Dortmund's home victory over Auxerre was the first victory for three Bundesliga teams in this season's Champions League group stage - Leverkusen unexpectedly lost 2-6 to Olympiacos in the first round.
They lost to Manchester United again in the second round, and their current promotion situation is very bad. Bayern lost to Deportivo La Coruna 2-3 at home in the first round, and was tied 1-1 by Lens in the second round.
Next, we have to face AC Milan consecutively. The situation is also very bad. For the Bundesliga club, this Champions League is different from the previous two years. The situation is very serious...
Although Bayern won one championship and Leverkusen finished second in the past two years, their points this season have been reduced due to other teams' poor performance in the Champions League and the poor performance of the Bundesliga teams in the UEFA Cup.
If the Premier League catches up, only three clubs can participate in the Champions League. Under the current situation, it is estimated that it will become very difficult to overtake the Premier League...
No one knows this better than Dick. The Bundesliga struggled for many years, and only Bayern was competitive in the European arena. Their subsequent comeback in Serie A relied more on mid-tier teams in the league.
The results in the Cup are much better than those in Serie A. In the Champions League, there are always three teams in Serie A that can enter the knockout rounds, and then whether it is Werder Bremen or Schalke, they will be in the Champions League.
They don’t have much competitiveness, but with the help of a good league environment and balanced revenue and expenditure, they still start to leave Italy far away - football always depends on the economic level, and the decline of Serie A and the overall environment of Italy also have
It has a lot to do with it. Even in the ever-popular La Liga, there are actually only two super teams with money, and the other teams are living quite hard.
Dick has nothing to do about this. He is just a head coach. At most, he can try his best to make the team he leads achieve better results, but he cannot make other teams stronger. However, Bayern performed well in the group stage.
Poor performance is what Dick doesn't want to see, which means they will put all their energy into the league...
It's just that Dick is still very confident now, because although Cavinaji still hasn't scored a goal, his running in the game has become more and more proficient. This made Dick applaud at the end of the game and also gave him confidence for the next game.
Gained greater confidence!
Although it was a double match in a week, Dick still sent out all the main players in the next home game against Monchengladbach, except that he replaced Ruyt with Alves and let Okocha take a rest.
Everton was sent to play as an attacking midfielder on the right, and the two sides struggled until the 83rd minute. Dortmund finally relied on Rosicky's pass and Everton shot from inside the penalty area to win the game!
In another game, Bayern lost 1-2 to Leverkusen away from home, which allowed Dortmund to take the first place in the standings with a one-point advantage!
"Dick's Dortmund is making steady progress. Although they haven't scored many goals in recent games, they have conceded significantly fewer goals... Dick's emphasis on defense has been greatly verified. Ismail and Vaughn
Stirling's cooperation is becoming more and more tacit, and Dortmund's three-midfielder system has begun to become better and better... Next, they will go to an away game to challenge Eindhoven. This game will determine whether Dortmund's qualifying will go smoothly.
Bayern and Leverkusen are also facing severe tests in the third round. Let us wait and see what the fate of the Bundesliga teams in the Champions League this season is!"
Winning this game has made Dortmund's morale very high and full of confidence in participating in the next Champions League game - Dortmund is now ranked second in the group. If they can win these two games against Eindhoven
If you get enough points, you will lay a solid foundation for qualifying!
Eindhoven has been miserable recently. They have not scored a goal for more than 400 consecutive minutes in the Champions League. In the last round, they were slaughtered 4-0 by Arsenal at home. Their morale is low. If they cannot win against Dortmund,
If so, then qualifying will be almost in vain.
For Hiddink, this is a huge test.
After leading the team to the Netherlands, Dick had no intention of going to the red light district of the Netherlands to have fun. Although he had long been fascinated by the red light district of the Netherlands, he had no intention of doing it now - he liked to go there after arriving in Germany.
The problem of nightclubs has been improved a lot. Because it is boring to play alone, Dortmund fans will basically not accompany him to nightclubs. Even Rivaldo, a Brazilian, is an alternative. He rarely goes to such places.
Dick was extremely lonely and alone.
Without further ado, at the Philips Stadium, Dick sent out most of the main players, Ruyter returned to the starting lineup, Metzelder replaced Ismail and partnered with Warnes, Okocha also returned, Einho
Wen are missing their main central defender Hovland, which is a big blow to them. Hovland almost transferred to AC Milan in the summer, but lost the opportunity due to injury. This makes PSV quite a bit.
I'm depressed because I haven't sold anyone yet and it's not making any difference. The absence of this main central defender is also one of the reasons why PSV's performance this season is not very good.
