Midfielder Ruler

The league home defeat to Schalke O4 was Dortmund's last game in November, and they can finally take a breather and prepare for the December game.

In December, Dortmund didn't have many events, only six games.

Of course, this is only relative to November.

Four league matches, one UEFA Champions League group match and the German Cup 1/8 finals, one of which is a make-up match against Leverkusen away in the fourth round.

Among these six opponents, apart from Marseille and Leverkusen, which are difficult to deal with, the other four opponents are very average.

Monchengladbach, Freiburg, Kaiserslautern and Dusseldorf.

But there is a dark horse among these four opponents, Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Last season, Borussia Mönchengladbach stayed in Borussia after relegation. In the past 14 rounds of the league, they overwhelmed Bayern to take the second place in the league. His dark horse is even stronger than Mainz last season.

Borussia Dortmund scored 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the league with 32 points, while Borussia Mönchengladbach scored 29 points with 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, more than Bayern, which lost in the German national derby one cent.

Borussia Mönchengladbach's ability to rank second in the league is directly related to their absolute core Royce. The upset defeat of Bayern Munich and the home victory over Werder Bremen are his outstanding works.

While mainstream European media were analyzing the final three-man list for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Dortmund kept a low profile in preparing for an away game against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Head coach Jurgen Klopp and assistant coach Zeliko Buvac worked together on Borussia Mönchengladbach's absolute core Reus after training, because Dortmund wanted to score points at home to the up-and-coming Borussia Mönchengladbach It is necessary to limit Royce, who has performed amazingly this season.

The German media also has a new point of view for the next round of the league-the ranking battle.

Borussia Dortmund only has three points more than Borussia Mönchengladbach. If Borussia Mönchengladbach wins at home, they will tie Dortmund. Location.

At 4:30 p.m. on December 3rd local time in Germany, Dortmund's away game against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the fifteenth round of the Bundesliga in the 2o11-2o12 season was held at the Prussian Park Stadium, which can accommodate 54,000 fans.

Borussia Mönchengladbach fans thought that if they could beat Dortmund with three goals at home, they would be able to reach the league table, so the atmosphere of this so-called North Rhine-Westphalia Derby was very fanatical.

It is really surprising that the tepid game in the first two seasons has become so frenzied. After all, Borussia Mönchengladbach is no longer the same Borussia Mönchengladbach that won five league championships in the 1970s.

When it comes to the achievements of this era, the older generation of Borussia Mönchengladbach fans are very proud. They almost dominated the German arena at that time.

Little Rocket Royce, who was named by the Dortmund coaching staff to focus on before the game, performed very well. Not only is he extremely fast, but he also has strong technique and shooting ability.

Less than five minutes into the game, Royce relied on his strong personal ability to find opportunities, but his shot was rejected by Weidenfeller, who was full of attention.

Two minutes later, Tang Zheng cut the ball off Royce through the cooperation of Sven Bender,

But soon the ball at his feet was poked out of the sideline by Royce, who was actively returning to the defense.

Tang Zheng glanced at Royce unexpectedly, in the past two seasons he didn't realize how powerful Royce is.

At the same time, Dortmund coach Klopp looked at the eye-catching performance of Royce's eyes.

He knew Royce before. He was a member of Dortmund's youth team back then, but Dortmund's finances were very difficult at that time, and they had to sell some youth team players.

Perhaps, before the winter transfer window opens, Zorc can be suggested to consider buying Royce to strengthen the team lineup.

It is a certainty for the team to enter the top 16 of the Champions League. In addition, the entire Bundesliga team is improving. If they want to defend the league championship, it becomes urgent to make up the overall lineup.

This idea became more intense when Gross Kreutz was injured and fell to the ground in the subsequent fight!

The game restarted, both sides played very hard, and the atmosphere on the scene was very frenzied.

The heroic character of the North Rhine-Westphalia fans was fully reflected in this game. From the perspective of fanaticism, it is no less than the German national derby.

In the fanatical atmosphere of the game, this Bundesliga battle is also very gold-rich.

