers and the Dortmund fans began to cheer wildly for this hard-earned victory!
Dick breathed a sigh of relief, no matter how difficult it seems, you can't ask too much now, it's good to win, if you can win, you will have a chance to qualify, and there will be more time to adjust the condition of the players......