Borussia Dortmund's players had a sparkle in their eyes and manager Jurgen Klopp's comments lifted them up.

Klopp chose this time to directly state that he wants to compete for the Champions League title, which is his consideration.

It would be bad not to make a championship statement too early to avoid psychological fluctuations among the players, and it would be bad to suffer from gains and losses during the game.

And now, the team has reached the semi-finals, and the final is one step ahead, at this time, there is naturally no need to hide anything.

We're here for the championship!

When the players are one step away from the final, I am afraid that they have already had the idea of winning the championship, and now they are directly picked out by the head coach, and they will not panic, but will suddenly open up, and at the same time, the club's attitude to win the championship can also greatly enhance the morale and self-confidence of the whole team.

As for the other three in the top four, they are very strong, so what?

At this point, it's all the semi-finals, who is afraid of whom.

It was a meeting of unifying ideas.

It was a successful meeting.

The whole team of Dortmund has a unified understanding, everyone has a clear goal, and it is full of motivation.

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The two days passed quickly, and the day of the competition was approaching. Both sides have long been prepared for this big battle.

Jose Mourinho will not allow his team to slip up at home.

The most difficult way to play in the knockout stage is the home and away approach, which means that once Dortmund do not lose, especially if they can still get away goals, it will occupy a very favorable situation, Barcelona were eliminated by Atletico Madrid, which is inseparable from the hidden danger that they were buried in the first leg at home to Atletico Madrid.

Therefore, Mourinho's plan is to never concede a goal at home, and he demands that the team's backline must keep a clean sheet, even if it is 0-0, which is acceptable.

And Klopp's idea is also very simple - that is, to score, the advantage of playing away first is that there is still a home game, so there is room for maneuver, so Dortmund can take appropriate risks in this game.

In this game, Dortmund have to try to score at Stamford Bridge, or more precisely, they have to score, they have to score, if they can win away from home, then it is naturally best, even if they don't win, they have to fight for a draw, losing is unacceptable.

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The day before the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea, the entire Dortmund squad watched the first leg of the semi-final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the conference room of the hotel.

Real Madrid home and away, and the match was played at the Santiago Bernabeu.

In the first half, Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa was replaced early after a recurrence of an old injury, and after Bale missed a great opportunity, Godin took advantage of Casey's mistake to break the deadlock, and Atletico Madrid led 1-0 in the first half.

Seeing that Atletico Madrid scored first, some Dortmund players began to whistle and applaud, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, if Dortmund reach the final, which of these two teams will they choose as opponents? The answer is self-explanatory. No one wants to run into Real Madrid, this team has many top stars, including Cristiano Ronaldo, if nothing else, these players are the biggest uncertainties, and the players who can change the game in a flash of inspiration are the most unguardable.

Comparatively speaking, the more 'civilian' Atletico Madrid is a relatively good choice.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking on the part of the Dortmund people.

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After a fifteen-minute halftime break, Real Madrid fought back strongly in the second half, and Ronaldo and Bale missed opportunities one after another.

In the final minute of stoppage time, Real Madrid stubbornly equalised and Sergio Ramos equalised in the 93rd minute to help Real Madrid equalise in the final moments.

In the end, in the first leg of the semi-final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 away from Real Madrid and got a valuable away goal, but for Real Madrid, it was not the end of the world, they even only needed to win 1-0 in the second leg to reach the final.

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid played first, and Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund also came.

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April 23, 2014.

London, England!

Stamford Bridge was brightly lit and buzzing.

The 2013/2014 UEFA Champions League semi-finals were played by Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the match.

Dortmund fans who had travelled from Germany entered the stadium under the escort of the London police.

There was some chaos at the scene, some fat and strong Chelsea fans, not far away, constantly provoking with words, as if they were about to rush over at any time, and the German fans were naturally not bad, and they would not be polite in their mouths, and some fans greeted each other in words that they did not understand.

The police in charge of the stadium security are like big enemies, the reputation of England fans and German fans is not good, and Britain and Germany, the two sides can be said to be mortal enemies, every time the England team and the German team meet, the fans of both sides will not end up in harmony.

There was a police report on the intercom, not far away, more than a dozen Dortmund fans and a group of Chelsea fans clashed, after the two sides greeted each other, they fought, the mounted police rushed up with batons, and they were beaten with their heads and faces, and the fans on both sides screamed and screamed, scurrying around, and then there were security personnel coming up, two people caught one, all of them were stuffed into police cars and pulled away, this is a lesson for all fans who try to make trouble: dare to make trouble, arrest! Don't want to watch the game!

This hand really made the fans on both sides calm down.

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At this time, in the stadium, the players of both sides have already warmed up in the field.

The players on both sides occupied their respective fields, warmed up separately, there was no bullshit provocation, everyone was very quiet, fully warmed up, and no one wanted to bring injury risks to themselves because of insufficient warm-up.

As for Klopp and Mourinho, the two of them stood on the sidelines, the distance between them was about ten meters, but they only nodded to each other, did not shake hands, and did not greet each other.

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After the warm-up, both sides returned to the locker room.

Mourinho wrote densely on a large tactical board, which is today's starting line-up, as well as some tactical details.

Jose Mourinho continued to opt for the 4-2-3-1 formation he has used regularly this season, a time-tested formation that Mourinho has tailored for this Chelsea team: a clear division of labour and a balanced attack and defence.

On the other side, in the Dortmund players' dressing room, Klopp was also telling the tactical version, "Watch out for Torres, I stress this again, don't think that Torres will be despised if he doesn't score!" “

There is one sentence that Klopp didn't say: this guy is simply a mascot, a lucky star, evil.