roccoschili Chapter 122 Champions League debut against Arsenal
Chapter 122 Champions League debut against Arsenal
As the saying goes, if you are unlucky, you will get stuck in your teeth when you drink water.
This is the case for Cheng Hai now.
The national football team lost to Jordan in the world preliminaries. After returning to the club, I learned that several teammates were injured because of participating in the national team game, including captain Kyle, and the four absolute main players of Gundogan, Kagawa Shinji and Gotze.
Called a disaster.
Because of last season's double crown, Dortmund has also become a big player in the international football team. Almost all the main players in the team have been called back to the country by various countries and participated in the national team competition on the FIFA match day.
This caused not only Kyle, Gundogan and others to be injured, but other teammates who participated in the national team competition were also exhausted. They did not have the energy recovery speed of Cheng Hai to enter deep sleep at any time.
Therefore, in the first game after returning to the club, Klopp's formation fell into a difficult situation.
On the contrary, there are not many opponents with international players, and they are hardly affected.
结果就是，9月10日的德甲第5轮联赛，多特蒙德在自己的主场威斯特fa伦球场2-3输给了造访的对手柏林赫塔。
Although Cheng Hai experienced the national football game against Jordan, even if he was not familiar with the starting teammates in this game, he handed over the data of one pass and one shot to dominate all Dortmund's two goals.
But even so, it failed to stop Dortmund from losing.
The absence of as many as four absolute main players due to injuries has an extremely important impact on Dortmund.
This made Cheng Hai even if he scored another goal to refresh his annual total goal record to 92 goals, he would not smile after the game.
Fortunately, everyone was not seriously injured. After returning to the club for a few days to recuperate, except for Gundogan, the others were able to play in the next game.
And the next game is the UEFA Champions League, which is attracting worldwide attention.
In club-level competitions, the UEFA Champions League is the highest technical and tactical competition in the world, and it is also the center of attention of the media and fans.
Compared with the UEFA Cup, its influence and exposure may be more than ten times worse.
Many fans will pay attention to the UEFA Champions League from the group stage, and he may not even know who the champion is after the UEFA Cup final.
Despite a league loss and Gundogan not returning from injury, Dortmund are going all out for their first Champions League group game of the season.
And Dortmund's first opponent in the Champions League group stage this season is also quite difficult to deal with. It is the Premier League giants Arsenal!
Arsenal may be the only team in the world that has not won the Champions League but is recognized as a world giant.
Because the technical football they play is really good-looking, and there are a lot of crowds all over the world.
The fact that there are many crowds alone does not explain the problem, but Arsenal's performance in the Premier League is also quite stable. They can enter the top four almost every year and get the chance to play in the Champions League.
In a highly competitive Premier League, that's a fairly consistent and remarkable achievement.
There are the so-called four major players in European football, including Arsenal: Bayern in the semi-finals, Manchester United in super-long stoppage time, Dortmund who met Real Madrid, and Arsenal.
Although it is difficult to win the championship in the Premier League, and the Champions League has never been won, Arsenal under Professor Arsene Wenger is definitely not to be underestimated in the Champions League group stage.
Van Persie, Walcott, Arshavin, etc. are all famous names in world football.
For Arsenal, who have never won the Champions League, they have never lacked motivation for the Champions League.
Dortmund's home game against Arsenal in this group match will definitely not be easy.
Fortunately, Dortmund's Gundogan was absent due to injury, and Arsenal's side was even more unlucky. Their No. 1 main goalkeeper was also absent due to injury, and Dortmund did not suffer too much.
Even the absence of Arsenal's main goalkeeper is more beneficial to Dortmund.
But Klopp did not dare to be careless. He conducted targeted training two days before the game, striving to win the first victory in this season's Champions League group stage at home and get off to a good start.
2011年9月13日晚上20:45，威斯特fa伦球场座无虚席，在全场8万多球迷的欢呼声中，随着主裁判的一声哨响，2011/2012赛季欧冠小组赛F组第一轮多特蒙德VS阿森纳的比赛正式开始。
This is Cheng Hai's first UEFA Champions League game, and it is also the first time for a Chinese player to start in the UEFA Champions League.
Therefore, although it is already 14:2 am on the 45th in China at this time, there are still a lot of Huaguo fans watching the live broadcast of the game in front of the TV or computer.
Before Cheng Hai, Sun Xiang represented Eindhoven, Dong Fangzhuo represented Manchester United, and Hao Junmin represented Schalke 04 last season. They all made appearances in the Champions League.
But all three of them came off the bench, and now Cheng Hai is starting.
This is the first appearance of a Chinese player in the Champions League, which is of great significance.
In addition, everyone also wants to witness the first goal of a Huaguo player in the Champions League, as well as Cheng Hai's heroic attitude that continues to break the record of total goals for the year.
