Chapter 91 Performance

After Zhou Yi finally walked down, Klopp was already impatient. While holding Zhou Yi's hand, he asked eagerly: "How are you? Feet?"

Zhou Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, coach."

"Whether it's really okay or not, it doesn't matter what you say, Zhou Yi. It doesn't matter what I say. It's up to the 'doctor' to have the final say." Klopp said with a straight face.

He called Dr. Marcus Braun, the team medical leader, and asked him to do an examination on Zhou Yi.

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Mark Wagner, who was not selected for the squad and could only sit at home and watch the game on the TV, couldn't help laughing when he saw Zhou Yi striding towards Klopp.

"I knew he loved acting! He must have done it deliberately just to piss off those Manchester City fans, ha!"

But her sister Cortana, who was next to her, frowned slightly and said nothing.

This kid really loves to act, but she and her brother don't have the same opinion about that part...

Not long after, the TV broadcast showed Zhou Yi a shot.

Having been substituted, he sat on a chair with his left leg stretched forward and resting on a box, while his ankle was clearly wrapped with a bag of ice.

"Zhou Yi's ankle is being put on ice, and it looks like it's still injured..." Marcel Leif said.

He Ping was even more excited: "Now it seems that those two steps after Zhou Yi came off the field were just pretending, just to reassure the coach, but how can he be reassured? We have a statistics here, Zhou Yi is the two teams in The player who has been violated the most on the court, as many as 13 times. With so many violations, it is strange that his foot is not injured! The only thing that needs to be prayed for now is that it will not be too seriously injured. After all, a healthy Zhou Yi will play against Dortmund and China. It’s very important to the team…”

Mark, who was in front of the TV, was a little surprised when he saw this scene: "Huh?"

"What the hell, isn't it normal for him to be injured? It would be weird if he wasn't injured." The sister next to him, Cortana, snorted.

Mark is not an idiot, so he naturally understands what his sister means. He is a football player. After watching this game, he also felt that it would be unreasonable for Zhou Yi to leave Manchester without some "souvenirs" after being deliberately targeted by Manchester City players...

So he also fell silent.

But soon he suddenly turned to look at his sister.

"Don't look at me, I'm just an ordinary team doctor." Cortana knew why her brother wanted to look at her. "I'm not a miracle doctor."

"I believe my sister's ability must be the best!" Mark laughed.

"You haven't even played in the game yet, why do you worry about others?" Cortana was also speechless.

"He is different. It doesn't matter if I get hurt or something, but he can't get hurt." Unexpectedly, her brother explained to her seriously. "He is more than just our core, sister."

"What else could it be?" Cortana asked.

"Yes..." Mark opened his mouth but did not speak, because he was searching for the right words to describe Zhou Yi, but he found it difficult to use one word to accurately describe Zhou Yi.

"He can't be hurt anyway, he is very important!"

In the end that was all Mark could say.

Cortana rolled her eyes. She knew that her brother cared about Zhou Yi. She added, "Don't worry, it's not a big problem. He is better at acting than you think..."

Fortunately, he can act, otherwise he would have been priced out before he could be replaced... This kid is sometimes cunning and unpleasant, but at times like this, he can be used to deal with opponents who are all about muscles. .

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After Zhou Yi came off the field, Manchester City mobilized all their strength and launched a fierce attack on Dortmund's goal. They still hoped to equalize the score in the remaining time.

Now it seems that victory is very slim, but if possible, it would be good to draw with Dortmund. One point is better than no point.

In the 90th minute, Manchester City finally got an excellent opportunity. Piszczek fouled in the penalty area and was sentenced to death. Manchester City received a penalty kick.

In the end, Balotelli kicked the penalty kick into the goal guarded by Weidenfeller and got a goal back for Manchester City.

With five minutes left in the game and one goal behind, Manchester City suddenly saw hope.

In the ensuing injury time, Dortmund retreated from all fronts and faced Manchester City's indiscriminate bombardment. Even Royce, a forward, had to foul his opponent in defense, resulting in himself receiving a yellow card.

But the good news is that Dortmund still won Manchester City away from home.

After two rounds of the group stage, they and Real Madrid also had two wins from two games, but they were temporarily ranked second because they scored fewer goals than Real Madrid.

Manchester City and Ajax ranked third and fourth respectively.

After the game, Zhou Yi was stopped by reporters in the mixed zone and answered a number of sensitive questions.

