strictlysupreme Chapter 304 Season Rest Period
Chapter 304 Season Rest Period
Chapter 304 Season Rest Period
After losing the first game, the atmosphere in Dortmund's "Brackel" training base was a bit depressing, not only because of the loss of 3 points, but also because of a strange law. In the Bundesliga, the team that loses in the first round has more than 90% probability of missing the Bundesliga champion this season.
But Klopp was very calm. Although he made a bad face to the media at the post-match press conference, Klopp was still talking and laughing in front of his players.
The next league game is 7 days later. For Dortmund, there is plenty of time to adjust their status. Another news is enough to reassure people. That is, the club manager "Zorc" announced in advance that Dortmund will not have any newcomers to join this season, and no one will leave.
Why is this news reassuring?Because Dortmund's captain "Hummels" had a summer scandal with Barcelona, and another core in the team-Gündogan was also rumored to transfer to Bayern and Juventus.
Dortmund's forward line "Lewand" has been poached. If the core of the midfield and the core of the defense are all poached away, then the hearts of this team will definitely be shaken.
If the hearts of the people are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team. This truth applies everywhere.
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After Klopp replayed the first league game, he was still not satisfied with Immobile. For the sake of the Italians, Klopp and the manager "Zorc" seemed to be fighting secretly.
Because Immobile was introduced by "Zorke", and Li Qiao was the player designated by Klopp. Zorke meant to give the Italians more time. Lewandowski came to the team in 2010, but he really showed his strength two years later.
"Zorc" and "Klopp", who are in charge of the money bag, often think differently. It's like Real Madrid bought "Illia Lamendi". Ancelotti doesn't like him, but the club just wants to buy it. Why?Attract attention!
Zorc knows that Lewandowski is gone, Dortmund fans are looking forward to a heavyweight transfer, and as the club manager, Zork must try his best to satisfy these diehard fans.The introduction of the "Serie A Golden Boot" is undoubtedly worthy of Dortmund for the outside world.
But Klopp's personality is straight-tempered, a man who speaks no nonsense, and his team style is also the same, simple, domineering, fast, and direct.
In the end, Klopp still made up his mind and let Immobile take a "rest" in the second game.Standing on the sidelines of the training ground, Klopp fixed his eyes on Colombian striker "Adrien Ramos".
"Ramos come here," Klopp yelled at him.
"coach",
"Next game you play center",
Ramos looked happy and thought: "Finally, there is a chance", just as he was watching Klopp waiting for Klopp's further instructions, Klopp waved his hand and motioned him to go.
"That's it? No explanation"?Ramos thought.
But Klopp has turned away to coach other players.
"Isn't this too straightforward?"Ramos felt that Klopp's directness was a bit scary.
*****
Klopp came to the Greek international "Papastathopoulos" and saw that he could start training with the ball.
"Papa, how is the injury?"
The Greek smiled brightly, "I can already take the ball, as long as you need me, I can play at any time."
Klopp was also happy when he heard it. He is short of defenders now, "That's good, what's the end?"
Papa froze for a moment, he knew the coach's temper, but it was too urgent.
"The next game against Augsburg"?
"Yes, can you"?
"it should be OK",
Klopp nodded and said: "I will consult "Marcus" (team doctor). If he says yes, you can play on the weekend. Gentle is still a little younger. I will let him play when I am preparing for the German Cup."
Like other leagues, the domestic cup competitions are regarded as "tasteless" by most teams. They cannot give up, but they don't want to waste too much energy. The strong teams regard the cup competitions as a stage to train new players.
After chatting with "Papa", Klopp saw Li Qiao doing shooting training with Weidenfeller, "This kid's basic skills are really solid, as if he completed his youth training in Germany."
"Li Qiao, I want you to start the next game, are you ready?"
Li Qiao was very happy when he heard that, but instead of jumping up happily, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded.
*****
On August 8th, the second round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund challenged Augsburg in an away game. The opponent was a mid-range Bundesliga team with certain strength.
In this game, Dortmund made several adjustments in the starting position. The left winger Li Qiao replaced Aubameyang, and Ramos replaced Immobile on the forward line. In the defense, the teenager Ginter did not play, and the Greek replaced him.
In this game, "Royce" recovered his form, and Dortmund's right wing returned to its former sharpness. In the first half, Royce scored a goal, and "Papastathopoulos" stepped forward to score a goal from a corner kick. Dortmund led 2-0 at the end of the first half.
At first everyone thought that the sharp hornet was back, but after the start of the second half, the situation on the court changed suddenly. Augsburg was scored twice by Turkish veteran "Altintop", and the score became 2-2.
Klopp was very helpless after leading by 2 goals and was equalized. He was going to make a substitution, and the first to bear the brunt was Li Qiao, who was doing nothing in this game.
Li Qiao's statistics in this game can be described as bleak, but this is not Li Qiao's problem alone. In the Chinese team and Guangzhou Tianbao, Li Qiao is the absolute core.
In addition, the way of survival of the middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga is the rough style of play, and the defense of the opponent's defenders against Li Qiao is a strategy of "passing the ball".
If in the Super League, Li Qiao can have 3 seconds to adjust before shooting, then in the Bundesliga, Li Qiao can only have 1 second, and will not even give you time to adjust. This is why Klopp has always emphasized "fast", because in the Bundesliga, if you stick to the ball, then just wait to get kicked.
Fifteen minutes into the second half, Klopp replaced Li Qiao with Aubameyang. When Li Qiao left the field, the team staff immediately delivered mineral water, but Li Qiao took it and put it on the ground without opening it.
Li Qiao bit his lip and watched the game anxiously from the bench. In the 30 minutes of the second half, Augsburg midfielder "Forner" kicked Aubameyang over and received a red card, but Aubameyang was also carried off on a stretcher.
No way, Klopp can only replace the Italian Immobile.
In the last 15 minutes, Dortmund, who had one more player on the field, launched a fierce attack. In the end, with a goal from Ramos, Dortmund defeated Augsburg 3-2 in the away game.
After the game, Klopp had a conflict with the opponent's coach. The reason was that after the referee blew the final whistle, Klopp applauded the opponent's bench.
Fortunately, both of them are gentlemen who talk but don't fight. They quarrel fiercely, but they don't mean to fight. Zorke brought Klopura back, which can be regarded as a step for both parties.
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The game was won, but the price was not small. After the diagnosis after the game, Aubameyang had a torn calf muscle and had to rest for at least half a month.
This made Dortmund, which was already full of injuries, even worse, so that when the transfer window was about to close in a few hours, Zorc had to reconsider whether to get a last player in the European market.
Some people are eager to buy people, while others are eager to sell people. That is another giant in Europe-Manchester United.
The so-called one emperor and one courtier, after Van Gaal came, he was eager to purge the players bought in the "Moyes" era. On the purge list was the old Dortmund player-Shinji Kagawa.
Shinji Kagawa transferred to Manchester United for 1800 million euros. After 2 seasons, his value has now fallen to only half of the original value. Because Manchester United is eager to clean up, the price can be further negotiated. In the end Zorc brought back Shinji Kagawa for 800 million euros.
On September 9, the European transfer window officially closed, and the next two weeks will be the national team match day, and the third round of the Bundesliga will not take place until September 1.
After Li Qiao communicated with Stan, he decided not to return to China to participate in the warm-up match, but to stay in Germany for additional training. There are several people in the same situation as Li Qiao, such as Ramos and Shinji Kagawa.
During the rare rest period during the season, Li Qiao trained seriously in the training base every day. After the regular training, he had to practice shooting and passing by himself, especially left-footed passing.
In the past, Li Qiao had enough time to adjust the ball to his right foot after breaking through from the side, so that he could pass comfortably, but now it is no longer possible. He has to use which leg to pass and shoot the ball on, and there is no more room for adjustment.
In fact, take a look at the top football stars in the world-Kaka, Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, all of them have strong left and right feet.
But Li Qiao's left leg is much worse than his right leg. This is another huge challenge for Li Qiao. When Li Qiao was sweating profusely in training, Weidenfeller ran over to find Li Qiao, "Hey, how about going for a drink with me tonight?"
"No," Li Qiao answered simply.
Weidenfeller kicked the ball away, and then said to Li Qiao: "Come on, fool, I will take you to the bar where Dortmund fans gather. Here, learning to communicate with fans is just as important."
Li Qiao didn't want to spoil Big Brother's interest, so he nodded at Weidenfeller, "Okay."
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