There is a belief called football

Chapter 308 The reality is much crueler than the ideal

After winning Arsenal, the stock price of Borussia Dortmund rose a lot the next day. Dortmund is the only listed club in the Bundesliga.

Another Champions League game in the same group - Galatasaray VS Anderlecht scored 1 to 1, so that Dortmund temporarily ranked first in the group. In the league, Dortmund also ranked fifth with 6 points.

The club's performance is good, Klopp is proud, but Li Qiao's heart is not happy. After the start of Dortmund this season, there have been 4 official games. Except for the second round against "Augsburg" Li Qiao, who started the game, Li Qiao didn't even have a chance to substitute in other games.

Especially in the last match against Arsenal, Li Qiao felt very itchy. The Champions League is the stage he has dreamed of for a long time, but Klopp did not give him a minute of playing time.

The five major European leagues are very cruel. "Hummels" was also outstanding in Bayern back then, but with those big-name players, the head coach couldn't give him a chance at all, so that "Hummels" switched to Bayern's arch-enemy "Dortmund" in a fit of anger.

There is also Bayern's Peruvian striker "Guerrero", who scored goals every time he came off the bench, but with such a performance, under the shadow of the Dutch striker "Makai", he could only choose to transfer in the end.

Most of the giants in other leagues are also like this, such as Barcelona's "Pique", who can't play in the club, can only go to Manchester United, and finally return to Barcelona after proving himself in the Premier League.

In Europe, like Messi, there are very few people who show the temperament of the king as soon as they make their debut. Most of them are trying to survive in the cracks.

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On September 9th, Dortmund will challenge the No. 20 Mainz in an away game. For the club, this is a good opportunity to narrow down the team at the top of the standings. Klopp attaches great importance to this game. On the second day after the midweek match with Arsenal, he led the team to the away game by bus.

What makes Li Qiao happy is that in this game, Klopp has his name in the starting list. This is Li Qiao's second start in the Bundesliga.

After the UEFA Champions League, Klopp will choose to rotate. For European teams, rotation is an art. Many good coaches also have the reputation of rotation masters, such as Ferguson and Ancelotti.

The game was held at night, and the weather was very good that day. Mainz's home stadium "Coface Arena" was basically full. The most popular European football markets should be Germany and England, and they were basically full.

In this game, Dortmund carried out a lot of position rotations. Li Qiao replaced "Aubameyang" as the left winger, "Kuba" replaced "Royce" as the right winger, and the front midfielder was replaced by "Kagawa Shinji". Mkhitaryan rested.

On the defense line, the teenager "Ginter" started, and the captain "Hummels" rested. As the goalkeeper, Klopp chose the old goalkeeper "Weidenfeller", and the other two full-backs remained unchanged.

As a single striker, Klopp chose Immobile. Maybe he scored a key goal against Arsenal. Klopp felt that the Italian should be given a little more time.

Dortmund's opponent "Mainz" is a mid-range team in the Bundesliga. Their business philosophy is very similar to that of Serie A's "Chievo". They spend a small amount of money to introduce a group of "old Jianghu" who have experienced battles and some young people trained by themselves form the backbone of the team. Although it is difficult for such a team to become a strong team, it can at least guarantee their survival in the Bundesliga.

Taking a look at their starting lineup, there are only two people who can talk about it. A midfielder and German U21 international "Gaiss".

The other is the Mainz striker, the Japanese "Shinji Okazaki". In fact, Shinji Okazaki's skills are mediocre and his physical condition is not outstanding, but he has the drive of "Desperate Saburo".

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After the start of the game, Dortmund quickly took control of the midfield, perhaps because of Asians. The midfielder "Shinji Kagawa" and Li Qiao cooperated for the first time, but the tacit understanding is not bad.

After Shinji Kagawa took the ball from the opponent's midfielder position, he cleverly passed it directly behind the Mainz defender. Li Qiao used his speed to quickly insert, but Li Qiao was a little impatient. He could have passed the ball to Kuba, who was in a better middle position, but Li Qiao directly curled the ball from the corner of the penalty area and shot.

Li Qiao shot the ball well, but the opponent's 1-meter German goalkeeper "Karius" flew and dived to save the ball.

In this game, Li Qiao was completely released. In the 20 minutes of the first half, Li Qiao shot 3 times, but none of them were too threatening.

