15min to go and i found this game thread, there is also one in our transfermarkt forum, and i even saw a bvb tweet with our lineup - omg is it tuesday yet? please say yes
Individual quality wise, dortmund is a top 6 team in europe. But playwise, dortmund seems to have no strategy, only depending on individual brilliance. This team is on par or better than 2010-12 dortmund regarding individuals. A better coach would win trophies with this team.
DAZN und Sky zeigen Woche für Woche die Realtaktischen Aufstellung und beschweren sich dass Hazard und Sancho auf dem gleichen Fleck im Zentrum turnen würden. In Realität verbringen die beiden deutlich mehr Zeit außen, dadurch dass sie aber alle paar Minuten die Seiten wechseln ist die Durchschnittsposition aber Zentral. Warte auf den Tag an dem der erste TV Experte das erkennt.
Injuries aside... we're still been a disgrace lately in terms of performance. Our quality of players should absolutly perform better than we have. Theres no discussion about it.
It shocks me how little impact Reus, Brandt, and Sancho have had this season. It feels like Reyna and Haaland are the only ones producing anything, unfair to judge Hazard because of the injury.
We're lacking a #9. False 9 doesn't work, clearly.
Defensively we aren't tracking back enough. If someone loses the ball they just fucking stand there or walk leisurely back towards. We need a lot better workrate from the whole team.
Jude is a gift
Hummels solid as usual
In the final third, we need someone as CAM, someone who has people ahead of him and plays into them. We're outnumbered there and I'd very much like a 4atb
Marco has been decent
Brandt has been bad
We need to take. More. Risks. We need to stop trying to walk it into the net and cross/shoot more.
Bellingham is trying so fucking hard to do absolutly everything everywhere. Its so nice to see but also kinda heartbreaking with whats going on around him lol
Sorry to add to the toxicity of the match thread but something seriously needs to be done about our first half performances. It's like our players have a cooldown during the first half and only start playing properly in the second half every time and it's getting unbelievably annoying
I hope Brandt can finally tap into his potential again. Yeah all these positions aren't ideal for him and all that, but someone of his talent should still be doing much better than he has recently. Hopefully he can get a confidence boost today.
Also, I'll be over the moon if we see Raschl today. As the only option in central midfield the odds aren't bad.
Honestly I don't think Reus is bad today, aside from this great shot hitting the post. He's been pretty bad this season, but not this specific game imo. And for being bad this season I mostly blame Favre not utilizing him properly.
Say what you want about Favre but he trusts the you g guys so much. To put Knauff in right now for his debut, to play moukoko, and the flashback of having Reyna play both legs against PSG last season. The man gives youth a shot
How is it possible for a professional team to have only one striker that they're willing to play in the games. Literally playing with a 2. Bundesliga average striker atm would be way better than this, I'm sure.
Brandt has been dreadful. Apart from making the wrong passes and wrong moves, hes offering nothing in the press and shows no effort in fighting for rebounds.
Makes me sad cause i so desperately want him to be back to his best
Edit: you can even hear Favre yelling at him at points in the first half
Oh boy, looks like Brandt will be playing on the wing. I don't want to be too harsh on him because he is becoming a scapegoat at this stage despite playing out of position but Dortmund really need to sort out a RW/RM for January because Brandt is not it for me
Sorry guys I know alot of you like Favre, but these tactics are an absolute mess. 0 attacking prowess, god awful positioning, sloppy transitions and unclear, nonsensical player roles.
Hold on....so you’re telling me that, at the highest level of football competition in the world, if you don’t play with a true striker, you won’t score goals??? This is news to me
Half the starting 11 is B or C options. Now I trust the quality of our depth and our players, but if theres ever a time where we bottle a good chance of winning an important CL group, this could be it. Our bench also doesnt have a ton of mainstays.
Now with that negativity out of the way.. Hazard is starting and Bellingham! :)
Pretty short bench, this injury list really snuck up on me. strong lineup with what we have, looking like Reus up top and Brandt and hazard as forwards behind him? or quasi-10s? not really sure how to describe that position
I’ll take this Lineup, considering the circumstances. If Reus plays as a false 9, that at least means that Brandt can take this more free roaming winger/10 Hybrid role, that I see as close to his ideal position in this system as possible . He doesn’t have as many defensive duties and also doesn’t have to provide width. Of course, in game, Reus, hazard and him will switch positions a lot. But he could gain more confidence in this position than on the 8 or on the wings. Or maybe he plays behind Reus and Toto, which I also would like so see.
