Midfielder Ruler

In the 2011-2012 season, the UEFA Champions League drew two death groups, which somewhat surprised the media, especially Manchester City, which has always been against UEFA's new deal. They have Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Naples in the same group.

The four teams drawn into Group A all have the strength to qualify, a veritable Super Death Group.

The 2010-2011 Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund are not much better. They are in Group F with Arsenal, Marseille and Olympiacos.

Except for Olympiacos, which has been a big team in the UEFA Champions League group stage all the year round, it is difficult to compete for a qualifying spot. Whether it is Dortmund, Arsenal, or Marseille, they all have the strength to qualify.

What makes the German media uneasy is that in the Bundesliga champions Dortmund, except for Pirlo and Kyle who have experience in the UEFA Champions League, other players have no experience in the competition, and the same is true of the head coach Klopp.

And Kyle's participation in the UEFA Champions League dates back to nine years ago, which was his second season in Dortmund. Like Dortmund, he has been away from such a top European league for nine years, which means that the only player with experience in the UEFA Champions League is Pirlo. !

After all the results of the draw came out, UEFA official Infantino also announced the specific time for the six rounds of the group stage. The first round of the group stage will be held on September 13/14, and the second round will be held on September 27/28. , the third round will be held on October 18/19, the fourth round will be held on November 1/2, the fifth round will be held on November 22/23, and the final round will be held on December 6/7.

Dortmund's first group match after a nine-year absence from the Champions League was at 8:45 pm local time on September 13 in Germany. They faced the Gunners Arsenal in Westphalia.

The Dortmund fans sitting in front of the TV can't wait for the coming of the UEFA Champions League. As former Champions League winners, they hope that the team's second peak will come again!

At the same time, the heads of the top ten organizations in the south stand of the Westphalon Stadium gathered together. After they determined their opponents in the group stage, they intensively discussed the layout of the first home stadium for returning to the Champions League.

On the second day, the mainstream media in Europe basically focused on two places. The first was the two death groups, and the second was the prospects of the national league teams.

Of course, there is also a lot of media focus on the upcoming European Super Cup.

Dortmund had an eye-catching performance in the past 2010-2011 season and was unbeaten throughout the season. If it hadn't been for the away loss to Hoffenheim in the second round of the Bundesliga in the 2011-2012 season, they would have created more league unbeaten records.

In the past 2010-2011 season,

Dortmund may not be the team with the most goals in Europe's five major leagues, but it is definitely the best defensive team. They only conceded 17 goals in 34 league rounds.

Among them, 18 league games have zero opponents, which means that Dortmund's zero seal rate is as high as 52%.

And their offensive ability should not be underestimated. They scored an astonishing 72 goals in 34 league rounds, averaging 2.11 goals per game, which is only 0.39 goals less than Cosmos Barcelona's average of 2.5 goals per game.

Considering the particularity of La Liga, the Bundesliga, where the gap between rich and poor is not particularly obvious, is obviously more convincing.

Regardless of the difference in reputation between the two teams, the opponents of the 2011 UEFA Super Cup are the champions of their respective leagues. It is the peak match between the Bundesliga and La Liga, so it has attracted a lot of attention.

Tang Zheng's performance in the 2010-2011 season was extremely eye-catching, and he was the number one contributor to Dortmund's championship in various competitions. Naturally, he was the player most talked about by the media.

The Catalan media "Mundo Deportivo" talked about Tang Zheng: "Josep's team was invincible last season, but they can't take it lightly. The team with the fewest goals conceded should not be underestimated..."

In fact, most European media set the tone of this European Super Cup as the strongest spear and shield.

In the end, it was Barcelona's powerful offensive ability that won the final victory, or Dortmund's impeccable defense had the last laugh.

However, the German media are a little worried. Dortmund this season is somewhat different from last season.

Shaheen, who is both offensive and defensive, left, and the veteran Pirlo who replaced him could hardly play the role that Shaheen played last season on the defensive end. It's so watertight.

Dortmund fans are not worried, they are full of confidence in the next European Super Cup.

