Midfielder Ruler

At the scene of the UEFA headquarters draw, APOEL, the biggest dark horse in the UEFA Champions League this season, was drawn to Real Madrid. Representatives of the other six teams were very disappointed.

So the remaining non-mainstream league team Benfica became the quarter-final opponent that the other five teams wanted to meet.

Among the five teams in the Champions League quarter-finals, the team most likely to meet is Dortmund on the board. The two teams met in the Europa League final last season.

With Arsenal drawing Bayern Munich, Dortmund's chances of encountering Benfica will increase infinitely.

Sporting director Zorc, who represented the team at the draw, was even ready to shake hands with Benfica general manager Rui Costa.

As a result, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Benfica was drawn by Chelsea, which means that Dortmund will meet Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Barcelona this season is in a state that is against the sky and makes people shudder. It is a team that no team wants to encounter.

The UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals defeated Leverkusen 3:1 away and 7:1 at home, with a total score of 10:2. Among them, Messi was in a hot state and staged five goals in a single game for the first time in his career at home in the second round good show.

No one would be happy with such an opponent.

The face of Dortmund sports director Zorke who appeared in the broadcast was black, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was very unhappy.

Of course, the expression of Barcelona's sports director Su Bizarreta is not much better.

Dortmund is a hard bone for Barcelona, ​​and it may even be impossible to chew. Last year's European Super Cup is the best example.

They lost to Dortmund 1:3 with one extra player.

However, thinking of Messi's hot state, Zubizareta's mood improved a lot. He took the initiative to turn his head and reach out to face Dortmund's sports director Zorc who was sitting in the back row.

At the same time, Tang Zheng aroused 'public indignation' in the rest room of the Stobelari Training Center.

Hummels was the first to bear the brunt, and was going to lead everyone to "revenge private revenge", to avenge Tang Zheng's bullying in the past.

Anyway, the law does not blame the public.

but……

This time there was another surprise.

He rushed to the front and found himself, again, that's right, that was, again... being betrayed by his teammates again.

Next, the punishment he faced was appalling.

In the lounge of the Stobelari training center, Hummels' screams were heard in a short time: "Help! SOS!!"

Getze turned a blind eye, shook his head and sighed: "Hey, this...Matz is really bold enough to dare to rebel."

Sven Bender bows his hair for a tweet, Lewandowski goes straight to video, Piszczek guides by the side...

Royce didn't know what was going on, so he turned his head and asked Gross Kreutz, his teammate in the youth team.

"It's like this..."

Gross Kreutz puts his arm around Royce's shoulders.

Even head coach Jurgen Klopp put his arms around the shoulder of assistant coach Zeliko Buvac and chatted about something.

In short, the Dortmund players in the lounge of the Stobellari Training Center did not show their due troubles, and the atmosphere was very good.

In contrast, Gamper Sports City, Barcelona's first team tactical hall.

Coach Guardiola frowned. In the quarter-final draw, the last thing he wanted to encounter was not Real Madrid, but Dortmund.

The UEFA Super Cup last August is still fresh in my memory.

Messi, who scored five goals in a single game at home in the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 final, also frowned. That game can be said to be the ugliest game since he became famous.

In the 90 minutes of the game, there was no successful breakthrough.

Such data are unique throughout his career.

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This season's Champions League quarter-finals, La Liga, Premier League, and Bundesliga each have two teams, and the remaining two teams are the Portuguese Super League and the Cyprus League.

Among them, APOEL's entry into the quarter-finals of the Champions League was a shocking upset.

Being able to enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League, they have no further ideas. It doesn't matter which opponent they meet, so they don't have too many emotional fluctuations when they draw Real Madrid.

It would be embarrassing for Bayern and Arsenal to draw together, and they had a strong dialogue.

Benfica in the non-mainstream league drew to Chelsea in the Premier League, which is also a focus battle worthy of attention.

But the more interesting game is another Champions League quarter-final in the second half.

Dortmund VS Barcelona!

In history, Dortmund and Barcelona have faced each other three times, all in the UEFA Super Cup.

The most recent confrontation was the European Super Cup last year. Dortmund defeated the new Champions League champion Barcelona 3:1 with one less player.

