2013-2014 Bundesliga Match Day 13: Borussia Dortmund v FC Bayern München - The German "Clasico" [R]

Good luck and I hope both teams make it through the match without any injuries.

 

I think a draw would be a fair result TBH..

We have piggy out for sure.,

Robben questionable.
Thiago/shaq not fit

What's bvb injury status?

 

With ur squad dept its no probs for u, our case different, key players missing againts u guys and napoli afterwards could prove to be devastating

 

Our entire back 4 plus gundogan
Schmelzer, Subotic, Hummels, Piszczek and Gundogan. Looking bleak, you guys have the bigger chance of winning.

 

Talk about a nightmare.... Jesus

 

Really sucks that you have so many injuries. I wanted to see what this Bayern team could do against a full strength Dortmund.

 

I could easily see the Bayern players thinking that we have this one in the bag, and not giving 100%. Anything can happen but we should definitely win.

 

Honestly I can still see a draw,.

Bvb players will fight relentlessly.,
Unless klopp has the Napoli game as a bigger priority

 

Who will be starting in central defence ?
Sokratis-Bender ? Sokratis-Guenter ? Sokratis-Kehl ? Sokratis-Friedrich ?

We need to park the bus big time to not get embarrassed. All the players need to play in and around the box.

 

This news is terribly disappointing & have no idea how Klopp will manage to deploy a defense against Bayern. I did read that Manuel Friedrich was signed so that gives Dortmund a veteran center back, albeit one who hasn't played competitive football in over six months. As far as the full backs….I suppose you go with Olive Kirch at right and, as someone above noted, starting Großkreutz at left. I still firmly believe there is plenty of quality left to get a draw, but Bender & Sahin will have their work cut out for them. Going to be a tense week upcoming.

 

Agreed. An interesting line-up. I was curious about the possibility of deploying Kuba at RB. In all probability, would perform more capably than Kirch & offers speed going forward. I still see plenty of quality in this line-up to beat Bayern (IMHO).

 

Depends if Pep would fall for our pressing and counters. I'm sure he's thought of that since the Super Cup.

Pessimistic about this match, but I can imagine a few possibilities in which we could win/draw. The backline isn't world class, but I wouldn't say it's bad, not enough vs. Bayern or in the CL, but otherwise it's rather solid.

Can't expect to win the midfield battle against Bayern, but maybe some pace could work.

How are they lining up? 4-1-4-1 or a 4-2-3-1?
------------------------Neuer------------------------
--Lahm---------Dante-----Boateng--------Alaba--
----------------------Martinez-----------------------
--Mueller--------Kroos-----Gotze----------Ribery--
--------------------Mandzukic-----------------------

My guess, not sure about Kroos or Martinez. If they play 4-1-4-1 I can see us exploiting it.

 

In my opinion, the only way BVB have a chance to get a decent result against Bayern in light of this injury situation is to forego 4-2-3-1 and play 4-5-1. This really isn't much different than how they line-up now, except that the midfield is much more compact while still offering width for defensive cover on the flanks & the occasional (and possibly rare) foray on the wings. In this way, we force Bayern to attack up the middle. It isn't perfect (if Reus or Aubameyang lose control of their men it could be good night for us & Lewandowski could get isolated up top) but Dortmund have no other choice than to try to absorb as much pressure as possible in midfield before Bayern reach our back line. Similar to 4-3-3 but provides more width. Could look something like this:
---------------------------Weidenfeller---------------------------

Kuba------------Sokratis-----Friedrich(Günter)----Großkreutz

-----------------------------Bender-------------------------------
-------------------Sahin-------------------Mkhitaryan-----------
Aubameyang------------------------------------------------Reus

--------------------------Lewandowski----------------------------

 

We can still win this if:

-Weidenfeller enters god mode again
-Guardiola chooses a completely stupid tactic
-Bayern's player are getting too complacent
-We outscore them (Klopp's half-time speech: "My center is yielding. My right is retreating. Situation excellent. We are attacking".
- Bayern pulls a "Finale dahoam".


That being said, I am not very optimistic. I just hope we avoid a high loss and save face.

 

i just hope klopp doesnt star to change his tactical schemes, we all know how that usually turns out...

 

Ribery is out with a fractured rib. Most likely you will see:
------------------------Neuer------------------------
--Lahm---------Dante-----Boateng--------Alaba--
----------------------Martinez-----------------------
--Mueller--------Kroos-----Gotze----------Robben--
--------------------Mandzukic-----------------------

 

Ukraine? Rough b*stards. Robben on the left doesn't worry me as much, still doesn't change much our defense is still unable to cope with that attacking threat.