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Before the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League group draw, many media paid attention to the UEFA Super Cup, especially the German media, Spanish media and Chinese media.

Although the European Super Cup is as tasteless as every country's Super Cup, it is an honor in the final analysis and no one will refuse it.

Since the restructuring in 1998, the Bundesliga team has not been involved in this so-called tasteless European Super Cup.

The last time a Bundesliga team participated in the European Super Cup dates back to ten years ago, when the Champions League champion Bayern Munich lost 2:3 to the UEFA Cup champion Liverpool.

Looking up, it's a bit shocking!

Because the Bundesliga team has not won a European Super Cup!

Bayern, Dortmund, Hamburg all collapsed...

Among them, the two teams had a battle fourteen years ago. Dortmund, the Champions League champion at the time, lost to Barcelona with a total score of 1:3 at home and away.

This is a great shame for the Bundesliga, so Dortmund must take on the responsibility of defending the dignity of the Bundesliga in this European Super Cup.

However, in the past three seasons, Barcelona has been called the Cosmos team, and its pass-and-control style of play has swept across Europe.

However, there are also media who are very optimistic about Dortmund. They also have a high position that makes the offensive side feel helpless.

Dortmund is high-position pressing + high-position counterattack, while Guardiola is high-position pressing + ball control, but the ultimate goal is to send the ball into the opponent's goal.

And the next advantage is the confidence of the German media, because Dortmund conceded the least goals in the five major European leagues last season.

Dortmund is not afraid of the opponent's attack, as long as the center led by Tang Zheng can withstand the penetration of Barcelona, ​​and Pirlo is behind the strategist, how difficult is it to win?

Perhaps feeling the confidence of the German media, the Catalan media headed by "Daily Sport" and "Mundo Deportivo" said that the success rate of high pressure lies in the opponent's technical ability, and the personal skills of Barcelona players are world-class. Top, even if Dortmund's high pressure sweeps the entire Bundesliga, there is no way to deter Barcelona.

In contrast to Dortmund, the technical ability of the players in the team is not particularly good, and it is very likely that they will be educated by Barcelona in the next European Super Cup...

In this regard, the local media in Dortmund were not happy, and they fought back.

The players on both sides were very restrained. Sanchez, who had just joined Barcelona, ​​was even tweeting about Tang Zheng, looking forward to their first match!

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The Chinese media didn't pay much attention to the results of the game, they only paid attention to Tang Zheng's performance in the first European Super Cup as a Chinese player.

On the day of the game, there were still four full hours before the start of the game, and a large number of fans gathered outside the square of the Louis II Stadium.

There are local fans in Monaco, Dortmund fans and Barcelona fans who have traveled across the ocean, and there are also many fans who exclusively support their own players.

Because of the large base, Chinese fans are particularly dazzling outside the square.

Coupled with the five-star red flag with a red background draped over their shoulders, it can be said to be the most dazzling existence.

The cooperation between Central 5 and UEFA has been very stable. They firmly control the exclusive broadcast rights in mainland China. There are many CCTV reporters who came to Monaco this time.

The two ace commentators, He Wei and Duan Xuan, both came to Monaco to comment on the European Super Cup.

There are still two hours before the start of the game, and the two sides of the game arrived at the designated positions of the Louis II Stadium by bus.

The capacity of the Louis II Stadium is only 18,500 people, and the capacity of the Westfalen Stadium and the Nou Camp Stadium has reached more than 80,000, so it is destined that many die-hard fans of both sides will not be able to enter the stadium.

Therefore, before the players arrive at the stadium by bus, it is the last time for these fans who have come from afar but have no tickets to see the players in person.

Dortmund fans have always been known for their fanaticism, and the same is true for them who came to Monaco this time.

"Aww-"

A large number of diehard fans broke out in front of Dortmund's bus and shouted like a tsunami.

Klopp was the first to get off the bus, followed by assistant coach Zeliko Buvac and Peter Kravitz, who gave the enthusiastic fans a thumbs up.

Players stepped out of the bus one by one, wearing shoulder bags and earphones, smiling and waving to the enthusiastic fans.

