Chapter 190 Easy Derby

Of course, Yang Muge will not hope that Schalke 04 will lose the game just so that he can play with the first team. Although he is not a "Schalke 04 fan for thirty years", since he came to the Schalke 04 youth training camp, he has regarded this team as his home team.

He wants his home team to do well, which is normal.

It would be too tasteless to say that Schalke 04 hopes the team will lose if they can't play the game.

If you can't play in the game, you can choose to loan him out to save the country, but you don't have to curse your club.

So when the game started, Yang Muge still stood firmly on Schalke 04's side and cheered for his team.

This time, he did not go to the venue because it was Dortmund's home stadium and it was not easy for him to get tickets.

He watched the game in front of the TV in the room of his rented apartment.

The figure of his good friend Draxler flashed across the TV footage - Draxler was selected into the squad for this game.

In fact, long before this game, Draxler had been transferred to the first team by Magath during the winter break training camp to train with the team. Draxler also seized the opportunity and performed well in the training camp, thus successfully staying in the first team.

Before this game, he had made three appearances for Schalke 04's first team, once as a starter and twice as a substitute.

On the road to the first team, Draxler is ahead of Yang Muge.

Hao Junmin also appeared on the substitute list for this game. Perhaps his outstanding performance in the Asian Cup impressed Magath. The stubborn old German man finally planned to give Hao Junmin some opportunities...

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Dortmund, playing at home, launched a fierce attack on Schalke 04's goal from the beginning of the game. The cheers of Dortmund fans in the South Stand resounded through the sky.

It was Zhou Yi who returned to the team that drove Dortmund's offensives.

For Schalke 04, the reason why they are confident of defeating Dortmund in the away game is because the two main players of Dortmund, Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa, have just finished the Asian Cup, and they both persisted until the end and returned to the team. It's only half a week now, and I'm afraid I'm not ready either physically or mentally.

What level can they perform in the fierce Ruhr derby?

It's hard for anyone to say.

Mainly fatigue. After almost a month of intense competition. Both Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa should be very tired.

But when the game started, everyone soon discovered that at least Zhou Yi's fatigue was not very prominent...

He performed better than Shinji Kagawa.

It can be clearly seen that Shinji Kagawa's pace is not as strong as before, and there are some balls that he should have been able to catch up with. But he didn't catch up in the end. This must be due to insufficient muscle strength, resulting in reduced explosive power and reduced endurance.

Zhou Yi's running is as usual.

Of course. There are many reasons for this. On the one hand, Zhou Yi is an organizational midfielder and he does not need to sprint as frequently as Shinji Kagawa. and constant sudden start-up acceleration. A lot of his running is jogging and not much sprinting. Even if there is a distance, it is relatively short.

Another reason is that Zhou Yi played one less game than Kagawa in the Asian Cup. Because of the red card in the semifinals, Zhou Yi did not participate in the finals. He has entered the rest period after playing the semi-finals on January 25th. It has been almost ten days since I rested until today.

Physical fitness is much better than everyone imagines. Zhouyi's performance naturally exceeded Schalke 04's expectations.

Because they didn't expect Zhou Yi's physical fitness to be so good, they naturally didn't have such strict control over Zhou Yi's running range.

This allowed Zhou Yi to move freely within a relatively loose range.

This brought a lot of trouble to Schalke 04.

Driven by Zhouyi's engine, Dortmund continuously launched a fierce offensive towards Schalke 04's goal.

The game had only lasted thirty minutes. Dortmund has had nine shots on goal, while Schalke has only four.

This is a very rare situation in the Ruhr derby, which is supposed to be evenly matched.

It can also be seen from this data that Schalke 04 did not do a good job in defending Zhouyi...

In the 39th minute, Dortmund finally broke the deadlock. Zhou Yi launched the attack from the backcourt. After three passes, the football fell to Gotze's feet. The young genius took a shot without hesitation, and the football penetrated the goal guarded by Neuer.

"Götze!! Dortmund takes the lead!" Marcel Leif shouted excitedly. "In this game, Dortmund seemed to have swept away the decline in the previous games. They were very organized in their attack. Look at this attack just now. Zhou Yi, Mark Wagner, and Shinji Kagawa finally passed to Gotze's feet. Gotze completed the shot. From back to front, from the center to the wing and back to the center, the route is very clear! And this is the result after Zhou Yi's return!"

