Compared to the silence after the opening goal, the silence in the Westfalen stands was longer this time.

If the first goal brought them a feeling of surprise, confusion, and incomprehension, then this goal really made them feel sad.

Even the most layman fans can see that the visiting team completely dominated the game during this period. Only scoring the second goal at this time meant that Dortmund was already doomed.

This is what made them lose their voices. They finally began to doubt:

Is it really going to lose to a newly promoted team at home?

However, after all, Dortmund fans are known as the most passionate and toughest fan group in Germany. You know, they have been baptized by the Ruhr derby all year round, which is one of the most popular derbies in Europe. Only the Rome Derby, Scotland's "

Time-honored brand

"Derby" can be compared with others, such as the Spanish El Clasico, the Milan Derby, the Double Club, the North London Derby, etc. Maybe the two sides are stronger and have a deeper foundation, but in terms of popularity, they are completely different.

Dortmund fans who have experienced this kind of environment have always taken pride in fighting. How could they surrender to the enemy?

So, after a long period of silence, they finally broke out with a stronger rebound.

The sky-wide boos rang out in the stands of Westphalia, and this time, it was even worse than at the beginning!

Amid the overwhelming boos, the Mainz people were not afraid. Da Silva, Azawag and Levi, who were the heroes of the goal, hugged each other and celebrated their goals.

Soon, Friedrich ran over again.

Seeing the latter, Levi was about to say something, but Friedrich interrupted him, then pointed to the surrounding stands and made a gesture of listening:

"Li, I know what you want to say. Of course, this doesn't mean they should shut up completely. We have to continue!"

"I'm waiting to see the moment you shut them up completely!"

The two looked at each other and laughed.

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"Da Silva scored the second goal of the game for Mainz. Mainz, playing away from home, took a 2-0 lead at the Westfalenstadion!"

"If you had told me before the game that Mainz could lead Dortmund by two goals in the first half, then I would have thought you were kidding. Because Mainz has been so bad recently, so bad that I can't even watch it.

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"After defeating Werder Bremen in the eighth round, a full fifteen rounds have passed now. They have only won one game, which was a 1-0 away victory over Bochum in the fifteenth round of the league. The points have even increased from

The third place fell all the way to the relegation zone. To be honest, even the stock market during the global financial crisis seven years ago was not so exaggerated!"

"However, I must say that these consecutive games without a win are definitely not a reflection of Mainz's true strength. As long as you watch this half of the game, you will definitely agree with my point of view."

"Mainz's two-goal lead is definitely not due to luck. They completely controlled the game. Dortmund had no chance at all! In fact, I think luck is on the side of the home team, because if Mainz's forwards were not 'merciful'

, I believe Weidenfeller will live in his own goal today!"

After this goal, Bela Reddy gave a long speech almost non-stop. This was mainly because his unprofessional performance when he scored the first goal stimulated him, and now he is desperately looking for ways to make up for it!

"Klopp is simply a magician. I still haven't understood how Mainz did it. They just kept passing the ball and running. If there is anything special, that is

There is only one Li who is particularly good at running. This is something that even amateur teams can do, but when it comes to them, why can't they even resist opponents like Dortmund?"

"I can't understand it, but I'm shocked. I think what the Mainz people showed today will become a symbol of every Bundesliga team in the future - no, even teams all over the world."

, research topic."

"Dear viewers, I said before the game that the current ranking of these two teams is surprising. I must admit that this sentence was mainly directed at Dortmund at the time, because I felt that a newly promoted team was not understood at the beginning of the season.

The situation of rushing to the Champions League zone under certain circumstances, and then being knocked back to its original shape after losing its mystery has happened so many times that it is not surprising at all."

"But now, I think it is necessary to reinterpret this sentence. Mainz's position is equally surprising. The current ranking is definitely not where they should be. I even saw in them the sweeping team of the 1970s.

The shadow of the Dutch team in Europe."

"I wonder if Dortmund's Dutch coach Van Marwijk, a coach from the hometown of Total Football, can come up with a strategy to deal with Mainz in the second half?"

When Bela Reddy finished these words in one breath, the referee also blew the whistle to end the first half of the game.

Dortmund's players walked into the tunnel with obvious confusion. They still couldn't understand why the situation had reached this point, and this lack of understanding made them even more confused about the prospects for the second half.

If Van Marwijk could not come up with targeted countermeasures during the halftime break, there would probably be no suspense about the outcome of this game.

But how easy is it?

The Dutchman frowned. He was not Reddy, let alone an ordinary fan in the stands. Although Klopp's new tactics were unfamiliar, he was not unable to see some clues. For example, he could find Michels' full attack in it.

The shadow of Quan Shou also has some legacy of the "free man" tactics of the past.

But it's one thing to see through it, and it's another thing to defeat the enemy.

