With goals from Royce in the 28th minute and Lewandowski in the 77th minute, Dortmund defeated Porto 2-0 and won a key victory.
After this victory came out, the entire situation in Group D changed dramatically.
Dortmund ranks first in the group standings with three wins and one loss from four games, with 9 points.
Manchester City scored 7 points with two wins from four games, one draw and one loss, ranking second in the standings.
Real Madrid has four games, one win, one draw and two losses, and only scored 4 points, ranking third in the standings.
Porto had four games, one win and three losses, and only scored 3 points, ranking at the bottom of the group.
Judging from the current situation, it is difficult to say who can definitely win, but it is obvious that Real Madrid and Porto are in a very dangerous situation.
Dortmund is in the best possible situation.
In the next two rounds of the league, Dortmund will be able to advance steadily as long as they get a draw.
If Manchester City wants to advance, they must win at least one victory in the remaining two rounds of the group stage.
Real Madrid's situation is very dangerous. If they want to advance, they must not only win the remaining two rounds of the group stage, but also depend on the expressions of Manchester City and Dortmund.
This situation is very rare for Gao Shen.
He extremely hated the feeling of placing his fate on others.
I especially don’t like this situation of how to qualify or how to qualify.
This has a lot to do with the shadow that a certain indescribable team cast on him during his years in China.
But now, the situation has been placed in front of him.
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On the team's flight back to Madrid from Manchester Airport, Gao Shen looked at the data that Carlos Vargas compiled for him before registration, and his mind was filled with analyzing the current group situation and deducing the next two rounds of groups.
race.
Real Madrid's situation is indeed very dangerous, it can even be said that it is pushed to the edge of the cliff.
But as Gao Shen said at the post-match press conference just now, this may also be an opportunity for Real Madrid.
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Let everyone put aside their prejudices, baggage, and barriers, and join hands to fight for the group to qualify!
This is the only way out for Real Madrid right now.
After the plane entered the stratosphere and stabilized, Gao Shen couldn't help but unbuckle his seat belt and stood up.
This is Real Madrid's charter flight.
On the plane, except for the flight attendants, everyone was Real Madrid's own staff.
Everyone was obviously surprised when they saw Gao Shen stand up. They all raised their heads and looked at him.
Several players were wearing eye masks and taking a nap, closing their eyes to relax, or listening to music, and were reminded by their teammates around them.
They all guessed that the head coach had something to say.
Gao Shen also thought about his words, looked directly at the players in front of him, and asked a question.
"Do you miss the Champions League knockout stages?"
The sudden question made many people fall into silence.
Do you miss the taste of knockout matches?
of course!
Every player who can come to Real Madrid has a good background.
Even a fledgling kid like Casemiro plays for a wealthy Brazilian team.
Of all the people present, some are players from major giants and powerful teams, some are core members of mid-to-upper-tier teams, and some are from Real Madrid’s own youth training.
No matter whether they have achieved results in the Champions League in the past or participated in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, at this moment, they all fell silent when faced with the head coach's question.
They all miss or long for the Champions League knockout stages!
Real Madrid's consecutive defeats in the group stage have dealt a huge blow to the ambitions of each of them, and even dampened the spirit of many of them.
"Do you still remember the goals or wishes you made for yourself when you joined Real Madrid?"
There were only deep sounds in the cabin.
The flight attendants stood far away, not daring to move or say anything.
When have they ever seen a group of high-ranking superstars from Real Madrid unable to say a word in front of the head coach?
Gao Shen didn't even get angry, he just asked two questions and completely took control of the whole place.
"When you came to Real Madrid, you must have had great ambitions. You must have wanted to make a career in Real Madrid, break out of the world, and even leave your own footprints and carve your own mark in the history of European football in Real Madrid.
His name?"
"Have you ever thought that this would be the case now?"
The profound words rang in the ears of every Real Madrid player, extremely clear.
"I just took a look at the current situation of the team, and our situation is not optimistic."
There is no need to elaborate, this group of players already understood the current situation after learning the score result of Dortmund.
"We have to win the remaining two group matches, and one of them is against the current group leader Dortmund, and the other is a visit to Porto, both of which are hard games."
The Dragon Stadium in Porto is where Manchester City failed.
