Chapter 233 It’s Hard to Beat the Relegation Team

Dortmund's away game against Stuttgart and Bayern Munich's home game against Hoffenheim coincidentally are scheduled to be held at the same time.

For those who are concerned about the situation of winning the league, they have to hold the remote control and constantly switch back and forth between the two channels.

Fans of both teams watching the game live must have their radios ready to multitask at any time.

Speaking of which, Dortmund's game is still more difficult to play. Although their opponent Stuttgart is ranked lower than Bayern Munich's opponent Hoffenheim, it is precisely because of the lower ranking that it is difficult to play.

As a traditional strong team in the Bundesliga, Stuttgart has performed poorly this season and is stuck in the quagmire of relegation. You know, just two seasons ago, Stuttgart ranked sixth in the Bundesliga and qualified for the Europa League. Now it is going to fall to the second division, which is really sad.

Stuttgart has only won one game in the last ten games and scored only five points. It ranks second from last and is only three points ahead of Eunuch Braunschweig, who is first from last.

At the beginning of the season, Stuttgart coach Labbadia dismissed get out of class due to three consecutive losses, and youth team coach Schneider took over. Later Schneider suffered an eight-game losing streak in the league and was dismissed in the 24th round of the league. The famous Dutch coach Stevens subsequently Take over. Under the leadership of Stevens, Stuttgart has one win, one draw and one loss. At present, it is still very difficult for Stuttgart to successfully avoid relegation under the leadership of Stevens.

When the two sides met in the first round of the season, Dortmund defeated the opponent 6:1 at their home court. However, times have changed, and the situation between the two sides at that time was different from what it is now. Stuttgart, which is stuck in the relegation quagmire, will definitely not let Dortmund go easily at their home court.

In addition, Dortmund also has some problems of its own. After a period of calm, injuries occurred again within the team. Piszczek had a muscle problem in training and may not be able to make it to the weekend game. In addition, Aubameyang and Weidenfeller also missed the team's training because of colds. There is a question mark whether they can play in the weekend game.

In addition, since there is a Champions League game next week, Dortmund will definitely be affected and distracted. Even if Klopp does not do this in tactical arrangements, there is no guarantee that the players will not think more about it.

Unlike Dortmund, which has to passively adjust its lineup, Bayern Munich is much more relaxed. Because of the Champions League match next week, they will also make some personnel adjustments to the weekend league, but this is all proactive. And with the thickness of Bayern Munich's bench, even if there is a rotation, it will not affect the team's strength. It should not be a big problem to win a team like Hoffenheim at home that has no desires and desires.

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Before going to the away game, Dortmund announced the squad for this game. Piszczek, who had a muscle problem before, appeared on the squad. In addition to him, Aubameyang and Weidenfeller were also on the squad. in the list. But it’s hard to say whether he can start.

There are still the same few old faces on the injury list, Subotic, Gundogan and Kuba, plus Schmelzer who was just injured.

This is already the time when Dortmund has had relatively few injuries this season.

When the starting lineup was announced two hours before the game started, it was discovered that neither Piszczek nor Aubameyang appeared in the starting lineup.

Weidenfeller seemed to have shaken off the injury and started.

From the beginning of the game, Stuttgart used aggressive frontcourt pressing and long runs to contain Dortmund, while also creating scoring opportunities for themselves.

Under their fierce pressing, Dortmund's defense looked a little embarrassed.

With no teammates in the frontcourt, Hummels took the ball and drove forward with a big kick. Naturally, no one could catch the ball and the football flew straight out of Stuttgart's baseline.

"What did Hummels think? There is no one from Dortmund in front of this ball, so why should it be kicked in front?" Marcel Leif didn't understand.

"Stuttgart's pressing made Hummels a little panicked. This ball was not a long pass to start an attack at all, but a clearance, right?" Duan Xin said.

This is Stevens' tactic specifically for Dortmund. Stevens has coached Schalke 04 twice. In 1997, he led Schalke 04 to win the UEFA Cup. Schalke The meritorious coach of 04.

The last time he coached Schalke 04 was from 2011 to 2012, and he happened to compete with the current Dortmund team, so he is no stranger to this Dortmund team and can naturally design targeted tactics.

In view of Dortmund's current uneven defense lineup, he asked Stuttgart's players to constantly press them in the frontcourt and force them to make mistakes. On the one hand, it was to contain Dortmund's offense - if the defense is unstable, Dortmund will naturally not be able to do anything when attacking. To go all out, you always have to look forward and backward; on the other hand, it is also to create opportunities for Stuttgart to counterattack on the spot.

I have to say that Stevens is indeed a head coach who knows Dortmund very well, and his tactics are very effective for Dortmund now...

The continuous frontcourt press put a lot of pressure on Dortmund's defense.

