Chapter 114 The Wizard without Quotation Marks

After the game, Zhou Yi was also the focus of media reporters. What he said before the game caused quite a controversy. Now the result of the game is indeed what he "predicted". Of course, everyone wants to hear what he will do. said.

Standing in front of the microphone, Zhou Yi looked very innocent: "I really didn't mean to be provocative, nor was I arrogant or arrogant. I just told everyone a scientific term. Unexpectedly, it was over-interpreted by the media. I originally thought It’s a slang that can be seen everywhere in the Western world. It doesn’t have much to say. Now it seems that I didn’t think it through. If you ask me what I think about this matter, I have one opinion - some things have scientific truth. It's not based on personal emotions, whether you like it or not, it's there. Murphy's Law is not a good thing, but it does exist. It's just a psychological phenomenon. Don't over-interpret it. This game is very good. This is proven.”

A reporter asked: "Does that mean that no matter how hard the Real Madrid players work, Real Madrid will definitely lose to Dortmund?"

Zhou Yi quickly shook his head, pointed at the reporter who asked the question and said, "I didn't say that. If there is any deviation in the report, you will be responsible."

He then pointed at the reporters present and said: "So many fellow journalists are here to bear witness. I have never said what I just said!"

A group of reporters rolled their eyes inwardly...

Or a Chinese reporter came out and changed the topic: "So after defeating Real Madrid at home, does it mean that Dortmund will win the first place in this group?"

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "This is the group of death. Whatever happens is normal. Not only can we not be said to be the first in the group, but it is too early to say whether we can qualify from the group. Who knows what will happen next? , Manchester City is also a strong team..."

Before he finished speaking, the Chinese reporter who asked the question looked at him with a bewildered smile and said: "Manchester City just lost to Ajax 1:3 in an away game."

"Uh..." Zhou Yi couldn't speak anymore. "Okay, that's it, bye everyone!"

After speaking, he waved his hand and forcibly bid farewell to the reporters.

Watching his leaving figure, some of the reporters laughed.

"Hey, you said that two seasons ago, he swore in advance that Dortmund would definitely qualify from the Champions League group stage at that time. Why is he so low-key and humble this time?"

"How can this be modesty? This is clearly bad!" Someone said immediately next to him. "I feel like he is speaking ironically throughout the whole article..."

"Isn't it too sensitive?"

"Not sensitive,

We need to interpret Zhou Yi's words in depth. We should not just look at the surface meaning, but fully explore his heart. Who knows what subtext he has? "

"Do you know who I sympathize with the most right now? It's Manchester City! It's okay for Zhou Yi to say that Real Madrid is dead. Real Madrid is their opponent in this game. Manchester City was shot thousands of miles away, but they were stunned by him It’s so damned…”

"how do I say this?"

"After the last match between Dortmund and Manchester City, didn't Zhou Yi say anything is possible when we were interviewed? What were his original words at that time..." The speaker raised his head and thought for a moment, then continued said. "'Although Jax is currently ranked last, if you underestimate them, you will suffer a loss'. Yes, that's what it said. Look, did Manchester City fall to Ajax in this game? The Premier League Champion, three consecutive defeats in the Champions League group stage! It's really... embarrassing, tsk tsk."

A group of people also remembered that Zhou Yi had said this before. At that time, everyone didn’t think much about it and just regarded it as a normal and ordinary remark.

Unexpectedly, it was predicted by Zhou Yi.

Now everyone can't help but shudder when they think of his nickname of "Wizard" that was once spread all over Germany - maybe this nickname actually doesn't need quotation marks?

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The two Champions League group matches that kicked off at the same time in the same night ended. Dortmund defeated Real Madrid 2:1 at home, continuing Real Madrid's embarrassing record of fourteen years without a win in Germany. But this result is not too surprising. After knowing this result, many people will think this result is normal even if they have not watched the game at all. If Real Madrid wins, they will be surprised.

But the result of another game really scared many people.

Manchester City unexpectedly lost to Ajax away from home in what was already considered a last-ditch battle! The team recognized as the weakest in this group defeated Manchester City 3:1 at home!

In fact, in the first half, Manchester City was able to reach a tie with Ajax in the away game. The score between the two sides was 1:1.

