Chapter 36 Dortmund Has Changed

After winning against West Brom, Arsenal began to prepare for the second round of the Champions League group stage the following week.

In this game, Arsenal will challenge Dortmund away from home.

Dortmund is an old rival. Since the Krupp era, Arsenal has always been able to meet this team in the Champions League.

This year is no different.

Dortmund narrowly defeated APOEL in the first round and took a relatively leading position in the group standings. However, facing Arsenal, who have the same points, they must be a little uneasy.

After all, judging from the last round of games, Arsenal's terrifying control of the game when facing Paris Saint-Germain made them extremely fearful.

Moreover, Arsenal's performance in the league is also outstanding, which means that Arsenal's overall status is still online.

In this case, even if playing at home, Dortmund is under great pressure.

At the same time, Arsenal's lineup includes Hummels, Aubameyang and Giroud, all players who left Dortmund.

No one knows better than them how powerful these people are.

It can be said that they are Dortmund's ace players in every season.

And these people are now all gathered in Arsenal, and with the presence of Lucky, Kanter, Lukaku, Jimenez and others, Arsenal's strength has reached a new level.

The bumblebees were not afraid of any enemy, but this time they did feel a little uneasy.

At Dortmund Airport, the Arsenal team walked out.

They were wearing brand new collective outfits.

Arsenal had just launched a new investment cooperation with the club some time ago, so they immediately arranged for collective uniforms.

Red shorts, white short sleeves, and a black and red jacket.

There is nothing wrong with these, but the most important thing is the long socks that extend all the way to the calf, paired with sports shoes, it will look weird no matter how you wear them.

For this reason, Lucai directly put on his own socks instead of choosing matching socks.

And Lucky also discovered that this is not an isolated case. Obviously not everyone likes this style of stockings that was transformed from European aristocratic clothing.

"This designer must be out of his mind, this outfit looks really ugly!"

Wilshere couldn't help but complain about the new collective clothing.

For the fashion-forward Wilshere, this would be a crime.

"I feel okay!" Kanter said on the side.

Wilshere turned his head and said, "Don't stare at Giroud alone. Look at Lukaku! His thick legs with stockings are like two sausages growing on his body."

"What do you mean sausage! It's all muscle!"

Lukaku said with a showy face; "You are jealous!"

Wilshere turned his head away, jealous of who was jealous of this guy.

Lukaku is also a person who pursues fashion, but this guy's aesthetics are not at all similar to Wilshere's. The two are completely different types.

Lucky watched the two bickering from behind and couldn't help but chuckle.

This atmosphere is pretty good, at least it is much better than being nervous and speechless. The Champions League has just begun, and what is needed most is to stabilize your mentality and move forward step by step.

Arsenal arrived in Dortmund one day early to conduct training here.

Both teams are preparing nervously. Although they both won the first round, the qualifying situation in Group H is still dangerous.

Paris Saint-Germain will definitely win this round.

APOEL will be given points in this group!

For this reason, whoever can win between Arsenal and Dortmund will be able to gain enough advantage to qualify.

The outside world is more positive about Arsenal's victory.

But it is not impossible for Dortmund to win at home.

But no matter which team wins the game, they will have a better qualifying situation.

The next day, Arsenal came to the famous Westfalenstadion again.

When the huge, Dortmund iconic tofo appeared in the stands, the deafening cheers were enough to shock people.

This is the famous Westphalen, the famous devil's home stadium in Europe!

But for Arsenal, it all looks familiar.

Many Arsenal players are from Dortmund, and for Lucky and others, these are not particularly unfamiliar.

For this reason, they all behaved quite calmly.

"What the hell!"

Lukaku couldn't help but be alert.

Who knows how these Dortmund fans shouted so loudly.

The cheers from the audience made him feel a little out of breath.

It is worthy of being the famous home stadium of the Devils.

In fact, Lukaku's performance is quite good. It is the first time for this kind of player to come to the game, and if the psychological quality is not up to standard, he may really be weak.

Dortmund fans did not hold much hostility to Arsenal's arrival.

Although they are opponents, Arsenal has Hummels, Aubameyang and other players who have played for Dortmund. For this reason, they did not use boos to influence.

He even gave these people a round of applause.

Obviously, Dortmund fans still love any player who did not choose Bayern Munich but went to other leagues.

Today's Dortmund is no longer the team Lucky first saw.

Dortmund, who originally competed with Arsenal, was very strong. Although it is not particularly weak now, it is still incomparable to what it was then.

At that time, Dortmund had a number of excellent players such as Reiwan, Reus, Gotze, and Hummels, and even almost won the Champions League. Although they were eventually sanctioned by Bayern Munich, they were still very strong.

Compared to that time, there are almost no familiar faces in Dortmund now.

Reus was injured and did not play.

The only surprise was that Gotze appeared on the opposite side.

After Gotze became ill, his condition plummeted. Now he was abandoned by Bayern Munich and had to return to Dortmund.

Dortmund chose to accept Gotze, who chose to betray himself and join Bayern Munich.

In any case, Gotze is his own child after all.

However, Gotze at this time can no longer be compared with the talented boy at the beginning.

The short peak period and the subsequent injuries have shortened Gotze's career rapidly, and now he can hardly play in the game.

Looking at the slightly fat face, Lekai sighed that things are impermanent.

Soon, the players of both sides entered the field.

The starting lineups of both sides are as follows.

Dortmund (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Burki.

Defenders: Piszczek, Papastathopoulos, Toprak, Tolian.

Midfielders: Gotze, Sahin, Castro.

Forwards: Yarmolenko, Pulisic, Philip.

Arsenal (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Martinez.

Defenders: Bellerin, Jimenez, Hummels, Robertson.

Midfielders: Ramsey, Wilshere, Lukay.

Forwards: Mane, Lukaku, Aubameyang.

In Arsenal's main lineup, Kante missed the game due to a sudden cold and fever, but it was considered a full main lineup.

Bortmund's captain Reus was injured.

However, compared to Arsenal's solid lineup, the Hornets are indeed not good enough.

The most important thing is that Aubameyang and Mane switched sides.

Arsenal's right wing has become a connection between Aubameyang-Lucky-Robertson.

Obviously, Mourinho wants to build the strongest right-wing offensive line to serve as Arsenal's main breakthrough point.

Mourinho's lineup is to reach your right wing.

Use Arsenal's strongest point to attack Dortmund's most unstable right back again and again.

In this case, Dortmund fans are even more uneasy.

Arsenal is exerting force on the right wing, and it is only a matter of time before Dortmund's wing is blown up.

To this end, they need to find a way to create a certain advantage first.

But looking at Arsenal's solid midfield and backcourt, they feel extremely headache.

The game hasn't started yet, and Dortmund is a little weak.

Swish! ! ! !

The whole audience was silent.

The game just started.

Arsenal's first attack was assisted by a sudden long pass from Lukaku in the backcourt, which directly hit the Dortmund defense line. During the confrontation between Lukaku and the opponent's central defender, the opponent's central defender slipped, causing Lukaku to directly form a single-handed situation.

And Arsenal also scored a goal with this single-handed situation.

Less than a minute after the game started, Arsenal scored!

This goal stunned everyone.

Even the commentator was speechless for a while. He was still introducing the information of this game, and Arsenal had already scored in the game!

What the hell is going on?