In the 34th minute, Royce, the absolute core of Borussia Mönchengladbach, broke through Tang Zheng in the middle and faced Sven Bender and Kyle's defensive choices.

His explosive power and speed were vividly displayed at this time, Sven Bender and Kyle were half a beat behind and forced him to charge forward.

It was too late when Hummels came up to defend, and he directly chose a long shot before the top of the arc in the penalty area.

The football ran towards the lower right corner of the goal against the turf. Goalkeeper Weidenfeller's sight was blocked by Hummels. It was too late for him to fall to the ground to save the ball, and the football hit the net.

Borussia Mönchengladbach scored a goal at their home stadium, and the home fans danced like children with excitement.

You must know that they were still fighting for relegation last season, and they were able to rank second in the league this season. If they can beat the visiting Dortmund in this game, they will tie the points with the top team Dortmund...

But before the end of the first half, Hummels used a corner kick to equalize the score, which dashed the hopes of the Borussia Mönchengladbach fans to get three points at home.

Because Hummels' goal was also the last goal of the game, the two sides drew at the Prussian Park Stadium.

Two dogs fight, play off.

Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach drew to a draw, defeating Stuttgart's Bayern Munich 2:1 in the away game, and Borussia Mönchengladbach returned to second place in the league, only two points away from Borussia Dortmund, who had one game less.

Dortmund's away draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach disappointed Klopp somewhat, because the points gap this season is huge compared to last season's Yiqi Juechen, and if you are not careful, you may miss the league championship.

But the result is a foregone conclusion, and Klopp did not delve too deeply into the game. Instead, he went to the office of sports director Zorc immediately after returning to Dortmund, suggesting that the team win this year's winter break. Royce!

Zorc glanced at Klopp unexpectedly: "I have to say, you really have a good eye! Recently, I am negotiating with Borussia Monchengladbach to see if they can sign Marco Roy in the winter transfer window." S."

Hearing this, Klopp was refreshed.

Both of them are talking quickly, since the club is interested in Royce, the next thing will be handed over to Zorc.

What Klopp needs to do is to lead Dortmund to play all the games before the start of the winter break, and to ensure that the team wins the half-time Bundesliga championship.

Midweek, Dortmund at home

We ushered in Marseille, the last opponent in the Champions League group stage.

Marseille, which unexpectedly lost to Olympiacos at home in the last round, has lost the chance to advance to the top 16 of this season's Champions League, so this match at the Westfalen Stadium sent a large number of substitutes and young players.

The same is true for Dortmund, who sits at home, to let the main players take a good rest and prepare for the remaining three league games and the German Cup final in December.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Marseille 2:0 at home.

In the six rounds of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2o11-2o12 season, Dortmund achieved an unbeaten record of four wins and two draws. They beat the British giants Arsenal with 14 points and ranked first in Group F.

Getting the first place in the group will allow them to successfully avoid top giants like Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea and Inter Milan in the 1/8 finals.

Nevertheless, the team that won the second place in other groups should not be underestimated.

Like Naples, Lyon, Zenit and AC Milan who stand out in the group of death, they are not idlers. To advance to the next round, it takes 100% or even 120% effort.

Arsenal, who won the second place in the group by accident, is not so lucky. They will very likely draw strong teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Inter Milan.

It is worth mentioning that this season's UEFA Champions League group stage also broke out a lot of upsets. Manchester United, which entered the UEFA Champions League final last season, lost 1:2 to Basel in the last round of the away game, thus missing the Champions League round of 16.

Since the Mansour family moved into Manchester City, they have invested hundreds of millions of pounds every season, but this season they still have no way to stand out from the death group.

The other upset came from Group G. APOEL, which was originally thought to be from Cyprus, would be the weakest team in the group. In the end, they beat Zenit and Porto to rank first in the group. The biggest upset of the Champions League round of 16.

Among the sixteen teams, Serie A and Bundesliga are the most shortlisted, with three teams each.

