Wolfsburg will play with Dortmund once in the league between the Champions League matches. This schedule makes the English media very satisfied. Especially when Wolfsburg and Chelsea play a 2-2 draw at the end of the first leg, and neither side has too much convenience, the English media are all looking forward to Wolfsburg's consumption in the league Points of strength, so that Chelsea in the second leg, facing a more powerful situation.
Of course, if you want Wolfsburg to consume strength in the league, then one of the biggest problems is that Wolfsburg have to go all out in this game and can't give up. In the eyes of the English media, Wolfsburg will definitely fight for the goal.
There are two main reasons for the British media to look at this issue. One is the current ranking of the Bundesliga: Wolfsburg ranks second and Dortmund third. Although the difference between them is not small, it is not impossible to catch up. Wolfsburg, in particular, still have no problems in the three fronts, the league, the cup, the Champions League, they are all in progress, in addition to the results of the Champions League, the next round of the German Cup will also play Bayern, which will also affect the League results, a trouble, they lost a lot of points in the last few rounds.
Dortmund, by contrast, is in a much better position. They were eliminated from the cup and the Champions League, leaving only the League to play. Their players came back one by one, which made their performance better. Especially compared with Wolfsburg, their schedule is obviously much better, because their match with Bayern is at the end of the season. At that time, Bayern will be able to win the league championship, and maybe they will start to play perfunctorily in the League for the Champions League results. Therefore, compared with Wolfsburg who played against Bayern earlier, maybe Dortmund will play in the last few days Round, will catch up, catch up.
With each passing day, Wolfsburg's second place in the League for half a season may be about to give up. Wolfsburg's advantage over Borussia Dortmund has even reached nearly 10% this season. If they are really caught up by their opponents, it would be too humiliating.
What's more, if Wolfsburg really loses to Dortmund, it's not only humiliating, but also a very important problem. Wolfsburg's performance against strong teams in this season will be written with a lot of ink - this season, Wolfsburg's performance against several strong teams is not good. Among the teams at the top of the league, Leverkusen and Schalke all won against Wolfsburg. At the end of a season, Bayern win and draw against Wolfsburg, and Wolfsburg lose five points on them. If they lose to Dortmund in this game, they will also draw and lose against Dortmund. If we calculate in this way, Wolfsburg won only two games in eight games against the top five teams in the league. This winning rate is a bit too humiliating.
According to the English media, Wolfsburg should fight Dortmund in the League even for their own face. As for the Champions League Anyway, Wolfsburg do not have any hope of winning the Champions League. In the Champions League, efforts are just for face. If you fight for face in the Champions League, but lose face in the league, what's the meaning of playing in the Champions League?
Therefore, in their view, in the league, Wolfsburg will definitely strive to win.
However, although the consideration of the English media really seems reasonable, it seems that Wolfsburg really has many reasons. They should have a positive competition with Dortmund in the league. However, in the view of German media, almost none of these reasons is tenable. Because at the end of the day, there are more important things for Wolfsburg.
"In the middle of the week, Wolfsburg should make a certain degree of rotation adjustment. The pressure of double line operation may make Wolfsburg choose to give up rationally when facing Dortmund in the league. For Dortmund, it's the best time to narrow the gap between them and Wolfsburg, while for Bayern, it's possible for them to advance their championship again. For Wolfsburg, this is undoubtedly cheaper than two competitors, but even so, it is still the best choice, because their competition focus this year is still the Champions League
The evaluation of the German media, to the point, only the problem. Although the match with Dortmund is about the face of Wolfsburg and the result of Wolfsburg, compared with the result of the Champions League, what is that little face?
The result of Champions League is the face that Wolfsburg really care about now. Compared with the Champions League, the winning and losing of those two matches in the league is not so important. The British media said it was humiliating to win or lose, but they forgot that winning or losing the Champions League can give a team a long face. Even if it's a big family, it's not easy to get to the top four of the Champions League. For Wolfsburg, who can't afford to lose for the top four of the Champions League?
Of course, it's a very embarrassing fact to be defeated by the top four. But if Wolfsburg can win the final four of the Champions League, what are these problems? Just like when people recall Schalke who was brilliant in the Champions League, who will remember their league ranking? Compared with the Champions League, the ranking of the league is just like this, not to mention how many wins and losses?Wolfsburg is not stupid enough.
In fact, if strictly speaking, it's really about worrying about the League results, Wolfsburg is not the team that should be worried about most. After all, in the league, they have been thrown away a lot by Bayern. There is little hope to catch up with them. Losing to Dortmund means losing face at most. The worst possibility is that they will drop from the second place to the third place in the league. No more problems are basically there.
For Wolfsburg, there is no fundamental harm. The team's top management's request for them is to get the top three of the league. Anyway, as long as there is a Champions League to play next season, the second is better, but the third is not unacceptable. Although if you lose this game, it is equivalent to Wolfsburg facing Dortmund and Bayern, four games without a ball, it is indeed some encounter strong is not strong, it seems a bit embarrassed, but this season anyway have not won the championship, even if it is lost, what's the big deal?
As long as get out face, and Dortmund's game is not competitive, frankly admit counsels, this game, Wolfsburg will not have any influence.
In contrast, Chelsea should pay more attention to their own league, the Premier League, which has played 32 rounds. The scores of Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea are still very close. These three teams, now the difference between each other is less than the gap of a game, a win or lose can make the final result of the whole season to different. Especially in the last few games, there are matches between Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City. There is a good chance that the score will change further. Therefore, compared with Wolfsburg, Chelsea can not be left behind at this time.
Different from Wolfsburg, the disadvantage of Chelsea in the league is so small that if they give up, the fans can't agree. Chelsea need to continue to work hard in the league, such a situation can not be easily given up, and Wolfsburg as long as save face can not seriously play different, they are really have to adhere to the two-way battle.
Sometimes it's not a good thing to fight on both sides and have hope on both sides. It is because of the good results on both sides, which side can not be easily put down, which makes the pressure on Chelsea even greater.
In the middle of the week, on the contrary, Chelsea need to work harder.
Of course, that's true, but the German media didn't regard the situation of Chelsea as Wolfsburg's advantage. Because it's Stoke City that is the enemy that Chelsea are going to deal with at the weekend. Although this team, known as sky city, has been joked by Arsene Wenger that it is the most suitable team to deal with Barcelona, in the final analysis, they are just a middle team in the Premier League. To deal with such a team in the middle of the Premier League, Chelsea will not spend too much energy.
In fact, when he was interviewed, he mentioned this issue, and his view also showed everything.
"The weekend will not cause us any problems and we are sure to win. Chelsea is a big team. We are not the kind of team that can only play on one line. We can play on two lines. In order to keep a good result on one front, we have to deal with it in a hurry on the other front. Those small teams with little information may do it, but Chelsea will never do it
In this remark, in addition to the sarcasm with a gun and a stick, the biggest message revealed is that his team will never give up easily in the weekend's game, which has always been dealt with hastily in the Champions League and Manchester City, who are fighting for the league title with him now.
Chelsea are confident that they will play on both sides. There is no reason for them to back down against Stoke. They believe they can win.
There is no doubt that the confidence of Chelsea comes from their strength. And their confidence also makes Wolfsburg face greater pressure. Under a lot of pressure, Wolfsburg finally made its own choice. When they saw the players they had arranged to play at the weekend, the media could only say that they did.
In this game, Wolfsburg finally chose a big rotation. What they want is not a proud victory, but to narrow their eyes and wait for the arrival of the Champions League.