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Chapter 45 - Dominant Performance

Marco's second game for Dortmund was against Hamburg. The game itself was somewhat more challenging since it was an away game.

The whole team failed to dominate against the home side and could only be satisfied with a 1-1 draw.

But Marco assisted the only goal of the game, and he is now a player with most g/a stat in the Dortmund squad. With this performance he cemented his already secure starter position and proved his resilience.

The third Bundesliga match was the most important and tough yet, because their opponent was Bayern Munich.

More importantly, the right back Marco has to face off was future German national team captain Philippe Lahm, and the goal keeper was the lion king, Oliver Kahn.

Philippe Lahm was one of the most intelligent players in football history, and Marco had a hard time coping with the pressure. But he didn't lose his heart and gave up just because of this.

He created many chances for his team mates, and also tried to score himself.

But something was wrong with the flow of the match. He felt that Dortmund was unable to exhibit their full strength.

This phenomenon greatly puzzled him, but even after thinking his brain out he couldn't come up with a plausible solution.

In the end they could only bitterly accept their first loss of the season.

Dortmund:0

Bayern:2

Marco creates one good chance, works hard defensively,but in the end he couldn't change the overall trend of the game.

But this game was a very good learning experience for any young player.

2007 witnessed many events that shook world football.

In Spain, Real Madrid are interested in signing Christiano Ronaldo and began talking with Mendes.

Barcelona witnessed a drop in form for their icon Ronaldinho, and the rise of a youngster named Lionel Messi.

Last champions league final was between AC Milan and liverpool, where the Italians took their revenge for the istambul miracle and became europian champions.

And historically it was the last year where Ballon d'or went to any player other than Messi or Ronaldo. Kaka wins it for his stunning performance in the champions league.

There was also another major change that affected the whole world—the YouTube revolution.

Although youtube was founded in 2005, 2007 was the revolutionary period in the growth of this platform.

This event has a major impact on various fields including football.

Videos of Ronaldinho skills are trending on the platform, and this inadvertently raised exposure for football fans and increased their market value.

Though it didn't affect Marco yet, he won't be from its influence for long.

Time went on and it's Bundesliga matchday 4 four Dortmund. Their opponent is Energies Cottbus, and it's an away match.

The whole Dortmund squad wanted to vent the frustration they suffered against Bayern last match. And from the first minute it was evident in their body language.

Marco set up two assists and contributed majorly across the whole left flank. Be it attack, control or defence, he dominated the pitch.

Dortmund won with a comfortable 3-0.

At september 12, was DFB-Pokal First Round against SV Wehen.

The team and the manager are not very eager towards this cup, or it could be that they are sure of victory. Anyway Dortmund roted the lineup at many positions. But Marco still started at the left wing.

Unsurprisingly Dortmund dominated the game from the start. Against a third division club, this was given. Miracles happens very rarely. Otherwise it would be not a miracle.

And certainly there were no miracles happening today.

In the first half, Marco received a goal at the edge of the box, he dribbled past two defenders with a perfectly timed feint and curled the ball into the far post.

And that was Marco Reus's first goal in senior career.

Dortmund won the game 4-0 with Marco's goal and two assists.

The next Bundesliga match was the game against Werder Bremen. Marco continued his excellent form, threatening the final third with intelligent runs, dribbles and passes.

With the help of his dominant performance, Dortmund won the game 2-0. Marco recorded one assist.

Matchday 6 was an away game against Karlsruhe.

Dortmund won a hard earned 2-1 win where Marco recorded and assist.

That was his 9th assist in 7 appearances. But it has to be noted that other teams are not yet familiar with his abilities and playing style. After they thoroughly studied his game and learned how to contain him, there was a high probability of him struggling to continue such a performance. They call this 'newby luck'.

You have to constantly learn new things to avoid becoming predictable. But they will continue to analyse you. Ultimately it is a difference between who can outperform the other.

September last week was international break. Marco was hoping for a national team call up, but it seems that he has to continue proving himself. But he got a call from the U21 national team.

Now the question was whether he prioritizes rest or still wants to play U21. Ultimately Marco chose to play for them. The first reason was that he was not that fatigued. The credit of such belongs partly to the body optimization he received when he was reborn and second to the recovery yoga he daily follows.

The combination of both allowed him to play more matches, gain experience faster and hence grow the rate of skill proficiency training.

He is eager to quickly reach the system milestone of perfect proficiency faster.

Germany U21 played a 60 minute friendly against Belgium U21.

He continued his form from the club and scored a brilliant goal which helped his team to win the match.

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