Chapter 109 The Curse of Science

? Dortmund defeated Schalke 04 3:1 at home. In addition to winning another Ruhr derby, they also relied on this victory to successfully squeeze out Schalke 04 and become third in the league. .

Now they have five wins, two draws and one loss in eight league games, with 17 points, ranking third.

Bayern Munich ranks first with 24 points and eight wins from eight games. Bayern Munich's re-emergence this season is indeed very strong. This seems to be in line with everyone's predictions for this season's league championship in the season preview. In today's German football, in addition to Bayern Munich, no team can win the championship for three consecutive years, so this year's league championship must be Bayern Munich. Dortmund still wants to win the league, so it is better to think more about how to achieve a historic breakthrough in the Champions League. Woolen cloth.

The second-ranked team is somewhat unexpected. It is a name that Chinese fans are very familiar with - Frankfurt.

But experts are not optimistic that they will eventually be ranked in this position. In fact, Frankfurt also cannot expect to be second in the league and qualify for next season's Champions League. After their head coach Armin Fei defeated Hannover 96 3:1, he told reporters that Frankfurt's goal this season is to "preserve relegation." For Frankfurt, who was still in the Bundesliga 2 last season and has just returned to the First Division this season, this goal is very practical and sincere.

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After the Ruhr Derby, another game awaits Zhou Yi and his Dortmund teammates.

That is the Champions League group stage. In this game, Dortmund will face the seeded team in this group, the strongest Real Madrid, at home.

Two rounds of the Champions League group stage have been played, and both Real Madrid and Dortmund have maintained complete victories. Dortmund defeated Ajax 1:0 at home and defeated Manchester City 2:1 away. Neither of these wins was a big win, nor was it easy for Manchester City to win.

In comparison, Real Madrid only encountered trouble when facing Manchester City in the first game. They narrowly defeated Manchester City 3:2 at home, and defeated Ajax 4:1 away from home in the second game. Mourinho's Real Madrid showed great strength and completely ignored the opponent's home advantage. With the same opponent, Dortmund had a tough time playing at home, and finally won with Zhou Yi's goal in the 87th minute, while Real Madrid won by three goals at Ajax's home court. The difference in strength is obvious.

The whole world believes that Mourinho's Real Madrid will be the favorite to win the Champions League this season. It can be seen from the performance in the group stage that the critics are right.

This time, the teams with the best performance in this group are about to meet. This game is seen as a contest to determine who can be the leader of this group. Whoever wins will be first in the group.

From a strength perspective,

Mourinho's Real Madrid is stronger than Dortmund. But Dortmund is not completely at a disadvantage. They also have an advantage, that is, this game is their home court.

Yes, Dortmund has home field advantage, but this home field advantage is different from the ordinary home field advantage - for Real Madrid, the German team's home court is simply hell.

Yes, not Dortmund’s home stadium, the Westpark, but the home stadium of all German teams. Regardless of the results of this team's encounter with other teams, as long as they meet Real Madrid, it will be like a blast at their home court.

In the previous history of the Champions League, Real Madrid met German teams on the road a total of 24 times. The historical record cannot even be described as "not dominant", but "horrible". In these 24 away games, Real Madrid only won one pitiful victory, including a 0:5 loss to Kaiserslautern, a 1:5 humiliation by Monchengladbach, and a 1:5 defeat by Monchengladbach. A humiliating game like the Hamburg Bloodbath.

The only away game they won at Henry was on September 20, 2000, when they defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3:2 away from home. In the twelve years since then, Real Madrid's results as a guest against German teams have been nine games, three draws and six losses. It has to be said that going to Germany is simply a nightmare for Real Madrid, and this nightmare has lasted for twelve years and cannot be broken.

In addition to the difficulty of finding a victory, Real Madrid, which has strong offensive firepower, only scored three goals in a single game when they went to Germany.

All aspects illustrate Real Madrid's acclimatization in Germany.

Specific to the opponent Dortmund, Real Madrid and Dortmund have met three times before in the Champions League. Although Real Madrid defeated Dortmund in total score these three times, the powerful Real Madrid failed to win even three away games against Dortmund.

In the 1998-1999 season, Real Madrid and Dortmund met in the Champions League. Real Madrid played Dortmund 0:0 in an away game and did not win.

In the 2002-2003 season, Real Madrid and Dortmund met again in the Champions League. Dortmund drew 1:1 with Real Madrid at home, but Real Madrid still did not win.

The 2010-2011 season is the most recent match between them. This game may be of more reference value because the players of both teams have not changed much compared to that time. It can be considered the same team as it is today, and the two Real Madrid and Dortmund teams from more than ten years ago no longer exist.