Therefore, this game has a very large domestic audience.
The commentator of CCTV-5 also excitedly explained to the domestic audience after the game started:
"The game is on!"
"Friends in the audience, what you are watching is the first round of Group F of the 2011/2012 UEFA Champions League group match between Borussia Dortmund and the Premier League giants Arsenal at Westfalenstadion."
"Chinese player Cheng Hai started the game on behalf of Dortmund and became the fourth Chinese player to appear in the Champions League after Sun Xiang, Dong Fangzhuo and Hao Junmin. At the same time, he was also the first Chinese player to start the game, which is of great significance."
"I believe that at this time in China, there must be countless diehard fans and die-hard fans of Cheng Hai watching the live broadcast of this game."
"In addition to watching Cheng Hai's Huaguo player start the UEFA Champions League, what we are looking forward to is Cheng Hai's goal in this game."
"Everyone knows that Cheng Hai's scoring efficiency is very high. Even if you leave out the national football games in Asia, Cheng Hai's club's total scoring efficiency has exceeded the average of one goal per game, reaching an efficiency of 1.66 goals per game."
"This efficiency is very high."
"Therefore, we have every reason to look forward to Cheng Hai playing the first goal of the Huaguo player in the Champions League."
"Let's enter the game and look forward to Cheng Hai's performance!"
Amidst the excited commentaries of the commentators, the live game has already begun.
Because the strength of both sides is very good, one is the UEFA Cup champion last season, and the other is the Premier League giants, so both sides started relatively cautiously, and did not attack rashly, but only started to test.
In the first 15 minutes, the atmosphere of the game between the two sides was relatively relaxed, without too much fighting and confrontation.
Of course, there is no threat to attack and shoot.If both sides get the ball, they will conduct a tentative attack. Once they encounter the opponent's interception, they will mostly end the attack with a return pass.
But such a relaxed game atmosphere cannot last long.
With Cheng Hai's sudden forward move in the 16th minute, two people kicked and shot after receiving the ball outside the penalty area, the atmosphere of the game between the two sides suddenly became tense.
Although Cheng Hai's shot was blocked by the Arsenal defender rushing over to block the hole in time, it still made the entire Gunners team terrified.
Surprised, he naturally started to fight back.
This group is called the death group, and it is not so easy to qualify. Every game has to work hard.
In the 17th minute, Arsenal played one of their iconic teamwork.
A series of dazzling passes and runs completely paralyzed Dortmund's defense.
The Dortmund players didn't even touch the ball, and Arsenal passed the ball into the penalty area, and then Walcott, nicknamed the little tiger, completed the shot.
Fortunately, Walcott's shooting skills are not as good as Cheng Hai's. This time, he didn't have the luck to hit a shot that went straight to the dead corner. The angle was relatively correct, and he was directly hugged by the goalkeeper Weidenfeller. They didn't even have a chance to make a follow-up shot.
Arsenal's attack doubled the pressure on the Dortmund team.
Although Dortmund's offensive power with Cheng Hai is very strong, it turns out that Arsenal's team offense can also penetrate Dortmund's defense.
If Dortmund can't score a goal, they will concede a goal at some point and be defeated by Arsenal.
This is something that no one wants to happen.
Therefore, in addition to defending, Dortmund has also stepped up its offense.
Arsenal want to win and score points, and Dortmund, who are playing at home, want even more.
Otherwise, after losing at home, do you expect to go away to score points?
Under the leadership of Cheng Hai, Dortmund's offensive gradually overwhelmed Arsenal and gained an advantage on the scene.
Cheng Hai's personal strength is indeed too outstanding, such as running without the ball, grabbing points, passing and catching, breaking through, shooting inside the penalty area, long-range shots outside the penalty area, etc.
Under normal circumstances, Cheng Hai alone can attract at least two opponents' defensive attention, and even more often, he will attract three or four people's double-teaming.
Otherwise, if you don't pay attention, Cheng Hai may seize the opportunity to break through or make a successful shot.
But Arsenal had never played or played against Cheng Hai before, so they didn't have an intuitive understanding of Cheng Hai's strengths, and sometimes it was inevitable that they would be negligent.
In the 26th minute, Cheng Hai, Shinji Kagawa, Lewandowski, and Gotze played a wonderful frontcourt cooperation in the frontcourt.
The four of them are the main players from last season to this season, and the teamwork is already very skilled and tacit.
Coupled with this extraordinary performance, they played a teamwork that also dazzled Arsenal's midfielders.
This is not a breakthrough by Cheng Hai alone, but a team attack. Therefore, the passing and running cooperation of Shinji Kagawa, Lewandowski, and Gotze shared a lot of defensive pressure for Cheng Hai, leaving Cheng Hai facing only two defenders.