strictlysupreme Chapter 309 Dortmund encountered difficulties
Chapter 309 Dortmund encountered difficulties
Chapter 309 Dortmund encountered difficulties
At the beginning of the second half, Dortmund made a substitution, and Klopp replaced the underperforming "Li Qiao" with "Aubameyang".
Mainz did not make a substitution, but the head coach was determined to defend. At the beginning of the second half, he pulled the Austrian midfielder "Baumgartlinger" to the central defender position and turned into a five-back formation.
Klopp came out of Mainz. He has a deep understanding of Mainz. It can even be said that Dortmund's football philosophy was partially borrowed from Mainz.
Don't underestimate the mid-lower teams in the European League. They also have their own survival wisdom. For example, their youth training system is generally better than that of strong teams. In addition, they are more disciplined in financial management.
On the football field, the survival wisdom of Mainz is to defend firmly and counterattack quickly.
After replacing "Aubameyang", it was not as good as when Li Qiao was on the field. Li Qiao was in a hurry, but he was still very active in running, but "Aubameyang" played in the Champions League in the middle of the week, and his physical condition was not very good. When he was replaced, Dortmund's left side was completely misfired.
The Mainz defensive players saw that Dortmund's left was no good, and Shinji Kagawa in the middle was not a breakthrough player, so they only needed to keep an eye on the "Kuba" on the right.
In desperation, Klopp had to make two consecutive substitutions. "Mkhitaryan" replaced "Kagawa", and "Royce" replaced "Kuba". Just 5 minutes after the substitution, Mainz got a corner kick. The arc kicked by "Gaiss" drew a large arc around Weidenfeller at the front point.
0 to 2 behind, Klopp shrugged helplessly and smiled. The characteristic of Uncle Zha is that if the team leads, he will be very anxious and keep reminding the players on the sidelines not to slack off, but when they fall behind, he will relax instead.In fact, football coaching is a very lonely job. When your grades are not good, not only will there be no one to comfort you, but the club will find a way to replace you.
In the last 20 minutes, Klopp sat obediently on the bench and watched the game with his legs crossed. While watching, he talked to "Zorc" beside him, probably complaining about "Imobile" again. The Italian's statistics in this game were so dismal.
When the referee blew the final whistle, Klopp left the scene without looking back, and the job of shaking hands with the opposing coach was left to the assistant coach.
Back in the locker room, the first thing Klopp did was not to get angry, but to find Li Qiao, who performed poorly, and "Ginter" who scored an own goal.
"I hope you two don't feel sad. The league has just begun. Have you heard the story of the tortoise and the hare? Bayern is the rabbit, we are the tortoise, but I think you know the final result." After finishing speaking, Klopp gave the two a bright smile.
Both Li Qiao and Gentle said they would not take it to heart.Klopp was a very failed player when he played football, but because of this, he can better understand the difficulty of professional players and the cruelty of professional football.
He surrounded all the players and said: "As you know, I coached Mainz before I came to Dortmund. I am very familiar with this city. We will not go back to Dortmund tonight. I will take you to dinner."
When they heard that the coach wanted to invite them to dinner, everyone shouted: "Long live Jurgen, long live the coach".
Klopp hopes that a good meal can quickly make the team forget about the loss and get out of the predicament, but this time it seems that it is not so easy, and the situation is worse than Klopp expected.
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Three days later, the team lost 0 to 3 at home to "Stuttgart". In the fifth round of the league, the team had lost three games and fell to 10th in the standings.
In this game, Li Qiao and Immobile continued to start, but their performance was still unsatisfactory, and they were both replaced in the second half.
After consecutive losses, the team's internal atmosphere has undergone subtle changes. Everyone's relationship has become weird. No one dares to speak out. They are afraid that a word may completely tear the window paper, and the atmosphere in the locker room will be completely broken.
This kind of superficial amiability, but the situation of complaining to each other in the heart is the worst. Klopp also understands it very well, but there is actually a limit to what he can do. The only way is to win, otherwise it is impossible to solve the current team's problems.
That’s why there is a popular saying in European football – “changing coaches is like changing knives”. Many teams perform poorly. Changing the head coach can really make a difference.
The club worked hard to maintain internal unity, but at this time the media came out to make trouble. A local football tabloid in Dortmund published a large photo on the most prominent position on the front page the day after the team lost.