The other two European Super Cup contests were before the restructuring of the European Super Cup. Barcelona 2:0 at home and 1:1 away

In general, the two teams have faced each other three times, with one win, one draw and one loss. Interestingly, the total number of goals scored and the total number of goals conceded are the same.

It is equivalent to saying that the two teams have not won or lost in the past historical confrontation, so the next two rounds of the Champions League quarter-finals will change the history of the two teams.

No matter which team it is, it should do its best.

And in the European Super Cup last year, Dortmund and Barcelona had some grievances.

Therefore, in addition to Arsenal and Bayern Munich, the European media focused on reporting and analyzing the quarter-finals of the Champions League, as well as Dortmund and Barcelona.

As for the two games of Real Madrid VS APOEL and Benfica VS Chelsea, simply follow them.

After all, in terms of strength, the gap is a bit big.

But for Dortmund, the top priority is the domestic league and the DFB-Pokal semi-final, which will rekindle the fighting in the middle of next week.

Before the start of the Champions League quarter-finals, they must maximize their advantage in league points.

The first round will be played at home at the standard kick-off time of the UEFA Champions League, at 8:45pm on March 27th, and the second round will be at Camp Nou for a week.

Because Tang Zheng has accumulated three yellow cards and will definitely miss the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Klopp hopes to take the lead in the league, and then use his unbeaten at home for two seasons to resist Barcelona, ​​and the decisive battle will wait until the second round.

On the weekend, Dortmund ushered in the challenge of Werder Bremen at home.

They are fundamentally different this season from last season. They currently have 11 wins, 6 draws, 8 losses and 39 points, ranking sixth in the league.

In the 2011-2012 Bundesliga season, there are still the last nine games. Schalke 04, who is currently fourth in the league, is only eight points behind. They are menacing.

However, Tang Zheng, who was definitely absent from the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, seemed to vent his depression on the visiting Werder Bremen, with two assists, helping Dortmund easily win the game 2:0.

After playing the league, Dortmund will have the German Cup semi-finals in the middle of the week.

Considering that the team drawn in the semi-finals was the little-known Bundesliga team Greethof, Klopp made some adjustments to the main lineup.

After all, the first leg of Barcelona's Champions League quarter-finals will be held at home in the middle of next week, and it is still without Tang Zheng.

In this match, Tang Zheng didn't appear in the starting lineup, he sat on the bench.

Obviously, this is Klopp's attempt to adapt the team without Tang Zheng.

It's just that the result made him somewhat disappointed, Dortmund without Tang Zheng was like another team, its overall strength dropped by a whole notch.

The most obvious manifestation is the hardness of the defense in the middle and the transition from defense to offense. In terms of micro-techniques, Jing Duoan is really not a star behind Tang Zheng.

Fortunately, he ushered in good news.

If nothing else, Pirlo, who was injured in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, is likely to return in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

In the end, with Lewandowski's snap shot in a penalty area scuffle in the second half, Dortmund defeated Greithof 1-0 in the away game and advanced to the German Cup final for three consecutive seasons.

Another German Cup semi-final is the focus of the German Cup.

Bayern Munich, currently ranked second in the list, played against Borussia Mönchengladbach at home.

After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Bayern Munich at home defeated their opponents 2:1, and they joined Dortmund in the final.

And this battle in the German Cup final is also the third confrontation between the two teams in three seasons.

Two finals, one semi-final.

As a result, it all ended in Dortmund's victory.

Dortmund has remained unbeaten in eight games in the past three seasons, and has achieved unbeaten victories in the past six games.

But at this time, no one is in the mood for the German Cup final at the end of the season. Their top priority is to meet the challenge.

The first leg of the league and the Champions League quarter-finals.

A week of consecutive double matches is a severe test for the giants.

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Before the first leg of the quarter-finals of the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League, Dortmund challenged Cologne away.

Tang Zheng was absent from the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Naturally, the away game in Cologne is not in the league rotation. After all, the opponents in the German Cup semi-finals in the middle of the week are different. The strength of the two teams is very different. There is no match at all. The main force played.

And at this stage of the season, the players' physical reserves have also reached a relatively delicate stage.

