Champion’s Heart

After four league rounds, Dortmund ranked third with three wins and one loss, and the top two teams are somewhat surprising. The first place is Mainz, with four victories in four games, scoring ten goals, conceding four goals, and a goal difference of six goals. The results are very good.

The second place is Hoffenheim, with three wins and one tie, scoring nine goals, conceding three goals, and a goal difference of six goals.

The next third place is Dortmund.

The fourth place is Freiburg, which also has three wins and one loss, but the goal difference is less, so it ranks fourth.

Fifth place is Hamburg, sixth Kaiserslautern, seventh Hannover 96, eighth Leverkusen.

Where is Bayern Munich?

They are currently ranked ninth, with only one win and one loss in four games, and the remaining two are draws, scoring two goals, conceding three goals, and a negative goal difference. Currently only five points.

However, the ranking at this time does not explain what the problem is.

Because last season Bayern Munich ranked eighth after playing four rounds, and their performance was not much better than this season, but at the end of the season they ranked first, champions!

And one more season, in the 2008-2009 season, Bayern Munich ranked second in the first four rounds, scoring ten goals, conceding four goals, and a goal difference of six, which is a good performance. So where are they after the league is over?

Still second, Wolfsburg won the championship. For a giant like Bayern Munich, not winning the league championship is considered a failure.

These historical experiences fully demonstrate that the ranking at the beginning of the league is not worth mentioning.

Many strong teams cannot take a good rest in the summer due to the large number of international players in the team. Their state is often not at their best. In addition, the team has to fight on multiple fronts at the beginning of the season. It is normal that the ranking is not ideal.

As the league progresses, the experience and state adjustment ability of strong teams, as well as the thickness of a strong bench, can allow them to regain the top spots in the league standings.

As the saying goes, you laugh best when you laugh last.

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In the fifth round of the league, Dortmund played against Kaiserslautern at home. For Mark. This will be his first time playing at Westfield Stadium. And it may be the first...

Meanwhile for Mark,

His amazing performance in the Ruhr Derby has attracted more people's attention. And these concerns will be turned into pressure, which will be reflected in a new game.

One will always hope that geniuses can maintain their upward momentum. But once that expectation turns into pressure, it's not so much fun.

So whether Mark can withstand such pressure. Can you still maintain a high level of performance in this game?

Expectation and attention can sometimes make people feel smug and have the illusion that they are reaching the pinnacle of life, but more often they turn into pressure that overwhelms a person.

How to handle this stress and expectation. It is the test that Mark must stand.

And this kind of test, it is impossible to ask others to help. He can receive Zhou Yi's pass and score on the court. Zhou Yi's assist can be seen as some kind of help. But if he doesn't have the ability, even with Zhou Yi's pass, he can't score a goal.

So the key is to look at yourself.

In the locker room at West **** Stadium. Zhou Yi was joking with Mark: How about it, did you feel so nervous that you couldn't sleep last night?

The teammates next to him also let out a low laugh.

I slept well! Mark said proudly with his head held high.

Ah. That's good. Zhou Yi patted him on the shoulder. It's just an ordinary game.

He was worried that Mark would feel nervous, think wildly, and think too much.

When I was with him in the youth team. Isn't it because Mark thinks too much, and I have to lie under the bed at night and play tricks to enlighten him?

Now it seems that the season that Mark was alone in the youth team really helped him a lot. Because he is a character who can stand on his own without relying on himself and Gotze.

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When the live radio Decole yelled out: Mark—

Wagner!! The fans at the scene gave out huge cheers, and Mrs. Wagner and her black and gold companions all contributed a lot of strength.

At this moment, after shouting, Mrs. Wagner hugged her husband, her body trembling slightly.

Old Wagner patted her on the back lightly, soothing his wife's emotions.

For Mrs. Wagner, the goal in the last Ruhr Derby may not make her as excited as she is now.

Because this is Westminster, the fans here, especially those in the South Stand, are all chanting their son's name. Only at this moment did Mrs. Wagner feel that her son was a real Dortmund player and could enjoy such treatment.

