Next, I will analyze the important reasons why Dortmund was tragically reversed and eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain, focusing on Dortmund's performance on both offense and defense in this game and the head coach's arrangement.

In the second leg of the Champions League knockout stage, the match between Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain ended on March 12, Beijing time. Dortmund lost two goals and was reversed and eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain. Dortmund came to Paris Saint-Germain's home court with the lead in the first leg, but was suppressed by Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg. Obviously, Dortmund's condition in this game was sluggish, not as popular as the previous multiple rounds of Bundesliga , nor was it as passionate as the youth storm when facing Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage. Next, I will analyze the important reasons why Dortmund was tragically reversed and eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain, focusing on Dortmund's performance on both offense and defense in this game and the head coach's arrangement.

Dortmund lost two goals to Paris Saint-Germain

1. The head coach is going to take the blame, there are problems with personnel rotation

. In the defeat of this game, Dortmund's head coach Favre must bear certain responsibilities. . In this game, it was obvious that Dortmund's insufficient rotation of personnel has led to the team's sluggish state on the court and was very tired. Especially for players in the team's midfield position, they are never absent from multiple rounds of games. In this game, facing the impact of the forward combination of Paris Saint-Germain led by Neymar, it is easy to be inadequate in the marking situation. The players' fatigue directly caused the game to lose. It was not that Dortmund did not have the ability to eliminate Paris Saint-Germain, but that the players' rotation was not as good as Paris Saint-Germain. In contrast, Paris Saint-Germain, although the tactical arrangement of head coach Tuchel is controversial, Tuchel's personnel rotation is very timely, which relieves the players' fatigue. Although Dortmund has the advantage of leading by one goal, Dortmund's technical and tactical style of play in this game ruined the team's victory. The tactics that focus on defense at the beginning caused the team to be suppressed by Paris Saint-Germain and did not have much substantial offensive performance.

Doormund's starting lineup

Judging from the starting lineup of Dortmund, the team's player rotation is not particularly strong. The team's starting lineup in many previous league games is almost the same as the lineup in this game. The players' long-term continuous multi-line battles have made the players' bodies tired. Champions League knockout first leg, Dortmund's lineup can defeat Paris Saint-Germain and win the game. But why did you lose the game in the next round? The answer is very simple, because Paris Saint-Germain's first leg was obviously reserved, and the main center did not play. After Paris Saint-Germain chose the team's skill and tactical style in this game, Dortmund's head coach's routine was already understood by his opponent. In the next Bundesliga games, head coach Favre still needs to rotate the team more personnel, otherwise the overall condition of the team will not be able to remain stable.

Dorrmond head coach Favre

2. The combination of the edge and middle attack lost its effect

In this game, Dortmund did not score any goals away from home, and the team's offensive players' tricks were figured out by the opponent. Judging from the progress of the game, Dortmund's offensive routine is very limited, which is to use the high-speed advancement of the wing players and then pass the ball to the surrounding players who are receiving the middle. The offensive method is very direct, but as long as the Paris Saint-Germain's defensive player limits any of the team's wing passers or mid-receivers, Dortmund's offense will return ineffectively. If the team's offensive players cannot break through the opponent's defense line, they will be suppressed and beaten by the opponent, which will cause great defensive pressure on the team's defense line players. In this game, Dortmund's offensive end players wanted to score goals through the combination of side and middle, but did not create a chance to score goals, which was obviously not as brilliant as in the previous game.Haaland and Sancho The dumb fire in this game proves that the team's offensive technical and tactical style has not achieved substantial results and has not been converted into a goal score.

Let's look at Dortmund's attack, which is entirely a use of the team's wing players' breakthroughs to try to tear open the opponent's defense line. After getting the ball, Sancho from the wing took advantage of his speed to get rid of the interception of the opponent's defender and chose to pass the ball to Haaland, who was receiving the ball in the middle. At this time, Sancho had many defensive players around him defending closely, blocking the angle, and Sancho's passing angle was very small. We can also see that the opponent's defender was already in front of the supporter, ready to return to the neutral position in front of the goal. Although Dortmund also had forward players on the wing at this time, the obvious offensive route was blocked by Paris Saint-Germain's defensive players.

