Chapter 144 Too Relaxed

? In the two rounds of the league after the winter break, Dortmund won both of them. Such performance is naturally gratifying.

It gave Dortmund fans the confidence to catch up with Bayern Munich.

Time entered February 2013. On February 2, Bayern Munich defeated Mainz 3:0 on the field. This was a game without any suspense.

One day later, in the last game of this league round, Dortmund challenged Bayer Leverkusen away.

Before this game, Dortmund was second in the league and Leverkusen was third.

This is actually a battle between second and third in the league. But the outcome of this game will not be directly reflected in the standings. Because the points gap between Dortmund and Leverkusen is a bit big.

Dortmund, which ranks second with the most places, is two points behind Bayern Munich, which is the first. Bayern Munich has 48 points and Dortmund has 46 points. Leverkusen, who is third in the league, has 37 points, nine points behind. The outcome of a game doesn't mean anything.

Everyone says that the competition for the league title this season is still between Dortmund and Bayern Munich. The rest, whether it is Bayer Leverkusen, Frankfurt, Mainz, or Schalke 04, are all just soy sauce.

Dortmund only has one opponent in their eyes: Bayern Munich, and they don't pay attention to other teams.

Judging from the progress of the game, this statement makes sense.

Just three minutes into the game, Reus opened the scoring for Dortmund.

The man who assisted him was Lewandowski.

Just six minutes later, Zhou Yi made a sudden through ball in front of the penalty area, giving Mark a chance to face the goalkeeper with a single shot. When he shot, Mark was knocked down by the attacking Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Bender Leno. On ground, the referee decisively awarded a penalty kick and showed Leno a yellow card.

Mark, who then took the penalty kick, personally kicked the ball into the goal.

Dortmund took a two-goal lead less than ten minutes into the game, and there was no suspense in this game.

Leverkusen was obviously stunned by Dortmund's blitzkrieg. After the game restarted, they themselves played very messily. Some people wanted to quickly counterattack and score goals. But there are also players who are worried that Dortmund, who has been beaten crazy, will score another goal, and prefer to defend from behind.

This ideological disunity is reflected on the scene, which is a terrible chaos.

Facing the chaotic Leverkusen, Dortmund played very relaxedly. They were not in a hurry, attacking when they had the chance, and passing the ball and knocking down the ball when they didn't have the chance.

Anyway, now we have a two-goal lead. With our strength and performance, what else do we have to worry about?

Perhaps because they were too relaxed, Dortmund had some chances in the first half but failed to seize them.

Let alone Leverkusen, they should be thankful that they did not continue to concede goals, let alone equalize the score.

Just like that, at the end of the first half, Dortmund led Leverkusen 2:0 away from home. This score never changed after ten minutes of the game.

This disappointed commentator Marcel Leif, who asserted after Mark's goal that the game would be a big score.

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At the beginning of the second half, Leverkusen made substitution adjustments.

Head coach Sasha Lewandowski replaced another midfielder, Simon Rolfes, with black midfielder Sidney Sam.

This is because Leverkusen's midfield performance was weak in the first half, which is also considered to be the reason why Dortmund was able to play so easily.

At the beginning of the second half, Leverkusen launched a fierce attack on Dortmund's goal. This was completely different from their performance in the first half, which Dortmund didn't expect at all.

How fierce was Leverkusen's counterattack in the second half?

There is a data that can illustrate one thing or two.

Ten minutes into the second half, Leverkusen had already had seven shots on goal, while Dortmund had only two.

You must know that in the entire first half, Leverkusen only had five shots, and only two of them hit the goal frame.

Five of the seven shots in the second half were on target.

If it weren't for Weidenfeller's outstanding performance, Dortmund's goal might have been lost.

During this period, Leverkusen's offense was threatening, and the Leverkusen fans in the stands were also excited. Their cheers resounded over the stadium, and Leverkusen finally felt like they were playing at home.

In addition to the fierce offensive, the fierce defense of the Leverkusen players who did not hesitate to commit fouls also made the Dortmund players very uncomfortable.

In ten minutes, Leverkusen players committed six fouls, while Dortmund only committed one.

This huge contrast can explain why Leverkusen now has the advantage.

