mtl008 Chapter 431 German Super Cup
Chapter 431 German Super Cup
Chapter 431 German Super Cup
After returning from China, Dortmund will immediately face the German Super Cup. The two sides are the Bundesliga champion "Dortmund" and the Bundesliga runner-up "Bayern Munich".
By convention, before the start of the Bundesliga, Dortmund's Big Three will meet to set goals for the new season and some things related to the team.
Watzke, Klopp, and Zorc sat together in Zork's spacious office to talk about the new season.
Watzke and Zork are in charge of finances. They hope that the club can focus on the Champions League, which has the strongest ability to absorb money, while Klopp still insists on ranking first in the league and second in the Champions League.
It makes sense for Klopp to think this way. There used to be a team in La Liga called Real Betis. After reaching the Champions League, the team put all their energy into the Champions League. The final result was very sad. Not only did the Champions League fail.
To make an inappropriate analogy, a rational head coach should always regard the league as his main palace.
Klopp explained a lot, and finally he said: "I don't care about the stock market, what shareholders think of us, I am only responsible for the team's results."
After listening to Klopp's eloquent explanation, Watzke and Zorc finally agreed with Klopp that the league is higher than the Champions League.
Another point that needs to be discussed is the transfer. Klopp's transfer budget this season has basically not moved. Wang Kong and Gomez were both introduced at low prices, so there is still 2000 million euros left in the transfer budget approved by Dortmund's board of directors.
"Jurgen, I suggest you bring in a big name. Now Dortmund fans are expecting the team to make a blockbuster transfer. You can't let them down",
Klopp shook his head, "No need, I am very satisfied with the current lineup, you can announce that Dortmund's transfer window is closed early",
At this point, Zorc will not listen to Klopp. The reason is very simple. The purpose of the transfer is not only for the team lineup, but also to promote the club and meet the expectations of the fans. To put it simply, it is like why a movie needs big-name actors?It's not that newcomers can't act, but that it must satisfy the appetite of movie fans.
"There is still a long time before the transfer window, Jurgen, I hope you will think about it carefully",
Klopp nodded and agreed, but anyone who knows Klopp understands that things he decides generally will not change.
"Also, have you considered the matter of Papastathopoulos?"Zork asked.
Klopp nodded, "Promise him, he can go to Panathinaikos".
This incident happened during Dortmund's trip to China. Dortmund's Greek defender "Papa" hoped to raise his salary to 350 euros and get half of the portrait rights.
Of course, Papa is not stupid. The reason why he is like this must be that he has already found his next job. It is even possible that he doesn't want a salary increase at all, just looking for an excuse to leave.
Panathinaikos is his hometown team. It is considered a strong team and can participate in the UEFA Champions League. The most important thing is that they promise "Papa" the absolute main position. The last one is the most important. This year Papa is only 27 years old.
After Klopp nodded, Zorc immediately invested in the transfer. Both sides were in a hurry, because the league was about to start and the lineup had to be determined. Finally, Dortmund officially announced "Papastathopoulos transfer of 1000 million euros".
Klopp attended the press conference where he thanked the Greek for his contributions and wished him success in his home country.
Papa also thanked Klopp for his cultivation, and expressed the hope that he would never meet Dortmund on the court in the future.
Since then, Dortmund's preliminary roster for the 2015/16 season has been determined. If there is no accident, before the transfer deadline on September 9, Dortmund will not have any personnel changes.
Dortmund's squad is:
Goalkeepers: 1 Weidenfeller, 38 Bilki, 39 Bangman.
后卫：3霍恩舒、4苏伯蒂奇、15胡梅尔斯、21基尔希、26皮什切克、28金特尔、29施梅尔策、37杜尔姆。
中场：6斯文·本德、20阿德里安·拉莫斯、8王空、11罗伊斯、18沙欣、19格罗斯克罗伊茨、17香川真司、7霍夫曼、33魏格尔
Forwards: 19 Gomez, 10 Mkhitaryan, 17 Aubameyang, 9 Li Qiao.
Among them, the contracts of goalkeeper "Langerak" and Kuba expired, free transfers, and the comings and goings of some second-team players have not been officially announced.
Klopp looked at the roster in his hands and felt very satisfied. Papa's departure would not cause too many problems for the team. Gundogan's position was also filled by Wang Kong. Not only did the team not lose their strength during the summer transfer period, they also made money for the first time.
