Chapter 49: The Brightest Star in the Night Sky
4-2-3-1, Jurgen Klopp reintroduced the formation he had become famous for.
This is a formation that Klopp particularly likes, and before it has even taken off in Dort, he sees it as a treasure and has a hunch that he only needs an opportunity to use this formation to make a big splash.
He did win two Bundesliga titles and a Champions League runners-up.
Then there is a period of malaise caused by a series of reasons...
Over the years, the team has had ups and downs, and Klopp has also grown a lot in these ups and downs, and has had to make compromises and changes.
Change, these two words play an increasingly important role in today's world football.
For clubs, the underdogs need to innovate because they have to find a tactical strategy that is good enough to compete with the middle and upper teams, and the strong teams also need to change, because it is difficult to go far on all fronts by relying on the same tactical style of play.
Against this backdrop, the definition of a manager has also changed subtly: managers who have helped the team to achieve a rebound through tactical reforms, or who have maintained a high level of performance as always, are more qualified to be called famous coaches.
Jurgen Klopp admits that he is not yet a manager in the absolute sense of the word... If he wins the Champions League final, he will be more confident.
Therefore, Xiao Wen is his biggest self-innovation this year.
As it turned out, he was right in his decision.
Xiao asked this person very strangely, at first glance he might not think he could do it, but when he used it, his attitude immediately changed three hundred and sixty degrees.
Dortmund fans and Klopp also feel the same way, in fact, at the beginning, if Xiao Wen is a big muscle bully like Yaya Toure Drogba, everyone can have more associations.
Physicality, muscles, speed, strong personal style of play... And so on, often associated with genius.
Most of the Dort fans didn't know much about Xiao Wen at the beginning, and they really couldn't understand how Klopp could change his life with him as the main force?
In fact, not to mention the fans of Dortmund, even the coaching staff, staff and even teammates were surprised when they saw Xiao Wen.
Although Dort has always had the habit of cultivating young players, he didn't expect Klopp to set his sights on the football desert of the Major League and the Chinese descendants of football Mars.
It's worth mentioning how disappointed you were before and how crazy you are now!
Xiao Wen slowly walked back to his half, and pointed the index finger of his right hand to the South Stand.
At this time, the audience in the first few rows of the South Stand collectively made that creative Tifo action, and everyone put their hands in front of them, like a telescope, looking for Xiao Wen.
Schalke 04 fans, in the other stand, at this time, the camera is focused on them, and the traces of loss are filmed from their faces.
Many Schalke 04 sighed regretfully when they saw the starting list at the beginning: "Huh? Dort is really on the strongest lineup. ”
Many years ago, they fought for the championship together, and they were bad together, and now, although Schalke 04 is still in the top four, there is still a big gap in the hearts of Schalke 04 fans.
So much so that when I first arrived in Westphalia, I scolded the Hornets fans with some emotions.
Moreover, no matter how Schalke 04 fans scolded, Dort fans just said "Oh... You guys are the champions of the four minutes"... Anti-killing, from 2002 to the present, this sentence has killed Schalke 04 fans to the ground.
The most important thing is that Xiao Wen opened less than 10 minutes, and one pass and one shot ended this Ruhr derby, which should have been hot to the extreme, in a sense.
Damn, even Schalke 04 fans have to admit that this kid does have a different kind of charm when he plays. Even in Dortmund, surrounded by the bright stars of the Bundesliga, he is still the brightest star in the night sky!
The silent Schalke fans, some of whom have already hidden their faces and wept softly, the scene of Westphalia on each side of the sea and flames has a sense of telling the heaviness of history.
Klopp also stood on the sidelines at this time, and once again threw a big pressure posture.
Many people who have an in-depth knowledge of the Ruhr area will understand it at once.
"Sure enough, there is no romance in the duel between mortal enemies, only fighting and killing!"
On the pitch, Schalke 04 was completely suppressed, and the eyes of countless fans in the stands of Westphalian Stadium were projected towards Schalke in the half, and in shock, Dort fans cheered, they did not know why their own team had changed so much after the first half of the season.
I don't know what Klopp has given to these originally sluggish players, but they simply believe that the arrival of Xiao Wen is the beginning of the team's 10-game winning streak. This alone has made them involuntarily send all the craziest shouts to the No. 28 who is running on the field at all costs.
"The changes that Xiao Wen brought to Dortmund were immediate, half a year ago the Hornets were just a team with an unstable and lifeless record, but this rookie recruit used his unique understanding of football, his amazing set-pieces and long passing skills, and now everyone sees almost crazy running, to help Dortmund be reborn in just one or two months, and the mental state of the whole team has been renewed, and it has become a team with strong competitiveness in the Bundesliga and even the Champions League."
Mateus is the most Xiao blowing, blowing all the time. Flute.
However, before he could say the next word, Dortmund once again formed an absolute pressure in the first 30 meters of the penalty area, and Schalke's formation was completely flattened.
The football was passed by Reus from the wing to the middle, and Kyle is no longer in the habit of organizing the ball, and he did not hesitate to pass the ball to Xiao Wen, who was a few meters out of the arc of the penalty area.
Xiao Wen stood in place, sideways, in a way that no one expected, directly with the inside of the foot around a small arc, and then Lewandowski, who was originally standing sideways between Aihan and Matip, took an arrow step, resolutely forward, in front of the small penalty area, Fellman attacked at the same time, kicked with his right foot, and the football was kicked directly into the lower left corner of the goal!
The atmosphere in Westphalia has reached an even more terrifying level!
The Dort fans who were sandwiched between the stands of the Schalke 04 away team frantically flocked to the border between the stands and taunted their opponents frantically.
Lewandowski quickly got up from the ground, ran to the baseline, clenched his right fist, and shouted at the Dort fans.
The fans who looked at Lewandowski were kind of this time and responded.
The camera swept over the stands, and several female fans who wore Xiao Wen's No. 28 jersey backwards began to have stars in their eyes, while the male fans next to them opened their mouths wide, probably still thinking about Xiao Wen's incredible leg swing on the spot just now and Lewandowski's flying kick.
Schalke 04's head coach Keller stood up suddenly, looked at Xiao Wen's back with a shocked face, and only came back to his senses after a while, turned his head to the assistant coach next to him and said:
"What's going on?"
"I've had enough of Neustadt! Replace him! ”