Midfielder Ruler

Before the end of the game, Dortmund was equalized by the home team Malaga. Klopp was a little depressed, so he quickly replaced Royce, who had obviously declined in physical fitness, with Siebel to strengthen the offense.

At the same time, Tang Zheng's position was premised again, and the signal to strengthen the attack was quite obvious.

Pellegrini's last substitution was head-to-head. He replaced Saviola, who played as a full-back, with Zhengyin left-back Monreal, and then pulled Dudala, who had originally played as a left-back, to the center to increase the midfielder's strength. Defensive thickness.

Being able to equalize the score before the end of the game, the Malaga team can be said to be very energetic. If Pellagrini hadn't stood on the sidelines and frequently signaled the players to calm down the game, it is estimated that they would have devoted themselves to attacking desperately.

"Aww-"

The atmosphere at the Rose Garden Stadium became extremely frenzied. Isco, who equalized the score, seemed to feel infinite power in his body, and rushed forward when he got the football.

One, two, three...

When he was about to continue to break through, Tang Zheng suddenly appeared on the side, and then broke with a very beautiful sliding shovel falling to the ground.

Isco, who was sitting on the ground, looked at Tang Zheng who was directing his teammates to choose positions to defend, frowning, and he was very unconvinced.

Why can't you get past him?

Malaga's equalizer penalty was created by Isco, so his teammates are very confident in his state and will give him the football whenever he has the opportunity.

But at this time, Isco was obviously a little grumpy, he insisted on looking for Tang Zheng after he got the ball.

The result can be imagined...

At this stage of the game, Isco's physical energy consumption is also very high. There is really no good way to deal with Tang Zheng, who is predictive and responsive.

Coupled with Pellegrini's advice to the players to pay more attention to defense and limited frontcourt support, Isco fell into a situation of individual combat.

In fact, there is no way to keep the current score. If you hit one less player, a little carelessness may cause another loss of the ball. No wonder Pellegrini is conservative.

Conceding two goals at home is much more serious than conceding one goal at home.

Many players in the Malaga team are 30+ old players. They have rich game experience and know that enough is enough. Unlike Isco, who is in his early twenties, he goes forward bravely.

For Dortmund, because Gross Kreutz and Schieber played few games and did not cooperate well with their teammates, it always felt a little bit worse.

So when the referee Eriksson blew the whistle to end the game, the score remained at 1:1, and the two sides ended in a draw.

Strictly speaking, it is acceptable for Dortmund to win a draw as a guest, but thinking that the opponent played one less player and the equalizing goal was a penalty kick, I feel somewhat unwilling.

As the captain, Tang Zheng blamed himself very much.

The penalty created by Isco could have been avoided, if he had chosen to go with Isco...

The live broadcast camera showed Tang Zheng, he pulled up his jersey to cover his handsome face, looking very disappointed.

However, as the captain, Tang Zheng also realized that he should fulfill the responsibility of the captain.

Central defender Santana, who represented Dortmund in the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time, blamed himself very much. Without his foul in the penalty area, the team could have taken away an away victory, so the referee Eriksen blew the end of the game When the whistle sounded, he lay directly on the ground, covering his face with his hands.

Tang Zheng walked over, pulled Santana up, patted him on the shoulder with his left hand and said, "Philip, the penalty kick is not your responsibility, don't carry too much psychological burden, it will affect your performance at home next week, do you know?"

Santana looked up at Tang Zheng, who was three years younger than him, admiring him, nodded lightly, and said, "Yes, I see."

After finishing speaking, he added: "Thank you, Don."

"It's okay, we are teammates."

Tang Zheng gave Santana another hug, patted his back with both hands, and encouraged him.

Immediately, Tang Zheng walked towards other teammates to appease them.

The on-site director captured this scene vividly. Central 5 commentator He Wei said: "Tang Zheng is really a rare captain. He can play a leading role whether on or off the court. I firmly believe that this season's Dortmund will do better with him, the Champions League? Why not?"

As everyone knows, He Wei's words caused an uproar in the domestic community, and once caused people from the two factions to enter into a frenzied confrontation.

