It's clear that Dick is a real man of all the rage – in the weekend's home game against Hamburg, Dick fielded most of his substitutes, including Okocha, Rivaldo, Rosicky, Warnes and Ruyt, Cavinagh, Olic and Everton formed the front three, Ricken replaced Rosicky in the back, Ismael and Metzelder partnered in central defence, and right-back sent in the young Alves. [Full text reading. 】

Dortmund, who changed half of the main team, played well in this game, they drew 1-1 with Hamburg at home, but Bayern was not able to seize this good opportunity, they lost 0-2 away to Werder Bremen, which widened the gap between them and Dortmund to three points, which was also a surprise for Dick - he was mentally prepared to be caught up by Bayern and even overtaken, but Bayern was not able to show such ability at this time- Their dominance has indeed decreased a bit compared to previous years, even if Ballack's arrival has almost succeeded in changing their midfield, but the aging of the midfield and the front field is inevitable.

Although it is a pity not to take this opportunity to extend the lead to a big extent, one thing that is clear to Dick is that they can drop some points in the league now, but such a game in the Champions League can be called a do-or-die battle - after all, they are only three points ahead of Ousterre now, and if they lose again to Arsenal in this round, they will have to draw at least Ouserre on the road in the final round to get a chance to qualify, and it is naturally not a wise move to play the final battle away from home, even if PSV Eindhoven turns over and beats Auxerre, then the situation of Borussia Zormund is not good, because if they lose to Arsenal, Arsenal will definitely qualify early, and in the last round they may release water to Eindhoven and smoothly squeeze out the strong opponent of Dortmund led by Dick, and you can't say anything, because sending substitutes to train young players in the case of early qualification is something that all teams do......

Therefore, this game is no less than a decisive battle, if it can be won, Dortmund will be able to qualify for the group one round in advance, and Dick will be able to train the substitute players and some key players very smoothly, if they can't win, the final round of the game will involve Dortmund's energy.

What's more, with Dick's character, if he loses the game, he must win it back, which has almost become his characteristic, making him easily give up this game? It's better not to joke......

For Arsene Wenger, he knows that very well.

Arsene Wenger has played against Dick before, and knows that this young man is full of tricks in the game, although he often tries to achieve the best results because of his impulsiveness in the overall picture, but in a single game, he is full of whimsy and on-the-spot scheduling, which is Wenger's weakness.

However, Arsene Wenger is still quite confident about winning away from home.

The reason is simple, Dortmund is not yet enough for Dick to show his ability to command and maneuver on the spot.

Dick has a lot of on-the-spot changes that have reached a pretty high level, but it requires proficiency in the players and the adjustment of the manager's habits - yes, the players and the manager also need to work together, otherwise it will be difficult for the players to fully express the manager's intentions.

Now Dortmund is like this, although they are already very proficient in the tactics arranged by Dick, but the proficiency is only this set of tactics, there will not be too many changes in other conversions, Dick can at most adjust it locally, in this case, Wenger is really not too worried.

And Dortmund's tactics, Wenger also basically understands, Dortmund's attack is mainly concentrated in the middle, 80% of their goals are completed in the penalty area and at the edge of the penalty area, and the attack is rarely launched from the side, but the attack in the middle Wenger is not very worried, Arsenal's central defense is still relatively strong, there are Campbell and Vieira two top players, Wenger is not worried about his defense.

You must know that although Dortmund's results so far this season are not bad, but in fact their offense is not particularly good, especially in the face of the opponent's dense defense, their offensive means are not too much, on the contrary, if the opponent and they attack, then they can get a lot of opportunities, Eindhoven can draw Dortmund away from home but will be easily beaten by Dortmund at home 3 to 1, because of the number of flaws in the backfield, and for Arsenal, They don't seem to have such a problem.

And Wenger is confident that their wing can suppress Dortmund - since the beginning of this season, Dortmund's wing has not had any bright spots, Dede is diligent and diligent, Ruyt is old, but it is really impossible to say how strong it is!

And Arsenal's current wing is unprecedentedly strong, Ashley? Cole and Lauren are both full-backs with excellent assist ability, Ljungberg and Piret are also top wide players, plus Henry's habit of attacking from the wing, Arsenal can beat Dortmund with a point break and form an advantage from the side - the important thing is that they don't need to risk attacking away from home, and counterattacks are also possible, so that on the wing, they can form a good breakthrough point!

