The most famous confrontation in the traditional industrial Ruhr area is naturally the Ruhr area derby. Schalke 04's performance in the past few years has been stronger than Dortmund, but Dortmund's performance since the new season has obviously surpassed Schalke 04, even if the latter is the runner-up of the Bundesliga last season!
Turning to the standings, Dortmund ranked first, while Schalke 04 ranked 16th in the league in shock. If you ignore the only 18 teams in the Bundesliga, you may not be able to realize how no lower limit Schalke 04's performance is. It would be more intuitive to express it in another way. They are in the relegation zone and third from the bottom in the league!
Magat's team staged a cliff-like high-altitude fall in the Bundesliga in a way that the club did not understand from top to bottom or the outside world!
After losing to Hamburg in the league opening game, they only won 2 wins and draws in 10 league rounds, and lost all the remaining games!
9 points.
11 rounds have passed, and they actually averaged less than 1 point per game!
The most amazing thing is that they performed well in the Champions League, with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in four rounds, and they have a great hope of advancing to the Champions League round of 16, which is much better than their performance in the league!
No one can figure out what happened to Schalke 04, which has a very competitive lineup.
In contrast, Dortmund also takes into account the European war this season. Even though they don’t invest much in the UEFA Cup, they are not out early, and they still retain the hope of entering the semi-finals.
In addition to losing to Leverkusen in the first round in the league, he was unbeaten in 10 rounds since then!
The most important thing is that their league victory before meeting Hamburg is very valuable!
The defeated opponents include Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, Schalke 04, Bayern Munich, Mainz.
Klopp's Dortmund has only lost to Heinx's Leverkusen in the league.
It is conceivable how excited their fans will be to the team's yellow storm, looking forward to the championship that the team has been looking forward to for many years and to restore their past glory as soon as possible.
On the evening of November 12, the first game to start in this round of Bundesliga is the top battle that is highly anticipated by German football!
When Situ Yunbing walked into West Stadium, he intuitively felt the fanatical atmosphere of the stadium. The yellow ocean in the stands was dazzling. At the same time, Dortmund's flag was flying around the stands, as if a decisive battle was entering the countdown.
Klopp, with a beard, stood in the coaching area of ​​the home team in sportswear. He and Situ Yunbing looked at each other in a quiet look. After nodding to each other tacitly, Situ Yunbing turned around and walked towards the coaching area of ​​the visiting team.
Perhaps the home atmosphere in Bundesliga teams is the one that can bring the most pressure on the opponent. For example, the home horror atmosphere of St. Pauli is only targeted at Hamburg. There are too many emotional incitement and influencing factors.
When the players of the two teams walked into the court with their heads raised and their chests were proud, Situ Yunbing and Klopp both showed pride in their eyes.
For the world, European football has five top leagues, Ligue 1, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga and Premier League.
But within Europe, there are only three major leagues, Serie A, Premier League and La Liga.
The big reason why the Bundesliga is excluded is that in the European football landscape, the number of Champions League championships won by Bundesliga teams is not as good as the other three major leagues.
After the phone scandal broke out in Serie A and entered a period of decline, although the Bundesliga had the momentum to overtake Serie A, due to the influence of the club's financial resources and policy environment, the Bundesliga still could not get rid of the fate of being poached by the three major leagues.
Even fans know that when Bayern Munich declines, they will poach competitors' stars from the Bundesliga to achieve a revival of strength growth and decline. This is Bayern Munich's advantage, so it is not surprising that at least half of the German lineup comes from Bayern.
It is relatively better for the Bundesliga teams to be almost desperately unable to retain talents, but they are still a stage where young talents are more inclined to cultivate in the five major European leagues.
"Kickers" released a list just a week ago, which is the list of the most popular young players among the U2 players in the Bundesliga.
Among them, Bayern Munich, Hamburg and Dortmund became the players with the most players on the list, while Hamburg ranked first, with Dortmund following closely behind!
It can be said that most of the most talented and potential players in the new Bundesliga generation are in Hamburg and Dortmund, so in this matchup between the two teams, "Kickers" uses a very freehand adjective to describe it.
"Fight in the future!"
This is more sunny and positive than the battle between Situ Yunbing and Klopp.
“Hear the deafening cheers at West Stadium?
In the 12th round of the Bundesliga, two teams with the same points tied for the top spot will have a peak Bundesliga showdown here!
The battle between Dortmund and Hamburg is definitely an extremely anticipated battle, because both teams have a youth storm in the Bundesliga!
Just looking at their list today, you can't help but imagine. In as early as three years, or five years later, how many players will these two teams become regulars on the peak stage of European football? How many players will be regulars in the European football team of the year or even the best team in the world every year?
Let's take a look at the lineup of the two teams.
Dortmund sits at home 421
Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller.
Defenders: Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer.
Midfielders: Gotze, Shahin, Shinji Kagawa, Bend, Groschloitz.
Forward: Barrios.
