Chapter 230: Quarterfinals
After the Champions League game against Juventus, the Borussia Dortmund players continued to prepare for the league.
Now after Shen Peng came to the left side, Dortmund's overall attack was sharper and sharper, making the opponent unguardable.
So in the 26th round of the league, they beat Hannover 96 5-1 away, in this game, Shen Peng completed two assists, almost completed the hat trick of assists, and when he made his third wonderful pass, the final shot was kicked high by Royce.
At that time, Shen Peng held his head with a look of regret, just like he missed a goal that should have been scored in the World Cup final, which made Reuss on the side a little embarrassed.
Because he scored four goals against Juventus, and the importance is also systematically rated as six, he got a total of ten points; He had one goal and two assists in this league game, so he also got six points, and now he has a total of fifty points, and he is only thirty points away from the goal.
In this round of the game, Borussia Mönchengladbach also beat Bayern Munich 2-0, so now Dortmund is five points ahead of Bayern Munich, and it also gives them more margin for error on the way to the league title.
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On April 4, in the 27th round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund hosted Bayern Munich.
This game is also the focus of this round, known as the "Bundesliga championship battle", if Dortmund wins again, with only seven rounds left in the league, it can almost lock the championship, and if Bayern Munich wins, the gap between the two sides will become two points, and the championship suspense will be left until the last round.
So in this game, many neutral teams supported its Bayern Munich.
The process of the game is very exciting, in this game, the fans watched a "four-winged flying" wonderful duel, Shen Peng, Aubameyang, Ribery, Robben four people on the two wings brought wonderful performances, and there was even a situation in the game that there were not as many people in the middle as the wingers.
However, in the end, it was Dortmund's side that was superior, and at the end of the game, Shen Peng and Mbappe reproduced the "double dance" in the game with Juventus, scoring a winning goal, and finally narrowly defeated the opponent 3-2.
At this point, the suspense of the Bundesliga title is already very small, unless Dortmund lose three of the last seven rounds, and Bayern Munich have to keep winning all of them to recover the eight-point gap - which is almost impossible for Dortmund now.
After the game, the most discussed was the "duet" goal scored by Shen Peng and Mbappe at the last moment, and people originally thought that this kind of cooperation only appeared in the game against Juventus, and the two had a flash of inspiration and could not be replicated. But now it seems that the cooperation between the two has reached the point of perfection, and as long as there is a chance, they can pass the opponent's entire defense.
It can only be said that this is a nightmare for all teams.
In this regard, Dortmund fans are happy, the current team to win the league championship is not a big problem, in the German Cup, as long as you are careful, there is no problem, as long as the Champions League wins again, then they will become the eighth team to win the glory of the "treble". Germany will also become the second country after the Netherlands to have two treble-winning teams.
There are also many who even expect this year's Champions League to be held between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, as was the case in the 12-13 season.
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On April 8, in the quarterfinals of the German Cup, Dortmund hosted Hoffenheim.
Due to successive victories over Juventus and Bayern Munich, the two top teams, the players were a little light in this German Cup, and their performance was substandard, and they fell behind 1-2 at half-time, but fortunately, after midfielder Klopp blew the wind for ten minutes, the team found its form in the second half, scored three goals in a row, and finally won 4-2 against the opponent and advanced to the semi-finals.
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On April 11, in the 28th round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund challenged Borussia Mönchengladbach away, who is currently fourth in the league, second only to Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg.
Jurgen Klopp was pleased with the result, as he rotated some of his key players during the game and retained his strength in the Champions League quarter-finals a few days later.
With Bayern Munich's 3-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt in this round, the gap between the two teams has been reduced to six points, which is still not a small number with six league games remaining.
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On April 14, the quarterfinals of the Champions League began.
Borussia Dortmund face Monaco in this round, which is a good sign compared to other teams: Atletico Madrid's opponent is Real Madrid, Bayern Munich's opponent is Porto, and Barcelona's opponent is Paris Saint-Germain.
In the previous quarter-finals, it was not surprising that the other two teams in the Bundesliga were eliminated, and in this round, Dortmund and Bayern Munich met Porto and Monaco, which were relatively weak in the quarter-finals, respectively, which was considered lucky.
Borussia Dortmund vs Monaco is a home and away match, generally speaking, this situation is not as good as the away and then the home, once you can't get a big advantage at home, then the away road is more dangerous.
In this regard, Shen Peng didn't care, as long as he worked hard to win two wins, it didn't matter if he played two away games, and the value of away goals was higher than that of home goals.
After seeing Monaco, Mbappe was embarrassed, he almost went to this club, but was stopped by Shen Peng, until now, he doesn't know why Shen Peng found him in the first place.
Although Shen Peng said that he was instructed by head coach Neu Rurell at that time, but slowly, Mbappe also knew that this was only Shen Peng's personal wishes, and he never said the specific reason Shen Peng, so he had to guess that Shen Peng may have taken a fancy to his characteristics in playing football in a certain way - because now he can also feel it, and when he cooperates with Shen Peng, there is a very natural feeling, just like now every time he passes the ball, he doesn't need to look at it to know how Shen Peng will run.
So he sincerely thanked Shen Peng, if he went to Monaco, he might still be fighting for the opportunity to play in the first team now, how could he have the opportunity to play in person.
In this game, Klopp sent all the main lineups that were rested in the previous German Cup, and did not underestimate the opponent at all, and the team that can reach the quarterfinals in the Champions League, even if it is not famous, has a bit of strength, and any team will overturn if it is not careful.