Chapter 350: Falling into the trap step by step
March 18, 2012, Dortmund, Germany, Idona Park Stadium.
Today is a match of the 26th round of this season's Bundesliga, with Borussia Dortmund hosting Werder Bremen.
The starting line-ups for both sides today are as follows:
Away: Werder Bremen, Manager: Schaff, Formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Militz
Back four [from left to right]: Hartz, Pledel, Afurt and Papastathopoulos
Four midfielders [from left to right]: Inijowski, Tribul, Junuzovich and Fritz
Two strikers: Rosenberg and Ekic
Home team: Borussia Dortmund, manager: Jurgen Klopp, formation: 4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller
Back four [from left to right]: Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic and Piszczek
Two midfielders: Kyle and JD
Three defenders [from left to right]: Grosskreutz, Shinji Kagawa and Blaschikowski
Single striker: Gu Zhen
This is the starting list of both sides today, and Dortmund had to make a substitution, that is, the veteran Kyle replaced Bender in the starting line-up. Bender has a cold, but it's not too serious, he was on the bench today, and he won't play unless he has to.
You see, Klopp's starting lineup is really rarely rotated.
Especially the position of left wingback Schmelzer, there is almost no rotation, it seems that he has played all the games, he is really an iron man. Hummels is not much worse here, and Piszczek is about the same.
No wonder there will be physical problems with the people of Dortmund at this time, if you don't have physical problems, who will have physical problems?
In this game, the Werder Bremen people came with a mission, to win!
At the beginning of the game, Werder Bremen's side was stubbornly defending, putting their posture very low. They just want to attract the Dortmund people and overuse their physical energy. That way they will have more chances to win.
So, at the beginning, Werder Bremen was showing weakness.
And Dortmund's side still followed their previous style of play, that is, they pressed the attack fiercely, and they wanted to press the opponent's attack in the opponent's half. Today they did it really easily, with ease.
However, it will be really difficult for Borussia Dortmund to get on the scoresheet.
Today, this Pledel really followed Gu Zhen's side, and defended Gu Zhen tightly, not giving Gu Zhen any chance!
Just now, Dortmund actually had another good opportunity.
Grosskreutz on the wing easily made a one-two with his teammates, and then crossed directly on the side, and the football flew quickly into Gu Zhen in the penalty area.
Gu Zhen's position is very good, he can jump up immediately and hit the goal with a header.
However, at this time, Austria international Pledel jumped high. Before Gu Zhen, the header cleared the ball and pushed the football out of the penalty area.
After landing, Pledel stared at Gu Zhen and said, "With me, you don't want to score goals in this game!" ”
Gu Zhen was slightly stunned and glanced at Pleddell.
It's not the first time Gu Zhen has heard such words, and he has often heard them before. But everyone who said this didn't end well, and it seems that Pleddell is next.
Gu Zhen glanced at Pledel and then turned around directly, ignoring Pledel anymore.
Pledel was slightly stunned, is this guy so faced?
It's almost on top of his head, this guy doesn't even react, this is really too face-watering!
Dortmund here is attacking ferociously, besieging the Werder Bremen.
Werder Bremen is really in front of the goal, and the situation is critical. But Werder Bremen's head coach Schaaf doesn't seem to be nervous, and he is still sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai area.
It was then that Dortmund's attack struck again.
Shinji Kagawa in the middle pretended to plug Gu Zhen directly, but in fact, he suddenly pushed the football to the position of the ribs of the penalty area.
Grosskreutz rushed up and fired a shot at the ball, sending the ball whizz out and almost into the Werder Bremen goal.
The ball was saved by Militz on the line.
The people of Werder Bremen were also taken aback, didn't they say that there was a problem with Dortmund's human body?
The Werder Bremen were a little nervous at this time, and the Dortmund attack was very ferocious. Moreover, not only Gu Zhenoh is in their team, but the other players are also very powerful, frequently threatening their goals.
In the seventeenth minute of the first half, Gu Zhen carried Pledel at the front of the penalty area and directly passed the football back. Shinji Kagawa, who followed up, easily dribbled the ball diagonally and quickly entered the Werder Bremen penalty area.
Shinji Kagawa glanced at Militz's position, and then shot directly with his legs.
With a bang, the ball was shoveled towards the goal by Afurte. Militz pounced directly forward, pressed the football under him, and tried to keep the goal open!
Shinji Kagawa's shooting action was still a little slower, giving Aforet a chance!
Sure enough, there was a problem with Dortmund's physical fitness, otherwise, Shinji Kagawa would have shot this goal a long time ago, so much ink and so many adjustments!
Seeing this, the people of Werder Bremen are very excited and excited, they really have a chance to win this game!
Werder Bremen launched a counterattack, but unfortunately the ball was quickly broken.
