Football Superstar Training System

Chapter 57 One Defeat

Dortmund used a rotating lineup to easily win the first round of the German Cup. This is what Klopp hopes to see, and it will also allow him to deal with two-line battles and double matches a week.

After returning to Dortmund, the team stayed for a day and then set off to Hoffenheim Village, northwest of Sinsheim City, where Hoffenheim is located, which is also known as Huo Village.

Hoffenheim's last season can be said to have ups and downs. Last season, before the winter break and after the winter break, there were two completely different Hoffenheim teams.Before the winter break, Huo Cun once triumphed in the Bundesliga and reached the fifth position in the league.The team that had a good chance to compete for a European qualification in the second half of the season slipped from No.5 to the final No.11 at the end of the season.

The reason for such ups and downs is that the culprit is Hoffenheim owner Hope. On the first day of the winter transfer window, he made a deal that was enough to cause an "earthquake" for the club. Hope sold the team's midfielder Luis Gustavo to Bayern Munich for a transfer fee of 1700 million euros.The team's meritorious coach resigned angrily on the second day after the transaction was completed. After a drastic change, the team also fell into a slump after the winter break, and finally only won No. 11 in the league.

The team's situation slowly improved after the new coach Holger Stanislavski took office.This season, Hoffenheim advanced to the second round after winning the amateur team German Wendeck in the first round of the German Cup. In the first round of the league, the team lost 1-2 away to Hannover 96, so the vast majority of fans are even less optimistic about the club's second round against defending champion Dortmund.

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On August 8, the second round of the Bundesliga officially started.Hoffenheim host Dortmund at the Neckar Arena.

Thanks to the rotation in the middle of the week, coach Klopp also sent nine main players in this game.

Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller.

Defenders: Chris Lowe, Felipe Santana, Hummels, Piszczek.

Back midfielder: Bender, Kyle.

Midfielders: Gotze, Shinji Kagawa, Gross Kreutz.

Center: Lewandowski.

Schmelzer came off the bench, Subotic continued to be absent, teenager Chris Low partnered with Felipe Santana to start the game, and Lin Tian continued to stand by as a substitute.

Hoffenheim, who knew the opponent's strength well, chose to avoid their edge as soon as they came up. The whole team focused on defense and looked for opportunities to play defensive counterattacks.

The head coach Stanislavski, who is famous for his defense, has devoted all his defensive experience to the team since he took office in April last year. Hoffenheim, which has been transformed in the new season, also regards defensive counterattack as its hometown skill.Stanislavski's side could have taken away a league point in the first round of the league if it hadn't been for the final penalty.

If one side has to defend, then the other side has to attack. Klopp is just the opposite of Stanislavski. Uncle Slag, who was born as a forward, is a full-fledged offensiveist. He has also advocated attacking formations throughout his coaching career. As he said, every game should be treated as a war.

Attack or give me death!
Dortmund is also constantly trying to break through Hoffenheim's dense defense on the field, but Huo Cun's defense today is indeed very good, which also makes Dortmund's offensive players on the field fall into the dilemma of being able to control the ball but not score.

No.20 minutes, Lewandowski faced many defensive players in the Hoffenheim penalty area in front of the penalty area and simply gave up the idea of ​​continuing to advance. Lewandowski swung his right foot directly in front of the penalty area and shot angrily.

Gross Kreutz, who flew out of the plane, spit on the ground and complained angrily: "I'll go, this turtle formation is too fucking hard to break!"

Klopp, who is commanding from the sidelines, also has such thoughts.Uncle Zha felt that if the rules allowed, he planned to go to the bench next to Hoffenheim to try to see if Stanislavski was really a tortoise, otherwise why would he have studied the tortoise so deeply.

At the end of the first half, the scores of the two sides did not change in any way, and the score was still 0-0.

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In the second half, Klopp made a new tactical arrangement during the half-time break. Instead of holding the ball on the ground in the first half, he played a long pass. With Lewandowski as the fulcrum, he passed the high-altitude ball to him more and scored with a header.

Therefore, Dortmund, who had a 70.00% ball possession rate in the first half, began to pass high balls. This tactic played a very good role for a long time. Lewandowski also threatened Hoffenheim with several headers.

Seeing that the long pass was effective, Hummels, Kyle and other tall men from the team also started to advance to the point of contention. They thought that the ball possession rate was on their side anyway, and even if they lost the ball, they could fight back on the spot, so they began to press forward with confidence.

No. 803 minutes, Dortmund got a corner kick opportunity, a set kick goal is a good way to break the dense defense, of course the Hornets do not want to waste, the team's tall men all went to the penalty area, leaving Shinji Kagawa in the midfield, Felipe Santana in the backcourt and goalkeeper Weidenfeller.Gotze's corner kick flew directly to the penalty area, but when the ball flew to the middle of the penalty area, it was caught by Hoffenheim's goalkeeper because it was too close to the goal.

In an instant, Hoffenheim launched a counterattack. Salihovic received the ball and sprinted forward at high speed. Teammate Fimirno was also running forward. Facing Shinji Kagawa, the two quickly completed a two-for-one collision with the wall. The ball went straight to Fimino.

One shot!
Weidenfeller looked at Fimirno who was approaching and chose to take the initiative. He believed in his one-on-one defensive ability.Weidenfeller rushed towards Fimirno, but the latter calmly chose to shoot.

The next moment, Weidenfeller, who was kneeling on the ground, could only look back at the ball entering the net!

"what……"

After the goal, Fimirno also raised his arms and roared, and the Hoffenheim players threw him to the ground.

"Damn it, I was hit back by this group of turtles!" Gross Kreutz cursed angrily.

Uncle Zha on the sidelines angrily kicked the substitute seat next to him, knowing that the other side would definitely stick to it, and he had already realized that the situation was over.

The fact is also the same. Uncle Zha made a final attempt to equalize the score, and then stepped up his offense one after another, replacing Lin Tian and Perisic on the field, but failed to break Hoffenheim's defense.

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"Haha, good luck, good luck." Stanislavski shook hands with Klopp after the game.

Uncle Zha was already very depressed, but now he saw Stanislavski driving and pretending, Klopp patted Stanislavski on the back and mocked beside his ear: "Old turtle!"

(End of this chapter)