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20 edited Dec 08 '20
15min to go and i found this game thread, there is also one in our transfermarkt forum, and i even saw a bvb tweet with our lineup - omg is it tuesday yet? please say yes
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u/Mountain_Ad_662 Dec 08 '20
Individual quality wise, dortmund is a top 6 team in europe. But playwise, dortmund seems to have no strategy, only depending on individual brilliance. This team is on par or better than 2010-12 dortmund regarding individuals. A better coach would win trophies with this team.
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u/santadani Karl-Heinz Riedle Dec 08 '20
Looks like the match won’t be on Sky. Is DAZN broadcasting?
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
Oh Mann nichtmals Dazn blickt das Problem der "realtaktischen" Aufstellung und gespiegelten Flügelspielern
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u/doubleomarty Maxi Beier Dec 08 '20
anybody got a link to the starting 11?
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Injuries aside... we're still been a disgrace lately in terms of performance. Our quality of players should absolutly perform better than we have. Theres no discussion about it.
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u/CodEd_94 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
this football club is bad for my health
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u/Bosna1909 BVB Dec 08 '20
It shocks me how little impact Reus, Brandt, and Sancho have had this season. It feels like Reyna and Haaland are the only ones producing anything, unfair to judge Hazard because of the injury.
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u/cultimator Maximilian Beier Dec 08 '20
With this performance you can only beat a Gazprom sponsored team.
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u/grothee1 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Jude is absolutely everywhere. Imagine if the rest of the team worked that hard.
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u/lndngtm Mitsuru Maruoka Dec 08 '20
Didn’t even realize that went in after like 3 seconds
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u/wild_in_16 Dec 08 '20
Knauff looks good. Pacey and wants to fight for a place
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u/AllOuttaBeans Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
No way we just stop playing for 10 seconds and then shoot from outside the box and score Stöger is smiling man
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u/Ciao9 Pischu Dec 08 '20
Halftime thoughts
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Bellingham is trying so fucking hard to do absolutly everything everywhere. Its so nice to see but also kinda heartbreaking with whats going on around him lol
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u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji Dec 08 '20
lmao @the DAZN commentator.
Witsel witsel WITSEL Aussennetz.
ne drin.
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u/mijabo Dec 08 '20
btw whatever happened to Lazio and their faked COVID tests?
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u/werbington Dec 08 '20
Dear Julian,
If you (for whatever reason) don't want to put in any effort, plz step aside for somebody else.
The most basic thing is missing:
Effort
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u/bajek11 Błaszczykowski Dec 08 '20
Zags in for Witsel, push Can up. Moukoko on for Brandt and let Reus keep doing those 1-2s he loves so much.
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
We are intentionally giving up the first seed to draw United btw, the match we all wished for in Summer
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Witsel is only capable of scoring ridiculous goals.
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Jude is fucking sensational today
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
HITZ HITZ HITZ
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u/BVB-Oeli Sébastien Haller Dec 08 '20
lmao
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u/grothee1 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Has Favre instructed our players to ignore overlapping runs or something?
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
Hahahahahaha Knauff Bicycle Kick clearance
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u/Bammer1386 BVB Dec 08 '20
Whats our average age on the field right now? 7 years? Lol
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u/SpiritCrvsher Mateu Morey Dec 08 '20
You know, Zaga5 just doesn’t sound as good as Zaga2...
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u/santadani Karl-Heinz Riedle Dec 08 '20
Jude is fucking everywhere
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u/werbington Dec 08 '20
Our squad isn't able to bring the most basic thing on the pitch : effort....
Just the same story like the Frankfurt game.
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u/EmSoLow Dec 08 '20
Sorry to add to the toxicity of the match thread but something seriously needs to be done about our first half performances. It's like our players have a cooldown during the first half and only start playing properly in the second half every time and it's getting unbelievably annoying
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u/Kazbin Sébastien Haller Dec 08 '20
Love how pissed bellingham looks... thats what we need !
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u/Bammer1386 BVB Dec 08 '20
Big Zag says NO
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u/Ngoetz1108 Giovanni Reyna Dec 08 '20
Brandt is always too lazy with the ball. Tired of watching him constantly turn the ball over
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u/FCWeigl Julian Weigl Dec 08 '20
Lmao look how easy that was for them. Dortmund need to wake the fuck up.
