Chapter 248: Coming on as a substitute
It wasn't a good day on the 17th of February, and it didn't seem like a good day for Borussia Dortmund, who were at home to Hamburg.
It stands to reason that Hamburg's performance this season has been mediocre and has basically not achieved good results, but this team is like a nemesis of a strong team, and can play at a high level against Bayern and Dortmund.
In the first meeting of the season, Dortmund lost to Hamburg, so this time at home, the whole team of Dortmund thought about revenge, and Dortmund fans also welcomed the arrival of this game with the highest enthusiasm.
However, because the players had problems with their physical strength after a Champions League knockout match, Klopp had to make a big rotation, and even Guan Peng was placed on the bench.
Guan Peng was unhappy in his heart, he finally waited for a game, but he sat on the bench, and it was not a taste to think about it.
Of course, he didn't understand Klopp's thoughts, after all, he played a bit hard in the last game against Shakhtar Donetsk, and finally the game was over, and when he got to the locker room, his legs were trembling, and the Iron Warrior, who had not fallen, had cramps directly in the locker room.
The media didn't know about it, but Klopp knew it.
For the sake of the team and Guan Peng, of course Klopp wants Guan Peng to rest on the bench.
"Brothers, come on, I can only cheer you on the sidelines." Guan Peng looked at the players who were on the field with some pity and said.
"You can rest in peace, this game is played at home, and Hamburg will not take advantage of anything." So replied from his teammate.
However, sometimes the result is completely opposite to the idea, and the score on the field changed just ten minutes after the game started, but unfortunately it was not Dortmund who scored, but Hamburg.
Sun Xingmin! This post-90s from South Korea became the brightest presence in the game, and he broke the deadlock first, making the Devils' home roar much quieter.
It's not a problem to fall behind by a goal, just equalize, anyway, at home, Dortmund's hope of winning is still quite big.
Just ten minutes later, Lewandowski equalised, and it seemed that the hope of victory had returned, and the earth-shattering shouts were remembered on the pitch of Idona Park.
However, it is not uncommon for happy and sad things to happen, Lewandowski, who had just scored a goal, was directly shown a red card and sent off because of a bad foul.
The main striker was sent off with a red card, Dortmund has one less person, how can such a game be played?
Klopp made a quick decision to let Schibert, who originally replaced Gotze as a striker, go to the forward position, after all, the ball can't be played without a striker.
But one less person is one less person, and disadvantages are unavoidable.
At the end of the first half, it was Son Heung-min who scored to help Hamburg overtake the score 2:1, which was tantamount to giving Dortmund a slap in the face.
"I have to say, Siebel's ability is not bad, but it is still dwarfed by Guan Peng, I don't understand, why didn't Klopp let Guan Peng play, with his defensive and offensive ability, he can definitely make up for the disadvantage of missing a person, why?"
Yes, why, exactly, this is what many fans want to ask.
On the one hand, it is the wonderful performance of South Korean rising star Son Heung-min, and on the other hand, Guan Peng is anxiously scratching his ears and cheeks.
Although he heard the on-site commentary on his evaluation very cool, but seeing the team's score behind, he couldn't sit still, no matter how good his performance was, if the team lost this game, I am afraid that this season's championship hopes will be disappointed.
Since the start of the second half of the season, the rival Bayern Munich has not lost or drawn a game, and like Dortmund, they have maintained all wins.
In the face of such a competitor, Dortmund must not have any mistakes, after all, it is still three points less than Bayern in points, Dortmund wants to completely catch up with the points after their home victory over Bayern, if they lose to Hamburg now, needless to say, it will definitely be a disaster.
"Coach! Let me go. "Guan Peng is a person who can't hold back his thoughts, he wants to play, he will tell Klopp, and he will not be bored in his heart, not to mention that he is now Klopp's proud protégé, and asking to play will not have any bad effects.
Klopp looked at Guan Peng, then at the situation on the field, and finally nodded and said, "Go warm up, get ready to play." ”
Klopp has no choice now, in the face of the current team's situation, if he wants to hide Guan Peng, it is tantamount to pushing the team into the abyss of defeat.
I don't know when, Guan Peng has become an indispensable core player of the team in his mind, which is the result of subtle and excellent performance.
However, if he could, he still wanted to let Guan Peng rest for a while, so until the end of the first half, Guan Peng was still warming up on the sidelines......
Thankfully, the score wasn't extended again, which was a blessing in disguise for Borussia Dortmund.
At halftime, the TV commentators were talking about the game.
"Edona Park is known as the home of the devils, but today it seems to be Hamburg's paradise."
"The main thing is that there has just been a fierce Champions League knockout match, and Dortmund's players have physical problems, and several main players are unable to play, which is really uncomfortable."
"Alas, it seems that if Dortmund really wants to achieve results in the league and the Champions League at the same time, they will have to bring in a lot of reinforcements, and the current squad thickness is still not good."
"We have been looking forward to Guan Peng's play, but unfortunately he couldn't play at the end of the first half."
"Sun Xingmin's performance this season is actually no worse than Guan Peng, I don't know what Guan Peng thinks when I see Sun Xingmin's performance like this in this game?"
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Klopp didn't say much at half-time, because he knew that the players wanted to win just as much as he did, but the objective conditions made them not in a good situation now, and it was useless to encourage or criticize at this time, so it was better to support them silently.
However, in order to change the current backward situation, at the beginning of the second half, he adjusted the lineup, replaced Guan Peng, and also replaced Gotze.
Changing two players in a row at half-time is a rare occurrence in a game, but Klopp knows he can't afford to wait any longer, every minute he waits, his team could fall behind again, and he has to fight for it now.
Seeing Guan Peng and Gotze on the field, the fans who had been silent for a long time at Idona Park finally shouted excitedly, they shouted Guan Peng's name, called Gotze's name, these two young midfielders, are the heroes who have made them win one after another, and they certainly believe that these two players can help them recover their disadvantage. (To be continued.) )