September 14th, the fifth round of the Bundesliga.
In order to prepare for the next first round of the Champions League, Dick hid several main players in the next Ruhr area derby. In the end, Dortmund played Schalke 04 at home and drew one to one. Everton
After equalizing the score in the second half, Dortmund ended their winning streak - and in another round of the league, although Bayern also had many players hidden, they relied on Ballack's two beautiful goals to defeat them 2-1.
Nuremberg, two points ahead of Dortmund, ranked first in the standings, while Dortmund was overtaken by the victorious Rostock and fell to third place.
Dortmund fans don't have any objections to this. They all know that Dortmund is trying to retain strength for the Champions League, because next, they will go to an away game to challenge Arsenal!
Dortmund has not achieved outstanding results in the Champions League for a long time. The Champions League final in the 1996-97 season was their most glorious scene in European competition so far, and Dick's arrival made them look forward to reliving that experience.
After all, Dick is a head coach who is very good at leading his team to cup competitions, because in his two full seasons at Atletico Madrid, he helped Atletico Madrid win a UEFA Cup and a Champions League, which made up for it.
The shortcomings in Atletico Madrid's honor room have made them a Grand Slam team - oh, there is still one less, they still have a Toyota Cup championship...
In any case, Dick is indeed a head coach who is good at leading his team to cup competitions.
However, Dick is aware of the difficulties faced by his team - it can be said that the difficulties he faces now when leading Dortmund are greater than those faced by leading Atletico Madrid last season, although that Atletico Madrid did not participate in the Champions League.
However, they had already cooperated for a season before, and there was no problem with the tacit understanding. All they had to solve was the experience in the Champions League. So after a draw, they quickly won three consecutive victories, laying the foundation for qualifying from the group.
Basically, in the second stage of the group stage, they still qualified in the final round without Dick. Next, Atletico Madrid's rise began to be unstoppable...
And now? Dortmund lacks tacit understanding and experience. Even the top star Rivaldo has no experience of winning the Champions League. The only one in the team who has the honor of Champions League is captain Ruyter, but here.
Before the game, he was unable to play due to injury, and Dick could only replace him with Alves. In this way, what appeared at Highbury Stadium was a team with basically no experience in the knockout stages of the Champions League. At the same time, their cooperation also
It's not very good yet...
Dick had some ominous premonitions when they went on the field. Sure enough, they lost in the away game. Although Dortmund's players worked very hard during the game, their midfield operation was still not coordinated enough by Arsenal.
Stay tuned - now Arsenal's lineup is very complete. Vieira and Henry, two members of the French national team, each scored a goal to help Arsenal defeat Dortmund 2-0 at home. Dortmund won the first game of the Champions League.
, encountered Waterloo!
"It's a pity that we lost the game, but this is football." Dick said helplessly after the game: "We still have a lot of shortcomings in terms of coordination and experience. Fortunately, this is only the group stage and not the knockout round.
, we still have enough time to make the team's cooperation better, and we can't slack off in the next games."
After winning, Wenger seemed very happy. After all, Dick has been so successful in the European arena in the past two years - in the Champions League last season, he did not even lose a single defeat! In the first stage of the group stage, he won four and two
Undefeated, with two wins and four draws in the second stage of the group stage, a double defeat against Panathinaikos and a double defeat against Real Madrid in the knockout round, and a defeat against Leverkusen in the final...Winning the championship undefeated throughout the season is also unprecedented in the history of the Champions League.
A common thing, especially after the introduction of the group stage format, now his Arsenal defeated Dick's team, which also made him very happy.
After the game, the media did not criticize Dick. After all, the difficulties he faced were obvious, and he was constantly improving the team's problems. However, there was an increase in voices, and that was that they thought Caviarnagy was Dickinson.
Dortmund's main forward has started almost all games and often played the entire game, but only has one goal and two assists. Such performance cannot shoulder the responsibility of Dortmund's main forward, at least.
He was unable to score when there was a deadlock in many games. In this game, he was stared at by Arsenal's Campbell without temper. It seems to prove that Dick's vision still has some problems. At this stage,
, Cavinagy's performance was far less good than that of his substitute Olic. You must know that Olic played less than half of Cavinagy's time and scored two goals. Now Dortmund wants results.
To get better, let Cavinagy sit on the bench and reuse Olic may be a very good choice.
However, in the sixth round of the league after returning to Germany, Dick did not let Cavinagy sit on the bench, but continued to use him as the main forward. Cavinagy also appeared to be very active on the court.