When asked whether he was suspected of pretending to be injured when he came off the field, Zhou Yi did not speak, but raised his left foot to the reporters, which was still wrapped in an ice pack and could only wear slippers.

A reporter asked him what he thought of the boos from Manchester City fans. He said: "I think there must be some misunderstanding. This is my first time coming to the Etihad Stadium to play. I have never interacted with Manchester City before. We passed each other, so there should be no grudges between the two of us. As for why they booed me? You should ask them, not me who is also confused!"

He spread his hands.

"They must have thought your move before the game was a provocation." A reporter added for Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi shook his head: "If it was really provocative, I would draw a middle finger on the football instead of a smiling face. I believe no one on this planet would regard a smile as a provocation, right?"

"But your behavior is very unusual..."

"What's unusual about this? I've already explained why I did it before and I don't think there's any need to repeat it. There's no point dwelling on what I did and it's not going to win the game for Manchester City. "Zhou Yi shook his head.

Some Chinese reporters were more concerned about Zhou Yi's injury. Zhou Yi smiled and said: "It's not a big problem. The ice application is just for safety reasons to prevent the situation from getting worse. But I think I won't miss the game against Australia."

He knew why Chinese reporters were concerned about his injuries, so he gave the standard answer directly.

German reporters were concerned about the club's games. They asked Zhou Yi that Dortmund had won two consecutive games in the group of death and had the same six points as Real Madrid. Does this mean that the group of death is not worthy of the name? In fact, in the end, Dortmund and Real Madrid came out together.

Zhou Yi disagreed: "I think it is like this. There are six games in total in the group stage, and only one-third of the games have been played now, and two-thirds of the games have not been played. Everything is possible. Although Ajax is now They are ranked last, but if you underestimate them, you will suffer a loss..."

He then ended the interview and limped back to the locker room.

At this moment, no one would have imagined that what he just said would come true on the next match day.

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At the post-match press conference, Klopp criticized the Manchester City players for their rude behavior towards Zhou Yi during the game. He also tactfully criticized the referee for not giving Zhou Yi more protection. He also talked about Zhou Yi's injury: "...I don't know if he will miss the game next time. This decision needs to be made by the team medical team, not me. If the team medical team says he can't play, then I won't Let him play, and if the medical staff says he's OK, I'll let him play, that's easy."

When it was Mancini's turn, he expressed regret for the team's loss to Dortmund at home, but he said nothing about Zhou Yi's injury or the rude actions of his players.

In fact, there is nothing to mention. It would be a slap in the face to admit that one of the players moved too much.

A reporter asked Mancini whether Manchester City's impatience in this game was due to misjudgment of the situation and opponents.

Mancini flatly denied this: "We respect our opponents very much. Dortmund is a strong team and we cannot underestimate the enemy."

But the day after the game, the local media in Manchester published an article that slapped Mancini in the face, saying that Manchester City could tell from their pre-match preparations that the players' mentality was wrong, which is why they were so easily angered by Zhou Yi.

"...Perhaps the 2:3 away defeat to Real Madrid in the first group match gave Manchester City more illusions and ideas, making them feel that they were strong enough to break through in the group of death. But the reality is cruel. I admit that although they lost to Real Madrid 2:3 in the away game, Manchester City played well in that game and almost took all three points from the Bernabeu. But the performance in that game has nothing to do with the performance in this game. Just because they played well in the first group stage, it doesn't take it for granted that they played well in the second group stage. And although Mancini denied it, it was obvious that Manchester City underestimated the opponent when facing Dortmund. , they may think that Real Madrid is better than Dortmund. They can beat Real Madrid in an away game so embarrassingly. It is certainly not a problem to defeat Dortmund when they return to their home court, right? But it is a pity that Klopp’s team will give Manchi a good time. Nigeria has learned a lesson. The Champions League and the Premier League are completely different competitions. Just because they won the league championship last season, it does not mean they are a strong team in the Champions League. In fact, in the Champions League, Manchester City still has a long way to go... "

The Manchester media criticized Mancini and Manchester City mercilessly, but that's normal. This media usually tends to favor Manchester United...

Losing the league title in the last three minutes of last season made everyone at Manchester United very unhappy. Now they finally found an opportunity to vent their anger - although we lost to them in the league, the Champions League will teach you how to be a good person! (To be continued.)