Chapter 326: Top spot in the group stage

After leading by two goals, Dortmund relaxed slightly, only to be pulled back by Twente striker Nasser Shadley in the 57th minute. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Then Grosskloitz made a back-tackle in the scramble, which led to him receiving a red card and being sent off!

In fact, when Twente scored, Dortmund didn't think it was a big deal, and with their quality, it was easy to pull the lead again.

However, it was when Grosskloitz was sent off that they really felt nervous.

FC Twente are very happy with their support, now the score is only one goal away, there is one more number of opponents, and if we work hard, we may be able to draw against a strong opponent again!

Others think more radically, thinking that they can hope for a victory.

But the people of Twente are clearly thinking a little too much.

Even if Dortmund have one less person, as long as they get serious, they will still be enough to crush them on their home turf.

Just four minutes after Grosskloitz was sent off, Dortmund organised an attack.

After Zhou Yi got the ball in midfield, he passed the football to Gotze and then ran forward.

Because Grosskloitz was sent off, Shinji Kagawa, who was supposed to play as a striker, went to the wing and played as a winger.

In this way, there is no one in the area in front of the midfield, just let Zhou Yiqian plug in.

In the process of running forward, Zhou Yi was already observing, and all the running positions of the players on both sides were imprinted in his mind.

When Gotze passes the ball back to him, he doesn't even need to stop the ball and watch anything, he picks up the ball and picks it up!

The ball flew over the heads of the Twente defenders and crashed behind them.

As soon as the Twente defender who was picked over his head turned around, he saw Dortmund's number forty-five appear in front of him!

He raised his arm and signaled for offside.

However, instead of hearing the referee's whistle, I heard an overwhelming cheer.

In the midst of the cheers, the number 45 player stretched out his foot to stop the football, and then kicked the football with another foot!

"Mark Wagner—!!," Marcel Leif shouted in a long voice.

The ball kicked by Mark flew past Twente goalkeeper Mikhailov and crashed into the net behind him!

"The goal is in! Mark Wagner!!Borussia Dortmund's beautiful combination!No offside!No offside!"He's not offside!"

After the goal, Mark lay on the ground and froze for about half a second before getting up from the ground and then turning to celebrate the goal.

As a result, as soon as he turned around, he collided with Gotze, who pounced.

The two hugged each other, and Zhou Yi quickly came up to join in the fun.

"3:1!" Mark scored his first Champions League goal of the season! The youngster is simply the hottest player for Borussia Dortmund in recent times...... No, it's the hottest player in the whole of Germany! Since coming off the bench in the Ruhr zone, he has been performing well, not only in the league, but now in the Champions League! Dortmund's academy has finally paid off!"

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Scoring in the Champions League is a blessing for Mark, but now he doesn't feel as unreal as he did in the league.

After several games in a row, he has gradually become accustomed to the change in his role, from an obscure substitute on the fringe to a highly anticipated and high-profile starter.

He's got to endure all kinds of stares and his confidence is growing a little bit and he's starting to feel like he's not feeling like he's lucky to be able to score, he thinks it's the result of his hard work and positive performances on the pitch. In other words, he deserves all this, and it is his strength.

Thinking about it this way, Mark felt much less suspicious in his heart.

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Originally, Dortmund had one less person, which gave Twente a sharp increase in confidence.

However, four minutes after Grosskloitz received a red card, Mark scored to help Dortmund extend the score once again. This is tantamount to pouring cold water on the heads of the players in Twente.

Make the FC Twente players aware of the huge gap in quality between them and Borussia Dortmund, and even if they have one more person, they can't make up for it.

With this in mind, the offensive threat of Twente is much smaller.

Dortmund's attack is not over yet, in the face of such a weak opponent, victory is no longer the first pursuit, but to get more goal difference, so that when it comes to the need to compare goal difference later, so as not to regret it.

So Dortmund's offensive is unabated.

And in the 85th minute, substitute Robert Lewandowski added the icing on the cake to extend the score to 4:1.

However, this ball has nothing to do with Zhou Yi, because Zhou Yi has already left the game, and the person who replaced him is Lewandowski.

Let Zhou Yi go down early because there is a very important league game for Dortmund next.

No less important than the Ruhr derby against Schalke 04.

It was the seventh round of the league and they were at home to Bayern Munich.

In order to ensure that Zhou Yi gets a better rest and that his fitness is fine, Klopp replaced Zhou Yi early in two consecutive Champions League group games.

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In the end, Dortmund defeated the not very strong FC Twente 4-1 at home and won two consecutive Champions League group stage victories.

After two rounds of the group stage, the team that topped the group was Borussia Dortmund, not Inter Milan, which was certainly not expected before the group stage began.

That's because Borussia Dortmund are the only team in this group to win all of them.

However, no one can say that Dortmund will definitely qualify for the group or finish top of the group. Because only two games were played in the group stage, and a total of six.

Besides, Dortmund has not played with Inter Milan yet, and this is probably what will determine where Dortmund will end up playing.

Inter Milan was forced to draw by Twente in the first round of the group stage, which was an upset.

In this round of the group stage, their performance finally went normal, beating Valencia 4-0 at home.

Their performance in this game also restored the confidence of supporters in them.

If Inter can continue that form, the two games against Borussia Dortmund will be interesting.

And what about Dortmund?

After the game against Twente, they didn't focus on the Champions League.

Because as I said before, the opponent they will challenge next is the hegemon of German football, Bayern Munich.

Although Bayern Munich's new season is habitually slow and has a poor start, Dortmund does not dare to slack off.

In fact, after the start of the new season, Dortmund's schedule encounters are basically teams in the middle and upper reaches of the strength, if it is Dortmund's starting state last season, I am afraid that they will be ranked first from the bottom at this time.

Now, though, they are in second place, three points behind Mainz, who have won six games.

As for Bayern Munich......

In the last round of the league, they lost 1-2 at home to Mainz, who are currently at the top of the table.

Mainz's form at the start of the season really surprised everyone, as Tuchel's side used more young players and played with a tiger's style, winning all of them so far, which even Borussia Dortmund has not done.

Bayern Munich are not in great form at the moment, which gives Dortmund a chance to get revenge.

Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich were not in great form at the start of last season, with Bayern Munich even making their worst start in four decades under new coach Louis van Gaal.

Dortmund weren't much better.

However, Bayern Munich defeated Juventus 4-1 in the Champions League group stage, and won nine consecutive league games, unbeaten in more than a dozen consecutive games, with such an excellent performance, they regained the top spot in the league and reached the final of the Champions League in one go.

In the end, Bayern Munich won the league and German Cup double, and together with the Champions League runners-up, it was already Bayern Munich's best season since winning the Champions League in 2001.

Borussia Dortmund lost both of their two matches with Bayern Munich last season, especially in the first leg of the league, where Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 5-0 away, which was a shame for Dortmund. Dortmund's form also recovered in the second half of the season, but they still lost to Bayern Munich away to them.

One season by Bayern Munich.

For any team that wants to aspire to the Bundesliga title, Bayern Munich is a hurdle they can never get around.

If you can't beat Bayern Munich, you don't want to win the league title.

Although even a double win over Bayern Munich is only six points, the symbolism is obviously greater than the actual significance, and beating Bayern Munich can give their players a great boost of confidence, and confidence is one of the most important qualities in the championship race.

Where a person believes in where he can go determines where he will ultimately go.

The same goes for a team.