"Mark Number 45!"
"Put two men on him!"
At Westfalenstadion!
The match was still underway.
Borussia Dortmund's fans were still singing at the top of their lungs.
Twenty-three minutes had already passed!
Although the score was still 1–0, every Werder Bremen fan was practically being scared into a heart attack.
Over these twenty-odd minutes of play.
Borussia Dortmund, playing at home, had shown the former Bundesliga powerhouse what a youth storm plus looked like!
Borussia Dortmund, once reliant on intense high pressing in the final third and rapid attacks, had not weakened after Götze's departure. Instead, they had become even more ferocious.
Especially down Dortmund's right flank.
That sixteen-year-old youngster had made Werder Bremen's entire defensive line suffer.
After that Asian kid scored the first goal, Werder Bremen began their counterattacks.
Petersen's pace and Arnautović's ability to attack the ball in the box were the core of Nouri's tactics.
It was not as though they did not want to play through the middle.
The current Werder Bremen simply did not have a player capable of holding down the center.
Diego, the Brazilian free-kick master of old, had long since left.
And ever since he departed, Werder Bremen had seemed to lose their soul.
With no investment from the club's upper management, the team could only cling on through the most basic long-ball tactics.
They had finally spent money to bring Petersen in on loan from Bayern Munich, and just as Nouri eagerly awaited Petersen to bring him a surprise.
He discovered in despair that Klopp seemed to have already seen through his tactical setup.
When defending, Borussia Dortmund shifted their entire focus toward Petersen's side.
Petersen had already struggled enough against Schmelzer, and was instantly left dazed by Borussia Dortmund's double-teaming.
Werder Bremen's attack did not last long.
Sven Bender