England, La Liga, and Russia each have two, and the remaining four are from Russia, Switzerland, Ligue 1, and Cyprus.

The 2o11-2o12 UEFA Champions League group stage is all over, but the 1/8 final draw will not be held until after the UEFA Europa League group stage is all over, so the teams that are active in the Champions League round of 16 can temporarily return their attention to the league.

Before Dortmund's home game against Kaiserslautern, that is, at 1:00 pm local time on December 10th in Germany, the official website of the authoritative Italian newspaper "Turin Sports" updated the winner of the 2011 European Golden Boy Award in a prominent position.

German international Mario Gotze, who played for Borussia Dortmund at the age of 19, won the award.

And Gotze is also an active Dortmund player who won the honor again after Tang Zheng, who won the European Golden Boy Award in 2009.

Perhaps it was the reason why he was successfully selected for the European Golden Boy Award. Gotze was so powerful in the league against Kaiserslautern at home, scoring two goals alone, and one of the goals came from Tang Zheng's direct assist.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Kaiserslautern 2:1 at home.

Four days later, Dortmund played the fourth round of the 2011-2012 Bundesliga match against Bayer Leverkusen at the Bayer Arena.

After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Leverkusen at home drew with Dortmund 2:2 with a highly controversial penalty in stoppage time.

However, Dortmund still ranked in the league standings with 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in 16 rounds with 37 points. Bayern Munich ranked second with a difference of 3 points. Schalke O4 ranked third with 31 points. Gladbach fell to fourth in the league due to losing streak.

Penalty kicks are extremely controversial, and the referee naturally became everyone's focus. However, Klopp's routine press conference after the game did not follow the reporter's way. Weng played the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals in the 2o11-2o12 season.

Dortmund returned to the Champions League after nine years and advanced to the top 16 of the Champions League as the first in the group. It is natural and reasonable to pay more attention to the draw ceremony.

Similarly, the mainstream media in Europe are also very concerned about the draw tomorrow afternoon.

The Chinese media have always paid close attention to the European top UEFA Champions League. Now that Dortmund, represented by Tang Zheng, is participating, they have become even more enthusiastic.

According to the avoidance rules of the same group and the same Football Association, the six opponents that Dortmund may encounter have all been analyzed by the enthusiastic Chinese media.

There is no doubt that no matter which group is the first, they all hope to meet Basel who won the second place in the group.

Just according to their analysis, the probability of Dortmund drawing Basel is not very high...

At noon on December 16, local time in Europe, the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals and Europa League 1/16 finals of the 2011-2012 season will be held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.

Borussia Dortmund were in attendance with head coach Jurgen Klopp and sporting director Zorc.

The UEFA Champions League 1/8 final draw ceremony was first delivered by UEFA Secretary-General Infantino as the host, and then reviewed the highlights of the 16 UEFA Champions League promotion teams, followed by UEFA Competition Director Machetti introducing the UEFA Champions League 1 /8 Draw rules for the final.

In 1974, Paul Breitner, a member of the West German championship team, came to the scene as a guest of the draw, and the team that was first drawn by him was Lyon.

However, Lyon was very lucky. They drew APOEL, which all teams dream of drawing.

The second drawn group is Naples, who drew the heroic Chelsea.

When the second place in the third group was drawn, the lottery scene obviously became tense, because it was the giants of Serie A; although AC Milan is no longer the AC Milan that is invincible in the Champions League, no team dares to underestimate them , even if it is as strong as Real Madrid and Bayern.

At this time, the on-site director made a very meaningful cut, scanning the locations of the three giants Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid one after another.

Obviously, according to the UEFA lottery 'rules', these three teams are the most likely to be drawn; as expected!

UEFA Secretary-General Infantino raised his mouth slightly, turned over the plastic paper strip taken out of the small ball made of the Champions League five-star logo, and said in a loud voice: "Dortmund!"

The camera once again showed the location of the Dortmund club personnel, and the expressions of Klopp and Zorc were obviously stiff.

Because... one of the teams they least want to meet is AC Milan!