Chapter 64: Warming up for the Great War

In the early morning of December 7, Beijing time, the final round of the group stage of the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League will kick off.

Defending Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund host last season's Ligue 1 runners-up Marseille in their final group game and the Nerazzurri's last chance to advance.

After five rounds, Dortmund, who are unstoppable in the Bundesliga, only 6 points from 5 games, 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss, are in third place.

Dortmund will qualify unless they win at home to Marseille, otherwise they will be eliminated by Marseille in even a draw.

Group F Arsenal ensured the first place in the group one round in advance, and the other qualifying place Marseille and Dortmund have a chance, Marseille is in second place and the best situation as long as they win Dortmund to ensure the second, for Dortmund, as long as they beat Marseille they can advance to the round of 16 and exceed the goal of this season.

'We've won 4-0, 5-0, 5-1 in the league, so why can't we do it again on Tuesday?' Polish striker Robert Lewandowski has scored 10 goals in the league and only one in the Champions League.

Chinese star Guan Peng said the team will fight to the end, "We have to give it our all, we are at home, we have been in good form lately, we want to show the best form." ”

Centre-back Santana said: "We all know how many goals we need to score.

'We've had some games that we've been unlucky enough to have a backdrop now, but we're going to try to hope we still have a chance [to qualify]. Hopefully we can score early, even if it's a small chance, we'll try to do a miracle and in fact we still have a chance to qualify. Captain Kyle said the team will do their best to play the last game.

However, for Borussia Dortmund, the absence of three absolute players has prevented the team from competing with the strongest squad, making an already difficult task.

Defender S. Bender has not healed a jaw fracture, central defender Subotic has also not healed due to a facial fracture, and the main left-back Schmelzer was yellow carded in the last round against Arsenal, accumulating yellow cards and being suspended.

Gundogan, Santana and Lowe will take the place of Bender, Schmelzer and others.

Compared to Borussia Dortmund's struggle, Marseille, who are currently in second place with seven points, only need an away win to guarantee a Champions League last-16 qualification.

Marseille also have their worries, with striker Gignac certainly out of action due to an injury in the game, and coach Didier Deschamps says his absence will have some impact, but not a big problem.

Mbia picked up an injury last weekend but is expected to return in midweek, with Didier Deschamps: "Steve twisted his ankle a bit, but I don't think he's too bad. ”

Midfielder Amalfetino was even more blunt in saying that the team went to Germany to win and qualify, "The only goal for us to go away is to win, and the team is ready, we have full confidence." ”

Signer at Borussia Dortmund's home stadium in the Bundesliga? At the Iduna Park stadium, a large number of Dortmund fans are ready to enter, and the match that will determine whether Dortmund can reach the round of 16 has been frantically snapped up by fans after the team just announced the sale of tickets.

"Hey, buddy, I'm willing to pay double the price for your ticket, how about it?" This is the envy of countless fans looking at the fans who have tickets for this game, and the ordinary ticket in the hands of scalpers has been fried to four times the price and it is still difficult to find a ticket, so there are many fans who simply wait outside the stadium, after all, there are LCD screens outside the stadium to play the game.

"Duan Xuan, hello, I'm China CCTV reporter Li Yuan, I'm at Borussia Dortmund's home stadium Siegena now? At the Iduna Park Stadium, you can see that I am now full of Dortmund fans, a large number of fans gathered here, and the tickets for Dortmund's home match against Marseille were sold out within half an hour. "Behind Li Yuan was full of crowded fans, as if the whole city had come here today to cheer on Dortmund.

"Hello, Li Yuan, we can clearly see the scene behind you, it seems that this game is really important for Dortmund fans!" Duan Xuan looked at the dense fans behind Li Yuan, and couldn't help but feel a little numb, who made Guan Peng the hottest football star in China now, and the domestic football audience base is the largest, so CCTV specially sent reporters to Dortmund's home stadium to broadcast this game live.

"Yes, Duan Xuan, we can see that these fans can't help but paint their faces with yellow oil paint on their faces at Dortmund's home, and there is even a crazy Dortmund fan whose face is basically full of yellow oil paint." At this time, the eldest brother who was filming in the back also turned the camera over, and saw an uncle in his forties wearing the No. 10 jersey at home, his face was full of yellow oil paint and there was a number "10".

"Sir, hello, I am a reporter from Guan Peng's motherland, I want to ask you, are you also a fan of Guan Peng?" Li Yuan stepped forward and asked.

"Oh! It turns out that you are Guan's compatriots! Guan is so amazing, our whole family is his fans! After seeing that Li Yuan and they were also Guan Peng's compatriots, this uncle gave a thumbs up and said excitedly, it seems that this uncle really likes Guan Peng very much.

"Thank you for your time." Li Yuan smiled and said goodbye to the uncle who was in a hurry.

"Okay, Duan Xuan, this is what I interviewed at Dortmund."

"Okay, thank you, Li Yuan!"

"Duan Xuan, I am also very happy that Guan Peng has achieved such outstanding results in Germany." Zhan Jun said on the side: "At the same time, the form of Dortmund in this game is not very good, first of all, the absence of the three absolute main forces, which undoubtedly makes Dortmund's victory more difficult, and Dortmund's play in this game still needs GΓΆtze and Guan Peng to organize Dortmund's attack." ”

"Yes, Zhan Jun, you are right, Gotze and Guan Peng are the core players of Klopp's tactics, and their importance is undoubted, and they are the most favored twin stars in Dortmund right now."

"In addition, Deschamps is also an opponent that Klopp needs to pay attention to, Deschamps not only won numerous honors as a player, but Deschamps is still extremely good as a manager, and led Monaco to the Champions League final in 2004, when he was the only young coach in football who could be called Mourinho!"