Chapter 124 Are you the third best player in the world?

"Götze is back!"

Seeing the opponent's starting lineup, Coach Schaff sighed, and the last bit of hope in his heart was completely shattered.

"It's good that Gotze is back, otherwise we will win against Dortmund and the outside world will think that we won unfairly!"

Seeing Gotze jumping around in the opponent's team, Lin Quan turned his head and said to De Bruyne: "When you face the Dortmund players later, use the trick I taught you!"

"Well, don't worry, I'll give them a surprise!"

De Bruyne nodded heavily, already eager to try.

At 19:30, the referee blew the whistle.

The last match of this round of the German Cup is also the focus of the game. The match between Werder Bremen and Dortmund officially started! After the opening, Dortmund, as usual, attacked Werder Bremen's defense with fierce pressing and fast running.

A month ago, they had just used this tactic to take revenge on Werder Bremen in the league, which filled the entire Dortmund team with confidence.

They felt that they had found a way to limit Werder Bremen's attack. As long as they froze the opponent's twin stars and then continuously attacked the opponent's back line, the opponent would surrender within half time.

They used this method to win the game in this arena last time, and they defeated their opponents with a score of 5:2.

With Reus absent in this game, the team's offensive firepower may be slightly lacking, but scoring two or three goals should be no problem.

Can Werder Bremen's shoddy defense stop their attack?

Impossible things!

In the first ten minutes of the game, the situation on the field was that Dortmund had been besieging Werder Bremen's goal.

Their tactics of crazy pressing and high-speed running were indeed unstoppable. Even though they had been prepared beforehand, when they got on the field, after the opponent accelerated, Werder Bremen's players still couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm.

However, after learning from the lessons of the previous failure, Werder Bremen made targeted adjustments in this game.

When defending, they arranged a player to specifically restrict the opponent's midfield organizer and prevent the opponent from easily passing threatening balls.

Dortmund has two organizers, Gundogan in the backcourt and Gotze in the frontcourt.

Gundogan's position is as a defensive midfielder, which is too deep and difficult to limit.

Werder Bremen simply ignored him and decided to focus on marking Götze today.

When Gotze was near the center circle, it was De Bruyne who restricted him.

If he continues to dribble forward, Bremen captain Fritz will join in the double-team and force him to pass the ball.

This position is still far away from Werder Bremen's goal, and Gotze's ability to pass the ball threateningly is not as strong as De Bruyne's.

His strengths lie in his dribbling, ball-handling and evasive abilities, which allow him to become a striker and bring out his strengths in mobile warfare.

And this is exactly what Dortmund is good at.

However, Gotze's physical confrontation ability is not strong, and his ability to pass threatening balls in positional battles is not strong.

Werder Bremen can't slow down the entire Dortmund, but it is possible to slow down just Götze.

In the first ten minutes of the game, although it seemed from the field that Werder Bremen was very passive and was constantly besieged by the opponent.

The fans at the scene were also very worried, and they broke into a cold sweat for their own team every time the opposing team took a shot.

But on the sidelines, in Dortmund’s coaching booth.

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

"Götze's performance today was a little off. Could it be because he hasn't fully recovered from the flu?"

The assistant coach at the side said worriedly.

In the past ten minutes, Gotze's performance was mediocre and there was nothing outstanding.

If it were an ordinary player, he would never blame the opponent for his poor performance.

But this is not up to standard for Gotze! He is now Dortmund's top star, how can he give such a mediocre performance on the court?

If he is not in good form, Dortmund can only rely on Lewandowski to win.

But if there is only one point, it would be too easy to defend.

"He has recovered from the flu. The reason why he played poorly is that his opponent restricted him a lot, which greatly reduced his room for movement!"

The more Klopp looked, the more he felt something was wrong, and his brows involuntarily frowned.

Why do I feel that the playing style of Werder Bremen is a bit familiar, very similar to Bayern Munich? ...

