Chapter 35: Accidents

In the end, the German national team drew 3-3 with Uruguay in Bayer Leverkusen. After the www.biquge.info game, the German national team was heavily bombarded by the Dortmund media.

“...... I don't understand the point of Loew insisting on Gundogan playing? Now, after only 27 minutes, Gundogan has been substituted because of a recurrence of an old injury! It's unreasonable! Bayern Munich players can not play in the national team because they have children, while Dortmund's players, even if they are injured, have to start and insist on playing an inconsequential friendly match!"

"We always say that the national team should protect the players of the club because they are the property of both parties, but I only see the national team overusing the players of the club, and if a player is injured in a club game, the club is often criticized...... What happened yesterday in Leverkusen was ugly!"

"I now understand what happened before the season when the media thought that Dortmund would not be able to win again this season......

Gundogan's injury has made the Dortmund media particularly angry, and even conspiratorial theories have been proposed.

Conspiracy theories are, of course, nonsense, but they also show how angry the Dortmund people are right now.

If this is an important World Cup qualifier, then Gundogan is injured for his country, maybe they will admit it.

But now it's just an ordinary warm-up match against Paraguay, not an official game, and Gundogan's injury to this will inevitably make people feel very unworthy.

And this happened in the context of the Dortmund media's repeated advice to the national team, which made the Dortmund people feel that they cannot be easily forgiven.

In an interview after the game, Loew was already asked Gundogan by an angry Dortmund reporter in an interview as the head coach of the national team: "What made you insist on sending Gundogan, who is already sad? Don't you know that he was injured in the game against Augsburg?"

Loew could only say: "We assessed his fitness and we thought he was fit and the injury was unfortunate, but it's not like we were going to get the players injured and no one wanted to see that ......"

Loew's answer certainly did not satisfy the Dortmund people.

Gundogan's injury is reminiscent of Mark Wagner's previous serious injury, and a thriving superstar suffered the worst injury of his career after playing in a national team game. That injury also turned Mark's career on the horizon, and he hasn't been back to his pre-injury form since.

For a national team match, Borussia Dortmund lost a star of hope.

Now for the national team, Dortmund has lost another midfielder.

How can the people of Dortmund be cool?

After the departures of Gotze and Lewandowski, Gundogan has performed well in the new season, which can give some psychological comfort to Dortmund fans.

Who would have thought that Gundogan, who had just been in excellent form, was injured in the national team competition, and I don't know how long he would be sidelined, what if the injury was serious?

It's obviously a national team game, why do you have to make the club pay in the end?

Many Dortmund fans are unhappy.

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A day later, Borussia Dortmund issued an official announcement stating that the team's head of the team, Dr. Braun, had examined Gundogan's injury and thought he could be out for two weeks.

After this announcement came out, many Dortmund supporters breathed a sigh of relief. Two weeks, it's okay.

Because when he played against promoted Mahbreunschweig this weekend, Klopp also planned to arrange for Gundogan to take a rotational rest, after all, he was injured in the first round of the game, and it is normal to take a rotational rest. It's a pity that the club arranged a rotation break, but the national team didn't let him take a rotational break, so in the national team game, the injury worsened......

After Gundogan's injury, he should have been made up of Shaheen and Sven Bender in the midfield position. And new signing Mkhitaryan, who has been out for four weeks with an ankle injury, will be able to make his debut on Saturday, which is still undecided.

It's not a good sign that the season has just started and there are people on the injury list.

Everyone knows that injuries are the most likely enemy to defeat Borussia Dortmund.

When Bayern Munich flies when they don't have a problem with Borussia Dortmund, only injuries can stop them......

Two days after the national team break, the second round of the league begins.

So how can you say that the Dortmund media can't complain about the national team? With such a dense schedule of events and not letting Gundogan rest, everyone really can't think of any other answer than conspiracy theories.

The German media is very concerned about Gundogan's injury, but the Chinese media are not so concerned, but they are still more concerned about their players.