The Allianz Super Cup two days later is the best opportunity to test this new Dortmund team. The next day, Klopp will lead the team to Munich.
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The German Super Cup is just like the Premier League's Community Shield. It is a tasteless game. It is a training game. No one will care much about whether they can win the cup in the end.
For Dortmund in this game, Klopp played all the main players, while Bayern did not play with all the main players, but even so, Bayern's strength is still stronger, because they introduced two very powerful players in the summer transfer window-Costa and Vidal.
The main players absent from Bayern in this game are Lewandowski, Ribery, Robben, Neuer, Ram, and the starting lineup sent by Guashuai is:
Goalkeeper - Ulreich.
Defense - Rafinha, Boateng, Kirchhoff, Alaba.
Midfielder single midfielder - Vidal.
Avant-garde line-Müller, Rod, Gotze, Costa.
Single striker - Green.
Among them, the forward is the 19-year-old American "Green" who was temporarily promoted from the second team. From this lineup, it can also be seen that Guardiola doesn't care much about this game.
For Dortmund's first official game of the season, Klopp's starting lineup is:
Goalkeeper - Weidenfeller
Defense - Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer
Double defensive midfielder - Sven Bender, Wang Kong
Avant-garde line - Royce, Mkhitaryan, Lee Joe
Solo striker - Aubameyang
All the main players are starting. Klopp only has one and a half sets of lineups at hand. It is impossible to have two and a half sets of lineups like Bayern. This is the financial gap of the club, and there is no way to make up for it for the time being.
After the start of the game, Dortmund had an absolute advantage. Bender and Wang Kong completely controlled the midfield. Bayern's big players were in poor condition. They probably just came back from vacation. Except for the newly joined "Douglas Costa" who was in a hot state, everyone else couldn't lift their spirits.
In the 10 minutes of the game, Royce went straight to Aubameyang. The latter smashed the ball past "Kirchhoff", and then pushed to the far corner. Ulreich missed the ball and scored!
Dortmund lead 1-0.
After conceding the ball, Dortmund played more proactively in the midfield. Vidal couldn't help it anymore. He just transferred this summer and was eager to perform. He observed it. He had heard of Bender's name. He is a ruthless character in the Bundesliga. The other No. 8 looks very immature and may be easier to bully.
Vidal decided to find a breakthrough on Wang Kong, but after a few confrontations, Vidal regretted it. This yellow-skinned guy is tough and not easy to bully at all. "Where did Dortmund find this guy?" Vidal thought to himself.
Ten minutes later, Dortmund scored another goal, this time it was Li Qiao who scored, and Dortmund led 10-2 at Allianz.
The situation on the scene went well, and Klopp was very happy, not only leading 2-0, but more importantly, there was no fighting spirit in the eyes of the opponent's players, which was the most terrible thing.
At this time, Bayern's new left winger "Costa" passed by like the wind. Klopp seemed to see Eto'o in Mallorca back then. To be honest, Costa looked a lot like Eto'o back then, not only in appearance, but also in the feeling of playing football. He rushed like a panther.
After a few steps of "bass, bass, bass", when Costa maximized his speed, Piszczek here was not his opponent at all, and was thrown far away. Klopp felt that this little guy even surpassed Franck Ribery back then.
When Franck Ribery came to the Bundesliga for the first time in 2007, the entire Bundesliga was shocked by his superhuman speed, and with Franck Ribery getting old, now Bayern seems to have found a new winger overlord.
Klopp laughed in his heart: "I hope that from now on, Bayern will give up the idea of poaching Li Qiao, since you have Costa."
Costa was alive and well on the wing, but it is a pity that Bayern Lewandowski was not in this game. Although Costa sent precise crosses again and again, the 19-year-old Green was in the middle. Under the defense of Hummels and Subotic, Green basically disappeared.
Because the midfield advantage is too great, when Dortmund got the set kick in this game, the two central defenders all rushed forward.
Li Qiao took a corner kick, and Hummels in the middle jumped high. Bayern had only one reliable central defender. Boateng knocked Hummels away.
Vidal stretched out his foot to block, and Subotic's sweeping leg kicked Vidal's leg firmly. Then everyone saw the Serb suffering to the end, the referee immediately stopped the game, and even the Bayern players waved to the sidelines, telling the team doctor to enter the field quickly.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Klopp felt as if he had been punched hard in his heart, probably a disaster or a blessing.
(End of this chapter)