Let's look at Dortmund's wing attack again. It was also blocked by the opponent's defense players and the angle of forward plug-in was blocked, and did not create a good opportunity to score. Dortmund's wing player dribbled the ball at high speed and prepared to make a cross from the bottom. We can see that at this time, the only players in Dortmund's forward-substation were Haaland and Sancho, which proves that Dortmund's technical and tactical style of this game I proposed above tend to be defensive and did not invest too much force on the offensive end. The cross route of the wing player has been blocked by Paris Saint-Germain's retreating defender, and it is difficult to pass the ball. And more importantly, Haaland, who is in front of Dortmund, has a close tight fit between the defenders, and it is difficult to create an opportunity to score.

We can also analyze Dortmund's offensive firepower and unstable state through the post-match data of this game, and did not create too many opportunities. can be clearly seen through the data that Dortmund is far inferior to Paris Saint-Germain in dangerous offenses. Although the team's shooting more than Paris Saint-Germain, most of the shots are like the examples mentioned above, and it is difficult to threaten the opponent's goal. After the tactics of combining sides and middle schools were marked by Paris Saint-Germain, Dortmund did not perform much on the offensive end.

3. Inadequate midfield protection, continuous backcourt mistakes

In this game, Dortmund's two goals conceded directly was linked to the team's defensive mistakes . The lack of protection of the defense line by players in the midfield position has led to the opponent's offensive players having multiple opportunities to face the defense line directly. The player in the midfield position faces the opponent's frontal attack and fails to step forward and press forward immediately, which causes the opponent to attack at the forefront of his team's penalty area. Dortmund's defender also performed poorly in this game. There are overlapping problems in position selection during defense, and the most fatal thing is to ignore the opponent's forward player. Facing Paris Saint-Germain's frontcourt trident, it is obvious that Dortmund's defense cannot withstand the impact of players with speed advantages such as Neymar, Di Maria, Mbappe . Dortmund's defense players do not have many choices when defending players with great breakthrough ability like Neymar. They often directly use tactical fouls, which also gives the opponent multiple opportunities to set the ball in the frontcourt.

Through Dortmund's corner kick defense, we can fully reflect the positional problems of the players on the back line. Paris Saint-Germain's corner kick opportunity, Di Maria successfully found Neymar at the back of the penalty area, and Neymar headed the ball to score. We saw Dortmund's corner defense arranged six defensive players at the front point, but the back point completely exposed the empty position. Several defensive players gathered at the front point of the penalty area. Neymar stepped forward into the defensive open area and headed the ball directly to score. It should be noted that at this time, Dortmund's back-point defensive players also had a position problem and did not be able to keep a guard against Neymar who was in front of the attack in time. This time the header defense in the penalty area is typical of being top-heavy and light, with obvious positioning problems.

Not only does it have problems with corner kick defense, but Dortmund's positional defense also has problems. see Dortmund's defense this time. Faced with Neymar's high-speed dribbling breakthrough, Dortmund's players in the midfield and defenders in time went up to press, which had a certain effect and slowed down Neymar's advancement speed. But what we can see is that at this time an open space appeared behind Dortmund's defense line, and the PSG player was running forward at high speed, ready to receive Neymar's pass. If Neymar chooses to pass the ball to his teammate who is in the wing forward this time, it is very likely that Dortmund's defense will be broken through, causing the ball to be lost. In this game, Dortmund's players in the back midfield position were still exhausted. In fact, players in the back midfield position should go up and press with high pressure in time, rather than waiting for the opponent's players to advance. This leaves the opponent's players with the ball in a choice and space for passing. It seems to be a defense of multiple players, but in fact the effect is not good.

4, written in the end

Although I lost this game, Dortmund was reversed by Paris Saint-Germain. But we need to admit that this team, dominated by young talents, is likely to go further in the next few seasons, because the team has the strength to compete with the strong team, and the results in the Bundesliga have proved Dortmund's strength. Elimination in the Champions League can also provide Dortmund with a lot of experience, and the team's problems on both offense and defense are fully exposed. All Dortmund has to do is solve the problems in the team and be able to achieve better results in the next Bundesliga. Let us look forward to this youth team being able to perform better in the next game, and the team can compete with the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich.