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Chapter 331 The Football Dinner Before Christmas

The first time the team met "Anderlecht" happened to be in the league's 3-game losing streak, and a victory in the Champions League temporarily relieved the pressure on Klopp, and then the seventh round of the Bundesliga "Rulderby" Li Qiao became famous.

Perhaps because of such a relationship, "Anderlecht" has become the lucky star in the hearts of Dortmund fans. Will this rematch bring new surprises to Dortmund?
But what I didn't expect was that "success is also Xiao He's defeat is also Xiao He". Dortmund unexpectedly lost to the opponent 0-1 at home.

In this game, Klopp deployed all the main lineup, but the impressive performance of the front trident before was very abnormal, especially Li Qiao, the pass success rate of the whole game was only 60%, which is not as good as some players in the Bundesliga Bundesliga.

Klopp was also puzzled on the sidelines. Judging from his running posture, Li Qiao's body is fine, but why is it like a different player in this game?
In the second half, Klopp replaced Li Qiao with "Gündogan", but the offense still did not improve. In the end, the team lost to the Belgian team at home.

In order to ensure fairness, all the matches in the final round of the Champions League were played at the same time. At the end of Dortmund's game, Arsenal's game against Galatasaray was not over yet. The game was 4-1 with 1 minutes of stoppage time.

If this score is maintained until the end, then Dortmund can advance to the round of 16 with the advantage of the relationship between victory and defeat.

In the last 2 minutes, Dortmund fans waited anxiously, and the big screen at the scene switched to the live broadcast of another game. After 2 minutes of long suffering, Dortmund fans suddenly burst into cheers. The other game remained 1-1. Dortmund advanced to the first place in the group.

At this time, the frustrated expressions of "Arsenal people" on the other side of the big screen, and the cheering appearance of Dortmund people on the other side of the big screen, formed a strong contrast. Arsenal fans can only pray that the draw for the quarter-finals held tomorrow will have better luck.

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After the UEFA Europa League game ended the next day, a draw ceremony was held in Nyon, Switzerland. First came the Champions League, then the UEFA Europa League. In the end, "Dortmund" drew against "Juventus", and the unlucky "Arsenal" once again drew "Bayern Munich".

After the draw, Klopp and Zorc came back from "Nyon". The group stage was officially over. Klopp praised the players. Everyone did a good job. There are three more rounds in the Bundesliga, and these three rounds will be played within 3 days. On December 3, the team will officially have a holiday and the Bundesliga winter break will begin.

The three opponents are "Hertha Berlin", "Wolfsburg" and "Werder Bremen".

The two opponents before and after are still easy to deal with. The second game against Wolfsburg is expected to be more difficult. The opponent ranks second, 2 points higher than Dortmund, and is Dortmund's direct competitor on the way to the championship.

If you win, Dortmund is 1 point higher than your opponent, if you lose, Wolfsburg is 5 points higher than Dortmund, which means that this game is equivalent to a 6-point game.

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In the home game against Hertha Berlin, Dortmund ushered in the old player "Sieber". This German striker was sold by the team at a low price this summer, and there were also rumors of unhappiness with "Klopp".

In a strong team like Dortmund, the striker's scrap rate is too high, and Klopp is under a lot of pressure. If you can't score in a few games, then you will be abandoned immediately. It is impossible to give you time to adapt.

But the Bundesliga team is still very humane. Unless the old player is poached by force, such as "Götze", a welcome ceremony is usually held. Before the game, Zorc sent a bouquet of flowers to "Sieber" to thank him for his days of playing for Dortmund.

Siebel took it with a smile and waved to the fans.

He was very friendly before the game, but after the game started, Scibel was very hardworking. He was put on the bench by Klopp for a year. He wanted to prove Klopp wrong with practical actions.

Hertha Berlin is very low-key. They adopt a 541 formation for this game, with Schieber standing alone in front. Hertha Berlin will only use 5 central defenders in the league against Bayern Munich and Dortmund.

After the start of the game, Dortmund quickly took control of the situation and had a clear advantage on the court, but strange things happened again, that is, there were several mistakes in the pass between the tridents. No, to be precise, the cooperation between the other two and Li Qiao often made mistakes, and the turnover rate was beyond the normal range.

If Dortmund's offensive trident was unsolvable before, then it seems that the whole of Europe knew the standard answer to this question overnight.

"What went wrong"?Klopp pondered on the sidelines.

