The 34-year-old Matthias Summer stood firmly in the visiting team coaching area, looking straight ahead with his eyes firmly.

He is the hottest young coach in the Bundesliga now, no one.

He is from East Germany.

In many information about him, the nationality column still remembers Democratic Germany and has not been changed to this day.

It was like a whip, whipping him from time to time.

He debuted in the East German giant Dresden, but the team entered the Berlin Wall after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the merger of East and West Germany, but it soon plummeted and has now fallen to the third-level German league.

The former East German tycoons were all defeated by the wealthy West German professional team.

Even the players are no longer as good as before.

The only one who can still stand at the top of the Bundesliga is now only Barack, who is Leverkusen.

After the merger of East and West Germany, Summer came to West Germany like many East Germany players. He first played for Stuttgart and then went to Inter Milan, but returned to the Bundesliga a year later and joined Dortmund.

It was at Dortmund that he reached the peak of his career, won the Bundesliga and Champions League titles, and also won the European Footballer.

He is the second German defender to win this honor after Beckenbauer.

He then suffered a knee injury and finally retired at the age of 30 after the World Cup in France.

But he still failed to leave professional football.

Just one year after Summer retired, Dortmund encountered a huge survival crisis.

After head coach Heathfield led the team to the Champions League and switched to Bayern Munich, Dortmund encountered a series of setbacks, especially in the head coach position, who frequently changed coaches.

From the 1990s to 2000s, Dortmund was deeply trapped in the relegation zone under the leadership of German coach Michael Skibe, and Skibe was tragically dismissed in February.

But Austrian coach Bainder Klaus, who followed closely behind, coached for two months, the team's performance did not improve at all. The Hornets were panicked, and the deep fear team suffered a nightmare of relegation.

At the critical moment, Udo Latke, who was the first coach in Germany in history, came out, and Summer became his chief assistant. The two turned the tide and saved Dortmund from danger. They successfully relegated with a record of two wins, two draws and one loss in five games.

At that time, the old coach Udo Latke was already 65 years old and his energy was no longer as good as before. The specific matters were left to Summer. Therefore, after Dortmund successfully relegated, Summer successfully became a regular manager and became the head coach of the Hornets.

A year later, under the leadership of Summer, the Hornets climbed from the difficult relegation last season to the third in the league and qualified for the European Champions League.

This season, Summer went further and led Dortmund to occupy the second place in the league for a long time, biting the leader Leverkusen. He was very strong and fierce, who would not give up at the last moment.

It is precisely because of his outstanding achievements in Dortmund over the past two years, coupled with Summer's strong personality, that he became a famous young coach in the Bundesliga. Dortmund, led by him, is also a terrifying iron-blooded legion in the Bundesliga.

Tonight, he led his army to Calderon Stadium.

He knew Gao Han, a young man who was younger than him.

He also learned about Atletico Madrid, a team that has never been defeated.

But so what?

Everything will always be the first time!

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"This Dortmund is really brave!"

Emme said with a sad look.

With Atletico Madrid's reputation rising, many teams have inevitably adopted more stable tactics when visiting Calderon Stadium.

But Summer's Dortmund did not.

The Hornets still adopt the high-pressure tactics they believed in in the Bundesliga, with a strong momentum.

Not only that, Summer was also domineering in the arrangement of troops and resolutely adopted the single-middle tactic of the 433 formation.

The goalkeeper is Lehman, and the defense is Brazilian left-back Dede, veteran Coral, new stars Metzeld and Evan Nielsen.

There are three midfielders, East German young player Kyle, who has transferred from Freiburg during the winter break, serves as the defensive midfielder, Rosici and Ricken break out, and the three forwards are Amoruso, Jan Kohler and Eveton.

It can be seen from the starting lineup that Dortmund is determined to make a difference away.

"It's really good!" Gao Han smiled.

He still admired Summer's courage very much.

But this is the semi-final of the League Cup, and here is Calderon.