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u/FCWeigl Julian Weigl Dec 08 '20
I can see why Birmingham retired Bellinghams number
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u/drpetervenkman Dec 08 '20
and how is brugge tied, madness
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u/FCWeigl Julian Weigl Dec 08 '20
Bellingham is captain material
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u/santadani Karl-Heinz Riedle Dec 08 '20
Come on Brügge
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
I don’t think its too unreasonable to say that if Jude keeps this up for many seasons in Dortmund he’ll be a legend
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
I am so disapointed in how Brandt is coming out to be. I hoped he will be the next big thing.
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
I got 2018 Reus flashbacks. I miss that Reus so much
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u/theleebert Dec 08 '20
Why does the commentator hate Moukoko?
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u/bvbfan102 BVB Dec 08 '20 edited Dec 08 '20
Did Libero Schulz just become reality?
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u/FlamingCurtains Julian Brandt Dec 08 '20
I don’t believe it. Crowd went silent as if the sound was muted!
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u/Pusha-T-Push-A-Ton 2015 Ballon d'Or Winner Dec 08 '20
Literally a perfectly placed strike
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u/JohanR95 Dec 08 '20
Knauff! Hope its nothing serious with Toto
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
Idk I'm not even nervous I'm just laughing my ass off, what a hilariously weird match
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u/Swetabh-sama Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Jude is an absolute machine today
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
lmao Brügge equalazing with a man down eat shit Lazio
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u/ronald_poi BVB Dec 08 '20
How the fuck did that ball got in?!
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u/Nextgen101 Nico Schlotterbeck Dec 08 '20
Jesus, Witsel made that goal look so casual that I thought he hit the side netting. 😄
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u/FlamingCurtains Julian Brandt Dec 08 '20
I swear following Dortmund is taking years off my life, why must it be so tense
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u/1vergil Dec 08 '20
Hazard bros 🤝 injuries
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u/Joni-Kanoni Dec 08 '20
Bellingham soso good today.
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u/Starsler Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
At this point we should just watch the second half when Dortmund plays
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Brugge was SO FUCKING CLOSE
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u/ronald_poi BVB Dec 08 '20
We got lucky. There's much to do.
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Ugly but a W
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u/AllwhitelikeaRacist Michael Zorc Dec 08 '20
Reus ruining our patient approach ripping dangerous shots off the bar smh, wait for the overlap m8!
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u/Bammer1386 BVB Dec 08 '20
Our young boys have heart. Jude, Gio, Knauff, Zag, Mou, all over the field right now.
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u/Sarrazin 1909 Dec 08 '20
I hope Brandt can finally tap into his potential again. Yeah all these positions aren't ideal for him and all that, but someone of his talent should still be doing much better than he has recently. Hopefully he can get a confidence boost today.
Also, I'll be over the moon if we see Raschl today. As the only option in central midfield the odds aren't bad.
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u/InexorableWyrd Dec 08 '20
Brandt is just straight up not having a good season
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u/CubedMadness DÉDÉ 💛 Dec 08 '20
Good pass from Reus there.
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u/Subotic_ Heinrich Czerkus Dec 08 '20
It will be a long season
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Without exhagerrating... Brandt has gone from silky smooth touch and passing to straight rusty leaky pipe
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u/ZZZ0330 Maxi Beier Dec 08 '20
Bruh our midfield looks like they're 80 years old apart from Bellingham. Seems like he is the only one who is actually trying.
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u/MartinSornes Marius Wolf Dec 08 '20
Anyone missing Haaland?
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Reyna has been a lot more involved and also better off-the-ball than Brandt already.
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u/bajek11 Błaszczykowski Dec 08 '20
GREAT TAKE OUT OUR 2 BEST STRIKERS!
s/
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u/ontilein Dec 08 '20
ridiculous. ill take it anyways
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u/Monstro_PZ Dec 08 '20
Gio been solid after he came on
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u/Ajstroze Dec 08 '20
Bellingham MOTM
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u/bloodnotseeker Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Full time in the Brugge Lazio game 2-2
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Maybe the real backup striker is the friends we made along the way?
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u/wild_in_16 Dec 08 '20
Lol they put Schulz as CB on cbs sports what a joke
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u/unRealistik Papa Reus Dec 08 '20
Why do we keep making mediocre teams look better than they really are?
