Chapter 188 The Regretful Champion

After a short break, the two sides returned to the court again and began the overtime game.

In the first half of the overtime, the Japanese team basically besieged the Chinese team's goal. The Chinese team players recovered all the players, and even the center became a central defender.

Gao Hongbo no longer expects his team to beat Japan in overtime. This kind of thing has happened once in the semifinals, and it is unlikely to happen again in the finals.

As long as he can drag the game into a penalty shootout, he will win.

In the first half of overtime, the Chinese team did not concede a goal, and the score was still 0:0.

The second half started after the two sides directly exchanged venues.

Unfortunately, just two minutes into the second half, the Japanese team scored. The person who scored the goal for the Japanese team was Zhou Yi's teammate in Dortmund, Shinji Kagawa!

When Shinji Kagawa scored, deafening cheers erupted in the Khalifa Stadium. The game, which had always been a bit depressing and dull, finally had its first bright spot...

When Shinji Kagawa was celebrating the goal crazily, the TV broadcast cut the camera to Zhou Yi in the box.

Zhou Yi leaned on the back of his chair and raised his head to look at the ceiling. The television cameras could not capture his expression. But judging from this action, it can be seen that Zhou Yi is quite regretful.

It's really a pity that the game has gone so far, and in the end, the Japanese team scored a goal...

The Japanese team finally defeated the Chinese team with this goal and won the Asian Cup.

It was supposed to be a game without any suspense, but in the end, the Japanese team won so hard, which really surprised many people.

The tenacity displayed by the Chinese team despite the absence of core player Zhou Yi really impressed everyone.

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After the game, the Chinese team received the silver medal, and Zhou Yi also got one. In addition, wearing a suit, he also received the trophy symbolizing the best player of this Asian Cup.

Although the Chinese team failed to win the championship, Zhou Yi's performance in the Asian Cup is obvious to all. Without him, the Chinese team would not be able to reach the finals. It can be said. He alone has raised the strength of the Chinese team by two levels. This kind of performance cannot be justified by not being the best player.

So even if the Japanese team wins the championship,

The best player is also not selected from their team.

On this point, Japanese media and commentators have no objection.

The Japanese team's championship can be said to be a reflection of the overall strength of Japanese football, and it is natural.

And the Chinese team can make it to the finals. It really exceeded everyone's expectations. It can be said that Zhou Yi did it on his own.

Because Shinji Kagawa plays for Dortmund. Therefore, Japanese media often report on Dortmund's games. They are very aware of Zhou Yi's level, and it is natural for Zhou Yi to win this award.

After the game. As the biggest contributor to the Japanese team's championship, Shinji Kagawa was surrounded by reporters. Among them, the Japanese reporter excitedly said to Shinji Kagawa: "Congratulations, Kagawa! Your performance in this game was really outstanding, and you were able to win the best performance on the spot. Well deserved! Do you think this championship has established Japanese football’s status as the king of Asia? Asian football has ushered in the Japanese era?”

The Japanese reporter was so excited that he asked such a question. I could hear the surrounding reporters from South Korea, Iran and other countries looking askance, but the Chinese reporters were particularly unhappy. He glared at the Japanese reporter, thinking that he was a villain.

However, the Japanese reporter didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with his question. He looked at Shinji Kagawa. Waiting for Shinji Kagawa's answer.

Unexpectedly, Shinji Kagawa shook his head and said: "No, I don't think so. As for this Asian Cup, I don't think it means anything if we win the Asian Cup. Because what we defeated in the final was a Chinese team without Zhou Yi , if Zhou Yi can participate in the final, the result is hard to say. I don’t think the Japanese team has any absolute advantage over the Chinese team with Zhou Yi.”

Kagawa Shinji's expression was serious, and he didn't seem to be joking at all when he said this.

His serious expression and words frightened the proud Japanese reporter, who was stunned there, not knowing how to answer Shinji Kagawa's words.

The Chinese reporters nearby who were still glaring at the Japanese reporter were surprised. They did not expect that Shinji Kagawa would give such an answer!

Judging from his words, he... had a very high opinion of Zhouyi!

Of course, it is not surprising that Shinji Kagawa has a high opinion of Zhou Yi. Everyone is interviewing and reporting on the Dortmund game, so we still know the relationship between Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa.

What surprised the Chinese reporter was that when the Japanese reporter got carried away, the person who came out to remind him not to be like this was not a Chinese, but a Japanese, a Japanese player, and a Japanese star player!

