Borussia Dortmund suffered a week of consecutive blows, Hummels received a spurious red card, the Champions League was double-killed by Ajax, and the remnants of the squad went to Leipzig to fold the territory of the defeated general in last season's German Cup final. The 1-2 score seemed to be close, but in fact it was crushed by opponents on all levels, and the Hornets should be glad that they did not repeat the fiasco of 0-4 Ajax.
Guerrero, Schultz and even cameo left-back Marius Wolff have fallen one after another, Dort has no one to use on the left, Hazard Jr. is in the Belgian team's main left wingback, Dort subjectively or objectively must choose the three-centre-back system. But the whole game of passivity should not be the pot of the three-centre-back system, because Leipzig RB is also the usual three-centre-back in recent times. In the summer of 2019, Rozer moved from Red Bull Salzburg to Borussia Moncheng, with Marsh as his successor. But when Rozer returned to his hometown of Leipzig, he chose a conservative and even timid game strategy in the hands of the Americans. Red Bull, on the other hand, was proactive, and Marsh spoke out before the race: It is our duty to beat Dort.
The same three-centre-back system, different forms of presentation, Leipzig took the initiative, Dortmund was only a promise, and it also created a one-sided fall in the first half. Shots 6-2, possession 56 to 44, matchmaking success rate 55 to 45, the home team overall dominance. Gwadior seized on Poongračić's failed offside position and found Nkunku, who single-handedly took a 1-0 lead, and Leipzig, who shot at leipzig on a daily basis, was polite enough. The opponent conceded the ball as soon as he pressed, the position was too deep to play an effective defensive turn, there was little threat of attack in the first half, Mullen, who had not been able to open the pot in the Bundesliga, even blocked the shot of teammate Bellingham, and the Hornets were rubbed on the ground by Red Bull. Poulsen, who scored a 2-1 win, lamented: "There were a lot of mistakes in organizing the attack, and even some of the balls were passed directly out of bounds, which is dortmund I have never seen before. ”
Faced with a team with aggressive play, quick ball rotation and good personal ability, Dort was habitually timid, just like the 0-4 catastrophe experienced in Amsterdam in late October. Captain Reus, who seized Dortmund's first real chance to equalise, hated the team's style of play: "They are more aggressive, we can't do it on a par with the opponents, Leipzig can score more goals, and such a complete way makes me most angry." ”
In the second half, Roze replaced Poongračić, the weakest ring of the defense, with the attacker Knauf, and changed into a more aggressive four-back, the scene improved slightly, but the game situation was irreversible, and it was fortunate that it did not turn into a tragedy in the end. Dortmund's dependence on Haaland is well known, the Norwegian prodigy scored 13 goals in nine official matches in the new season, when the blade could not be sheathed, Roze always seemed very unconfident, often using the three-centre-back system to defend, but at the cost of sacrificing high pressing and counterattacking numbers, the 6th round of the away defeat to Borussia Monchenging, smothered alive by the opponent. Before Bayern won 9 consecutive titles, Dort had won two consecutive titles in 2011 and 2012, daring to face his opponents, which is the DNA of yellow and black football success. Even if you die standing, you can't be beaten to death by your opponent indifferently.
Of course, Rozer also has his own bitterness, due to the injury of 7 potential main players such as Haaland, Guerrero, Dahoud, etc., Dort can only drag a set of lineups to deal with consecutive weeks of double matches, not to mention Hummels, Witsel, Reuss, who are not afraid to take turns. The inability to rotate effectively, to a certain extent, can only become the end of the crossbow, the substitute can not bring pressure to the main force, and even affect the quality of training. The international day in November came just in time, and the lightly injured are expected to return, but according to Haaland's father, whether his son can still play this year depends on fate, and Dort will have to adapt to the days without a top card for a long time.
Sports Weekly all-media reporter Qin Youxia