Chapter 366: A Relaxing Derby
Of course, Yang Muge would not want Schalke 04 to lose the game in order to be able to play in the first team. www.biquge.info Although he is not a "30-year Schalke 04 fan", he has regarded this team as his home team since he came to Schalke 04's academy.
He wants his home team to do well, that's normal.
If you want the team to lose if you can't play in Schalke 04, it would be too tasteless.
If you can't play the game, you can choose to go out on loan and save the country, but you can't curse your club.
So when the game started, Yang Muge still stood firmly on the side of Schalke 04 and cheered for his team.
This time, he didn't go because it was Dortmund's home stadium and it wasn't easy for him to get a ticket.
He watched the game in front of the television in his rented apartment.
His friend Draxler flashed in the TV footage - he was named in the squad for the match.
In fact, long before this game, during the winter break training camp, Draxler had been transferred to the first team by Magath to train with the team. Draxler also seized the opportunity and performed well in the training camp to stay in the first team.
Prior to this game, he had made three appearances for Schalke 04's first team, one start and two substitutes.
On the way to the first team, Draxler was ahead of Yang Muge.
Hao Junmin also appeared on the bench for this game, and perhaps it was his outstanding performance in the Asian Cup that impressed Magath, and the stubborn old German man finally planned to give Hao Junmin some chances......
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Dortmund, who were playing at home, launched a fierce attack on Schalke 04's goal from the beginning of the game, and the cheers of the Dortmund fans in the south stand resounded in the sky.
And it was Zhou Yi who returned to the team who drove Dortmund's offensive.
For Schalke 04, the reason why they are confident to beat Dortmund away from home is because Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa, the two main players of Dortmund, have just finished the Asian Cup, and they have persevered to the end, and it has only been half a week since they returned to the team, and they are probably not ready for it both physically and psychologically.
It's hard to say how well they will be able to perform in the fierce Ruhr derby.
The main thing is fatigue, after almost a month of secret level events, both Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa should be very tired.
But when the game started, everyone quickly found that at least in Zhou Yi's body, that kind of tiredness was not very prominent......
His performance is better than Shinji Kagawa.
It was obvious that Shinji Kagawa's pace was not as strong as before, and there were some balls that he should have been able to catch up, but he didn't catch up in the end. This must be the lack of muscle strength that leads to a decrease in explosive power, as well as a decrease in staying power.
Zhou Yi's running is as always.
Of course, there are many reasons for this, on the one hand, because Zhou Yi is an organizational back, and he does not need to sprint as often as Kagawa Shinji, and constantly start and accelerate suddenly. A lot of his runs are jogging, not many sprints, and even if there is distance, it is relatively short.
Another reason is that in the Asian Cup, Zhou Yi played one less game than Kagawa. Because of the red card in the semifinals, Zhou Yi did not participate in the final. He has been resting since the semi-finals on January 25, and has been resting until today, which is almost 10 days.
The physical fitness is much better than everyone imagined, and Zhou Yi's performance naturally surprised Schalke 04.
Because they didn't expect Zhou Yi's physical fitness to be so good, their control of Zhou Yi's running range was naturally not so tight.
So that Zhou Yi can move freely within a relatively relaxed range.
This caused a lot of trouble for Schalke 04.
Dortmund, driven by Zhou Yi's engine, launched a fierce offensive against Schalke 04's goal.
With only thirty minutes to play, Dortmund had nine shots on goal compared to Schalke 04's four.
This is a rare occurrence in a Ruhr derby, which should be evenly matched.
It can also be seen from this data that Schalke 04's defense against Zhou Yi is not in place......
In the 39th minute, Dortmund finally broke the deadlock. Zhou Yi launched an attack from the back, and after three passes, the ball fell to the feet of Gotze, and the young talent did not hesitate to get up and shoot, and the ball penetrated the goal guarded by Neuer.
"Götze!!!Dortmund take the lead!" exclaimed Marcel Leif excitedly. "Dortmund in this game seems to have swept away the decline of the previous games, they are organized in attack, look at the attack just now, Zhou Yi, Mark Wagner, Shinji Kagawa, and finally passed to the feet of Gotze, who completed the shot. From back to front, from the middle to the side and then to the middle, the route is very clear!