Relying on fierce defense and desperate momentum, Leverkusen regained the initiative little by little.

On the other hand, the Dortmund players, after a halftime break, did not expect Leverkusen's counterattack to come so quickly and violently, and they were caught off guard.

And after they are suppressed, it will be difficult to reverse the situation.

Now, no matter how hard they play, they can't play smoothly.

After their players get the ball, they will be knocked to the ground by Leverkusen players. Sometimes the referee will blow the whistle to indicate that the Leverkusen players have committed a foul, but sometimes, it is reasonable physical contact and no foul.

The rhythm of the Dortmund players' game was completely disrupted by Leverkusen's tactics, and it was very difficult to reorganize.

In the 58th minute, thirteen minutes into the second half, Leverkusen's crazy counterattack finally paid off.

Their defensive midfielder Stefan Reinerts first stole the ball from Gotze in the midfield and distributed the ball. Then he did not stay behind to defend, but went directly forward and ran into Dortmund's penalty area in one breath. inside. At this time, the football has been passed to the feet of Keesling on the wing. Keesling made a pass from the wing. Reinerts jumped high while rushing into the penalty area!

Since Reinarts has always been a defensive midfielder from behind, Dortmund did not take him into consideration when defending, so he suddenly appeared in the penalty area and caught Dortmund off guard!

There is absolutely no one to defend him!

Reinerts, who was unguarded, jumped in the air and hit the football very comfortably, a powerful top shot!

Weidenfeller failed to stop the football this time and the ball flew into the goal he was guarding!

"Reinarts——!!!" Marcel Leif exclaimed excitedly. "Reinarts! Beautiful header! He smashed Weidenfeller's impenetrable defense!"

When Reinerts scored, the sky above the Bayer Arena erupted with huge cheers, like a bolt from the blue.

Leverkusen played really poorly in the first half, and their fans were frustrated. In the second half, Leverkusen played so passionately that when they cheered for the Leverkusen players again and again, they had one thought in their minds - such a good performance, now they are only one goal away!

And the goal finally came!

Only ten minutes into the second half, Leverkusen pulled a goal back, which gave supporters hope.

There is still time, enough time left for them to score another goal, or even two goals!

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After scoring the goal, Reinarts did not celebrate. After landing, he rushed into the goal. Before anyone else could react, he bent down and picked up the football, turned around and ran towards the center circle.

Hurry up, everything is still possible!

The other Leverkusen players followed him and ran back to their own half.

Their performance in the first half was really cowardly, and now they want to avenge their disgrace!

Facing the high-spirited Leverkusen players, the Dortmund players looked confused.

After losing the ball, central defender Santana defended at the front point. When he turned around, he saw Reinerts high up and hit the football. He didn't even know how Reinarts ended up in that place...

Like him, other Dortmund players also seemed helpless and surprised by this conceded goal.

For the team that lost the ball, this performance is not necessarily a good thing. Because they have no idea why they lost the ball.

Some Dortmund players thought it was Leverkusen's bad luck - after all, the goal was scored by a defensive midfielder with no offensive specialties. Who would have thought before that he would press forward and participate in the attack? During the ten minutes when Leverkusen frantically besieged Dortmund's goal, he didn't participate much in the offense and stayed behind to defend...

He made one forward move and scored the goal. Isn't this just bad luck?

The consequence of this kind of thinking is that Dortmund players don't pay enough attention to it - since it is a lucky goal, good luck can't always be around, right?

And they are still ahead, so there is no need to rush or worry.

As a result, just four minutes after Leverkusen pulled a goal back, Leverkusen scored again, or to be precise, Reinerts scored again!

The same way to score goals, both with headers!

This time the person assisting him was defender Bernisch.

"Reinarts!!" Marcel Leif exclaimed. "It's unbelievable! Dortmund took a two-goal lead in six minutes of the first half and Leverkusen equalized in just four minutes! Reinerts scored twice! And these are his only two goals this season. A goal! Before that, he played sixteen times and didn’t score a single goal!”

The entire Bayer Arena has turned into a boiling crater... The roar of the Leverkusen fans almost burned the Dortmund players to ashes! (To be continued.)