After the 20th round of the Bundesliga, there have been some subtle changes in the standings.

Bayern Munich, who also won three in a row, are still at the top of the table, with 16 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 51 points, scoring 51 goals and conceding only 7 goals, making them proud.

In particular, the number of goals conceded is really horrible, it took 20 games to concede seven goals!

And if you deduct the three goals conceded in the 1-3 defeat to Hamburg, it is equivalent to only four goals conceded in the other 19 games......

This is the dominance of the New Cosmos.

It is of course followed by Hamburg, with 13 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, with 44 points, scoring 40 goals and conceding 18 goals.

In fact, if such points were placed in the same period of the previous season, they would be in first place in the Bundesliga!

At that time, Dortmund, who were ranked first after 20 rounds, had 13 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, accumulating 43 points, one point less than Hamburg this season.

But there is no way to do it, who has made Bayern's performance so consistent this season.

The league is like this, not only do you have to play well, but you also have to see how well your opponent plays, after all, you can't win it all.

Just like the 2018-2019 Premier League, in the end, Liverpool cut 97 points and could only finish second, because they met Manchester City with 98 points.

This is really unjust, after all, this score is probably easy to win the championship in most seasons of the big five leagues.

But they can only accept this fact and work hard next season.

Speaking of this season's Bundesliga, although Hamburg is still not able to catch up with Bayern, with their excellent performance since the start of the second half of the season, they have begun to throw the teams behind them by a certain number of points.

After all, Bayern is stable, but other teams are not!

After 20 rounds, Dortmund once again returned to the top three, ranking third with a record of 11 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses and 39 points.

Bayer Leverkusen's performance slipped to fourth with 37 points.

Then there is Eintracht Frankfurt with 36 points.

The scores of the teams at the bottom have dropped another notch, namely Mainz with 30 points and Schalke 04 and Borussia Mönchengladbach with 29 points.

In this way, in the next 21st round of the Bundesliga, the match between Dortmund and Hamburg has become a key battle for the two or three places to directly clash again.

Although Hamburg are still five points ahead of Borussia Dortmund, a loss would have narrowed the gap to two points in an instant.

With more than a dozen rounds left in the league, the difference of 2 points can be said to be minimal.

Of course, what attracts the attention of media reporters more is that this will be another battle between the two famous managers Pan Yi and Klopp.

In the first round of the season, the scene of the two sides fighting each other before the game is still vivid.

In particular, Pan Yi used a move to "repair the plank road and secretly cross Chen Cang", saying that he wanted to fight against Uncle Scum, but turned around and stole two opponents with a defensive counterattack, which can be regarded as a classic moment in the history of the Bundesliga.

This also led to Klopp's loss not so convincing, and even the post-match press conference ended hastily.

So, what passionate moment will happen between Pan Yi and Klopp this time?

As a media, of course, I am looking forward to it.

……

'Of course we're going to play against Borussia Dortmund.'

At the pre-match press conference, reporters heard familiar words again.

As if it was "yesterday's reappearance", Pan Yi began to talk about the current situation of the two sides again, and issued a war letter:

'The last time I faced Borussia Dortmund, I was mainly defensive because they were really better than me at that time.

"But now it's different. We are second in the league and they are third. We've got a stronger squad and they're not improving. ”

"In other words, now we are the real team! We're going to prove that on the pitch and completely suppress the opposition in attack. ”

"We did that last round against Eintracht Frankfurt and this time we can do it too!"

"What, you said I said the same thing last time, but I didn't do it? …… Okay, guess what, what the hell am I going to do this time? ”

Obviously, Klopp wasn't ready to guess.

"I will still stick to what I have always done, take me as the main thing, and I will not care what the other party does."

'Hamburg's signings in the winter transfer window have clearly been successful and the squad has been strengthened, as evidenced by three wins in a row.

But that doesn't mean they're invincible. They also won two in a row at the start of the season, and then didn't they start to lose? ”

"Now they're ahead of us and in my opinion it's only temporary. As long as we beat Hamburg, we can get back on the right track and we will all find our place in the standings......"

Clearly, Jurgen Klopp is confident of beating Hamburg.

Playing at home, and Borussia Dortmund's recent form has been good – they are also on a three-game winning streak since the winter window!

In particular, the 3-2 away win over Bayer Leverkusen not only overtook their opponents in the standings, but also greatly boosted the team's morale.

However, it is impossible for him to verbally say "I am the main one", but not to look at the opponent at all.

A good manager always has to study the opponent's tactics and then make a targeted strategy.

