Chapter 219 Transfer Rumors

After the German Super Cup, the league is already very close. This season's Bundesliga kicked off on August 5th, which can be said to be quite early, because there will be the European Cup and the Olympic Games in the summer of 2012. In order to make room for these two major events, European countries The league will end earlier than usual, which requires them to start earlier.

Before the league match on August 5, Dortmund still has a German Cup to play on July 30.

After being unexpectedly eliminated by a German third-division team in the German Cup last season, Dortmund did not dare to underestimate the German Cup this time.

Therefore, Dortmund will not send a second-tier team to compete in this game.

Just treat it as the last relatively formal warm-up match before the start of the league.

Zhou Yi started again in this game and was replaced by Shinji Kagawa who returned from injury in the 67th minute. Dortmund finally defeated Hinterhausen with a score of 3:0. Entered the knockout rounds of the German Cup round of 32.

Their next game will be against Dresden on October 25th.

Dortmund was eliminated in the round of 32 last season and was eliminated from the German Cup after only two rounds.

This time, Dortmund should try to avoid such an embarrassing situation.

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In the new season, among the five dragons, Zhou Yi is the first to make his debut, because the Bundesliga starts the earliest.

On August 5, 2011, in the opening match of the new Bundesliga season, Dortmund faced Hamburg at home.

Before the start of the season, the German media conducted a preview analysis of each team.

The goal of the defending champion is very clear, of course it is to successfully defend the title. However, it is difficult to successfully defend the title.

Because of the analysis of the eleven years since the Bundesliga entered the 21st century, only Bayern Munich has successfully defended its title once. That was in the two seasons of 2004-2005 and 2005-2006. Bayern Munich successfully defended its title.

Subsequently, the Bundesliga championship trend is basically that Bayern Munich wins one championship and other teams win one championship.

In the 2000-2001 season, Bayern Munich won the championship, followed by Dortmund. Bayern Munich regained the championship in 2002-2003, but Werder Bremen defeated Bayern Munich in 2003-2004.

Won the league title under Schaff's leadership.

The next two seasons were Bayern Munich's era.

In the 2006-2007 season, Stuttgart won the championship. In the 2007-2008 season, Bayern Munich regained the championship again. But in the 2008-2009 season, the league championship was replaced by Magath's Wolfsburg. In the 2009-2010 season, after a coaching change, Bayern Munich regained the league championship honors under the leadership of Louis van Gaal. In the 2010-2011 season, Dortmund emerged again and won the league championship.

So according to previous rules, will this season's league championship belong to Bayern Munich again?

Why is it said that only Bayern Munich is the dominant player in the Bundesliga? Because no matter who takes away the championship, Bayern Munich can always get it back, as if the league championship belongs to them originally, and it is just an accident that others are left behind.

Moreover, it has always been easier to win than to defend. Look at the previous teams, Werder Bremen, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, including Dortmund, all of them can win the league championship, but next Not that season.

To put it bluntly, this kind of performance can easily make people think that they have more luck in winning the championship rather than relying on their strength.

And the difference between ordinary teams and wealthy clubs seems to be that after ordinary teams win a championship, they are satisfied, and then the team falls apart. Those who should go to wealthy clubs go to rich clubs, and those who deserve salary increases have no desire to win. So intense.

It is important that Bayern Munich can continue to maintain their hunger for honors.

So even though Klopp shouted the slogan of defending the championship in an interview before the season, everyone will still doubt whether Dortmund has the ability to defend the title.

In addition to doubts about Dortmund's ability to defend the championship, Dortmund also needs to deal with a trouble, that is, before the league is about to start, there are suddenly rumors that Zhou Yi is leaving Dortmund.

In fact, since the end of last season, Zhou Yi's name has been mentioned frequently in the transfer market.

Rich families are chasing him.

Just like when they chased Shaheen.

But at the beginning, it was just speculation and there was no definite news.

As the Bundesliga season approaches, these news are becoming more and more true.

At one moment, it was said that Barcelona intends to introduce Zhou Yi to be Xavi's successor. At another moment, it was said that Bayern Munich had already set its sights on Zhou Yi. At another moment, it was said that Manchester United in the Premier League admired Zhou Yi very much. At another moment, it was said that Arsene Wenger of Arsenal admired Zhou Yi very much.

These news are not just rumors in the traditional sense, but there seem to be real signs of this.

For example, Wenger did say in a recent interview that he praised Zhou Yi. He believed that Zhou Yi was able to perform like this at such a young age. describe.

Ferguson also personally admitted to reporters that Manchester United was indeed observing Zhouyi's performance.

There is also the fact that Zhou Yi is negotiating with Dortmund to renew his contract. However, despite the club renewing contracts with Gotze, Grosreuz, and Mark Wagner, the news that Zhou Yi successfully renewed his contract with the club has not been released for a long time.

