Chapter 201: Group First
Dortmund is indeed vigorous, you must know that before that, Real Madrid has maintained a 10-game winning streak in the Champions League group stage. Jose Mourinho's side won six consecutive group stage games last season, beating Manchester City 3-2 and Ajax 4-1 in the new season. Borussia Dortmund is much bleaker than Real Madrid, and last season's Young Guards led by Jurgen Klopp were defeated by the old Inter Milan in the group stage and eliminated.
Going back further, Dortmund played in the Champions League in the 03-04 season, but they were eliminated by Brugge in the qualifying round and could only be relegated to the League Cup, 02-03 season, Dortmund played in the Champions League as the Bundesliga champion, and Dort met Real Madrid at home that year, 1-1 draw.
Throughout the 21st century, Dortmund has just exceeded 10 wins in the Champions League. However, history can only be used as a reference, and Borussia Dortmund have shown winning belief on their home turf.
The 32-year-old veteran played the full 90 minutes with a strong sense of determination, and according to UEFA's official statistics, Kehl covered a staggering 12.46 kilometers.
The longest run is Grosskreutz, with the 24-year-old German midfielder running 12.70 km! Real Madrid's technical and personal abilities are above Dortmund, but diligence can make up for the shortcomings, and Dort makes up for the lack with a more desperate spirit.
This is most intuitively reflected in the running, with Dort's team running an average of 11.15 kilometers and Real Madrid's 10.20 kilometers.
What does it mean to run more? This is even clearer in the Strong Dialogue. In the past, Ferguson did not use Berbatov because the Bulgarians had less running, which led to the team's defensive strategy not being able to be implemented, and once a certain position was missed, it would directly lead to the overall disintegration.
Jurgen Klopp certainly knows this, and when Real Madrid attack, Dort can set up a two-layer defense of eight men in a matter of seconds; Once on the attack, Bender and Kyle can quickly plug in. With the addition of Piszczek and Schmelzer on both wings, Dort is a crazy attacking posture of 7-8 people! Guan Peng's goal seemed to be a passing error from Varane, but in fact, Dortmund's high pressing contributed to it, and 5 people including Kele and Lewandowski surrounded Real Madrid's double back and made Varane miss the ball.
Real Madrid's defeat may be attributed to the so-called "German curse", with a record of 1 win, 6 draws and 17 defeats against German teams away in the Champions League. But then again, Real Madrid still has Ronaldo's undefeated goal law "body protection". CR7 scored in the Champions League and his side won 26 and drew three, but Dortmund were unconvinced.
Last season's humiliation in the Champions League was the price of growth, and Jurgen Klopp is absolutely unwilling to repeat the mistakes of the past, after beating Ajax 1-0, drawing 1-1 with Manchester City and beating Real Madrid 2-1, Dortmund has occupied a strong position to qualify, if last year's Dortmund was paying for tuition. So this year, it's time to make a result-
2 Away to Dort, Mourinho failed to lead Real Madrid out of the shadow of the "German curse" of the Champions League. Speaking at his post-match press conference, Mourinho said: "It doesn't matter if we lose this game". And bluntly said that the team likes to play in an environment like Dort's home stadium.
But at the same time, the madman expressed his dissatisfaction with the results of the UEFA draw: "Some groups are really laughable, such as the group we are in, even if you are a giant, you can play in the Europa League!" ”
Speaking about the result of the game, Mourinho said: "We lost a game. It doesn't matter. The results were unsatisfactory, but not dramatic. It was a close game and Dort came out on top of us. But I can speak responsibly. My team is still very combative. We are now relegated to second place, and that does not satisfy us. We're in the group of death, so everything is careless. ”
The Portuguese then looked ahead to his team's future qualification, "We have six points in our hands and two home games left. We will do our best to get as many points as we can to get a favourable quarter-final and qualify for the group. 'Jose Mourinho is still confident.
Dort's home fans have always been known for their madness, with Mourinho saying: "They were very polite and had a calm attitude throughout the game without any added aggression. We love playing in an environment like this. ”
The madman also paid tribute to Borussia Dort's boss Jurgen Klopp: "I don't know much about him, I only met him occasionally at UEFA meetings, but his results speak for themselves, he has already won two Bundesliga trophies. ”
'My players said they had tried to find a goal by taking advantage of the opponent's mistakes and that happened in the game. We knew for a long time that there would be very little space in the game, there was a lot of pressure on us, a lot of difficulties and the threat of conceding goals and transitioning between attack and defence. Of course, we had some good chances to score in the game and threatened the opposition. But maybe it was when we were at our best that they scored. And in the face of their defense, there is no way to crack it. Mourinho said of the game.
Mourinho also blasted UEFA's draw system: "I don't want to talk too much about the performance of the opponents, after all, it is their manager's responsibility. But I would like to say that there are some groups where the draw is for no reason, such as ours, even if you are a big club, you can go to the Europa League. We're a veritable group of death, Borussia Dort is first and then us, but can you guarantee that City, who have only been on their game for one minute now, won't be able to pick up 10 points at the end? ”
When Nasri opened the scoring for Manchester City in the 22nd minute, many would have thought that the Premier League champions were capable of kicking off a slaughter, with only one point from the first two Champions League rounds and six points in back-to-back games against Ajax. But unexpectedly, Manchester City was staged by the opponent to stage a three-goal comeback, Ajax took advantage of this battle to get rid of the bottom position, and Manchester City, which only had one point in three games, fell into a huge embarrassment.
Obviously, this is a game that City cannot afford to lose. Last season's Champions League campaign was almost the same as in the first two rounds of this season, with a draw at home to their group rivals and then an away defeat to the group's strongest rivals.
However, last year's Manchester City at least beat Villarreal in back-to-back games, and the final 10 points out was decent, but now, Manchester City lost to Ajax in the battle of Tianwang Mountain, even if they win all three games, they only have 10 points.
Qualifying from the group seems to have become a luxury for Manchester City, with such a luxurious squad, does Mancini still have an excuse? Last season, it can be said that Manchester City lacked European experience, but after experiencing the Champions League group exit and the Europa League 1/8 final elimination, Manchester City has paid a lot of tuition.
With Manchester City's current team and strength, even if it is not at the level of Real Madrid, it is at least not inferior to Dortmund and Ajax, but judging from the performance of the game, Manchester City is far from meeting the expectations of the world. (To be continued.) )