Chapter 325: This is the Champions League
"Hey, Mark, what about people interviewing you, can you not say that the interview is an award speech......" After a day of rest and seeing Mark again, Zhou Yi complained to Mark. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
He also later saw Mark's performance in an interview.
"I'm telling the truth......"
"But at that time you were the protagonist, did you bring me out and let me be in the limelight when you weren't in the limelight?"
"There's nothing wrong with you being in the limelight, ha!" Mark smiled.
Zhou Yi rolled his eyes.
But in my heart, I am still very relieved that this kid has not deteriorated because of his outstanding performance in two consecutive games, he is still the same Mark.
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In the sixth round of the next league, Dortmund challenged St. Pauli away.
Judging from the strength of both sides, there is no suspense about the outcome of this game.
At the same time, Klopp has made some changes to the team's starting line-up in anticipation of the Champions League group stage in the coming week.
Mark, who has performed well in two consecutive games, is back in the starting line-up.
However, Zhou Yi did not start.
And his replacement was Lewandowski.
As a reward for scoring in the last game and training hard, Klopp added Robert Lewandowski to the starting line-up for the first time this season.
Borussia Dortmund played 442 away from home, with Sven Bender at the back in midfield.
And what made Klopp do this is naturally because in the last game, he saw that Lewandowski can coexist with Mark. So he intends to give the duo more time to experiment.
Anyway, the opponent in this game is not very strong, and if you don't need this game to test, do you have to use the next Champions League group stage?
In the end, Dortmund, who went out with half of the main lineup, defeated St. Pauli 3-1 away.
Neither Mark nor Lewandowski scored.
Mark had one assist, though.
He assisted Shinji Kagawa for a goal.
The remaining two goals were scored by Grosskloitz.
After beating St. Pauli 3-1, Borussia Dortmund began preparations for the second round of the Champions League group stage in midweek.
For Dortmund now, the Champions League is a bit more important.
In the second group game, Borussia Dortmund host FC Twente, last season's Dutch Bundesliga winners.
In the first round of the group stage, the upset in this group was not Dortmund's defeat of Valencia away, but Twente's 2:2 draw at home to defending champion Inter Milan!
It was a big surprise to everyone.
Inter Milan scored the first goal after the start of the game, but Twente equalised six minutes later.
Then Inter Milan striker Milito scored another own goal, and Inter Milan fell behind in the score.
Just before half-time, Samuel Eto'o equalised.
In the second half, neither side could score, and the score remained 2:2 until the end, and the defending champions Inter Milan did not win their first group game.
Although FC Twente are a third-tier team, everyone thinks they are the weakest team in the group, and Inter Milan should beat them as a matter of course, the key is to get a few more clean sheets on them.
As a result, in the face of the weakest opponent, Inter Milan didn't even win!
After this game, Inter Milan manager Rafael Benitez was criticized.
So Dortmund didn't dare to underestimate Twente's opponent. Wouldn't it be wronged if they followed in the footsteps of Inter Milan?
Despite the lack of strength on paper, Jurgen Klopp demanded that the whole squad be prepared.
Mark, who has excelled in the league, was given the chance to start this game, which was his first Champions League appearance and his first start in the competition.
Because of the experience of Inter Milan, after the start of this game, Dortmund played cautiously at their home stadium, for fear of conceding the goal first.
And Twente is also very treacherous, they run tirelessly, especially in the midfield, which does make Dortmund a little uncomfortable.
In the first half, the two sides played a stalemate.
In order to be able to pick up points away from home, FC Twente will do everything they can to get a point, as long as the rules allow it......
Their goalkeeper Nikolai Mikhailov even received a yellow card for stalling for time.
It was already 40 minutes and five minutes before the end of the first half, Dortmund's attack was gradually gaining momentum, and Mikhailov was worried that the team would concede a goal in the last moments, if that would be a huge blow to the team's morale and confidence, so he resorted to a strategy of delaying time. Of course, this also earned him a yellow card.
In the end, at the end of the first half, neither team could score, and the score was 0:0.
Marcel Leif also feels that there is something different about the FC Twente: "In the last game, they played 2-2 with defending champions Inter Milan at the end of the first half, and in this game, they were still a draw in the first half and did not concede a goal. They do have a set of ...... defensively"
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The first half was unable to score, and the team's attack was slow to open the situation, which made Mark a little anxious, but in the locker room, he found that Zhou Yi was very calm, so he was very strange: "Zhou Yi, aren't you worried?"
"Worried about what?" Zhou Yi asked curiously.
"We haven't been able to breach the gates of Twente for forty-five minutes!"
Zhou Yi stretched out his hands: "Then we still have forty-five minutes." ”
It seemed that he was really not in a hurry, Mark shook Zhou Yi's arm: "How can you be so calm, Zhou Yi?"
