Midfielder Ruler

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In the past 19 rounds of the Bundesliga in the 2010-2011 season, Schalke 04's performance in the league was unsatisfactory. If it hadn't been for the rebound at the end of the first half of the season, it is estimated that they are still hovering in the relegation zone.

But their overall performance can only be described as 'poor'.

You must know that in the summer of 2010, there were a lot of signings, including famous and powerful players like Raul and Huntelaar.

There is a huge contrast between high investment and unsatisfactory results. If they hadn't entered the top 16 in the Champions League, Magath would have packed up and went home to wait for work.

In the case of worrying about entering the top three in the league this season, coach Magath chose to go further in the German Cup and the Champions League as the next best thing.

At the same time, he also believes that Dortmund will definitely relax in the German Cup when it is very likely to win the league championship.

But what about the facts?

Dortmund's home game against Stuttgart has been reserved for the next knockout round of the DFB-Pokal.

Therefore, the quarter-finals of the 2010-2011 German Cup at the Veltins Arena will be very difficult. According to the state of Schalke players in the domestic league, it will be difficult to beat Dortmund even at home.

In fact, according to normal logic, even if Dortmund is not retained in the league, it will not be neglected in the Ruhr Derby.

The Ruhr Derby is one of the hottest derbies in the world.

Someone once said this - even if you lose the whole world, you will not lose a Ruhr Derby.

For Schalke 04, Hao Junmin quickly returned to Gelsenkirchen, Germany after the Chinese team was eliminated from the quarterfinals. After training with the team for a week, he has already kept up with the rhythm.

Since Uchida Atsuto followed the Japanese national team to compete in the Asian Cup, Hao Junmin will most likely start the next game in the Ruhr area.

Therefore, many Chinese media and fans are full of interest in this Ruhr Derby. They are waiting for the Chinese players playing for their respective teams to hand in a perfect answer.

Especially Hao Junmin, he is not the absolute main force of Schalke now, he plays more as a main substitute.

At 8:00 p.m. local time on January 25, Germany, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund's quarter-finals of the 2010-2011 DFB-Pokal kicked off.

Not contrary to the predictions of the Chinese media, Hao Junmin started the game, but his position was not the right midfielder he was used to, but the right back.

But for Hao Junmin personally, it is very good to get the chance to play.

Only when there is an opportunity to play, there will be performance, and only with outstanding performance will the head coach Magath be impressed.

Before the game, former Real Madrid captain Raul, who had a war of words with Tang Zheng at the beginning of the season, talked about the upcoming quarter-finals of the German Cup. He admitted that Schalke 04 would win the final game.

In this regard, most Dortmund players laughed without saying a word.

Tang Zheng said in an interview with the media: "The winner is Schalke 04? This is the funniest joke I have ever heard!"

The Ruhr Derby has never lacked wars of words, and it is the same this time, but the combat effectiveness shown by each other is in sharp contrast, which will inevitably make people feel that Dortmund has a better chance of winning.

In order to perform better in the derby in the Ruhr area, Dortmund has reservations about playing Stuttgart at home in the league, so even if Dortmund is a guest, they will play very aggressively.

This season's Schalke 04 does not know what happened. They made great strides in the Champions League, but their performance in the domestic arena was exhausted, giving people a feeling of powerlessness.

Only the right guarded by Hao Junmin reassured Magath a little bit, and the other defenses like the left and the center can be described as a tofu project.

In the 28th minute of the game, Metzelder, who returned to Germany on a free transfer from Real Madrid, was crushed by the Polish suit of Kuba and Piszczek.

After Kuba lured Howedes out of the penalty area, he made a decisive cross. Goalkeeper Neuer abandoned the goal and attacked, but Tang Zheng was one step ahead of him and jumped high in the middle to change the trajectory of the football.

There was no protection in front of the goal, and the football fell into the empty goal.

Schalke 04 fell behind Dortmund 0:1 at home.

Both Raul and Huntelaar worked hard, hoping to help the team equalize the score at home through their own efforts, but they fell into the close defense of Subotic and Hummels, and it was difficult to find a chance to shoot.

Coupled with the fact that Tang Zheng often went to the penalty area to participate in the defense, Schalke 04's counterattack was thunderous and rainy.

Until the end of the first half, the score remained unchanged.

In the second half, he changed sides and fought again. I don’t know if he couldn’t win against Dortmund consecutively, which caused Farfan to lose control of his emotions. He kicked the ball to the sidelines when the referee called a foul.

The referee on duty showed him his second yellow card in the game without hesitation, and Schalke 04 played at home with one less player.

Being behind in the score and losing one player is undoubtedly a huge disaster for Schalke 04.

