Chapter 18 Home Battle Cologne

At 15:30 p.m. on October 22, local time in Germany, the tenth round of the 2011-12 Bundesliga season kicked off, the defending champion Dortmund sat at home to face Cologne, at this time Dortmund's home stadium was full, the fans were wearing yellow and black jerseys at home, the fans were crazy waving the Dortmund team flag, and the atmosphere was made very fanatical by the Dortmund fans.

I have to say that the home team players are undoubtedly happy to play in the home stadium of such a devil, facing nearly 80,000 fans cheering for themselves, they will definitely do their best, and the players who play in Dortmund as an away game are undoubtedly sad, they will face the greetings of the Dortmund fans at the home of the famous devil in Europe.

And, if they win this game, Dortmund will move up to second place in the league, so the whole team is looking forward to a victory in this competition.

Klopp also started active preparations before the game, fully studied Cologne's game tactics, and lined up the best lineup in his mind.

And because there will be a UEFA Champions League this week, the 2011 season of the Champions League can be described as a lot of highlights, first of all, the collision between AC Milan and the defending champion Barcelona, Real Madrid meets the old enemy Leon, whether Real Madrid can kill Lyon or be killed by Lyon is the highlight of the fans.

Group A of Bayern, Villarreal, Manchester City and Napoli is considered the "Group of Death", while Group D of Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax and Dinamo Zagreb is also considered the "Group of Death".

It wasn't until last season that Real Madrid was coached by Jose Mourinho to break the embarrassment of "hard to win" against Lyon in the Champions League. Ajax, on the other hand, have won the Champions League the most times outside of the four major leagues.

This season's two groups of death provide more exciting feasts for fans, and for Dortmund fans, the most concerned is their team's group, Dortmund is in Group F.

These include Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiacos, however, the most worrying thing is that the Dortmund players are too young, so it is difficult to play their strength in the Champions League, just when Guan Peng was injured, Dortmund has played two games in the Champions League, not surprisingly Dortmund lost two games in a row in the Champions League, at this time Dortmund is in the fourth place in Group F, such a result is undoubtedly extremely dangerous.

Therefore, Klopp also hopes that the team will get Cologne at home in advance, so that the main players can rest as soon as possible for the third game of the Champions League in midweek.

Jurgen Klopp's starting line-up for this game is:

Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller

Defenders: Piszczek, Hummels, Subotic, Schmelzer

Midfielders: Kyle, Bender, Gotze, Guan Peng, Grosskloitz

Forward: Robert Lewandowski

Dortmund's game is a 4231 formation, mainly based on defensive counterattacks, but Dortmund's counterattack looks pleasing to the eye, so such a formation is indeed a threat to the Cologne team's defense.

Cologne's head coach Solbakken also played as much as possible, with Podolski, the team's main core player, leading the attacking line.

The Cologne team also formed 4231 in this match.

Goalkeeper: Lensing

Defenders: Ritter, Yemar, Sereno, Eichner

Midfielders: Jajalo, Ranich, Hihi, Matusik, Petsko

Forward: Podolski

Captain Ritter switched to right-back for the game, with Borussia Dortmund's Perisic replacing him as a starter in the game due to a red card in the previous game.

After the start of the game, in the second minute of the first half, Piszczek came from the back to the front to dribble the ball after receiving the ball from Guan Peng, and then brought the ball to the front of the penalty area, and then divided the ball to Gotze on the right side, and Gotze's cross was cleared by Cologne defender Eichner first.

In the 7th minute, Dortmund's central defender Hummels broke the ball in the backfield, observed the situation of the game, and made a long pass directly from the backfield to the left side, Grosskloitz on the left side received a long pass from Hummels's backfield, unloaded the football and pulled the ball past Lanich's defense, and pushed the football sideways to the middle near the penalty area with the ball along the left side, Guan Peng followed from behind and pushed the ball with the arch of his left foot to score.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!” Dortmund's home commentator celebrated passionately, and the fans at the scene were also a little excited by his high-decibel shouts, and the Dortmund flag on the pitch flew wantonly.

Guan Peng was also very excited after scoring the goal, and knelt passionately in front of the South Stand of the team's die-hard fans, and kissed the Dortmund emblem on his chest to the fans, expressing his love for this team.

"It looks like Kwan had a great time at Borussia Dortmund, and I think Dortmund fans will love Kwan even more when they see Kwan kissing the team crest on his chest!" At this time, the commentator of the TV station said to a guest next to him with a smile.

I have to say that his judgment was very correct, and at this time the Dortmund fans were frantically chanting Guan Peng's name.

"Guan Peng!"

"Guan Peng!"

Guan Peng is also very pleased that the fans can say their names accurately, he likes such crazy fans very much, playing at home in such a warm atmosphere, Guan Peng feels very excited.

After four minutes of celebration, the referee warned Dortmund that the players returned to the pitch to continue playing, however, Dortmund, who had already scored a goal, behaved more and more calmly on the field, while Cologne had to pull the team out to play, but they were afraid of being counterattacked by Dortmund, you must know that Dortmund's counterattack is notoriously sharp.

In the 12th minute, Dortmund's counterattack reappeared, after Guan Peng received the ball from the backfield, and after several consecutive two-to-one with Grosskloitz, Grosskloitz pulled back on the left, Schmelzer accelerated from the back to the front to receive Grosskloytz's pass and crossed the bottom, but unfortunately the captain Kehl's header was picked up by Lensing before he could score.

In the 15th minute, after Bender cut off Petsko's pass, he passed directly to Gotze, Gotze got the pass and crossed directly, captain Kyle volleyed vigorously on the penalty line, but unfortunately it was blocked by goalkeeper Rensing, and Grosskloitz's header in front of the goal was slightly above the crossbar.

In the 20th minute, Dortmund's offensive cooperation, Guan Peng passed the football to Gotze, Gotze passed to Grossklöitz on the left side, Grosskloitz passed back to Guan Peng, Guan Peng knocked back to captain Kyle, and Kyle shot 30 meters in front of the goal high above the crossbar.