In this encounter, Real Madrid first defeated Dortmund, who had entered the Champions League for the first time in seven years, 4:1 at home, almost ending the suspense of the two-leg match.

However, Dortmund, who had been eliminated, performed very tenaciously after returning to their home court. They drew with Real Madrid 1:1, but Real Madrid still failed to conquer the German stadium.

Of course, regarding this second round, some people may say that this is because Real Madrid has advanced early, so the players are too relaxed and do not pay attention. Different from the situation in today's group stage, Real Madrid will definitely not have the mentality of underestimating the enemy this time. They will take the game more seriously. In this way, the last confrontation will have no reference value.

But no matter what, there is a reason why the curse is called a curse.

Real Madrid can't win away games against German teams, that's the curse. Before this game, the media's overwhelming hype of this magical concept will definitely affect the mentality of Real Madrid players.

If they are eager to prove they are immune to the spell, they will be impatient during the game.

If they are indeed cursed and worried, it will make them shy away from the game.

Although Mourinho said in an interview that neither he nor his team care about the "curse", who in the minds of Real Madrid players really thinks? I'm afraid not even him...

So does Dortmund see this problem?

Klopp said in an interview that he doesn't care about the curse or not. He believes that the outcome of the game can only be determined by the performance of the players on both sides in the game, and has nothing to do with the curse.

As the core of the team, Zhou Yi will naturally be asked this question by the media.

Outside the training ground, he said the curse seriously? Nonsense, I can't understand why people would still make excuses like the Middle Ages in the 21st century. I don't have a magic spell, that's nonsense. "

He spoke so firmly that some reporters couldn't help but ask, but the fact is that Real Madrid only won once in Germany... What's the explanation? "

Zhou Yi looked at him and said seriously that there is a very scientific term called 'Murphy's Law'. I think this should explain your question. "

With that, he bid farewell to the reporters.

A group of reporters stood there still thinking about what Zhou Yi just said.

"Murphy's Law?" Some reporters didn't quite understand.

But some reporters understand very well, damn, this guy Zhou Yi is causing trouble! "

For those who don’t understand, let those who understand explain it? To cause harm? "

"Is this what you say? If you drop a piece of bread with jam on one side, then the side with jam must hit the ground." Someone who understands asked.

"Yes, I've heard of it..." People who didn't understand nodded repeatedly.

"This is Murphy's Law. That is to say, if something can go wrong, it will definitely go wrong."

Once he explains it like this, people who don't understand will understand.

"So Zhou Yi is saying that if Real Madrid may lose to Dortmund, then it will definitely lose to Dortmund?"

"That's right! Otherwise, Zhou Yi, this kid, is full of bad ideas! He will hurt everyone to the point of wilting, bad, wilting, bad! Haha!" The Chinese reporter who said this laughed very happily. Obviously, he didn't seem to think that this was Zhou Yi. Shortcomings……

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"Murphy's Law" is not well-known in China, but in the Western world, it has become a popular slang. When Zhou Yi said this, the German reporter's eyes lit up.

The next day, Germany's "Kicker" used this title: There is no 'magic', only 'Murphy's Law'."

No further explanation is needed. Just by looking at the title, everyone will understand what Zhou Yi means.

Murphy's Law is actually a psychological effect, in which "things that can go wrong will always go wrong" and "if you are worried about something happening, then it is more likely to happen" are the main contents of Murphy's Law.

Zhou Yi actually only uses psychology to explain that there will be a "magic curse". Since it is considered a curse, it means that such bad things will happen frequently, which of course falls within the scope of explanation of "Murphy's Law".

At the same time, the media also detoxified Zhou Yi's words from Weikang Zhou Yi's provocation against Real Madrid, announcing in advance that Real Madrid would definitely lose in the away game.

His remarks were naturally criticized by the Spanish media, who believed that Zhou Yi was arrogant and did not respect his opponents enough.

In response to this, Zhou Yi said in the "Excluding Lao Guo" group that I was really unjust. I just told them that the curse is unscientific. If it is scientific, it can be explained by using the term "Murphy's Law". Cheng is deliberately provoking arrogance. Do you think reporters only have such big imaginations? "

"Pretend, keep pretending." Sun Pan looked on coldly.

"Pretend, keep pretending."

"Pretend, keep pretending."

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The others below followed and maintained formation. Even Yang Muge and He Ying were among them.

Zhou Yi could only lament that "the world is declining, and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be." Even Lao Yang and He Ying followed Sun Pan's example. (To be continued.)