Heping also shared the same view as Marcel Leif. Although the goal was scored by Gotze, the initiator of this offense was Zhou Yi, and not only this offense, but the previous offenses that failed to score goals also have a very close relationship with Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi's return means for Dortmund that everyone knows exactly what they should do on the court.

The Dortmund players obviously knew this, so after Gotze scored, although he immediately ran to Shinji Kagawa to hug and celebrate, he did not forget to hook his hand backwards, signaling Zhou Yi to come up quickly and let everyone celebrate together.

Zhou Yi and Mark ran up together, and the four of them hugged each other.

This is the foursome in Dortmund’s frontcourt attack.

The three players are neither very tall nor very strong, but they form the sharpest offensive combination in the Bundesliga.

So far, Dortmund has scored 43 goals in 20 games, making it the team with the most goals in the entire Bundesliga. This shows the power of this foursome.

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After Dortmund took the lead, Schalke 04 was a little impatient. They received two yellow cards in the 41st and 44th minutes, forward Huntelaar and defender Schmitz.

It's all caused by excessive movements in defense.

This is obviously a sign of psychological imbalance.

Fortunately, there is not much time left in the first half, otherwise the Schalke 04 players will collapse sooner or later if their emotions continue to develop like this.

Now, they can also use the halftime break to make some adjustments to allow the players to calm down their brains.

It can be said that the referee's whistle at the end of the first half saved Schalke 04.

But in fact, it just made Schalke 04 struggle for a while longer...

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. In the 66th minute, Grosskreutz scored another goal for Dortmund, rewriting the score to 2:0.

At Dortmund's home court, they lead Schalke 04 by two goals. There is actually no suspense in this game.

Although Schalke 04 looks very much like knocking Dortmund off the top spot in the league, the gap in form and strength between the two teams this season is still obvious.

Dortmund has found the right path, while Schalke 04 is still looking for their own path...

Yang Muge, who saw the ball lost in front of the TV, shook his head. Schalke 04's midfielder's control of Zhou Yi was too loose. Maybe they wanted to tighten it, but they couldn't.

Seeing that his team was about to lose to Zhouyi again, Yang Muge was not in a good mood.

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After taking a two-goal lead, Klopp began to make substitutions.

Shinji Kagawa was replaced by Kuba in the 70th minute.

Zhou Yi was replaced by Lewandowski in the 77th minute.

Seeing that Klopp replaced Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa, Magath also quickly made substitution adjustments.

Hao Junmin came on as a substitute in the 80th minute, replacing midfielder Jurado. Finally he no longer played as a full-back...

After Hao Junmin came on the field, he still performed very hard and actively, but at this time, the entire Schalke 04 had lost their fighting spirit.

It stands to reason that after Zhou Yi comes off the field, Dortmund's midfield control will decline. This should be an opportunity for Schalke 04. Magath's substitution is also based on such considerations.

But the performance of the Schalke 04 team was not positive enough.

Schalke 04 has indeed played too poorly this season. It seems that participating in the Champions League may not be a good thing for them. Entering the Champions League stage without preparation will make people feel lost.

In order to prepare for the Champions League this summer, Schalke 04 introduced the top scorer in the history of the Champions League from Real Madrid, and also introduced a Dutch center like Huntelaar.

The results of it?

The performance in the Champions League was acceptable, but the league was completely defeated.

Is the Champions League more worth fighting for, or is the league more important?

Different teams and different coaches have different choices, but one thing still needs to be clear - unless Schalke 04 wins the Champions League this season, it will be too difficult for them to participate in the Champions League next season... …

In the 88th minute, Draxler was substituted for Dutch center Huntelaar.

But there isn't much time left for the young general.

At the 93rd minute of the game, referee Weiner blew the whistle to end the game.

The normal Ruhr derby between Dortmund and Schalke 04 has a very famous name, but this game is somewhat unworthy of its name.

Compared with the Ruhr derby in the first half of the league, Dortmund won so easily - this may be the easiest Ruhr derby in recent years...

After the game, Zhou Yi went on the court to celebrate the victory with his teammates and thank the fans.

The TV broadcast firmly fixed the close-up on his body, using such lens language to tell the audience in front of the TV that this person is a well-deserved and indispensable core of Dortmund. He is the key to Dortmund's ability to easily defeat their mortal enemy in this game. The biggest contributor! (To be continued.) Activate new URL