I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 50 Dortmund, the next city first (seeking first order)

The time came to May 5th, and the entire Wolfsburg team went to Berlin one day earlier to prepare for the upcoming German Cup final.

With the Bundesliga already over, the entire German media was attracted to the game.

Various reports emerge in endlessly, especially all kinds of transfer rumors about Wolfsburg have been rampant.

Except for a small number of large newspapers that attach great importance to their authority, other media have made various bold speculations, and they will attract people's attention as they please.

The fans of Wolfsburg are now in pain and happiness, while looking forward to the unprecedented glorious moment in the history of the club, while full of sadness for the parting parting of the Wolfsburg transfer in the summer.

Unlike the fans, Dieter Heiking's Wolfsburg team had no time to think about the future.

They are at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, with the final trophy at the end of the season to contend for.

Zhao Jinge and Wolfsburg have fulfilled their promise, making Wolfsburg fans the happiest fans in the Bundesliga this summer, and now it's time to take their happiness one step further.

On May 5, the much-anticipated German Cup final kicked off.

Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund once again met at close quarters.

For Dortmund, this game is also about glory and the final battle of parting.

There are various signs that Dortmund's head coach Klopp will also choose to leave after eight years in charge of the team.

When Dortmund was deep in the relegation zone at the beginning of the season, Dortmund fans who held banners asking Klopp to dismiss get out of class are now trying to retain the head coach who brought Dortmund back from the bottom to the top.

But the doomed parting will eventually come, and what Klopp wants to do now is to leave the team with the last championship.

Before the start of the game, the Berlin Olympic Stadium has become a sea of ​​Dortmund fans and Wolfsburg fans.

The entire stadium was divided into two distinct sides. On one side were Bumblebee fans holding high the Dortmund characteristic banner, and on the other side were Wolfsburg fans wearing green jerseys and singing the team anthem together.

In addition to singing the team song, the Wolfsburg fans held up the homemade Bundesliga championship trophy and waved the Europa League trophy in the stands, clearly showing off to Dortmund.

This kind of tone naturally made Dortmund fans unbearable, and the atmosphere in the stadium began to become more and more heated.

Under such an atmosphere, the game is about to start, and players from both sides line up to enter the field.

Compared with the start of the Europa League final, Dieter Heiking made some changes to Wolfsburg's start today.

Sebastian Jung started with Vierrinha on the right at the back due to an injury in the Europa League final.

In the midfield, Gustav, Giravorghi and Arnold served as the team's three midfielders, and in front of them was De Bruyne, who was in charge of the midfield organization.

The striker combination is Zhao Jinge and Schurle, and Wolfsburg has changed from a 4231 formation to a 4312 formation.

Perisic, Yudost and others had to sit on the bench due to the decline in physical strength, waiting for the call in the second half.

Before they play, Wolfsburg's attack in the frontcourt will completely rely on the personal performance of Zhao Jinge and De Bruyne.

Dieter Heiking knew very well that under the influence of physical disadvantages, Wolfsburg, who had just flown to Eastern Europe to play a Europa League final, could not confront Dortmund, who had been recharging for nearly 10 days.

If the two sides come to a head-to-head contest, Wolfsburg, which is not at its best, is likely to be overwhelmed by Dortmund in one fell swoop.

As a team that just won the double crown, Wolfsburg made such a conservative arrangement in the face of Dortmund, of course it will attract a lot of criticism.

Although Wolfsburg's head coach Dieter Heiking is not top-notch in tactics, as a newly promoted champion coach, he is definitely not an inexperienced young man in grasping the game situation. Blindly arrogant because of a momentary victory.

Lowering your posture, saving energy, defending and counterattacking, and winning in the second half are the first things Wolfsburg must do in this German Cup final.

There is no need to compete head-on with Dortmund for the sake of temporary face.

The defensive counterattack of the bottom line is directly displayed. In case Dortmund attacks above, Wolfsburg may be able to easily win the opponent through counterattack.

At the most glorious moment of the Wolfsburg club, Wolfsburg on the court looked cautious.

Even more cautious than when they faced Dortmund in the Bundesliga title decider.

Dortmund's starting lineup is exactly the same as when the two sides played against each other in the penultimate round of the Bundesliga. There has not been any change. It is still a 433 offensive formation.

With the whistle of the referee, the game is official.

After the opening game, except for Zhao Jinge and Schurle who pressed on the center line, the other Wolfsburg players shrank in their own half.

And almost all running at a constant speed, if you can't speed up, don't speed up.

