Chapter 163 The Opponent in the German Cup

While it was remarkable to level the game away from four goals behind, Dortmund paid a price for it. ∑,

For example, Weidenfeller will continue to miss the next home game against Inter Milan.

It was still a tough battle, and the next time they played against each other, Inter Milan would probably not underestimate the enemy so much, leaving Dortmund with much less opportunities to take advantage of.

In addition, in the league, because of such a difficult game just now, Klopp made some rotations in the lineup, and Zhou Yi did not appear in the lineup.

Almost more than half of the main players are either on the bench or in the stands.

In the end, in the ninth round of the league, Dortmund was tied 1:1 by Hoffenheim at home.

This result also led to Dortmund staying at the top of the league standings for only one week. After the tie, they accumulated 22 points. And Mainz defeated Leverkusen 1:0 in this round of away games, scored three points, accumulated 24 points, and ranked first again.

But Klopp doesn't care about that.

It’s not bad to be ranked second. After all, the league is still very long. In the second half of the season, it’s better to fight for the first place in the league from the second in the league than to fight for the first place in the league from the eleventh. Bayern Munich’s current round of the league is over Then it ranked eleventh.

Among the three German teams participating in the Champions League this season, only Dortmund has maintained a good momentum in both the Champions League and the league.

Bayern Munich has won consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage. At present, it has three wins and three wins, ranking first. But their performance in the league is not so good. Nine league rounds. They have three wins, three draws and three losses with only twelve points.

Another team participating in the UEFA Champions League, Schalke 04, was even worse. Although they ranked second in the UEFA Champions League with two wins and one loss, their ranking in the league has dropped to 16th and the Bundesliga has only 18 goals in total. team, they have fallen into the relegation zone

The head coaches of both teams are under tremendous pressure right now.

Compared with them, Klopp is very satisfied with Dortmund's current situation.

Two wins and one tie in the Champions League group stage. Ranked first in the group. Seven wins, one draw and one loss in the league. Second in the league, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?

Next, three days later, there is a less important game in the German Cup.

Klopp decided to use a mix of substitutes and second-team players to participate.

On the one hand, because the opponent is too weak

Offenbach Kickers, a team from Germany's third tier, the Bundesliga 3.

To deal with a Bundesliga team, there is really no need to go to war and dispatch the full main lineup.

On the other hand, it is because the next tenth round of the league is the match between the second and the first in the league. Dortmund is going to an away game to challenge Mainz, which is in surprisingly good shape this season. This game is more worthy of attention for Klopp.

It is certainly impossible for him to let the main players exhaust their energy in the game against a third-division team.

The third reason is that Klopp doesn't attach much importance to the German Cup now. He is too busy with the league and the Champions League, so he just plays in the German Cup.

Zhou Yi discovered in the virtual space that he could choose the Offenbach kicker as his opponent.

However, he did not choose to play against this team. His thinking is similar to that of Klopp.

On the one hand, the opponents are too weak, and it is meaningless to compete with them, and it cannot improve one's own strength.

On the other hand, it's a waste of time. Wouldn't it be better to have more time to practice long passes?

So when he saw a new opponent, he threw it aside and continued his training.

Until there are two days before the game. He was curious to see how weak the team's statistics were.

As a result, he was taken aback as soon as he opened the player list of Offenbach Kicker, because he found a very concise name in a mess of German names, only six letters, or separated, three surnames, name three.

pansun.

Pan Sun

Zhou Yi felt that the name looked familiar, and then he remembered that foreigners used to reverse Chinese names, so the correct pronunciation should be sunpan

Sun Pan

Zhou Yi took a moment, and quickly clicked in to take a closer look.

When Sun Pan's avatar appeared in front of Zhou Yi, his jaw almost dropped to the ground

At that moment, he had the urge to withdraw from the virtual world, then got up, turned on the computer, and went to QQ to ask Sun Pan.

aren't you in the chelsea youth team

How to play in a Bundesliga team

Could it be that you have a twin brother who is also a goalkeeper?

Zhou Yi resisted this impulse and continued to read.

goalkeeper.

Height and weight are about the same as the Sun Pan he knows, but the data has changed a lot, and he has become a little unfamiliar

Although Zhou Yi didn't confirm it, he was already 90% sure that it was absolutely impossible to be twins. It would be too unreliable for any twin to have the same name.