The ball was cut off by Kyle in midfield, and the Dortmund man went crazy again. Pressed by the defenders, he played the ball straight to the wing, where Blaschikovski faked a cross and smashed it into the Werder Bremen penalty area.
Pledel immediately put it down and pounced on Gu Zhen quickly!
Blaschikowski crosses quickly and gives the football bed to Gu Zhen behind Pledel. If the ball passes, it's a great opportunity!
Unfortunately, the football was destroyed by Pledel and poked out of the box.
Pledel has noticed this a long time ago, and he didn't give Gu Zhen a chance at all, this defense is very good, very good. The fans of the Werder Bremen team gave a thunderous round of applause to Pleddell, this guy played perfectly!
In the first half of the game, Pledel's performance was really very good, and he was very accurate in stealing and intercepting the card positions, which directly cut off the connection between the Dortmund players and Gu Zhen. There was even a time when this guy blocked the ball with his body and blocked the football from the bottom line.
Otherwise, Werder Bremen's goal would have been breached.
This guy Pledel is indeed performing very well, and he has prevented Gu Zhen!
At the end of the first half, Werder Bremen held on to the draw and achieved the situation they wanted. At the same time, they also found out that the Dortmund people did have physical problems. That way, they're relieved!
At the beginning of the second half, Werder Bremen was uncharacteristically anti-guest-oriented, attacking frantically.
This sudden change still scared the Dortmund people and caused some problems in the Dortmund people's defense.
Fritz in midfield dribbled the ball at high speed and then curled straight into the Dortmund penalty area, where Rosenberg jumped high and headed home.
The soccer ball is slightly above the crossbar.
The people of Werder Bremen felt very sorry, but they were also very happy because they saw hope. They thought they could really get the win, and they poured into the Borussia Dortmund half with ferocity, attacking like crazy.
Their chance to reach Bremen has come!
The attack of the Werder Bremen is very ferocious, and Dortmund is indeed a little flustered, and it also gives the Werder Bremen a chance.
A long-range shot, Trybull at the front of the big penalty area directly kicked a heavy gun, but unfortunately the football was directly above the crossbar, and they didn't grasp the opportunity themselves!
However, at this time, the fans of Werder Bremen were very excited, and they felt that their opportunity would definitely be able to win this game. The important thing is that if they keep playing like this, there is no problem, they win.
Schaff on the sidelines also saw that the Dortmund defense had problems and was very loose. This is their chance, and Schaff immediately reminded the Werder Bremen players to attack like crazy and take their chances to win the game.
Werder Bremen's frenzied attack, the full-backs were all over the half, very aggressive.
And their chances are also coming out, frequently threatening the Dortmund goal. Now it's just one goal away from that, and as long as they can put the ball in the opponent's goal, they will win the game.
The fans of Werder Bremen are attacking like crazy and besieging the Borussia Dortmunds.
Just now, the Werder Bremen man made a series of passes from the edge of the penalty area, and then Yunuzovic sent a through ball, and Ekic, who entered the penalty area, turned out to be weak in the face of Weidenfeller, and the football rolled into Weidenfeller's arms.
Ekić is a godsend!
The Werder Bremen were full of regrets, but they were still attacking like crazy, believing that if they continued to play like this, they would win the game.
Werder Bremen continued to attack, the full-backs on the wing all pressed through the half, and Hartz was quickly put on the wing, all of which went straight to the bottom line.
Trybull in the middle of the pitch made a direct foot pass and pushed diagonally into the wing. Who knew that the football was directly cut off by Kyle's sliding tackle in the middle, and the football rolled to the feet of Shinji Kagawa.
Shinji Kagawa slammed the ball into the Werder Bremen half.
This power is very large, and it crosses the half field in an instant.
Gu Zhen rushed over from his own half of the court and chased after the football like the wind.
All the Werder Bremen fans in the stadium were dumbfounded, and all of them had desperate expressions on their faces. Damn Gu Zhen, why did he rush out?
It turned out that the central defenders of the Werder Bremen team were all pressed on the midline, and the backfield was very empty.
Shinji Kagawa directly blasted the football into Werder Bremen's half, which made Gu Zhen and Werder Bremen's central defenders compare speed. Obviously, Gu Zhen's speed was much faster, and the two of them had no chance at all.
The two of them could only watch Gu Zhen rush past them, and one person chased after the football.
Single knife, super large single knife!
At this point, all Werder Bremen people can only hope that goalkeeper Militz will be able to destroy the football first.
It's a pity that Militz, who worked hard, did not outperform Gu Zhen. Gu Zhen was three or four positions ahead of him to catch up with the football, and directly made a big change of direction, passing Militz like the wind, and then easily sent the football into the empty goal of the Werder Bremen.
1-0, Dortmund eliminated Werder Bremen with this goal.