"Because it's the Champions League, Mark. This is the Champions League. Zhou Yi shook his head and said. "Do you think there's any team that can come to the Champions League? Which one doesn't have to do something of their own? So it's just 45 minutes without scoring, so there's nothing to make a fuss about, right?"
Hearing Zhou Yi say this, Mark was also stunned, he slowly let go of his hand, looked at Zhou Yi, and only reacted after a while.
"You're right, Zhou Yi...... It's the Champions League!" he said, clenching his fists and throwing his head back.
This is his first Champions League game, and apart from the different music at the entrance, the Champions League is actually a little different from the league......
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Although the first half did not go very well, Klopp did not adjust his tactics and did not make any substitutions.
Leaving it as it was, the team returned to the pitch.
At the start of the second half, Borussia Dortmund continued to dominate the game, while FC Twente retreated into their own half.
Everyone knows that the first five minutes of the game and the five minutes before the end of the game are the easiest to concede goals.
Twente's side is not stupid, of course they don't need to press out and fight the other side.
In this game, they have a very realistic desire to try to keep the draw and if there is a particularly good chance, then think about winning.
FC Twente was almost good and did reclaim the defense.
But they were breached in the 48th minute - just three minutes into the second half!
"Mario Gotze !!" was broadcast live, and Norbert DiCole held the microphone and roared to the sky.
The cheers in the stands were even more deafening.
Amid their cheers, Götze ran to the corner flag area.
His teammates chased him after him and held him in the corner flag.
"Götze's goal opened the scoring for Borussia Dortmund!it was his second goal in the Champions League!!' he scored in two consecutive Champions League group games, Götze is a talent to watch!' Marcel Leif was unsparing in praising Gotze.
Last season, Zhou Yi was in the limelight, and Gotze was less conspicuous in comparison, and more often than not, he came off the bench. However, this season, with the transfer of Shahin and the retreat of Zhou Yi, Gotze also ushered in his own moment.
The talent of German football naturally hopes that more Germans will be able to perform well, get better and better, and bring his club form to the national team.
Although Zhou Yi is good, it is a pity that he is a Chinese......
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Gotze's goal gave Dortmund the lead and gave the whole team a feel.
Just three minutes after his goal, Mark was tripped by a Twente player after receiving a pass from Zhou Yi in the penalty area, and the referee did not hesitate to blow a foul on Twente and give Dortmund a penalty!
The penalty was undisputed, there was no sign of a fake fall and the Twente players were unable to complain.
Dortmund has an unwritten rule, that is, unlike other teams, they do not have a fixed order of penalty takers, such as the first penalty taker and the second penalty taker.
No, Klopp didn't make that arrangement at all.
So what happens when then Borussia Borussia has won a penalty?
It depends on the player on the pitch who feels good and who takes the penalty, and if he scores, then the next time he takes another penalty, it will be him, until the person doesn't want to take the penalty, or misses the penalty.
Dortmund's penalty was taken by Shaheen before, remember the penalty that fell to Schalke 04 in the Ruhr derby last season?
The penalty taker was Shahin.
However, Shaheen has left the club on a transfer this season, while Borussia Dortmund have yet to receive a penalty.
So who will punish it?
Gotze had just scored a goal and was in perfect shape and everyone wanted him to take a penalty.
But Gotze didn't want to kick the penalty, he asked Zhou Yi: "Why don't you come?"
As a result, Zhou Yi shook his head and refused: "My first Champions League goal is not like a penalty. ”
"Hey, don't look down on the kicker!" exclaimed Gotze.
"I don't mean to ignore the starting point, I just think it's such a monumental goal, if it's a penalty...... How boring it is......" Zhou Yi waved his hand and shook his head, refusing to take the penalty.
At the same time, he asked Mark, "Why don't you come?"
Mark looked at the football and shook his head: "I don't want the first Champions League goal to be a penalty, I think I should be able to score a more beautiful ...... with my own strength"
Gotze, Zhou Yi and Mark didn't take penalties, which really surprised everyone.
Originally, they all thought that they should rush to take a penalty, after all, the penalty is easy to score, as long as it is scored, the goal statistics have their own name.
But I didn't expect Zhou Yi and Mark to be quite ambitious.
Seeing that the three young teammates did not take penalties, Hummels couldn't help but stand up from the crowd: "I'll forget it." ”
Everyone was okay, so Hummels stepped forward and put the ball on the penalty spot.
Others exit the restricted area.
When there were only Hummels and goalkeeper Mikhailov in the box, the referee blew the whistle.
Hummels runs and shoots with his feet!
The football flew into the goal, 2:0!
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