Chapter 149 This Is the Champions League

"Hey, Mark, they are interviewing you, can you not call the interview an award speech..." Zhou Yi complained to Mark after seeing Mark again after a day's rest.

He also later saw Mark's performance in the interview.

"I'm telling the truth..."

"But at that time, you were the protagonist, and you carried me out without showing off, and let me show off?"

"There's nothing wrong with showing off, ha!" Mark laughed.

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes.

However, I was very relieved in my heart. This kid didn't deteriorate because of his outstanding performance in two consecutive games. He was still the same Mark.

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In the next sixth round of the league, Dortmund challenged St. Pauli away.

Judging from the strength of both sides in this game, there is no suspense about the outcome.

At the same time, considering that there will be a Champions League group match in the next week, Klopp made some adjustments to the team's starting lineup.

Mark, who has performed well in two consecutive games, once again appeared in the starting lineup.

However, Zhou Yi did not start.

And the person who replaced him was Lewandowski.

As a reward for scoring in the last game and working hard in training, Klopp also put Lewandowski in the starting list. This is the first time the Polish has started this season.

Dortmund played 442 in the away game, with Sven Bender as the midfielder.

And what made Klopp do this was naturally because in the last game, he saw that Lewandowski could coexist with Mark. So he plans to give the pair more time to experiment.

Anyway, the opponents in this game are not very strong. If we don't use this game as a test, should we use the next Champions League group match?

In the end, Dortmund, who played with a half-set main lineup, defeated St. Pauli 3:1 away.

Neither Mark nor Lewandowski scored.

Mark had an assist though.

He assisted Shinji Kagawa to score a goal.

The remaining two goals were scored by Gross Kreutz.

After defeating St. Pauli 3:1, Dortmund began to prepare for the second round of the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week.

For Dortmund now, the Champions League is more important.

In the second group game, Borussia Dortmund hosts Twente - the champions of the Dutch Bundesliga last season.

In the first round of the group stage, the upset in this group was not Dortmund's away defeat to Valencia, but Twente's 2:2 draw with the defending champion Inter Milan at home!

That game was really beyond everyone's expectations.

After the start of the game, Inter Milan advanced the ball, but Twente equalized the score after six minutes.

Then Inter Milan's forward Milito scored an own goal. Inter Milan actually fell behind in the score.

Before the end of the first half. Eto'o helped the team equalize the score.

Then in the second half, neither side scored a goal, and the score of 2:2 was maintained until the end. The defending champion Inter Milan failed to win the first group match.

Although Twente is a third-tier team. But everyone felt that they were the weakest team in this group, and it was only natural that Inter Milan beat them. The key is to get a few extra goals on them.

As a result, facing the weakest opponent, Inter Milan failed to win!

After this game, Inter Milan coach Benitez was criticized.

So Dortmund dare not underestimate Twente's opponent. Wouldn't it be wrong for them to follow in the footsteps of Inter Milan?

Although the opponent is not strong on paper. Klopp still requires the whole team to be ready.

Mark, who performed well in the league, got the chance to start in this game. This is his first time participating in the Champions League. It was also his first start in the Champions League.

Because of the lessons learned by Inter Milan, Dortmund played cautiously at their home court after the game started. Afraid of losing the ball first.

And Twente also played very aggressively, they ran tirelessly. Especially the pressing in the midfield really made Dortmund a little uncomfortable.

The two sides played relatively stalemate in the first half.

In order to be able to get points in the away game, Twente is doing everything possible. As long as the rules allow...

Their goalkeeper, Nikolai Mikhailov, even received a yellow card for stalling.

It was already forty minutes, and there were still five minutes before the end of the first half. Dortmund's offensive was gradually intensifying. Mikhailov was worried that the team would lose the ball at the last moment. If that happened, it would affect the team's morale Both were a huge hit, so a stalling tactic was employed. Of course, this approach also attracted a yellow card for him.

At the end of the first half, neither team could score and the score was 0:0.

Marcel Leff also felt that the Twente team was indeed a bit different: "In the last game, they played 2:2 with the defending champion Inter Milan at the end of the first half, and this In the first half of the game, they still had a draw and didn't concede a goal. Their defense really has a set..."

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No goal was scored in the first half, and the team's offense was slow to start, which made Mark a little anxious, but in the locker room he found that Zhou Yi was very calm, so he was very strange: "Zhou Yi, aren't you worried?"

"What are you worried about?" Zhou Yi asked strangely.

"We haven't been able to break through the gate of Twente for a full forty-five minutes!"

Zhou Yi spread his hands: "Then we still have a full forty-five minutes."

It seemed that he was really not in a hurry, Mark shook Zhou Yi's arm: "How can you be so calm, Zhou Yi?"