There are two people in the photo, the one in the close-up is "Imobile", and the one in the background is "Li Qiao". Obviously, this is a photo taken by a photographer on the sidelines in a special way.
Below the photo is a dazzling title - "Dortmund bought two parallel imports for 4000 million euros".
As a result, the club could no longer remain silent. Klopp first jumped out to criticize the tabloid as brain-dead. Klopp's curse is justified, but he is not an Internet troll. He listed in detail the club's transfers in recent years, such as Lewandowski, and he did not become a god right away.
"We didn't buy Messi, you can't ask my players to that standard," Klopp said.
The reporters didn't care, they asked, "Can we win the next game?"
"Sure, I have full confidence in my team. When I came, everyone doubted me, but then what?"
Klopp spread his hands, needless to say, two Bundesliga champions, one Champions League runner-up, and the German Cup champion.
The media is not to be outdone, they put on a wait and see look.
But this time, Klopp really encountered difficulties. They lost 0 to 1 to Hamburg at the weekend and ushered in a three-game losing streak.
Immediately after the game, Klopp led the team to fly to Belgium to prepare for the Champions League match against "Anderlecht" in the middle of next week.
Klopp knew that he could escape the first day of junior high school but not the fifteenth day. It would be clean to leave Germany, but if the midweek Champions League cannot be won, the team will be scolded to death when they go back, because it will be a four-game losing streak. The team's performance suddenly seems to be in free fall, and there is no sign of slowing down.
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Finally under pressure, Klopp cursed before the game against "Anderlecht".
"Your performance is not worthy of Dortmund." He held up a jersey. "Look at the team logo on it. It is the closest thing to your heart. Every second you are on the field must be worthy of the Dortmund team logo on your chest."
As the leader of the team, Klopp went crazy, and his role was still very obvious. Everyone didn't dare to take a breath.
"If you have forgotten how football games should be played, then I ask you to think back to a year ago, the year we won the Champions League runner-up, that Dortmund team is what I want."
After the speech, Klopp announced the start of the game, Li Qiao and Immobile played as substitutes, "Papa" partnered with "Hummels" in the defense, "Weidenfeller" was the goalkeeper, and the other positions remained unchanged.
Perhaps Klopp's "speech" worked. In the away game, Dortmund swept Anderlecht 3-0.
A win can alleviate many things, at least when the team returned to Dortmund, the fans began to welcome them again.
But on the second day after the game, the same tabloid published another photo on the front page, which was exactly the same photo as last time, but this time there was only a photo and no text description, but it was even more amazing and could arouse everyone's infinite reverie.
If a simple extension can be-"Look, how about the team wins without the two of them? We are right."
What's worse is that through the influence of the Internet, Dortmund's sworn enemy-Bayern fans started to joke about it.
"We bought Gotze for 4000 million (actually 3700 million), and Dortmund turned around and used the money to buy two parallel imports."
Seeing these dazzling reports, Immobile was very calm. His idea was "not to stay here, but to have a place to stay." In private, "Galliani" had already "sneaked glances". At the earliest, AC Milan might ask Dortmund to buy "Imobile" during the winter break. Galliani even has a specific plan.
But Li Qiao was not so lucky. The proud and arrogant Li Qiao could not accept the result of failing to study abroad and returning home.
But the reality is cruel. Klopp is different from Stan. Stan trusts Li Qiao unconditionally, but Klopp only likes Li Qiao. He cannot trust Li Qiao unconditionally.
Li Qiao is in a very difficult situation now. The results of the past two games have made it difficult for Li Qiao to play again in a short period of time, and he has no chance to play on the court. How can he prove himself?Li Qiao seems to be caught in a paradox.
Looking at the upcoming schedule, the weekend is the "Rourderby", and the team will face the arch-enemy in the same city at home - "Schalke 04".
There are two major derbys in the Bundesliga. The first is the national derby, which is Bayern against Dortmund, and the second is the "Ruhr Derby".
Even in the most difficult years of Dortmund, fans can accept the team's relegation, but they cannot accept the team's loss to "Schalke 04", which shows the weight of "Derby" in the hearts of fans.
In such an important game, Li Qiao didn't expect to be able to play. He set his sights on the next game - the game against Cologne.
This opponent is not strong, and there should be a chance at that time, even if it is a substitute.
"I must seize the next opportunity, otherwise I will not have many opportunities in Dortmund," Li Qiao thought.
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