The midfield king of football life

Chapter 163 030 Fire Power Failure
Throughout October to November, Dortmund's schedule is almost double matches a week, and the situation of fighting on the third line makes most players suffer from varying degrees of physical fatigue.

Players are particularly prone to injuries after physical fatigue. Bwaszczykowski was injured in the double match a week ago, but he has not recovered yet.Recently, Svenbender also suffered from thigh muscle pain and discomfort due to excessive physical fatigue, and he was temporarily unable to play.

After the German Cup game against Aaron, Dortmund players only have two days to rest. On November 11, they will usher in the 3th round of the Bundesliga at home, against Stuttgart at home.

Although coach Klopp very much hopes that Li Feng can grow up quickly, he can't overwhelm him. Not only will he not grow up, but he may be injured due to physical fatigue.This is something coach Klopp does not want to see.

Therefore, in the game against Stuttgart, coach Klopp let Li Feng rest in turn, and let Goetze, who had rested for two games, start the game.

Among Dortmund's players, Hummels, Subotica, Kyle, Lewandowski, etc., are all seasoned players, but in the face of consecutive double matches in a week, their bodies also have varying degrees of fatigue.It's just that they haven't reached the stage where they can't play again.

November 11, Westfalenstadion.In the 3th round of the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund played against Stuttgart at home.

Today Dortmund's starting list is still the full main lineup, the back line is still Hummels and Subotic in the middle, Schmelzer and Piszczek are separated on both sides.Kyle and Jin Duoan partnered on the midfielder line, because Sven Bender was injured and unable to play.The midfield is composed of Gotze, Reus and Perisic, and the striker is still Lewandowski in front.

In fact, coach Klopp has been worried about Hummels and their state. Continuous high-intensity games can easily make their competitive state decline.

One hour before the game, Stuttgart's dressing room.

Stegart's head coach said seriously: "Today's game we have to do a good job of defense. Especially to withstand their No. 10 Gotze and No. 11 side express Royce. After freezing these two, their offensive firepower will lose 80%. If we want to achieve good results in the away game, then we must seriously defend every attack they have."

After a while, the game started after the referee whistled.

Stuttgart did a very good defense at the beginning of the game, and the formation of the entire team remained very neat.This made Dortmund's offense feel a little helpless.

In the 20th minute of the first half, Dortmund's players on the field had problems.

When the Stuttgart players attacked, they knocked Kyle from behind to the ground. Kyle's calf seemed to be kicked by the Stuttgart players, and Kyle couldn't stand up for a long time.Coach Klopp had to make a passive substitution adjustment.Coach Klopp asked Leitner to replace Kyle.

On the bench, Santana said softly to Li Feng: "Have you noticed that most of our teammates on the field are not in peak physical condition. Just like Kyle, his reaction was obviously a half-beat slower just now, otherwise the opponent who got stuck in the main position earlier would not have collided with him."

"Well, it seems to be like this. I see that Lewandowski seems to be a little tired now. It's only 20 minutes into the game, and he seems to have mentioned it for 80 minutes." Li Feng said.

The game continued, but Dortmund's offense was completely unable to play.The connection between Royce and Goetze was cut off by the players in Stuttgart. Although Goetze has plenty of physical strength, running alone cannot play a big role. He must cooperate with his teammates.

Coach Klopp on the sidelines frowned unconsciously when he saw the situation on the field.

The first half of the game ended quickly. Both sides played very flat in the first half, and neither side had a few good shots.

Although coach Klopp knows where the team's problems are, he has no good solution, because the next Champions League game will determine whether Dortmund can qualify safely. He can't replace Li Feng now. Since Gotze is chosen to start, he can only trust him.In this game, coach Klopp has accepted the result of the draw in his heart.

At the beginning of the second half, Dortmund did not make any changes.There is still no good way on the offensive end.

Gotze tried a few personal breakthroughs, but when he finally shot, he was firmly hugged by the Stuttgart goalkeeper.

"It seems that Lewandowski's performance today was terrible, and he didn't seem to be found in the penalty area at the critical moment." Santana said.

"Yes, his running is obviously less, probably because his body is tired." Li Feng said.

In the 56th minute, coach Klopp had no choice but to make a substitution adjustment, replacing Lewandovs with Siebel.Instead of staying on the court, Lewand might as well let him come down and rest.

After the substitution, the problem of Dortmund's weak attack has not been resolved, although Schiebel, who played, ran very actively in the frontcourt.

On the other hand, Stuttgart's defense remained very tight in the second half.They did not rush forward to press like other teams, but relied on the overall formation to defend.

Every time Gotze dribbled the ball near the top of Stuttgart's penalty area, Stuttgart's entire formation began to shrink, which made it difficult for Dortmund's short pass penetration to be effective, and in the end he could only take a long shot from the outside.

But Stuttgart's Bosnian striker Ibisevic created several threatening shots. Fortunately, the experienced Subotic and Hummels acted as firefighters for each other, so that Dortmund's city gate did not fall.

When the game progressed to the 75th minute, the score of the two teams was still 0-0, and the offense of both sides failed to form a goal in the end.

Seeing such a situation, Klopp reluctantly used up the last substitution. He had to consider it for the next Champions League group match.

In the 76th minute, coach Klopp replaced Royce with striker Bittencourt, and Dortmund's formation became 4222. With less than 15 minutes left in the end, Dortmund's offense can only rely on long passes from the outside of the wing to find the two forwards in the penalty area, but the effect of this attack is only consolation.

In the whole game, Dortmund had only 8 shots. This is probably the only one in the last few games where the number of shots did not exceed 10. In addition, the number of shots within the range of the goal was only 5 times. This statistic is also relatively low in recent games.

Until the end of the game, both Dortmund and Stuttgart failed to score, and the final game ended 0-0.

After the game, the media commented on Stuttgart's defense in great detail, and spoke highly of their defense in this game.On the contrary, Dortmund's previous sharp offense was completely suppressed in this game.The offensive firepower is completely non-threatening, which is equivalent to nothing.

After the game, when the media interviewed coach Klopp, Klopp could only make up a reason grandly, saying: "We are saving our strength for the next Champions League group match. A draw is an acceptable result for us. If you want to try Dortmund's real offensive firepower, you will understand after watching the next Champions League match."

(End of this chapter)