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In the second round of the league, Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich narrowly beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 away. Hertha Berlin was held to a 2-2 draw away from home by Nuremberg.

As long as Dortmund can win, they can become league leaders.

On the afternoon of August 18, Borussia Dortmund welcomed promoted Mabrunswick at home.

It stands to reason that this is not a very strong opponent, and Dortmund, who are playing at home, should easily beat them.

But the truth is that Dortmund couldn't score a goal long after the game started.

Braunschweig is very tenacious, and the tactics they choose away from home are also very appropriate, retracting from defending across the board, not allowing Dortmund to gain too much space and time in the 30-meter area, coupled with their desperate Saburo-like style, it is difficult for Dortmund's players to control the ball well, and it is naturally difficult to organize an effective attack.

At the end of the first half, Dortmund had eleven shots on goal but did not score.

Braunschweig defended with all their might, and naturally there was no way to attack, so they didn't score either.

0:0。

“...... It was a bit of a surprise scoreline, and many people would never have imagined that 45 minutes had passed before the game, and Dortmund had not scored against Brunswick, a promoted team......

With a 4-2 win over Bayern Munich in the Super Cup and a 4-0 win over Augsburg in the first round of the league, Borussia Dortmund seemed to prove how ferocious their attacking firepower can be.

But in the face of Braunschweig, Dortmund's attackers were collectively dumbfounded.

At half-time, Jurgen Klopp criticised the performance of his players, saying that the delay in opening up the situation in the face of Braunschweig's dense defense was not a tactical problem, but a problem with the players' mentality.

To put it bluntly, they just don't pay enough attention to their opponents, and they are a little proud and underestimate their enemies.

Dortmund's form during this period was really good, and they were not favored before the Super Cup, but they played a beautiful game in the Super Cup, beating Bayern Munich 4-2, slapping those who were not optimistic about them in the face, but at the same time, it also made Dortmund's players burst with confidence, so that they were a little arrogant.

In the first round of the league, facing Augsburg, which was not very strong, played very well, beating the opponent by four goals, leaving no chance for anyone. Dortmund's players played well from start to finish in that game, and each player did not go below three points after the game, and the worst was three points.

The performance in this game deepened the arrogance in the hearts of the players. Thinking back to home against promoted Mabrunswick, what else can't you win?

The only suspense is not how many goals we win, but how many goals each of us can score......

This kind of thinking is too arrogant, the players of Dortmund did not study this opponent well at all, the coach said that he didn't put anything in his head, anyway, he could win by kicking casually on the field, what did he do with all that effort?

Of course, it's not that there are no players who perform normally, Zhou Yi is the player who keeps Klopp from criticizing. The reason why he didn't take it lightly is because he has seen what can happen in virtual competitions. In the virtual world, the virtual Braunschweig and the virtual Dortmund have played a lot of games, and they will use intensive defensive tactics in almost every game, because this is an away game, and the strength is not as good as Dortmund, so a fool will choose to attack against Dortmund.

But it is useless for Zhou Yi to behave normally alone, and the balls he gives to his teammates will always be wasted by his teammates carelessly.

Zhou Yi was also very helpless about this, but he rarely or almost would publicly accuse his teammates in the game, so he didn't say anything.

Meanwhile, in the dressing room in Braunschweig, head coach Torsten Lieberknecht was clapping his players and encouraging them: "Well done, boys! You did a great job in the first half! Continue to do so in the second half! Of course we are inferior to Dortmund in terms of strength, but we have the fighting spirit and fighting spirit that they do not have! I believe that with these we can create miracles at West** Stadium!"

The young and innocent Braunschweig players were even more excited, motivated and confident.

Looking at the appearance of the players, Liberknecht nodded in satisfaction, and wanted this is the state. He didn't want to go home with a win in this game, and he was happy to be able to draw away from Borussia Dortmund. If we can draw with Borussia Dortmund, it will be a huge boost to the confidence of the team, which is very important on the road to relegation.