Chapter 254 A Last-Ditch Battle

After Paris Saint-Germain defeated Lens 3-0, it was officially announced that Ibrahimovic will miss three games. Counting the one game he has already missed, he will miss a total of four games.

This has a huge impact on Paris Saint-Germain.

The French media have been talking about this these days. Originally, the score of 3:1 in the first round seemed quite safe, but now it seems to be a bit suspenseful.

It makes sense for everyone to attach so much importance to Ibrahimovic's role.

This season, Ibrahimovic has played 42 games in all competitions and contributed 40 goals and 17 assists. Paris Saint-Germain has played a total of 46 games in various county competitions this season and scored 113 goals. This means that Ibrahimovic has only missed four games in total before. The goals he participated in accounted for 50.4% of the team's total goals this season, which is usually a bit more!

His absence means that Paris Saint-Germain has lost its most certain offensive point and most threatening pass, making Paris Saint-Germain's almost-obtained ticket to the semi-finals less certain.

However, there are also Paris media who cheer and comfort the Paris Saint-Germain fans.

Although Ibrahimovic is absent, Paris Saint-Germain still has He Ying, who has been in good form recently.

He Ying is indeed in good condition. He scored twice in the Champions League match against Dortmund. He was given a rest in the weekend match against Lens, but he scored a goal immediately after coming off the bench. He has such a hot foot. , which will naturally make everyone have high hopes for him.

No one is asking for more, as long as He Ying can score even one goal in the away game against Dortmund, it can break the balance and tilt the advantage to Paris Saint-Germain.

Moreover, Dortmund also faces a game with Bayern Munich, which will definitely distract the players. In addition, their main right back Piszczek was unable to play in this game due to accumulation of yellow cards.

This is an opportunity for Paris Saint-Germain.

Moreover, if Paris Saint-Germain really has the ambition to become a team that dominates Europe, it should not be a "one-man team". If Paris Saint-Germain can eliminate Dortmund without Ibrahimovic, , passing this level will be very beneficial to the entire team. They can accumulate valuable experience and mature quickly at the same time.

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In the group that excluded Lao Guo, Zhou Yi was saying to He Ying: "Lao He, I won't be merciful this time.

You have to be mentally prepared! "

Sun Pan sneered from the side: "It's as if you showed mercy in the first round..."

Zhou Yi sent a smiling emoticon, and then said to Sun Pan: "Panpan, don't laugh. It's not easy for you to play against Real Madrid at home. You should think about your affairs first."

Sun Pan snorted: "What's there to think about? If the soldiers come, I'll block it, if the water comes, I'll drown it!"

"Did you drown?"

"How can you talk! What does drowning mean?"

"Aren't you a 'water comes and I'm drowned'?"

"I just used the idiom 'water comes and soil submerges'!"

"Yo yo yo, I know how to use idioms, not bad. But I am sorry to inform you that it is 'water comes to earth to cover', not 'water comes to earth to cover'. At first it was 'water comes to earth weir', and later it gradually changed It became "water comes and earth covers it." Do you know what "weir" means? "Earth dam that allows water to stop flowing and stop to rest." Have you heard of Dujiangyan? The dam built by Li Bing and his son is this weir. Word. So what they mean is to use soil to block the water, not to drown the soil... Hey, Panpan, why don't you speak? Are you offline, Panpan? Ice slag."

Guo angrily made an expression covering his face and laughing until he cried.

Sun Pan finally jumped out: "Go, go, go!"

Yang Muge pounded the ground and laughed, and He Ying couldn't help but say "haha".

"Okay, Panpan, I also really hope that you can eliminate Real Madrid. Maybe we can meet in the final then..." Zhou Yi said.

"He Yingke was right next to you when you said this." Sun Pan wanted to sow discord.

"So I said 'maybe'." Zhou Yi was not fooled. "I didn't say 'certainly'. So it's possible that I will join you in the finals, or it might be Lao He. But I still think our chances are higher..."

"Oh, He Ying, I'm not a troublemaker, but if it were me, I wouldn't be able to bear it! If I were you, I would score a hat trick in the game and kill Zhou Yi directly!" Sun Pan Said viciously.

Zhou Yi: "Haha."