These seem to be evidence that Zhou Yi is leaving Dortmund.

Because these rumors appeared too close to the game, Dortmund had not yet had time to refute the rumors. It was only at the pre-match press conference that Klopp answered everyone's questions.

"I didn't hear Zhou Yi tell me that he was leaving. If he wanted to leave, he would definitely tell me. So if he didn't say it, it means he won't leave. As the head coach of Dortmund, I will definitely also I don’t want Zhou Yi to leave. He is the core of Dortmund and he is not going anywhere.”

"Then, has the issue of renewing his contract with the club been resolved?" a reporter asked.

"The contract renewal is always in progress and we will be able to reach an agreement soon. I believe there will be no problems." Klopp replied.

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Although Zhou Yi has not had time to refute the rumors to the outside world, he has already explained to his teammates that he will stay in Dortmund. His contract renewal negotiations with the club are going very smoothly, and it should not be long before he will sign.

As the core of the team, this is what he must do, which is to face his teammates, explain the situation frankly, and cannot deceive them, otherwise he will not be able to gain the trust of his teammates. When the people's hearts are gone, how can we still lead this team? I can’t carry it!

In addition, for Zhou Yi, in addition to using words to refute rumors, he can also use actions.

Use his actions to tell everyone who is worried that he will leave Dortmund that he will not leave.

In the league opener against Hamburg, Zhou Yi entered the starting lineup. And assisted Mark Wagner for the opening goal in the first half.

After scoring the goal, Mark and other teammates hugged Zhou Yi.

The broadcaster Norbert Dickel shouted: "Zhou Yi completed the assist! He once again showed his ability to find open spaces! With such an outstanding performance, I don't think anyone will be willing to let him leave!"

For the first time in the stands, after a goal was scored, the name of the assister was chanted instead of the name of the scorer.

"Book of Changes! Book of Changes!!"

They waved their arms in the stands and chanted Zhou Yi's name in unison. And what about Zhouyi?

Surrounded by his teammates, he waved to the fans in the stands. The interaction was very good, and there was no sign that he was going to leave.

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After Mark's goal, Dortmund firmly controlled the situation on the field.

Zhou Yi naturally took the greatest credit here. His performance was normal and it seemed that he was not affected by the transfer rumors at all.

Under his instigation, Mark assisted Gotze to score another goal, giving Dortmund a two-goal lead over Hamburg in the first half.

Judging from the scene, Dortmund is firmly in control of the situation. Zhou Yi perfectly continued his form from last season, Mark's performance was also very good, and Gotze and others were also in good form.

It's as if this team hasn't gone through a summer truce period. There is no need to break in and there will be no interruption in form.

"Klopp has not made any big signings this season, which seems wise now. Because Dortmund's system is already very complete, there is no need to introduce a large number of players to increase the burden of the team's running-in. Their main core is What remains unchanged is that the team can integrate quickly. This is one of the reasons why they can continue last season's form, which is naturally beneficial to their performance in the league..." Marcel Leif analyzed. "But there is also a question, that is, will such a lineup be a little weak? You know, last season, when Dortmund was fighting on two fronts, its performance was unstable due to player injuries and other reasons. This It’s all related to their lack of reserve strength. If they don’t introduce more outstanding players this season, what will they do when the Champions League starts again?”

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After the start of the second half, Hamburg counterattacked and scored a goal. They tied the score to 1:2 and were only one goal behind.

Dortmund then made substitution adjustments, with Shinji Kagawa replacing Lewandowski.

When the Japanese came on the field, there was huge cheers and applause at Westchester Stadium. This is Shinji Kagawa's first appearance in the league after injury.

His outstanding performance last season captured the hearts of many people, and Dortmund fans loved this not-so-tall Japanese player.

After Shinji Kagawa came on the field, he high-fived Zhou Yi, who was nearest, and then ran to his position.

Five minutes after he came on the field, Zhou Yi found him with a precise long pass. After Shinji Kagawa stopped the football, he shot directly into the far corner. The football bypassed the fingers of Hamburg goalkeeper Drobny and flew into the air. Got the goal!

3:1!

Dortmund re-extended the lead to two goals!

"Shinji Kagawa! He sealed the victory for Dortmund!" Marcel Leif shouted. "I scored a goal just after I came on the field. It's a perfect comeback!"

And Shinji Kagawa obviously knew who he had to thank for this perfect comeback. After scoring the goal, he turned around and ran back to the midfield, hugging Zhou Yi tightly.

Being able to score a goal in his first league game after his comeback will greatly boost his confidence and make his road to comeback much easier. Scoring goals is really important for a player who has been out injured for half a season.

Therefore, Shinji Kagawa would like to thank Zhou Yi. Without Zhou Yi's selfless help, he may have to take a long and detour to regain his form and confidence.

With the Book of Changes, you can get twice the result with half the effort.

With such a core, who would want him to leave? (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian.com (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )