When the 90 minutes of the game ended, Celta fans let out a sigh. Their team was not able to defeat Dortmund at home, although Mostovoy's goal in the 74th minute once helped.
Celta took the lead, but in the 90th minute, Arshavin refused to allow his senior to make a lightning strike in the penalty area, and abruptly turned Celta's three-pointer into one!
Dick waved his fist vigorously and came to the away game. All he wanted was one point. Even if Ajax defeated AC Milan, if they defeated Ajax at home in the last round, they would still be able to qualify in the group.
right!
This is Dick's plan to bet on the last home court.
On another court, there was also good news.
Relying on Shevchenko's only goal, AC Milan defeated Ajax 1-0 in the away game. Ajax suffered two consecutive defeats and the points still stayed at six points.
After two consecutive 1-0 away wins, AC Milan has taken the lead in qualifying from this group with ten points in five rounds. Dortmund ranks second with two wins, one draw and two losses in five rounds, with seven points, and Ajax has two wins and three.
Ranked third with a loss of six points, Celta had one win, two draws, two losses and five points, ranking fourth...
In the last round, Dortmund faced Ajax at home, and AC Milan faced Celta Vigo at home. Except for AC Milan, which has already qualified, Celta has already been eliminated early, regardless of the final results of Dortmund and Ajax.
, if Dortmund loses to Ajax, then they can no longer catch up with Ajax with nine points. If Dortmund draws with Ajax, they will be tied with Dortmund at most. In the two rounds of confrontation, Dortmund has the upper hand.
——If Dortmund wins, they will have no chance of advancing, so all they can pursue now is to qualify for the UEFA Cup.
Now it is up to see whether Dortmund or Ajax can grab the last qualifying spot in the group stage. However, Dortmund is at home and can qualify with a draw. It is obvious that Dortmund once again stumbled into a group of death.
Advantageous position!
Dick was very satisfied with this situation.
Although they encountered a series of events such as player suspensions and home losses, the stalemate state of this death group still allowed Dortmund to find a way. As long as they can qualify, as for whether they are first or second in the group, in
It seems to Dick that there really isn’t much difference…
After a draw with Celta Vigo in the away game, Dortmund returned to Germany with satisfaction, and in the following series of games, they achieved good results.
On December 1, in the fourteenth round of the league, Dortmund defeated Rostock 2-1 away from home. Gomez and Olic's goals allowed Dortmund to win the game.
On December 4th, in the third round of the German Cup, Dortmund faced Stuttgart at home. With both sides sending a large number of youth team players, Dortmund's substitutes and young players showed outstanding abilities. This game was defeated by Dick
The young midfielder Shaheen, who was given a heavy responsibility, performed well in the game. His instigation and control in the midfield helped Dortmund completely control the midfield. This allowed Dortmund to attack far more times than Stuttgart, and also allowed Dortmund to win in the end.
this game.
Piszczek, Everton, Ricken and Donovan each scored a goal in the game, helping Dortmund defeat Stuttgart 4-2 at home and advance to the quarterfinals of the German Cup. Although Shaheen was neither available in this game.
He scored no goals and had no assists, but his role on the field was very obvious.
Many discerning commentators are praising Shaheen, thinking that although he is not yet 17 years old, he already has the style of a general on the court. If it were not for the Bundesliga regulations that players younger than 17 years old cannot play.
If so, Dick must have begun to reuse him - he will become another new star from Dortmund!
On December 7, Dortmund had a 1-1 draw with Hertha Berlin at home after rotating half of its main players - they scored four points in these two rounds of the league, while the top three were all like a plague.
Encountered two consecutive draws - this allowed Dortmund to surpass Bayer Leverkusen by one point and return to the third position, only three points and one point behind the top two. Bayern also suffered two draws, which allowed
Dortmund's lead over Bayern extends to three points...
Dick hid his main players in this game, naturally in order to perform better in the Champions League. Although Dortmund's focus will be on the league this season, they are already very close to advancing to the knockout stage, and Dick will naturally not let it go.
Promotion slipped from his hands.
Dick didn't know if there was any defending champion in the history of the Champions League who was eliminated in the group stage, but he would never allow his team to become such an existence!
December 10th, the final round of the Champions League group stage!
Dortmund is about to welcome Ajax at home. In the previous games in this group, Dortmund was not at a disadvantage against AC Milan. The two games ended in a draw with one win and one loss, while they had a draw against Celta Vigo.
They gained an advantage with a win and a draw, but when facing Ajax, they had no temper at all when they lost in the away game...
"At that time, our two main forwards were unable to play, and luck was not on our side. Now, such a thing will not happen again." Dick said at the press conference before the game.
For Ajax, this game is also a life and death battle. These Ajax players are quite outstanding. Unfortunately, they were eliminated by AC Milan in the knockout round last season. This season they bumped into another
The Group of Death, if there is still no results this season, after this season, the entire Ajax will probably be scattered...
In fact, this is also the case. It is difficult for Eredivisie teams to retain their good players. They have already lost Van der Meyde and Chivu this summer. Who will they lose next year? Ibrahimovic, Sonk, or Van der Vaart?
This game is also very critical for Dortmund. More importantly, in five days, they will participate in the Toyota Cup match in Japan. After these two games, Dortmund's players will probably be very tired.
In this game, Ajax's Czech veteran Garacek was unable to play due to injury, making Ajax's average age on the field only 21 years old, and Dortmund was not much better, except for Warnes
Apart from Dede, all players are under the age of 25. Such a young people's war also attracted quite a lot of people's attention.
Dick knows that Ajax has many outstanding young people, such as Ibrahimovic, Sonk, Sneijder, Van der Vaart... But the biggest problem with Ajax is that their defense is not stable.
, this is even more true after Chivu left. The two full-backs Maxwell and Trabelsi are both players who are good at offense and are not good at defense.
So in this game, Dortmund once again adopted a defensive counterattack tactic to lure Ajax to attack. Although Dortmund is also young, it is not as young as Ajax. They can still hold on.
, and it will be very difficult for the young people of Ajax to stabilize.
Ajax, who was trying to defeat its opponent to qualify, launched a fierce attack from the beginning, while Dortmund calmly resisted Ajax's attack in the half, and then constantly waited for opportunities to score goals——
They only need a draw to qualify, so there is no need to rush.
In the 27th minute, Ajax, who launched a fierce attack regardless of the loopholes in the defense, finally tasted the pain. After Alves moved forward, he passed a long pass near the center line into Ajax's penalty area and occupied the favorable terrain through running.
Gomez used his body to resist Heitinga who came up to defend, and then shook his head to knock the ball out. The ball drew a strange arc in the air, passed Lobonte's hand, and flew into the blind corner of the goal...
…
Before the end of the first half, Ajax, who were desperately attacking, finally created an opportunity. Ibrahimovic made a pass. Madoni, who replaced Ismail in this game, made an unnecessary handball foul at the back point.
Ajax received a penalty kick, and Sonk made a penalty kick to equalize the score.
This goal gave Ajax hope. However, in the second half, their offense still failed to create many good opportunities and could not hit Ajax's penalty area. In the 76th minute, Max
Weir's tackle error gave Odonko, who came on the bench, a chance to stand alone. Odonko, who broke into the penalty area, did not take the credit, but distributed the ball to the other side. Olic followed up and shot into the empty goal.
Succeeded and gave Dortmund the lead again!
After this goal appears, it can basically be declared that Dortmund has advanced-unless they lose two goals in a row in the next game, they may hand over the right to qualify to Ajax...
And Dick also began to strengthen his defense through substitutions. In this game, he did not want to waste too much physical energy, otherwise he would not have hidden the two main players Arshavin and Ismail. Now that he is ahead, he will use defense
Let's keep the score until the end...
Ismail came on, replacing Dede, Madoni came to the left as left back, and Piszczek replaced Alves to strengthen the defense on the right.
This kind of defense allowed Dortmund to withstand Ajax's crazy attack in the next game. Although Ibrahimovic stopped the ball with his chest at the front of the penalty area in the 89th minute and turned around and volleyed for Ajax.
Ajax equalized the score again, but such a goal was not enough for Ajax to advance, and it did not even allow them to qualify for the UEFA Cup...
Two draws and two draws, Dortmund's final score is eight points, Ajax's final score is seven points, and in another game, Celta Vigo desperately defeated AC Milan with all substitutes on the road, but still
Because of the relationship between victory and defeat, they ranked third in the group with eight points. The only gain was that they got the opportunity to participate in the UEFA Cup...
Ten points, eight points, eight points, seven points. Just looking at the points obtained by the final four teams in this group, you can know how fierce the competition in this group is. Dortmund stumbled into the knockout stage. They will be like
Will he create another miracle again this season?
"Our goal is to qualify from the group... Now that we have achieved this goal, then for the next knockout round... we have no preparations yet, after all, it will be a few months later... What I think about now is just to take the next step.
I missed the opportunity to participate in the Toyota Cup before, and I don’t want to miss it again this time.”
Dick smiled at the press conference after the game and said that it is not easy to participate in the Toyota Cup. He had the opportunity to participate before, but because of leaving Atletico Madrid, this will be his first time.
Led the team to participate in the Toyota Cup once.
