"Gotze is back!"

Seeing the opponent's starting list, Coach Schaff sighed, and the last trace of luck in his heart was completely shattered.

"It's good that Götze is coming back, lest we win Dort, but the outside world thinks we can't win!"

Seeing the lively Gotze in the opponent's formation, Lin Quan turned his head sideways and said to De Bruyne:

"When you face the Dort players later, use the trick I taught you!"

"Well, don't worry, I'm going to surprise them!"

De Bruyne nodded heavily, already a little eager to try.

At 19:30, with the referee's whistle.

The last game of this round of the German Cup competition, which is also the focus of the battle, the Werder Bremen vs Dortmund match has officially begun!

After the opening, Dortmund attacked the Werder Bremen defence with ferocious pressing and quick running, as usual.

A month ago, they had just used this tactic to get their revenge on Werder Bremen in the league, which gave the whole Dortmund squad a lot of confidence.

They felt they had found a way to limit Werder Bremen's attack, by freezing the opposing twin stars and then constantly attacking the opposition backline, or they would surrender at half-time.

They did that last time they won the game in this arena and beat their opponents 5-2.

In this game, Reuss is out, and the team's offensive firepower may be a little lacking, but scoring two or three goals should be fine.

Can Werder Bremen's tofu-like defense hold off their attack?

Something impossible!

Ten minutes into the game, Dortmund laid siege to Werder Bremen's goal.

Their tactics of frantic pressing and high-speed running are really incomprehensible, even if they have been prepared before, when they get to the field, after the opponent accelerates, the players of Werder Bremen are still a little unable to keep up with the rhythm of the opponent.

However, after the lessons of the previous defeat, Werder Bremen made a targeted adjustment for this game.

When they were defending, they had a player who specifically limited the opposition playmaker in the midfield and prevented the opposition from easily passing the ball as a threat.

Borussia Dortmund have two playmakers, Gundogan at the back and Gotze up front.

Gundogan's position is in the midfield, too deep for it to restrict.

Werder Bremen simply ignored him and identified the person he was focusing on today as Gotze.

When Götze was near the centre circle, it was De Bruyne who restrained him.

If he continues to dribble forward, Werder Bremen captain Fritz will join in the pack and force him to pass.

The position was still far from Werder Bremen's goal, and Gotze's passing ability was not as strong as De Bruyne's.

His ability to dribble, take the ball and get rid of it makes him a striker who can play to his strengths in athletic battles.

And that's exactly what Dortmund is good at.

However, Gotze's physical confrontation ability is not strong, and his positional battle passing ability is not strong.

Werder Bremen can't slow down the whole of Dortmund, but it can still be done by letting Gotze slow down alone.

Ten minutes before the game, although from the perspective of the field, Werder Bremen was very passive and kept being besieged by the opponent.

The fans at the scene were also very worried, and every time the opponent shot at goal, they pinched a cold sweat for their own team.

But on the sidelines, on the side of the Borussia Dortmund dugout.

The expression on Klopp's face was not relaxed at all, but very solemn.

"Gotze's performance today is a bit abnormal, could it be because the flu has not fully recovered?"

The assistant coach on the side said worriedly.

For the past ten minutes, Gotze's performance has been mediocre and nothing has been impressive.

If it were an ordinary player, he would never blame the opponent for playing abnormally.

But this is not up to par for Gotze!

He is now Dortmund's number one star, how can he give such a mediocre performance on the field?

If he is not in form, then Dortmund will have to rely on Lewandowski to win.

But if there's only one point, it's too easy to defend.

"His flu has already recovered, and the reason why he is out of shape is because his opponent has restricted him a lot, which has greatly reduced his room for movement!"

The more Klopp looked at it, the more wrong it became, and his brow furrowed involuntarily.

How do you feel that the playing style of Werder Bremen on the opposite side is a bit familiar, very similar to Bayern Munich?

……

"Hehe, I don't know if that kid Klopp has discovered our defensive tactics!"

On the home team's coach's side, seeing Klopp standing on the sidelines with a frown, Scharf and several assistant coaches couldn't help but laugh.

Jurgen Klopp felt right, Werder Bremen's defensive tactics were indeed learned from Bayern Munich.

