Football’s First Defender

After being tied by Las Palmas in the last stage of the home attack, Real Madrid's winning streak in the league also ended at 17 games in a row. However, it still broke Barcelona's previous record of 16 consecutive victories, and became the team with the most consecutive victories across seasons in the history of La Liga, none of them.

And although they did not continue to win in the league, failed to continue to expand the number of consecutive victories, and still had a point advantage in the league standings, Real Madrid still quickly adjusted their game status and adjusted their mental state to prepare for the midweek match. Champions League game.

Real Madrid drew Sporting Lisbon, Borussia Dortmund and the Warsaw Legion from Poland in the Champions League group stage this season.

In the second group match, Real Madrid went away to Dortmund's Westfalenstadion to challenge Dortmund away.

Dortmund has always been Real Madrid's bitter home team in the Champions League.

Real Madrid, which has a very good record in the Champions League, has only achieved four wins, three draws and three losses against Dortmund in the historical record. And in Real Madrid's five away games against Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid failed to win all of them.

The Westfalenstadion has always been Real Madrid's nightmare.

Five times in the history of Dortmund, Real Madrid only achieved two draws and three losses, scoring three goals and conceding nine goals. They have never won an away game against Dortmund.

Even the season in which Real Madrid won their tenth Champions League.

In the second round of the quarter-finals, Real Madrid also lost 0:2, relying on a big victory at home to complete the promotion.

In recent years, Real Madrid has lost three times in a row at the Westfield Stadium.

In the 13/14 season, in the second round of the quarter-finals, Real Madrid lost 0:2. At that time, it was harmless. The first round had a large enough score advantage, so that Real Madrid could play a controlled game away.

And the 12/13 season. Real Madrid played against Dortmund in both the group stage and the semifinals. Real Madrid lost 1:2 in the group stage, and lost 1:4 in the semifinals. Lewandowski was a god against Real Madrid.

In this season's Champions League group stage, in the first round, Dortmund swept the Warsaw Legion 6:0, playing the offensive style that they are extremely good at.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, was 2:1 at home and reversed to win Sporting Lisbon at the last moment. Both teams won. This game can be regarded as the top battle of this group.

For Real Madrid, this game not only wants to get three points to establish a group lead, but also wants to break their invincible spell against Dortmund in the away game.

For the victory of this game, for Real Madrid, team coach Zidane continued to adjust the lineup.

He carefully selected and dispatched the strongest lineup he could dispatch, and wanted to beat Dortmund away.

The first thing to change is the position of the goalkeeper. The main goalkeeper Navas finally recovered from his injury. He will start the game instead of Casilla.

With Keylor Navas, this excellent goalkeeper called "Natay" by countless Meilingers guards the gate, and Real Madrid's defense should become more stable.

It's just a pity that compared with the good news of Navas' comeback, the bad news is that Marcelo's soleus muscle is injured and he still cannot come back in this game. Danilo will replace his fellow player as the left back. Moreover, Casemiro's calf fracture is destined to be unable to play for a long time, which will affect Real Madrid's defense in the eyes.

In this game, Zidane sent Ronaldo to replace Casemiro in the Champions League for the first time in this season's Champions League.

The other positions are the team's classic main lineup.

On the back line, Carvajal is the main right back, while the central defender combination is the regular main lineup of Yang Feng and Ramos.

In midfield, Modric, Toni Kroos and Ronaldo, who played in this game, formed Real Madrid's three-technical midfielder.

In order to deal with Dortmund's offensive impact, Toni Kroos and Modric will take on heavier defensive tasks in this game.

In fact, this kind of defensive task has already been undertaken by Modric and Toni Kroos in the previous Ancelotti era, and they have done a good job in many games.

Although it is impossible to persist in completing the best and most effective defense in every game, it is absolutely possible to use all your strength to defend in certain games, and the two can still perform very well.

The front trident still chose the BBC combination. As the sharpest offensive combination in football today, the BBC combination will create a huge crisis for Dortmund's defense.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Bell, Benzema, such an offensive combination, whether it is a positional battle or a counterattack, can create a big enough threat to Dortmund.

On the other hand, the home team Dortmund, although compared with the Dortmund team at its peak a few seasons ago, the current team's lineup is slightly weaker.

However, in the Bundesliga, Dortmund still maintains a strong competitiveness, and their youth storm has continued.

The head coach has changed one after another, and the players have changed a lot, but the style of play inherited by Dortmund has not changed much, and this style of play, which relies on the enthusiasm of running, so The fast-paced style of play brought by Real Madrid can't be said to be restraint, but it can indeed limit Real Madrid's style of play very well.

Dortmund's youth storm is based on running, and the opposite is Real Madrid, which relies more on control than running ability in the league.

This kind of stability in the league makes Real Madrid actually have a big gap with Dortmund in terms of running ability and running enthusiasm.

And this gap in running is very likely to be used by Dortmund to create opportunities.

However, although Real Madrid is at a disadvantage in terms of running, Real Madrid can usually give full play to its own counterattack advantages in the confrontation with Dortmund.

In the game, the two sides may be more engaged in mutual harm on the offensive end, but there is no way to limit each other's offensive methods.

And Dortmund at its own Westfalenstadion, one of the scariest home courts in European football today, can of course obtain momentum suppression to perform better and create a greater offensive impact on Real Madrid.

This is also in the previous few seasons, when the two teams have different styles of offensive performance, they can play the best performance at home, and they will "pull their hips" in the away game.

But today is different from the past. Due to the loss of many core players, although Dortmund has added many outstanding players, the decline in the strength of its own team lineup is inevitable.

The strength of Real Madrid's team lineup is actually stronger than in the past. So Zidane has a lot of confidence in this game to break the curse of not being able to beat Dortmund in the away game, and to wash away the shame of losing to Dortmund 1:4 in previous years.

Zidane's defensive confidence in the team is of course due to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng's excellent ability to defend the opponent's counterattack is destined to be fully displayed in this game, and it will also pose a greater defensive threat to Dortmund's counterattack.

Dortmund's starting lineup for this game is goalkeeper Burki, defense line Piszczek, Papastathopoulos, Ginter, and Schmetzer, midfielder, Weigel as a single midfielder, Dembé Lai, Gotze, Castro and Guerrero act as attacking midfielders, with Aubameyang as lone striker.

In this game, Dortmund's 4141 formation versus Real Madrid's 433 formation was reported from the starting lists of both sides.

The battle is imminent. For the two teams, this game is also the focus of this round of the Champions League group stage, attracting the attention of many football fans.

The referee of this game is also a famous whistle in European football, from the Premier League's Klassenberg.

Although it is a UEFA Champions League group match, both teams have come up with the best lineups and game state. In the UEFA Champions League, they will win by one point.