So her excited body kept shaking.

It was definitely not only Mrs. Wagner who was shaking.

When Mark's name was called out in the South Stand, Mark was in the player tunnel, waiting to play.

He shivered and shuddered, as if he had been electrocuted.

He deeply felt the feeling of starting at the West **** Stadium.

One word - cool!

Just when Mark was feeling excited, Zhou Yi was read on the live broadcast.

week--

easy!!!!

This voice shocked Mark, because he felt that it was twice as loud as his own!

In fact, it's not that he hasn't heard how the fans cheered for Zhou Yi, but the player tunnel seems to have a design that can amplify the volume. Anyway, the shouts he heard here are completely different from those he heard on the bench and in the stands.

But amidst such cheers, Zhou Yi who was standing in front of him didn't even shake. He's obviously used to it.

One day... I will get used to it, right?

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After stepping on the field, Mark turned his head to look at the South Stand, where there were densely packed people, wearing Dortmund jerseys, Dortmund peaked caps, and Dortmund scarves in their hands, forming a yellow-black wall.

Although he couldn't see clearly, he was sure that his parents were in that wall, two of the twenty-five thousand bricks.

They are looking at themselves, and they can walk more steadily on the road of pursuing their dreams.

If there is any regret, it is his sister, who is not optimistic about him, she should not appear on the scene. In fact, it would be nice for her to be able to watch it in front of the TV.

The relationship between myself and my sister is actually quite good-as long as I don't talk about football.

He still hopes that his sister can accept his choice one day.

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What Mark didn't know was that when he came on stage, his sister was also standing in one of the stands. This time, she didn't deliberately disguise herself, because she was surrounded by Dortmund fans.

However, a little different from those Dortmund fans around, she didn't wear any Dortmund jersey, nor did she wear a Dortmund hat. As for the Dortmund scarf? Then there is no more.

Wearing casual clothes, she came to the stands of this stadium empty-handed, and sat down like an ordinary passerby resting here after a tired walk, still out of tune with the people around her.

So in the beginning, she still attracted a lot of curious and scrutinizing eyes.

It's fine now, the Dortmund fans around are cheering and singing, and no one cares about the woman who appears next to them.

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Before this game, Kaiserslautern ranked sixth in the league, with two wins, one draw and one loss in four games, scoring eight goals, conceding five goals, three goal difference, and seven points.

Ranked higher than Bayern Munich.

After the start of the league, Kaiserslautern is really in good shape. They defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 at home in the second round of the league, and even exposed an upset in that round.

However, in the last two rounds of the league, their state has been mediocre.

In the third round, they lost to the league leader Mainz. In the last round, they shook hands with Hoffenheim, who was second in the league.

Now, their opponent has changed to third in the league.

In terms of the current strength of the two teams alone, Dortmund is stronger than Kaiserslautern.

Originally, Barrios' injury would have a certain impact on the team. As a result, Mark, who replaced him, performed well, directly making people forget about Barrios.

Coupled with the away game again, no one thinks that Kaiserslautern can play or leave from West.

After the start of the game, Kaiserslautern was still very positive and was able to stalemate with Dortmund.

The stalemate lasted only twenty-one minutes. Afterwards, there was no need for the commentator Marcel Leff to remind, any football-savvy fan could see that Dortmund had the upper hand on the scene.

Of course, there is Zhou Yi's credit.

But more than that.

In addition to Zhouyi, Gotze and Shinji Kagawa also performed very well.

In addition, although he has not scored yet, Mark's performance is not bad.

After controlling the situation of the game, for Dortmund, the next step is to score.

Dortmund fans in the stands of the West **** stadium used singing to motivate the team.

In the 32nd minute, Dortmund finally opened the scoring.

Shinji Kagawa assisted Gross Kreuz, who fired the ball into Kaiserslautern's goal!

1:0!

Good goal! Although Dortmund has always had the advantage, if they can't score, it will always make everyone feel worried. And this goal can finally reassure many Dortmund fans! They took the lead at home!

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