There is a belief called football

Chapter 439 Three points at the smallest price
Two weeks after the national team match day, the Bundesliga came to the fourth round. In the first three rounds of the Bundesliga, three teams won all three games, namely Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and Wolfsburg. However, Dortmund temporarily ranked first in the standings with the advantage of goal difference.

Dortmund's opponent in the fourth round is Hannover 96. This opponent is not difficult to deal with, but the problem is that the first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage will start next week, and Dortmund will go to an away game against Real Madrid.

Therefore, Klopp decided to rotate in this league. Li Qiao and Royce will not play, but they will enter the 18-man squad.

In addition, the main goalkeeper "Weidenfeller" has a slight injury. To be on the safe side, Klopp will not take him to Hannover. The substitute goalkeeper "Bilki" will play in this game. In addition, everyone else is Dortmund.

Hannover is located in the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany, in the middle of Germany. In the football circle, Dortmund is more famous than Hannover, but if you only talk about the overall popularity, Hannover's popularity is of course far stronger than Dortmund. The most famous is the annual "Hannover Messe".

This is Li Qiao's second visit to Hannover after joining Germany, but the feeling is completely different. The last time he came, Dortmund's performance was not good, the team was under a lot of pressure, and Li Qiao's personal situation was also very bad.

But when he came this time, Dortmund was the top scorer in the league, and Li Qiao was also the top scorer. However, he rested this round, so it might be difficult to continue his strength in the scorer list.

When Dortmund's bus showed up at Hannover's home court, the home team's bus also came to the stadium. One car was at the east gate and the other was at the west gate. But strangely, the cheers were even louder where the Dortmund bus was located.

This kind of situation is rare in the Bundesliga. In the past, Bayern could have such treatment. Dortmund players waved friendlyly to the fans outside the fence, but time was limited, and the players refused any request for autographs and photos.

At this time, Li Qiao saw a cute female fan taking a picture of herself with her mobile phone, and the picture on her mobile phone case was Li Qiao's photo. Seeing this scene, Li Qiao felt very heartwarming.Now Li Qiao's sphere of influence is not only in Dortmund, but the whole of Germany.

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When the game started, everyone found that Royce and Li Qiao didn't play. To be honest, some neutral fans in the stands were very disappointed.

The Hannover team actually has no special features, but if you insist, it is a combination of local German players and Japanese gangs.

The team has two Japanese players-right back "Sakai Hiroki" and midfielder "Kyotake Hiroshi", both are Japanese internationals.

In recent years, Bundesliga teams like to introduce Japanese players. The reason is that Japanese players are still relatively cost-effective. For the middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga, they can afford it. Generally, it is only a few million euros.

In the opening 5 minutes, Hannover striker "Sobiech" shot from outside the penalty area, and the goalkeeper "Burki" picked the ball.

This is the first shot of the game, no threat.

Since Zhou Dun came to Dortmund, the defense of the Hornets has become very aggressive. You may wonder, defense and aggression are inseparable.

That's because in Dortmund before, Hummels was more active, and Subotic was more calm at the back, but Zhou Dun is different. He and Hummels belong to the same type, and they both like to take the initiative to defend.

For example, Zhou Dun's defense is that before the ball comes, he predicts and grabs in advance, while Subotic goes up to defend after the opponent's striker has the ball.

In this way, Dortmund can push out the defense zone. The origin of this tactic may be Italy in the 2006 World Cup. At that time, "Materazzi" matched "Cannavaro".

So there was a very interesting scene on the field. At the beginning, Hannover relied on being the home court and attacked fiercely, but then they were pushed out by Dortmund's defense. Now Hannover's striker "Sobiech" has been pushed out of the 30-meter danger zone.

Hannover's offense lasted only 10 minutes and couldn't hold on.

For Dortmund, Aubameyang replaced Li Qiao, Shinji Kagawa replaced Royce, and Gomez started at power forward.

After 10 minutes, the ball was gradually controlled by Dortmund's midfielders Wang Kong and Bender. In Dortmund now, Wang Kong and Bender are the metronomes. The rhythm of offense and defense is in their hands. The midfielder on the court is often in the position with the best view. Of course, more things can be observed.

After watching it for more than ten minutes, Klopp asked for midfield control. In the past, Dortmund would only be fast in the game, but now it can't do it.

Fast breaks are beautiful and exciting, but fast breaks consume a lot of energy. The more economical way for strong teams in the league is to control.