But in the second half of the game, Jax scored two goals in ten minutes, killing the suspense of the game.

Mancini's side suffered an embarrassing three-game losing streak in the Champions League group stages.

This is something that many people did not expect before the game. When the draw results just came out, everyone thought that Ajax was the target of all teams in this group to score points. The competition for the two qualifying places will be between Real Madrid, Manchester City and Dortmund is among the three teams.

Unexpectedly, halfway through the group stage, Manchester City was the first to fall behind. Now after three games, Dortmund has won three games and is at the top of the list with nine points. Real Madrid ranks second with two wins and one loss. Ajax ranks third, with one win and two losses and three points. Manchester City, which has lost all three games, has zero points and ranks last.

There are still three group stage games left. If Manchester City wants to break out of the group of death, then it must win all the last three games, and at the same time, it must hope that the team in front of them cannot win a game, otherwise Their probability of qualifying will be very, very, very low...

But even so, it is only theoretically possible for Manchester City to qualify...

After this game, the Manchester media said: "It turns out that the 'Group of Death' is only for Manchester City..."

"The 'Group of Death' has become the 'Group of Disappointment'. Who knows what Manchester City has gone through!"

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Manchester City is naturally disappointed, while Dortmund's situation is excellent.

They have nine points from three games, have yet to lose, and have a six-point lead over third-placed Ajax. And in terms of mutual victory and defeat, they also have an advantage. In the next three games, Dortmund only needs to meet two conditions to ensure a qualifying spot.

The first one is to win one of the three remaining games, just win one.

The second condition is not to lose to Ajax by a margin of two goals or more.

As long as these two points are met, the right to qualify is basically gone.

And the actual situation is much more optimistic than this theoretical situation.

Because the theoretical situation is based on Dortmund winning only one game and then losing two games, while Ajax wins the remaining three games.

Not to mention the two opponents of Manchester City and Dortmund, it is basically impossible for Ajax to defeat Real Madrid on the road, so this theoretical extreme situation is unlikely to occur.

It can be concluded that there is no suspense for Dortmund to qualify from this death group. The only suspense may be who is first and second between them and Real Madrid.

After losing to Dortmund, Real Madrid went from first place in the group to second place in the group. They will definitely not be willing to just touch the first place in other groups, nor will they be willing to let Dortmund beat them, so the next Champions League game After returning to their home court in the group stage, Real Madrid will definitely try their best to defeat Dortmund.

The competition between these two teams is the biggest highlight of this group.

As for the term "Group of Death"... everyone has now discovered that the original Group D of the Champions League in 1999 is a classic that cannot be surpassed and copied. This year's Group D is just a "Group of Death" that looks very scary, but is actually a Paper tigers, Manchester City's incompetence made this group lose a lot of suspense. A group with such a huge difference in points can hardly be called a 'group of death'.

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After the match against Real Madrid, Dortmund challenged Freiburg away in the ninth round of the league.

In this game, Klopp adopted a large rotation. Although the Dortmund team showed amazing physical fitness in the game against Real Madrid, they are not robots after all and still need to rest. After two consecutive high-intensity fierce confrontations, the players are very tired both physically and mentally. .

So after the game against Real Madrid, Klopp gave all the players who participated in the game a full day off, even though the league game against Freiburg was actually three days later.

Klopp had no intention of playing some of these players in that game.

For the away game against Freiburg, Zhou Yi didn't go, Mark didn't go, Lewandowski didn't go, Royce didn't go, Sven Bender didn't go, and none of the above people were in the 18-man roster.

But even so, Dortmund, who played with the second team, defeated Freiburg without a fight 2:0 in the away game. The Champions League fought on two fronts, and no one on either side was delayed. This also shows that Dortmund has accumulated some experience in dealing with domestic and European competitions at the same time after playing in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.

For Dortmund, good news never comes alone. In the same round of the league, Bayern Munich unexpectedly lost 1:2 to Bayer Leverkusen at home. This was their first league loss this season.

This defeat also left their points at 24 points.

Dortmund follows with 20 points, and the gap between the two teams is now reduced to four points.

Dortmund this season is different from what those analysts thought. They have not considered giving up the domestic league in exchange for the qualification to sprint into the Champions League. (To be continued.)