Champion’s Heart

In the locker room, Klopp severely criticized the team's performance in the first half.

"...This is Derby! What are you thinking? Wake up to me quickly, and if anyone can't wake up, I'll replace him!"

He was also dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half.

He did not accept the excuse of the national team's game day.

Is it because Schalke 04 players did not participate in the national team? Everyone is the same, so why say you are affected?

The Dortmund players who were scolded by Klopp did not dare to take a breath. Don't look at Klopp always playing with players, but it does not mean that he is a good old man without principle. He has a temper tantrum like he loves you, they are extreme.

When he is scolded, the correct way is to lower his head and receive training. Never try to justify or raise his head to look directly at him, as this will only make him die worse.

After the scolding, Klopp began to arrange the tactics in the second half, he asked the players to run more aggressively. Tactics are no problem, the key is execution. If everyone does not run, or if they are not in place, all the arrangements before the game can not be implemented, then the best tactic is to talk on paper.

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At the same time, in the dressing room of Schalke 04, head coach Stevens praised his players.

"...You did a great job! The second half was about to run the same as the first half. We used our running to split them so that they couldn't establish any connection, especially Zhou Yi! Don't let him spread the football!"

Everyone nodded when they heard it.

This is also their strategy in the first half. Active running is the main reason for them to take the initiative in the first half. Running allowed them to enter the race earlier than Dortmund.

Yang Muge naturally agreed with the head coach's arrangement. There is only one worry-if you run like this, will everyone's physical strength be sustainable?

His physical fitness is no problem. His job is to run non-stop, but what about other teammates who don’t usually play like this? After seventy minutes of the game, how much strength do they have to support this tactic?

Once our physical fitness is exhausted, how can we maintain our advantage over Dortmund? To know that this is Dortmund's home, if they let them slow down, if the physical decline of Schalke 04 will crash.

However, obviously coach Stevens has also taken this into consideration, so while he requires the players to continue to run actively, he also requires the players to seize all the opportunities that can be seized and strive to gain a few more goals.

"...As long as we can score more goals and get a big enough score to lead, we can win this game!"

This is to say, as long as Schalke 04 can score more goals when they are dominant, so that the score can be increased to the point where Dortmund is unable to fight back, they can win the game. Then shrink the defense, then you don't need to spend much energy.

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At the beginning of the second half of the game, both sides played with their own goals. Especially Dortmund's players were scolded by Klopp in the locker room. Everyone held a fire in their hearts, trying to prove themselves and beat their opponents.

So just after the second half of the game, Dortmund launched a very fierce offensive, impacting Schalke 04's defense.

In the stands, the Dortmund fans who were still depressed in the first half were all excited. They continued to cheer for their team with singing and cheering. For a time, West Stadium returned to life.

But the goddess of destiny seemed to deliberately fight against Dortmund.

Just when Dortmund's team was reorganizing up and down and planning to make a comeback, only two minutes began in the second half. Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze was hit by the muscles in the back of the thigh in a fight. Unable to continue running, of course, it is impossible to continue the game.

Can only be replaced.

The second half had just begun, and the main player on the offense, Goetze, was injured and had to be replaced. This is really an unexpected situation.

"Ah, Dortmund is really unlucky! The offense looks a bit better, but Gotze was injured and it seems that he can't stick to the game..."

In the face of such a bad situation, Klopp did not swear, but he frowned and whispered with his assistant coach Boiqi, and then Boiqi returned to the bench and sat on the other side. Some anxious Mark Wagner on the bench hooked his hand: "Mark."

Mark Wagner is not the first rookie on the bench in the first team. He knows what it means. He was surprised but agitated and nervous. He quickly got up and ran to the warm-up area.

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"Mark! It's Mark!" Mrs. Wagner in the South Stand was sharp-eyed and saw her son get up to warm up at a glance. She is an old fan. How could she not know what this action meant?

So she shouted excitedly, attracting others.

Everyone followed and found Mark Wagner warming up in a vest.

