At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 19, the 1/8 final of the German Cup: Borussia Dortmund away to St. Pauli.
In the current Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund ranks second in the Bundesliga table with 40 points in 19 wins, 13 wins, 5 losses, behind the leaders, and the defending champions Bayern are 6 points, and the prospects for the title are not optimistic. Some fans even joked: "Even if Dortmund are now 6 points ahead of Bayern, they will eventually have to drop the chain." "It seems that they are all fans who know the Hornets very well, and in the Bundesliga in recent seasons, Dortmund have never led in the final round, whether they have led in the opening stage or in the closing stage, and have finally watched Bayern win the championship.
In the Champions League, after Klopp left the team, Borussia Dortmund lost its competitiveness, and this season is as weak as Barca, and finally the third out of the group, expecting to go to the Europa League to win the title? Obviously, I don't have that strength, and I'm afraid I don't have that motivation.
For Borussia Dortmund, the closest arena to the trophy may be the German Cup. Last season, Borussia Dortmund won the trophy by reaching the final in the German Cup and finally winning the trophy with a 4-1 victory over rivals Leipzig. This season, dortmund's hopes of defending the German Cup remain high. The powerful Bundesliga hegemon Bayern has been swept out by Borussia Monchengk 5:0 in the second round of the German Cup, and the rest of the team is basically not Dortmund's dish.
Recently, there have been many rumors about the transfer of haaland, the top scorer in the squad, Andermund want to stay is also unable to stay, they can not provide haaland's expectations of the salary, even if they bite their teeth to give the players a sharp salary increase, but for many years in the Bundesliga, the Champions League to do nothing, this is in the rising period, the future of Haaland is the most unacceptable.
For Borussia Dortmund, before the summer window opens, Haaland is to use one less game, then use and cherish it, let him help the team win another German Cup before leaving the team.
St. Pauli is a Bundesliga team, but the strength should not be underestimated, currently in the Bundesliga 19 games, 11 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses, 37 points Babo Sport (high-water-position 1.97) lead the Bundes league table, ranking lower than them are also Bremen, Schalke 04 and other well-known teams.
In the campaign, Dortmund started 433, Haaland formed a forward trident with Eden Hazard Jr. and Reus, three midfielders Bellingham, Witsel and Brant, four defenders Guerrero, Hummels, Akanji, Meunier and goalkeeper Kerber. The combined value of the starting eleven is €392 million, Haaland alone is almost half of it, and the Norwegian centre-forward is currently worth €150 million. The total value of the eleven people opposite is only 13.75 million euros. But on the football field, it is not the value of the players that determine the victory or defeat.
Just four minutes into the opening, Borussia Dortmund conceded the ball, Hartle crossed from the right and Amen Edo wrapped it up. In the 39th minute, Borussia Dortmund conceded another goal and Witsel bounced the ball into his own goal as he broke free.
At half-time, Borussia Dortmund trailed 2-0.
Borussia Dortmund pulled a goal back in the second half. In the 57th minute, Hummels made a penalty and Haaland took the penalty. But this goal did not help Borussia Dortmund to continue to attack the German Cup. In the end, Borussia Dortmund lost 2-1 away to St. Pauli and the DFB-Pokal came to a quarter-final.
In the past 32 years, Dortmund have played St. Pauli 11 times before, winning 10 and drawing unbeaten. In the German Cup, Borussia Dortmund had previously won eight consecutive games across seasons. Losing this game, both records were ended.