Chapter 289 No Secret Weapon

After ending the call with Simeone, Sun Pan found Zhou Yi who was chatting in the group, and then chatted with him privately in the small window.

"Hey, don't blame me for not reminding you. Don't think that Atletico Madrid is just a soft persimmon without me. Their goalkeeper, Courtois, is on loan from Chelsea like me, and he is also a powerful person. .”

"Panpan didn't expect that you are also someone who betrays your friends for glory!"

"How are you talking! I'm kindly reminding you not to underestimate the enemy!" Sun Pan felt a little guilty.

"Yes, yes, thank you Panpan for your kind reminder. But we will never underestimate the enemy." Zhou Yi made a hand-spreading expression.

"Anyway, you have to work hard and don't get eliminated..."

"Hey, I thought you would occupy Atletico Madrid's side. After all, this is Atletico Madrid's revenge battle."

Last season, Zhou Yi's Dortmund also met Atletico Madrid in the knockout stages of the Champions League. In the quarter-finals, Zhou Yi used a world wave to penetrate the goal guarded by Sun Pan and help Dortmund eliminate Atletico Madrid.

So this time Atletico Madrid and Dortmund were assigned to a group again, and some conspiracy theorists believed that this was an intentional arrangement by UEFA just to create a gimmick.

At the same time, this is also a revenge drama carefully prepared for Atletico Madrid.

"I remain neutral in this game. Whether Atletico Madrid advances or you advance, I can accept it. Anyway, I have been eliminated, why do I care so much?"

"Then don't be sad when we eliminate Atletico Madrid."

"Why am I sad?"

"That's good, I can go all out. Hey, Panpan, you haven't seen us at all out, right?"

"What..." Sun Pan felt confused.

"You must watch the live broadcast of this game tomorrow!" Zhou Yi finally said.

Sun Pan: "Of course I want to see it..."

But he was still confused and didn't know what Zhou Yi's words meant specifically.

Haven't you seen you guys in full swing?

Are you kidding me? !

Did you play against Atletico Madrid last season?

When you face me, don't you think you are full of firepower?

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The Champions League match day is coming, and before the game starts, the Westfield Stadium is already full of spectators.

Dortmund fans once again demonstrated their TIFO skills.

There is another giant canvas that is almost the size of the South Stand, with Zhou Yi celebrating his goal on it, and below it is the slogan "Hero Zhou Yi" in German.

This sentence is from last year's Champions League quarter-finals, when Dortmund faced Atletico Madrid at home, Zhou Yi scored a last-second supplementary shot to beat Atletico Madrid. The excited DJ Norbert Dickel shouted: "Hero! Zhouyi!"

This sentence received a warm response from the fans in the audience. It also became one of the most wonderful memories of that game.

Now Dortmund meets Atletico Madrid again, and the game has changed from the quarter-finals to the semi-finals.

What do the Dortmund fans mean by chanting such a slogan again? It’s obvious...

Zhou Yi was Atletico Madrid's nightmare last season, especially the last-second supplementary shot that kicked Atletico Madrid out of the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Dortmund fans hope that Atletico Madrid can recall the fear of being defeated by Zhou Yi, after all, it was only a year ago.

Atletico Madrid's starting lineup has not changed much compared to last season. The biggest and most obvious change is that goalkeeper Sun Pan is replaced by Courtois.

In comparison, Dortmund's starting lineup may have changed more. After all, Gotze and Lewandowski are no longer there. In addition, the defense is missing Subotic and Schmelzer, and the midfield is missing Jing. Doan...the changes are quite big.

Judging from the starting lineups of both sides announced two hours before the game, Dortmund has continued the starting lineup they used against Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. This is also the lineup that has been used since the winter break.

After this lineup has been adjusted, it has performed very well and has performed very well.

This is one of the reasons why Dortmund has been able to chase Bayern Munich in the last half of the season and finally reversed them.

However, this lineup has also been well known to others in this half-season, and teams that want to defeat Dortmund have also studied their formation and tactics.

Today, Dortmund has abandoned the previous 4231 and switched to 442, with five midfielders and two forwards.

