Midfielder Ruler

When the Dortmund players were warming up, the Chinese reporters who came to the mixed zone had only one target, and that was Tang Zheng, who was participating in the Champions League for the first time.

Judging from Tang Zheng's facial expression, at least it can be seen that he is not nervous.

This is a good thing!

As the best player in the Bundesliga and Europa League last season, Tang Zheng's importance to Dortmund needless to say, the statistics speak for themselves.

Back in the locker room, coach Klopp is discussing the next game with assistant coaches Zeliko Buvac and Peter Kravitz.

Because Klopp will be on the sidelines in the first round of the Champions League group stage, assistant coach Zeliko Buvac will shoulder the responsibility of the head coach, so Klopp mainly communicates with Zeliko Buvac.

This is the first UEFA Champions League game for the Dortmund coaching staff!

In the first Champions League home game, Klopp was unable to appear on the court, and his starting lineup was relatively conservative.

Goalkeeper Weidenfeller, the four defenders are still a solid partner from last season, Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic and Piszczek.

The double midfielders were Kyle and Pirlo, Tang Zheng stood in front of Kyle and Pirlo, playing as a midfielder.

Gotze and Kuba separated the two wings, Lewandowski topped the front.

In fact, the overall tactics have not changed much, the only change is that the division of labor between Tang Zheng and Pirlo has become more detailed.

Before the game, in addition to deepening the players' understanding of the game tactics, Klopp also spoke about the players' spirit: "The upcoming game is an epic start for most of you here. I hope Everyone can burst out with maximum energy and win the final game, but..."

Having said that, Klopp paused, then glanced at the young players: "I hope you can control your excitement and don't bring too much excitement into the game. Not every game can Win with one less shot."

The European Super Cup at the end of last month was still fresh in everyone's memory, so they all nodded and said they would pay attention.

In the dressing room of the visiting team, legendary Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger mobilized for the upcoming game.

The beginning of the season can be described as extremely bad for Arsenal. If it weren't for last weekend's 1-0 home victory over Swansea, the team's morale is likely to be at its lowest point.

2:8 defeat at Old Trafford,

It is an unacceptable result for any Arsenal person.

Moreover, when Tang Zheng was interviewed by the media yesterday, he deliberately mentioned Arsenal's disastrous away defeat. Now that some players have not recovered from that disastrous defeat, Wenger must regain his strength.

"The game that is about to start is the first Champions League game of the new season. We have a fine tradition in the Champions League and have entered the Champions League knockout rounds for 13 consecutive seasons. So as long as everyone treats it with a normal heart, I think Arsenal must win the game !"

After all, Wenger looked at the new captain Van Persie: "Robin, you are the captain, please say a few words."

Van Persie did not expect Wenger to sing such a song, so he lacked preparation.

But as a veteran of the Gunners, Van Persie still has a lot to say in his heart.

He first coughed lightly, and then said loudly: "Forget everything in the past, because every game is a new beginning! Dortmund will not have the head coach present in the upcoming game, which is our advantage! What are you worried about? They targeted us enough before the game, why didn’t we take this effort to bring it into the game? As the new captain, I don’t know what to say, but I can guarantee that as long as you pass the ball to my feet, then I Definitely going to score!"

As the main striker of Arsenal and the Dutch national team, Van Persie has his own self-confidence!

Wenger, who retreated to the side, was very satisfied with Van Persie. Analyzing the fiasco at Old Trafford from a micro perspective, it had a lot to do with Van Persie's missed penalty. He blamed himself for the past half month, so he could see Van Persie came out of the shadows and Wenger was relieved.

When players from both sides appeared in the player channel, the announcer at the Westphalon Stadium announced the starting list of both sides for the game as usual.

It was the visiting players who first started broadcasting, and the thousands of Arsenal players who came with the team broke out in chanting, but it was quickly covered by the boos of the home team Dortmund fans.

When it was the turn to broadcast the players of the home team, the fanatical atmosphere burst out instantly.

Every time a name was announced, the fans of the home team burst into loud cheers tacitly.

And when Tang Zheng's name was reported, the cheers that erupted from the Westfalen Stadium were the most violent and sustained.

