Needless to say, what the name Dortmund stands for.

Before the great West** Stadium was named the Signall Iduna Park Stadium, the Bundesliga powerhouse, nicknamed the "Ruhr Hornets", was well known among Chinese fans.

Borussia Dortmund has won 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1 Toyota Cup and 8 German top flight titles.

Especially in recent years, under the command of the legendary coach Jurgen Klopp, who has already stayed at Anfield Stadium, Dort, who once had famous stars such as Lewandowski, Reus, Gotze, Aubameyang, Hummels, Mkhitaryan and Shinji Kagawa, has continuously set off a "youth storm" on the European continent and has been widely praised for its outstanding results.

Such a passionate, attacking style of play also conquered Li Liang, before he started to play, in addition to Arsenal, Dort was also a team he loved and admired very much, and also accompanied him in various live broadcasts for many nights.

Li Liang also joined a well-known Dort fan community on the Internet, which has 540,000 followers, and a staggering 5.8 million main posts and replies!

When he knew that Monaco's opponent in the 1/4 final was Dort, Li Liang couldn't help but be fascinated by the Signall-Iduna Park stadium and the world-famous "South Stand" in the stadium, which could only be seen in the broadcast screen before.

Although the city of Dortmund, located in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-West** in western Germany, claims to be the seventh largest city in Germany with a population of only about 600,000, the capacity of the Iduna Park Stadium has reached 80,000!

Unfortunately, as in Tehran, this time I was still confined to the stands.

This season is Tuchel's second year at the helm of Jurgen Klopp, and with the excellent performances of new talents such as Weigel, Dembele and Christian Pulisic, as well as the consistent performances of veterans such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Shinji Kagawa, Dort has played a sad attacking football.

Li Liang has seen many comments on the Internet, known as the "youth duel", Dort's two-legged battle against Monaco is considered by many to be a goal shootout.

Both teams have ranked among the best in Europe in terms of attacking firepower this season. In six games in the group stage of the Champions League this season, Dortmund scored 21 goals, setting a record for group stage goals in the history of the Champions League.

Then in the 1/8 final against Benfica, Dortmund scored another 4 goals.

With 53 goals in 24 Bundesliga games, Dort ranks second in the Bundesliga behind Bayern Munich with 60 goals, and the team's top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has now scored a staggering 29 goals in all competitions.

Although Monaco had average firepower in the Champions League group stage, they scored a staggering 6 goals in the two legs of the Champions League against Manchester City!

In the league, Monaco scored a record 85 goals in 29 games, an average of nearly three goals per game. The team's top scorer is Falcao, who has also scored 24 goals in all competitions.

When he returned to China to participate in the World Preliminary Tournament, Lippi and Gaudino and all the staff members who coached Juventus talked to Li Liang about Dortmund.

In the 1996/97 season, it was at the Olympic Stadium in Munich that Dortmund won the Champions League for the first and only time, beating Juventus, who had the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Piero, Vieri, Didier Deschamps, Ferrara, Montero and Boksic 3-1.

Li Liang still remembers the national team's goalkeeper coach Lampra telling him that he had seen firsthand how Dort had beaten Juventus in their heyday from the bench.

Lampra added: "Their centre-forward Riddle is really amazing.

Later I heard Paul (Paulo Sousa, who played for Juventus and Borussia Dort, respectively) say that Riddle told them in the dressing room before the game that he had a dream on the eve of the game that he was going to score two goals in this final!

God, his dream really came true......"

For some reason, after Li Liang heard the story told by Lampola, he always couldn't help but think that he had seen the experience of playing against Real Madrid twice in a sudden situation.

When he logged into Dort's fan community again on the night of his trip to Germany, he found that Dort's fans were very confident about the match against Monaco, and that Dort's luck in the quarter-finals was quite good compared to that of other opponents.

It's not just Dort's fan zone that looks at it this way, it's actually a common view from the outside world. It is believed that Dort's overall strength is superior in comparison, and Dort's rich European experience accumulated in recent years will play an important role in such a knockout round.

As far as the first leg of the contest is concerned, although both sides have important players who cannot participate, various pre-match analyses show that Li Liang's absence has a greater impact on Monaco.

Yaldim and Falcao took part in the pre-match press conference the day before the game.

Jardim introduced the team's preparations, except for Li Liang, who has accumulated yellow cards and suspended, Bakayoko was injured in training, and Sidibi has been hospitalized in Monaco due to acute appendicitis and is not in the squad for the game at all.

In addition, Boslia and Carrillo were also unable to compete due to injury.

As for Dort, Thomas Tuchel told reporters that the long-term injured Reus has returned to training and that he and midfielder Fidel Castro, who was injured in the previous league game, are not yet certain whether they will be available for this game.

Left-back Durm, striker Schurrle and central midfield Gotze remain sidelined.

Both coaches were full of praise for each other, but when it came to the goals of the game, both Jardim and Tuchel said they would go all out for the win.

In the final pre-match tactical lesson, Yaldim repeatedly emphasised tactical discipline and focused on the faster Dort's attacking line.

The day of the game finally came, and everyone got ready early, boarded the bus and prepared to go to the stadium.

The route has turned into a sea of football, and Dort fans can be seen everywhere dressed in all colors. To the surprise of Li Liang and everyone, they also saw a considerable number of Monaco fans along the way.

Halfway through the journey, the bus suddenly stopped in the middle of the journey, and then the sirens outside the bus sounded, and Li Liang and his teammates did not know what was happening.

Soon the door of the bus opened, and 3 heavily armed policemen boarded the bus!

The leading policeman spoke to the officer in charge of the reception, and then the officer, who was so good at French, turned to the stunned crowd and said, "Gentlemen, I'm very sorry that there is an emergency.

We will then return to the hotel under strict protection! ”

Vasilyev got up and asked: "And what about the competition?!" ”

The officer shrugged his shoulders: "I'm sorry that's all the police told me - I don't think the game should be on time." ”

Everyone took out their mobile phones one after another, and soon saw the breaking news pushed.

Dort's bus was hit by an explosion on the way to the pitch and it was already determined that a player had been injured.

There is a depressing atmosphere in the big bars of Monaco and everyone is very nervous.

The bus returned to the hotel, escorted by several police cars, which was also tightly controlled by the police.

Li Liang was at a loss, what was going on?