When Dick led the team back to Dortmund, he was in a very good mood, winning the League Cup gave Dortmund another trophy to their room of honour, and filled a gap in his resume.

However, after three days, his good mood was gone - when the first round of the Bundesliga began, Dortmund did not extend their victory, and in the Ruhr derby, they played out a 2-2 draw away to Schalke 04 and failed to get the season off to a good start!

In fact, Dortmund was relatively lucky in this game, because in the first half and the 58th minute of the game, Altentop's two goals made them once two goals behind, but fortunately, two minutes later, Klinger inserted a long-range shot close to the ground to help Dortmund pull back a point, and then Dortmund launched a bombardment away from home, and in the 90th minute, Arshavin burst into the penalty area and pushed the far corner under the attack of two defenders, which narrowly equalized.

'We've dropped a bit of form, but I'm happy with the spirit of the players. The league has only started the first round and our players will prove themselves in the next games. ”

Dick said it quite lightly after the game, but most of the media believed that Dortmund's decline was inevitable, but Dick was able to motivate the players, and at the same time Dortmund's tenacious fighting spirit was retained, such a Dortmund team may have a hard time winning the championship, but their results will not be far behind.

After the game was drawn, Dick went back and trained the young men so hard that they were miserable - but the young players had this advantage, and although Dick practiced them harder, they did not complain, because they instinctively felt that it was their problem not to win the game.

In the second round, they immediately showed a state that surprised everyone.

The second round of Dortmund is at home against Wolfsburg, although Wolfsburg now has money, but Volkswagen can't spend money as endlessly as Abu, so their current strength is still not particularly good, but in the first round of Dortmund was forced to draw, people also feel that even at home, Dortmund will most likely suffer a hard battle......

Something happened that surprised everyone.

The first half was normal, Dortmund relied on Borowski's long-range shot after the back row to score for Dortmund to score, although Wolfsburg did not score, but there were many chances, but in the second half, Borowski scored a long-range shot from 30 meters away, extending Dortmund's lead to two goals, this goal completely broke the balance, Dortmund began to destroy Wolfsburg with an attack.

In the 74th minute, Arshavin extended the lead to three goals, Dortmund, who had a huge advantage, still did not stop the pace of scoring, and Gomez, who was constantly looking for scoring opportunities on the field, finally found an opportunity in the 86th minute, he received a pass from substitute Donovan and smashed the ball into the door of Wolfsburg in the penalty area, adding another point to Dortmund!

Four to zero! Borussia Dortmund showed great attacking ability at home and scored a brilliant victory!

"Dortmund's youth army is starting to get started! Borowski was radiant on the pitch and his long-range shot was almost unstoppable! Arshavin continued his excellent performances, the Russian showed top quality since joining Borussia Dortmund, and Gomez started scoring goals in the league...... Such a performance is enough to make people feel happy! ”

While the media began to praise the performance of Dortmund's youth, Dick began to remain calm: "A win in one game doesn't prove anything...... We played well in this game and I value more of what we showed in the first round in adversity. I hope you don't praise them too much...... Young players need a quiet environment to grow up in. ”

Dick's words at the press conference caused a lot of discussion, and then the German media agreed that Dick's words were right, we can't mess up the growth of young players like the British media, boasting about good performances and constantly belittling bad performances - we are journalists with professional ethics!

The poor British media was shot in this way.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Dortmund was given a quieter time to adjust.

Although Dick asked the reporters not to praise too much, but within the team, Dick still praised as much as he could, but after the praise was finished, he would still remind the players, such as telling Borowski not to get carried away, the defense should be honest in the game, and the forward insertion is very important, but your task is to defend.

Borowski is a very honest player, and he has no problem with this, but nods his head in acceptance.

As for Arshavin, Dick reminded him not to be too superstitious about his speed and technique, now the defenders of the Bundesliga are not familiar enough with you, and when you are familiar with it, you still use this style of play, which is easy to deal with, and now you still need to strengthen the cooperation with your teammates, so that you can continue to play.

At a time when both veterans and stars are on the same page, Dick has supreme prestige within Dortmund and his words are heeded by the players.

