Grass roots glory

Chapter 446 All for the Champions League

The national team match day ended, and Zhou Tiancheng rushed back to Germany without stopping.

When Klopp saw Zhou Tiancheng standing in front of him in a healthy state, he looked him up and down with a sullen face, which made Zhou Tiancheng feel apprehensive.

"Boss, it seems that there is nothing wrong with me, right? I don't even have a skin injury." Zhou Tiancheng turned around, and then suddenly realized: "Is my hair messed up? Uh... I fell asleep on the plane and forgot Cleaned up..."

A smile appeared on Klopp's face: "Zhou, I am very satisfied with your current state. Don't worry about your own image, you are still as handsome as before. Go back and have a good rest. You need to work harder next time."

Zhou Tiancheng didn't think much about it. He thought it might be because the new season of the Champions League is coming this month, and the team needs to rely more on his own performance. He has already been mentally prepared for this.

But after he left, Klopp's face became slightly gloomy again, and Buvac said next to him: "Jurgen, at least Zhou is still healthy, and this is the biggest good news."

Klopp breathed a sigh of relief and cursed: "Damn FIFA match day! You are right, Zelico, fortunately Zhou is still healthy, otherwise I don't know what to do in the next game... If they can A week of physical fitness will be enough."

Buvac laughed: "Do you think this is possible? Jurgen, don't think about those unrealistic things. At least before the start of the Champions League, we still have a chance to adjust."

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That's right, although Klopp has always been worried, the FIFA virus is really out of his control.In the case of a large area being transferred, it is almost impossible to avoid injuries.

Klopp holds the injury statement from the German team in his hand: Goetze has a slight torn ligament and needs to rest for the next 2-3 weeks, and a similar statement from the Paraguay national team: Barrios has a groin muscle strain , also requires a three-week absence.

Speaking of which, Dortmund has only two wounded, which is much better than the situation of some wealthy teams.But Klopp's choices are also not as many as those powerful giants.Without an important frontcourt playmaker and an efficient striker who has scored three goals in four games, Klopp must re-evaluate the Champions League opener against Arsenal, which is only a week away.

However, before the start of the new season, Dortmund has another league round at the weekend, playing against Hertha Berlin at home.

Dortmund's injury situation is known throughout Germany, and naturally Hertha Berlin coach Babel cannot be hidden.Especially when he got Dortmund's starting lineup, seeing Klopp being forced to change from 4-4-2 back to 4-2-3-1 strengthened his determination to defend and counterattack. He has only one requirement for defensive players: "Press! Put pressure on them! The team that shrinks the defense at Westfalen has no good results. Can't let Zhou Tiancheng make every move comfortably. Press them in the backcourt, the chance of winning is on our own Creative!"

The scene at the beginning of the game was a bit unexpected. Even Klopp was a little caught off guard. He did not expect that Hertha Berlin, who returned to the Bundesliga as the newly promoted Bundesliga champion, would have such extraordinary courage. Fight against each other.And the execution of Zhou Tiancheng's strangulation is quite firm. Every time Zhou Tiancheng takes the ball, at least two players from the wide midfielder and midfielder will surround him. And the connection between the front waist.

The Hertha Berlin players did not restrain their movements at all. When they rushed over, they immediately threw their bodies out to collide with Zhou Tiancheng. They had fully learned the lessons of other opponents, and they were afraid that Zhou Tiancheng would see through the tackle too slowly. , but caused trouble to his teammates, so he directly leaned against Zhou Tiancheng in this way, knocking him to the ground again and again.

The opponent didn't care about the referee's penalty scale. Although such a scene made the game less enjoyable to watch, it also made Klopp feel terrified.

Although Zhou Tiancheng's physical fitness is strong, he is not solid.As the game time passed, the opponent's human attacks in turn also added damage to Zhou Tiancheng's body.

At the 78th minute of the game, Zhou Tiancheng fell to the ground again and then lay on the ground, clutching his waist.

Seeing this scene, Klopp finally stopped hesitating: "Zerico, we can't continue anymore, we have to replace Zhou."

Buvac hesitated a little: "Jurgen, wait a little longer. What if we can stand up in a week. We are not leading yet."

Klopp waved his hand: "Zelico, you understand my thoughts. I never thought about defending the league unbeaten. This game doesn't matter, but any accident in Zhou may affect the entire season."

Bouvac looked sideways at him, and Klopp went on: "Well, let's not go that far, but our next game is the Champions League! Arsenal!"

After weighing, Klopp still replaced Zhou Tiancheng with Kyle.

And this change made Hertha Berlin wait for a turnaround, and at the last moment they put pressure on Dortmund in turn.Adrian Ramos killed the game with a counterattack in the No.807 minute.

Marcel Leff said at the final whistle: "It's over, there's no chance. Whether Dortmund fans want to or not, they have to accept the team's first defeat of the season. But Klopp's ideas should be supported. Although losing this game will make Dortmund temporarily lose its advantage, the Bundesliga is a long season. For them, the Champions League is obviously more important. Their first show against Arsenal is their confidence in returning to the Champions League. Zhou is the team's battle An indispensable player for the Champions League."

Dortmund is a young team, but because of this, after missing several seasons in the Champions League, the team has very few players with experience in the Champions League.Goalkeeper Weidenfeller, captain Sebastian Kell, including Hummels, joined Dortmund on loan in the first season, that is, in the 2007-08 season, they represented the team in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.But the few players with experience in the Champions League are either not in key positions, or their status has declined seriously and they are too inexperienced to even have experience in the Champions League group stage.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Klopp values ​​Zhou Tiancheng so much. A player like him who has both skills, experience, top field experience and a big heart at a critical moment cannot miss the team's first show back in the Champions League. Dortmund Can't afford to hurt.

After the loss, Klopp won a lot of praise instead.Everyone can understand his choice, and it is also in line with the psychological choice of most fans and the media-everything is for the Champions League.

(End of this chapter)