Chapter 195 Playing Cards Against Common Sense
The war of words between the two sides was in full swing. Although Zhou Yi wanted to pour some cold water on both sides, it was of no use.
But at this most critical moment, bad news came - Shinji Kagawa sprained his knee during training and was completely reimbursed for the season...
This is definitely a heavy blow to Dortmund. Although he is not the core of Zhou Yi, he is an important puzzle piece for Dortmund.
Shinji Kagawa's strength lies not in organizing offense, but in the threat he can create when closer to the goal.
He and Zhou Yi, together with Gotze and Mark, formed Dortmund's attacking lineup that has been hot this season.
In this lineup, everyone has a clear division of labor, but they are integrated with each other.
It turned out that Shinji Kagawa was injured, and he was injured before the game against Bayern Munich.
This means that Dortmund's previous targeted pre-match training was all in vain, because those trainings were designed on the premise that Shinji Kagawa was present.
After the news of Shinji Kagawa's serious injury came out, Dortmund's fans burst into mourning. The local media also believed that the situation was a bit grim for Dortmund, who had to fight on two fronts...
This is certainly good news for Bayern Munich. But there is also some regret, that is, the seriously injured person is not Zhou Yi...
If Zhou Yi misses all games this season, Bayern Munich may really be able to successfully counterattack.
Klopp said in an interview with reporters after Shinji Kagawa was injured: "...Kagawa's sudden injury is of course a blow to us. If a player is injured, it will have no impact on the team at all. That means that this player It is worthless to the team. Kagawa is not such a player. But Dortmund will not give up the game just because a player is injured, so Bayern Munich may not be happy too early."
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Klopp's remarks were well ridiculed by the Munich media, who thought he was really tough-talking.
But when the game started, the Munich reporters in the media box didn't think so.
Because the game had only started nine minutes. Dortmund scores a goal!
"Lewandowski!" Marcel Leif shouted excitedly, "Beautiful! Dortmund leads Bayern Munich 1:0 in the away game! It didn't even last ten minutes.
Bayern Munich is falling behind! This is really unexpected! Because just before the game, Shinji Kagawa was suddenly injured, which made people worried about Dortmund! "
The person who provided the assist for Lewandowski was Grosskreutz, who started this game in place of the injured Shinji Kagawa, and the person who passed the ball for Grosskreutz was Zhou Yi.
Shinji Kagawa's injury will indeed affect Dortmund's offense. But it's okay if Zhou Yi is here.
How could Bayern Munich, playing at home, be willing to fall behind like this? They launched a fierce offensive against Dortmund in the subsequent game, and Luis Gustavo scored the equalizer in the 16th minute. The person who assisted him was Ribery.
Gustavo is a defensive midfielder who performed well in Hoffenheim last season, but at the beginning of this season. But was sold to Bayern Munich by Hoffenheim. Rangnick, the head coach of Hoffenheim at the time, resigned angrily because the club sold its main players without any warning.
Hoffenheim is now ranked ninth, stable in the middle. After taking a break for more than half a season, Rangnick returned to work at Schalke 04, replacing Magath who was dismissed due to poor performance.
After Gustavo scored, the Allianz Arena seemed to come alive, and huge cheers filled the sky.
The Bayern Munich fans in the stands began to look forward excitedly to Bayern Munich's reversal and defeat of Dortmund.
After the game restarts. They cheered for Bayern Munich louder and louder, trying to create pressure on Dortmund.
A reversal seems to be beginning.
But at this time, someone stood up and reminded Bayern Munich of his importance.
Zhou Yi, who was originally playing as a defensive midfielder in the backcourt, suddenly moved forward and ran into the penalty area in one breath. And just when he ran into the penalty area, Gotze's through ball also arrived. Zhou Yi made a clever anti-offside movement and received Gotze's pass!
"Zhou Yi!!" Duan Xin shouted excitedly. Because Zhou Yi received the ball behind Bayern Munich's entire defense and was not offside, this was simply an excellent scoring opportunity! Although the angle of the shot is slightly off...
Zhou Yi's reaction was also very quick. When he ran to catch the ball, his back was actually facing the direction of the attack. After Gotze passed the ball, he immediately turned around and moved the football in front of him. At the same time, he also adjusted his direction and changed the direction. Became towards the goal.
Then he decisively took a shot!
