After two weeks of suspension, the Bundesliga rekindled the war.

In the fifth round of the league, the Bundesliga ushered in two focus matches, Dortmund against Werder Bremen at home, and Bayern Munich faced Schalke Zero 4 at home, both of which were strong dialogues.

Dortmund's match will be held one day earlier.

The Hornets started the season unsatisfactory. Not only did they lose two consecutive games, they also lost to Schalke 04 by 1-4. But after learning from their mistakes, Dortmund ushered in two consecutive games, namely, defeating Cotbus three-to-zero and defeating Rostock one-to-zero away.

In the fifth round of the league, the Hornets faced Werder Bremen, who had super firepower in the attack, and in just ten minutes, he scored three goals on his head and feet.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen three-to-zero.

With three consecutive wins, seven goals and zero conceds, Dortmund showed a stunning strength.

This opener also made a very good start for the fifth round of the Bundesliga, especially against the second day.

Compared with Bayern Munich's four-game winning streak, Schalke Zero Four's start of this season is unbeaten in four rounds, with one win and three draws.

Among them, in addition to breaking Dortmund by four-to-one at home, the first round was a 2-to-two victory over Stuttgart, the third round drew Wolfsburg 1-to-one away, and the fourth round drew Leverkusen 1-to-one at home.

It should be said that Schalke Zero Four's start was not ideal.

But even so, on the afternoon of September 15, Allianz Stadium was still full.

The enthusiasm of the fans who had been extinguished for two weeks finally got a chance to vent again.

Schalke Zero 4's head coach Slomka received Bayern Munich's roster from the assistant coach when the team finished training before the team finished the game, returned to the visiting team's locker room, and walked to the door.

Goalkeeper Neuer, from left to right, is Marcelo, Hummels, Van Biden and Ram, the midfield is Schweinsteiger dragged back, Van Bomel and Modric are partnered, and the frontfield trident is a combination of Ribery, Kloze and Robben.

It is obvious that Gao Han put Aguero, Vidal and Lucio and other international players who went to South America to participate in national team competitions on the bench, which also reflects his strong confidence in the game.

As for Marcelo, this Brazilian young player is not qualified to be selected for the national team yet.

"As we planned before the game, we still have to focus on our right side." Slomka said with a frown.

Bayern Munich's overall pass and control ability is indeed very good. Although the players do not have a tacit understanding with each other, both the players' strength and the team's tactics are much higher than other teams in the Bundesliga.

But they are not without weaknesses, the first thing they are to bear is the left.

"Marcelo is the biggest hidden danger in Bayern Munich's defense line. I don't understand why Gao Han trusts him so much? It's probably better than him on Vidal." The assistant coach felt very puzzled.

Vidal has played as a left-back in both Chile's domestic and national teams, which has also led many people to mistakenly believe that Gao Han introduced Vidal to strengthen the defense on the left, but unexpectedly, Gao Han directly pushed Vidal to the midfield.

On the contrary, in the left position, Gao Han reused young players such as Marcelo, Jerome Boateng and Badstuber.

"It's hard for us to guess what he thinks, but one thing is certain." Slomka reminded very seriously, "We must not sit still and wait for death. We use Rafinia and Asamoa to form the right side and attack Marcelo's side, forcing Bayern Munich to defend."

Schalke Zero 4's strategy has been formulated earlier. Over the past period of time, they have only trained around this point. Now it is time to test the team's training results.

Marcelo is rash, has unreliable defense, and often has to intervene in time, and cannot return to defense in time. These are old problems. Rafinia has strong assist ability and Asamoa is very fast. The right-hand side of the two can ensure Schalke Zero Four's offensive and counterattack strength to the maximum extent. It is best to be able to hit Bayern Munich at the beginning.

In Slomka's view, facing a team like Bayern Munich, blind defense is equivalent to chronic suicide. Only by counterattacking and forcing Bayern Munich to concentrate its forces to attack will the team have the opportunity to defend.

Gao Han is very powerful, and the first four rounds of the game are indeed quite exciting, but that is already over.

At least, the Bayern Munich team in front of us can't compare with Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan in any case.

Taking advantage of his lack of strength, it is undoubtedly a great opportunity to defeat him.

“There is no doubt that the key to this game is our left.”

In the home team's locker room, Gao Han was also making the final mobilization for the players.

He just got Schalke Zero Four's lineup, a right-hand attack composed of Brazil's right-back Rafinia and German international Asamoa, which was enough to make him understand Slomka's intentions.

"The specific arrangement, as I talked to you at the meeting yesterday, the left defense is not the matter of the left back alone. The frontcourt, midfielder and backcourt all need to assist in defense protection."

Everyone in the locker room nodded solemnly.

There are many international players in Bayern Munich, all of whom go to participate in national team competitions, which has resulted in a lack of time for players to return to the team. Many international players in South America only returned to the team yesterday afternoon, and now they can't participate in the competition.

Not only that, in the past two days, Bayern Munich has not even organized a team-wide training, so there is no way to talk about the coordination of the left-wing defense and protection. It can only rely on Gao Han and the coaching team to cooperate with PPT to explain.

