Vol 5 Chapter 202: League before the Champions League

The match in Dortmund was played one day earlier than Bayern Munich. So after Dortmund defeated Frankfurt at home with a destructive trend, reporters threw questions to Guardiola at the pre-match press conference between Bayern Munich and Freiburg and asked him about these two games in Dortmund. How to see the big victory.
Guardiola rubbed his nose and said: "To be honest, I don't care much about them, I only care about my team. We just do our own thing."
He said it confidently, and didn't seem to put Dortmund in his eyes.
Of course, his Bayern Munich does have such capital.
In the subsequent game, Bayern Munich also won a 4:0 in Freiburg, the score is exactly the same as Dortmund.
It was a response to Dortmund's recent aggressive pursuit.
Now that the league has played twenty-one rounds, Bayern Munich is still at the top of the list, four points ahead of Dortmund, and there is a huge advantage in the goal difference-they scored 57 goals, but only lost nine goals, the net Up to forty-eight winning goals.
Only nine goals conceded made them the best defensive team.
Everyone says that the offense wins applause and the defense wins the championship.
From this simple truth, we can know that a good defensive team is usually a champion.
So everyone thinks that if Bayern Munich still can't win the league championship, it will definitely make many people doubt life...
In contrast to Dortmund, they have conceded 23 goals this season.
These are the most recent four seasons and they have conceded the most goals in the same period.
Last season, they lost 19 goals in 21 rounds.
In the 2011-2012 season, they only lost 14 goals in 21 rounds.
In the 2010-2011 season, they only lost 14 goals in 21 rounds.
Obviously, Dortmund's defense is better than before, which has a lot to do with their broken back line.
In terms of goal difference, Dortmund is 37, which is 11 goals away from Bayern Munich's 48.
So why do Dortmund chase Bayern Munich to compete for the championship?
Their performance this season is not entirely useless. At least so far, they are the team with the most goals in the Bundesliga. Sixty goals have been scored in the 21st round of the league.
This is also the season with the most goals in the same period in the last four seasons.
In the previous three seasons, in the 21st round, they scored 53, 50, and 44 goals respectively.
Although the performance has fluctuated this season, on offense, Dortmund's efficiency is still very high. After Lewandowski and Goetze, Dortmund's offensive performance has not declined, and Zhou Yi's outstanding performance is naturally inseparable.
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After playing the game with Frankfurt, there is another round of the league, followed by the Champions League knockout.
For this reason, the next 22nd round of the league will be very delicate.
Because the first game of the Champions League knockout in Dortmund, played away, and in the distant and cold Russia Saint Petersburg-Dortmund Champions League quarterfinals opponent is Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Of the 16 teams in total, Zenit St. Petersburg is not even the worst, but it can also be regarded as "one".
Probably weaker than them is the Greek Olympiacos.
But this does not mean that Dortmund is lucky, and has won a good sign.
This must take into account the weather in St. Petersburg and the time of the quarterfinals.
On February 25, St. Petersburg at high latitudes was still very cold with heavy snow.
And Dortmund had just been hit by a snowstorm in Istanbul, which caused the game to be interrupted, delayed for a day, and was almost overturned, unable to qualify for the group.
So Dortmund has become very sensitive to the weather.
Everyone is paying attention to the weather in St. Petersburg. According to the weather forecast, St. Petersburg has cloudy weather these days, but no one knows what is going on after a week.
The weather is always changing.
They can only pray that they will not be hit by another snowstorm in Istanbul.
At the same time, because of the expedition to St. Petersburg, it will inevitably affect Dortmund's plan in the league.
In the twenty-second round of the league, Dortmund is also away, their opponent is the Hamburg team.
Hamburg's performance this season is very bad, the league played 21 rounds, only 16 points, ranked 17th, the penultimate. This is the rhythm of downgrade.
So with almost half of the league remaining, the Hamburg team has entered the relegation state.
They must fight one by one, fight one by one, only in this way, they can ensure the success of relegation.
This game is their home again, Dortmund is not easy to play.
If Dortmund has reservations in the league in preparation for the Champions League, it is likely that they will lose to Hamburg.
Once they lost to Hamburg, fighting for the league title with Bayern Munich really became a fool's dream-Bayern Munich will challenge Hannover 96 on the road, although it is on the road, but with the strength difference between the two teams, it is not difficult for Bayern Munich to win away.
By that time, the difference between the two teams was pulled to seven points. With Bayern Munich's stable performance this season, it is really difficult to surpass it.
But what if the team is too hard in this league and the team does not perform well when they play Zenit Saint Petersburg?
The defending Champions League Champions League, Dortmund Club may not have thought about it, but the defending champion knockout round was eliminated, not only about face, but also related to income.
For many teams, the UEFA Champions League appearance fees and various bonuses are very important sources of income.
Although Dortmund is a big club, it will not say that it looks down on the UEFA Champions League appearance fees and bonuses...
They certainly hope to go further in the Champions League.
This dilemma is ultimately decided by head coach Klopp.
Klopp didn't hesitate, he decided to do his best in the league.
The reason is actually very simple-the UEFA Champions League game is behind, the league is ahead, it is unknown what the Champions League game will be played, and whether the league will affect the Champions League is not necessarily.
If the present is sacrificed for an uncertain future, it is stupid.
So Klopp did not intend to let the team suffer losses in the league because of the uncertain future. The first is of course to win the league, and then consider the Champions League.
In case of giving up the league and not winning the Champions League, wouldn't it be a bamboo basket?
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Before the game against Hamburg, Dortmund announced their 18-man roster, the main force.
In the face of Hamburg, Klopp also seemed very cautious. He said in a pre-match press conference: "I don't care about the Champions League game now, our opponent is Hamburg, so I only focus on league opponents.
Hamburg recently suffered a seven-game losing streak, but morale has fallen to the bottom. But they changed the head coach, and the original Dutch coach Van Malvik ended the get out of class, and Sloemka left.
Hamburg's search for Slomka is not only to find a firefighter, but not just to find a firefighter. They gave Slomka a long-term contract until the end of June 2016. This contract is valid even if the team is relegated to the second division this season.
At the same time, they naturally look for Sloemka to value his successful experience in relegation. In the second half of the 2009-2010 season, Sloemka took over Hanover 96 and miraculously completed the relegation task in the final round.
The Hamburg management clearly hopes that Sloemka will give Hamburg the same miracle.
There is such a saying in football that "changing a coach is like changing a knife." After many teams have changed head coaches, there has been an example of a fundamental improvement in performance.
Whether it’s superstition or the change brought by the new coach’s freshness...
This phenomenon does exist.
Klopp must of course worry that his team will become a victim of Hamburg's knife change.
Recently Dortmund has won two consecutive league games and the morale of the team is booming. Klopp had to worry about the team being too excited, and even proud to belittle the enemy.
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Moreover, Hamburg before this game also suffered from a large number of injuries-Boyi, Dickmeyer were absent due to illness, and Ilicevich, Van der Vaart and other people were absent due to injuries.
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Klopp’s worries are not unreasonable.
Just three minutes after the start of the game, Hamburg’s Erasek got the ball on the left side of Dortmund's penalty area and turned to shoot. The football just missed slightly.
This was the first shot from both sides and it was Hamburg that fired the first shot.
Then Dortmund took the initiative, but Hamburg's defense has always been solid, and Dortmund has never had a good chance.
"It seems that changing the head coach does make Hamburg a new look. In the face of Dortmund, Hamburg has not fallen!"
Klopp in the coach's seat looked serious.
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