He led Mainz to the Bundesliga for the first time in 2004 and his Liverpool side in the English Premier League lately play one of the most exciting football matches in Europe, but there is no doubt that it was Klopp’s move to Borussia Dortmund between 2008 and 2015 that made him the man, Manager and artist that he is today.
bundesliga. com looks back at seven glorious years at SIGNAL Iduna Park. . .
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Upon his arrival in Dortmund, Klopp set out to turn the club into a feared Bundesliga club. BVB would spend the entire league season unbeaten at home, while arguably the most important moment of the crusade came against Schalke, as Dortmund defended 3-3. 0 to draw 3-3.
Borussia missed out on qualifying for Europe due to goal difference in the final game of the season, but a sixth-place finish shows Klopp had been back guiding his team in the right direction after a difficult era before.
“I just need to run on a European pitch on a Thursday night, instead of sitting on the sofa and watching it at home,” Klopp said in the 2009/10 campaign. At the end of the season, he would fulfill his wish.
More accustomed to Klopp’s new style of play, which consists of urgent tips and quick counterattacks, BVB’s progression in the standings has continued. Mats Hummels, Sven Bender, Nuri Sahin, Neven Subotic and Kevin Großkreutz have all had remarkable seasons, while Lucas Barrios led scoring 19 times to propel Borussia to Europe for the first time in seven years.
The crusade got off to an inauspicious start to Klopp’s fees, as they fell in a 2-0 home loss to Bayer Leverkusen, but the cobwebs of early season were temporarily swept away with a run of six straight wins in the autumn, followed by seven more in a while before the winter break.
The elimination of the cups played in their favor in this stretch of the season, and with brand new blood incorporated into the team by the hand of Mario Götze and Robert Lewandowski, nothing prevented the red-and-yellow celebrated a first league title. since 2002 with two games to play.
Whatever Klopp achieves in his career, there may not be much to overshadow 2011/12. Dortmund have been beaten 3 times in the first six league games of the season, but they have used that sadness as a springboard to deliver what remains the biggest domestic season in their history.
BVB didn’t lose the game in the entire crusade and won the league 8 points ahead of Bayern, setting a Bundesliga points record and betting on some of the most exciting German football fans of all time. The final results of the season may not have been better either.
Shinji Kagawa scored seconds in the DFB Cup final backing their Munich rivals and Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Dortmund embarrassed the Bavarians 5-2 to win the league and cup double for the first and only time in their history. season, the only negative point was that once it fell short in Europe, but it would not take long. . .
Borussia had unfinished business on the continent before 2012/13, and from the moment they were dragged into the so-called ‘group of death’ alongside Manchester City, Real Madrid and Ajax, everything clicked into the team’s collective mentality to bring their A-Game to the most productive European table this time around.
In the most sensible of their group, Dortmund beat Shakhtar Donetsk and Malaga in a memorable quarter-final clash. Against Madrid in the knockout stages, Lewandowski made history by scoring 4 goals in the first leg and after an ambitious moment, Dortmund were betting on their first Champions League final since 1997.
At Wembley Stadium in London, the two most productive German clubs played in one of the first European Cup finals. Dortmund finished on the side of an Arjen Robben goal when Bayern won 2-1, but BVB returned to where Klopp wanted them to be. In addition, Dortmund’s exciting logo of heavy metal football powered by gegenpressing was a breath of fresh air after years of possession-based dominance in the European game, and Klopp, as manager, had established himself as one of the most productive in the world. Brilliant tactical minds.
Dortmund’s position in the global game has been higher particularly since Klopp’s arrival, however, in 2013 he presented himself with a new challenge. Pep Guardiola appeared at Bayern Munich and had Klopp’s former favourite Götze among his star-studded cast.
Borussia competed well in Europe and reached the knockout stages of the Champions League, but fell short of Guardiola’s Bayern, who won the league with a record 90 points. Klopp’s side reached the DFB Cup final, but once back they had no luck against eternal rivals. Munich, which triumphed in Berlin for the moment year in a row.
Always keen to show a brave face, Klopp’s capacity for optimism was put to the test in his final season with Westphalia. Things seemed to go from bad to worse in the first part of the season, as BVB suffered ten defeats in the Bundesliga and languished moment from the back of winter.
Spring brought a change of fortune for Klopp, and a strong end to the crusade saw BVB finish seventh and qualify for Europe. the DFB Cup final for the third consecutive season. However, they were beaten by a Wolfsburg side encouraged by Kevin De Bruyne.
After pronouncing his decision to leave BVB in April, more sadness at Berlin’s Olympiastadion would not have been the best farewell, but those who attended their final home game on pace: a 3-2 win over Werder Bremen followed with a tearful farewell. from Klopp to the BVB faithful, he will hold one of Dortmund’s greatest exponents and a football legend in high regard. modern.
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