Chapter [352]: Gu Zhen led the team to the finals
With the end of the 26th round of the league, the Dortmund people have little time to rest.
The usual holidays have come to an end.
Because next week is a double match, the semi-finals of the German Cup are played in midweek, and the weekend is away from Cologne. So, Borussia Dortmund's players have calmed down and are ready to face a difficult week.
To add insult to injury, Dortmund will continue to play double games a week next week, as the first leg of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in midweek is just around the corner. That game is very important, and that's the game you can't lose!
So, at this time, the pressure on Klopp is a bit big.
Klopp doesn't want Dortmund's players to be injured at this time, and he also doesn't want Dortmund's players to have any physical problems.
However, the good thing is that Dortmund will face Fürth from the German Second Division in the semi-finals of the German Cup, this team is not very strong, and it should not have any impact on Dortmund, who can easily beat them.
Of course, at this time, the media reporters are speculating, speculating whether Klopp's side will rotate? Because Jurgen Klopp is a manager who doesn't rotate much, but now Dortmund has too many games, it should be rotated.
Moreover, the strength of Fürth, the opponent of the German Cup, is not strong, and it stands to reason that their substitutes in Dortmund can easily fight them. So this game rotation should be more than 90 percent, right?
But there are still some media reporters who are skeptical!
Klopp, this guy definitely won't rotate!
There are even media reporters who asked this question directly when interviewing Klopp. Klopp replied: "We are still stable in this game, after all, the German Cup has come here, and we will definitely qualify for the final to win the championship." We don't want any surprises at this time, so we're going to play this game and make sure we win! ”
Sure enough, Klopp didn't disappoint them!
Of course, there are also media reporters who think that Klopp is just putting smoke bombs, and this guy will not release the starting lineup at all, which is confusing the Fürth team.
However, more media reporters still think that Klopp is telling the truth!
Klopp is such a habit, he will definitely not rotate, this is the most authentic Klopp.
Fürth's side naturally wants Dortmund to rotate, because only with Dortmund people in rotation, they will have a chance to score more goals, take away the victory, and advance to the final of this season's German Cup.
Yes, having come to this position, Fürth also wants to win the championship.
However, it will be difficult for Fürth to win the title, and even if Dortmund have a substitute lineup, it will be difficult for them to beat their opponents.
At this time, Bayern Munich was also going to participate in the German Cup, and they also advanced to the semi-finals. Bayern Munich's opponents are very strong, because they are the big dark horse in the Bundesliga this season, Borussia Mönchengladbach!
It's a battle between the teams that are second in the Bundesliga and third in the Bundesliga. When it comes to this position, both teams will definitely not give up, so this game is definitely a bloody matchup.
These two teams are attributing each other, which is a good thing for Dortmund!
In this case, if they Dortmund send a full main force, in fact, there is no influence of attitude. After all, the main forces of Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach have not rested, and the situation is the same, and Dortmund will not suffer.
Therefore, in this game, Dortmund should be the main home team!
Now these media reporters are naturally focused on the Dortmund people, and they all want to see if Dortmund can send the full main force.
The media reporters interviewed Gu Zhen, and Gu Zhen said: "I don't know about this matter. It all depends on what the manager Mr. Klopp means, how he arranges, how we play! In this game, we are definitely going to win! ”
March 21, 2012, Rokhov Sports Park Stadium, Fürth, Germany.
Today's semi-final of this season's German Cup is played here against home team Fürth and away team Borussia Dortmund.
Yes, Borussia Dortmund will face Fürth away!
On this day, Klopp's starting lineup was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller
Back four [from left to right]: Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic and Piszczek
Double midfielders: Bender and JD
Three defenders [from left to right]: Grosskreutz, Shinji Kagawa and Blaschikowski
Single striker: Gu Zhen
Yes, it was exactly the starting line-up for Borussia Dortmund, and there was no rotation at all. The media reporters were shocked, sure enough, Klopp is still Klopp, he doesn't rotate in such a game, and he doesn't let his main players rest, is he going to tire Dortmund's players to death?
What's more, if you are overworked, Dortmund's players are prone to serious injuries!
If at this time, Dortmund has a serious injury to the main player, then Dortmund will really lose more than it gains, and maybe it will collapse all over the line because of this!