Whether it is the personnel composition or the characteristics of the players, there is no secret.

Judging from this lineup alone, there is really no trace of a "secret weapon".

Everyone increasingly believes that Zhou Yi and Klopp's statement that they have a "secret weapon" is just a bluff.

"...Klopp claimed to have a secret weapon before the game, but Simeone said they would put themselves first. Now it seems that Simeone was right. They were not fooled..." The commentator on Spanish TV was very pleased with this. "Although Klopp claimed that their closed training camp was to prepare a secret weapon, such a lie is too clumsy - how could anyone complete the secret weapon in only three days? This is obviously psychological warfare... If Dortmund puts all their thoughts Spending money on this kind of meaningless psychological warfare can somewhat show how guilty they are now, and reflects their weakness and powerlessness... I think this is a great opportunity for Atletico Madrid! They have been separated for forty years. We reached the Champions League semi-finals, so why can’t we reach the Champions League final again after 40 years?”

The Spanish commentator is full of confidence in Atletico Madrid.

Because Atletico Madrid's performance this season is really good.

Since Simeone took charge of this team and injected iron blood and discipline into this team, Atletico Madrid has been on a tear.

He has won three championships: the Europa League, the Copa del Rey and the European Super Cup.

Although they were beaten 0:3 and 0:2 by Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey this season, many media believed that it was Simeone who gave up the Copa del Rey on his own initiative.

In this way, Atletico Madrid can exert its efforts in both the league and the Champions League.

Thirty-four rounds of the league have been played, and the team currently ranking first in La Liga is not Real Madrid or Barcelona, ​​but Simeone's Atletico Madrid!

Twenty-seven wins, four draws and three losses in thirty-four league rounds, ranking first with 85 points. They are four points ahead of second-placed Barcelona and five points ahead of third-placed Real Madrid.

There are four rounds left in the league, and they are very hopeful of winning the league championship.

If they can reach the Champions League final again, then they hope to become the "double champion" this season.

This is simply the most glorious moment for Atletico Madrid.

First, of course, they have to beat defending champion Dortmund.

Judging from the current situation, Atletico Madrid's elimination of Dortmund should not be a big problem.

Atletico Madrid is strong in itself, but Dortmund still has many problems of its own.

As one goes and the other goes, Atletico Madrid's hopes of advancing have greatly increased.

It can also be seen from the odds offered by some European betting companies that Atletico Madrid is more optimistic than Dortmund.

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To the sound of the Champions League theme song, players from both sides walked out of the tunnel. The Dortmund fans gave a huge cheer, which was given to the Dortmund players and also created psychological pressure on the Atletico Madrid players.

Dortmund fans are as awesome as ever, creating a devilish home atmosphere.

In this atmosphere, the game is about to begin.

Dortmund won the kick-off in the previous side-picking procedure.

The person who represents Dortmund to choose sides is captain Weidenfeller.

When Weidenfeller lost the right to pick the edge and gained the right to kick off, he turned and glanced in the direction of Zhou Yi, who winked at him.

It doesn't matter whether you want the right to pick the edge or not, but the right to kick off is very important.

Especially in this game.

This means Dortmund can take the initiative from the start of the game and use their secret weapon.

Although even if they don't get the kickoff, the football will come back to their side and sooner or later they can start an offense.

But to get a head start, you have to be able to control the football from the first kick off.

There is no better way to build momentum than to kick off the ball first.

They will launch the most violent attack on Atletico Madrid's goal from the first second of the game. They will use their hard training during this period, as well as their accumulation and experience over such a long period of time, to show Atletico Madrid what it means to "with full force".

In this way, the players from both sides stood up, Mark and Aubameyang stood in the center circle, Mark stepped on the football under his feet, and Aubameyang fought against him.

Everyone was ready. The referee, Swedish Jonas Eriksson, raised his wrist to his watch and put the whistle in his mouth.

The Westfield Stadium, which had been very noisy before, suddenly became quiet, and everyone heard the whistle very clearly.

"Game start!!"

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