Although there are traces of total offense and free man tactics, Mainz's offense has completely different characteristics from the first two. For example, they hardly rely on individual dribbling to break through, and they rely entirely on passing and running.

For the main purpose, it is difficult to achieve the effect of affecting the whole body by targeting someone.

Van Marwijk thought hard for a long time and finally made up his mind.

For a while, he really couldn't find a good way to defeat the enemy, but this didn't mean that he had no choice but to surrender.

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The Mainz players are naturally a different story.

Leading a giant like Dortmund by two goals in the first half, especially when they completely suppressed their opponents, gave them unprecedented confidence, and they couldn't help but smile with joy when they walked off the field.

The players were still talking and laughing until they entered the locker room.

"Well done, boys!" Klopp clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention. "I think you must now feel that Westphalia is nothing special, right?"

There are players below nodding frequently.

"Yes, we are strong and we can create a big scene. I always want you to believe this," Klopp changed the topic. "But this does not mean that I hope you underestimate the enemy! We can obviously win in the first half.

Killing the game, but now? The only score in this world that is even more insecure than a one-goal lead is a two-goal lead!"

Klopp was obviously referring to the waste of opportunities by his forwards in the first half. The three forwards looked at each other and lowered their heads in shame.

"Don't forget, the opponent is the Bundesliga champion two years ago. Does anyone think they stole it by luck? Do you think they will surrender at their home court?" Klopp said sternly, "

Now, does anyone still think it’s okay to underestimate their opponents and Westphalia?”

No one answered, which is exactly what Klopp wanted.

"Very good, I hope you really stop thinking about underestimating the enemy," Klopp looked around and nodded slightly, "Then, now let me tell you what you will encounter in the second half..."

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At the beginning of the second half, Dortmund made two substitutions. Brazilian forward Everton replaced Smolarek, and teenager Kruska replaced Rosicky.

"Van Marwijk chose to return Lars Riken to the midfielder and replaced his favorite Smolarek with the fast Everton. This is very rare," Bella Ray

Di said in surprise, "Even if this Pole was suspended for three years for smoking marijuana,

For months, Van Marwijk still chose to forgive him and brought him to Germany. In my impression, Van Marwijk has never been substituted at halftime without injury or red card.

Smolarek, this is an unprecedented first time!"

"But compared to this substitution, what is even more incredible is that he replaced Rosicky with the 17-year-old Kruska. Except that Kruska's defense is better than Rosicky, I can't think of anything

The reason is that Van Marwijk can replace his core midfielder when he is two goals behind.

"Reddy went on to analyze, "This is a very clear signal. Now Dortmund's frontcourt only consists of Jan Kohler and Everton, who are high and fast. Ricken is recycled into the midfield as an attacking midfielder, and the other three are midfielders.

The field is almost full of defensive midfielders, and the Dutch coach is thinking of a defensive counterattack!"

"But now it's Dortmund who are two goals behind. They are taking the initiative to shrink their defense. Are they admitting defeat?"

Although Van Marwijk couldn't hear Reddy's comments, he wanted to know what kind of criticism his adjustment would bring after the game. They are Dortmund, the same Dortmund who were the Bundesliga champions two years ago.

, he actually set up a steel barrel formation when facing a newly promoted team. Isn’t it embarrassing?

This is not Italy, but the Bundesliga, which advocates offense, not to mention that Van Marwijk himself comes from a country that represents offensive football.

But van Marwijk had no choice.

If you give him enough time and let him review the first half repeatedly, I believe there will be a way to find the opponent's weaknesses, but not now.

He chose the most direct and quickest way - don't you want to find loopholes by mobilizing my defense? Then my defense simply stops moving and is completely retracted. What else can you do?

In fact, this is exactly how most teams later dealt with Barcelona - of course, they may be even more helpless, because sometimes it's not that they don't want to attack, but that they can't get the ball.
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Of course, Van Marwijk's choice is not really surrendering, because to a certain extent, Dortmund's current lineup is an excellent template for defensive counterattacks, with Jan Kohler who is over two meters tall and the extremely fast Ewe

Dun, it is simply a combination tailor-made for counterattack!

It's a pity that Odon Cole, who is the fastest in the team with a speed of 100 meters at 10.8 seconds, was not included in the squad, otherwise this counterattack lineup would be even sharper.

However, this is enough for now.

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Unfortunately, Van Marwijk probably never expected that his response had already fallen into Klopp's trap.

When Mainz's players saw their opponents shrinking their defense, they seemed to take a piece of reassurance. Klopp's words during the halftime break rang in their ears again:

"I bet Dortmund will shrink their defense in the second half. They have no other way."

"Facing the iron barrel formation, you will definitely encounter some troubles, but don't panic, we only need one word: drag!"
To be continued...