After the first game of the German Cup, the team began to prepare for the league in earnest, and their first league game was against Bayer Leverkusen, who finished sixth in the Bundesliga last season.

At half past five in the afternoon of August 23, Dortmund hosted the opponent of the first round of the new Bundesliga season.

It was Shen Peng's first time playing as a home player at the West** Stadium, and the last time he was here for Bochum, the first half of that game was indeed a bit influenced by the fans.

But now that he was a member of the home team, he was greeted by deafening cheers from the audience.

And Delia in front of the TV saw this scene, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Lu Xueming, who was next to him, saw this situation and couldn't help but sigh: "Rong Rong, we can finally watch the game together now." Speaking of which, since you went to play with Shen Peng last time, you seem to appreciate him very much now? ”

Delia pursed her lips, "Isn't that the effect you've always wanted?" ”

Lu Xueming smiled, "Seriously, what do you think of this kid now?" ”

"He's a good guy."

"Uh...... Rong Rong, in today's Chinese, this sentence has ambiguity. ”

"What ambiguity?" Delia was stunned, although she had been learning Chinese from her father since she was a child, she had not learned many potential meanings of Chinese.

This phrase is generally used when rejecting someone. For example, if a man says to a woman, I like you, this is a woman, if you are a good person, it generally means that the woman has rejected the man, so there is a potential meaning in this. ”

Delia tilted her head and thought, "Well, I see that still means. ”

"So, if you're really interested in this kid, you can't say it to his face, or he's likely to misunderstand."

"Oh......" Delia nodded, "By the way, Dad, is there anything else I need to pay attention to?" ”

When Lu Xueming heard Delia ask this, he smiled, "I can't think of much of this for a while, wait until I find time to sort it out for you." ”

"Okay...... The Chinese language is really broad and profound......"

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At this point, the game at West** Field has begun.

It was the first game of the season and the opponent was likely to be a last-minute rival, so both sides were well prepared.

On the ground though, Bayer Leverkusen were clearly more prepared, scoring from their first attack after kick-off.

It was Bellarabi who scored the goal and Bonisch who assisted.

Bayer Leverkusen scored just a minute into the game, much to the surprise of both the Borussia Dortmund players and Jurgen Klopp.

Jurgen Klopp stood on the sidelines and frowned, if the game was behind at the beginning, this game may be a bit passive, because now Leverkusen has a lot of options, they can even shrink the defense, with the strength of their players, if they shrink the defense, it is not as easy to score as the previous Stuttgart kickers.

After Borussia Dortmund's kick-off, Klopp was relieved that the opponent did not defend as expected, but attacked normally.

However, the next game was a bit unexpected for him, because the two sides played for half an hour, and the score was still 0-1.

As for the reason, Klopp, of course, can see it.

That is, the midfielder of Leverkusen's side fought fiercely, cutting off the connection between the midfield and the front field on Dortmund's side.

It sounds simple, but it has a big impact on the team.

The simplest, Shen Peng couldn't get the ball in the front court.

In fact, when he was in Bochum, there were also teams that did this, cutting off Shen Peng's connection with the midfielder, after all, no matter how powerful a striker is, if no one passes the ball to him, then he has no ball at his feet and cannot score.

But when he was in Bochum, Shen Peng also had a genuine center forward in front of him, so Shen Peng could frequently retreat to the midfield to get the ball, so that with Shen Peng's own foot skills and defensive ability, he could often open up the situation in the midfield.

In Dortmund now there is only one striker, which does not work, here, as long as Shen Peng retreats, the opponent's defender does not need to defend anyone, it will be liberated, and it will be pressed, so on the battlefield in the middle circle, there is only one more person on Dortmund's side, but the other side has four or five more people, and the result can be imagined.

"Looks like they're ready to come!" Speaking next to Jurgen Klopp, Bwach said that Bayer Leverkusen's targeting was very good, and they did a good job of limiting Dortmund's midfield through tenacious scrambling.

"It's not unusual, after all, the first round of the league takes the longest time to prepare, and it's not a secret that Shen Peng came to us, the club has also publicized it, and it's difficult for them not to pay attention."

"So what do we do? Do you want Shen Peng to return to the midfield and change a striker to the front? Bwach asked, he said naturally Shen Peng's defensive ability, with Shen Peng in the midfield, the situation in the midfield would not be so anxious.

Klopp frowned, Bwach's proposal is really good, Shen Peng was famous for his defense at the beginning of Bochum, which was also the purpose of his previous desire to sign Shen Peng, but then his offensive ability was discovered, and it would be a pity to put it in the back.

On the field, due to the large football field, people's physical strength and speed are limited, and the team needs to cooperate, so each player has his own position, for example, the striker's activity area is generally between the opponent's goal and the midfield, and the central defender is generally rarely past the midfield, so if Shen Peng returns to the midfield, his activity area will change, so he can't contain the opponent's defenders in the frontcourt.

In this way, the opposing two fullbacks will be liberated, and in current football, fullbacks often insert assists, so it is difficult to say what will happen after Shen Peng changes to the midfield.

"It seems that we also need a center forward, otherwise this lineup is okay against ordinary opponents, and like today, if the opponent studies us more thoroughly, we are likely to suffer!" Bwach said from the side.

"Let's see......," Klopp said, not in a hurry to adjust, and even if he did, he wouldn't be able to adjust it now, and he was going to wait until half-time.

However, it rained overnight, and with seven minutes to go in the first half, Bayer Leverkusen scored again, this time with Velaraby setting up Kiessling's scoring.

Zero to two.

Borussia Dortmund were two goals down before the first half of the first league game was over!

At this time, Klopp was not calm, and began to shout on the sidelines, telling the players to strengthen their defense and stop conceding the ball.