There is an old saying among Chinese people: It is easy to break even after just passing, but it is easy to be arrogant after passing by.

Dortmund has been going too smoothly in recent times.

First, he defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 at home, then slaughtered Freiburg 5-1 away, and then defeated Cottbus 3-0 at home. The Hornets were invincible in the last three rounds in the Bundesliga.

This also made Summer full of confidence in his four-three-three-style playing style.

It has excellent attack power, aggressiveness, and unrestrained style of playing, which is indeed quite rare.

But the cost is also very obvious.

"To support this style of play, Summer adopted a man-to-man defensive strategy on Dortmund's backline."

Speaking of this, Gao Han pointed his right hand into the field, "Look, Coral defends Villa, Metzeld defends Torres, and single midfielder Kyle defends Kaka. Is he too confident in his defense?"

Cantalero and Emery really thought it was when they heard Gao Han say this.

Atletico Madrid's three attackers have excellent personal abilities. Many times, let alone one-on-one, if you really catch the loophole, one-on-two is completely possible to threaten, especially Kaka.

Using one-on-one, man-to-man defense is really too overwhelming.

"What does he want to do?" Emery couldn't understand.

Logically speaking, Gao Han could see this, and Summer himself had no reason not to know.

After listening to Gao Han, he smiled and said nothing.

Cantalero looked at his Spanish compatriot and smiled, "Of course he understands, but he has no choice."

"Why?"

"It's very simple, because in front of us, they can't control the rhythm and have no advantage in controlling the ball."

Emery was a smart man, and his eyes lit up after hearing this.

He understands.

Summer's idea was to muddle the water from the beginning. Since he couldn't control the ball and rhythm, he might as well let Atletico Madrid not control the game smoothly.

And this is what Dortmund is good at.

Isn’t this how their Iron Blood Legion’s title comes from?

But the price is also very obvious, it is just to run without hesitation.

This is also in line with the characteristics of the German team.

"What should we do now?" Emery looked at Gao Han.

But Gao Han smiled slightly, "Wait, we can afford to play anyway."

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Under Dortmund's physical strength, high-pressure pressing and oppression, Atletico Madrid was unable to enter the rhythm for a long time and stabilized the ball possession.

But the Bedding Army quickly created the first threatening attack in the game with the players' personal abilities.

That happened in the fourth minute. Xavi Alonso made a long pass from the backcourt to attack. Torres wanted to break through after receiving the ball, but was fouled by the opponent's central defender Coral. The bedsheets won a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

Harvey Alonso took the penalty, but failed to create a threat.

Just five minutes later, Atletico Madrid organized the offensive again. Yankulovsky passed the ball to Villa on the left, who threw away Metzeld one-on-one and made a cross, but Coral took the lead in clearing the ball.

The ball fell to the front of the penalty area, and after the karaoke, he shot it directly, and it was high.

Dortmund also quickly made a very threatening attack. After receiving a pass from his teammate on the left, Rosici got rid of Dario Serner's defense and cut into the penalty area and suddenly shot.

The shot was very sudden and threatening. Fortunately, Cech was calm at the critical moment and flew to save the ball.

The Czech goalkeeper's wonderful save also won him a lot of applause.

Just one minute later, Atletico Madrid immediately returned to the color. After Kaka retreated to receive the ball, he turned around and drove the ball and broke into Dortmund's 30-meter area, and passed it to Villa's feet.

At the critical moment, Metzelde decisively fouled, tripped Villa, and was severely warned by the referee.

But Atletico Madrid lost a very good opportunity to counterattack.

Both teams are known for their tenacious style. From the beginning of the game, they entered a bayonet-like hand-to-hand battle without any temptation.

The game was very intense, and both sides had offense and defense, and the fans were also very satisfied.

But it was not until twenty minutes later that Atletico Madrid began to gradually find its state and began to consciously slow down the pace.

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Gao Han raised his head, looked at the time on the scoreboard, and laughed.
To be continued...