After consecutive campaigns, Dortmund has indeed reached a limit. You must know that even Bayern, which has not played in the Champions League, has recently begun to decline in form. This is because they chase each other during the game and consume each other's energy.
The result is very big, not to mention that although Bayern does not have the Champions League, they will not let go of the German Cup. In the German Cup, they continue to win, completely aiming at the rhythm of winning the double crown - but for Bayern
It is said that after being eliminated so early in the Champions League, only by winning a double crown can the fans be satisfied.
During the following period, Dick asked the assistant coaches to seize the time to help the players recover part of their physical fitness as soon as possible. However, the international players who left were destined to be tired - this made Dick understand this. You must know that Kyle,
Frings and Vaughns are both the main players of the German national team. Metzelder can basically be the main player. Okocha and Olic are also the main players of their respective national teams. Rosicky is also the main player of the Czech national team.
The core of the team's midfield, he has only just recovered from injury - if these people are allowed to come back to participate in the league four days later after playing two consecutive national team games, they will only become more tired.
So after the members of the national team returned, except for Kyle, who only started one game, the other Frings and Vaughns were rotated. Metzelder and Ismail partnered as central defenders, Kyle,
Klinger and Ricken formed the midfield, Rivaldo and Everton served as the attacking midfielder, and Cavinagi advanced forward alone.
After their previous winning streak was interrupted, Dortmund encountered Waterloo at home. Although they had previously swept Bremen 4-1 away from home, Bremen had the upper hand in this game.
Although Rivaldo gave Dortmund the lead with a shot in the first half, it was Bremen who performed well in the second half. Charisteas beat Ismail and scored with a header in the 54th minute.
To equalize the score, after Dortmund's consecutive attacks failed, in the 84th minute, Bremen's midfielder Ernst used a long shot from the back row to blast away Lehmann's fingers and help Bremen.
Mei defeated Dortmund 2-1 away from home!
This defeat made Dortmund fans very regretful. The only thing that made them happy was that Bayern's consecutive victory was also terminated after the national team game - they have much more international players than Dortmund, which makes their
The consumption was much greater than that of Dortmund, so in this game, they were scored twice by the opponent in the first half. If Sagnol and Pizarro hadn't scored two goals in the second half to equalize the score, they might have won
Lost to Hannover 96 away...
Bayern narrowed the gap with Dortmund, but only from two points behind to one point behind. This made Dortmund fans breathe a sigh of relief, and now they can turn their attention to the upcoming Champions League knockout round.
One-leg match - vs. Atletico Madrid at home!
On April 7, Atletico Madrid coach Aragones led the entire Atletico Madrid team to Dortmund. Two days later, they will face the home team Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion.
But what surprised everyone at Atletico Madrid was that the welcome they received in Dortmund seemed a bit excessive...
When the bus with the Atletico Madrid team logo was driving on the streets of Dortmund, the fans wearing Dortmund jerseys did not boo them. Instead, they clapped their hands and raised a big flag at their bus.
Thumb, a very friendly look...
"Did we come to the wrong place? Why do I feel like I'm playing in Madrid..." Torres muttered.
"Why do Dortmund fans praise us? Is it because I'm too handsome?" Vicente said, and the bus was immediately booed.
It wasn't until they arrived at the hotel that they heard clearly what the fans were shouting.
"Welcome to the team led by Dick!"
Atletico Madrid players collectively suddenly realized!
"The boss is so proud! Dortmund fans will welcome us!" Torres said smugly.
But in the next few days, they felt that this game seemed to be really a friendly trip. Dortmund was very happy to open the stadium to let Atletico Madrid adapt to the venue, without delay at all, and during their training
At the time, there were many Dortmund fans watching outside the stadium, and after the training, some people came up to them to ask for autographs.
"I suddenly felt that we were playing a friendly match." Belleron said thoughtfully after signing an autograph for a fan.
"But we have to perform well to avoid letting the boss think that we have regressed." Torres said suddenly.
"Of course, we are already in the knockout rounds, how can we not try our best to take a few steps forward?" Capdevila laughed: "Even if we are facing the leader's team, we must do our best!"
Aragones smiled slightly. This situation is not bad. Atletico Madrid's players have good professionalism. They may not be desperate, but if they perform well on the court, there will be no problem.
Challenging Dortmund away from home, the roar of 67,000 home fans will be a problem, and for Aragones, the biggest problem is the head coach Atletico Madrid faces, the one who almost single-handedly created this situation.