"Don—"

When Tang Zheng stepped out of the bus, the shouts of mountains and tsunamis had the meaning of shaking the earth.

Tang Zheng waved to the Dortmund fans and the Chinese fans who came from afar with a smile on his face, and patted his left chest at the same time.

It means that you have yourself, and you have the chance to win!

A large number of reporters surrounded by stadium security personnel kept pressing the shutter button to capture valuable material that will be available in the future.

As all the Dortmund players entered the stadium, the fans slowly dispersed and went to the huge LCD screen outside the square, waiting for the start of the game.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the pitch, Barcelona arrived on the bus...

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"It's a small field."

Lewandowski had just come out of the tunnel of the Louis II stadium, looked around the stands and blurted out.

Tang Zheng bent down and tied his shoelaces, looked up at the stadium where the European Super Cup was held, and frowned slightly.

This field is really small.

But... small pitches also have their advantages.

Barcelona are good at passing and controlling, and they like to use the width of the pitch.

Thinking of this, Tang Zheng patted Lewandowski and Gotze on the shoulders respectively and said: "Don't feel sorry for the size of the stadium, our task is to beat Barcelona, ​​and a small stadium may not be a bad thing for us."

"Stop staring, guys! Warm up! GOGOGO—"

The fitness coach Oliver Bartlett, who had just come out of the player tunnel, raised his voice and clapped his hands vigorously.

Dortmund players are like piggies who have been chased away, starting to warm up.

At this time, the starting rosters of both sides of the game were announced.

Barcelona sent the strongest lineup, goalkeeper Valdez, four defenders Alves, Mascherano, Abidal and Adriano, three midfielders Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets, three The striker is the MVP combination of Messi, Villa and Pedro.

Considering that the Louis II stadium is too small and the skills of Barcelona players are delicate, Dortmund has changed the tactics of this game. It is not as aggressive as the Bundesliga and last season's Europa League, focusing on stability.

For this reason, Pirlo can only sit on the bench.

Goalkeeper Weidenfeller, four defenders Schmelzer, Subotic, Hummels and Piszczek, double defensive midfielder Gundogan partnered with Sven Bender, Tang Zheng stood slightly forward, two The famous side midfielders are Gotze and Gross Kreuz, and Lewandowski is at the forefront.

Barcelona's starting lineup did not surprise everyone, and what surprised people was Dortmund's starting lineup.

German Sky commentator Marcel Leff expressed his understanding: "Andre Pirlo is on the bench? Is Jurgen Klopp preparing to copy last season's technical and tactical play? Ilka Yi Gundogan's characteristics are indeed similar to Nuri Shaheen, but Nuri Shaheen has more experience in switching to Real Madrid..."

Catalan TV commentator saw Dortmund's starting line-up and gave a judgment: "-que!"

The general meaning in Chinese is: looking for death!

Central 5 commentator He Wei looked at the starting list in his hand and talked about his worries: "Barcelona's starting lineup only made one adjustment, that is, Adriano replaced central defender Pique, who was absent due to injury, and other positions It is exactly the same as the UEFA Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium this summer. Such a cosmic team is really frightening. Dortmund's starting lineup is bold and heroic, but their youth is their biggest problem..."

Compared with the experienced Barcelona, ​​Dortmund's lineup is indeed too young, with an average age of only 23 years old.

In contrast to Barcelona, ​​the average age is twenty-seven.

In the eyes of football experts, the 27-year-old is at the peak of his career, whether it is physical fitness or game experience.

Can young Borussia Dortmund beat experienced Barcelona?

The game has not started, and the result is naturally unknown.

But in the eyes of many, Barcelona has already won half the battle.

Tang Zheng didn't think so, and the Dortmund fans didn't think so either.

In China, although there is a saying that ginger is still old and hot, but there are also newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers and random punches to kill old masters...

He instilled these ideas in his teammates long before the game.

Besides, they didn't play against Barcelona, ​​they learned more from news and video tapes!

You say you are the universe team, but many people call us Youth Storm!

The warm-up time lasted about 40 minutes, and the players from both sides returned to the locker room in batches to prepare for the next Super Bowl.