Chapter 261 Visit the most terrifying stadium in Europe
After returning home, Roma played Dortmund 1:1 at home.
This is the worst possible outcome.
The opponent scores an away goal, and if you want to win back, you have to perform well in the next game.
But,
Dortmund's home stadium, Westphalian, is one of the most terrifying home stadiums in Europe.
On April 2, 1974, Dortmund officially moved into the Westphalen Stadium. In the opening match, they played a friendly match against Schalke 04 and lost 0:3.
Dortmund was relegated to the second division in 1972 and was the only German second division team to host the 1974 World Cup.
In 1976, Dortmund regained promotion to the Bundesliga, finally bringing the top league to the Westfalenstadion.
In 1992, due to the new regulations of the European Football Association stadium, the Westfalen Stadium changed the standing seats in the north stand to standing seats, and the capacity was reduced to 42,800 people. After Dortmund won the Bundesliga championship in 1995, German football history began
The first privately funded stadium expansion plan in the world, an additional floor will be added to the east and west stands, and a spectator restaurant will be added to the west stand. The new floors can each accommodate 6,000 spectators, and a new roof will be built to restore the capacity to 54,000.
Most of them are covered seats.
It will not be until after the 2006 World Cup that the stadium will be expanded to the familiar capacity of more than 80,000 fans.
But even so, Dortmund's home stadium is one of the most terrifying in Europe.
The Roma team flew to Germany.
As the transfer window was about to close, their movements attracted the attention of reporters across Europe.
Old Senxi is so awesome.
"Luo Ti" can be called the biggest troublemaker this summer.
The latest news is that Roma has been linked with Borussia Monchengladbach star Effenberg.
It was difficult to avoid the entanglement of the media, and Roma arrived in the Ruhr area.
Roma received a warm welcome from Schalke 04.
The "Ruhr duo" Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 are both powerful Bundesliga teams. Although the two teams are in two cities, they are very close to each other, so they are incompatible.
Gelsenkirchen, where Schalke 04 is located, does not even allow yellow buildings.
So they're happy to facilitate Dortmund's opponents at crucial moments.
Last season, Dortmund won the Bundesliga championship and the Cup Winners' Cup. Last season, they won the Toyota Cup and the European Champions Cup. As Dortmund's ultimate enemy, Schalke 04 was very unhappy as a whole.
So when the Roma team is training, you can actually see local fans coming to cheer with banners.
"Rome, Rome, Rome~"
"Come on, Romans, kill Dot's little cousin!"
"Advance, Roman legions."
"You are all heroes, you must win!"
The Roma players didn't know what to say.
I don’t know, but I thought it was the German army resisting the Allies, and finally they received reinforcements from the Allies.
Of course, if this ally is Italy, the Germans may not be too happy.
"Are they really all German?"
Toti asked curiously.
"Then who are they, Italians?" Lin Supo said a little funny: "Don't be too happy, Lazio will definitely provide convenience to our opponents when we play in the Champions League."
"..."
Totti really had nothing to say.
Because what Lin Supo said is true.
No matter how you try to sway the nation's sense of honor or the country's sense of honor, nothing is as satisfying as overpowering your sworn enemy.
But this time he came up with a good reason.
"Lazio are all Nazis, and Nazis don't count as Italians."
Fine,
Lin Supo rolled his eyes, you scholars have the final say on your own matters.
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It has to be said that both Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund are completely different cities from Rome.
You can't see much history here. Even the old buildings still have traces of World War II, and most of them have been renovated and given other missions.
Just from the scale, you can see how developed the Ruhr area was at that time.
Even after many years, you can still smell the smell of steel.
On the way to the away game, Dortmund fans kept yelling at the Roma bus.
This is also considered standard configuration.
Roma fans treated Dortmund the same way before.
As long as you don't throw debris, you are considered qualified.
By the time Dortmund arrived at home, Dortmund fans had already used replicas of the BVB logo in the stands.
Returning to the tunnel after the warm-up, the players from both teams were quite serious.
Lin Supo saw a few familiar faces and could only say that the Dortmund team before it fell into bankruptcy crisis was indeed luxurious.
…
The TV screen flashed a few times before there was sound.
Huang Jianxiang immediately said: "This is caused by satellite signals. All fans are welcome to watch the second leg of the European Cup Winners' Cup final broadcast for you by the national TV station."
"Hey, the first round ended with a score of 1:1. Now Roma has no choice but to fight against the odds."
"Yes, today Director Zhang and I will explain the game for you. Let's first take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. Dortmund: Kroos/Sammer, Kleil, Root, Rambert/Paul Sosa,
Heinrich, Anders Müller, Liddell, Rams Riken/Herlicht.”
"Dortmund's starting lineup is basically last season's Champions League lineup. It is worth mentioning that the youngster Ricken also appears in the starting list. Although this youngster is only 21 years old, he has been in the first team for 4 years. He is still a 17-year-old
As a young boy, he made his debut in the European Cup Winners' Cup, against Inter Milan. When he was still a high school student at the age of 19, he won the German Bundesliga championship as a main player. At the age of 20, he had just completed the college entrance examination.
, in the Champions League final, he scored a goal that sealed the victory with a thought-provoking lob, helping the team win the championship. The most interesting thing is that Roma also made a bid for Lars Riken in the summer.
However, the Dortmund club said that even if it offered 100 million US dollars, they would not sell Ricken, which shows that they attach great importance to this young talent."
"Roma's starting lineup is not too unexpected. Their tendencies can be seen from the warm-up matches in the summer. Dutchman Edwin van der Sar has successfully occupied the starting position. The defender captain Marco Lanna, Aldair, and Danny
·Blinder and new aid Cafu are getting along well. Gattuso and Tomasi are starting in the midfield. On the left is Paulo Sergio Bento, who transferred from Leverkusen to Roma. On the right is still
Shaparev and Totti partner Lin Supo on the striker."
"It is worth mentioning that several Italian players who played today were selected for the Italian national team in the summer World Cup preliminaries. No, Gattuso has not been selected yet. Hey, Totti is selected for the national team for the first time, but
Before he could score a goal, Marco Lanna had been selected for the Italian national team as early as 1992, but he had little chance because of the overlapping position with Maldini. This time, as Roma won the championship, he finally made his debut for the national team."
"Yes, it can also be seen from here how rich the Italian national team's player reserves are. An outstanding defender like Lanna will not get a chance in the national team, or even be selected for the squad."