Because it is very labor-saving to control the ball on the court, but it is very laborious to defend others and run behind other people's buttocks.

After Wang Kong took the ball in the midfield, he looked left and right, and finally passed Zhou Dun back, which surprised Hannover, who passed the ball to Bender, and Bender gave it to Wang Kong.

"Do you think you are Barcelona?"thought the Hannover fans.

But the head coach of Hannover saw the problem. He asked another offensive player "Ben Shaopu" to warm up in advance, because Hannover's starting midfielder "Kyoshi Hiroshi" is a ball-handling player, and now Dortmund is firmly in control of the ball.

Klopp is not at all anxious about the 0-0 score. As the defending champion, Klopp has already regarded himself as a strong team. What is a strong team?It is a team that plays so-so and can win the game in the end.

Klopp understands very well that if he scores a goal in the first half, then Hannover will have to fight against you for the sake of face, which will consume more energy. Now this kind of game rhythm is the most comfortable, similar to training. Dortmund players can warm up in advance to play Real Madrid.

The current situation is like two people shouting from the air before fighting: "You hit me", but neither side makes a move, because they both know that whoever makes a move first, then a fierce battle is inevitable.

The first half ended with a score of 0 to 0. At this time, the audience booed everywhere, because the fans felt cheated. Dortmund averaged 4 goals per game in the first three games. Everyone bought tickets to watch Dortmund's game.

But for the sake of the Champions League, Klopp can only offend the fans. This is also a difficult choice for Klopp. The reason why Dortmund has so many fans in recent years is mainly because the team plays very passionately.

Bayern's performance is also very good, but in the Bundesliga, Bayern plays very snobbishly, that is to say, basically it is enough to win, and they will not try their best, and save their energy for the Champions League.

So the once passionate Hornet has now become like Bayern, and the fans are a little unhappy.

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In the second half, Klopp replaced Royce and Aubameyang, and the team's rhythm also accelerated a bit, because it was reported during the intermission that Bayern had already led Augsburg 2-0.

The change of rhythm just depends on Wang Kong and Bender. In the first half, after Wang Kong took the ball, he stopped and took a look. In the second half, Wang Kong didn't stop the ball, and he always kicked the ball. Another point, in the first half, Wang Kong would return the ball when he got the ball, but in the second half, he didn't turn his head when he got the ball.

As soon as Dortmund stepped up a little bit, Hannover felt the pressure, and the gap in the defensive ribs was obvious.

Because Dortmund's wing is very strong, once the wing breaks through and the full back is pulled out, the space between the full back and the central defender will immediately come out, and it will be up to Mkhitaryan at this time.

Facing a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga like Hannover, Dortmund is like a clever hunter. After the Hanoverian who burst out from the wing turned his back on his back, Reus saw the right time and passed it back to Mkhitaryan’s midfielder.

The reason why Hannover dared to do this was because they felt that Li Qiao was not there, so it didn't matter to give Dortmund a free kick.

This time it was Royce who stood in front of the free kick, while Hummels and Zhou Dun in the defense all entered Hannover's penalty area. If you are not stupid, you can tell that Dortmund has made up their minds this time.

Royce lobbed in a free kick. Zhou Dun was the first to go for the ball, but he missed it. The fans at the Hannover Stadium let out an exclamation, but it was not over yet. Hummels was still working hard at the second point, but both Hummels and Zhou Dun were taken care of by Hannover's defenders, so Hummels didn't hit it.

Just when the Hannover defender breathed a sigh of relief, someone hit him from the back. The ball slipped past goalkeeper Ziller's glove, flew into the goal, and the ball went in.

Everyone saw that the most familiar figure that had been forgotten by Bundesliga fans appeared again. Yes, he was Gomez, the former Bundesliga Golden Boot, and later the Bundesliga outcast, but he is back now.

After Gomez scored a goal, he looked up to the sky and screamed. Although he accepted Klopp's positioning of himself, Super Mario was definitely not happy in his heart. He wanted to prove himself with his own performance. After the start of the league, his performance was generally better than Aubameyang.

Klopp also ran to the corner flag area to hug Gomez for the first time.

In the end, Dortmund scored 1 to 0 in this game and got the best result at the smallest cost. After the game, Dortmund is still at the top of the list, and they went to the Bernabeu with a victory.

(End of this chapter)