"Marcelo." Gao Han looked at the Brazilian left-back.

"I'm listening, boss." Marcelo replied quickly.

"Remember that the coaches and I have repeatedly told you these past few days."

Marcelo licked his lips and nodded, "I remember."

"I don't need you to participate in the offense in this game. To be honest, Schalke Zero Four's defense, as long as we perform normally in the frontcourt, it is not difficult to score goals. What I need you to pay attention to is defense, and to focus on defense first."

Marcelo also realized the burden of this game and stood up and nodded solemnly.

"Remember, first, don't step on the ball easily, second, follow the opponent's inside and don't let them cut into the penalty area."

Marcelo took a deep breath, "I get it."

Gao Han looked at Marcelo deeply again, then turned to the two central defenders.

Lucio, Aguero and Vidal all went back to participate in the national team competition. Although they were ready to return immediately after the game, they did not have to go there for a long distance, coupled with the jet lag, which caused them to return to the team until yesterday evening.

Therefore, Gao Han naturally did not dare to use them, but instead arranged for Hummels and Van Biden to partner with the central defender.

"The tasks of the two central defenders are also very clear. Pay attention to the cross from the right, Hummels, you should pay attention to the auxiliary defense protection behind Marcelo."

"I see."

"learn."

Both central defenders agreed in unison.

"If the opponent's full-back Rafinia stepped forward and Van Bomer, I need you to return to defense as soon as possible."

"Okay." The Dutch agreed concisely.

Gao Han said this and patted his hands hard.

"Okay, everyone, we started the season well, won four consecutive games and didn't lose a single goal. It's not easy. The result is achieved by the concerted cooperation of each of us."

Gao Han's words made everyone present feel proud.

"I hope this game can be the same."

"Okay!" The players responded in unison.

The game started on time at 15:30.

Amid the cheers of the fans of Allianz Stadium, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

The away team Schalke Zero Four took the lead.

As Gao Han had expected before, Schalke Zero-4 launched an offensive from the beginning, and focused on his right.

Just two minutes into the game, Asamoa took the ball on the right and deceived Marcelo with a fake move and formed a cross. However, Neuer in the penalty area reacted very quickly and rushed out of the small penalty area first and took the ball out of the air before everyone could barely resolve a crisis.

But one minute later, Rakitic dribbled the ball near the right side, passed the ball to the right side with a diagonal pass, and sent the ball behind Marcelo. Asamoa used his speed to quickly move forward and grabbed the ball before Marcelo received it.

The Brazilian also followed up to defend the defense at the first time, but Asamoa just stopped suddenly and tricked Marcelo into stopping, watching the opponent accelerate and rushed forward, and was thrown away.

This time the cross was pushed out of the baseline by Hummels, and Schalke Zero Four won a corner kick.

Less than four minutes into the game, he was fooled by the opponent twice.

"What the hell is this guy doing? He just needs to get stuck on the inside and don't need to worry about anything else, but he still does."

Cantalero seemed a little angry. This was something he had already told during training, but in the game, Marcelo was still in trouble.

Is it reliable to deceive the other party with a simple fake move?

"This Asamoa is indeed very fast. He is the first naturalized player in Germany and an African descent." Tuchel explained.

Gao Han nodded. This is indeed a headache, but

"Please look at that Rakitic. This kid is not simple at all. He is young and just joined this season. He became the team's midfield core, and his passes are quite good."

The most impressive midfielder in the first few rounds of this season is definitely Schweinsteiger, who has been half successful in transformation, followed by Bayern Munich's midfielder Modric, who became Bayern Munich's midfielder core as soon as he joined.

On the contrary, Rakitic, who is Schalke Zero 4, also joined in the summer and also comes from Croatia. He is even younger than Modric, but his performance is not bad. With time, he has a bright future.

"Luca." Gao Han walked to the sidelines and shouted at the players on the field.

Modric immediately looked over, raised his hand, and signaled that he had heard it.

"Be careful to press your compatriots a little bit and don't make him too comfortable." Gao Han pointed at Rakitic.

Modric immediately understood the coach's request.

Schalke Zero Four's several attacks at the beginning were indeed all planned by Rakitic, especially on the left.

Everyone knows that Marcelo is unreliable and it is difficult to improve in a short period of time, so the best way is to suppress Schalke Zero Four and make it difficult for them to effectively launch an attack.

"Marcelo." After Gao Han explained Modric, he turned to Marcelo.

The left side of the Brazilian left back was just near the coaching area. He obviously knew that he was not performing well enough at the start. He walked over with some anxiety after hearing the head coach's shouts.

"Hey, man, you've improved your defenses these two times than before. You did a good job, so just keep doing this, do you understand?"

Not only was Marcelo a little surprised, but even Tuchel and Cantalero were surprised.

With his performance, he is doing well?

Could it be said that if you don’t get scored, you will be considered qualified?

"Don't think about anything else, I have confidence in you. Remember, don't step on your feet easily and get stuck on his inside. You can do it, keep cheering!" After saying that, Gao Han clapped his hands hard and sent Marcelo back to the stadium.

He knew that what this Brazilian needs most now is not reprimand, but confidence.
Chapter completed!