Chapter 124 Can’t Keep a Low Profile

In fact, Dortmund was not just tied by Dusseldorf. In this game, they still lost their captain Kyle.

Kyle was injured in the 68th minute of the game and was unable to continue the game and was substituted.

After the examination after the game, it was found that he had bid farewell to the first half of the Bundesliga ahead of schedule, and would have to wait until the second half to return from injury.

As a veteran, Kyle's performance this season has surprised many people. He has not been troubled by injuries before and has maintained good condition. During the time when Gundogan was injured, he formed a team with Sven Cade. The double midfielders provide protection for Zhou Yi behind him, allowing him to organize attacks from the front with peace of mind.

It can be said that this season Dortmund can fight on both fronts in the Champions League and the league, advancing hand in hand, and his role cannot be ignored.

He was in such good shape that after Gundogan recovered from his injury, he was unable to regain his main position for a while and had to play as a substitute. Fortunately, Klopp made a rotation and did not let Gundogan fall into a situation where he had no ball to play.

But as an almost thirty-three-year-old veteran, injuries still caught up with him.

His injury was considered by the media to have a great impact on Dortmund. Before the game against Bayern Munich, Kyle was injured, which is definitely not insignificant news.

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Dortmund was somewhat unexpectedly tied by Dusseldorf, while Bayern Munich defeated Freiburg 2:0 away from home. The point difference between the two teams was reopened to four points.

In the next round of the league, the two teams will have a direct dialogue, with Dortmund challenging Bayern Munich away.

If Dortmund can beat Bayern Munich away from home, it can reduce the five-point gap to two points.

And if Bayern Munich defeats Dortmund at home, they can take advantage of the situation to expand the four-point gap to seven points and win the Bundesliga half-time championship two rounds in advance.

Winning the winter break championship is of great significance to the Bundesliga championship.

After this round of strong dialogue, both teams will face their Champions League group matches.

Dortmund's final round of the Champions League group stage was against Manchester City at their home court. This game was meaningless. Dortmund had already qualified first in the group early, while Manchester City was eliminated early. The only suspense is in the match between Real Madrid and Ajax. Real Madrid was tied with Manchester City in the last round and only accumulated seven points.

Ajax were beaten by Borussia Dortmund and finished with four points. If Ajax can defeat Real Madrid with a big score in the final round of the group stage, then they will surpass Real Madrid and become second in the group with the same points as Real Madrid.

But honestly, the chances of that happening are very, very low.

Real Madrid cannot capsize in the gutter.

Bayern Munich's final group match is against BATE Borisov, the weakest team in their group, at home.

Although they are competing with Atletico Madrid for first place in the group, there should not be much suspense. There is no way Bayern Munich could lose at home to the weakest team in this group.

So in fact, the next Champions League group stage will have little impact on the two teams in the league.

They can field their strongest lineup excluding players on the injured list.

This time, Klopp did not choose to rotate.

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The game between Dortmund and Bayern Munich is the most eye-catching contest in this round of Bundesliga, and the whole world is paying attention to this game.

For Bayern Munich, this is a battle of revenge, and they will definitely defeat Dortmund at home. In the first two seasons in the league, they were firmly suppressed by Dortmund and have missed the league championship for two consecutive seasons. Their momentum this season has been pretty good, with eight consecutive league wins and a lead.

As a result, Dortmund is now catching up little by little. It seems that Dortmund does not want to give up the league title this season.

However, Bayern Munich has more confidence in themselves this season. Since Dortmund is unwilling to give up, let them use results to learn to let go.

As long as they can defeat Dortmund in a direct dialogue with them, Bayern Munich will have an advantage on the road to the league championship.

Therefore, before the game, all Bayern Munich soldiers spoke through various channels to express their determination.

Schweinsteiger said in an interview that in his opinion, Dortmund's strength this season is no longer as good as the previous two seasons. If they want to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, they must learn to give up some games.

"...For a team like Dortmund that lacks bench strength, the Champions League and the league cannot have both. My personal experience is that if Klopp wants the team to achieve better results in the Champions League, they must Do not give up the league. If you want both, the final result is likely to be that you do not achieve good results in any game...I say this not to make Dortmund deliberately give up the league, but just as a two-line combat experienced players, just give them a little experience..."