In the last round of the German Cup, Bayern Munich designed a set of mobile cage tactics with Martinez as the core for him in order to limit Lin Quan's play.

This tactic worked well and gave Werder Bremen a lot of inspiration.

So, in this game, against the opponent's offensive core, they followed Bayern's example and sacrificed this tactic.

Didn't the media at Dortmund call Götze the third man in the world under Melo?

Then use the tactics against the third person in the world against you!

Gotze felt like he didn't play well today and it didn't look like there were many defenders against him.

But wherever he went, he felt like he was in an invisible cage, with almost all of his breakthroughs and passes locked in the direction of the opposition.

And if he hesitates slightly, he will be forced to be robbed by the other party immediately.

The most annoying thing is that when pressing, the other party is also very fond of physical confrontation.

His physical confrontation ability is weak, and he is not even as good as De Bruyne.

But Gotze feels like a technical midfielder, eating by the skill of his feet, rather than by his body.

Gaining weight in order to increase his physical ability will cause his speed and agility to decrease, which will affect his offensive performance.

But now, in the face of Fritz's pressing and pushing, Götze regretted it a little.

If your physical confrontation ability is a little stronger, you won't be able to hold the ball under the opponent's pressure.

Fritz managed to snatch the ball from his feet once again and quickly passed it to De Bruyne, who dropped back to pick it up.

Before De Bruyne could turn around after taking the ball, the defenders of Dortmund had already rushed over.

Feeling the movement behind him, De Bruyne did not receive the ball, but waited for the defender to approach, and at the moment when the opponent grabbed it, he used his dominant foot to cut the ball from behind the supporting foot and complete a 180-degree turn.

The defenders were unable to adjust their form in time due to the inertia of sprinting forward, and were easily erased by De Bruyne.

After passing the player closest to him, De Bruyne's vision was wide open, and no one within five metres of him could threaten him.

For a master of the ball like Kevin De Bruyne, he can often deliver incredible passes when no one is distracted.

Just like now, he saw Dort's defensive holes in the second half, and directly got up to send accurate long balls over 40 meters.

Sent the ball to the empty space!

Well passed!

Seeing the opponent's pass, Lin Quan praised De Bruyne in his heart, and then ran wildly and rushed towards the football.

Dortmund's players were clearly aware of the danger as well, and they quickly retreated while trying to split up to intercept Lin Quan and compete with him for the ball.

Lin Quan's absolute speed was not fast, but the moment he activated it was full of explosive power.

By the time his pace was fully ramped up, Dortmund's players were just getting started.

The rivalry between the two sides was already settled in the first second, with Lin Quan receiving a pass from Kevin De Bruyne before his opponent.

Seeing that Lin Quan received the ball, Werder Bremen striker Arnautovic desperately squeezed into the opponent's penalty area.

Although he wasn't sure if Lin Quan would wear this ball to himself, if he passed himself and wasn't ready, then he would blame himself to death.

Dortmund's defenders didn't think there was any threat to this stupid big man, but at this time, seeing him running around in the penalty area so actively, there was also a little drum in his heart:

Could it be that the opponent's number 10 will pass this ball to this stupid big man?

No way?

Thinking about it just now, Lin Quan, who was dribbling the ball, glanced at Dortmund's penalty area, and seemed to be looking for his forward position.

Arnautovic was excited to see Lin Quan looking for his position, and the physical confrontation with the defenders became more active.

Dortmund's defenders didn't think Lin Quanquan would pass the ball to Arnautovic, but the opponent's glance made them feel a little less confident.

As a result, the two central defenders stared at Arnautovic, not daring to give this guy a chance to head the goal.

In the previous encounters, Arnautovic has created a huge threat with headers.

If you don't brace yourself to deal with him, you can't really get a header from him.

If a goal is scored by a super scorer like Lin Quan, then the Dortmund defenders will not have much frustration.

Instead, they will comfort themselves: the opponent's strength is too strong, and it is normal that they can't defend themselves, and aren't Bayern's defenders also guarding against it?

However, if Arnautovic's stupid big man scored a goal, they would be angry and couldn't sleep for days.

