In the dressing room, Jurgen Klopp was very harsh in his criticism of the team's performance in the first half. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

“...... It's a derby! What are you thinking? Wake me up, and if anyone can't wake up, I'll replace him!"

He was also unhappy with his team's performance in the first half.

He doesn't accept excuses for a national team break.

Because don't the Schalke 04 players play in the national team? Everyone is the same, so why say that they have been affected?

The Dortmund players who were scolded by Klopp didn't dare to take a breath. Don't look at Klopp's usual ability to get along with the players, but that doesn't mean he's an unprincipled good guy. He starts his temper like he loves you, it's extreme.

When he scolds him, the correct thing to do is to keep your head down and be reprimanded, don't try to justify, and don't raise your head to look directly at him, which will only make your death worse.

After the curse, Klopp began to plan the tactics for the second half, and he asked his players to run more aggressively. Tactics are fine, the key is execution. If everyone doesn't run, or if they can't run properly, all the pre-race arrangements can't be implemented, and then the best tactics are just on paper.

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Meanwhile, in Schalke 04's dressing room, head coach Stevens was complimenting his players.

“...... You guys did a great job! In the second half, we have to run like in the first half, use our running to divide them, so that they can't establish any connection, especially Zhou Yi! Don't let him pass the football!"

Everyone nodded.

This was also their strategy in the first half, and the positive running was the main reason why they were able to take the initiative in the first half. The run put them into the game earlier than Borussia Dortmund.

When Yang Muge heard the head coach's arrangement, he naturally agreed. There is only one worry - if you run like this, will everyone's physical strength be able to sustain it?

He's physical, it's his job to keep running, but what about the other teammates who don't usually play like that? After 70 minutes of the game, how much strength do they have to support this tactic?

Once our fitness is exhausted, how can we maintain the advantage over Dortmund? You must know that this is Dortmund's home stadium, if they let them relax, Schalke 04, which has lost physical strength, will collapse.

However, it is clear that manager Stevens has taken this into account, so he asked his players to continue to run aggressively, but also asked them to take every opportunity they can to try to score a few more goals.

“...... As long as we can score more goals and take a big enough lead, we can win this game!"

Rather, Schalke 04 can win this game as long as they can score more goals when they are in the ascendancy and make the score stretch to the point where Dortmund are unable to counter-attack. Then shrink the defense, and then you don't need to spend much energy.

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At the beginning of the second half, both sides came on the pitch with their own purposes, especially the Dortmund players, after being scolded by Klopp in the dressing room, everyone was holding back a fire in their hearts, wanting to prove themselves and beat their opponents.

So as soon as the second half began, Dortmund launched a very fierce offensive and attacked the Schalke 04 defence.

In the stands, the Dortmund fans, who were still a little depressed in the first half, were excited, and they continued to cheer for their team with songs and cheers, and for a while, the Wester**** stadium was back to life.

But it seems that the goddess of fate is deliberately going against Dortmund.

Just when the whole Dortmund team was regrouping and preparing to make a comeback, only three minutes into the second half, Dortmund's main midfielder Mario Gotze was hit by a muscle in the back of his thigh in a scramble, and he felt muscle soreness at that time, unable to continue running, and of course unable to continue playing.

Can only be replaced.

At the beginning of the second half, Gotze, the main player in the attack, was injured and had to be replaced, which was a really unexpected situation.

"Ah, Dortmund are so unlucky! Finally, the attack seems to be getting a little better, but Götze is injured and it looks like he can't keep playing......"

In the face of such a bad situation, Klopp did not curse, he frowned and muttered twice to the assistant coach Bwach next to him, and then Bwach turned back to the bench, and then hooked his hand at Mark Wagner, who was sitting on the bench a little anxious: "Mark." ”

Marc Wagner wasn't a rookie on the bench for the first time, and he knew what it meant, and he was a little surprised but a little excited and nervous, and he quickly got up and ran to the warm-up area.

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"Mark! It's Mark!" Mrs. Wagner in the South Stand had sharp eyes, and at a glance saw her son get up to warm up, she was a long-time fan, how could she not know what this action meant?

