Chapter 106: The Super Bold Benitez
27 November 2010, Dortmund, Germany, Idona Park.
Today is a match of the 14th round of the 2010-2011 Bundesliga season, with Borussia Dortmund hosting Borussia Mönchengladbach.
The opponent has some strength, but this season is not good!
Borussia Mönchengladbach are now last in the Bundesliga and favourites for relegation.
However, before the game, Klopp said: "Don't underestimate your opponents, they are very strong. Even though they're in last place, you have to take it seriously and try to win this game, you know? Don't give Bayern Munich any chance to them! ”
Yes, now is the time not to give Bayern Munich a chance!
Bayern Munich are now waiting for Dortmund to make a mistake before they have a chance.
However, Borussia Dortmund's players still underestimated Borussia Mönchengladbach's team.
Before the game, Gu Zhen reminded Dortmund's players: "You must pay attention to their full-back Marco Reuss, this guy is very fast, very strong, my father's player, I know him." Don't give him a chance! ”
Although the players of Dortmund have paid attention to it, they have not paid enough attention to it.
Just a minute into the game, Reus received the ball on the wing, then dribbled directly at high speed, attacked in one go, singled out the entire Dortmund defence, and then sent the ball into the Dortmund goal.
The Dortmund fans were dumbfounded!
Is this guy so powerful?
Dortmund's players were also taken aback and turned their heads to look at Gu Zhen.
I really didn't expect what Gu Zhen said to be true, this guy is really so powerful!
The Dortmund players really didn't know how to face Gu Zhen, and Gu Zhen reminded them that they didn't defend Reuss either.
However, Gu Zhen didn't care about this, and reminded Dortmund's players to continue attacking.
In the fifth minute of the first half, Borussia Dortmund were awarded a corner, Grosskreutz curled the ball into the box, and Subotic headed home the equaliser.
Fifteen minutes later, Gu Zhen received a through ball from Shinji Kagawa in the penalty area, and directly swept the football into the goal of Borussia Mönchengladbach, overtaking the score.
At the beginning of the second half, Gu Zhen crossed in the penalty area and sent the football directly to the feet of Blaschikovski, who sent the football into the goal with a low shot.
Three to one, Dortmund was to extend the score.
In the 88th minute of the game, Shaheen sent a delicate pass, and substitute Barrios sent the ball into the goal, 4-1.
Yes, the injured Barrios came back and got a good chance and scored.
In the end, Dortmund won 4-1 against Borussia Mönchengladbach, who is getting closer and closer to relegation.
Soon it was December, the last month of 2010.
On 3 December 2010, Borussia Dortmund travelled to Nuremberg.
Nuremberg are a little stronger than Borussia Mönchengladbach's team, they are now 10th in the Bundesliga, and the results are very good, which can be regarded as Dortmund's resistance.
In this game, Dortmund has reservations!
Because Borussia Dortmund will face the final round of the Champions League group stage in midweek next week, it is very important to win a game, it is extremely important, and Klopp is ready.
In the middle of next week, Dortmund is going to face Inter Milan, so naturally they want to retain their strength.
Moreover, Inter Milan will have to fight Dortmund, they can only ensure qualification if they win, and Inter Milan will definitely not let Dortmund have a good time.
Klopp should be prepared.
In this game, Klopp did not let Gu Zhen play, but Gu Zhen still appeared on the bench, just in case.
Of course, the center forward who started this game was not Lewandowski, but Barrios.
Barrios returned from injury in the last round of the league and did well, scoring goals. So, Lewandowski is now also going to make way for Barrios.
However, Lewandowski was also on the bench.
Lewandowski sat next to Gu Zhen, Gu Zhen said: "Don't worry, you will definitely have a chance to play in the second half of the game, you have to seize the opportunity now!" ”
Lewandowski was very grateful to Gu Zhen and immediately said: "Don't worry, as long as I have the opportunity, I will do my best!" ”
Gu Zhen patted Lewandowski on the shoulder and said: "Watch the game carefully, think more about how you will deal with problems you encounter, sitting on the bench is also an opportunity and process to learn!" ”
Lewandowski nodded firmly, then fixed his eyes on the pitch.
At this point, Dortmund was clearly in control of the game and had the football firmly at their feet. Because there was an important game in the middle of the week, they were grinding their opponents slowly, and they didn't pounce fiercely, and they were still very experienced.
Barrios was good but always had problems in the final ring.
So far, he has not scored a goal.
At the end of the half, the two sides were still tied 0-0.
