Chapter 44 Dortmund's Devil's Home
"Is this Dortmund's home stadium? It's really scary!"
Dortmund's home fans are very fanatical and it is one of the famous devil's home stadiums in European football.
This place can accommodate 80,000 spectators, and Dortmund’s home stadium is almost always full.
Especially its South Stand, which is packed with more than 30,000 fans for every game.
They wore Dortmund's yellow jerseys with black edges, waved various flags, and sang Dortmund's team song loudly. Their voices were soaring and lasted for a long time.
The atmosphere at this home stadium is much more terrifying than Bayern's Allianz Arena.
"Don't be affected by off-field factors. Dortmund's home field has always been like this. If you pay too much attention to this kind of thing, you will be fooled by them!"
Captain Fritz saw that the young players were intimidated by Dortmund's home atmosphere, so he quickly spoke up to remind them.
It is often said that the home fans are the twelfth man of the team.
This statement is not without basis!
When playing at home, tens of thousands of fans of the team can cheer and applaud for the home team, cheer them on, inspire their fighting spirit, make their blood boil and their fighting spirit rise.
As for the players of the visiting team, once they get the ball they will be booed by the home team fans. The huge boos will make people irritated and lose their calm judgment.
If the mental quality is a little worse, he might be booed and unable to hold the ball, resulting in various mistakes.
Not only that, the fans' cheers can also put pressure on the referees, making them make decisions that favor the home team.
These factors combined together constitute the home advantage in football matches.
This advantage is actually very obvious, so in the leagues of various countries, there will often be home dragons with strong home records.
If we meet this kind of team, the game will be very difficult.
Unfortunately, Dortmund is such a home dragon!
They lost only one of their 17 Bundesliga home games last season, a result that ranked first among all 18 Bundesliga teams, and was far ahead of the second place.
It is even more difficult to defeat them at their home ground than to conquer Bayern's home ground! The historical data of the two teams' confrontation is also very unfavorable to Werder Bremen. In the past two years, in the past ten games, Dortmund has 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, occupying an absolute advantage.
Poor physical condition, the opponent's terrifying home advantage, and an absolutely dominant historical record.
All this indicates that this game will be very difficult for Werder Bremen.
Schaaf was also aware of this, so he made a very bold plan.
"After the game starts, attack for five minutes and try to break the opponent's goal. After you succeed, immediately retreat and defend until the end of the game!"
Dortmund's players are young, energetic and motivated, which is good.
But young players have one disadvantage, which is that their mentality is not stable enough.
If the game is going their way, they have no psychological burden and can often deliver an exceptional performance.
But once they fall into an unfavorable situation, especially one that they cannot break through for a long time, they will become more and more impatient, perform worse and worse, and then lose the game.
The last time Werder Bremen defeated Dortmund, it was thanks to Sylvester's quick goal just five minutes into the game, which disrupted the opponent's mentality, making them more and more anxious. In the end, the team performed poorly, allowing Werder Bremen to win the game by chance.
Therefore, for Werder Bremen, if they want to win, they must seize this weakness of their opponent and beat them to death.
If their tactics work, they still have a chance of winning this game.
If their tactics failed, it wouldn't matter, since their chances of winning were slim anyway.
Therefore, when Coach Schaff told them his plan, all the players agreed and were willing to give it a try! …
"CCTV, CCTV, dear audience friends, this is the 2012 Deutsche Telekom Cup final brought to you by CCTV, with Borussia Dortmund facing Werder Bremen."
"I'm the commentator He Wei!"
"I'm the commentator Xu Yang!"
"The game is about to start, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both teams:
The players who played for Dortmund were No. 20 Langerak, No. 21 Korci, No. 15 Hummels, No. 30 Günter, No. 37 Halstenberg, No. 5 Kehl, No. 7 Leitner, No. 19 Grosskreutz, No. 11 Reus, No. 32 Bittencourt, and No. 9 Lewandowski.
Werder Bremen's formation is still 433:
The starting lineup is: No. 1 Milic, No. 23 Selassie, No. 5 Lukimya, No. 15 Pledel, No. 17 Igniovski, No. 8 Fritz, No. 6 De Bruyne, No. 7 Arnautovic, No. 10 Lin Quan, No. 41 Fel Krug, No. 11 Elia. "
Because the previous Telecom Cup semi-final commented by He Wei and Xu Yang received good ratings in the country, they will continue to serve as commentators for CCTV for this game.
Before the five major leagues start, such matches are naturally an option not to be missed for fans who like to watch football.
Therefore, after the live broadcast began, the ratings of CCTV Sports Channel soared rapidly.
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This is largely due to the young Chinese player in Werder Bremen.
Lin Quan scored a hat trick in yesterday's match against Bayern, breaking three Telecom Cup records in one go.
They are: the youngest starting record, the youngest goal record and the youngest hat trick record.
Although the Telecom Cup is not of particularly high quality, for a player of his age, being able to break these three records at once has made him a little famous in the football circle.
In addition, because He Wei compared Lin Quan to Messi in his commentary, many Messi fans and Messi haters were also attracted.
"Haha, I want to see if this so-called Messi II is as good as the commentator boasts!"
"I've watched Lin Quan's last game. He is absolutely the real Messi II!"
"The one upstairs, I have little education, don't lie to me!"
"That's right, it's just a boast. Every year there are so many 'Messi's' popping up from all corners. When did Messi become so cheap and worthless?"
"Based on my 20 years of experience in watching football, Messi's talent for ball sense is absolutely at the historical level. Other players like Messi, if they don't have such top-notch ball sense, are just superficial."
"Tsk tsk, another Messi fan. Your Messi is so good, why did Germany shave his head in the World Cup?"
"You're talking as if your Cristiano Ronaldo made it to the quarterfinals. How can someone who lost in the round of 16 have the nerve to speak so arrogantly here?"
…
The original topic of discussion was whether Lin Quan was the second Messi, but due to the emergence of Messi fans and Messi haters, the topic deviated seriously and turned to the debate between Ronaldo and Messi.
These two players are the strongest, most discussed and have the largest fan base among the current players in football.
During this period, these two people were called the two most outstanding people of the time.
They both have a huge number of fans, and these fans dislike each other, so there are often quarrels between fans of both sides.
Time passed little by little as the fans of both sides quarreled.
At 7:35 in the evening, the referee blew the whistle.
The much-anticipated Telecom Cup final, between Dortmund and Werder Bremen, has officially begun.
(End of this chapter)