Real Madrid's players are very aware of Manchester City's strength. What a terrifying away game it would be to defeat Manchester City?
"I don't know what you are thinking right now, and I don't know whether you are afraid, regretful, complaining, or..."
"But all of this is no longer important."
"Now, there is only one way before us, to win the last two rounds of the group stage."
Although everyone knew it, when Gao Shen said it, they were all shocked and it seemed to become clearer.
"I know that we still have many, many problems that need to be solved, we still have many many shortcomings that need to be made up for, and we even have many conflicts that have not been resolved, but all of this is not important now."
"Right now, the most important thing for us and Real Madrid is to qualify from this damn group stage!"
"If we can't get the right to qualify, we will still be a third-tier team next season, and we will still encounter the group of death."
"If we don't get the right to qualify, we will still be ridiculed by countless people."
"If we fail to get the right to qualify, everyone here will suffer huge losses and be burdened with regrets that are difficult to recover from."
Without the Champions League, for any Real Madrid player, it is equivalent to losing a large amount of income.
Not only appearance fees, but also Champions League bonuses.
For any team, the Champions League is the tournament that brings in the most money, and it is also the tournament that gives the most rewards and incentives to players.
There is no reason, either publicly or privately, to accept that the team will continue to be out of the group stage.
"What I want to tell you is that it's not too late, we still have a chance."
Gao Shen stood in front of the players. He was not excited at all. Instead, he used a very calm tone, as if he was telling the players a fact and his own confidence in it.
When everyone hears his words, they will naturally trust him.
Real Madrid still has a chance!
"In 2006, it was my first time coaching. The first team I coached was Real Madrid, which had terrible results; the first game I coached was the Madrid derby, a very cruel duel; the first game I coached
The Champions League is a visit to Highbury Stadium to challenge Arsenal, the strongest team in history."
"I was quite confused at the time. Real Madrid's players were also completely confused by their opponents. They were so far behind Barcelona in the league. They lost to Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League at the Bernabeu. How could they play?"
"Everyone has lost confidence. The media, fans, management, and even the players in the locker room have lost confidence."
"I told them at that time, when we are worried about the future, don't think too much, play every training we have now, play every game well, we must play every game well.
We all work hard as if it is the last game.”
"Many people have asked me, how did Real Madrid do it back then?"
“Juanito Spirit?”
"You must remember that it is you who created and interpreted the Juanito spirit!"
"Real Madrid climbed out of the quagmire by winning one game after another and winning one after another!"
"Later, whether in Naples or Manchester City, I told my players that we should never take chances and never expect anyone to help us."
"Remember, the only one who can help us, save us, and be trustworthy is ourselves!"
The players were obviously moved by Gao Shen's words.
"Now, we are standing on the edge of the cliff again, just like it was when I first took over Real Madrid in 2006, and it may even be worse than then. And that Real Madrid team back then may have the idols you admired, and you
The seniors and goals you strive to catch up with include even your coach."
Zidane looked solemn and nodded solemnly.
"But now, what I want to ask you is, are you going to be like that Real Madrid team back then, struggling and tenaciously crawling out of the quagmire to create a world of your own? Or are you going to continue to sink?"
"It doesn't depend on the opponent, it doesn't depend on the schedule, it doesn't even depend on me, it depends on you!"
"Hero or bear?"
Real Madrid players were obviously touched by Gao Shen's words.
This situation is indeed like the scene in 2006, even worse.
At least, Real Madrid did not stop at the group stage that year.
If Real Madrid stops in the group stage again this season, then all of them will become a laughing stock.
Royal circus, this is their ridicule and humiliation.
"I'm not planning to give up yet!" Gao Shen said very firmly, "There has never been a word "give up" in my dictionary, and there has never been a word of "give up" in the team I coached."
"It didn't happen in the past, it doesn't happen now, and it won't happen in the future!"
"What I want to tell you is that no matter what your choice is, I will stick to it!"
"I will definitely use facts to prove that what I was able to do in 2006, I can do the same now, or even do it better!"
"I will definitely prove to you and everyone again that Real Madrid is still the strongest team in the world!"
"And in this strongest team, we only accept and welcome players who share the same goals with us!"
"I hope you can all think about it carefully, and I sincerely hope you can stand with me!"
