Chapter 414: The Rhythm of Something Going to Happen Again?
A week away from Lin Dong has not cooled down, and the two goals have also made everyone look forward to the upcoming fourth round of the Champions League group stage.
Especially domestic fans, in recent times, Lin Dong is definitely the most talked about player in China, and even because Lin Dong stood up, the topic of Lin Dong's entry into the national team has become hot again.
However, the heat is just the fans and the media, the Football Association is still unmoved, as if everything in the outside world has nothing to do with them, Lin Dong is also unmoved, he does not think that a game can make him return to the national team.
The national team has already recruited him, and there is no need to wait for this game, even if the fans and media have raised this game to a certain height.
Fortunately, although the fans are disappointed, they are also used to not being able to see Lin Dong on the national team, and it is already very cool to watch Lin Dong kill all sides in Europe, especially against Klopp again.
Klopp was very low-key when he came and did not say anything grandiose, but the German media could not keep a low profile, and Dortmund's heavy defeat in the last game left the entire Bundesliga with no face.
Of course, this does not mean that Jurgen Klopp and his Borussia Dortmund are now more of a build-up to take Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in one fell swoop.
Real Madrid handed them a big defeat at Borussia Dortmund's home stadium, and now Dortmund can only take a win at Real Madrid's home stadium if they want to save face.
What's more, the current Group D is too chaotic, and Dortmund, who are currently in the rankings, have 4 points with one win, one draw and one loss, ranking second in the group.
Then there was Ajax, who lost to the weakest Ajax in the third game of the group stage.
Roberto Mancini proved his Champions League weakness once again, and this game made the bottom three even more chaotic, with Ajax on three points, Manchester City on one point and Borussia Dortmund on four.
As for Real Madrid's 9 points, it is indeed very safe, but no one wants to be more safe, so this Real Madrid is also asking for a win, if it defeats Dortmund again, then Real Madrid can firmly sit first in the group.
But when Real Madrid's starting list came out, it stunned everyone, because there was no Lin Dong in this starting list, and there was no super center forward who scored a hat-trick in the last game.
Bad condition? This can't be, Lin Dong scored twice in the last league game, and there is a problem with his body? It's even more unlikely, this guy is notoriously strong now, and his previous training has been alive and kicking.
Conspiracy? This was the first thought that came to Klopp's mind, but it was quickly denied by Klopp, after all, the two teams had already played each other once, and Lin Dong performed so well, it was completely unnecessary.
As for Real Madrid's official answer, it is rotation, and in the last few games, Real Madrid has rotated very strongly, but this rotation is only in the center position.
There were only two changes to the lineup in this game, with Essien sitting on the bench, the injured Arbeloa returning to the starting line-up, and then Lin Dong, the center forward, was replaced by Benzema.
What's going on? In this case, the media can only make such speculations, but they have not heard anything so far, which is obviously abnormal.
This is normal, not to mention their media, even Lin Dong himself didn't know what was going on, because when he was told that he was not in the starting list, Lin Dong himself was a little shocked.
Of course, this also includes other players of Real Madrid, not to mention that Lin Dong is used to it, but other players are also used to Lin Dong as the team's starter.
And Lin Dong's performance is so good, from the time he joined Real Madrid to the present, as long as he appears in the game, he has scored goals, and even many of them are key goals.
Lin Dong's performance, even the arrogant stars of Real Madrid are convinced, and even the media, which has always been at odds with Lin Dong, has not questioned Lin Dong's starting force, but now Mourinho has won Lin Dong in such an important game.
Mourinho didn't explain, and Lin Dong wouldn't question Mourinho in person, he was not Ronaldo, and he dared to confront the head coach in front of everyone.
And the game is coming soon, at this time Lin Dong is not suitable to find Mourinho, besides, there is no starter, and it is not that he has not entered the squad.
Lin Dong temporarily pressed the doubts in his heart and concentrated on preparing for the next game.
On the other hand, Mourinho showed a look of satisfaction that Lin Dong did not come to him for the first time.
But these were all pre-match episodes, and when the game actually started, everyone's attention shifted to the game, except for Lin Dong's fans.
Fans will still watch the game, but Lin Dong's fans are really just for him to watch, and there is an essential difference between fans and fans at this point.
Borussia Dortmund also made a change when Svende was brought down on the bench and Gundogan came into the starting line-up.
Real Madrid, playing at home, started the game fiercely, and less than 20 seconds after the kick-off, Modric found Benzema with a long pass, who headed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, who took the ball to the outside of the penalty area and tested Weidenfeller with a long-range shot.
A minute later, Real Madrid made a comeback, this time it was Alonso's through pass, Ronaldo burst in and passed back to Ramos, who was inserted from behind, and the latter fired another long-range shot, which was no different from Ronaldo's previous shots, both high over the crossbar.
In the fifth minute, Dortmund almost took the lead in breaking the Real Madrid goal, and the shot of the previous goal hero Schmelzer was blocked by Casillas, but Casillas got rid of it, and Lewandowski, who followed up with the follow-up shot, failed to grasp it.
Although Lewandowski didn't take it, it was Dortmund who scored the first goal in this game, and the goal was scored ten minutes after the shot.
Lewandowski has also changed from a finisher to an assister, Piszczek and Gotze's cooperation tore apart the left side of Real Madrid, and the injured Arbeloa has completely become the background board of Dortmund's goal.
Gotze sent the ball in half-air, Lewandowski drew the defender in front of the ball and headed it to the back post, Reus, the little rocket cut in on the left side and volleyed in for Dortmund to open the scoring.
Dortmund took the lead for the first time in the two-legged contest, and at this moment, the Bernabeu belonged to the Dortmund fans who had come from afar, even if they only had a few thousand.
However, Dortmund fans were a little too early to rejoice, and just five minutes after Dortmund's goal, Real Madrid relied on this corner to equalise the score.