Section 318 Another strong enemy
A shot from two people in a row, plus an own goal, and the game between Wolfsburg and Shakhtar came to an end. His own attack was fruitless, but was frequently counterattacked by the opponent, the opponent's high school striker, who was not good at technology, actually scored a goal in a row from two people, not to mention, his own defender also made it worse to score an own goal, which made the courage of Shakhtar Donetsk almost all gone.
After 2-0, the Shakhtars' attack was much weaker. Although they still organized several attacks to break through the interception net of Wolfsburg, compared to the ferocity of the first half, it was not the same thing at all. The own goal was too big a blow to morale, and Shakhtar's Champions League this season was quite unsmooth, which also made them lose the courage to fight again.
Morale is sometimes more important than strength in a game, and this time the Shakhtars certainly confirmed that once again. In this game, they could no longer play the wonderful football that changed the score without morale, and it also allowed Wolfsburg to win this one.
This victory is also of great significance to Wolfsburg. They drew at home to Shakhtar and won on the road, and they have seen their improvement. What's more, after four consecutive wins in the Champions League, Wolfsburg has also determined that he is already the first place in the group.
At the same time as Wolfsburg's victory over Shakhtar Donetsk, another extremely unbelievable news was that Arsenal were forced to draw by Montpellier in this round. At a critical moment, Arsenal dropped the chain again and further opened the gap with Wolfsburg. After five rounds, Wolfsburg have 13 points from four wins and one draw, while Arsenal have eight points from two wins, two draws and one defeat. The gap between them and Wolfsburg is no longer possible.
However, because of the defeat in Donetsk. Arsenal don't have to worry about going out of the game. It's just that the score is already like this, and it also makes the final round of games meaningless - Arsenal win or lose at Wolfsburg's home stadium. Anyway, they are destined to be the second place in the group.
Of course, this last game doesn't mean much for Arsenal, but for Wolfsburg, it doesn't mean much. Because according to the schedule, after Wolfsburg defeated Arsenal, the opponent in the sixteenth round of the league will be Dortmund.
In the entire league, the two opponents that Wolfsburg is most worried about are Bayern and Dortmund. They are a real formidable foe to be reckoned with, and they need to be given 12 points of attention. Before the game against Borussia Dortmund, his team's midweek game could be thrown away, which also made Wolfsburg breathe a big sigh of relief.
With two games against Arsenal and Dortmund in a week, Wolfsburg can't bear it no matter how much they improve. And now that there is one less Arsenal, only Dortmund needs to be faced, Wolfsburg has more chances.
Wolfsburg would rather like they could beat Borussia Dortmund in that round – because this season, Bayern have already beaten Dortmund if they lose to them. Then it will only widen the gap with Bayern even further.
Of course, part of the reason why they want this is because Dortmund are not playing very well at the moment and they want to beat them once. Get some faith back.
This season's Dortmund obviously does not have the invincible momentum of last season's Bundesliga. Although in the Champions League they played even better, and Chelsea. Paris Saint-Germain's Dortmund, who were placed in the same group of death, did not continue their tragic fate, but instead played last season's Champions League title in a miserable manner. Beat Chelsea in two games before and after, and joined forces with Paris. After five rounds, Chelsea were doomed to fail to qualify from the group and had to change managers, but in the league, Dortmund did not play as well as last season.
Maybe it's because of the sale of Shinji Kagawa, their squad has been weakened a bit, maybe it's because the season has started unfavorably, and the competitors have played extremely smoothly in the league, which has made Dortmund lose the idea of league competition, this season, their league play is quite bad, after 11 rounds, although they have only two defeats like Wolfsburg, but there are as many as 5 draws, which makes them have an 11-point point difference with Bayern at the top of the table, and a score difference of up to 8 points with Wolfsburg, such a big point difference, It is even doubtful that they have withdrawn from the battle for the league title early.
This season, at least in the league, Dortmund is no longer strong. Beating them in the league to ensure that they can continue to bite Bayern is also a daily task for Wolfsburg.
Of course, there are still some tasks ahead of the win over Borussia Dortmund – Werder Bremen, Borussia Mönchenchen, Hamburg, and there are still three games between these three teams and Wolfsburg, which Wolfsburg cannot afford to ignore.