Finally, in the ninth minute, Stuttgart forced the Dortmund players to pass back through a series of pressings in the frontcourt. However, at the same time, the distance between people was compressed to the extreme. At too short a distance, the pass became Very difficult.

So when Sven Bender got the ball in the backcourt and faced the Stuttgart players pressing him, there were Hummels and Papastathopoulos beside him, but these two people were maybe two or three meters away from him.

Sven Bender wanted to pass the football back to Hummels, but because the distance was too close, he did not dare to use much force.

Under the interference of Stuttgart midfielder Gentner, his return pass was too weak. It was interrupted by Gentner before it even reached Hummels' feet!

"Oh oh oh oh!"

Stuttgart's home stadium, the Mercedes-Benz Arena, gave a huge cheer when Gentner successfully intercepted the ball.

Gentner's steal also caught Hummels off guard. Gentner only used a simple Xu Huang change of direction to throw Hummels aside.

Gentner, who passed Hummels, entered the penalty area and shot before the penalty spot.

The football passed over the attacking goalkeeper Weidenfeller, grazed the inside of the right post and flew into the goal!

"TOOOOOOOOOOOR!!! Less than ten minutes into the game, Stuttgart took the lead! Gentner! A beautiful counter-attack in the frontcourt!"

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"Hell!" After seeing the ball lost, Klopp angrily punched the ceiling of the coaching bench.

He knew that the relegation teams were difficult to beat, but he did not expect to concede the goal in less than ten minutes.

It has to be said that Stevens's tactical arrangement was indeed beyond his expectation. He did not expect that Stuttgart would adopt such a method, using crazy pressing in the frontcourt to deal with Dortmund, and it was quite useful...

Faced with such a pressing, to be honest, he couldn't come up with any good ideas for a while.

This made him angrier.

It was as if Stevens had been hit seven inches in the face by a snake.

Klopp turned his head and glanced at Stevens, who was standing in front of the Stuttgart coach's bench. They were old rivals and had played against each other before in the Ruhr derby.

At that time, in the Ruderby, Klopp had the last laugh every time. Stevens was also dismissed due to poor performance as coach of Schalke 04. It seems that even though he left the coaching position of Schalke 04, he did not give up on continuing to study Dortmund...

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"Dortmund conceded a goal..." The news spread quickly in the Bayern Munich coaching bench.

Guardiola heard the whispers from his colleagues nearby.

There was no reaction from him. But the coaches next to me were a little excited.

Everyone analyzed before the game and believed that although Dortmund has passed the Schalke 04 level, Stuttgart will not be easy to deal with next. After all, it is a relegation team. At the last moment of the league, the combat effectiveness of the relegation team will even let Bayern Munich touch it. Even if you go up, you still have to be wary.

The actual development of the game was exactly as they expected. Dortmund was in trouble on the road at the beginning of the game, and now they have conceded goals... What good news!

Unlike Dortmund, who was stuck in the quagmire and played very embarrassingly, Bayern Munich played at home with ease. Although they have not scored yet, they have taken the initiative and believe that scoring a goal will only happen sooner or later.

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After Dortmund lost the ball, they tried to counterattack. In the 12th minute, Grosskreutz, who replaced Piszczek in the starting lineup, passed back from the right wing. Mark shot a powerful shot from the front of the penalty area, but was blocked by the Stuttgart defender. Crossed the bottom line.

Two minutes later, Royce's long shot in front of the penalty area was blocked by Stuttgart goalkeeper Ulreich.

However, Dortmund's counterattack failed to achieve results, and instead allowed Stuttgart to seize the opportunity to counterattack.

In the 19th minute, Traore took the ball on the right side of the penalty area. Facing Dortmund left back Durm who came up to defend him, Traore accelerated and forced a breakthrough!

A pass, then pushed Durm aside with his body, and successfully broke into the penalty area!

"Traore! He went in, it's dangerous!" Duan Xin exclaimed.

Before he finished speaking, he saw Traore dribbling the ball towards the goal. After attracting Weidenfeller, he decisively chose to cross.

The ball slipped between the leg of Hummels who was returning to defense and the leg of Weidenfeller who stretched out to block the angle, and passed to Stuttgart player Haneke who had already reached the goal. Facing the empty goal that was close at hand, Hanik kicked the football into the goal with one kick!

"2:0!!! Stuttgart leads by two goals at home! Dortmund suffered a heavy blow!"

The entire Mercedes-Benz Arena was filled with cheers from Stuttgart fans.

At the critical moment of relegation, if Stuttgart can defeat Dortmund at home, it will not only get precious three points, but also a great boost to the team's morale and confidence, which will be very helpful for Stuttgart's next road to relegation. helpful.

The Mercedes-Benz Arena is like an erupting volcano, and Dortmund's players are in the crater, being roasted on top of the hot lava, as if they are in hell.

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