Supporters think what Howe said is justified, while opponents believe that Dortmund lacks real rich background, and even if Malaga is eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, they will not be able to make it to the end.

Of course, Tang Zheng didn't pay attention to the disputes on these topics, and naturally he didn't participate.

On the contrary, Zhao Lina publicly supported her boyfriend, thinking that Dortmund is very likely to win the final championship!

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In the regular press conference after the game, it is not hard to hear from Klopp's tone of voice that he is disappointed with the team's away draw with Malaga, but he said that Dortmund will return to the Westphalian Stadium. Invincible.

When it was the turn of the home team coach Pellegrini, he did not talk about the team's home draw, but talked about Dortmund's only home loss in the Bundesliga this season. Nasignal Park beat Dortmund 3:2, why can't we? We have the strength of the quarter-finals of the Champions League!"

The German media did not refute Pellegrini, after all, everyone has the right to speak.

Slap in the face?

It is not too late to wait until the end of the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

In another game that was played at the same time, Real Madrid, who was sitting at the Bernabeu, defeated Galatasaray 3-0, and they have already entered the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.

The first rounds of the four Champions League quarter-finals have ended one after another. Except for the second round of Bayern and Real Madrid, there is little suspense. Dortmund vs. Malaga at home and Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain at home have suspense.

Of course, it does not mean that Galatasaray VS Real Madrid and Juventus VS Bayern Munich have no suspense. It just means that the possibility of the team losing in the first round is relatively small.

The next morning, the Dortmund team took a flight back to prepare for the 28th round of the 2012-2013 Bundesliga at home on the weekend. The opponent is Augsburg, which is currently in the relegation circle.

Still, Klopp has instilled in his players a philosophy that no opponent should underestimate, especially one with relegation potential.

There are still seven rounds left in the league, and every point becomes very important. Dying teams can often explode with great energy in adversity, so Klopp's worries are not unreasonable.

In this round of competition, in addition to German media and Chinese media paying close attention to this competition, Korean media also injected a large number of media reporters to report on the spot.

Korean international Chi Dong-won is now Augsburg's main striker. In a sense, whether Augsburg can complete the relegation task is directly related to Chi Dong-won's performance.

Chi Dongyuan has contributed four goals and two assists since he rented Augsburg in this winter's transfer window, and Augsburg was able to go from the penultimate to the penultimate third, and it was Chi Dongyuan in the away game Score the winning goal against Hoffenheim.

Dortmund have lost two league games this season, one at home to Wolfsburg and the other as an away loss to Hamburg.

The Hamburg team finally defeated Dortmund at home, which is directly related to the talented Korean player Sun Xingmin. Now Augsburg has another talented Korean player Ji Dongwon. The Korean media are wondering whether Augsburg represented by Ji Dongwon will Will they defeat Dortmund led by Tang Zheng?

The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.

Ji Dongyuan, who was placed high hopes by the Korean media, did not perform in the entire first half, and he was replaced by teammate De Jong before the start of the second half.

In the end, Dortmund beat Augsburg 4:1 at home, winning 12 consecutive victories in the league, leading Bayern Munich by one point in the first game, ranking first in the league.

But their ranking did not persist. Later in the league at the Commerzbank Arena, Bayern defeated Frankfurt 1-0 and returned to the top of the standings.

In the past 28 rounds of the Bundesliga in the 2012-2013 season, Bayern ranked first with 24 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses with 74 points, and Dortmund ranked second in the league with 23 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses with 72 points.

Looking at the third and fourth in the league, you will find that they are too far away from the top two in the league.

Leverkusen ranked third in the league with 14 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses with 49 points. Schalke 04 ranked fourth in the league with 13 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses with 45 points...

According to the current situation of the Bundesliga this season, Borussia Dortmund has won 12 consecutive victories, Bayern Munich has won 11 consecutive victories, and the final league championship game will most likely take place in the 32nd round of the league this season.

Dortmund sits at Westphalia to face Bayern Munich.

However, that game is still nearly a month away, and the focus of the two teams and even the German media has shifted to the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of next week.