He Ping shares Marcel Leif's sentiments. Although the goal was scored by Gotze, the initiator of this attack was Zhou Yi, and not only this attack, but also those previous attacks that failed to score were also very closely related to Zhou Yi.
For Borussia Dortmund, Zhou Yi's return means that everyone knows exactly what they need to do on the pitch.
Dortmund's players obviously knew this, so after Gotze scored, although he ran to Shinji Kagawa to hug and celebrate, he didn't forget to hook his hand backwards and signal Zhou Yi to hurry up and celebrate together.
Zhou Yi and Mark ran up together, and the four of them hugged each other.
This is the quartet of Dortmund's attacking formation.
The three players, who are not very tall and physically not very strong, make up the sharpest attacking combination in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund have scored 43 goals in 20 games so far, the most in the entire Bundesliga. This shows the power of these four people.
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After Borussia Dortmund took the lead, Schalke 04 was a little impatient. They received two yellow cards in the 41st and 44th minutes, striker Huntelaar and defender Schmitz.
It's all caused by moving too much in defense.
This is clearly a manifestation of psychological imbalance.
Fortunately, there is not much time left in the first half, otherwise the players of Schalke 04 will collapse sooner or later if their emotions continue to develop like this.
And now, they can also use the half-time time to make some adjustments to calm the players' brains.
It can be said that the referee's whistle at the end of the first half saved Schalke 04.
But in fact, it just made Schalke 04 struggle a little longer......
In the second half, the two sides changed sides, and in the 66th minute, Grosskloitz scored another goal for Borussia Dortmund to make the score 2-0.
At home to Borussia Dortmund, they are two goals ahead of Schalke 04, and there is really no suspense in this game.
Although Schalke 04 seems to have pulled Dortmund off the top spot in the league, the gap between the two teams' form and strength this season is still obvious.
Borussia Dortmund have found the right way, while Schalke 04 are still looking for their way......
Yang Muge, who saw the loss of the ball in front of the TV, shook his head, Schalke 04's midfielder was too loose for Zhou Yi's control, maybe they also wanted to be tight, but they couldn't hold it up.
Seeing that his team was about to lose to Zhou Yi again, Yang Muge was not in a good mood.
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After taking a two-goal lead, Klopp began to make substitutions.
Shinji Kagawa was replaced by Kuba in the 70th minute.
Zhou Yi was replaced by Lewandowski in the 77th minute.
Seeing that Klopp replaced Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa, Magath also quickly made substitution adjustments.
Hao Junmin came off the bench in the 80th minute, replacing midfielder Jurado, and finally stopped playing full-back......
Hao Junmin still worked hard and was very positive after he came on the field, but at this time, the entire Schalke 04 had lost his fighting spirit.
It stands to reason that after Zhou Yi is off, Dortmund's midfield control will decline, which should be an opportunity for Schalke 04, and Magath's substitution is also in this consideration.
But Schalke 04's performance as a whole team was not positive enough.
Schalke 04 did play too badly this season, and it seems that participating in the Champions League may not be a good thing for them. Entering the Champions League without being ready can be lost.
Schalke 04 brought in the all-time top scorer in the Champions League from Real Madrid in order to prepare for the Champions League this summer, and also brought in a Dutch striker like Huntelaar.
The result?
The performance in the Champions League was acceptable, but the league was completely defeated.
Is the Champions League more worth fighting for, or is the league more important?
Different teams and different coaches have different options, but one thing is clear - unless Schalke 04 win the Champions League this season, it will be too difficult for them to play in the Champions League next season......
In the 88th minute, Draxler was substituted for Dutch centre-forward Huntelaar.
However, there is not much time left for the youngster.
At the ninety-third minute of the game, referee Weiner blew the whistle for the end of the game.
The normal Ruhr derby between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 has a resounding name, but this game is somewhat unworthy of the name.
Compared to the first-half Ruhr derby, Dortmund won with such ease – probably the easiest Ruhr derby in recent years......
After the game, Zhou Yi went on the field to celebrate the victory with his teammates and thank the fans.
The TV broadcast firmly fixed the close-up on his body, and used this lens language to tell the audience in front of the TV that this person is the well-deserved and indispensable core of Dortmund, and he is the biggest contributor to Dortmund's ability to easily defeat the mortal enemy in this game!