But how did Sun Pan appear in a Bundesliga team?

Zhou Yi really couldn't understand this point.

But since Sun Pan is in this team, Zhou Yi is interested in playing a game with this team.

So he went into race mode.

After 90 minutes of play, Borussia Dortmund finally defeated Offenbach Kickers 3-0.

In terms of the strength gap between the two teams, this should not have been the case.

Winning by just three goals is simply too little.

However, after Zhou Yi played this game, he felt that it made sense to win only three goals, because Sun Pan's performance was really good. He saved a lot of Dortmund's shots with high and low blocks.

It can be seen from this simulation game that Sun Panhe has improved a lot before.

Since everyone went their separate ways from the reality show, he hasn't watched Sun Pan play football. His impression of Sun Pan's goalkeeper is still in the reality show. Now it seems that there is a huge change in the data. It makes sense, Sun Pan's ability has really improved a lot.

Zhou Yi was also happy to see his friend perform so well.

He hopes that everyone can get out of their own world.

The next day, the first thing Zhou Yi did after waking up was not to wash up, but to call Sun Pan.

"Zhou Yi, you called me so early, huh?" Sun Pan's Northeast dialect rang on the other end of the phone.

"Could it be that it's still dark in London at this time?" Zhou Yi asked.

"Ah this, yes, it's still a bit gray." Sun Pan stuttered a little.

As soon as Sun Pan stuttered, Zhou Yi felt that there must be a ghost, because Sun Pan only stuttered when he was molesting Guo Nu, and it was because he deliberately imitated Guo Nu. In addition, he stuttered because he spoke unnaturally. This upright Northeast person seems not very good at lying.

"Where are you now?" So Zhou Yi asked directly.

"What's wrong in London?"

"You are not in Germany"

"De Han Germany"

Stuttered again.

Zhou Yi decided to get straight to the point: "Are you in Chelsea now, or are you playing in Offenbach?"

Sun Pan on the other end of the phone was stunned for a few seconds and then exclaimed: "Damn, how did you know?"

"Nonsense, our opponent in the next German Cup match is Offenbach Kickers. We will get the list of players. Your name is as dazzling as a firefly in the dark night. How could you not know?" Zhou Yi said Talking nonsense is much more natural than Sun Pan's, and Sun Pan can't doubt it at all.

But in fact, there is a list of opponent players. If there is such a thing, it is only in the coaching staff, and it is invisible to the players. Of course he couldn't tell Sun Pan that he had discovered him in the virtual space ahead of time, that would be too scary.

"It's not fun to rely on, it's not fun at all," Sun Pan yelled. "I also said I would give you a surprise. When the time comes, I will appear in front of you and scare you."

"Hehe." Zhou Yi smiled subtly. "I can tell you in advance that I should not appear in the squad for this game. So you can't give me this surprise in person."

"Why should I go?" Sun Pan was surprised to hear Zhou Yi say that.

"Playing against a Bundesliga team, do you still use me? We will play Mainz in the next round of the league. It will be the battle for the top spot in the Bundesliga. That game is definitely more important. I have to save my energy to get there." A game." Zhou Yi said very proudly.

"Damn" Sun Pan was very upset. His long-planned surprise plan was aborted

"Hey, aren't you in Chelsea, why did you come to Germany?"

"I was loaned out. I performed well in the youth team last season and impressed the club's top management, so they decided to train me a lot, so I was loaned out." Sun Pan began to brag.

Zhou Yi Fue: "I really think you are worthy of training, and will rent you to a German third-tier league team. Didn't you make a lot of ignorant girls in London, and then you ran to Offenbach, a place like no shit? Come to avoid debtors, tell me where is Offenbach?"

"Damn, don't judge the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. I am a man of seven feet. How can I be irresponsible if my belly is really big?"

"It's not something to be proud of, okay?" Zhou Yi felt that Sun Pan's focus was all wrong.

"How was your game in Offenbach?" he asked again.

"Haven't played the game yet"

"You still said that Chelsea valued you?" Zhou Yi didn't even know what to say. "I really value that you must at least guarantee your number of appearances in the loan contract"

"Hey, brother doesn't care. Brother has to rely on his own hands to grab the opportunity by himself"

"Just blow it up." Zhou Yi rolled his eyes across the phone. To be continued.