This is said with a sense of superiority. But he does have such qualifications. As a Bayern Munich player, this kind of two-line combat was very abundant at the time. And in the whole of Germany, only Bayern Munich can achieve good results while fighting on two fronts. It's normal for Bayern Munich to feel superior in front of Dortmund.

In this regard, Dortmund's number one mouthpiece Grosskreutz retorted: "Thanks to the Bayern Munich players for their suggestions, but I find it difficult to believe whether their experience is valid. Because last season they 'gave up' the league title and still won the Champions League. I was defeated by Chelsea in the final. I really can’t believe the experience of a loser..."

This simply rubs salt into Bayern Munich's wounds.

Last season, Bayern Munich reached the Champions League final at the Allianz Arena, and the entire team vowed to win the championship on their own doorstep. Before the game, the media, betting companies and fans were also optimistic about the more experienced Bayern Munich.

The results of it?

In front of tens of thousands of home fans, Bayern Munich lost to Chelsea in a penalty shootout and missed the championship.

This is simply a bigger blow to Bayern Munich than being robbed of the league title by Dortmund for two consecutive seasons.

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Now that Grosskreutz is talking about this, it will naturally anger Bayern Munich.

In the tense atmosphere, Zhou Yi did not participate in the war of words. A reporter came to him and wanted to hear his opinion.

"I have no objection. This is only the fifteenth round of the league, and there are still nineteen rounds before the end of the league. The outcome of one game cannot mean anything. Don't act as if this one game can determine the league championship. Still. Just focus on the game itself.”

He was very calm.

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Although Zhou Yi is very low-key and calm, after the game started, he could not be low-key at all. As the core of Dortmund, Zhou Yi is naturally the player that Bayern Munich takes care of.

Javi Martinez follows him every step of the way, limiting his range of movement.

Others were ready to come up and double-team him at any time.

Under such circumstances, how could Zhou Yi keep a low profile?

However, Zhou Yi was not surprised by such a battle, and he did not feel a headache. Whether in virtual space games or real games, he has encountered this situation countless times. It would be too hypocritical if he would be surprised at this time.

He has accumulated a wealth of experience to deal with such situations.

This season, his physical fitness is much better than before. But it's not because of any special training he did before this season, but because of his unremitting physical training in the previous seasons, and the foundation was finally laid.

With physical support, to deal with this annoying defense, just run. Keep running, running from left to right, from behind to front, don't stay on the court, don't stand still, keep changing your position, then sooner or later the defensive players will not be able to keep up with his rhythm.

This is what Zhouyi did.

Facing Bayern Munich's targeted defense, he also made a targeted response. He can appear in almost any position on the pitch, whether it is in his own corner flag area or in Bayern Munich's penalty area, he can always be seen.

Even if he doesn't have the ball, as long as others appear in that position, it will be trouble and threat to Bayern Munich.

Although Javi Martinez is responsible for defending Zhou Yi, he cannot abandon his position and just follow Zhou Yi. In that case, if Zhou Yi goes to the side and Martinez follows, wouldn't the middle be empty? If other Bayern Munich players are allowed to cover in the middle, wouldn't there be no one in the area where the defensive player was originally located?

Defense is a whole, and it is linked one link to another. If there is a problem in one place, it will inevitably affect the whole. The so-called "one move can affect the whole body" is really suitable for defense.

So Zhou Yi ran like this, which made Javi Martinez very painful. Should he follow or not?

If you follow him, your position will be gone. If you don't follow him, you can't just turn a blind eye to him causing threats and troubles in other places, right?

Facing such a capable Zhou Yi, not only Javi Martinez was in a dilemma, but also Bayern Munich's head coach Heynckes had a headache.

When Zhou Yi's physical fitness is not good, he can be forced to run by pressing close to him, causing him to consume a lot of energy while running, and eventually perform abnormally due to lack of physical strength.

But now, after Zhou Yi has obviously improved his shortcomings in physical fitness, he doesn't even need the defender to force him to run, he starts running all over the court by himself! (To be continued.)