Chapter 287 Working Behind Closed Doors

After receiving the call from Klopp, the coaches came one after another.

When they pushed open the office door and found Zhou Yi among them, they were all stunned.

But he was just stunned for a moment, and soon greeted Zhou Yi with a normal expression.

Zhou Yi also returned the gifts one by one.

When both parties are in the same room, no one will feel that something is wrong.

This isn't the first time they've done this.

After everyone arrived, Klopp pointed at Zhou Yi and said to them: "About our next game against Atletico Madrid, Zhou Yi has an idea that he wants to share with everyone."

Zhou Yi did not refuse, stood up and began to tell the other coaches what he said to Klopp.

After everyone listened to what he said, there was a silence in the office. Everyone was looking down in thought, wondering whether the idea Zhou Yi said was feasible.

Klopp did not rush them, but waited quietly.

Soon one of the assistant coaches, Zeljko Buvac, was the first to express his opinion: "I think it is feasible. And Atletico Madrid will definitely not think that we will use this method to deal with them. This can also be used as a secret weapon." , catching them off guard."

"Theoretically it's possible..." Teddy DeBeer was a little unsure. "But doing this will consume a lot of physical energy..."

"Of course." Zhou Yi nodded. "We should continue to be at this fast pace for a while."

"Then our physical fitness..." De Beer turned to look at the physical fitness coach Oliver Bartlett.

"It's okay to only play this one game. But in the weekend league, we have to adopt a large rotation." Bartlett gave his opinion.

"Our opponent in the weekend league is Bayer Leverkusen. They are currently ranked fourth." Peter Kravitz said. He is responsible for collecting opponent intelligence. Naturally, he has to know the situation of each opponent well. This information is basically They all come as soon as they open their mouths. "With 54 points, they are four points less than third-placed Schalke 04, but only one point ahead of fifth-placed Wolfsburg. It will be their home court then, so they cannot let go in the game. We are one horse..."

"This is a problem." Dibil frowned after hearing Kravitz's words. This situation means that Dortmund must also go all out in the weekend's league game.

Otherwise, they may lose to Bayer Leverkusen in an away game, which will lead to the league first place being handed over again.

Everyone basically finished expressing their opinions, and they all turned to look at head coach Klopp. In this team, the final decision-maker has to be the head coach.

Klopp also fell into deep thought after listening to the coaches' opinions.

After a while, he raised his head: "I know this is difficult, but at this point in the season, there is no game that is not difficult. If we don't want anything but a qualification for the Champions League next season, we don't need it. It’s so difficult. We can give up the Champions League and reach the semi-finals, which is great. We can also give up the league championship to Bayern Munich. Anyway, our second place in the league is guaranteed... But if you do this, I know you will definitely I don’t agree either... We have worked hard all season, and we are not just surrendering at the last moment, right, everyone?"

Colleagues on Klopp’s coaching staff laughed.

"certainly!"

"So even though there are many difficulties, I want to give it a try, or take a gamble. Let's do it according to what Zhou Yi said. I need everyone to cooperate closely."

Dr. Braun, the head of the team's medical team, expressed his opinion: "I suggest that some physical therapy arrangements be added appropriately. In addition, everyone should take a cold bath after training to speed up the recovery of the body."

Klopp nodded in agreement: "You are the head of the medical team, you make these arrangements, doctor."

Dr. Braun turned to Zhou Yi and smiled: "That's it, Zhou Yi, the time you and Cortana spend alone will be greatly shortened..."

The whole room laughed.

Everyone likes to make jokes about Zhou Yi and Cortana, and this is also because they are very popular.

Zhou Yi scratched his head while laughing: "It's okay, as long as we can win the championship, such a small sacrifice is nothing."

Klopp clapped his hands and said loudly: "Very good, everyone knows what they have to do, let us start preparations from now on! There is not much time left for us!"

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When Zhou Yi left, the other coaches were still in Klopp's office.

Klopp then told them the story of giving the USB flash drive to Zhou Yi.

"One night...it was amazing..." Teddy DeBeer lamented.

"It wasn't just one night, I started thinking about it when I saw the game..." Peter Kravitz said.