Standing behind the goalkeeper Weidenfeller, Tang Zheng naturally clenched his fists. He can only repay the love of the home team fans with victory!

In the past ten seconds or so, the head coach led the players from both sides to the court from the player tunnel.

As soon as he came out of the player tunnel, Tang Zheng saw from a distance the familiar yet unfamiliar five-star logo of the Champions League in the middle of the pitch.

As players from both sides appeared on the field, the frenzied atmosphere at the Westphalon Stadium began to erupt, and even the fans sitting in front of the TV could feel the terrifying atmosphere from the scene.

Immediately, Tang Zheng, who was leading the caddy, looked towards the south stand.

In the center of the South Stand, a large number of diehard Dortmund fans held up yellow mosaic drawings and beat them into a huge bat logo, occupying about 3/4 of the South Stand.

"There seems to be nothing special about it."

However, just as Tang Zheng was muttering in his heart, the yellow mosaic drawing in the center of the south stand slowly faded away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then use the black blank space as the background, and hold up the yellow mosaic drawings to piece together a fat Champions League trophy.

It's not over yet!

I saw a cartoon fan image with the Dortmund team emblem as a hat slowly rising along the wire, with white teeth on its mouth, holding a telescope and looking down at the five-star logo of the UEFA Champions League in the center of the stadium!

There is a row of letters along the bottom of the cartoon fan image: auf-den-spuren-des-verlorenen-henkelpotts

The general meaning in Chinese is: Walking on the road to find the lost Champions League trophy.

Central 5 commentator He Wei said emotionally: "This... This is the home tifo show produced by the Signal Iduna Park Stadium! Dortmund's UEFA Champions League after nine years! The fans have been waiting for a long time! It is really ingenious! Looking down Champions League! Dortmund is back!!"

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif was also emotional: "The UEFA Champions League after nine years! The UEFA Champions League champion after 14 years! Dortmund fans look down on the five-star logo of the UEFA Champions League as a symbol! Peep the champion!!"

British Sky commentator Andy Gray said with a smile: "I have to say that Dortmund fans are really amazing! The traditional tifo show in the Bundesliga once again dominates the Champions League! I don't know how to return to the Champions League after nine years." Can Dortmund set off their youth storm this season?"

Watching the highly visually shocking home tifo show, Tang Zheng suddenly felt his heart beating faster.

The other Dortmund players were not much better, even Pirlo, who was used to seeing big scenes, was a little shocked.

Faced with such a fanatical home fans, Pirlo knew the choice this summer was the right one!

The starting players of both sides follow behind the referee group, with the center line of the court as the boundary, and they are on both sides.

Just when the players from both sides were lined up, the UEFA Champions League theme song "-League" sounded on the radio at the Westfalen Stadium

"ce-sont-les-meilleures-équipes!"

"sie-sind-die-allerbesten-mannschaften!"

"the-main-event!"

At the same time, the staff in the center of the stadium vigorously shook the canvas with the five-star logo of the Champions League in their hands.

The theme song of the UEFA Champions League was created by Tony Britton in 1992 based on the British king's coronation carol "Priest Zadok" created by Handel. It uses English, German and French as the official languages ​​of the UEFA Champions League. Performed by the orchestra and the St. Martin's College Choir.

Tang Zheng only understood German and English, as for French, he couldn't understand it because he hadn't learned it.

Maybe it has a strong religious overtone, Tang Zheng used to watch the UEFA Champions League and hear the theme song of the UEFA Champions League would feel his heart beat faster and his whole body full of strength.

This time at the scene, the feeling was particularly strong, and even the cells of the whole body trembled, looking forward to an explosion.

The last confrontation between Dortmund and Arsenal dates back to nine years ago. What is interesting is that the two sides also met in the first round of the Champions League group stage. The only difference is that Arsenal was at home at that time. Berry's goal beat Dortmund.

It's just that the outcome of this confrontation nine years later is somewhat unpredictable.

The official lineup given by Arsenal as a guest is also 4231, goalkeeper Szesny, four defenders Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny and Gibbs, and the double midfielder is Alexander Song. And Arteta, the three midfielders Benayoun, Walcott and Gervinho, with captain Van Persie at the top.