This is not a big deal, at most it is an interlude in this interview, but this interlude can to some extent show Shinji Kagawa's attitude towards Zhouyi...

But his words also made Chinese reporters a little sad - yes, if Zhou Yi can play in this game, the result may not necessarily be that the Japanese team wins!

What does Zhou Yi think of this result?

Outside the stadium, Zhou Yi held the best player trophy with a silver medal hanging around his neck. He smiled and said to reporters: "Congratulations to Kagawa for winning the Asian Cup. Now I have to ask him to keep it for me for four years. I’ll ask him again in four years!”

Before the final, he only said that he could reach the final four years later, but after the final, he had directly set his sights on winning the championship.

It seems that this final was exciting for him. Do you really have no regrets? Of course that's a lie!

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On the second day of the finals, the Chinese team and the Japanese team are both returning home, but the overseas players in the team will not follow the team.

From here they will go straight back to Europe.

Hao Junmin, Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa took the same flight, arrived at Dusseldorf Airport, and then returned to their respective teams from Dusseldorf.

Klopp also gave two players who participated in the Asian Cup a day off. After arriving in Dortmund, they do not have to follow the team's training. Instead, they can take a complete day's rest at home and then go to training.

In this Asian Cup, Shinji Kagawa won the Asian Cup championship, Zhou Yi won the best player, but Dortmund was a little unlucky.

During their absence, Dortmund played three league games, drawing two and losing one. In the most recent league game, they drew 1:1 with Wolfsburg away from home.

Although Dortmund is currently ranked first, they are only three points behind Bayer Leverkusen, who is second in the league.

From a ten-point lead to three points, it felt like falling from heaven to hell.

This shows how much impact the departure of Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa has on Dortmund. Especially Zhou Yi, as Dortmund's only core, his departure makes Dortmund's offense seem to have no direction.

In the next round of the league, Dortmund will face Ruhr area derby opponent Schalke 04 at home.

Under such circumstances, Schalke 04 would definitely not mind letting Dortmund lose another game and directly knock them off the first place in the league.

At this time, Dortmund urgently needs Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa to return to the team.

However, although they have all returned to the team, after playing in the Asian Cup for almost a month, the players must be very tired both physically and mentally. It is hard to say how much condition they can still have.

So it's not like everything will be fine when the two of them come back, and the alarm has not been lifted.

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In fact, for Zhou Yi, even if Klopp gave him a day off, he would not be able to rest at all.

Because he hasn't come back for more than a month, the locked room will definitely be dirtier than when it was occupied by people for a long time. The things on the bed have to be replaced, so he can't rest at all, and his time and energy have to be used for cleaning. health.

Early in the morning, he got up and started changing the sheets, quilt covers and other things.

When he was busy in his room, Cortana appeared at the door, and then asked very rarely: "Want to help?"

Zhou Yi was surprised and turned to look at her blankly.

"It seems I don't want it anymore." Cortana turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhou Yi who reacted.

"Hey, I need help! I need help so much!"

Cortana turned around and walked in, then frowned: "It smells."

"There has been no one living there for more than a month..." Zhou Yi explained with some embarrassment.

"Fortunately, no one has lived there for more than a month, otherwise the smell would be even worse." Cortana waved her hand.

"Hey!" Zhou Yi protested. "That's also the smell of men, just like your women's rooms, don't they smell the same?"

"But ours smells better." Cortana said in disgust as she began to help Zhou Yi remove the bedding.

Her movements were swift and skillful. Zhou Yi couldn't get in even if he wanted to, and in the end, Cortana kicked her out because she was in the way.

Cortana said she was here to help, but in fact she did it all by herself...

Zhou Yi sat on the sofa in the living room and watched Cortana busy going in and out. He couldn't help but sigh: "The food is delicious, and the cleaning is so quick... This is what I got from often quarreling with my mother and then going out to live and exercise." Ability to live independently?”

Cortana rolled her eyes at him.

"But thanks to you, I can have a good rest..." After saying that, Zhou Yi stretched and lay back on the sofa.

Then he stopped moving.

And when Cortana put everything that needed to be washed into the washing machine and cleaned everything for a living, she came back and took another look, only to find that Zhou Yi had fallen asleep at some point!

I was just here to help him, but he didn't care about anything and actually fell asleep!

For a moment, Cortana wanted to rush forward and pull Zhou Yi up.

But when I think about it, he just finished playing in the Asian Cup, came back last night, and will play another Ruhr derby three days later...

She let him go and continued sleeping on the sofa.

And he turned around and returned to his room. (To be continued.) Activate new URL