Football Superstar Training System

Chapter 78 Ruhr Derby Comes Again
"The Champions League is tied again."

"Yes, the Champions League is tied again."

These two sentences also became a must-have golden sentence for chatting among Dortmund fans after the Hornets' 2-2 draw with Arsenal.

The fifth round of the Champions League group stage is over, and Dortmund's Group F qualifying form is still difficult to guess.Dortmund shook hands with Arsenal with a 2-2 score at home. In the other game of the group, Marseille lost to Olympiacos 0-1 at home.As a result, Arsenal with 9 points is temporarily at the top of the group, while Dortmund's No.2 was surpassed by Olympiacos with 7 points, the Yellow and Black Army ranked third in the group with 6 points, and at the end of the group is Marseille with only 4 points.

With the last round of the UEFA Champions League group stage remaining, Arsenal's qualifying form is currently the best, but it cannot be [-]% certain to qualify, and Marseille, which ranks last in the group, is not without a chance of qualifying.Therefore, the suspense of qualifying for Group F was also left in the final round of the Champions League group stage.

For Dortmund, the best way to get a qualifying spot is to win the next round of the Champions League group match against Marseille, so that even if Arsenal loses, they can compare the goal difference between the two.Of course, the best situation is that Arsenal win and then join hands with Dortmund, who also won.

The final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage is on December [-], two weeks later.

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Three days after the match against Arsenal in the Champions League, the Yellow and Black Army ushered in the No. 14 match day of the Bundesliga. Dortmund played away against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The game also started at [-] o'clock in the evening German time. The Prussian Park Stadium in the middle of the week was still filled with fans, and the fans on both sides also shouted the names of their home teams.

In this game, coach Klopp let the main lineup that played in the Champions League group stage on the weekend take turns.

Goalkeeper: Langerak.

Defenders: Schmelzer, Felipe Santana, Koch, Owomoyela.

Back midfielder: Kyle.

Midfielder: Gundogan, Gotze.

Front waist: Shinji Kagawa.

Forwards: Lewandowski, Barrios.

For Borussia Mönchengladbach, due to the fracture of the little toe of his left foot in the last round, Bovadilla, the core of Borussia, was unable to play and replaced him.Therefore, Lin Tian and Royce, the two most handsome players in the Bundesliga, failed to complete the same game that the fans expected in this game.In addition, central defender Stranzl, who has recovered from a knee injury, replaced Browes and returned to the starting lineup.

After the start of the game, Dortmund intentionally used a large amount of ball possession to control the rhythm of the game, and the team made the rhythm of the field very slow for a while.This is Uncle Zha's tactical arrangement for the team. He hopes that the players will slow down the pace as much as possible, use the ball to reduce running, and then be able to conserve energy, while finding opportunities to give the opponent a fatal blow in possession.

So the first goal of the game didn't come until towards the end of the first half. No.40 In the second minute, Dortmund got a right corner kick. Gotze took a right corner kick. Lewandowski's header in front of the goal was thrown by Ter Stegen with his left hand and still flew into the lower right corner of the goal.

1-0!

Dortmund take the lead!

Lewandowski's goal also became the only goal scored by the two teams in the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Borussia Mönchengladbach couldn't stand the brainless ball possession tactics of the yellow and black army. They began to actively fight in the frontcourt and try to steal the ball.

In 6 minutes, Borussia Mönchengladbach took the lead in creating a threat in the second half. After Hanke stole the ball in the frontcourt, he distributed the ball to Hermann on the left.

Borussia is not the only one who can create threats, Dortmund can too. Five minutes later, Gotze successfully overtook on the left and went straight to the baseline, and then made a pass from the bottom. The ball was cleared out of the penalty area by Borussia defender Dante with a header. Mistake, hit a plane, the ball flew out of bounds.

No. 705 minutes, Borussia, who was once passive on the field, finally had another chance to attack.Bovadilla received an over-the-top pass from his teammate with his back to the goal on the left side of the penalty area, then half-turned and knocked Hank who was constantly running in the middle of the penalty area. Hank got rid of Felipe Santana and went forward to the top of the arc without making adjustments.

1-1!

Borussia equalized the score!
After returning to the same starting line, Borussia hoped that Dortmund would play possession as they did in the first half, but this time the yellow and black army was unwilling. The Hornets, who were aiming to win, obviously did not want to accept a draw, but it became difficult to break Borussia's full defense.

"Toot! Toot! Toot!..."

Under the referee's whistle at the end of the game, Dortmund failed to break Borussia's defense and could only take away one league point from the Prussian Park Stadium.

Dortmund also ushered in a draw after ten consecutive victories in the league.From the perspective of victory and defeat, this is a score that the whole team does not want to appear, but in terms of results, the Hornets, which currently top the league standings, can also accept a draw.

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After Borussia Mönchengladbach, Dortmund's next opponent in the Bundesliga is their rival Schalke 04 in the Ruhr area. The Ruhr area derby will strike again after the German Super Cup.On one side is Schalke 04, who wants to avenge the defeat of the German Super Cup, and on the other hand, Dortmund, who is preparing to complete a double kill.

而即将开始鲁尔区德比也将是两支球队的第149次德比大战，在此前的149次德比中，总体上是沙尔克04胜多败少。历史上，多特蒙德第一次赢下德比战还是在1943年以1-0的比分成为鲁尔区德比的胜者，而在此之前的数年时间里，沙尔克04保持不败的战绩。而且还曾有过以10-0、9-0、7-0和6-0等大比分击败多特蒙德。沙尔克从多特蒙德身上取得的10-0大胜至今为止仍然是鲁尔区德比的最大分差，这似乎也是个基本上不能打破的记录了。

The authoritative German media "Kicker" also regarded the duel between the two sides as a battle of spear and shield in the preview of the Ruhr Derby.Schalke 04, which emphasizes defense and focuses on efficiency, is also in stark contrast to Dortmund, which emphasizes offense and focuses on oppression.

In short, the Ruhr Derby is here again!
(End of this chapter)