Like playing FM games, go to the Internet and download a god formation, and then kick it from beginning to end for a year without making any adjustments? Inexistent.

If any coach does that, it's going to be ugly.

The real so-called "self-oriented" actually refers to one's basic tactics not wavering, and then fine-tuning according to different opponents to adapt to various changes.

This is actually the current situation of most coaches in football.

Of course, there are also some coaches who like to work, such as usually playing a certain formation very skillfully, but when it comes to some important knockout matches, finals, etc., they suddenly engage in some strikerless formations, waistless formations or something.

Such a drastic change can be a bit confusing for opponents, but it can also make your own players uncomfortable, leading to even worse results – no bald coach is named here.

So Klopp still has to guess how Pan Yi will play in the weekend's game.

But is Pan Yi telling the truth at the press conference?

Since he told a lie last time, this time it is likely to be the opposite, that is, to tell the truth, that is, he will really fight against Dortmund.

But it is also possible that Pan Yi will play an anti-logic, since you think I will tell the truth this time, then I will continue to tell lies, or will I focus on defense.

However, if he knows that you will think that he will choose to continue telling lies because you think he will tell the truth this time, he will still fight you......

Klopp was going crazy.

What layer is Pan Yi's wave on?

……

On February 9, the 21st round of the Bundesliga began.

In Borussia Dortmund's home game against Hamburg, Jurgen Klopp fielded a standard 4231 formation, with only a few changes to specific starters.

Center: Robert Lewandowski.

Front: Reuss, Gotze, Blaszczykowski.

Defenders: Kyle, Shahin.

Defenders: Bender, Hummels, Santana, Piszczek.

Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller.

The main left-back Schmelzer did not play, while Subotic, Gundogan and others also sat on the bench.

It's actually a partial rotation.

That's because four days after this game, Dortmund will face a crucial match in the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League, going to Ukraine to challenge Shakhtar Donetsk away!

So Klopp's heart is actually a bit struggling.

He certainly wants to go further in the Champions League, but at the same time knows the importance of this game against Hamburg.

If they are defeated by Hamburg, it will be difficult for Borussia Dortmund to catch up with their opponents, and they will even be surpassed by Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt and other teams behind them, so that next season's Champions League place will not even be guaranteed.

So Klops thought about it and made a compromise arrangement.

That is to rotate only three or four people, and use a balanced offensive and defensive tactic to restrain Pan Yi.

Can't you guess whether you're attacking or defending?

Then I'm not going to attack anymore, I'm going to hold my ground first, and I'm not even going to do Klopp's trademark full-court rush.

In this way, it can also save the physical strength of the main players, and strive to win the game economically without delaying the important Champions League knockout game.

And Klopp, of course, also carefully studied Pan Yi's tactics, including the victory over him in the first round.

He was still apprehensive about Hamburg's sharp attack on the right, so he also made targeted arrangements.

Putting Sven Bender, who was originally playing at the back and centre-back, and has more defensive ability, in the left-back position is a signal.

This shows that even if Klopp wants to give up part of his attacking ability, he must suppress Hamburg's attack on the right side!

……

When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Hamburg launched an onslaught at Dortmund in the face of the boos of more than 80,000 fans at the Westphalen Stadium.

Pan Yi really wants to attack!

But Dortmund is naturally not afraid of such a style of play.

Although their players did not press Hamburg forward under Klopp's instructions, they still steadily blocked Hamburg's attack, and the two sides played back and forth, and the excitement continued.

In the first minute, Borussia Dortmund midfielder Kyle was fouled and De Bruyne took a free-kick in front, but Kjaer's header was deflected.

In the 13th minute, Carvajal broke through at high speed on the right and sent a cross, and Son Heung-min, who was outflanked in the middle, grabbed a barb shot before Santana blocked, but unfortunately the angle was too good and was confiscated by Weidenfeller.

In the 14th minute, Dortmund returned the color, Piszczek crossed, Gotze received the ball and burst into the box after being offside, but the shot was slightly wide.

The pace of both sides is getting faster and faster.

The game is like that, sometimes you want to control the rhythm but you just can't.

Because the game is played by both sides, the other party is fast, and you will suffer if you don't keep up, so you can only follow fast in the end.

Most of the Dortmund players themselves are also strong-blooded young men, and their usual style of play is to press and attack quickly throughout the game, so they kicked and kicked, and began to fight fiercely with Hamburg, and the two sides began to bayonet.

And the goals came quickly, and it was two!

In the 16th minute, Dortmund broke the deadlock of the game, Hummels's clearance ball in the back field was passed directly to the opponent's penalty area, Lewandowski received the ball and got rid of the defender and calmly shot, Dortmund led 1-0 at home!

