As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 184 Overtake Bayern?

Different from the excitement before the game in the past, before the start of the game today, the audience observed a minute of silence.

Just on the 10th of this month, Wolfsburg midfielder Maranda originally planned to fly to South Africa to join the Belgian national team. On the way to the airport, he unfortunately suffered a car accident and died at the age of 20.

For Maranda, Jose certainly has an impression.

Maranda can be said to be the most creative midfielder in Wolfsburg, except for De Bruyne.

It is impossible to say that such a young life has disappeared just like that.

Jose was luckier than the others because he had the system's deadly guardian aura, which could counteract a death threat.

Dortmund kicked off first and launched an attack directly, but failed to break into Leverkusen's penalty area.

Likewise, Leverkusen didn't have a great chance.

In the first three 10 minutes, Dortmund had a slight advantage in ball possession, but failed to complete a threatening shot.

In the 39th minute, Leverkusen got their first chance to score.

Bellarabi broke into the right side of the penalty area and had no chance to shoot. He chose to pass back to his teammate behind him.

The ball reaches Castro's feet.

12 yards in front of the goal, Castro pushed the far corner.

Weidenfeller made a sideways save and couldn't reach the ball.

Seeing that the ball was about to fly into the net, Hummels rushed over and pushed the ball out from the edge of the goal post.

The Leverkusen team missed the lead opportunity.

2 minutes later,
Bella Rabbi made a pass from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball seemed to pass and shoot, and flew directly towards the goal.

Seeing the ball almost directly into the goal, Weidenfeller jumped high and lifted the ball over the crossbar.

Leverkusen wins a corner.

Unfortunately, the Leverkusen team failed to grasp it well.

In the end, the score was 0-0 in the first half.

After the opening of the second half, Klopp made a direct substitution, and Subotic came off the bench, replacing Piszczek.

Dortmund changed their sloppy play in the first half, they reduced the number of invalid passes, and the chances of shooting suddenly increased.

In the 47th minute, Immobile took the ball from the right side of the penalty area and suddenly shot obliquely.

The ball flew over Spasic's head and headed for the upper left corner of the goal.

Jose had been prepared for a long time, and he attacked halfway, then jumped high, and in mid-air, directly hit the ball out of the penalty area.

Although Jose has gained weight, his jumping ability is better.

Although it has not been accurately tested, Jose can be sure that his jumping ability has definitely reached more than 105 centimeters.

After the ball flew out of the penalty area, it landed at the feet of Royce.

Royce shot directly from a long distance.

It's a pity that he couldn't pass Jose's ten fingers.

Jose glanced up front.

There was no chance of a quick counterattack.

He had to pass the ball to Wendell.

Unfortunately, Leverkusen's offense also failed.

In the 53rd minute, Dortmund got a free kick from the right.

The penalty spot is about 25 yards from the goal, ideal for shooting.

Without Jose's command, Leverkusen's players lined up the wall consciously.

Reus takes charge of the free kick.

The near corner direction has been blocked, and Royce can only choose to volley the upper left corner.

And this is exactly what Jose wanted.

He quickly moved two steps to the right, then jumped up, and greeted the flying ball with both hands.

Take the ball directly from mid-air.

There is still no chance of a quick counterattack.

Jose chose to pass the ball to Hilbert this time.

Since the attack from the left failed to achieve results, come from the right.

Hilbert dribbled the ball across the midfield and then passed it to Bella Rabbi in front of him.

Unfortunately, Bella Rabi's last pass was directly confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper.

The game continues.

In the 55th minute, Kampl broke into the right side of the penalty area with the ball.

Wendell intercepts it.

Kampl faked a dunk past Wendell, and then shot with his left foot from the near corner.

Spasic blocks the ball with his body.

Dortmund gets the first corner kick of the game.

Subotic takes the corner.

When driving to the near point, Shaheen reached the first landing point.

Shaheen flicked his head and threw the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

At this time Hummels is on the left side of the small penalty area and no one is marking him.

From 6 yards in front of the goal, Hummels headed the goal.

The ball quickly flew towards the upper left corner of the goal.

Just when the Dortmund fans were celebrating accurately, Jose arrived.

Hummels is unmarked, but it doesn't mean Jose didn't notice his presence.

It's just that Jose didn't have time to notify his teammates to mark him.

Without any surprise, Jose directly won Hummels' header with both hands.

Dortmund's offensive efficiency is indeed much higher, but it is still not a threat to Jose.

In the 62nd minute, seeing that the desired effect had not been achieved, Klopp made another substitution adjustment.

Mkhitaryan came off the bench and was replaced by Gross Kreutz.

After Mkhitaryan came on the field, Dortmund's ability to hold the ball increased significantly.

After 1 minute, Immobile broke into the penalty area with the ball.

Toprak defended it closely.

Seeing this, Jose felt a bad feeling in his heart.

Suddenly, Immobile fell to the ground.

It turned out that Toprak's close-fitting action touched Immobile.

Will Leverkusen be awarded a penalty?