So she shouted excitedly, attracting the others.

Everyone followed and looked over, and sure enough, they found Mark Wagner warmed up in a vest.

Is Mark going to play?

This is really surprising to people.

They really didn't expect Mark to have a chance to play so soon, but at the same time, they also had some doubts in their hearts - Gotze was injured, Mark played, his task must be very heavy, so can Mark who hasn't played for more than a year do?

Originally, the step that everyone envisioned for Mark to return from injury was to first play in the garbage time of the game, play for a few minutes, find a feeling, and gradually get used to it physically and mentally.

Now, it makes them a little scared, worried that Mark will be under too much pressure, and if he does not perform well at that time, it will definitely hit Mark's confidence and fighting spirit, and it will make his road back from injury more difficult.

Marcel Leif was surprised to see Mark go to the warm-up: "Is Jurgen Klopp going to replace the injured Gotze......?

But Mark, who was warming up, didn't think about it in the slightest, and his mind was now full of thoughts about his upcoming game, which made him excited. Excited, he didn't even think about the pressure he was shouldering.

It wasn't until he stood on the sidelines that assistant coach Bwach stood in front of him again, and then said to him: "You go up, replace the injured Gotze, and form a forward partner with Lewandowski......" He suddenly realized that he didn't want to feel the atmosphere when he let himself play, but to fight with the derby opponent for real time!

He hesitated.

Bwach pointed to the pitch and signaled to him where he would be on the pitch, and he looked up with some mechanical following, but his eyes were not focused, and he didn't even look at where the coach had asked him to play.

He was still thinking in his head: Isn't it?

But when he felt confused and panicked, his unfocused eyes searched for Zhou Yi on the court.

Zhou Yi was playing very intently, he kept shaking his head, looking left and right, his eyes swept everything on the court like radar.

Seeing Zhou Yi like this, Mark's heart suddenly settled down.

He remembered what Zhou Yi had said to him in the hotel room last night.

Believe in yourself, Mark.

Nothing to fear, Mark.

Think about your debut in the first team, Mark.

Zhou Yi's voice echoed in his ears, calming Mark's panicked heart.

What happened to being ordered in a critical situation?

What about the Derby?

No big deal.

I'm Mark Wagner!

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"Mark, do you understand?" asked Boitas, who seemed to sense that something was wrong with Mark's spirit.

"Understood, Coach. Mark replied crisply.

"Do you really understand?" said Bouácchi, looking at him suspiciously.

"Hmm. Really got it, coach. Coming on the pitch and moving behind Lewandowski, linking Zhou Yi and Reus, and the others, shooting yourself if you have the chance, and passing the football to a teammate in a better position if you don't, right?" Marc repeated.

After listening to it, Bwach realized that Mark really listened and not lied to himself, so he nodded reassuringly: "Very good, in fact, there is nothing to worry about, everything is played like before you were injured, that is the rhythm and style you are familiar with." ”

He was afraid that Mark would think too much and the burden would be too heavy.

Mark nodded, he was talking about his mission before the injury, he played like that before the injury, and he played very well all the time.

It was something he was familiar with.

Although he hasn't played in a year, Mark believes that he will not become a stranger so easily. Maybe he'll have to get used to it at first, but soon he'll get back to that feeling.

Just like a bicycle, once you learn it, it's not easy to forget.

This is the instinct he cultivated with Zhou Yi in special training every day!

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In a dead ball, the fourth official stood on the sidelines with a display card, the linesman raised the flag above his head with both hands, and the referee signaled for a substitution on the sidelines.

Because the injured Gotze has already been helped down, so Mark, who is waiting on the sidelines, does not have to hand over to Gotze, but can go directly to the field.

After being spiked by the fourth officer, he ran onto the field.

"Borussia Dortmund substitution!Jurgen Klopp brought on Mark Wagner for the injured Mario Gotze, his first appearance in a game since his injury for more than a year, and it was a bit of a surprise to say that it was a bit of a surprise...... But anyway, welcome back, Mark Wagner!" said Marcel Leff. (To be continued.) )