Losing 4-2 at home to Glasgow Rangers in the Round of 16 qualifiers, Borussia Dortmund suffered a four-goal or more defeat at home in 12 days (2-5 in the Bundesliga to Bayer Leverkusen). Will Haaland, who is absent from injury and watching from the sidelines, have already made up his mind to leave?
Borussia Dortmund plan to bring in Red Bull Salzburg's 20-year-old striker Adejemi, who has played well against Bayern Munich in the Champions League knockout rounds. Can this little disciple of Haland really be a good successor?
01. Haaland's heart is no longer in Dort: buying a stand-in is a top priority
The defeat to Portuguese Sport in the Portuguese Premier League in the champions league group stage was a major blow to Borussia Dortmund. I didn't want to come to the Europa League round of 16 qualifiers (winning is the round of 16), but I was humiliated at home by the Glasgow Rangers of the Soviet Premier League 4-2.
It was the second time in Dortmund's European history that they had conceded four goals at home, but the last one they had beaten Legia Warsaw 8-4. Considering the 2-5 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga 12 days ago, this Dortmund team really has no reason to keep Haaland.
Although the liquidated damages are only 75 million euros, Haaland will also demand a high signing fee and an annual salary of about 30 million euros before tax if he transfers, while his father and agent Raiola will also receive a signing fee of 20-30 million.
So whether it is Real Madrid or Barca, if you want to buy Haaland, the total expenditure in the next 6 years is expected to exceed 300 million euros.
No matter who Haaland ends up spending, Dortmund will receive a one-time transfer fee of €75 million. They will then invest heavily in the transfer market to strengthen the team, and the 20-year-old German international Adejemi is Dortmund's key target.
Although he was also a prey for Barca at one point, with Laporta going all out for Haaland and the addition of Ferran Torres, Adeyami is getting closer and closer to Borussia Dortmund.
02. Sharp forward arrow: 20-year-old Adeyemi leads the way
Facing Bayern in the Champions League knockout rounds was convincing and Adejemi's ability to play proved he could stand at Dortmund. Winning 5 of the 12 one-on-one matches wasn't outstanding, but it had already performed well in some of the key rounds. The other 2 shots hit the target, which also posed a big threat.
Adeyami is fast and at the same time active in the race. So in the game, if the team tries to press high or hang in midfield, Adeyami is a good counter-attack weapon.
This time, he broke the ball and knocked potential future teammate Jules to the ground, which was impressive. However, this cross into the box failed to reach the teammates at the back point, and the follow-up teammates did not shoot well from a distance.
Looking at the shot again this time, Adeyami suddenly grabbed it and almost caused Paval to make a mistake. The referee on duty even needs to check the VAR to see if a penalty should be blown.
Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg were able to lead the powerful Bayern 1-0 at home for a long time and finally won a draw, with the number one contributor being back Kamala, and Adeyemmi in the front line.
The team's leading goal was precisely the opportunity for Adeyami to find Adejemi after Kamara broke the ball, who quickly advanced and passed the ball to the back point, and the middle 2 failed to hold the ball after the confrontation, giving Adamu the opportunity to shoot in the open position and send the ball to the bottom of the Bayern net.
Adejemi once again played a good role as an arrow in this wave of counter-attacks in the second half, but the dribbling under his feet was not so good, so that he eventually had to carry the ball to the outside line, resulting in a smaller shooting angle.
However, Ulreich only saved the ball and let the follow-up Adam get the opportunity to make up for the empty goal, but unfortunately did not grasp it, and also deprived the team of the opportunity to lock in the victory.
03. The feet are still not thin enough: Adeyami also does not have Haland's physical qualities
Born in January 2002, Adeyami is now just over 20 years old and the 1.77-metre-tall left foot will have a large range of motion on the pitch and can randomly swim on both the left and right sides. However, his foot skills are not enough to be a winger, and although he can play a good counter-attack effect quickly, he can only advance in large spaces.
His success rate in the Champions League this season is only 33%, and the success rate of one-on-one confrontation is 44%, which shows that in the case of lack of strength, Adeyami's individual combat effect can only be said to be average.
Also as a forward arrow to get a large space counter-attack opportunity, the small Adeyemmi than Haalander did not have much advantage when carrying the ball. This time he tried to cut through Jules but failed, losing a good chance to fight back.
Looking at this wave of counter-attacks, Adeyemmi took the ball and led the counter-attack to advance, from receiving the ball to starting speed are beautiful, proving that he can indeed do a good job of arrow work. However, the subsequent straight ball was still powerful, and Adeyami was still lacking in technical details. The passing at key moments is not good enough. In the high-confrontation Champions League, the standard deviation of the action is still large.
The future hopes of German football may not necessarily replace The positions of Sane and Werner in the front line for the time being. Whether it is Dortmund or other giants, if you hope that Adeymi will become the core striker in the short term, it may be more difficult.
Fortunately, Adeyemi's ball quotient and team cooperation awareness is still good, whether it is no ball reception, or with teammates hitting the wall, it already has a good level. The quality of this inside shot was not bad, just played a bit straight.
I don't know if Adeymi can continue to perform well in the second leg to Bayern's Allianz Arena. This may determine whether he moves to the sub-strong team in the summer or the top giants.
Conclusion:
Will the Bayern academy's "youngster" return to the Bundesliga this summer? As Europe's top arsenal that has produced Mane, Haaland, Keita, Upamecano and Sobosloy, Red Bull Salzburg is ready to put multiple players on the shelves this summer and then prepare for the next wave of newcomers.