Grassroots Glory

Klopp felt the pressure like never before. Sports director Zorc is very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the past few games, so the club very much hopes to use the Ruhr Derby to boost the team's confidence. He just received a call from Zorc, who issued a kill order for this away game.

The team once rushed to third place this season, and is currently ranked sixth, only five points behind Bremen, who is third. He has every chance to appear in the European arena next season. He is not worried about the position under his buttocks. But if the next game must be won, the difficulty is not small.

The team has lost three of the last four games, a 1:4 defeat to fifth-ranked Stuttgart, a 2:3 at home to Frankfurt's key three points for relegation, a 1:3 national derby loss to Bayern, and a 4:1 last round The victory over Hannover 96 finally stopped the three-game losing streak, but the defense made Klopp almost collapsed. He conceded 11 goals in the past four games. The key to the derby is to fight hard and make fewer mistakes than anyone else, but Hu The team's defense quickly collapsed after Myers' thigh muscle strain was sidelined for a month. The young central defender Hornshu, who was promoted from U19, is obviously still immature.

With the battle imminent, Klopp temporarily decided to move the experienced Schmelzer from left back to center back. Although he is only four years older than Hornshu, Schmelzer has been the main player for a season, and his awareness of defensive positioning and style are not bad. Klopp is very clear that this game must be played desperately in order to have a first-line chance in the away game.

Run, run, run! Let me move! Don't think that in the past few seasons, you will win because you have a slight advantage. The Schalke group can run much more than you. Do you want to be a training partner?

People who were already on the verge of dying forced their teeth to stimulate their potential. The Ruhr Derby has a special place in the hearts of every player, even without media exaggeration. Everyone wants to win, and no one wants to lose, let alone give to the opponent. Hand as a sparring partner.

Assistant coach Gerico Buvac is worried that Klopp will train everyone too hard. If the old injuries of the players are triggered, causing non-combat attrition before the war, the game will be more difficult. Klopp turned around and asked his assistant: If Zhou Tiancheng were our player, I would choose an easier way of playing, but after last season, old man, do you think we don't pay more physical energy? What chance do we have?

Uh... Buvac remained silent for a moment. Even Shaheen, who has the most delicate skills at his feet, has greatly reduced his performance. It is doomed to fail to control the ball in the away game.

You're right, Jurgen, it would be nice if it was our player.

Don't dream, old man, now he is our opponent.

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Five hours before the derby in the Ruhr area, there was already a sea of ​​people outside the Schalke stadium. Large groups of people wearing blue jerseys gathered at the entrance to the stadium. There are people of all shades of skin. The influence of the Ruhr Derby is not only in Germany, but also ranks high among the top ten derbies in the world. The two teams have many players from all continents and countries. Even if they don’t watch football on weekdays, today’s game The competition will attract many local people to join in the fun following the upsurge of the media.

Among such crowds, a group of yellow-skinned, black-haired, oriental faces in their early twenties did not seem so eye-catching. Even the locals next to him would not be surprised when they saw it, and they could guess at a glance that it must be Chinese fans who came to cheer for Schalke.

But Yang Cheng and his group seemed very excited. The club is about to be established, and the Ruhr Derby is of course a must-see for them. Everyone is here today.

Before entering the arena, Yang Cheng repeated to everyone again: Everyone, adjust your state, and when you enter the arena, you must shout out your momentum and let Brother Cheng know our existence. Fatty, you will take the lead later, usually you I always say that I have a loud voice, and today I will give you a chance to raise the decibel.

Fatty Xie, who weighs more than 180 kilograms, is holding a large bundle of inflatable sticks for cheering and holding a drum. He doesn't look bulky at all when he walks. It can be seen that this guy is in good physical condition.

At least he wasn't puffy. Hearing Yang Cheng's words, he nodded heavily: Brother Yang, don't worry, I promise to take the lead.

On both sides of the game, in fact, Magath's philosophy has always been based on me. This season Schalke has relied on this established style to win, so there is no need to say more at this time. Instead, Klopp was in the visiting team's locker room, repeating his advice to the starting midfielder Sven Bender: Sven, take it easy, I don't ask you to do other tasks, you only have one task.

Sven Bender nodded, but secretly clenched his fists.

Finally it was the match, this time he swore that he would never let Zhou Tiancheng do whatever he wanted in front of him!

He really can do it.

Only three minutes into the game, Zhou Tiancheng took the ball for the first time, and Sven Bender kept within two meters of him. As soon as he caught the ball, he slid the ball from the side and stabbed the ball away from Zhou Tiancheng's feet. At the same time, Zhou Tiancheng was huge His body was directly swept over by the inertia, and he rolled two circles on the ground, rolling up a large piece of grass clippings.

The on-duty referee Blüch took a look, blew his whistle to indicate a foul, and at the same time warned Sven Bender verbally. He was selected to be in charge of the Ruhr Derby. In such a game, the main job of the referee is to mediate conflicts on the field and ensure the smooth progress of the game.

But the home fans didn't buy it, boos were overwhelming. Yang Cheng and his group even jumped up from their seats.

Red card! Hey! This action is obviously intended to hurt someone! Yang Cheng shouted out immediately.

That idiot, you can't play football and get your grandpa off! Fatty Xie yelled at Sven Bender at the top of his voice.

It's a big danger, this is the treatment to prevent Messi. You must protect yourself.

On the sidelines, Klopp grinned admiringly at Sven Bender, and that's what he wanted to achieve.

Fortunately, Zhou Tiancheng took the initiative to unload the force in the air and was not injured. He quickly got up and dragged away Rakitic, who was about to rush up and grab Sven Bender by the neck to settle the score.

Zhou Tiancheng thought that he might be treated like this most of the time, but he didn't want to rely on his teammates to get ahead of him.

Zhou Tiancheng then accelerated the speed of his actions, but even if he passed Sven Bender, the central defender Subotic who was rushing forward was not soft at all, and it was the first time Zhou Tiancheng was passed. He rushed to the vicinity of the middle circle in a short time, which shows how much Dortmund attaches importance to his marking today.

And the boos on the scene were even higher. When the team's offense was not going well, Schalke fans would use various methods to cheer up the players by waving the team flag and raising waves of people. Arrogant went to the Schalke Stadium and was flooded with blue and white waves. This momentum was like a huge wave rising into the sky, and it seemed that it could swallow Dortmund players at any time.

But in this blue and white world, a group of bumblebees who refused to admit defeat broke into today. At least from the opening point of view, they showed a ferocious momentum to fight to the end.

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