Chapter 242 Return to the Top 10 Games

Zhou Yi didn't care what kind of repercussions Zhou Yi's words would cause in the Qatari media, and what kind of impact he would leave on the Qatari media. He just felt that Qatar's off-beat moves were too despicable, so he deliberately disgusted them.

Zhou Yi had heard a lot about the dirty tricks of West Asians when he was a fan and was no stranger to them.

How did the Chinese team get eliminated in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers?

Everyone also plays with tacit understanding, and the Chinese team has never played against a West Asian team. This fully illustrates West Asia's ability, talent, and experience in this area.

In front of sophisticated West Asians, Chinese football was like a kindergarten kid.

A little further back in time, in 1981, Chinese football had the opportunity to break out of Asia and go global twenty years ahead of schedule. In the 1982 World Cup Asian qualifiers, the Chinese team had one leg on Spanish soil. Due to match-fixing between Saudi Arabia and New Zealand, the Chinese team was forced to play in the play-offs. The Chinese team, which was unprepared for this, was eventually eliminated in the play-offs by New Zealand, a representative of physical football that they have never been good at dealing with, and missed the World Cup.

Although after the game, both Nian Weisi and Su Yongshun believed that Chinese football was eliminated because their own strength was not enough. But that’s just the Chinese people’s habit of looking for problems within themselves first. In fact, Saudi Arabia's 0:5 loss to New Zealand was undoubtedly a match-fixing.

When Zhou Yi was not a professional player, he was familiar with these past football events. The "dirty" and "black" nature of West Asian football has penetrated into all aspects of football.

Didn't he already experience it personally during the Asian Cup group stage match against the host Qatar at the beginning of the year?

Under such historical circumstances, he felt that he did not need to maintain any courtesy and grace towards West Asian football. He didn't mind sarcastically lampooning them whenever he could.

As for what the West Asians think of him personally because of this matter, Zhou Yi doesn't care. He doesn't live by the favor of the West Asians.

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After the match against Iraq in Qatar, Zhou Yi went directly to Singapore with the team to prepare for the match against Singapore four days later.

In fact, given the strength gap between the Chinese team and Singapore, the Chinese team should be able to defeat Singapore even without Zhou Yi. However, for insurance reasons, Gao Hongbo did not let the Chinese team not participate in this game and returned directly to Germany from Qatar.

He plans to adopt the same method as Dortmund coach Klopp and let Zhou Yi start in the game against Singapore.

If the Chinese team can seal the victory earlier, then replace Zhou Yi and let him rest more.

In the beautiful Lion City, the Chinese team only led Singapore by one goal in the first half. Gao Hongbo did not let Zhou Yi be replaced at halftime.

A one-goal lead is not safe.

It was not until the 50th minute that the Chinese team scored another goal and led Singapore by two goals in the away game.

At this time, Gao Hongbo replaced Zhou Yi.

In the 51st minute, Zhou Yi ended his two national team games.

After Zhou Yi came off the field, the Chinese team maintained the situation and scored two more goals.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Singapore 4:0 in the away game.

In this way, no matter how the game between Iraq and Jordan goes, it will not affect the Chinese team.

After the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, Liu Hong shouted: "Congratulations to the Chinese team! We are here in the top ten! We are finally back in the top ten again! This time, we can truly challenge for the World Cup finals." Impact! 2014, Brazil! Waiting for us!”

Liu Hong was so excited that he even put up such a flag.

But at this time, it wasn't just one person who was excited.

All over China, as long as the Chinese fans watched the game in front of the TV, there was no one who was not excited. Everyone hopes that their country’s football will get better and better. After suffering for so many years, they finally see hope of getting better...

In the final West Asian football civil war between Iraq and Jordan, Iraq defeated Jordan 3:1 in an away game. As a result, Jordan ranked second with ten points and Iraq ranked third with seven points.

If Jordan wants to qualify, it must defeat the Chinese team in the final game. But in this way, the Chinese team will become second in the group.

I am afraid that the Chinese team will only let the Jordan team go at home if there is something wrong with their brains...

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Because the Chinese team has qualified from the top 20 ahead of schedule, Zhou Yi can return to Germany with a relaxed mood.

He did not return to China with the team, but flew directly back to Dortmund from Singapore.

After the national team match day, Dortmund will face a very important opponent in the league, a very important game.

That is the thirteenth round of the league, Dortmund challenges Bayern Munich away!

Now that the league has played twelve rounds, Dortmund ranks second with 25 points, and Bayern Munich ranks first with 28 points, three points ahead of Dortmund.

If Dortmund can beat Bayern Munich, it can tie the points.

However, due to the huge goal difference between the two teams - Bayern Munich currently has eight more goals than Dortmund - so with the same points as Bayern Munich, Dortmund can only settle for second place.

But being able to tie on points can still bring a lot of psychological pressure to Bayern Munich.

Moreover, Dortmund double defeated Bayern Munich in the league last season. If they can also defeat Bayern Munich this season, it may be proved that they have surpassed Bayern Munich and become the "overlord" that dominates the Bundesliga.

But it will not be easy for Dortmund to win this game, because this game is immediately followed by two national team A-level games. How much physical fitness do the players have after traveling long distances? How many states are there?

It’s hard to say.

However, Bayern Munich also has the same problem as Dortmund, and it may be even more serious, because they have more international players in the team than Dortmund.

So this game may not be a high-level exciting matchup, but important games do not necessarily need to be exciting every time.

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What makes Klopp happy is that none of the players who participated in the national team suffered injuries after returning.

He can face Bayern Munich with a relatively complete lineup.

As for the next Champions League game against Arsenal, it is not that important. Because Dortmund has now won four games in the Champions League group stage and has 12 points, while Arsenal has two wins, one draw and one loss, and has seven points.

There is a gap of up to five points between the two teams. Even if Dortmund lost to Arsenal in the away game, they are still ranked first in the group. Unless they lose to Marseille at home in the last round, it is possible to hand over the first place in the group.

In fact, Arsenal's current situation in the Champions League group stage is the same as the Chinese team's situation in the top 20 group stage. It is not a small good, but a big good.

So Dortmund can devote all its energy to the league for the time being.

After a series of preparations, the game is approaching.

The Dortmund team flew to Munich to make final preparations.

Dortmund's lineup is complete, and Bayern Munich's side is not much different. Only one midfielder, Tymoschuk, is missing due to injury.

And the main players like Robben, Franck Ribery, Thomas Muller, and Mario Gomez all appeared.

Although everyone has just experienced the national team game, they have also fielded the strongest lineup they can.

Obviously they both know what this game means to both teams.

If Bayern Munich can defeat Dortmund at home, it can defend its dignity and status, and at the same time tell others that it is Bayern Munich that has the final say in this Bundesliga.

But if Bayern Munich loses to Dortmund at their home court... then not only the Bundesliga, but the entire Europe will feel that German football is about to change.

Before the game, the two sides naturally had a big war of words.

The two managers, Hoeness and Zorc, are at it again.

Last season, Zhou Yi once said that the match between Dortmund and Bayern Munich had no special significance. It was just an ordinary league, and winning or losing would not affect the final league championship.

But even though he said that at the time, he still resolutely killed Bayern Munich in the game, scoring two goals and scoring twice. He was the direct murderer of Bayern Munich.

So how will he perform in this game? (To be continued.)