So after coming to Dortmund, Wenger is very confident, although he seems very low-key in interviews, because Arsenal has lost consecutive games recently - 1-2 to Auxerre in the Champions League, and suffered two consecutive defeats in the league, and now it is three consecutive defeats, no matter how high-profile, it is not too good.

Dick was not fooled by Wenger's low profile, he knew that Arsenal was getting stronger and stronger, and next season they would set a season unbeaten record, Wenger led the team to a long-term style, his team will gradually become stronger, and their team will reach the peak next season, before that, it will not be easy to beat them.

Fortunately, Dick has long understood this, and he has made certain preparations before this game - Alves replacing Ruyt is not just to give Ruyt a rest, the most important thing is to let Alves sit and prepare.

The current Alves is certainly not the Alves who will sweep one side in the future, he is only nineteen years old now, although his physical fitness is already very good, and his offensive ability is also very good, but he has not yet reached the top level in terms of offensive timing, self-confidence and technique, but what Dick needs to use is his momentum, if he can create some opportunities with his attack on this side, then it is a variable - in this situation, such a variable is very important!

Arsene Wenger's on-the-spot command is slightly inferior, and Dick wants to seize this opportunity to highlight the surprise players in the starting lineup, so as to break the deadlock on one side and gain the advantage of the whole game!

On the evening of October 30th, Westpha-Lun Stadium!

More than 60,000 Dortmund fans once again made the whole stadium more frenzied, they were shouting wildly, because in the previous day's game, Bayern had been out of the Champions Cup, Bayer Leverkusen although retaining the hope of qualifying but also faltering, for the entire Bundesliga, the best situation now is Dortmund, as long as they can beat Arsenal at home, they can get the right to qualify for the group in advance, for the Dortmund fans who have always wanted to snatch Bayern's supremacy, To be able to achieve a better result than Bayern in the Champions Cup is an extremely impressive thing!

Of course, if they fail to qualify for the group in the end, then they can only keep their mouths shut in frustration and let people comment that "sure enough, the Bundesliga is still only Bayern can be relied on!" When Bayern is not in good shape, the other clubs are unreliable! ”

Even if you are aggrieved by this kind of words, you can only listen to them, and if you want not to listen to such words, you must have achievements as confidence.

With the appearance of Nanwei, you can talk about Shuyuan, and with the benefits of Longquan, you can make decisions - if you want to have confidence in this world, in the final analysis, you also need to have strength, and this is the case on the football field.

Arsene Wenger was surprised when he was given the starting XI for Borussia Dortmund, but there were no changes in other positions, with Cavinaghi in front and Rivaldo and Everton behind him - Okocha on the bench, the three in midfield were Kyle, Rosicky and Frijns, left-back Dede, centre-backs Warnes and Ismael, but right-back was the 19-year-old Brazilian youngster Alves!

"Is Ruyt hurt?" Arsene Wenger's first thought was this, but he was immediately vigilant that any slight change in the opposition lineup against Dick needed to be vigilant!

"Young Brazilian full-back...... He can't be better than Ruyt, so he must be quite good in attack, Dick wants to win by stepping up his attack, so we can use that to counter-attack and score! ”

With this in mind, Arsene Wenger immediately set up in the dressing room, while Dick was cheering the team loudly in the dressroom, and he was also very confident, especially when Toure was injured and could not play, and Campbell was partnered in the central defensive role by French defender Sigan......

This bald central defender is still physically good, but as a central defender, he lacks a lot, and the most lacking thing is his stability!

If Toure and Campbell had been a pairing, Dortmund might not have been able to score easily, but seeing that it was him, Dick was not worried about his team scoring - even if Arsenal recycled their defense, a failure of Sigan's defense could cause a fatal hole in their defense!

The game started in the frantic shouts of Dortmund fans, Wenger's counterattack tactics were still very effective, in the opening soon after Dortmund's offensive dominance, twenty-two minutes, Arsenal through a counterattack, Henry from the left side of the ball to break through the fill-in Frings in the front of the penalty area down, Henry himself took a free kick, the ball drew an arc and flew into the door of Dortmund, Arsenal in a disadvantaged situation, in the away side with a score of 1-0 to take the lead!

Thierry Henry is running on the pitch with open arms, and the French striker is now in his best moment, with little to be on the pitch – his fifth goal in the Champions League this season, an average of one goal per game!