PSV started off quite well at the beginning. Kežman had a very threatening header shortly after the start of the first half, but Lehmann blocked it with quick eyes and hands. However, the next step was to
Dortmund began to take advantage of the field and continuously launched attacks through the midfield. PSV's core Van Bommel had to attack and defend. As a result, he was unable to take care of both ends. Dortmund used the pass back and forth to constantly create opportunities.
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Kavinaghi kept running on the court. Facing PSV without Hovland, Cavinagy felt that his pressure was reduced a lot. Whether it was confrontation or positioning, PSV's
The defense line cannot compare with the defense line of the Bundesliga team - no wonder, the Eredivisie has never been particularly good at defense. Many shooters from the Eredivisie have begun to show their prototypes in other leagues, such as now
Kežman on the field, as well as the future top scorers of the Eredivisie Alaves and Hamdoui, all disappeared immediately after leaving the Eredivisie. Middlesbrough who introduced Alaves were cheated.
Not bad, more than 10 million pounds were wasted just like that.
Seeing Cavignagy running flexibly on the court, Dick nodded slightly. In fact, running on the court is difficult or simple. The key is to adapt to the offensive rhythm of the team and be familiar with the teammates.
Running, knowing when to run to which position to receive the ball, when to run to which position to create gaps for teammates, and being able to form such cooperation with the nearest teammates, then a small running system can
The so-called system is a combination of passing and running, but it is very difficult for the whole team's system to reach the top level, while the running system between a few people is relatively simple, nothing more than
It just depends on whether the individual abilities and characteristics can be well combined.
Okocha, who is excellent at controlling the ball, Rivaldo, who is excellent in supporting and attacking, plus Kavinaji, who is excellent in starting movement, this kind of trident is what Dick wants to see!
Although Cavinaji did not score in the first few games, Dick would stay with him after each game and then tell him in detail about his outstanding and shortcomings in running through video.
place, so even though he did not score a goal, Cavinaji was not greatly affected. Instead, he was immersed in this new progress - he is a young player, and young players are naturally very receptive. In this kind of situation,
Under the circumstances, he has actually improved quite quickly. Although he is not yet proficient enough, he can at least keep up with Rivaldo and the others. The three players in the frontcourt have begun to truly integrate into one.
In the 23rd minute, Dortmund completed an extremely beautiful combination in the frontcourt.
Under the influence of Rivaldo, Rosicky, who advanced forward, took the ball at the front of the penalty area, and then passed it beautifully to Okocha who crossed the wing. After receiving the ball, Okocha crossed the ball in front of the goal, and Kavinaj appeared.
On the passing route of the ball, he easily scored the ball into the empty goal three meters away from the goal!
"Well done, Fernando!"
Dick waved his fists and shouted outside the court, not only because Caviunagy scored a goal, but because of what was shown in this goal-when Rosicky advanced to get the ball, Cavianagy was
Running in the middle of the penalty area to prepare for the response, he attracted the attention of the opponent's two central defenders, allowing Okocha to easily get the pass from the wing. Then when the attention of the PSV defender was attracted by Okocha,
He had already run laterally to the back point, just in time to catch up with Okocha's pass, and the goal was scored easily.
The essence of running without the ball is vividly demonstrated in this run - running without the ball is not just about dragging. If it is just dragging, a qualified high center can do it. However, while dragging, it can also make the ball move.
Run out of the scoring gap by yourself. All forwards who can do this are top-notch. For example, Inzaghi, people basically make a living by running without the ball, but there are a few people who can run to Inzaghi.
A realm?
Dick doesn't expect Cavinagy to be like Brazil when attacking, or like Inzaghi when off the ball - that's a bit too scary, but as long as there is such a performance, Cavinagy's threat level on the court can be raised to a higher level.
, that is no longer a forward who can defend him through physical confrontation.
"Cavinagy scored a goal! This goal came very simply, but it allowed Cavinagy to break the scoring drought in seven consecutive games! To score such a goal at such a time is a great blow to Cavinagy.
Ji’s self-confidence is very important!”
Cavinaji celebrated excitedly. This goal was not exciting at all, but Cavinaji had a great sense of accomplishment - he was just running back and forth as he imagined, and then found an opening to relax.
He scored the ball. This was not a lucky goal! It was the reward of his excellent running!
This goal caused a bit of panic in Eindhoven, and before the end of the first half, Frings' long shot almost expanded the score for Dortmund, although Hiddink replaced the 18-year-old Robben shortly after the start of the second half.
Attack from the wing, but Rosicky intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and shot into the penalty area to expand Dortmund's lead. Ricken, who came on as a substitute, after Eindhoven pulled a point back, locked the score at 3-1 before the end.
Dortmund won two consecutive games and began to occupy a dominant position in this group!