In the game against Rostock, it was his pass in the 12th minute that gave Rivaldo a chance in the penalty area. The Brazilian forward quickly shot with his left foot, and the ball flew in like a cannonball.
It was with this goal that Dortmund defeated Rostock, which had higher points than itself, in the away game and returned to the second position, chasing Dortmund with a two-point disadvantage.
It's just that this assist by Cavinaji did not make his situation better. The media still believed that his performance was not very good. The reason is that except for that assist, Cavinaji was not able to create at other times.
There was no threat, but Olic, who came on as a substitute, was very active and almost scored the second goal for Dortmund...
Dick ignored this kind of comment. Since he wanted to train Kavernagy, he would have enough patience. What's more, in the recent games, although Kavernagy did not score a goal, he still had a lot of patience.
His running position has gradually become better. At least he can get out of the penalty area and pass the ball to his teammates. Rivaldo's goal is a good example. He passed the ball to the opponent in time.
When Rivaldo inserts himself into the penalty area, all Rivaldo has to do is to shoot the ball as soon as possible. As long as he keeps playing like this, he can become a useful part of Dortmund's front line.
Olic is indeed better at running than Cavinaji, but he is not a traditional shooter. He has not scored many goals. Such a forward can only be used occasionally or as a surprise player, and
If Kavinagy can truly integrate with Rivaldo and Okocha, then Dortmund's frontcourt trident can truly take shape, and only this kind of trident can be the best choice for Dortmund in the European competition.
The key to good results!
With the current Olic, it may be enough to play in the Bundesliga, but it is still a bit worse in the Champions League. However, a grown-up Cavinagi can also perform well in the Champions League!
Compared with the real Batty, his little Batty may still have some disadvantages, but he is still a very strong person, and he is still making continuous progress at a young age and has enough potential. Such a young man,
It was worthy of Dick's patience.
Although Cavinagy did not have many achievements in later generations, Dick would not be biased because of this situation, because he knew that young players are very malleable, and Cavinagy does have very good qualities.
Although he had good qualities and potential, he failed to achieve anything later because he took some detours, but this was something Dick could make up for through his own efforts. Now, what he has to do is this kind of work.
If a butterfly wants to stretch its beautiful wings in the sun, it must first endure a period of darkness in its cocoon. Kavinaki is dormant now. When the time is right, it will be the time for him to break out of the cocoon and transform into a butterfly!
After defeating Rostock, Dortmund quickly ushered in the second round of the Champions League group stage. They will face Auxerre at home.
Auxerre drew 0-0 with PSV at home in the first round. Now they are ranked third, one place higher than Dortmund - but Guy Roux is
Showing caution: "Dortmund's strength in the first round doesn't mean anything. They are constantly improving. We will try to get a good result in the away game, but it is obvious that it will be difficult to achieve this.
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Guy Roux, who is famous for developing young players, praised Dick's use of Cavinagi: "You must be patient with young players and allow them to make mistakes. For young players,
Making mistakes on the court is much better than sitting on the bench. If they don't make mistakes, they will never improve. You can scold them when they make mistakes, which is better than leaving them on the bench and ignoring them.
It’s much better to ask.”
Dick also expressed his respect for Guy Roux in an interview.
"Guy Roux was already doing it in Auxerre before I was born. He turned an amateur team into the French champions. This achievement is an unprecedented achievement that no one can match.
Leading the team for more than forty years is a miracle in the history of football. I think it is unlikely that anyone will surpass Mr. Guy Roux's coaching time. This is an increasingly unlikely miracle in modern football. To be able to lead the team here
I feel very honored to play against Mr. Guy Roux’s team under such circumstances.”
The game started in such a friendly atmosphere, but the process of the game was not so friendly - the game was very intense. In the sixth minute of the first half, Dede, who assisted, sent a beautiful through ball.
, Okocha got a chance under the influence of Kavinaj. He received the ball in the penalty area and scored the ball. Dortmund took the home lead. It was not until the 78th minute that Dortmund established the victory.
Olic, who came on as a substitute, also received a through pass from Ricken, who came on the bench, and then formed a single goal. After passing the goalkeeper, he scored the ball into the door of Auxerre. Although Auxerre's Zimbabwe forward Mwaruwa before the end,
They pulled back a point, but they still couldn't prevent Mond from winning their first victory in the Champions League this season!
The entire Westfalenstadion erupted into huge cheers, and Dortmund fans started cheering crazily for this hard-won victory!
Dick let out a sigh of relief. No matter how difficult it seems, he can't ask for too much now. It's good if he can win. If he can win, he will have a chance to qualify and have more time to adjust the players' condition.
