There is a belief called football

Chapter 399
After a simple relaxation, Dortmund will face an intensive schedule again. In 2 weeks, they will face Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

But before that, the most important thing for Dortmund is to prepare for the weekend match against "Frankfurt". Although the itinerary of "Dortmund" is kept secret, in today's globalization and information age, absolute secrecy does not exist.

"Kicker" magazine made a brief report on "Dortmund"'s China trip, but other media did not follow up the report. After all, in the world of football, it is common to fly to other continents to play a commercial game in the middle of the season, let alone go to China for a commercial event (Dortmund's official statement).

Soon, the attention of fans and media turned to the league weekend.

The game against Frankfurt was originally nothing to watch, but now the top two teams have reached a fierce stage of competition. The remaining 5 rounds have a total of 15 points. One less point may determine the league this season.

In the Bayern game that took the lead on Saturday, Bayern defeated Leverkusen 2-0 and returned to the top of the standings with one more game. Therefore, "Dortmund" who played on Sunday is under a lot of pressure, and the game with "Frankfurt" cannot be missed.

Eintracht Frankfurt are probably the most distinctive team in the world, and I'm absolutely right to say that.

We know that most teams in the world will name their team after the city, such as Rome, such as Barcelona, ​​and most of the big cities in the country will have a good team, such as our China, and most of the strong teams are in mega cities.

As the European financial center, the European shipping center, and the headquarters of the European Central Bank, "Frankfurt" does not have a strong team. Frankfurt is a famous lifter in the Bundesliga. Basically, it is sometimes in the Bundesliga and sometimes in the Bundesliga.

In addition, the Frankfurt team has a special meaning for the Chinese. Yang Chen, the first Chinese player to study abroad in the five major European leagues, joined Frankfurt. In the summer of 1998, Yang Chen moved to Frankfurt.

At that time, the Bundesliga was different from what it is now. At that time, the Japanese and Koreans could not get out, and only Chinese players could gain a foothold in Europe. I remember that when the Bundesliga was broadcast on CCTV, Bayern Munich was the first to be photographed, and Frankfurt was the second.

With these origins, when "Dortmund" arrived in Frankfurt, the local fans welcomed Li Qiao. The Chinese players' Bundesliga campaign started with Yang Chen and reached a new height with Li Qiao.

The game was held at the "Commerzbank Stadium" in Frankfurt. Fans who have watched the 2006 World Cup will be impressed by this stadium. This stadium has two characteristics. First, the roof can be closed.It is a very modern and beautiful stadium.

In this game, Klopp rotated most of the players. Except for Subotic, Hummels, Weidenfeller and Shaheen who started, everyone else sat on the bench. Any coach rotation will not move the central defenders and goalkeepers, unless they are injured.

Before the game, everyone thought there was no suspense in the game, but after the game started, the situation was not what everyone expected. After two seasons of changes, the current "Frankfurt" has been completely "engineered".

That is to say, the 11 members of this team are all rough-skilled players except the goalkeeper. The defense line is the former "Wolfsburg" defender, "Madron" with a height of 1 meters, and the midfielder is also the former "Wolfsburg" Japanese midfielder "Makoto Hasebe". Facing such Frankfurt, Dortmund has no advantage in the scene.

Everyone knows that the Dortmund players who have the UEFA Champions League mission are most afraid of getting injured. Then I will give you what you are afraid of. The players in Frankfurt are not afraid of getting injured. The value of their whole team is not as good as that of Dortmund. One Mkhitaryan, Reus can buy two Frankfurt teams.

This is called "bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes", but Dortmund has not been a strong team for a day or two, and such situations have not been encountered uncommonly. Klopp gestured and waved the flag, demanding to reduce the midfielder.

It's like a poor person who suddenly has money and doesn't know how to spend it. A team like Frankfurt with an "average ball possession rate" of only 30% in the league suddenly got the ball and couldn't play anymore.

For a while, there was a funny scene on the field. Frankfurt lost the ball quickly after getting it, and "Dortmund" quickly returned it to the opponent after getting the ball. It seemed that what was under their feet was not a football, but a hot potato.