Klopp, this guy is really bold!
Now all the media reporters are staring at Klopp tightly, they really want to see players like Gu Zhen or Shinji Kagawa seriously injured. They wanted to know what kind of reaction Klopp would have had at that time.
Of course, the attention of the Dortmund fans is now on the game.
Dortmund fans are hoping that Dortmund can win this game and advance to the final of the German Cup. They also don't want to see Borussia Dortmund's players get hurt. Because Dortmund really can't have any players injured, they must maintain the full main force!
Jurgen Klopp is on the sidelines, he has a lot of confidence in his players, he is convinced that there will be no problems with his players!
Soon, the referee of the match blew the whistle for the start of the game.
After the start of the game, the Dortmund players still played according to the normal game, pressing when they should press and defending when they should defend. However, those who are familiar with Dortmund can see that Dortmund is a bit of a closed play in this game.
So, so far Fürth has had some performances that threaten Borussia Dortmund's goal.
But to be honest, Fürth FC is still a little weaker and does not materially threaten Borussia Dortmund's goal.
Fürth's team is still good, and the Chinese player Xie Shu once played here. The Chinese fans still have some peculiar perceptions of them, but they still hope that Dortmund can win this game.
Chinese fans naturally hope that Gu Zhen's team can win!
The game continued, Dortmund was in control of the game, but they all felt it, the Fürth moved very big, the attack was very fierce, and they often made them turn their backs!
The interpersonal love of the Fertilt has long figured out the situation of your Dortmund, they just caught the weakness of your Dortmund players who don't want to get injured and don't dare to touch the hard underbelly, attacking frantically and wanting to break through the Dortmund goal.
Don't say it, the Fürth's tactics are still very successful and have some results.
However, their strength is really too bad, they don't threaten Dortmund's goal much, and their ability to seize opportunities is not good!
At the end of the first half, the two sides were tied 0-0. There are no substitutions on Dortmund's side, and they continue to play like this, Dortmund fans are very nervous, how can this game be like this?
If you want to protect the main players, you might as well replace the main players!
In this game, the opponent's strength is not strong, and they can't threaten their goal, so if you change some substitutes who dare to fight, we will win more easily!
Perhaps hearing the fans, Klopp made a substitution, replacing Blaschikowski with Reuss and letting the players go down to rest. Not to mention, the substitution was really effective, and Reus created a really good chance right on the pitch.
After a series of breakthroughs on the wing, he pretended to cross with his feet, but instead cut straight inside, went straight into the penalty area, and fired a shot from a tight angle, almost breaking the goal of the Fürth team.
Sure enough, as long as Dortmund are fearless, they can easily win this game!
After Reuss came on, the situation changed dramatically and Borussia Dortmund were in complete control of the game. And Reus was attacking like crazy, frequently threatening Fürth's goal, making Fürth realize that they had little chance.
In the sixteenth minute of the second half, Reus cut straight forward and received a through ball from Shinji Kagawa in the penalty area. Directly stuck in position, kicked his legs and exploded, the football whistled, and flew quickly towards Fürth's goal.
The ball speed is really, really fast, like lightning!
Unfortunately, the ball hit the post hard and then bounced off the edge of the six-yard box. Gu Zhen easily stretched his leg in the middle and directly blocked the football into the empty goal, and Dortmund finally broke the deadlock and took the lead!
Klopp was very happy, and then directly replaced Gu Zhen to protect Gu Zhen!
Once that goal is scored, Dortmund will be assured of victory, and the Fürth will not be able to score their goal at all. And at this time, Klopp also made adjustments to the backline, replacing Subotic with Santana to protect these main players.
It can be seen that Klopp is still very concerned about the health of his players. It's just that in this game, he wants to be stable too much, and he wants to win the German Cup too much, so he is on the main team.
Now that he's in the lead, he's taken it!
The Dortmund players on the pitch also took it in and protected themselves. Although Fürth created some chances, it was not really a big threat.
In the end, Dortmund defeated Fürth 1-0 away from home and successfully reached the final of this season's German Cup, and Gu Zhen scored a decisive goal!
The Fürth people were also very helpless when they saw this ending, there was no way to be inferior to others, and they had to accept this failed ending.