However, these teams are not as difficult as Dortmund, and Wolfsburg do not have to worry too much about them. After the match against Shakhtar, Wolfsburg also won another match in Bremen.
After this Champions League match, Wolfsburg did not lose again. And after Gao Shunyao thought about it carefully, there was probably only one reason: after the Champions League game this time, Wolfsburg played at home instead of away, which may be why Wolfsburg played much better in this game.
One of the biggest reasons why Wolfsburg have failed in their previous two games in a week is that they have been unfortunate away from home in the league since the Champions League. Wolves have not played as well away from home since last season and this season is still the same. This kind of schedule is quite unfavorable for them, and now that the arrangement of consecutive battles is different, the result of their play is naturally very different.
In the home game against Bremen, Wolfsburg played quite well. Not long after the opening kick, Turan scored the first goal with a direct free-kick into the top left corner of the net. Shortly after, Rodriguez blasted the door open again with a long-range shot that made Wolfsburg 2-
Wolfsburg's offense, played very beautifully. Although the unreliable combination of Naldo and Kjaer was still not good, so Wolfsburg immediately conceded another goal, but after the second half, Gao Shunyao and Mandzukic took turns to be powerful, first Gao Shunyao scored with a header, and then Mandzukic scored with a long-range shot, and the two helped the team turn the score into 4-
Wolfsburg, who are playing at home, has enough strength to shock the league. And after this 4-1, Wolfsburg can be regarded as having a period of two games in a week. After the rhythm of the game reverted to one game a week, Wolfsburg's form was much better and their strength stabilized.
In the subsequent away game against Borussia Monchenchen, Wolfsburg's victory was a little more difficult, but it was still easy to get it. And the most surprising thing is that the person who scored for Wolfsburg in this game was none other than Shaheen.
In the first 60 minutes of the game, Wolfsburg and Borussia Mönchenchen played 0-0, and no one could help anyone. After leaving Reuss, Borussia Mönchenchen is no longer as strong as last season. It's just that they still have the strength to fight at home after all, and it is not easy for Wolfsburg to win.
Fortunately, Magath made a smart decision. In the final period, Wolfsburg replaced Shaheen in the front court to strengthen the attack in order to strengthen the attack. Shaheen, on the other hand, quickly proved that he was in good form, opening the door with a long-range shot from 30 meters out.
It has been more than three months since he arrived at Wolfsburg, and Shaheen has finally found his form and started to play better and better.
His form didn't just come out against Borussia Monchenchen. In the subsequent match against Wolfsburg, Shaheen continued his good form. In the game, he first gave the ball to Gao Shunyao's feet quickly, so that Gao Shunyao was able to overgive the ball to Perisic, quickly scored the first goal, and then directly broke through by himself, and made Perisic score the second goal with a through ball, and on the court, almost one person mastered the situation of the whole game.
The only regrettable thing in the game against Hamburg was that in the final stage of the game, Gao Shunyao rushed into the penalty area with the ball and was directly pushed to the ground by the opponent's defender. This unexpected fall ushered in a penalty opportunity for Wolfsburg, but it prevented Gao Shunyao from continuing to score.
Moreover, what made him even more depressed was that Perisic had not yet scored this penalty - originally he scored twice in the game, and after another penalty, Wolfsburg naturally asked him to kick this kick, but Perisic may have been a little too excited, and kicked a penalty very positively, directly into the arms of the opposing goalkeeper, giving away his chance.
Wolfsburg's first hat-trick of the season was given away by Perisic, but fortunately, they still won it against Hamburg.
After this game, Wolfsburg also began to prepare for the game against Dortmund. For this one, in the midweek game, Wolfsburg did not send any more main players in the Champions League. In this game, Wolfsburg even made Knoch a starter, and they didn't pay attention to this game against Arsenal at all.
And this game, they really lost - in the final game of the group stage, Arsenal also played their full strength. They seemed to play much better than the last time they played at their own home stadium, and this away game, they showed their dignity. Olivier Giroud provided two assists in the game, with Theo Walcott and Gervinho netting a goal each, giving Arsenal a final win over Wolfsburg.
It's just that the players of Wolfsburg don't care whether the Gunners succeed in revenge or not, for them, there is only one enemy at this time - Wolfsburg is about to meet Borussia Dortmund in the weekend's game, and that is the game that is really worth watching. (To be continued.) )