The ball hit the inside of his foot, creating a very obvious arc.
While Badstuber was still raising his hand to signal referee Zhou Yi for offside, the football had already flown towards Bayern Munich's goal!
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Kraft could not touch the football in the air no matter how long he stretched his arms. He could only watch as the football hit the inside of the back post, and then... bounced into the goal!
"Zhou! Yi!!" Marcel Leif exclaimed. "He scored! He scored! Two minutes after Bayern Munich had just equalized, he gave Dortmund the lead again! Oh! Dortmund's core finally showed off! This is his third goal of the season. The ball! Although the number of goals was not many, it was crucial! He knocked down the hope that Bayern Munich had just ignited!"
After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi ran at the Allianz Arena until he reached the corner flag area, and then waved to the Dortmund fans in the stands. He also received a response from these fans - this was the second time, with a small number of Dortmund fans. The cheers overwhelmed the Bayern Munich fans.
The first time was when Lewandowski scored.
"Book of Changes! Book of Changes! Ha!" Duan Xin laughed. "Without Shinji Kagawa, Dortmund and Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi is the real core of this team! The regrets of the Munich media before the game are justified - if the injured person was Zhou Yi, then the ball would no longer exist! "
This really hurt the morale of Bayern Munich. They had just equalized the score two minutes ago. The whole team was high-spirited and wanted to complete the reversal at home, but Zhou Yi poured cold water on it...
Speaking of which, Zhou Yi is really good at pouring cold water on...
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After Dortmund took the lead again, Bayern Munich players were a little confused. They really didn't expect Dortmund to score again so soon. It felt to them as if they were taking a deep breath and planning to blow up a big balloon, but instead of blowing out the breath, their opponent covered their mouth and nose and held it back.
Really holding it back to the point of internal injury.
Anyone who coughs will vomit blood...
So the subsequent performance of Bayern Munich players was not very good.
The whole team felt like they had lost their souls.
On the other hand, Dortmund, under the leadership of Zhou Yi, played vigorously and with great success, threatening Bayern Munich's goal several times.
If not for bad luck, the victory might have been sealed in the first half.
But even so, Bayern Munich can be suppressed in away games, and Dortmund's performance is also very good.
In the first half, Dortmund temporarily led Bayern Munich with a score of 2:1.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Before the game started, Bayern Munich was making substitutions.
Brazilian center back Bruno replaced Badstuber who performed poorly in the first half.
In the 58th minute, Luis Gustavo was replaced by Toni Kroos, who was better at organizing offense. Van Gaal was unwilling to lose at home and hoped to reverse the situation by increasing his offensive power.
But this time, Zhou Yi gave him another fatal blow.
Just two minutes after Bayern Munich made this substitution adjustment—yes, another two minutes—Zhou Yi scored again.
This time it was a corner kick from Dortmund. Zhou Yi was originally playing soy sauce outside the penalty area, but when Gotze ran towards the football, he also suddenly ran towards the penalty area.
When Gotze hit the ball, he had already inserted into the penalty area. Then run straight towards the grabbing point!
At that time, Bayern Munich goalkeeper Kraft put all his attention on Hummels, Subotic and other Dortmund central defenders who rushed to the goal.
In fact, not only Kraft, but also other Bayern Munich players did not expect that the little man Zhou Yi would be able to come in and top the ball.
But when Zhou Yi jumped up in front, everyone realized that this little man also had great power!
He hit the ball in front of everyone, then shook his head and threw the football to the back point!
Goalkeeper Kraft didn't expect Zhou Yi at all. He watched the football fly past him without even having time to reach out.
The football hit the inside of the back post again...and flew into the goal!
The Bayern Munich fans behind the goal are about to collapse - **** it's the goal post again! Other people's shots bounce off the center post, but you bounce into the goal!
"Zhou——Yi——!!" Marcel Leif roared in a long voice. "Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!! Zhou Yi!!! A rare header! This ball was actually headed in by Zhou Yi. It's really unexpected! He scored twice! He scored twice when he didn't easily score! Kagawa! Shinji was injured, but Zhou Yi showed off his power! I'm afraid Bayern Munich never thought of this? They were guarding against his passing before and during the game, but unexpectedly he went into battle to solve the problem himself! This is also... ...Isn’t it too unreasonable to play a card?!” (To be continued.)