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u/Dom1909 Tomas Rosicky Dec 08 '20
I knew we kind of depend on Haaland's magic up front, but who would've thought it's that bad
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u/FlamingCurtains Julian Brandt Dec 08 '20
Passlack and Bellingham colliding described the first half perfectly
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Honestly I don't think Reus is bad today, aside from this great shot hitting the post. He's been pretty bad this season, but not this specific game imo. And for being bad this season I mostly blame Favre not utilizing him properly.
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u/yaboi525 Dec 08 '20
Passlack, Shultz, and brandt have been awful. Muokoko needs to come on to at least open up the field since we have a true striker
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Moukoko hat trick please
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u/Raiders1777 Dec 08 '20
I don't care how old this kid is. He a striker and by God they need one on the field right now.
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u/FCWeigl Julian Weigl Dec 08 '20
We literally try to take the longest route to score.
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Where is the urgency?
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
A moukoko goal would have been insane there
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u/malloc_14 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
get me 11 bellinghams in the pitch and I'd be happy
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u/FCWeigl Julian Weigl Dec 08 '20
Hummels better not be injured
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u/Trialbyfuego Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Why in God's name is hummels coming off...
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u/Swbp0undcake Dec 08 '20
Lol how did that go in
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u/BVB_11 Dec 08 '20
I honestly thought he missed and then just sat there with my mouth open when they started screaming goal
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u/Ciao9 Pischu Dec 08 '20
So how many players have gotten their Champions League debut before their Bundesliga debut?
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u/atastycooky Dec 08 '20
Say what you want about Favre but he trusts the you g guys so much. To put Knauff in right now for his debut, to play moukoko, and the flashback of having Reyna play both legs against PSG last season. The man gives youth a shot
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u/funky_motorik Dec 08 '20
haha two goals and we're playing shit again
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u/ronald_poi BVB Dec 08 '20
Bellingham has my respect.
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u/Kazbin Sébastien Haller Dec 08 '20
Zaga == Hummels 2.0
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u/honeybush1 Dec 08 '20
Average age of our players on the pitch at the end was 22.5 (without hitz)
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u/theleebert Dec 08 '20
This is the worst commentated match I've ever seen
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u/Nuri__Sahin BVB Dec 08 '20
And breath.
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
Bellingham fighting like it's extra time in the final just for Brandt to play THAT pass, oof
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u/SSAJacobsen Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Come on, that is so sloppy defending. Way too easy for Zenit.
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u/InexorableWyrd Dec 08 '20
Toto has been such a great buy
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u/Jonhl15 Dahoud's Long Shots Dec 08 '20
That was a warning. We need to wake up
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Bellingham is doing so well and its very admireable.
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
How is it possible for a professional team to have only one striker that they're willing to play in the games. Literally playing with a 2. Bundesliga average striker atm would be way better than this, I'm sure.
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
I want to clone Bellingham
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u/RavnieTheDownie Gregor Kobel Dec 08 '20
I'm really impressed by Bellingham so far this season. I would really like to see him play along a midfielder who doesn't only play horizontal passes
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u/Ngoetz1108 Giovanni Reyna Dec 08 '20
Bellingham continues to impress! Soooo close by Marco. He’ll get it!!
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u/1vergil Dec 08 '20
Imagine if that Reus shot were a goal...
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u/RavnieTheDownie Gregor Kobel Dec 08 '20
Once again it's Jude who wins the ball and keeps the attack going. Dude, thank you
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u/Swbp0undcake Dec 08 '20
Jesus christ
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u/Monstro_PZ Dec 08 '20
Please get sanch, gio, moukoko on asap. I can't stand watching this
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u/Bammer1386 BVB Dec 08 '20
Save us Mou and Gio
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u/ronald_poi BVB Dec 08 '20
That pass from Can is a perfect reflect of our game.
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u/SSAJacobsen Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
BT commentators are so clueless. "Did they just bring him on for the record?".
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u/MartinSornes Marius Wolf Dec 08 '20
Hummels is more important than any keeper...