Wolfsburg's physical condition is indeed not particularly ideal. It is beyond the imagination of many people that they can persist until now with a main lineup.

Due to the contraction of Wolfsburg, Dortmund naturally took the initiative on the field. They controlled the ball and patiently looked for opportunities.

Due to the fear of Zhao Jinge and De Bruyne, the twin stars of Wolfsburg, Dortmund's formation was not too high.

Wolfsburg's fierce counterattack had already caused them too much suffering in the previous game.

Dortmund, who had learned enough lessons from the previous game, learned from the pain and resolutely did not press forward blindly, giving Wolfsburg a chance to counterattack.

It can be said that Wolfsburg relying on Zhao Jinge and De Bruyne is enough to deter Dortmund's defense!
Under Wolfsburg's iron barrel defense, Dortmund's offense has always been thunderous and rainy, and it has not posed a direct threat.

Wolfsburg's dense defensive personnel, especially the three midfielders, firmly controlled the space at the front of their own penalty area, and did not give Dortmund's offensive players the opportunity to break into their own penalty area.

Dortmund's long-range shots from the outside are often directly blocked by Wolfsburg's defensive players.

And usually after a long shot, Dortmund has to face a counterattack from Wolfsburg who has won the ball.

Wolfsburg counterattacked very patiently, even though Zhao Jinge, who broke through with the ball alone, was surrounded and intercepted by the defensive trio of Sven Bender, Subotic, and Hummels over and over again.

Wolfsburg still maintains a sense of normalcy, without the slightest feeling of discouragement.

Zhao Jinge broke through sharply as always, Xu Erle supported in the forward and backward running positions, and De Bruyne passed the ball directly to his feet again and again with full of immortality.

On the contrary, it put a lot of pressure on Dortmund's defense, but because the number of people participating in the offense was too small, it could not create any scoring opportunities.

Since the start of the first half, both sides have achieved the results they wanted according to their pre-match arrangements.

Wolfsburg wanted to drag the game to the second half to decide the winner through defensive counterattack.

Dortmund wants to control the initiative of the game in order to win the game.

But after losing Lewandowski this season, Dortmund's offensive firepower has been greatly weakened.

There are only two scoring points left in the entire midfield, Royce and Aubameyang.Royce is okay, but Aubameyang's finishing ability is really not worthy of the Dortmund team making cakes for him!
The game scenes in the first half were very stalemate, but there were very few exciting game scenes.

With neither side making a mistake, Wolfsburg and Dortmund shook hands in the first half.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Dortmund, who had been attacking continuously, finally found its own offensive state.

After another failed Wolfsburg counterattack, Dortmund launched a fast break.

Weidenfeller put the ball on the line of the small penalty area, and a big-footed football rushed towards the center circle.

Shinji Kagawa saw the football flying towards him, and immediately retreated to catch the ball. Schurle from Wolfsburg also quickly stuck to Shinji Kagawa. The two almost jumped together.
But after all, Shinji Kagawa was closer to the landing point of the football, and beat Schurle to earn the football, with a light touch on his forehead.

Kagawa Shinji gave the ball to Gundogan who followed up behind him.

At this time, Aubameyang rushed out like an arrow after seeing Gundogan receiving the ball.

And Gundogan in the midfield also received Shinji Kagawa's header back, and after a little observation, he sent the football to Aubameyang's direction with a long kick.

It has to be said that the beautiful sheep running at full speed is really fast, but as long as his feet are better, Dortmund's situation this year will definitely not be so bleak.

Aubameyang, who was running without the ball, easily passed the interception of Gustav and Arnold. Just a few seconds later, Aubameyang had rushed to the front of Wolfsburg's penalty area!

And Gundogan's pass was also appropriately sent towards Aubameyang!

At this time, in front of Aubameyang, Wolfsburg central defender Naldo rushed over with big strides.

On the other side, left back Ricardo Rodriguez also rushed towards Aubameyang.

Facing the pinch between the two, Aubameyang had a flash of inspiration and did not rush forward as usual. He kicked the ball and hoisted the ball to the right side of Wolfsburg's penalty area.

Royce, the little rocket, rushed over. Royce raised his right leg, and without stopping the ball, he aimed directly at the football that was slowly falling in the air, and took a volley!
The football is like a white light, heading towards the gate guarded by Benalio.

Standing in the middle of the goal, Benalio, who had no time to react, could only turn his head and send the football into the upper left corner of his own goal.

(End of this chapter)