Although he has only been at Atletico Madrid for a little over two years, Aragones also knows that his familiarity with Atletico Madrid is probably even greater than his own.
Such a game will not be easy to play, and what's more terrible is that even if they return to their home court, Atletico Madrid may not have any advantage. At the Calderon Stadium, Dick has never been a guest.
"We can only do our best, damn UEFA..." Aragones thought in his heart.
Dick was also cursing UEFA for first touching Real Madrid and then Atletico Madrid. UEFA really tried every possible means. He didn’t have any psychological pressure when playing against Real Madrid, but against Atletico Madrid, now it’s like playing against Atletico Madrid.
Going to Atletico Madrid really made Dick feel a lot of pressure.
Although, if he kills two La Liga teams in a row after leaving La Liga, it will be enough to prove that La Liga will be a huge loss without him, but no matter how much he wants to become famous, he does not want to rely on this method to become famous.
But now that they have been divided into groups, they can only play these two games well. He led Atletico Madrid single-handedly. Of course he knows how difficult this team is to deal with. Although this season due to running-in and other reasons, Atletico Madrid is now in
They were far behind Real Madrid in the league, but their performance in the Champions League was top-notch. They had won consecutively before and almost set a record for consecutive wins in the Champions League. If they hadn't been tied with Inter Milan in the away game,
They may have already put their Champions League winning streak far behind them.
Moreover, there were some changes in Atletico Madrid this summer, but this is not a problem for Dick. You must know that although he has left the position of Atletico Madrid's head coach, he is still very concerned about some situations at Atletico Madrid.
After all, he is in European football, so there is no way he doesn't care.
This summer, Atletico Madrid has undergone quite a change.
Correa, the former ten thousand year substitute, was sold. Although the other three forwards were retained, Hill introduced the former La Liga top scorer Moreno, which suddenly made Atletico Madrid's striker competition fierce.
As for Camoranesi on the right and Thuram on the defense, after Juventus offered a package price of 40 million euros, Hill felt that this was a feasible deal, so he
Both of them were sold, plus Hector moved to Deportivo La Coruna and Baraja moved to Valencia. Atletico Madrid left one substitute and four main players this summer, and introduced a forward.
Molina and Romanian full-back Contra replaced Hector. At the same time, veteran Albertini and young Argentine center back Coloccini were loaned from AC Milan, plus Luis Garcia was loaned from Barcelona.
, there is no loss in terms of personnel - however, in Dick's view, Hill's series of transfers save money, but it is very detrimental to the team's long-term planning.
There are too many players, and if you play well, it belongs to others. If you play poorly, you will suffer the loss...
In fact, Aragones reused the team left by Dick. Marchena became the main force in the defense and partnered with Stam. Contra was the main force, and he performed some tasks in the frontcourt.
Changed from 451 to 442, with Belleron and Makelele as the main players in the center, Albertini as the substitute, Vicente and Jorgensen on the wings, Garcia as an important substitute, and the forwards
The choice was originally between Torres and Jardel, but Jardel's decline this season and two serious injuries meant that Torres and Moreno were partners on the front line most of the time, with Cruz coming on as an important substitute.
This can also explain why Atletico Madrid performed well in the Champions League but not as well as before in the league, because the thickness of their bench has been greatly damaged, but the strength of the main lineup has not dropped much, which makes them
They can perform extremely well when they concentrate in the Champions League, but they occasionally fall off the chain in the league. Compared with Real Madrid, who can perform stably, they will naturally score fewer points. With such a situation, naturally
No wonder.
Dick knew that although Aragones had changed his tactics, the essential change was not that big. It was just that there was one less player in the midfield, which led to a slight lack of ability to attack from behind. He faced the team directly.
The threat is also much greater. The wing breakthrough and inside cutting abilities on both wings are quite good. Although Contra's condition has dropped a lot now, his assist ability is still quite good. Such an Atletico Madrid team can't win in a single game.
There are a lot of offensive methods that can be used in China. Now facing them at home will definitely be a huge challenge.
"It's really a troublesome thing to deal with the team you built yourself... Fortunately, that idiot Xiao Hill sold so many main players, otherwise this game would be really difficult to deal with."
Dick didn't feel bad about the fact that many players were sold. After all, his return to Atletico Madrid would definitely not happen in a day or two. It might take seven or eight years before he wouldn't be able to use these players anyway.
Just sell it, it will be of great help to Dick's game.
After thinking about everything, Dick let out a sigh of relief and waited for the game to begin.
Although he showed enough friendship, he did not think this game would be a friendly match. He believed in the professionalism of the players he brought out.