But just two minutes later, Hamburg equalised.

Robertson crossed from the left and Jamie Vardy took advantage of the Dortmund defence to gain a foothold and slotted home.

After the goal, the two sides played even better, and the two sides continued to go back and forth, and the fans in the stands and in front of the TV were also dizzying and addicted.

In the 19th minute, Blaszczykowski received a pass from Reuss and shot wide.

In the 20th minute, Son Heung-min took advantage of a mistake in the midfield of Dortmund to burst into the box, but his shot from a tight angle after cutting past Weidenfeller bounced off the post.

In the 21st minute, Paulinho received a yellow card for a flying tackle on Blaszczykowski in the Dortmund penalty area.

In the 25th minute, Hamburg counter-attacked on the left, and Son Heung-min received a pass from Robertson and deducted a defender to shoot with his left foot from outside the box.

The ball made a strange arc into the far corner of the goal, but Weidenfeller did not react, and Hamburg won 2-1!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLL……”

In the passionate shouts of the TV narrator's long voice, Klopp's face was stunned in the TV camera.

He didn't expect Hamburg's attack to be so ferocious, scoring two goals in just 25 minutes.

What he didn't expect was that these two goals of Hamburg were initiated from the left side!

Jurgen Klopp made a defensive deployment specifically for Hamburg's attack on the right side in this game, and the original intention was to grab the right and put the left.

Although Hamburg's left-back Robertson, who was introduced in the winter window, did well in the last round, he is only 18 years old and has only started for the first time in the last game, so his form is certainly inconsistent.

So Klopp is still focusing on the right side.

But what I didn't expect was that the current hamburger was really so difficult to deal with?

The attack on the left side is also so sharp, not even much worse than on the right.

So how can this be prevented?

The midfield, which includes Paulinho and Casemiro, and De Bruyne, seems to be tougher in both defensive and attacking form than in the first leg.

Although Dortmund also scored a goal, it was scored by Lewandowski's individual ability, which is a bit different from Hamburg's most of the goals scored with exquisite cooperation.

For the first time, Klopp realized that Hamburg was really stronger than Dortmund now.

Therefore, Pan Yi was telling the truth in the pre-match press conference, because he already had the confidence to play a real offensive game with Dortmund at the Westphalen Stadium.

This wave, it seems that Pan Yi didn't think about the first layer so much, he was really only on the first layer! ……

Soon, Dortmund suffered another blow.

In the 28th minute, Lewandowski's turning shot from inside the box was confiscated by Navas.

In a subsequent attack, Lewandowski kicked Rudiger directly with his foot too high in a scramble, and De Bruyne, who was closest to him, stepped forward to cause a confrontation.

Lewandowski and De Bruyne got into a push, and the referee eventually sent Lewandowski off with a straight red card, while De Bruyne received a yellow card.

That's how young people play on the head.

In particular, the players of Dortmund are sitting at home today, but they are behind under the cheers of 80,000 fans, and it is easy to lose their balance in mentality.

Although Lewandowski scored a goal, the next few attacks were defended by the Hamburg defenders, and the foot wind became more and more uncomfortable, which also made the Polish striker start to be impetuous.

So in the end, it led to such an ending, and he was sent off early!

Pan Yi was still very happy to see this scene.

The tactics he adopted tonight were originally intended to attack, taking advantage of Dortmund's two-front battle to take care of one or the other's mentality, taking advantage of their weakness of not adjusting their position and not running in enough, and the opening was a fierce attack!

Only by attacking on the onslaught will they not be given the opportunity to slowly adapt and adjust on the field, and they will be hacked to death with an axe!

But Dortmund has strength after all, especially a star like Lewandowski, who will be seized by him to score if he is not careful.

Fortunately, the Hamburg players did not concede too much of a mental and technical impact at the moment, and they quickly equalised and overtook the lead.

After bringing the game to its own pace, Hamburg played better and better, while Dortmund played more and more urgently, and had long forgotten the tactics of the manager.

Of course, this is what Pan Yi is happy to see, and Lewandowski's red card is even more unexpected.

Who would have thought that the other party would give such a big gift?

Football games are made up of many accidents and surprises.

With a one-goal lead, one more player, and one less of the opponent's number one star, the game looks stable......

But on the other hand, it was a different story in front of the home team's bench.

Lewandowski's red card sent Jurgen Klopp close to going berserk.

He rushed to the sidelines, yelling at his players and at the referee.

In his opinion, Lewandowski's high foot lift was unintentional, and De Bruyne came up to provoke to get a red card.

