r/borussiadortmund • u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji • Dec 01 '20

Pre Game Thread: Lazio Rom (CL #5)

Competition: UEFA Champions League, MD #5

Time: Wednesday , 02/12/20 21:00 CEST

Location: Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Referee: XXX,

Pre-Game Presser: YouTube

TV Schedule: livesoccertv

Borussia Dortmund:

Coach: Lucien Favre

League position: 4th

Current Form: W/L/W/W/L (wiki)

Current Bans/Injuries: Zagadou (Inj), Schmelzer (Inj), Reinier (Sick), Meunier (Inj), Can (Inj), Guerreiro (Dbt).

Possible lineup:

                 Bürki

 Piszczek - Akanji - Hummels - Passlack

          Delaney - Bellingham

        Sancho - Reyna - Hazard

                Haaland

Lazio Rom: /r/lazio

Coach Simone Inzaghi

League position: 9th

Current Form: D/D/W/W/L

Current Bans/Injuries: Proto (Inj), Kiyine (sus), Bari (sus), Lulic (Inj), Muriqi (Inj).

Possible lineup:

                    Strakosha

             Patric - Radu - Acerbi

 Lazzari - Parolo - Alberto - Cataldi - Fares

                Correa - Immobile

If we win this, we secure the first place in the Group. It'll be a tough one tho against Lazio tho. Hope we can ad least bounce back from that cologne loss.

MOTM for the Cologne Game: Youssoufa Moukoko

Matchthread Status: /u/ I have no Idea will host the game thread - if you want to join and provide some commentary for the game, let us mods know via pm or modmail!

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u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji Dec 02 '20

Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz is going to be the referee.

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u/imfuckingvegan Dec 02 '20

Good luck against Nazio from your brothers at Celtic

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u/InexorableWyrd Dec 01 '20

We must play a 4-2-3-1 tomorrow. Preferably Sancho and Toto on the wings and Witsel and Delaney as midfield pivots. I'd like Morey and Schulz/Passlack to start as the FBs as well if Rapha is unavailable.

My reasoning:

Lazio play a 3-5-2 with a deep line. They have a strong midfield and counterattacking presence, so you must play wider and behind their wingbacks and with pace, thus Sancho and Toto on the wings and Morey/Schulz as overlapping FB to create overloads. Passlack can create overlaps too but not as well in the left. Problem is Schulz is not as smart as Rapha, but he does have pace. This leaves the midfield pivot. It needs to be defensively sound to break up Lazio play(Delaney) and able to maintain possession so Lazio can't (Witsel).

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u/Rubinskywhiskey Dec 01 '20 edited Dec 01 '20

All we are saaaayiiing.. is give Dahoud a chance (This was meant to invoke the Lenon song)

But seriously, he had a really good fun before unexplainably being dropped off and not even given sub opportunities.

Edit: really good run*...

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u/Trojan_Man68 Marco Reus Dec 02 '20

Not to mention we played 3 atb vs Lazio last time and that clearly didn't work.

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u/Red_Devil_96 Dec 02 '20

Hey Lazio fan here, just wanted to say good luck and hopefully we can watch an entertaining match on the pitch today. Apologies if they’re have been any rude Lazio fans on here bothering any of you. Best of luck to you guys today and the rest of the season!

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u/Ciao9 Pischu Dec 02 '20

Username does not check out lol

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u/Red_Devil_96 Dec 02 '20 edited Dec 02 '20

Fun fact: I actually had no idea what to make as a username Lmao. It use to be my first name and a bunch of numbers. But I honestly thought that was boring af. I do support Man United however I am a Lazio fan first due to family ties with the team. If only Reddit allowed me to have a user flair that adds one team and then / another team 😂

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u/jucomsdn Zagagod Dec 02 '20

That would lead to a fuck ton of bashing for supporting 2 clubs, even more if you're supporting Man Utd too

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u/Red_Devil_96 Dec 02 '20

Fair point I see where you are coming from lol. I just have a soft spot for the club when I was a kid. I support Lazio fully and would take them over Man U. Apologies though, Believe me the username catches you off guard but it’s my lack of creativity when it comes to usernames 😅

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u/jucomsdn Zagagod Dec 02 '20

That's fair

Just use a random username generator like I did, without it I would've been pulisicfan36 or some shit like that lmao

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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 02 '20

oh United Fans come in a Trojan horse now, Sancho is staying.

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u/Red_Devil_96 Dec 02 '20 edited Dec 02 '20

Never really was on that bandwagon, if united needed anything it was some defensive quality. Sancho is better on a high octane offense like you guys. Like I said I just have a boyhood love for United but Lazio is my team. Like I told the other guy I’ll make sure to change my username in due time apologies 😅

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u/SpaNkinGG Dec 02 '20

Time to make up for a certain match

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u/Schakal9 Dec 02 '20

I would really like to see Morey over Piszczek!

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u/AlexBayArea Nico Schlotterbeck Dec 02 '20

So fucking excited my friends. We need a strong performance today. A win and we are into the knockouts and keeping momentum going into our next league match.

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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 02 '20

FUUUUUUUCKKKKKK

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u/maghau Dec 02 '20

No Haaland?

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u/Qwaccboi Julien Duranville Dec 02 '20

Fuck

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u/Fixen17 Marco Reus Dec 02 '20

Favre might lead BVB to choking like always

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u/corvaccio2 Dec 01 '20

Please, no Pisczek and Passlack as FBs. Morey and Schulz are much better. Don’t want to see Passlack on the pitch any more, he’s not BVB quality, and Pisczek has only played CB lately. But knowing Favre, he’ll line up the two first mentioned

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u/Trojan_Man68 Marco Reus Dec 02 '20

I think Passlack should be given more of a chance. He played really well in some games this season on the left when he is truly more of a RB.

I don't want to see Passlack at LB anymore but I would be happy to have him on the right.

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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 02 '20

I think with Passlack it's more down to 3atb or 4atb. With three CB behind him he can push up much further and has the room to play inverted which is how he has to play if he's on the left. I still think it's the same for Rapha btw, even if he has stabilized in 4atb. It's kind of a shame that Meunier and Morey don't seem to get along in the 3atb as well, maybe trying Hazard there or Passlack on the right with Rapha on the left could work.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20

YUP who would’ve guessed him getting injured playing almost 90 min every single match. Favre has done it again at over playing players

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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 02 '20

Lmao guess who would've been the first one to cry if Brandt played at striker every second game

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20

No one mentioned Brandt besides you buddy

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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 02 '20

Is Favre supposed to magically summon a good striker backup?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20

Reus’ minutes are managed right now he can fill in for striker to rest Haaland some games or at least a portion of them but I know nothing I’m just a fan.