As the head coach, Klopp must also know how to rotate the main lineup reasonably.

Although most of the main players were frozen for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of next week, Dortmund, led by Tang Zheng, still got their wish and won a victory when they visited the Rhein Energy Stadium.

0:3

After 90 minutes, the home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

The domestic league has just ended, and the focus of the German media and mainstream European media is on the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, which will be rekindled in the middle of next week.

Arsenal VS Bayern Munich and Dortmund VS Barcelona are the two most important focus battles.

In Catalonia, Barcelona, ​​which ended its domestic league, quickly invested in preparing for the Champions League.

Head coach Guardiola is in a much better mood now than when the result of the draw came out, because he learned from UEFA official and media reports that Tang Zheng will miss the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

This is good news for Barcelona. It couldn't be better. Last year's European Super Cup was not so much lost to Dortmund as it was lost to Tang Zheng.

In that game, apart from one goal, Messi did not have any other dazzling statistics on the offensive end.

Even the proud penetration in the middle couldn't penetrate Tang Zheng's midfield, and was even weaker than Dortmund in partial confrontation.

Such a situation will not happen even in the face of Real Madrid.

Now, with Tang Zheng absent from the first round, the away game plan that was originally a tie for victory has become a victory!

And must win!

The Dortmund team, who were preparing for the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, seemed a little lacking in self-confidence. For the first time, they lacked Tang Zheng in the middle of a major match, so they were somewhat lacking in confidence.

Pirlo has returned from injury to participate in joint training, but it is unrealistic for him to participate in the first round of the high-paced Champions League quarter-finals after his return.

Therefore, the head coach Klopp had to choose to win at home and keep the decisive battle in the second round.

In Dortmund, Tang Zheng is not only a player, but more like the spiritual sustenance and leader of a team, no one can replace him.

To secure a tie and win, the natural first choice is to defend and counterattack.

High pressing is Klopp's housekeeping skill, and it is also the best tactic to limit Barcelona's Titi-Taka.

The biggest feature of Dortmund is that it can run, and in addition to playing at home, as long as there is no active action to die, there is great hope for a draw with Barcelona.

Sitting in the tactical hall, Tang Zheng kept holding back some words, he wanted to say but didn't want to.

Because Klopp's choice of relatively negative tactics is linked to his accumulative yellow card suspension, if he denies Klopp's tactical choice in person, it is somewhat suspected of not giving the head coach face.

Two days before the game, the Barcelona team arrived in Dortmund.

They were warmly 'welcome' by the native Dortmund fans, especially Busquets.

Dortmund fans clearly remember that it was Busquets' performance in the European Super Cup last year that made Gundogan accumulate yellow cards before he was replaced, so that Dortmund played one less player.

If it weren't for Tang Zheng's amazing performance, Barcelona would have won the European Super Cup last year.

Secondly, Barcelona's MVP combination is also 'welcome'.

As early as after the draw results came out, Messi, Villa and Pedro showed a strong desire to win away games on different occasions. They believed that Dortmund's amazing record was originally intended to be defeated by the visiting team.

And Barcelona is a record-breaking team.

Since the 2009-2010 season, Dortmund has remained unbeaten in all competitions. Why did Barcelona win?

With the title of defending Champions League champion?

joke!

The Westfalenstadion is the home of the number one devil in Europe!

God comes to kill God! The Buddha came to punish the Buddha!

No, Westerners do not believe in gods and Buddhas.

In their hearts, even if God came to the Westphalon Stadium, he should lower his posture.

Can Barcelona be presumptuous just by virtue of its status as the defending champion?

Fans expressed dissatisfaction with Barcelona's superstar, and Dortmund players also used personal social networks or the media to express dissatisfaction.

Captain Kyle publicly stated: "Nearly three seasons of unbeaten at home, no matter which team is next, it is impossible to take away a victory!"

Regarding Kyle's words, Dortmund fans and the German media absolutely support them.

Bayern Munich has not won even a game here in the past three seasons, is it possible for Barcelona?

Indeed, it is possible.

That... is only possible.

In a blink of an eye, the first round of the quarter-finals of the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League started at the Westfalen Stadium.