Seeing Arnautovic dragging the opponent's two central defenders, Lin Quan also praised him in his heart:

Arnautovic, well done, wait for my brother to have a way in the future, introduce you to the Super League gold panning!

Without the help of the central defenders, in the face of the defense of the Dortmund fullbacks, Lin Quan only used two feints to easily pass the opponent.

Dort's captain Hurmes realized the danger and rushed over to intercept Lin Quan as soon as possible.

But at this time, it is too late to make up for it.

Moreover, when he is gone, Arnautovic will have only one person by his side.

Lin fully defended Hurmes, deceived the opponent with a feint and handed over the center of gravity, and then quickly picked up the penalty area and really passed the ball to Arnautovic.

Arnautovic originally saw that Lin Quan did not pass the ball to him at the first time, and he already knew in his heart that the opponent would not pass the ball to him.

However, he still did not give up his running position and requirements in the penalty area, and wanted to provide cover for his teammates with his own efforts.

As a result, he didn't expect that when he thought his teammates wouldn't be able to pass the ball, Lin Quan actually passed the ball.

Arnautovic, who was ill-prepared, couldn't get a direct header on goal, so he chose to rub his head against the ball and cross it to the back post.

On that side, Elia, a winger on the other side, rushed over and kicked the ball into the back of the net before the defenders could break it.

"Lin, I'm sorry I wasted your wonderful biography!"

After his teammates scored the goal that should have belonged to him, Arnautovic looked a little guilty and actually ran to Lin Quan to apologize to him.

"Hehe, it's okay, your header assist is beautiful, I'll give you a good pass later!"

Lin Quan also felt a pity in his heart that he was rubbed by Arnautovic like this, and he lost an assist.

However, he was also very happy to be able to seize this opportunity and give the team the lead.

If Arnautovic really chooses to head the goal, he may not be able to break the goalkeeper's ten fingers.

So he didn't continue to dwell on this kind of thing, and after hugging Arnautovic, he went to his teammates to hug and celebrate.

"Beautiful!"

Schaff was overjoyed to see his team seize the opportunity to hit the counter-attack and score a crucial goal.

He has a hunch that neither side will score a lot of goals in this game.

At this time, any goal is crucial, maybe in the end, both sides will have to rely on this one goal to win or lose.

The fans at Weser Stadium were also thrilled to see the goal.

They had been besieged by Borussia Dortmund and had suffered a heavy defeat at home not long ago.

This made many fans feel that today's game was more auspicious, but they never expected that they were the first to score.

This made fans breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts, and at the same time, they couldn't help but start imagining the future:

If they can win this game, they will be eliminated from the two strongest teams in the German Cup, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

Of the remaining teams, none of them seem to be as good as them, and they really seem to have a good chance of winning the German Cup!

It's been four years since Werder Bremen last won the German Cup, and the trophy means a lot to them when the team can't win the league.

If they can win this trophy, they can not only end their embarrassment of not winning a championship for many years, but also get a direct ticket to the Europa League with this trophy.

However, the latter is not as important as the former for Werder Bremen at this time, as long as they continue to maintain their league rankings, Werder Bremen will be able to represent the Bundesliga in the Champions League next season and play against many big teams in the Champions League.

The thought of the German Cup trophy makes the fans nervous.

Don't be equalized by the other party!

After falling behind, Dortmund launched an even more fierce counterattack.

Bayern Munich's surprise exit gave Dortmund hope of defending the German Cup.

The gap between them and Bayern Munich in league points this season is too great to have largely failed to defend their title.

In this context, the German Cup title is crucial for them.

Jurgen Klopp's side need enough honours to sustain the team and motivate their players to be more aggressive on the pitch and attack.

If they fight hard all season and end up with nothing, then the players will be skeptical of their efforts in the past season.

If you can't get anything, why fight so fiercely?

Dortmund relied on the fighting spirit to defeat one strong opponent after another, and if they lost this spirit, then they would completely lose the ability to compete with Bayern.

A small Werder Bremen must not be an obstacle to prevent them from winning this trophy!

Dortmund's chariot will mercilessly crush each other!

(End of chapter)