Chapter 45: Beat Dortmund with speed! [100 monthly tickets for extra chapters!]
After the game started, Dortmund, as usual, planned to use high pressing and crazy running to deal with Werder Bremen.
But they didn't expect that the other party was not afraid at all and actually fought back against them.
The pace on the field was so fast that the ball could hardly stay under the feet of players from both sides for more than ten seconds or it would be snatched away.
This abnormal situation made Klopp unable to sit still.
He looked towards the Werder Bremen's coaching bench in confusion, and saw the opponent's head coach Thomas Schaff sitting calmly in the coaching bench, with no reaction to what was happening on the field.
It seems that this should be the opponent's tactical arrangement! Want to play a head-on attack? Haha, the people of Werder Bremen probably don't know how to write the word death!
Any team that dares to challenge Dortmund will definitely end up in a miserable state.
Thinking of this, Klopp stretched out his hand to signal the players on the field, asking them to further speed up the pace of the game.
Isn't the opponent going to attack? Then I'll help you! Seeing that the Dortmund players had sped up, Schaff not only did not show any nervousness or worry on his face, but instead showed a smug smile.
Klopp was really fooled!
Speed up? That's right!
Today, Schaaf made some adjustments to the team's starting lineup, replacing Papastathopoulos from the defense with Lukimya, and replacing the forward line with young player Phil Kruger.
These two people have one thing in common, that is, they are tall, energetic, and highly motivated.
Obviously, the purpose of replacing these two players is to improve the team's physical confrontation and pressing capabilities.
The technical ability of Werder Bremen's players is indeed not strong, not as good as Bayern Munich.
But can Dortmund be any better? Dortmund's good record is because of its aggressive style of play. They run all over the field like crazy throughout the game, relying on the young players' good physical strength and strong momentum to outrun other teams!
In terms of technology, can Dortmund be compared with Bayern Munich? But last season, Dortmund was able to beat Bayern three times, which is enough to show how ruthless the tactical play that Klopp tailored for Dortmund is! If the game was played for the whole time, even if Werder Bremen replaced all the young players, they would definitely not be able to outrun Dortmund.
But they only fought for the first five minutes of the game. During these five minutes, Werder Bremen's players were definitely able to keep up with Dortmund's rhythm.
Therefore, the situation on the field did not change after Dortmund speeded up.
Dortmund still couldn't hold the ball, and Werder Bremen couldn't hold the ball either.
Both sides committed frequent fouls in the midfield, and their players were kicked to the ground. Even Lin Quan was knocked down twice by the opponent in just two minutes.
As the main contributor to Werder Bremen's victory over Bayern Munich in the last game, Dortmund players are obviously well aware of his threat.
Therefore, Dortmund marked him very closely and fought hard for the ball, using various means such as physical confrontation and even fouls to prevent him from receiving the ball comfortably.
Lin Quan rubbed his calf which was a little sore from being kicked, and couldn't help but complain in his heart: How can this be called a football match?
It felt like playing Spanish bullfighting! In this fast-paced competition, Dortmund, who had better coordination and were more familiar with this style of play, seemed to gradually gain the upper hand.
In the third minute of the game, Bitangcourt dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area.
Just as he raised his foot to pass the ball, Bremen's central defender Lukiemya rushed forward, used his physical advantage to push the opponent away and snatched the ball from his feet.
After Lukimya successfully intercepted the ball, he immediately passed it to captain Fritz, and Dortmund's midfielders immediately surrounded Fritz.
Fritz didn't dare to hold the ball. After receiving it, he passed the ball directly to Elia on the wing before the opposing player could raise his foot.
Elia ran with the ball towards Dortmund's half.
Seeing the opponent launch a counterattack, Dortmund's players didn't need to be reminded at all, and all of them quickly retreated, tacitly working like a machine! What an excellent tactical execution ability!
On the long side, Coach Schaaf looked at Klopp with some fear.
I don't know what methods this guy used to train this group of young people into an iron-blooded army.
After Elia ran with the ball for more than ten meters, he was stopped by Dortmund's full-back Korch.
At the same time, on his left and behind, two Dortmund players surrounded him and tried to rob him.
This is Dortmund's tactical style of play. They use more active running to create a numerical advantage in local areas and surround and snatch the player with the ball anytime and anywhere.
If you can't outrun them, you won't be able to launch a counterattack. Once you are surrounded and swarmed, unless you have the breakthrough and dribbling ability like Messi, you will definitely be intercepted by the opponent.
Elia certainly didn't have that ability, so he didn't dare to continue sticking to the ball and directly passed the ball to De Bruyne who was following up.
Before De Bruyne received the ball, the opposing player rushed over.
He saw the opposing players pressing forward, so he combined the actions of receiving and passing the ball into one, and passed the ball to forward Arnautovic before the opponent blocked him.
The ball was handled beautifully.
Dortmund players are indeed good at running.
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But no matter how fast a person can run, he is definitely not as fast as a football.
So when they pressed Elia and De Bruyne, there were naturally fewer defenders around other Bremen players.
"nice shot!"
"As expected of a potential rising star spotted by the Champions League champion team, De Bruyne handled the ball very well!"
On the CCTV commentary stand, De Bruyne made a clever lob pass, which not only resolved the opponent's pressing, but also passed the ball to a teammate in the air.
He Wei couldn't help but praise it.
Xu Yang added: "Let me explain to some viewers here that De Bruyne is a midfielder that Chelsea bought from Genk for £8 million during the winter break in January this year.
He is only 21 years old this year, still very young, with huge room for growth. If he grows up in the future, he may be able to take over Lampard's job! "
He Wei said: "Lampard is a B2B midfielder, De Bruyne looks like an offensive front midfielder, maybe he can also play as a winger. He is not as good as Lampard in terms of defense and midfield coverage. There may be no succession relationship between the two."
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In the penalty area, after receiving the ball, Arnautovic withstood the challenge of Dortmund defender Hulmes and passed the ball back to his following teammate.
The 19-year-old young player Phil Krug was like a tank charging at high speed. He broke away from the entanglement of the defensive players outside the penalty area and kicked the ball into the Dortmund goal with a close-range sliding shot.
The ball was moving too fast, and Dortmund's goalkeeper had no time to make a save and could only watch the ball go into the net.
The score on the field became 1:0, and at this time, only four minutes had passed since the game whistle sounded!
The huge Westfalen Stadium seemed to be under a silencing spell at this moment and fell into deathly silence.
The Hornets fans were stunned and could hardly believe their eyes.
Only four minutes into the game, the team was already falling behind at home? PS: The first two chapters are transitional chapters. Everyone said they were not good enough, so I will add another chapter!
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