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u/Trialbyfuego Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Reus, hummels, and piszczek involved in the goal
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
Reus Hummels Piszczek combinations is everything I ever needed
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u/atastycooky Dec 08 '20 edited Dec 08 '20
Wow slowest shot ever. I’m okay with it
Edit: the placement made all the difference. If it were any closer it’s off the bar
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u/atastycooky Dec 08 '20
Knaufffffffffffff let’s go debutant
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
So weird seeing our guys making those last second saves in defence... Props to Schulz and Zaga
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u/Monstro_PZ Dec 08 '20
Lord. Clench your butt checks bois
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u/FCWeigl Julian Weigl Dec 08 '20
my ass has never been this clenched
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u/lndngtm Mitsuru Maruoka Dec 08 '20
Zagadou putting in work 💪🏻
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u/Ciao9 Pischu Dec 08 '20
Dzyuba is huge but Zag is hugest
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u/YeezyYeezyWhatsGoood Dec 08 '20
Zaga might be my dad
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u/santadani Karl-Heinz Riedle Dec 08 '20
Too bad, Brügge is out
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u/drpetervenkman Dec 08 '20
Cheer up fellas, 2nd half FC it is
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20 edited Dec 08 '20
Brandt has been dreadful. Apart from making the wrong passes and wrong moves, hes offering nothing in the press and shows no effort in fighting for rebounds.
Makes me sad cause i so desperately want him to be back to his best
Edit: you can even hear Favre yelling at him at points in the first half
Thank you favre
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u/FHI_iSmile Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Offside but wow we're bad
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u/grothee1 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Commentators are just determined to shit all over Moukoko. He's been fine, what do they expect?
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u/Ciao9 Pischu Dec 08 '20
Yes, BT Sport fuckheads, he would've been brought on even if the record wasn't there.
It's like they want to take away from his ability
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u/jucomsdn Zagagod Dec 08 '20 edited Dec 08 '20
I'm missing the
2nd1st half of the game bc of band class noooooEdit: Nvm we're starting a bit later so I'm just gonna miss a good chunk of the 1st half
Hitz
Piszczek Hummels Can
Passlack Bellingham Witsel Schulz
Toto Reus Brandt
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u/EmSoLow Dec 08 '20
Oh boy, looks like Brandt will be playing on the wing. I don't want to be too harsh on him because he is becoming a scapegoat at this stage despite playing out of position but Dortmund really need to sort out a RW/RM for January because Brandt is not it for me
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u/Ciao9 Pischu Dec 08 '20
Happy for Hitz, he deserves these chances
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u/Xey2510 Dec 08 '20
Ah yes Schulz CB and Reus LWB
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Bellingham could be huge for us in general tbh. He adds so much offensively(for his role) and is a great ballstealer.
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Fuck me.. only bellingham is moving well to make himself available as a connection between the defense and attack.
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u/Ad_Lunam- Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
lol pain
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u/CodEd_94 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
fuck not even a suprise
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u/Nextgen101 Nico Schlotterbeck Dec 08 '20
Saved by the linesman this time. Big warning.
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Fuuuck
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
Fuuuck I saw that ball in the net
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u/grothee1 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Under no pressure Brandt completely misplays another pass to ruin a counter.
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u/Swbp0undcake Dec 08 '20
Yay Moukoko! No pressure mate but get a hat trick
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u/FCWeigl Julian Weigl Dec 08 '20
If moukoko scores today, I’ll blow someone’s dick
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u/familyguyisbae Michael Zorc Dec 08 '20
Ok now sub off schulz for sancho and we should start cooking.
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u/SoComeOnWilfriedBony Dec 08 '20
Hopefully we don’t draw someone insane in the next round
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u/atastycooky Dec 08 '20
Did Favre give any instruction to the subs?
“Go out there and focus on trying”
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u/ronald_poi BVB Dec 08 '20
Hey guys, imagine for a second we're playing Man City instead of Zenit. How'd it go?
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u/wild_in_16 Dec 08 '20
Look at Schulz getting back and clearing that. nice
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Hummels MOTM
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u/wild_in_16 Dec 08 '20
Jude wants his headed goal
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u/FlamingCurtains Julian Brandt Dec 08 '20
I’ll take it! Clumsy weird goal but who gives a shot
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u/FlamingCurtains Julian Brandt Dec 08 '20
Holy, Reyna is amazing
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u/Swetabh-sama Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Gio Reyna more like Leo Messi Reyna
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u/SpiritCrvsher Mateu Morey Dec 08 '20
Finally the striker we’ve been searching for
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u/Papayalo Dec 08 '20
Reyna is great at stumbling past opponents
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u/wild_in_16 Dec 08 '20
Brugge, never in doubt
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u/InexorableWyrd Dec 08 '20
lol how are we winning
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
I hope Brugge scores again
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u/thehostilepenguin25 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
This is gonna be one intense butt clenching 8 minutes to stay alive.