Dortmund is no good here, but Hertha Berlin's offense is impressive. Sieber's ability to hold the ball is actually very strong, but he was born at an untimely time. Last year, his competitor in Dortmund was "Lewandowski". Under the shadow of the Poles, it is understandable that Sieber has no chance.

After Lewandowski left, Klopp originally planned to keep him, but Siebel and the head coach had already had a grudge, and finally chose to join Hertha Berlin for 200 million euros.

Siebel almost hit the goal a few times, and the fans on the scene were covered in cold sweat.

In the second half, Klopp replaced Li Qiao, and the offensive situation began to improve. Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan, and Royce returned to the way they played last season. Finally, in the second half, with the goal of "Royce", Dortmund beat Hertha Berlin 1-0.

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After the game, even reporters noticed Li Qiao’s poor condition. Klopp’s answer was that he was tired, “It’s almost Christmas, I guess he’s homesick.” Klopp said with a smile, he thought he could get away with it.

But European sports journalists are very professional. Let’s put it this way, if you lose the microphone, you can go directly to the Bundesliga as the head coach. Many sports journalists used to be players, so Klopp’s words did not dispel everyone’s doubts.

Immediately the next day, an article in "Kicker" wrote that "the halo disappeared". The article questioned that Li Qiao was just a flash in the pan.

Objectively speaking, this report is well-founded. There are too many such situations in European football, including Goetze’s rapid decline after he went to Bayern.

In order to protect Li Qiao, in the match against Wolfsburg in midweek, Klopp did not let Li Qiao start. The external reason was that he had a "cold". There is also a Chinese player in the Wolfsburg team-Zhang Xizhe, but he is different from Li Qiao. Li Qiao rests occasionally, and Zhang Xizhe has never started.

Before the game, the two chatted on the sidelines and accepted photos from Chinese reporters.

Wolfsburg has the most popular player in Europe-Belgian "De Bruyne", Dutch striker "Dost", German international "Schuerle", the strength is similar to Dortmund, and some positions are better than Dortmund.

In the first half, "De Bruyne" sorted out the ball very well in the midfield. Klopp likes this player very much. Of course, he also knows that Dortmund must not be able to afford it. De Bruyne is like a master at solving problems. No matter how messy the midfield is, as long as the ball is given to him, he can straighten out the offense. This is a talent, just like Xavi in ​​Barcelona.

After 20 minutes, Dortmund lost control of the midfield and Wolfsburg took the opportunity to score a goal from "Dost".

Ten minutes later, using a corner kick, Hummels went up and smashed a header into Wolfsburg's goal, 10-1. After scoring the goal, the captain knelt down and shouted to the sky. At the critical moment, it was really up to the captain to turn the tide.

In the second half, "De Bruyne" took advantage of the free kick opportunity and scored the elevator ball into the dead corner. Weidenfeller not only failed to catch the ball, but also hit the goalpost and suffered a small injury.

At the critical moment, Klopp still believed in Li Qiao. He replaced Li Qiao. It was strange to say that after Li Qiao came on the field, he reversed the slump in the first two games.

Seeing that "that" Li Qiao came back again, Klopp smiled: "It seems that I am really tired."

With Li Qiao's assist and Aubameyang's goal, Dortmund drew 2-2 with Wolfsburg in the away game.Bayern won the other game, and both teams were separated by 2 points from the top of the list.

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This week is like a football carnival. It may be that there will be no balls to watch in the next month. The Bundesliga intends to let the fans watch all at once before Christmas, but the players are really tired.

Although the points were pulled apart, Klopp still rotated some players in the last game of the first half of the league.In Klopp's heart, the health of the players will always come first.

There was a strong Christmas atmosphere at the match, and the fans of the visiting team were very funny. Because the Werder Bremen jerseys were green, so the Werder Bremen fans collectively put on green Christmas hats. If the Chinese saw this scene, they would definitely laugh, because everyone knows the meaning of "green hat" in China.

Dortmund still wears the traditional red Christmas hat. Seeing the fans of the away team, Li Qiao thought: "I will definitely not be able to join a team with green jerseys in the future."

Li Qiao started this game, but his condition was still not good. In the end, Dortmund defeated their opponents 2-0 at home, ending the whole year of 2014.

After the game, Klopp didn't talk nonsense. He went to the club's press conference alone and asked his assistant to tell the players that everyone can go back for Christmas. When they will regroup next year, the team will notify everyone by text message.

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