Obviously, Nuremberg are very happy with the result and they are okay with a draw, while Borussia Dortmund are clearly not okay.
In the second half, Klopp chose to make a substitution, directly replacing Barrios with Lewandowski.
Don't say that the effect of this substitution is very significant!
In the 10th minute of the second half, Lewandowski received a pass from Gotze on the edge of the penalty area, then smashed the ball past a defender and then blasted a shot into the Nuremberg goal to give his team the lead.
Gu Zhen kept clapping on the bench, signaling that Lewandowski was doing well.
Lewandowski and Gotze and others really worked hard, and their performance was also very good, and they achieved very good results.
In the 79th minute of the game, Gotze won the penalty area, and then rushed into the Nuremberg penalty area, and pushed the ball directly into the opponent's goal.
2-0, Dortmund 2-0 lead.
Hummels had a chance to extend the score to three goals, but his late header hit the post and bounced off the line.
In the end, Dortmund won 2-0 against Nuremberg and got the three points.
Jurgen Klopp is still very happy with the result, the team is maintaining a very good momentum at the moment, there is no chance for other clubs at all, and it is only a matter of time before Dortmund wins the title if it continues like this.
Now, the 15th round of the Bundesliga has ended, and Dortmund is still in the top spot.
At the moment, Dortmund have 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and the points are 40 points, which is really amazing. Recently, they have been unbeaten in many games, and Dortmund has simply taken off, and which club can catch up with them? As long as Dortmund doesn't have problems themselves, they are really likely to defend their title this season!
In second place is the Mainz team, their record is 10 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses, and 30 points, which is a full 10 points behind the first place Dortmund, which is actually not a small gap. But Mainz has performed very well this season and has been sought after by countless media.
In third place is Bayer Leverkusen, who now have 8 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses and 29 points, and they still have a chance to fight for second place in the league. Dortmund are really good this season, they really have to wait!
In fourth place is Hannover 96, in fifth place is Freiburg, in sixth place is Hoffenheim and in seventh place is Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich's current record is 6 wins, 5 draws, 4 losses and 23 points, which is the same number as Hoffenheim in front of him, but because of the small goal difference, it ranks behind Hoffenheim.
You see, Bayern Munich is now 17 points away from Dortmund, how can this be chased? There is no chance at all!
That's not to mention the teams of Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg and Schalke 04 in the back.
These teams have really poor results this season, there is no way to shake Dortmund's position, only they can shake them!
At this time, Dortmund really didn't think about the Bundesliga, and their main focus now is on the upcoming Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund face the final round of the Champions League group stage on their home turf in midweek, against a mighty Inter Milan.
Klopp attached great importance to this game at this time, and even issued a nirvana!
Yes, Jurgen Klopp is looking for a win in this game.
His aim is not to send Inter out of the tournament, but to ensure that Dortmund can qualify for the knockout rounds.
In this game, it is clear that Dortmund will start with all the main players. As for Inter Milan, Benitez is still grinding away Mourinho's shadow, and the team is very unclear by him.
For this match, the starting line-ups for both sides are as follows:
Away: Inter Milan, Manager: Benitez, Formation: 4-3-3
Goalkeeper: Castellazzi
Back four [left to right]: Cristiano Biraghi, Materazzi, Córdoba and Zanetti
Three midfielders [from left to right]: Nwankovo Obiola, Muntari and Motta
Striker three [left to right]: Pandev, Samuel Eto'o and Thornton
Home team: Borussia Dortmund, manager: Jurgen Klopp, formation: 4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller
Back four [from left to right]: Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic and Blaschikovski
Two midfielders: Bender and Shaheen
Three defenders [from left to right]: Grosskreutz, Mario Gotze and Shinji Kagawa
Single striker: Gu Zhen
This is the starting list of both sides today, and it is clear that there has been a very big change on Inter Milan's side, and there are some young players who appear in this list, which is unexpected by many people.
See, Inter Milan's starting left wing-back is Biraghi, a very young youngster, born in 1992. Nwankovo in the midfield midfield position is also in 1991, and he is also very young, and Thornton on the forward line is also in 1991, they are all young players!
Benitez is really bold, and in such an important game, the likes of Cambiaso and Biabiani are on the bench.
Very bold, really bold.
Klopp also bowed slightly, admiring Mr. Benitez very much!
However, in the eyes of many media reporters, Inter Milan really doesn't have too many chances in this game, isn't Benitez's move a little too much, doesn't he want to get the right to qualify from this group?