"Haha, I wonder if Klopp has discovered our defensive tactics!"

On the home team's coaching bench, seeing Klopp standing on the sidelines with a frown on his face, Schaaf and several assistant coaches couldn't help laughing.

Klopp's feeling was correct. Werder Bremen's defensive tactics were indeed learned from Bayern Munich.

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

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

So, in this game, they imitated Bayern and used this tactic against the opponent's offensive core.

Didn't the Dortmund media call Gotze the third best player in the world after Messi and Ronaldo? Then we will use the same tactics we used against the third best player in the world against you!

Gotze felt that he played very badly today and it seemed that there were not many people defending him.

But no matter where he went, he felt like he was in an invisible cage, and almost all of his breakthroughs and passing directions were blocked by the opponent.

And if he hesitated for a moment, he would be pressed by the opponent.

The most annoying thing is that when pressing, the opponent really likes physical confrontation.

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

But Gotze realizes that he is a technical midfielder who relies on his skills rather than his body.

If he gains weight to increase his physical confrontation ability, his speed and agility will decrease, which will affect his performance in offense.

But now, facing Fritz's pressing and pushing, Gotze felt a little regretful.

If my physical confrontation ability was a little stronger, I would not be unable to hold the ball under the opponent's pressure.

Fritz once again successfully snatched the ball from his feet and quickly passed it to De Bruyne who was retreating to receive the ball.

Before De Bruyne turned around after getting the ball, the Dortmund players defending him rushed over.

Sensing the movement behind him, De Bruyne did not receive the ball, but waited for the defensive player to approach. At the moment the opponent rushed forward, he used his dominant foot to cut the ball from behind his supporting foot and completed a 180-degree turn.

Because of the inertia of sprinting forward, the defensive player was unable to adjust his state in time and was easily wiped away by De Bruyne.

After passing the player closest to him, De Bruyne had a wide field of vision and no one within five meters could threaten him.

For a top passer like De Bruyne, he can often make incredible passes without any interference.

Just like now, he saw the defensive loopholes in Dortmund's second half and directly kicked a precise long pass of more than 40 meters.

The ball was sent to the empty space! Good pass! Seeing the opponent's pass, Lin Quan gave De Bruyne a thumbs up in his heart, then ran towards the football.

The Dortmund players were obviously aware of the danger. They quickly retreated and tried to send people to intercept Lin Quan and compete with him for the ball.

Lin Quan’s absolute speed is not fast, but his explosive power is strong when he starts.

While his speed had been fully increased, Dortmund players were just getting started.

The competition between the two sides was decided in the first second, as Lin Quan received De Bruyne's pass before his opponent.

Seeing Lin Quan receive the ball, Werder Bremen's striker Arnautovic tried desperately to squeeze into the opponent's penalty area.

Although he was not sure whether Lin Quan would pass the ball to him, he would blame himself if he did and he was not prepared.

Dortmund's defenders didn't think that this big guy was a threat at first, but when they saw him running around in the penalty area so actively, they became a little worried: Would the opponent's No. 10 pass the ball to this big guy?

No way? Just thinking this, Lin Quan, who was dribbling the ball, glanced at Dortmund's penalty area, as if he was looking for his forward position.

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Arnautovic was excited to see Lin Quan finding his position and became more active in the physical confrontation with the defenders.

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

So, the two central defenders stared at Arnautovic and did not dare to give this guy a chance to head the ball.

In the previous few encounters, Arnautovic created huge threats with headers.

If you don't keep your spirits up to deal with him, he might really head the ball into your goal.

If a super shooter like Lin Quan scored a goal, the Dortmund defenders would not feel too frustrated.

Instead, they will comfort themselves: the opponent is too strong, it is normal that they cannot defend against it. Didn’t Bayern’s defender fail to defend against it either?

However, if they let the big guy Arnautovic score a goal, they would be so angry that they wouldn't be able to sleep for days.