The only thing Dortmund needs to worry about is Arsenal's two wingers. Walcott and Gervinho are both extremely fast wingers. Once they get up to speed, they can't catch up with a car.

Of course, Klopp focused on Walcott and Gervinho before the game, so the assists of the two full-backs were limited in order to prevent Arsenal's quick counterattack.

Arsenal, who had the kick-off advantage, did not launch an attack directly, but made a tentative attack as usual.

Obviously, this is the traditional selection routine for a strong experienced team to meet an unfamiliar team.

After finding out the reality of the opponent, then follow the established tactics before the game.

Football soon spread to Walcott's feet. The 22-year-old England international can be said to have become famous at a young age. At the age of 17, he became a member of the England national team for the World Cup in Germany.

The most frightening thing about Walcott is his impressive speed. He was 11.5 seconds in elementary school, and now he is known as the fastest football player.

Schmelzer was accidentally scored by Walcott. Van Persie, who was still dangling in Dortmund's restricted area just now, suddenly inserted into the restricted area, and there was a loud exclamation at the Westfalun Stadium.

However, in the next second, the exclamation turned into a loud cry.

Walcott was still rejoicing at the wonderful man-to-ball score just now, but he had to jump up in the blink of an eye, because one leg blocked the running route of the football, and he was a little far away from the football.

In order to avoid being injured, he had to jump up and dodge.

It was Tang Zheng who stole the ball!

Tang Zheng, who covered the entire midfield in Klopp's tactical system, appeared in a key position!

Because Kyle was in the middle, Pirlo's supplementary defense was not in place yet, and Tang Zheng, who had a stronger defensive awareness and faster speed, rushed over!

Klopp, who stood up, took a long breath, and then sat back down again.

Tang Zheng left the football at his feet, and then swept it to Pirlo. Due to the speed of passing the ball forward, Tang Zheng hadn't had time to get in. Dortmund's attack was quickly ended by Lewandowski's wave end.

However, Dortmund did a good job of pressing in the high position. Once Kyle stepped forward to press, Pirlo chose the center to defend.

One is to make up for the vacancy caused by Kyle's grabbing, and the other is to organize an effective attack as soon as possible if the football is successfully broken.

Pirlo's ability is destined that he can send the football to the most dangerous place, increasing the hope of his side to grab the start.

However, Arsenal were obviously prepared and did not dribble too much in the midfield at all. In addition, Arsenal is one of the few teams in the Premier League with good skills at their feet. They did not appear flustered in the face of Dortmund's high pressure.

Since the high pressure was unsuccessful, the line of defense could only be arranged backwards.

Dortmund's central and frontcourt players are all physically fit, and they retreat very quickly. Before Arsenal passed the ball to the forward line, Dortmund's players retreated in place.

Ten minutes before the game, neither side created an actual threat, and the score was still 0:0

The atmosphere at the Westfalen Stadium is still fanatical, and Dortmund fans fully demonstrate their presence, so that Arsenal fans are so suppressed that it is difficult to stand out.

Tang Zheng put too much experience on defense during this period, so he didn't have extra energy to participate in offense.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it as a too fast offensive and defensive rhythm, because Pirlo's mobility is limited, and the offensive and defensive rhythm is too fast. Tang Zheng, who is physically strong and fast, naturally has to shoulder more defensive responsibilities.

Another five minutes into the game, Arsenal's attack bypassed Kyle and Pirlo, and the football came to Van Persie's feet.

Van Persie adjusted slightly to meet the ball, and then swung his left foot.

Long shot!

Just when Van Persilla rounded his thighs, a long leg suddenly appeared behind his right side.

Before he could react, the football was shoveled out, and the football was taken by Hummels, who was defending from the front.

"Aww-"

Because of Tang Zheng's brilliant supplementary defense in place, the Westfalen Stadium erupted into loud cheers.

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif nodded and smiled: "Don has perfectly interpreted what is called a key player from the beginning of the game to now. He always appears in a key position when there is a problem with Dortmund's defense! Two No. 10s The first confrontation ended with Tang Wan winning!"

At the same time, Fan Persie frowned and looked at Tang Zheng who was also wearing number ten, he suddenly had a strong feeling.

It is very difficult to score three points at the Westfalen Stadium.