Is it because of this that Jose has a bad feeling?

Surprisingly, the referee did not blow the whistle to interrupt the game.

The ball fell to the feet of Mkhitaryan who came off the bench.

The referee judged the offense to be favorable.

Of course, it is also possible that the referee believes that Toprake's action is not a foul.

Seeing the ball fall to Mkhitaryan's feet, Jose instantly understood where the bad feeling came from.

Mkhitaryan took the ball, faced Spahic's defense, tapped his left foot lightly, followed by a feint, and he even passed Leverkusen's defense.

On the left side of the penalty area, Mkhitaryan faced Jose single-handedly.

I saw him making a gesture with his right foot to shoot at the near angle, but actually he shot at the far angle.

Jose was almost fooled by Mkhitaryan's false shot.

Fortunately, Jose's reaction was sensitive enough to see through the other party's true intentions in just a split second.

Jose decisively used the first cheat of the game.

Mkhitaryan's shooting height has exceeded 3.4 meters, and it is impossible for Jose to stop him halfway.

In this way, the safest solution is to use the plug-in to buy time, then retreat to the right side of the goal, and then block in front of the goal.

It's a long story, but the whole process actually happened in less than three seconds.

Seeing Jose block Mkhitaryan's shot with incredible speed, Klopp could only shake his head with a wry smile.

Klopp has been coaching Dortmund for 7 years now. It was he who transformed Dortmund from a mid-range Bundesliga team into a championship team.

He even won two Bundesliga titles on 10/11 and 11/12.

This season, just because Lewandowski left, Dortmund's performance plummeted.

Maybe it's time for him to leave.

The game continues.

In the 69th minute, Schmidt started to make substitutions.

The young player Brandt came off the bench and was replaced by Delmic.

Brandt was born in May 96, more than one year younger than Jose.

That is to say, Schmidt dared to use young people and replaced him with a more rigid coach. Brandt could only seek out rent or play in the reserve team.

Leverkusen's attack.

It's a pity that Kisling's shot angle was too straight and was directly confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the 77th minute, Dortmund got another corner kick.

Mkhitaryan takes the corner kick.

Drive directly to the far point on the right side of the restricted area.

On the right side of the penalty area, Subotic, who came off the bench, hit the ball.

He chose to head straight to the goal.

No threat, Jose arrived just in time and took the ball with both hands.

Jose glanced at the front field. At this time, most of the opponent's players came to the penalty area to compete for the header, and there were not many players left outside.

Can try a quick counterattack?
However, Jose quickly gave up.

Because there are also no teammates outside who are suitable for quick counterattacks.

"Hey." Jose sighed.

With the ball in hand, Jose could only wait.

When playing at home, Jose certainly hopes that the team will win.

Coupled with the previous game, Bayern lost 1 to 4 to Wolfsburg in the away game. This is a good opportunity to overtake Bayern.

Jose takes the goal kick.

By the time Bella Rabbi pushed the ball into the opponent's half, they had already set up a defensive formation.

In the end, Rabbi Bella and the others returned without success again.

In the 84th minute, Schmidt made another substitution.

Rolfes came off the bench and was replaced by Charhanoglu.

In the 85th minute, Rolfes counterattacked and scored the ball, and the ball reached Castro's feet.

At 15 yards in front of the goal, Castro faced Weidenfeller single-handedly and hit the goal with a lob, which turned out to be high.

Leverkusen missed the best chance of the game.

At this point, Dortmund began to shrink their formation, playing away games, and they can accept a draw.

In the end, the two sides shook hands 0 to 0.

After this campaign, Dortmund slipped one place to the bottom position due to the victory of Freiburg at the bottom.

Leverkusen, on the other hand, missed the chance to overtake Bayern. The difference between the two teams is still one point away.

Although the Bundesliga has a winter break, double matches a week are still indispensable.

After only three days of adjustment, the 19th round of the Bundesliga continued.

On Wednesday, February 2, Bayer Leverkusen played away to Hertha Berlin.

Jose was very impressed with this opponent, because this was his first league opponent after coming to Leverkusen.

In that game, Jose completed his debut in the Bundesliga. When Jedvaj almost had an own goal, he completed a clean sheet and helped the team beat the opponent 4-0.

Compared with the first round, the starting rosters of both sides have changed.

For the Leverkusen team, there are a total of 5 adjustments.

Brandt, Wendell, Papadopoulos, Hilbert, and Russ Bender got the chance to start.

And Bonisch and Rolfers sat on the bench.

Sun Xingmin, Spasic and Jedvaj failed to make the squad.

As for Hertha Berlin, there are also 5 personnel adjustments.

The main goalkeeper Kraft returned to the starting lineup, and Langkamp, ​​Pecarik, Hegler, and Genki Haraguchi also entered the starting lineup.

Brooks, Schultz, and Alstein sat on the bench.

But Heitinga and Niemeyer failed to enter the squad.

As a day ago, Bayern drew 04-1 with Schalke 1 at home, giving Leverkusen a chance to overtake the score.

(End of this chapter)