"That's amazing. Zhou Yi is really the most unique player I have ever seen." Di Beer said. "I am 100% convinced that Zhou Yi can be a coach after retiring and will become a very successful and excellent coach."

"I actually didn't have much hope at the time, but Zhouyi gave me a surprise." Klopp said, "I have a regret now... I should have given him the USB drive immediately after our game with Mainz. , so we can have an extra day to prepare.”

"It's not bad now. It's better than if you didn't show him the USB drive at all, right?" Buvac teased. "You did this on the spur of the moment. How many coaches would think of letting their players watch this kind of thing?"

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When the team's training session began, the players found that the training content was different from usual.

The content of training in the "Footbonaut" dark room has been added.

In addition, a one-kick pass and catch practice was added in a small-scale confrontation situation. It is required that in a ten-meter by ten-meter area, all players must pass the ball with one kick. At the same time, they must also pass the ball with one kick when there are defensive players pressing and interfering. carried out under the circumstances.

In addition, the content of physical training has also increased accordingly.

Apart from these, there is no other training content all day long.

After training, every player has to take a cold bath, and then go to the physiotherapy room to line up for physiotherapy to relax their muscles and eliminate fatigue.

Although the coaching staff did not explain why they did this, everyone was not stupid and knew that this must be prepared for Atletico Madrid.

At the same time, training is closed to the outside world and no media reporters or fans are allowed to approach the training ground of the Dortmund first team.

The tense atmosphere of the upcoming competition began to gradually spread.

The media are of course very dissatisfied with Dortmund's closed training policy. Except for a small number of local Dortmund media and Chinese media that have expressed support, other media have criticized Klopp's approach.

"Cowardly, timid, afraid to face challenges!" This is the title of the article in "Bild", and it is of course Klopp. They believe that Klopp's actions fully illustrate how scared he is, because only people who have no confidence in themselves and no confidence will choose to hide themselves, thinking that their opponents will be helpless.

"Kicker" also believes that Klopp's actions are exacerbating the tension and will not help the team's performance at all. Closed training is the worst option of all. "...Klopp is implying to his players that he has no confidence in winning the game, otherwise why would he hide and be secretive? This approach can only make Dortmund players lack confidence and have low morale. . There was still a fight to be had, but now I am afraid I have no choice but to admit defeat..."

The Munich media even ridiculed Dortmund and Klopp, taking the opportunity to vent all their grievances about being overturned by Dortmund in the league.

"...If I were Klopp, I would just give up on the Champions League. Why bother being tortured at both ends? Does he really think that being one point ahead in the league can guarantee that Dortmund will win the league title?"

"After Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, they are now putting themselves on the shelf. Atletico Madrid is not an easy opponent to deal with, and Bayer Leverkusen in the next round of the league will also compete with Leverkusen in order to ensure the top four in the league. Dortmund is working hard. Fighting on two fronts is a kind of torture for Dortmund, which is full of injuries this season. It may even end up empty-handed, whether it is the Champions League or the league!"

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And how do Klopp and Dortmund respond to these comments in the media?

They had no response. Neither Klopp nor the players were interviewed by reporters and gave no explanation for their actions.

Of course, this attitude is naturally regarded by the media as a sign of guilty conscience. The more they dare not speak, the more panic they feel inside.

When the news that Klopp strictly prohibited players from being interviewed by reporters was revealed, it confirmed the media's speculation.

Because of closed training, no one knows what Dortmund is doing, but that doesn't matter. With only three days of training, even if they are tinkering with some secret weapon that has never been exposed before, what effect will it have?

We always have to pay attention to objective laws. No team has ever been able to learn a new set of tactics in three days.

So it doesn’t matter what Dortmund is doing in isolation, and no one cares. Everyone just seizes this opportunity to ridicule and criticize Dortmund...

These overwhelming media reports have also affected fans in China. Many people also think that Klopp’s approach is too stupid - closed training is a big sister in Chinese football. Even the level of Chinese football is not high. I haven’t done this for a long time, but I didn’t expect that the dregs of Chinese football would be picked up by Klopp. Is it possible that because there are two Chinese players in his team, Klopp just takes it for granted that this will be effective?

"Didn't Zhou Yi or Yan Min explain the idiom of 'working behind closed doors' to Klopp?"

A well-known online football V asked this question on Weibo.

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