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NewBloodster
LIFE AFTER KLOPP?
A month In a shock announcement, Bourissa Dortmund announced that the legendary manager that is Jurgen Klopp was to leave the club at the end of the season for reasons unknown. Klopp took Dortmund back into the limelight of European football and was largely remembered for his passion, committment, and attacking football that lead to Dortmund becoming one of the power houses in Europe.
Today, The German club have shocked the world by announcing that new to the managerial scene Lee Sweetman will take over the club. Sweetman is only 24, and by far one of the youngest managers ever to take up a position, not only in football, but at one of the biggest teams in Europe. Will Sweetman be able to live up to the massive expectations of the club?
Sweetman had this to say today: "I am honoured to be given the oppertunity to show myself in the world of football, not only in total, but at one of the biggest and most loved clubs in Europe!"
Can Sweetman live up to the pressure? Or will he flop? Stay with us to find out!
NewBloodster
First signing for Sweetman.
Lee Sweetman has today confirmed that Real Madrid Powerhouse Sami Khedira has become his & Dortmund's first signing of the season.
The 27 midfielder's contract expired with Real Madrid and has signed on a free transfer. He has signed a 4 year deal worth £90,000 a week.
After the signing, Lee had this to say: "Sami is a fantastic powerhouse of a midfielder, I have already lost Sebastian Kehl due to retirement, and I'm glad to have been able to get someone of Sami's quality for a free transfer."
Lee is reported to be after a striker, with Porto's Jackson Martinez, the main target for the Dortmund Manager.
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Dortmund have today announced the following fixtures as part of their Pre Season schedule:
Game 1 - Dnipro v Dortmund
Game 2 - FC Red Bull Salzburg v Dortmund
Game 3 - SV Grodig v Dortmund
Game 4 - Aves v Dortmund
Game 5 - Dortmund v Valencia
The first game after the Pre Season is then the Supercup where Dortmund will take on FC Bayern.
Lee is hoping for at least 3 victories in Pre season, however, he has said he would much prefer 5 wins from 5.
bmg033
NewBloodster
The pre season Results:
Dnipro 4-3 Dortmund
Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 Dortmund
SV Grodig 0-4 Dortmund
Aves 1-2 Dortmund
Dortmund 3-2 Valencia
Transfers so far:
In:
Pione Sisto (FC Midtjylland to Dortmund) £4.8M
Jonathan Soriano (FC Red Bull Salzburg to Dortmund) £5M
Sami Khedria (Real Madrid to Dortmund) Free
Maximillion Wittek (1860 Munchen to Dortmund) £1.1M
Out:
Sebastian Kehl (Released)
Maximillion Wittek (Dortmund to Kaiserslautern) Loan
Pre Season Review:
In the first 2 games I decided to give fringe players a chance, and it failed. There were some positive performances though which caught my eye. My final 3 games I decided to give my first team players a run out, and it played out well. Soriano came in and scored 3 goals in 2 games. Sisto also scored 2 in his first 2 games. Kagawa & Reus also played well. It's now interesting to choose my team for the Super cup game against FC Bayern. I also managed to get through pre season with No Injuries what so ever! Happy Days.
NewBloodster
Thank you mate. Shall be trying my best that's for sure!
NewBloodster
FC Bayern vs Dortmund
I came into this game not expecting to get any sort of result against a FC Bayern team who didn't have any injuries / suspensions that I could see, meaning they were at full strength as well as me being at full strength. I was hoping to pick up a draw at the best.
I picked a full strength team in a 4-2-3-1 formation. (I can't post my Starting XI as a player has a name that FM Base have in the banned list, so it won't allow me to post it.)
The Result was:
FC Bayern 1 (Alaba 87)
Dortmund 3 (Reus 10,55 & Sisto 18)
Key Stats:
Shots - Bayern 24-11 Dortmund
Shots on Target - Bayern 11-7 Dortmund
Possession - Bayern 57%-43% Dortmund
As you can see from the stats it was a backs against the wall performance, I played Counter attack strategy, and it worked well! Next, The DFB-Pokal 1st round game against Waldkirch.
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So onto the cup first round against Non League Waldkirch, I played a decent side, not my best, but not the worst I could play, I was expecting to win by at least 3 goals looking at where the team I was playing against was in the leagues.
Result:
Waldkirch 0
Dortmund 9 (Castro 6,7 & Kagawa 17 & Soriano 34,56,59,79 & Ramos 58)
Key Stats:
Shots - Waldkirch 2-38 Dortmund
Shots on target - Waldkirch 1-23 Dortmund
Possession - Waldkirch 35%-65%
I didn't expect to win that easy, Soriano again was an absolute assassin in front of goal, and to score 4 was fantastic, I am already starting to feel that £5M was an absolute bargain. The result also broke the following 3 records: Most amount of goals in Cup game, biggest Dortmund win in the cup & most amount of goals scored by 1 player in the cup in a Dortmund team.
On the downside, Jakub Blaszczsykowski picked up a Twisted Knee and will be out for 2-3 weeks. Next up is the first League game of the season against Gladbach.
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I went into my first league game against Gladbach full of confidence after a stunning 2 first games where I had scored 12 and conceded just 1. I named a strong First team XI that included Hummels, Kampel, Gundogan & Soriano.
Things didn't start well, after 15 minutes I hadn't had 1 shot where as Gladbach had managed to have 12. I then went down to 10 men, which I knew it was going to be a struggle from there.
Also, a goal disallowed meant it just wasn't my day and I had to take a heavy defeat.
Result:
Dortmund -1 (Ramos 90)
Gladbach - 3 (Stindl 38 & Hrgota 74 & Hahn 78)
Key Stats:
Shots - Dortmund 17-18 Gladbach
Shots on target - Dortmund 6-9 Gladbach
Possession - Dortmund 51%-49% Gladbach
So, the lads will need to pick themselves up after such a tough result. My next match is against Levekusen in the League.
Current Position: 14th / 18th.
My Champions league group has been drawn and I have been given a very tough one and pitted against Chelsea, Ajax & Monaco.
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After a bad loss against Gladbach I came up against Levekusen, not the match I needed when I hoped the lads would hit form, after the first loss of the season I again went for the best team I possibly could.
Result
Levekusen - 2 (Drmic 4 & Brandt 85)
Dortmund - 1 (Sahin 72)
Key Stats:
Shots - Levekusen 17-22 Dortmund
Shots on Target - Levekusen 8-9 Dortmund
Possession - 53%-47%
Another frustrating game, after getting back into it and thinking I could get all 3 points an annoying goal took any point away from me. Changes are needed big time.
Next up is a home game against 9th place Mainz.
Current League Position: 16th / 18th.
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The crucial game against Mainz is here, I have gone for it, Complete over haul of formation, changed 11 players, so fingers crossed I will be able to turn this rot around!
The game got off to a perfect start, straight from kick of Sisto managed to smash in a 25 yard effort, 1-0 up within 20 seconds is just what I needed! I was then immediatly pegged back and after 15 minutes it was 1-1, however, I was all over Mainz!
Result:
Dortmund 6 (Sisto 1 & Schmelzer 15 & Aubameyang 29,56 & Immobile 46, Papastathopoulos 61)
Mainz 2 (De Blasis 4, Okazaki 26)
Key Stats:
Shots - Dortmund 31-11 Mainz
Shots on Target -Dortmund 17-5 Mainz
Possession - Dortmund 45%-55% Mainz
A massive & much needed win for me to lift me into mid table, hopefully I can keep the run up!