Dortmund also has players such as Polish forward Lewandowski and midfielder Boischkovski on the bench.
Hamburg attacked 4 away today
Goalkeeper: Navas.
Defenders: Westman, Matison, Boateng, Matuidi.
Midfielders: Demer, De Bruyne, Kante.
Forwards: Aubameyang, Griezmann, Reus.
On the bench of Hamburg are players such as Elia, Lincon, Ogo, Van Dijk, and Son Heung-min.
I dare say that the match between the two teams will definitely be very exciting. Some German media are worried that Situ Yunbing will make Hamburg play ugly in this game and use defensive counterattack to deal with Dortmund, but I think Dortmund will put Hamburg enough pressure and will definitely not make the game dull!"
In fact, just looking at the players of the two teams, it is not difficult to understand Situ Yunbing's judgment that Bayern Munich is at a disadvantage in the competition between the three teams in the next two years. Dortmund and Hamburg will be in a strong period of upward growth. In addition to Ram, Ribery, and Robben, Bayern Munich, have to do too much work, and it is difficult to solve them all in a short period of time!
It is even more difficult to understand that Bayern Munich wants to quickly consolidate the status of the Bundesliga class bully, and the simplest, straightforward and rough way is to poach the competitor's pillars.
There are rumors that Bayern Munich is very interested in some young players in the Bundesliga. Gotze, Reus, Hummels, De Bruyne and Boateng are all names on their list of interests.
Anyway, Situ Yunbing is unlikely to let the player go to Bayern Munich, which is completely a hamper for himself.
This matchup that almost encompasses outstanding young players from the new Bundesliga 70s makes him look forward to it!
As for Klopp, it seems that he attaches more importance to this showdown than Situ Yunbing!
The tall Klopp sometimes feels unkempt, but he never loses passion, and even gives people the impact of excessive emotional venting.
Today, he stood on the side like a sculpture, staring at the arena with deep eyes, and his eyes moved upwards. He saw West's clear night sky, bright moon in the sky, and the stars were twinkling, just like the young people on the green field who were highly anticipated that they could shoulder the future of European football.
In another month, Klopp will usher in a milestone in his personal coaching career: ten years.
In February 2001, he retired from Mainz and picked up the coaching stick for the first time.
Stay in Mainz for seven years!
He led Mainz to relegate in the Bundesliga, led Mainz to the Bundesliga for the first time, and then experienced a coaching trajectory of relegation from the Bundesliga and failed to advance. It was like a parabola, starting from the Bundesliga, reaching its peak in the Bundesliga, and then falling into the Bundesliga.
The "Seven Years Itch" made Klopp choose to resign voluntarily, and then he came to Dortmund, which was in the most difficult period of the club in nearly 20 years.
In 2005, Dortmund experienced a fiscal crisis, with £12.5 billion in debt unpaid, and the club was on the verge of bankruptcy. The club struggled for the following three years. In the early summer of 2008, Dortmund ranked No. 1 in the Bundesliga and ended its season in the worst league rankings in the past 20 years.
But in 2008 it also became the first year of Dortmund's revival, and Klopp became the leader in the revival of Dortmund.
After two years of growth and development, Dortmund has risen steadily and finally arrived today. Although Klopp's third year coaching Dortmund, the season has not yet passed half, everyone can feel Dortmund's ambition for the championship. Dortmund is so close to the championship!
Perhaps Klopp has gained a lot of attention and popularity now, but his coaching career over the past decade is an important basis for him to lead Dortmund's rise.
Too many coaches started in low-level leagues, but have been rooted in low-level clubs, and their level has never been improved.
Compared with the obscurity and mediocrity of the player era, Klopp's efforts as the head coach are obviously respectable.
Even Situ Yunbing would be ashamed of this.
Some experiences have become the hard power of the coach after time precipitation and fermentation, and this happens to be what Situ Yunbing lacks.
Compared to Klopp's rise of success and accumulation, Situ Yunbing only tried his best to walk on the right path with his "foresight" for the future. But even so, he had to enrich and strengthen himself in three sentences a day, but he knew in his heart that these experiences were still much worse than those of the old world!
If last season's Champions League final was not a risky battle, he would not be able to defeat Mourinho, which would be more like a lucky success.
Situ Yunbing won eight championships in the past two years!
Two league champions, two French Cups, two French League Cups, one French Super Cup, and one Champions League champion!
Klopp has coached for ten years and won the championship!
But fate arranged for them to meet today and become a problem for each other!
Klopp's eyes returned to the field. He did not look at Situ Yunbing again, with a serious expression with a certain determination that no one could shake.
There are many strong teams in this era, with many experts.
There is always only one champion!
In the first decade of the 21st century, Mourinho, Guardiola, and Situ Yun's soldiers rose like comets!
Jurgen Klopp was just running hard.
In the second decade of the 21st century, Jurgen Klopp was about to win the world!
Ten years of hard work.
Chapter completed!