Gotze came off the bench to score a vital winner for the Bundesliga Champions in the latter stages of the match, after replacing the sensational midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oliver-c28477 Kirch, who injured his calf muscle.
Borussia Dortmund were set to draw their opening fixture of the Bundesliga. Kirch suffered an injury after trying to hit a well-connected strike. He was by far the most influential player in the game before the tragedy. As a result
a substitute was required for the player replacing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lukasz-Piszczek-c22920.
The ideal replacement for the missing attacker could have been an experienced one. Kevin Grosskreutz has played and filled-in for every position for the DFB-Pokal winners, but he was not available as he was just made way for the
young prodigy Mario Gotze.
The talented manager Jurgen Klopp changed his tactics and asked Jakub Błaszczykowski to deploy in the defence and assume the role of a right-back. This strategy was adopted to limit the effects of the mighty http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Eljero-Elia-c12318 who was
bamboozling the BVB defence. It worked as Kuba is very experienced but faced difficulty doing it.
The Polish captain stood firm and accomplished the task as Dortmund claimed victory thanks to the Gotze winner. The wing-back was aided from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neven-Subotic-c27632 as he gave cover to the make-shift defender. The stopper gave the pole important
lessons during the match and it bore fruition at the end.
The centre-back advised Kuba to position closer to him to reduce the space for the through balls. He was asked to allow the attacker to the inside and then tackle him to get the position and it worked.
"I gave him a few tips, principally that he should try to tuck in closer to me to make it harder for passes to be played between us. I asked him to show his opponent to the outside and stand him up there," the central defender
was quoted as saying in an interview.
That was very, very hard work, but I am pleased that my team fought so hard to get the three points," Jurgen Klopp sighed after an exciting season opener.
Klopp was excited by the result and is looking forward to win against Nuremberg next week.
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