Although Bayern defeated Juventus 2-0 at home, it does not mean that Juventus, who sit at home in the second round, cannot regain the score. Therefore, Bayern coach Heynckes seemed quite cautious and prepared in a low-key manner.

Not to mention Dortmund, the 1:1 draw in the first round brought huge variables to the second round.

On the second day after defeating Augsburg at home, they entered emergency preparations to prepare for the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals.

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Dortmund drew 1:1 with Malaga in the first round. In addition to the frenzied atmosphere at the Rose Garden Stadium, according to the research of the coaching staff, it was directly related to the lack of superb shooting skills of Dortmund players. Therefore, after regular recovery training and tactical running-in, The team has added shooting drills in the footbonaut training room.

So far, Tang Zheng has done the best in adapting to the speed of the ball in the footbonaut training room. Now he has been able to accurately kick the ball with a speed of 100, so that central defender Hummels was stunned: "God, are you A monster?"

Often at this time, Tang Zheng just laughed and said nothing.

In the West, calling it a monster is not a derogatory term, but a commendatory term.

For Tang Zheng's progress, head coach Klopp saw it.

Tang Zheng has made great progress in scoring this season, especially in the Champions League. He has scored nine goals in nine games in the Champions League. If Cristiano Ronaldo hadn't scored another goal, Tang Zheng could continue to be tied for the top scorer list name.

Of course, being able to rank first in the scorer list as a midfielder is also a rare existence.

So many Bundesliga media and Chinese media think of AC Milan in the 2006-2007 season. At that time, Kaka won the Champions League top scorer as a midfielder, and AC Milan also got his wish to win the final Champions League.

Will Dortmund do the same this season?

German media and Chinese media are full of interest in this.

At the same time, Klopp's coaching team paid attention to the 30th round of La Liga in the 2012-2013 season at the Anoeta Stadium on the weekend. Real Sociedad played against Malaga at home.

It stands to reason that Pellegrini should ignore the league for the sake of the Champions League, but after 29 rounds of the league, Malaga ranked fourth with 47 points, and Real Sociedad ranked fifth with 45 points, equal to It is said that the outcome of the game will be related to the Champions League places next season.

In the end, Pellegrini chose a compromise and made adjustments to some positions, hoping to win the game at the least cost.

The idea is good, but the result is unacceptable.

4:2

Real Sociedad defeated Malaga at home and reversed to fourth in the league with a one-point advantage.

In this game, Klopp sent assistant coach Peter Kravitz on the spot, so Klopp got first-hand information about Malaga's away game.

However, according to the analysis of Peter Kravitz, Malaga's away game does not have much reference value.

Although Malaga sent most of the main players in the away game, the attention of many players was obviously not in this game.

The score became 0:2 before the end of the first half

The home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

In the second half of the game, both sides made adjustments to their personnel and scored two goals each. In the end, the home team Real Sociedad defeated Malaga 4:2.

It is equivalent to saying that Dortmund has to rely on himself to perform better in the home game, and it is not realistic to expect the opponent to actively make mistakes.

The UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg between Dortmund and Malaga will be played at 8:45 p.m. European time on Tuesday. The Malaga team arrived in Dortmund on Monday morning and adapted to the venue in the afternoon.

In the regular press conference before the game, coach Manuel Pellegrini avoided the important things and ignored the important things. He automatically ignored last weekend's 2:4 away loss to the Champions League qualifying rival Real Sociedad, and focused on the recent problems of Dortmund, such as too much offensive end. Relying on Tang Zheng...

Even so, the German media and the Chinese media did not take it seriously, because everyone knew that Tang Zheng was the absolute core of Dortmund, but no team could limit Tang Zheng within 90 minutes of a game.

Later, Isco, who followed the head coach to attend the pre-match press conference, was full of confidence. He said: "I know not many people are optimistic about our away trip, but football is round and anything can happen. We can play at home. Why can't you win the game with eleven against eleven?"

Isco's remarks are full of confidence, but the German media and Chinese media do not take it seriously.

Big talk, who wouldn't say it?