Although Dortmund has not achieved good results in the Champions League group stage this season, they are still in excellent form in the Bundesliga, especially after the winter break, they have won five consecutive Bundesliga games, surpassing Bayern and temporarily taking the lead.

However, the ongoing injury has become a problem for Dortmund, with Götze and other key players missing due to injury, and Bender, Subotic and others have just recovered from injury, and injury problems may become the biggest obstacle for the team to defend their title.

At 3:45 a.m. on February 23, Beijing time, in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Dortmund hosted Inter Milan.

On the Inter side, Ranieri did not line up with 442 as the media guessed, but chose 4411, continuing to trust the Dutch star Sneijder, and the forward line used Forlan as a single arrow, while the team's top two scorers Milito and Pazzini appeared on the bench; In midfield, Samuel and Stankovic returned from injury, with Uruguay's Forlan making his Champions League debut for Inter.

The main lineup when Inter won the treble, Cesar, McConn, Samuel, Lucio, Zivo, Motta, Cambiasso, Sneijder, Zanetti, Eto'o, Milito, plus several key rotation players Pandev, Stankovic, Balotelli.

Eight of the 14 are over 30 years old, and only Motta, Sneijder, Pandev and Balotelli are in their prime, in essence, Inter's squad has aged at that time, but under the guidance of Mourinho's personal charm, they have all played at a super level, and it is for this reason that "Milan Sport" described: "It was a season to conquer Europe with spirit".

But year after year, it's a long journey. Mental strength cannot last forever to support the team. Look at Inter's starting lineup today, it's almost still those guys! The only new faces are Sarath and Fran.

Cesar is 32, McCone is 30, Lucio is 33, Samuel is 33, Zivo is 31, Stankovic is 33, Cambiasso is 31, Zanetti is 38, Forlan is 32, Sneijder is 27 and Zarate is 24.

In this starting lineup, there are only two people under the age of 30, with an average age of 31 years and 340 days.

This is still the case where Milito can't start because of the flu and Salat replaces, if Milito starts again, the average age of Inter's 11 people may be more than 32 years old.

That's a record number! Previously, the record for the oldest start in the Champions League was also held by Inter, which occurred in the group stage match against Trabzonspor this season, when the average age of Inter's starting line-up was 31 years old with 317 days.

And now, Inter Milan has once again broken their own record!

When Inter Milan, where there are many veterans, encounters the young bumblebees, it is undoubtedly extremely exciting, whether it is the experience of the veterans who can win or the courage of the young players to fight hard will win in the end.

Before the game, Piszczek had recovered and said he could play, so Klopp was in a 422 formation.

The goalkeeper is Weidenfeller, defenders Piszczek, Hummels, Subotic, Schmelzer, midfielders Bender, Kyle, Guan Peng, forwards Lewandowski, Grosskloitz, Barrios.

In this game, Klopp played a two-centre-forward strategy, hoping that the combination of Barrios and Lewandowski could break through the door of Inter Milan.

Guan Peng was on both sides of the Grosskloitz branch to organize the attack.

The old Italian man Lapinli watched nervously on the sidelines, this game cannot be lost, this is a dignified battle for Inter Milan, and Dortmund does not have so many ideas, anyway, the current team can play this position, it is already very good, the fans are very satisfied with this, as long as Dortmund's young players grow up.

As soon as the game began, Dortmund, who was playing at home, began to press, and Klopp is also a coach who advocates attacking, so he didn't have any worries anyway, so he simply pulled it out to play.

At the beginning of the game, after Guan Peng won the ball in the front court, he gave the ball to Lewandowski, and Lewandowski shot directly with his feet! The shot hit the woodwork.

Borussia Dortmund are a big hit, and these youngsters are eager to show themselves on the big stage of the Champions League.

It was Dortmund's cooperation in the front court again, and Kyle passed the ball to Barrios in the backfield, Barrios gave the ball to Guan Peng, Guan Peng was brought down by Salat when he was in a one-two with Grosskloitz, and Dortmund won the set-piece again.

Schmelzer's free-kick went around the wall and flew off the post, but Dortmund had 70 per cent possession in the first 10 minutes of the game, while Inter did not have a single attacking chance.

However, the experienced Inter Milan quickly adjusted, after all, this team is a team that has won the Champions League and has far more experience in the Champions League than Borussia Dortmund.

In the eleventh minute, Inter Milan played a wonderful offensive cooperation, and did not get any good opportunities to attack, Cambiaso left side of the 45-degree diagonal pass to the penalty area, Forlan followed up in time, the inside of the right foot volley, was magically held out of the bottom line by Weidenfeller, Sneijder's corner kick did not pose much threat, Inter Milan's first attack of the game almost broke the net.

This attack frightened Dortmund fans, I didn't expect Inter Milan's counterattack to be so sharp, fortunately Weidenfeller was super god just now, otherwise Dortmund would be finished.

The attack just now undoubtedly made Inter Milan start to be active, Zivo ran more than 20 meters on the right side, grabbed the cross before Schmelzer, and found Zarate in front of the point, but the Argentine fast horse's rush shot was deflected under the interference of Mandanda, and Inter Milan was unforgiving, and Dortmund could only defend passively.

Inter's attack was wave after wave, Sneijder's through ball was very penetrating, Cambiasso went down to knock back, and the unmarked Salat followed up with a push, but the angle was too straight and Weidenfeller fell to the ground.

In the first half of the game, Inter Milan successfully dominated the game, although there was no goal, but according to this trend, it is only a matter of time before Inter Milan will score.

At the beginning of the second half, he used Japanese right-back Yuto Nagatomo to replace McConn, and the age and form of the Brazilian full-back were not very satisfactory to Laccol, who had already considered banning McConn's starting position.

Sneijder's pass was cut off by Bender, who did not hesitate to pass directly diagonally to Grosskloitz, who shook Zivo on the side and crossed directly, Lewandowski and Barrios in the box jumped, but unfortunately, the football was still punched out by Cesar in advance.