"Because this is the Champions League, Mark. This is the Champions League." Zhou Yi said while shaking his head. "Do you think, which of the teams that can come to the Champions League is big? Which one has to have some skills of its own? So it's nothing to make a fuss about not scoring a goal in 45 minutes, right?"

Hearing what Zhou Yi said, Mark was also stunned. He slowly let go of his hand and looked at Zhou Yi. It took him a while to react.

"You're right, Zhou Yi...this is the Champions League!" He clenched his fists and raised his head.

This is his first Champions League game. Except for the different music when entering the stadium, the Champions League is actually a little different from the league...

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Although the first half did not go very smoothly, Klopp did not adjust his tactics. Not to mention substitutions.

Just leave it as it is. The team returned to the field.

After the start of the second half, Dortmund continued to control the situation, while Twente retreated to their own half.

Everyone knows that the five minutes before the start of the game and the five minutes before the end are the most likely to lose the ball.

Twente is not stupid here. Of course, they don't need to press out and attack each other.

In this game, they have a very realistic wish. That is to strive for a tie, and if there is a particularly good opportunity, then consider winning.

Twente is almost fine. And indeed recovered the defense.

But their goal was still broken in the 48th minute-three minutes into the second half!

"Mario Gotze!!!" The broadcaster Norbert Dicoll shouted into the sky with a microphone in his hand.

The cheers from the stands were even more deafening.

Amidst their cheers, Gotze headed for the corner flag.

His teammates chased after him. And hugged him at the corner flag.

"Gotze's goal opened the scoring for Dortmund! This is his second goal in the Champions League!! He has scored in two consecutive Champions League group matches. Goetze really deserves the attention of the genius!" Mace Leif spared no effort to praise Gotze.

Zhou Yi stole the limelight last season, and Gotze was less conspicuous in comparison. More often than not, he came off the bench. But this season, with the transfer of Shaheen to leave. Zhou Yi's position retreated, and Gotze also ushered in his own moment.

The genius of German football naturally placed more expectations of Germans. Everyone hopes that he can perform well, his form will get better and better, and he will bring his state in the club to the national team.

Although Zhou Yi is good, it is a pity that he is a Chinese...

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Gotze's goal helped Dortmund take the lead, and it also made the whole Dortmund team find the feeling.

Just three minutes after his goal, Mark was tripped by a Twente player after receiving a pass from Zhou Yi in the penalty area. The referee did not hesitate to call a foul on Twente and gave Dortmund A penalty!

The penalty was uncontroversial, Mark did not show any signs of diving, and the Twente players could not complain.

Dortmund has an unwritten rule, that is, unlike other teams, they do not have a fixed order of penalty shooters, such as the first penalty shooter and the second penalty shooter.

No, Klopp did not make such an arrangement at all.

So what should Dortmund do after winning a penalty?

It depends on the player on the field who feels good and who takes the penalty. If he makes a penalty, then if he takes a penalty next time, it will be him again until this person does not want to take a penalty kick or misses the penalty.

Dortmund's penalty kick was taken by Shaheen before. Do you still remember the penalty kick that Zhou Yi fell in the Schalke 04 penalty area in the Ruhr Derby last season?

The penalty player is Shaheen.

However, Shaheen left the team this season, and Dortmund has not yet won a penalty.

So who will punish?

Gotze had just scored a goal, he was in good shape, and everyone wanted him to take the penalty.

But Gotze didn't want to take this penalty. He asked Zhou Yi: "Why don't you come?"

In the end, Zhou Yi shook his head and refused: "My first Champions League goal doesn't look like a penalty."

"Hey, don't look down on the penalty kick!" Gotze couldn't help shouting.

"I don't mean to look down on the penalty kick, I just think it's such a commemorative goal, if it's a penalty kick... how boring to say..." Zhou Yi waved his hands and shook his head, refusing to take the penalty kick.

At the same time he asked Mark: "Why don't you come?"

Mark looked at the football and shook his head: "I don't want the first Champions League goal to be scored from a penalty. I think I should be able to score a more beautiful goal with my own strength..."

Gotze, Zhou Yi and Mark did not take penalty kicks, which really surprised everyone.

Originally, they all thought that they should be rushing to take penalty kicks. After all, penalty kicks are easy to score. As long as they score, they will have their own names in the goal statistics.

But I didn't expect that both Zhou Yi and Mark seemed to be very ambitious.

Seeing that the three young teammates did not take penalties, Hummels couldn't bear it anymore and stood up from the crowd: "I'll forget it."

Everyone was okay, so Hummels stepped forward and put the football on the penalty spot.

Others exited the restricted area.

When only Hummels and the opposing goalkeeper Mikhailov were in the penalty area, the referee blew his whistle.

Hummels runs up and then shoots with his foot!

The football flew into the goal, 2:0!

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PS, the second is at 6 pm. In the future, if there are two updates a day, there will be a chapter each at 8 am and 6 pm every day! (To be continued.) Enable new URL