Is Mark going to play?

This really surprised people.

They hadn’t expected Mark to have a chance to play so soon, but at the same time they also had some doubts-Gotze was injured and Mark would come on the court. His task must be very heavy, so there has been more than a year that Mark has not played OK?

The steps that everyone had originally envisioned for Mark to come back were to first play in the garbage time of the game, kick for a few minutes, find a feeling, and let the body and mind gradually adapt.

Now, this makes them a little worried, worrying that Mark will be under too much pressure. If he does not perform well at that time, it will definitely hurt Mark's confidence and fighting spirit, but will make his recovery from his injuries more difficult.

There is also the same worry about the narrator, Marcel Leff was surprised when he saw Mark going to warm up: "Are Klopp preparing to replace Mark with the injured Goetze? Let a player who has just recovered from injury get replaced The next injured player, I think this may not be a good consideration..."

But Mark, who is warming up, has not considered this issue at all. He is full of ideas about his coming to the court now. These thoughts make him excited. Excited, he couldn't care less about the pressure he was shouldering.

Until he stood on the sidelines, assistant coach Bovachi stood in front of him again, and then said to him: "You go up, replace the injured Goetze, and form a striker partner with Lewandowski..." Only then did he suddenly realize that he didn't feel the atmosphere when he came to play, but that he wanted to compete with his derby rivals!

He had only a hint of hesitation.

Bovachi pointed to the court, indicating to him where he would be active after playing. He looked up mechanically, but his eyes did not have focus. He didn't even observe where the coach asked him to play.

He was still thinking in his head: right? Encountered such a thing on the court?

But when he felt confused and flustered, his unfocused eyes searched Zhou Yi on the court.

Zhou Yi is very focused on the game. He keeps shaking his head and looking left and right. His eyes sweep across the court like a radar.

Seeing Zhou Yi like this, Mark's heart suddenly settled down.

He remembered how Zhou Yi told him in the hotel room last night.

Believe in yourself, Mark.

There is nothing to fear, Mark.

Think about your debut in the first team, Mark.

Zhou Yi's voice echoed in his ears, calming Mark's flustered heart.

What happened to being in danger?

What about Derby?

it's not a big deal.

I am Mark Wagner!

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"Mark, do you understand?" Bocci seemed to realize that Mark's spirit was a little strange, and he asked.

"Understood, coach." Mark answered very simply ~www.wuxiaspot.com ~ really understand? Boiqi looked at him suspiciously.

"Well. I really understand, coach. After playing, I played behind Lewandowski, cascading Zhou Yi and Royce, and others, if they had a chance, they shot themselves, and if there was no chance, they passed the football to the position. Better teammates, right?" Mark repeated.

After Bawachi heard it, he knew that Mark really listened, instead of cheating himself, so he nodded with confidence: "Very good, in fact, there is nothing to worry about, everything is kicked like before you were injured, that is familiar to you Rhythm and style."

He was afraid that Mark would think too much and burden too much.

Mark nodded. He was talking about his pre-injury mission. He played like that before he was injured. He has always played well.

This is something he is familiar with.

Although he hasn't played in a year, Mark believes that he won't become stranger so easily. Maybe he needs to get used to it at first, but soon he will remember that feeling again.

Just like a bicycle, once you learn, it’s not easy to forget.

This was the instinct that he trained with Zhou Yi every day for special training!

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In a dead ball, the fourth official stood on the sidelines with a display card. He cut his hands and raised the flag over his head. The referee signaled a substitution on the sidelines.

Because the injured Goetze had already been helped, Mark waiting on the sidelines did not need to hand over Goetze, but could play directly.

After being checked by the fourth officer, he ran to the court.

"Dortmund Substitution! Klopp replaced Mark Wagoner with the injured Mario Goetze. This is Mark's first appearance in the game after more than a year of injury. It would be unexpected for me to say that this appearance... But no matter what, welcome back, Mark Wagner!" Marcel Leif said.