Seeing that Arnautovic held up the two opposing central defenders, Lin Quan also gave him a thumbs up in his heart: Arnautovic, well done, when I have a way in the future, I will introduce you to the Chinese Super League to make money!

Without the support of the central defender, facing the defense of Dortmund's full-back, Lin Quan easily passed the opponent with just two feints.

Dortmund captain Hulmes realized the danger and rushed over to intercept Lin Quan.

But it is too late to think about strengthening the defense at this time.

Moreover, after he left, Arnautovic would be left with only one person.

Lin Quan defended Hulmes, made a fake move to trick the opponent into shifting his focus, and then quickly passed the ball into the penalty area, actually passing the ball to Arnautovic.

When Arnautovic saw that Lin Quan did not pass the ball to him immediately, he already knew in his heart that the other party would not pass the ball to him.

However, he still did not give up running and demanding in the penalty area, hoping to provide cover for his teammates with his efforts.

Unexpectedly, when he thought his teammate would not pass the ball, Lin Quan actually passed the ball to him.

Arnautovic, who was not well prepared, was unable to head the ball directly, so he chose to rub the ball with his head and pass the ball to the back point.

Over there, winger Elia from the other side rushed over, fell to the ground and shot the ball into the goal before the defender could break through.

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

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

"Haha, it's okay, your header assist was great, be more prepared later and I'll pass you another good ball!"

Lin Quan also felt it was a pity that he lost an assist because of Arnautovic's touch.

However, he was also very happy that he was able to seize this opportunity and let the team take the lead.

If Arnautovic had really chosen to head the ball just now, he might not have been able to get past the goalkeeper.

So he didn't continue to dwell on this matter. After hugging Arnautovic, he went to hug his teammates to celebrate.

"pretty!"

Schaff was very happy to see his team seize this counterattack opportunity and score a crucial goal.

He had a feeling that neither side would score many goals in this game.

At this time, any goal is crucial. In the end, the victory or defeat of both sides may depend on this one goal.

The fans at the Weser Stadium were also very excited after seeing this goal.

They had been besieged by Dortmund before, and had recently suffered a crushing defeat at home to their opponents.

This made many fans feel that today's game was doomed to fail, but they never expected that they would be the first to score a goal.

This made the fans feel relieved, and they couldn't help but start imagining the future:

If they could win this game, the two strongest teams in the German Cup - Bayern Munich and Dortmund - would be eliminated by them.

The remaining teams seemed to be weaker than them, and they seemed to have a real chance of winning the German Cup! It had been four years since Werder Bremen last won the German Cup. When the team could not win the league title, the cup championship trophy meant a lot to them.

If they can win this trophy, not only will they be able to end their years of embarrassment without a championship, but they will also be able to get a direct ticket to the Europa League with this trophy.

However, the latter is not as important as the former to Werder Bremen at this time. As long as they continue to maintain their ranking in the league, Werder Bremen will be able to represent the Bundesliga in the Champions League next season and compete with many top teams in the Champions League.

When the fans thought of the German Cup trophy, they became nervous.

You must hold on and don’t let the opponent equalize!

After falling behind, Dortmund launched a more fierce counterattack.

Bayern Munich's unexpected elimination gave Dortmund hope of defending the German Cup.

The gap in league points between them and Bayern this season is too large, and their title defense has basically failed.

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

Klopp's team needs enough honors to maintain the entire team and motivate the players to fight and attack more actively on the court.

If they work hard for the entire season and end up with nothing, then the players will doubt their efforts in the past season.

Since you can't get anything, why fight so hard?

Dortmund relies on the fighting spirit to defeat strong opponents one after another. If they lose this spirit, they will completely lose the ability to challenge Bayern.

A small Werder Bremen will never be an obstacle to prevent them from winning this trophy! Dortmund's chariot will ruthlessly crush the opponent!

(End of this chapter)