Chapter 223: Deterrence

On March 7, in the 24th round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund challenged Hamburg away.

In the end, Dortmund won 4-1 and continued to dominate the top of the Bundesliga standings.

Shen Peng's performance in this game was still very bright, scoring a goal, delivering an assist, and gaining five points.

Of course, he didn't use the Eiffel attack, and now against a team in the relegation zone in the Bundesliga, as long as the team plays its normal strength, it is easier to win without using skills.

Moreover, this move is now prepared for Juventus, although according to the skill description, Juventus's players will not be able to block it, but when the time comes, it will suddenly be used, in the case of the opponent's unpreparedness, in addition to the effect at the tactical level, it will also have an impact on the opponent at the psychological level.

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On March 14, in the fifteenth round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund hosted Cologne.

In the face of this promoted team, Dortmund played normally and finally won 4-0.

Shen Peng also scored two goals in the game and earned five system points, one step closer to his goal.

After successive victories against two underdogs, the mental state of the entire Dortmund team has finally improved.

Previously, because the opponent defended against others except Shen Peng, Dortmund played a little embarrassed during that time, although he did not lose, but he won every game relatively lucky, if he was a little unlucky, maybe the win would become a draw, and the draw would become a loss.

Of course, this does not mean that the problem is solved, and Klopp is also actively adjusting in these two games, but the effect is not obvious, so the Champions League match three days later, the prospect of the second leg with Juventus is still not optimistic.

So in the days before the game, during training, the Dortmund players found Klopp directing with black circles under his eyes.

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Regardless of Klopp, Juventus visited the Stadio Wester on time.

'Borussia Dortmund are a very impactful team and playing against them is a tough test for our backline, although we have a two-point lead at home, but as we all know, Dortmund are going to be a notch up a notch at home, so we have to give it our all.'

In an interview, Allegri said that although he said it modestly, the confidence in his words could be heard by anyone.

In fact, now if anyone is in his position, he will be confident, Juventus, who is known for his defense, has a two-point lead over the opponent, and Dortmund is bound to attack with all his strength in this game, so that Juventus will have a chance to score away goals, as long as the goal is scored, Dortmund must score at least four goals if they want to win.

It's hard to score four times against Juventus in a single game.

On the other side, Klopp also answered reporters' questions with a stern expression, and contrary to Allegri, he really didn't know the result of this game.

After the various entrance ceremonies are over, the competition officially begins.

The lineup for this game is not much different from the lineup of the previous leg between the two sides, and Juventus just used Robert? Pereira replaces Andrea Pirlo; Dortmund, on the other hand, replaced Piszczek with Subotic. Bender replaced Shaheen, Mbappe replaced Reus - the last round of substitution Mbappe had a good effect, so Klopp still let him play in this game, as for the rest of the team has not changed, at most there are some adjustments to the position on the field.

After the start of the game, the home fans gave Juventus a "big gift", and there was a huge flag shaking in the south stand, which was exactly the direction facing Juventus, which was attacking from north to south.

However, for the atmosphere of the West** Stadium, the Juventus team is full of people who are used to seeing big scenes, so it has almost no impact, and after they serve, they began to organize an orderly attack.

Of course, this attack was only tentative, so as soon as the attack didn't work, they immediately stepped back to defend.

When Klopp saw this, he also scolded Allegri for the old fox.

Juventus has a two-point advantage in hand, and as long as this game is played steadily, even if it is one goal behind Dortmund, it can enter the next round, so it is not in a hurry to attack at all; In this game, Dortmund is bound to attack with all its might in order to advance, and if Juventus attacks aggressively and there are some flaws in the defense, it is very likely that there will be some accidents, especially when the opponent still has Shen Peng, a demon.

Dortmund also played more carefully in the first ten minutes of the game, after all, if Juventus scored one more goal, they would have to score four goals to advance to the next round, which is almost impossible for them to do.

In the thirteenth minute, Vidal, who had changed positions, broke through with the ball on the right side, easily deceived the inexperienced Mbappe with a feint, and then drove straight in, all the way to the sideline outside the penalty area, and then found the opportunity to cross with his feet!

The ball flew into the penalty area, Morata grabbed the first drop point, and looking back at the moon, the ball flew towards the goal at great speed!

"Dang!"

The ball hit the crossbar and bounced off the bottom line!

Seeing this scene, the mood of the Dortmund fans and players was as exciting as riding a roller coaster, fortunately the goal was a little higher, otherwise Juventus would have scored.

Although this goal was not scored, it sounded a wake-up call for Dortmund's players: Juventus's attacking power is just as powerful!

Morata was also a little annoyed, this opportunity is good, and I don't know when the next time there will be such an opportunity.

The goal kick didn't take long before the ball fell to the midfield again, and the two sides continued to fight in the midfield, but Dortmund's side was obviously a little timid when attacking, which was the deterrent brought by Morata's goal just now.

Jurgen Klopp saw it on the sidelines and it didn't feel good.

Now the morale of the Dortmund players is declining, and if they can't find the back of the net, coupled with the opponent's sharp counter-attack, it is likely that the players will lose their fighting spirit.

It's not something he can solve with a couple of shouts on the sidelines, even in midfield, there is only so much he can do, what is needed now is a goal, a goal that can give hope to all the players!

Of course, even knowing that it didn't work, he shouted from the sidelines: "Don't be afraid! Just follow the routine we usually train to attack! ”

As he expected, there was no reaction on the pitch to his command, and the players were still afraid of the opponent's counterattack, which made the team's attacking efficiency less and less, and sometimes even failed to pass forward dozens of times in a row in the middle and back.

Seeing this, the corners of Allegri's mouth curled, which was exactly what he expected.