A 3-1 home win over Mainz, who had not been beaten at home for two years, was the first credit for the team's opening goal Mandzukic, who played a good role as Bayern's offensive bridgehead in the front line, not only scoring himself, but also pulling and creating scoring gaps for his teammates many times.

In particular, Mandzukic has scored in his fifth consecutive competitive game for Bayern since scoring in the German Super Cup to help Bayern beat Borussia Dort.

Just three minutes into the game, Bayern took the lead. Muller's break down the right flank tore through the entire Mainz defence, and his cross found Mandzukic in the box across the backline.

The Croatian could not afford to miss such an opportunity, as he struck an easy shot from the empty space to give Bayern the lead from the start, a goal that once again demonstrated Mandzukic's nose in front of goal, perhaps he is not as strong as Gomez and not as delicate as Pizarro, but Bayern's new No.9 is always in the right place at the right time to score.

Mandzukic, who joined Bayern Munich after the European Championship, quickly won the trust of the coaching staff by taking advantage of the fact that he was ahead of the team's German international, and before the start of the season, he took advantage of Gomez's injury to become the team's main scorer in the front line.

Although there is a certain element of luck in Mandzukic's ascension, people also have to admit that the luck of the Croatian goalscorer is so good, from the German Super Cup to the last three rounds of the Bundesliga, Mandzukic has scored every game, helping Bayern to achieve five consecutive wins in official matches in the new season.

In addition to being a "lucky one", Mandzukic is also Bayern's "lucky star". Since joining the team, Mandzukic has won all official matches for Bayern, and the team has also washed away many shameful records with Mandzukic's outstanding performance.

In the German Super Cup, Mandzukic scored a goal and assisted. Not to mention helping Bayern end a five-game losing streak against Borussia Dortmund, but also winning the team's first official title in two years, today against Mainz, Mandzukic opened the scoring to end Bayern's embarrassing record of two years of winless opponents at home.

Mandzukic played well, which made Gomez, who was trying to recover, anxious. It stands to reason that Mandzukic is just Bayern's firefighter during Gomez's injury, but if you don't want Mandzukic to perform so well, even if Gomez returns, Heynckes may not have the courage to win Mandzukic, who scores in every game, right? It's reminiscent of Bayer Leverkusen's goalkeeper battle last season, with Renault relying on Adler's impressive performances during his injury.

In the early morning of September 19, Beijing time, the Champions League group stage will be played at the Signa Idona Stadium in Dortmund, and the defending champion of the Bundesliga, Dortmund, will face the challenge of the Eredivisie champion Ajax.

Although this game is only the first round of the group stage, it is equivalent to a life-and-death battle for the two teams in the Champions League this season.

They are in a group with La Liga giants Real Madrid and Premier League upstarts Manchester City. Borussia Dortmund and Ajax, who have relatively poor squads, will be even more difficult to qualify from this group if they can't get out of the league and win points in each other's conversations, and even if they don't qualify in the end, a place in the Europa League is important.

The good news for this game is that there is no injury in the Dortmund team, all the main players can play, and Klopp's strongest squad can be played.

The most important thing is. The heart of the team's midfield could start this game, in the league last weekend. Gotze started the game, with the core of Dortmund performed well, beating the opponent by a big margin, Guan Peng and Gotze's organizational ability plus Reus's personal breakthrough ability, Dortmund's performance is worth looking forward to.

In the history of the two teams, there have only been two encounters. That also happened in the 1995-1996 season, when the two teams met in the quarter-finals, with Ajax winning home and away.

It is worth noting that, similar to Borussia Dortmund, Ajax's Champions League results in recent years have not been good. The Eredivisie giants have not progressed from the Champions League group stage since the 2005-2006 season, and with experienced Bundesliga players Barbel in the attack, Ajax will be aiming to get as good results as possible on the road.

Rivals Bayern Munich started with three consecutive wins, and Dortmund also won three in a row, but Bayern Munich led Dortmund by goal difference, and the defending champion Dortmund's journey to defend the title was not easy.

In a recent interview, the club's sporting director Zorc said that Bayern Munich, which has not won the championship for 2 years, is super determined, and the opponent's desire to win the championship is extremely strong, but fortunately, Dortmund is still calm, and this real core can help the team win at critical moments, whether it is in the league or in the Champions League.

The topic of the interview began with Hoeness's recent "Dortmund will never be as good as Bayern", and Zorc said that he does not care about such statements, "For me, I don't pay attention to these topics of verbal wars, and I am not interested in them at all. But it can be seen that the competition between our two teams is very fierce, and everyone is not on good terms. Either way, Borussia Dortmund is still saying that Bayern are a lot ahead of us and we still have a lot to work on. Look at their level of marketing, we have to admit the gap. ”

In this regard, Zolke said that Bayern is now very determined to win the championship, and it is not so easy to defend the title, "Bayern have not won the title for 2 years, and they are very determined now, which makes it more difficult for them to beat. But the three-goal win over Bayer Leverkusen gives me a lot of confidence that we are not vegetarians in the league or the Champions League. ”

Zolke said that Dortmund's performance in the Champions League last season was met with a lot of criticism, and this season the team wants to make a breakthrough, and Guan Peng is a key figure in the team.

'Now we're thinking about the midweek game against Ajax and it looks like it's going to be a good result. We're about Peng, Gotze and Reuss, and the three of them bring more possibilities to the team. Especially Guan Peng, as a No. 10 player, his state is related to the team's results. Zolke said.

In last season's Champions League, Bayern went all the way to the final, but unfortunately lost to Chelsea at home, and the results of winning three runners-up in a season were embarrassing.

Now that the team is about to face the Champions League competition, club president Rummenigge said that Bayern now need to have more ambitious goals in the Champions League, and the topic of revenge against Chelsea can be put aside. In addition to this, he expressed his endorsement of the fiscal fair play rules. (To be continued.) )