After another week's rest, on August 16, Dortmund ushered in the third round of the league, home to Munich 1860, in this game, Dortmund's young players played well again, although they failed to score in the first half, but at the beginning of the second half, Arshavin relied on a lightning counterattack to break the deadlock for Dortmund, five minutes later Olic created a penalty, Arshavin calmly scored a brace, 60th minute, Olic scored Borussia Dortmund's third goal and it wasn't until the last minute that a mistake at the back allowed Munich 1860 to pull a point back.

After three rounds, Borussia Dortmund are second in the league with seven points and six goal difference, ahead of Bayern Munich, Bremen and Stuttgart, who are also on seven points, and Bayer Leverkusen, who seem to be starting to recover this season, are top of the league with three consecutive wins.

Dortmund's fourth round is away to Cologne, considering that next weekend is the UEFA Super Cup, Dick also rotated some players in this game, such as to rest Kyle and Warnes, Arshavin also sat on the bench, Cologne is not a very strong team, but in this game, Dortmund's performance began to decline, they missed a lot of opportunities in the game, and Cologne's young striker Podolski's lightning strike, let Dortmund swallow the bitter fruit of defeat!

Almost instantly, Podolski became another shining star in the Bundesliga, you must know that Cologne suffered three consecutive defeats in the first three rounds and scored only two goals in total, Podolski was temporarily transferred from the youth team, and then he immediately repaid Cologne with a goal!

"Podolski was outstanding...... It's good to see that the youth training in Germany is starting to pay off gradually. Of course, I'm not happy about the loss, even if I rotated some of the players, we should have played better...... Hopefully, in the next UEFA Super Cup, our players will be able to return to their previous form. In the league we can make mistakes, but in the cup we can't. ”

However, Dick also has to admit that the young Dortmund may be able to perform very well in some games, but a sharp change in form is also very possible, and being young means more possibilities and instability.

After a three-day break, Dick flew to Monaco with his whole team, a place that made him smile when he thought about it, but it was clear that Dick could relax in Monaco this time, but he had a heavier task.

Last season's Champions Cup award ceremony, this season's Champions Cup draw ceremony, and the UEFA Super Cup match - for Dick, he did not win the UEFA Super Cup, he came to Dortmund after winning the last time Atletico Madrid, and Dortmund did not win the UEFA Super Cup, and after their last Champions Cup triumph, they lost to Barcelona in the UEFA Super Cup competition, which is also a void in the room of honour for Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund, as the defending champion, is the first team in the Champions Cup, and the team in the second tier of the Champions Cup can be described as a group of talents, although AC Milan reached the final of the Champions Cup, but their points are only 97 points, one point less than Deportivo La Coruna, which makes them the second tier of the team, in addition, the second tier of teams also have their city rivals Inter Milan, last season's UEFA Cup champion Porto, Turkey's Galatasaray, Ligue 1 hegemon Lyon, Premier League Chelsea, Greek side Panathinaikos and Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.

Coupled with Marseille and Ajax in the third tier, Celta and Monaco in the fourth tier, it is very likely that there will be a death group in the Champions Cup draw.

This season, the Champions League has been restructured again, the second stage of the group stage was abandoned, and the group stage was directly entered after the knockout stage, which made the eventual champion team play four fewer games in a season, although there may be some problems in broadcasting, and the income may be reduced, but it has relieved the team a lot of pressure.

"Champions Cup restructuring? It is not yet possible to say whether the current system is better or the previous system...... But now there are more and more professional teams to play, the Bundesliga team is fine, if it is a Premier League team, they will indeed carry a lot of pressure on the previous schedule. In this way, the number of broadcasts of the Champions Cup will be reduced, but the two group stages can be aesthetically fatigued...... What effect this kind of restructuring can have now depends on the next facts. Anyway, it's good that UEFA has the courage to keep making changes, and even if it goes wrong, it lets us know that it's going to be a problem, so I'm in favor of that. If you don't do it, you'll never be able to progress. ”

After arriving in Monaco, Dick gave an interview, which was very comfortable for UEFA officials to listen to - at least, they had been met with a lot of resistance during the Champions Cup restructuring process, and it was very happy to hear Dick praise them like this.

"Let's hope these guys can give us a better group, or we might be killed if we get into a group that's too difficult for us to get in......to," Dick thought to himself.