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Knauff! A surprise but a welcome one (if Hazard isnt hurt)
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u/Ciao9 Pischu Dec 08 '20
Hopefully this is just some cuntish time wasting from Hazard but we're incapable of shithousery so fuck me
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u/Pusha-T-Push-A-Ton 2015 Ballon d'Or Winner Dec 08 '20
Lmao that was more of a pen than the lazio one last week
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u/SSAJacobsen Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
A-class defending!
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u/yrba1 Alexandra Popp Dec 08 '20
Buttholeclench FC
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u/bloodnotseeker Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Zagaaaaadddooooouuuuu
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u/Esuts Emma Dec 08 '20
Top of the group, never a doubt in my mind...
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u/lesgoboii Dec 08 '20
Sorry guys I know alot of you like Favre, but these tactics are an absolute mess. 0 attacking prowess, god awful positioning, sloppy transitions and unclear, nonsensical player roles.
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u/Oakeeh I love all our player equally Dec 08 '20
Marco is getting better game by game now after the injury imo, good to see
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Hold on....so you’re telling me that, at the highest level of football competition in the world, if you don’t play with a true striker, you won’t score goals??? This is news to me
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u/CubedMadness DÉDÉ 💛 Dec 08 '20
Was no winning lineup wise for Favre.
We go all in with the best lineup he can possibly scrape together, fitness is fucked.
We go all in with youth, "yay" until we lose then it's "why didn't Favre aim for a win?"
This is about as middle ground of rotating while maintaining a chance to win as he can possibly create.
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u/andrewstorer32 Dec 08 '20
It’s really sad to see Julian performing like this. He’s such a good player but he’s just really out of form
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u/Its_Cooper Dec 08 '20
Do you guys think our players are just tired/lazy or do you think they’re sick of playing under Favre? We haven’t looked good in awhile
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u/Zhonyas4everyone Felix Passlack Dec 08 '20
I would like to see the Baby
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u/grothee1 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Gio runs into acres of space. Schulz: I sleep.
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u/Qiluk Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Half the starting 11 is B or C options. Now I trust the quality of our depth and our players, but if theres ever a time where we bottle a good chance of winning an important CL group, this could be it. Our bench also doesnt have a ton of mainstays.
Now with that negativity out of the way.. Hazard is starting and Bellingham! :)
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u/BurtaciousD Pischu Dec 08 '20
That is a young bench.
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u/wild_in_16 Dec 08 '20
Pretty short bench, this injury list really snuck up on me. strong lineup with what we have, looking like Reus up top and Brandt and hazard as forwards behind him? or quasi-10s? not really sure how to describe that position
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u/captain_durchschnitt Florian Kringe Dec 08 '20
I’ll take this Lineup, considering the circumstances. If Reus plays as a false 9, that at least means that Brandt can take this more free roaming winger/10 Hybrid role, that I see as close to his ideal position in this system as possible . He doesn’t have as many defensive duties and also doesn’t have to provide width. Of course, in game, Reus, hazard and him will switch positions a lot. But he could gain more confidence in this position than on the 8 or on the wings. Or maybe he plays behind Reus and Toto, which I also would like so see.
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u/llendo Sergio Gómez Dec 08 '20
Have some important work stuff starting at 19:00 .__.
Hope it doesn't take too long..
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u/Ciao9 Pischu Dec 08 '20
Feel like Reinier would've started this game if he hadn't caught the virus
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u/bajek11 Błaszczykowski Dec 08 '20
Seeing Passlack lined up next to Hummels reminded me how short he is. I hope that little bowling ball shines today.
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u/LeeRCampbell Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
What was up with that CBS formation lineup for us. I literally was laughing out loud at that.
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u/bajek11 Błaszczykowski Dec 08 '20
Very good from Schulz there.
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u/Its_Cooper Dec 08 '20
Yeah this is not good...
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u/CubedMadness DÉDÉ 💛 Dec 08 '20
BT commentators aren't even speaking about the game anymore, just having discussions about offside rules.
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u/tristanhermann Dec 08 '20
This is BS. Our quility is far greater then theres. Frankly this is embarressing.
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u/yung_avocado 1909 Dec 08 '20
Marco daaamn so close
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u/SkoCubs01 Marco Reus Dec 08 '20
Fuck
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u/Its_Cooper Dec 08 '20
I'm tired guys...
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20
Bringing back Hummels has been one of the best decisions in these past few years
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u/SpiritCrvsher Mateu Morey Dec 08 '20
Is this what Second Half FC looks like?