As an offensive player, scoring goals is the only way to gain recognition, but haste makes waste. Every time Li Qiao takes the ball, he only has one thought—to shoot.

In this way, invisibly, Li Qiao wasted a lot of good opportunities. He could have passed the ball, but Li Qiao hit the goal by himself.It is understandable that Li Qiao wants to quickly integrate into the team, but other teammates don't think so, they will think that Li Qiao is too "independent".

On the football field, no matter how good your level is, as long as your style of play is too unique, you will be criticized, such as "Roben" in the Chelsea era.

But Kagawa still chooses to trust Li Qiao. Kagawa Shinji has a strong ability to protect the ball in the midfield. After attracting the opponent's defense, he made a straight pass to Li Qiao again.

At this time, the correct approach should be to stop the ball, and Li Qiao can just push it to Kuba. But today, Li Qiao felt a little crazy for wanting to score a goal. Outside the penalty area, he still chose to shoot directly. Unsurprisingly, the ball was still not a threat, and it was picked up by the Mainz goalkeeper "Karius".

After Karius took the ball, he drove forward with a big foot. The ball touched the ground after crossing the half court. After bouncing, the ball path became very irregular.

In Dortmund's halftime, "Ginter" was competing with "Shinji Okazaki" for the position. It stands to reason that "Ginter" and "Shinji Okazaki" are almost two heads away. If he grabs the header on the spot, Ginter must win.

But short forwards also have their survival wisdom. Facing the leaping "Ginter", Okazaki Shinji stood still and leaned on Ginter. This is actually a foul, but some referees will not judge.

Under the interference of Shinji Okazaki, Ginter took the top, and the referee did not call a foul. Shinji Okazaki quickly dribbled the ball into the penalty area and shot, because suddenly, Weidenfeller had no time to attack, Shinji Okazaki shot the ball into the upper corner of the goal, 1-0, Mainz took the lead!
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As soon as the ball was lost, Klopp couldn't sit still. He called Shinji Kagawa over and asked him to give the ball more to Kuba on the right.

In fact, there is no need for Klopp to blame Li Qiao. Li Qiao knows in his heart that this is his fault. The most important thing for a good shooter is to maintain his mentality. The "Matthew Effect" on the court is obvious. The more you want to score goals, the more you can't score. Rooney used to be like this.

After Mainz scored, the head coach changed his tactics and played a defensive counterattack. Dortmund made a fierce attack for 10 minutes, but during these 10 minutes, Li Qiao had very few chances to get the ball.

But Li Qiao is not an ordinary person, he quickly stabilized his mentality, "I can't be the protagonist, so I'll be a supporting role for now."

Li Qiao used his active running position to create space for his teammates and create opportunities.Shinji Kagawa gave the ball to Bowser with his instep. Bowser took the ball and went to the penalty area. Li Qiao was waiting around the arc of the penalty area.

After Kuba handed the ball to Li Qiao, he inserted himself. All Li Qiao had to do was tap lightly to send the ball back to Kuba's running route.

Li Qiao has been familiar with this kind of ball 10 years ago. He is going to touch the ball with the arch of his foot without applying any force. This is the same as playing table tennis. For some balls, you have to swing the racket back, but for some balls, you just put the racket there and use the ball’s own inertia.

But the strange thing is that the quality of the lawn of Mainz's home court "Coface Arena" is mediocre, and the ball bounced when it rolled over. As a result, the ball hit Li Qiao's instep. There is no doubt that the ball was passed too far and flew directly out of the baseline.

The moment the ball flew out of the bottom line, the Mainz fans burst into laughter, and then applauded, meaning "this clearance is really good." There is no doubt that this was booing, and Kuba's face was livid, and he didn't look at Li Qiao when he ran back.

In this way, no matter how good Li Qiao's mentality is, he will inevitably be discouraged. Although it is because of the lawn, who will believe it?Not only do you not believe it, but you will be looked down upon even more like "Sister Xianglin".

Li Qiao lowered his head and ran back to participate in the team's defense. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that Klopp had asked Aubameyang to warm up.

Li Qiao felt very sad at this moment.The sky is about to come down to the people, some people were crushed to death, and some people survived. Before coming to Germany, Li Qiao imagined all the difficulties, but the reality is still a little crueler than he imagined.

Looking at the big screen, there was not much time left in the first half, "Can I still be on the court in the second half", Li Qiao thought to himself.

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