Borussia Dortmund beat Zenit St Petersburg 4-2 away in the first leg of the Champions League, scoring four away goals and leading by two goals on aggregate, which makes them much more comfortable facing the 25th round of the league. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Their opponents are Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In this game, Jurgen Klopp did not rotate for next week's Champions League game, and he fielded the strongest squad except for the injured players who could not play.

At present, Dortmund is still in good form, with eight consecutive wins in the last eight league games, and the momentum of catching up with Bayern Munich is fierce.

Borussia Mönchengladbach, on the other hand, have not won since 2014 and Borussia Mönchengladbach boss Favre has never won at home to Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund, meanwhile, will welcome their first million home spectators of the season in this match, marking the sixteenth consecutive year that Dortmund's home stadium has surpassed that number. The level of loyalty and enthusiasm of the Dortmund fans is evident.

But there are also undercurrents hidden beneath the flowery surface.

Dortmund beat Freiburg 1-0 in the last round of the league and were criticised for their inconsistent offensive performance as a danger to the team's victory.

There is a point in the criticism, the attack is a very shaky affair, and no one knows how long Dortmund's excellent form will last.

If Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich is boring, watching Borussia Dortmund is a rollercoaster ride where you never know what will happen in the next second.

It's exciting to watch Dortmund play, but it's not fun for Dortmund themselves, because it means instability.

But for Dortmund, who are full of injuries at the back, relying on attack is the only option they can make.

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At the beginning of the game, Dortmund continued their previous style, attacking aggressively in a simple and fast way, hoping to break the deadlock and score goals as soon as possible.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Dortmund has played a few particularly smooth games recently, and they are all related to scoring goals early.

Scoring goals as quickly as possible can disrupt the opponent's deployment and drag the game into a familiar rhythm.

Just six minutes into the opening game, Dortmund launched an attack on the left, Schmelzer crossed from the side, the football was blocked by the opposing defender, fell to the edge of the penalty area, Yan Min followed up with a strong shot, and the football was blocked by Borussia Mönchengladbach's goalkeeper Ter Stegen on the ground.

In the twelfth minute, Dortmund attacked again, this time even central defender Hummels rushed up to participate in the attack, he forced a breakthrough in front of the penalty area, faced with Ter Stegen's block, shot from a tight angle, and the ball was blocked by Ter Stegen.

But Borussia Mönchengladbach was clearly prepared.

Borussia Mönchengladbach's head coach Favre must have studied the footage of Dortmund's last few games to know what Dortmund is good at.

So in order to contain Dortmund, it is natural that the game cannot fall into the rhythm of Dortmund.

Borussia Mönchengladbach was first and foremost defensive and did not allow Dortmund to score.

In this regard, their goalkeeper Ter Stegen has played a very important role.

Marc André Ter Stegen rose to fame early, winning the Bundesliga's best goalkeeper in the 2011-2012 season.

At a very young age, he was once known as the "successor of Kahn".

Now he has a nickname - "Little Lion King".

Ter Stegen was an important contributor to Borussia Mönchengladbach's relegation success in the 2010-2011 season, and in the 2011-2012 season Borussia Mönchengladbach performed well, finishing fourth in the league and qualifying for the Champions League play-offs, which also has a lot to do with Ter Stegen's excellent performance. Borussia Mönchengladbach conceded just 24 goals that season, the second-fewest in the league, behind Bayern Munich with 22 goals, and Borussia Dortmund, who won the league title, were both impressive.

Naturally, Ter Stegen's contribution is also indispensable.

The young lion king's outstanding performances have already caught the attention of the major European giants, and Borussia Mönchengladbach does not know how long he can stay......

Now, of course, he will still be a problem for Borussia Dortmund in this game.

In the less than fifteen minutes of the game, he had already made two excellent saves, which proved that he was in great form for today's game.

If Dortmund's attacking momentum meets a goalkeeper who is in excellent form, it is hard to say what the outcome will be......

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Sure enough, after stabilizing the defense, Borussia Mönchengladbach began to try to counterattack, on the one hand, to contain Dortmund's attack, so that they could not attack at full strength, and on the other hand, to look for opportunities to score.

In the 19th minute, Borussia Mönchengladbach's midfielder Hermann dribbled the ball on the left in front of the box and then cut inside to the middle, where he suddenly fired a long-range shot over the crossbar.

In the 23rd minute, it was Herman who received a wonderful pass from Crummel on the left side of the field, and after entering the penalty area, he shot hard, and the football flew out of the far post.

The lack of a goal showed Borussia Mönchengladbach's attitude that they would never let Dortmund do whatever they wanted.

In the face of Borussia Mönchengladbach's response, Dortmund also showed their attitude with an attack - in the 29th minute, Dortmund organized an attack in front, and Zhou Yi passed the football to Aubameyang, who received the ball and entered the penalty area with his speed, and then shot hard!

The ball hit the crossbar hard!

"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang!ahhhh

There was also a sigh of regret at the scene.

Although there were no goals, everyone felt that if they continued to play like this, Dortmund would score goals sooner or later, and Dortmund was in good form in attack today.

But the idea had just come to mind, and in the thirty-first minute, Dortmund was hit hard.

When Hermann crossed from the right, the ball was blocked by Schmelzer, and the ball fell back to Hermann, who went down and crossed again. Borussia Mönchengladbach's striker Rafael followed up in the box to stop the ball, but it was a deplorable ...... Got the ball in the back of the net!

Weidenfeller couldn't react to such an unexpected operation and could only watch the football enter the goal......

"Ahh

Rafael was stunned for a moment after the goal before he realized that he had scored, and then he began to celebrate.

The Dortmund players were confused - and such an operation?!

Stopping the ball can turn into a goal!?

There's nothing more demoralizing than conceding a goal like this kind of accidental goal - the Dortmund players think they've done a good job, but they still concede a goal, which makes them wonder if it's a sign of some kind of bad luck?

"It's a test for Dortmund – what happens when the offense can't score quickly, and the defense doesn't hold on and concedes the goal?" said Duan Xin worriedly, worried about Dortmund, for fear that a little accident could cause Dortmund to collapse. Anyway, he felt like Dortmund was playing Russian roulette right now, and the devil knew if the next time he pulled the class, the bullet would come out and hit the temple.

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After conceding the goal, Dortmund tried to fight back, but nothing good came of it. Ter Stegen was very good and kept a clean sheet.

With less and less time in the first half, Dortmund were attacking more aggressively – they were hoping to equalise before the end of the first half, so that when they returned to half-time, there would be much better room for manoeuvre in terms of mentality and tactics.

But Borussia Mönchengladbach seized the opportunity of Dortmund's big pressure to attack and fought back.

In the 40th minute, Borussia Mönchengladbach played a beautiful quick counter-attack, Arango received a pass from Herman in the middle of the front field and distributed the ball directly to Kreuzer on the left, Kreuzer was already in the box when he received the ball, Weidenfeller quickly abandoned the goal, and at the same time Piszczek also rushed up to block.

In the face of the interception of these two men, Kreuzer first dunked the ball to the middle, then to the left, just to shake Piszczek and Weidenfeller, who had overlapping movements, and then he shot directly at the goal, and the ball flew into the empty net from the near corner......

Kreuzer ...... Oh, the ball is in, Borussia Mönchengladbach took a two-goal lead near the end of the first half!!" Marcel Leif said with sympathy for Dortmund......

It seems that really, bad luck has befallen you......