But at this point, it was useless for Klopp to roar, and even he received a yellow card for it.

"This bastard!"

Klopp glanced at the coaching area of the visiting team, and Pan Yi was smiling at this time, obviously satisfied with the decision.

This couldn't help but make Klopp roar angrily.

But what can he do now?

If it was a Hamburg player who was sent off, he would be happy.

It's only because the emotional control of the players on this side is not as good as the opponent's, so there will be such a big move......

The rest of the first half was an attacking show for Hamburg.

In the 30th minute, Casemiro's long-range shot from outside the box was saved by Weidenfeller.

In the 35th minute, Paulinho's shot was blocked by a defender after bursting into the box.

In the 39th minute, De Bruyne dribbled into the penalty area and was damaged by Santana's tackle, but the referee ignored it because he tackled the ball first.

In the 42nd minute, there was a vacuum in Dortmund's defense on the right, Robertson cut in a cross, but Vardy, who was scrambling for the spot, shot wide.

In the 44th minute, Dortmund's rare corner kick created a killing chance, Shaheen headed the ball into the penalty area, and Hummels fired high after being offside.

In the first minute of stoppage time in the first half, Carvajal broke through on the right and crossed to create chaos, and Wu Lei passed back to Paulinho in an offside position, although the latter scored, but the goal was invalid.

Before the end of the half, Pan Yi and the coaching staff members next to him had almost figured out the basic strategy for the second half.

After Lewandowski went off, Hamburg's possession rate increased dramatically, to about 70 per cent to 30 per cent.

Then, with such a huge field advantage, Hamburg can win the game as long as it continues to play steadily and steadily, and does not rush forward.

"Paulinho played really well." Nagelsmann on the side praised.

The screen on the tablet in his hand shows that Paulinho can be regarded as the pillar of Hamburg's midfield, whether it is the success rate of interceptions, the success rate of passes, or the performance of various statistics.

Even so far, his passes have been error-free, which is very rare.

What's even more rare is that he won all of his several head-to-head encounters, and there were some dangerous passes, and he even almost scored.

It can be said that his hexagonal warrior turned Hamburg's midfield into a good offensive and defensive one, which allowed the team to organize wave after wave of attacks.

"I've said it many times, but I still have to say ......," Inzaghi shook his head and said, "Coach Pan Yi's eye for buying people is really poisonous." ”

"Ji Cao, don't six, sit down." Pan Yi said with a smile.

"If we continue to play like this, we won't have too much of a problem with our fitness." Pintus, on the other hand, is concerned about his area of expertise, "Dortmund, on the other hand, will reach a small limit of fitness around 75 minutes, when the players can be considered to rush in waves. ”

Pan Yi nodded.

He also has a plan for this.

Hamburg now have the lead, which gives him more room for adjustment in the second half.

If Klopp didn't make any big changes in the second half, Pan Yi would of course consider Pintus's suggestion and take advantage of the opponent's physical strength to drop sharply to widen the score gap and lay the victory in one fell swoop.

……

At half-time, Pan Yi was very satisfied with the performance of the players.

He highlighted one player by name, and that was Paulinho.

"We didn't score, but I think it was the best game you've played since you joined Hamburg. You and Casemiro were in complete control of the midfield......"

Of course, there is another player to be commended for, and that is Kevin De Bruyne.

This usually docile Belgian guy went up to theorize as soon as his teammates were violated, and as a result, the opponent was sent off.

It proved that Hamburg is now very united and loving in the team, and it also made a great contribution to this game.

'Keep pushing in the second half, but you also have a yellow card on you, be careful. If I see that you have emotional problems, I will replace you......"

Then Pan Yi praised the scorers Vardy, Son Xingmin, and Robertson, who provided two assists.

These people are doing very well!

Now the players are improving, the whole team is improving, and the overall quality is gradually growing.

This is where Pan Yi dared to play against Dortmund at the Westphalen Stadium.

Because burgers really get stronger!

Pan Yi finally advised:

'Remember, now we have a big advantage, so you have to be careful in the second half. If nothing else, we can get those three points! ”

Pan Yi told him a thousand times because he knew that Dortmund was young, but Hamburg was even younger.

They are young and vigorous, and so are the Hamburg players.

Now that Dortmund are behind at home and have one man less, it is clear that they will play more aggressively in the second half.

Hamburg had several players with yellow cards, and if they were not careful in such a fierce scramble, they might also be discarded again.

However.

Shortly after the start of the second half, unsurprisingly, the unexpected came......

(End of chapter)