Before the end of the second half, Gotze scored another goal. He received a through ball from Tang Zheng and broke into the penalty area to hit Neuer with a crotch ball.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Schalke 04 2:0 in the away game and entered the semi-finals of the German Cup.

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Schalke 04 was knocked out of the DFB-Pokal semi-finals by arch-rival Borussia Dortmund at home. The local media in Gelsenkirchen didn't give Magath a good look. They collectively put pressure on the club's top management, hoping to dismiss the current Bundesliga head coach with the highest annual salary in advance.

A day later, the three teams in the 2010-2011 German Cup semi-finals were announced one after another.

In addition to Bayern's entry into the semi-finals of the German Cup, which is relatively normal, the other two teams that advanced to the semi-finals of the German Cup are surprising. They are Cottbus and Duisburg from the German Second League.

The reason why they were surprised was entirely because the eliminated teams were all from the Bundesliga.

Cottbus beat Hoffenheim 1-0 away and Duisburg beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 at home.

Next, the German media focused on the semi-final draw.

They all believed that the German Football Association will definitely stagger Dortmund and Bayern Munich from the Bundesliga for the viewing of the German Cup, so that the German Cup final of last season will be repeated.

But the results are often surprising. Dortmund from the Bundesliga and Bayern Munich met in the German Cup semi-finals, and Cottbus and Duisburg from the Bundesliga slammed.

Immediately, the German Football Association did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional. The semi-final between Dortmund and Bayern Munich was scheduled to be held at 8:30 pm on March 1st, and the venue was the Allianz Arena.

And the round of the league before the start of the German Cup semi-final happened to be Bayern Munich vs. Dortmund at home, which means that Dortmund does not need to return to Dortmund after finishing the twenty-fourth round of the Bundesliga in the 2010-2011 season. days to...

After playing the quarter-finals of the German Cup, Dortmund has only the last league game left in January. They challenged Wolfsburg away.

Today's Wolfsburg is no longer the Wolfsburg team that won the championship in the 2008-2009 season, and their captain Dzeko also switched to the new Premier League local tycoon Manchester City during the winter break.

After nineteen rounds, Wolfsburg only scored 23 points, 26 points away from the top Dortmund, and only 4 points higher than the relegation circle.

Facing the sluggish Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund defeated the home team with three goals in the away game.

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In February, Dortmund has six games, four league games and two Europa League 16 finals.

Of these six games, four were tough battles.

Schalke 04, home and away to Porto, away to Bayern Munich.

Fortunately, the initial schedule is not intensive, so you can play well, and wait until the Europa League knockout rounds start before releasing the league.

After all, the lead in the league is very large now. As long as the remaining leagues are not lost, the chances of winning the league championship are great.

Schalke 04 lost to Dortmund at the Veltins Arena before Dortmund beat Wolfsburg in the away game. Now Schalke 04 came to Westphalia after ten days. People are optimistic.

I don't know if Dortmund, who are playing at home, was influenced by the media. They didn't win the match against Schalke 04 at home.

After 90 minutes, the two sides stood at 0:0

The game process was much more boring than the game at the Veltins Arena ten days ago. The two sides have not contributed more than ten shots.

After the end of this round of the league, some media discovered a very interesting phenomenon.

That is, Dortmund's five opponents in this season's draw, except for Hoffenheim, the other four teams ranked in the bottom ten of the league, namely: 2:2 draw with Werder Bremen, 0:0 Draw with Frankfurt, 1:1 draw with Stuttgart, 0:0 draw with Schalke 04.

Werder Bremen ranks thirteenth in the league with 23 points in the 20th round, Frankfurt ranks 10th in the league with 27 points, Stuttgart ranks 17th in the league with 17 points, Schalke 04 ranks 26 points Ranked eleventh in the league.

In the words of the Chinese media—robbing the rich and helping the poor!

Since the media began to pay attention to Dortmund's "robbing the rich and giving to the poor", they have paid special attention to Dortmund's away game against Kaiserslautern in the league to see if Dortmund is really "robbing the rich and giving to the poor".

According to the rigid conditions of the league ranking, Kaiserslautern is fully qualified. They only scored 22 points in the past 20 rounds, ranking fourteenth in the league.

The media is concerned about whether Dortmund is "robbing the rich and helping the poor", but the Dortmund coaching staff has diverted their attention. They noticed the first round of the Europa League 1/16 final after the away game against Kaiserslautern.

At the end of the 20th round of the league, Dortmund is already 17 points ahead of the second-ranked Leverkusen in the league, so the league can be put aside for the time being and concentrate on preparing for the Europa League knockout round.

Besides, Porto is not under too much pressure in the league at the moment. They are already preparing for the first round of the UEFA Europa League 1/16 finals, and they are waiting for work at the Dragon Stadium in the middle of next week!

So Dortmund can't neglect...

(To be continued.)