After 60 minutes in the second half of the game, when the scene was almost turbulent and the rough buddies in Frankfurt were also tired, Klopp replaced Mkhitaryan, Reus, and Aubameyang. Within 15 minutes, Dortmund scored two goals in a row, won the game, and continued to lead Bayern with a goal difference advantage.

*****
After playing Frankfurt on the weekend, on the return bus, Klopp was thinking in his mind that next weekend he will play against Hoffenheim in the league, and then he will play Barcelona at home in the middle of last week, which means that there are only 10 days before the semi-final of the Champions League.

Back in Dortmund, Klopp immediately found Marcus, he wanted to know whether Li Qiao could play against Barcelona.

"There is no problem with the MRI examination, but...Jurgen, you know, I suggest that it is best for you to give up Li Qiao this season."

What Marcus means is that Klopp understands that instruments are only auxiliary, and people are not machines. To meet the requirements of the game, a player needs to fit in many aspects-body, physical fitness, heart, and even endocrine level.

But after thinking about it, Klopp had other ideas. With decades of experience in the football circle, he always felt that Li Qiao was unusual.

"Do you think Li Qiao is not an ordinary person," Klopp said.

Marcus chuckled, "Even if you are an alien, don't you still need a healthy body?"
Marcus made a pun, and Klopp stopped arguing, "So, is this good, there are still 10 days, let's not draw conclusions prematurely, okay?"
Marcus nodded, indicating that this was more or less the case.

*****
In the game against Hoffenheim, Li Qiao entered the 18-man squad. Although Klopp will never send him, I hope that Li Qiao can feel the atmosphere of the game in advance. Sitting on the bench and sitting in the stands are two different things, two completely different feelings.

"Joe, how does it feel to be back on the court"?Weidenfeller asked.

"Very well, I miss the fragrance of the lawn of Signal Iduna Park very much," Li Qiao said.

At this time, Li Qiao is preparing for the warm-up with Weidenfeller before the game. Of course, Li Qiao is equivalent to serving as a training partner for Weidenfeller.

"Since you have entered the squad for this game, does it mean that you will play in the Champions League next game?" Weidenfeller asked.

Li Qiao chuckled, shook his head, and did not answer.

In fact, Klopp had discussed with Li Qiao that Li Qiao was included in the squad for this game. On the one hand, it was to let Li Qiao adapt to the atmosphere of the stadium, but more importantly, he wanted to throw smoke bombs to confuse Barcelona. Klopp knew very well that among the 8 people in the stands of the stadium, there must be Barcelona football spies, so Klopp decided to do it.

After warming up, the game begins.

In this game, Klopp sent all the main players that can be sent. Although they are those people, everyone will definitely stay. In this game, Dortmund players probably will use [-]% of their strength.

The opponent Hoffenheim has always been a mid-range team in the Bundesliga with good strength, so Klopp also knows that this game cannot be easily won. When encountering such an opponent before the Champions League, Klopp can only feel bad luck.

Sure enough, after the start of the game, Dortmund fell into a passive position, and Hoffenheim played proactively. Hoffenheim is different from Frankfurt.

After 10 minutes of the game, there was a player in the front, middle and back of Hoffenheim who left a deep impression on Klopp.

Among them, the one who caught Klopp’s eyes the most was Wang Kong. Wang Kong can play as a defensive midfielder or as a guest central defender. Hoffenheim’s main central defender was suspended for this game.

After watching, Klopp suddenly had an idea, he turned around and found Li Qiao, "That Chinese is your teammate"?
Li Qiao nodded.

"Do you know him"?
Li Qiao shook his head.

Klopp did not get the information he wanted from Li Qiao. Uncle Zha continued to turn around and watch the game. The most important thing to examine a defensive player is to look at his sense of position. After careful observation, Klopp felt that Wang Kong’s sense of position is still good. Of course, you can’t judge a player’s potential based on this. There are many other factors, such as attitude, such as temper.

But no matter what, Klopp is eyeing Wang Kong.

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