He Ying: "I will definitely not show mercy, Zhou Yi, I hope you are also prepared."

He finally responded positively to Zhou Yi.

"Murderous!" Sun Pan fanned the flames from the side.

Zhou Yi: "Hmph haha, use the nunchucks quickly!"

Sun Pan: "Damn it, the murderous intention is gone..."

Guo Nu: "2333333"

He Ying: "..."

Yang Muge: "..."

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That day finally came.

On April 8, the Champions League match day, Dortmund faced Paris Saint-Germain at home, and Chelsea played Real Madrid at home.

In fact, the Dortmund media has always been quite critical of this schedule - our first round last week was played one day later than Bayern Munich, but this week's second round turned out to be one day earlier than Bayern Munich. Kick, what's the point?

In this way, Dortmund has one less day of rest than Bayern Munich.

Shouldn't it be whoever played on the first day last week and the first day this week, so everyone has the same rest time?

Why does the Champions League have such a strange schedule?

It’s not just the Champions League.

In the last round of the league, Bayern Munich's game kicked off earlier than Dortmund. Even if it only kicked off one game earlier, the Dortmund media believed that Bayern Munich had taken advantage.

Of course, the media in Munich naturally laughed at Dortmund's chicken-hearted behavior.

"...I have won three league championships, but I still can't change the rustic attitude of country bumpkins coming to the city..."

"Is this the spirit of the defending champion? So you can understand why in Germany, only Bayern Munich is the real giant, right?"

"If I were Klopp, I would be ashamed of the ignorant and fearless comments made by the Dortmund media!"

Of course, Klopp couldn't comment on such a trivial matter. Two hours before the start of the game, Dortmund announced the starting lineup.

Compared with the last game against Wolfsburg, Dortmund really used all its main players in this game and fielded the strongest lineup.

From this starting lineup alone, you can see Dortmund's determination - they will never allow Paris Saint-Germain to escape from here.

Except for Piszczek, who was suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards, Dortmund's starting lineup was the same as the previous round's away game against Paris Saint-Germain.

Replacing Piszczek as the starting right back is the versatile Grosskreutz.

The same goes for Paris Saint-Germain, except that Lucas Jr. replaced Ibrahimovic who was injured and unable to participate in the game.

The game hasn't even started yet, but the atmosphere in the Westfield Stadium has already begun to boil. Dortmund fans made huge TIFOs to demonstrate against the visiting team.

On the TIFO is a picture of Dortmund players lifting the Champions League trophy last season, with a line underneath: "Welcome to Westminster!"

The Westfield Stadium is a famous hell stadium in Europe. Many strong teams have failed here.

It can be said that the West ** Stadium is the last bastion for Dortmund to remain standing.

If PSG can breach this fortress, they can easily defeat Dortmund.

But how easy is it to do this?

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Before the game started, players from both sides were in their respective locker rooms.

Klopp is giving his players final pre-war mobilization.

"...What is our weapon? It's speed! So after the game starts, we must first bring up the speed and rhythm. Don't think about physical things first. If we can't score in the first half, then no matter how many more Physical fitness is useless! The sooner you score, the better, the sooner you can make the opponent panic!"

Klopp tapped the tactical board and shouted to the players.

"Don't think about the next game. That's not what you should be thinking about, but the coaching staff. You just need to play well in the game in front of you!"

In this game, Klopp made some arrangements for Paris Saint-Germain, especially for He Ying. Piszczek was unable to play in this game, and Grosskreutz had a heavy task. For this reason, Klopp exchanged the positions of Yan Min and Royce in this game, letting Yan Min, who had always played on the left wing before, go to the right wing, and Royce went to the left wing.

He mainly used Yan Min's speed and physical strength, as well as his unique fighting spirit, to work with Grosskreutz to contain He Ying.

Yan Min's task in this game is very heavy. Not only must he attack, he must also frequently return to defense. However, Yan Min didn't frown. On the contrary, he was full of expectations, and his eagerness to try made people couldn't help but think of him on the training ground.

The requirement in the offense is to increase the rhythm and use quick passing and running to open up Paris Saint-Germain's defense.

The specifics of this depend on Zhou Yi's command and the cooperation of his teammates.

Regarding this point, Dortmund has been practicing these days, and Klopp still believes in his players.

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