Chapter 140: Turning Against Guests

? After fifteen days of training in the warm southern Spain, the Dortmund team returned to Dortmund where there was still heavy snow.

It feels like entering a completely different parallel world.

On the evening of January 19th, Dortmund will challenge Werder Bremen away from home in the eighteenth round of the league.

There is now only two points between Dortmund and Bayern Munich. This is a very suspenseful point difference. Klopp’s strategy for the team is to try to catch up with Bayern Munich before the start of the Champions League knockout rounds. If they can overtake them in points, they will Better.

Dortmund's first Champions League knockout match was on the night of February 13th, less than a month ago.

During this period, Dortmund has four league games to play.

They are an away game against Werder Bremen in the 18th round, a home game against Nuremberg in the 19th round, an away game against Leverkusen in the 20th round, and a home game against Hamburg in the 11th round.

These four games may be related to Dortmund's championship situation this season. Because when the Champions League knockout rounds begin, Dortmund will inevitably be distracted, and no one can guarantee what will happen in the final sprint of the league.

During the same period of time, Bayern Munich's opponents were Fürth, Stuttgart, Mainz and Schalke 04. The order of home and away games is home, away, away, home.

It's hard to say whose opponent is more difficult to deal with, and whose schedule is more advantageous.

Instead of focusing on your opponents, you should work hard to be yourself and play your own game well.

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Coincidentally, after the eighteenth round of the Bundesliga, the twenty-first round of the French Ligue 1 will begin on the evening of January 20th. This is likely to be He Ying's first game after joining Paris Saint-Germain.

It can even be said that He Ying's game attracted more attention in China than Dortmund's game. Because everyone knows that Zhou Yi cannot be a substitute, but He Ying's fate has touched the hearts of many people. Everyone wants to see what kind of performance He Ying can perform after such a change.

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On the evening of January 19, Dortmund's away game against Werder Bremen started in the snow. Shaheen, who was on loan, sat on the bench and did not enter the starting lineup. This arrangement shows that Klopp does not intend to let Shaheen be the main player. He positions Shaheen as a rotation player.

And Shaheen did not have any objections to this,

He knows very well that after he has experienced so many things, it would be good to return to Dortmund and still play games. As for the main core, don't even think about it, just be more practical.

Suffering setbacks at Real Madrid and Liverpool made the once talented boy appear more low-key and pragmatic, and seemed to look down on a lot of fame, wealth and vanity.

In this game, Klopp fielded almost the strongest lineup at home. The attacking lineup composed of Lewandowski, Mark, Reus, Zhou Yi, and Gotze all appeared.

The strong offensive firepower allowed Dortmund to take the lead as soon as they came up. In the ninth minute, Royce seized the opportunity to open the scoring for Dortmund.

Ten minutes later, Gotze received the ball from Mark and scored from a close shot. Dortmund led Werder Bremen 2:0.

"Less than twenty minutes into the game, Dortmund took a two-goal lead! And it was on the road, which fully demonstrates the strength of Dortmund in the Bundesliga. If nothing else happens this season, the championship will still be in Dortmund. and Bayern Munich between the two teams." Duan Xin commented.

"Thanks to the geothermal facilities, we can see the green turf, but unfortunately, the heat seems to be unable to be transmitted to Werder Bremen's players. Their movements on this cold winter night are as if their bodies are frozen. It's like being frozen. Looking at the Dortmund players, they are much more flexible than Werder Bremen. Maybe it's because the Dortmund players are running all the time. They don't feel the cold at all, and they are not affected by the weather..." Marcel El Leif commented (complained) on the performance of the players of both teams.

In this game, Werder Bremen's performance was indeed not very good. Their players seemed to have not recovered from the winter break, and the players seemed to be still celebrating Christmas.

In the second half, the team changed sides again. Just three minutes into the game, Zhou Yi used the outside instep of his right foot to send a curved ball outside the penalty area. The ball bypassed Werder Bremen's defender and landed accurately at Mark's feet. Mark Facing the football sent by Zhou Yi, he did not stop the ball, but chose to push it directly. The angle was very awkward, and the football rolled into the goal while grazing the far goal post.

"3:0! Mark Wagner! The suspense of this game is completely over," Marcel Leif shouted. "At the beginning of the second half, Dortmund used a fast break to score another goal. Werder Bremen was three goals behind at home, and it was very difficult to come back!"

Of course, Werder Bremen was not willing to admit defeat at their home court. Their head coach Schaff made two changes in one breath, replacing defender Pledel with young Turkish midfielder Ozkan Yildelin. , replaced another forward Peterson with Nigerian forward Joseph Akpala.

Hopefully the offense can improve.

However, Dortmund already had a three-goal lead, and they did not need to continue to take risks and let Werder Bremen succeed in a sneak attack. Therefore, under the leadership of Zhou Yi, Dortmund began to control the ball and consciously slowed down the pace.

Under such circumstances, Klopp also made adjustments, replacing Royce with Kuba and replacing Gotze with Shaheen.

Shaheen returns to the field and will sit in the defensive midfielder to assist Zhou Yi in controlling the rhythm.

The game gradually progressed into the 80th minute, with neither side scoring a goal. Dortmund is not in a hurry, they are leading by three goals anyway, but Werder Bremen seems very impatient.

At this time Zhou Yi realized that Dortmund no longer needed to slow down. Since there are still three minutes left in the game anyway, it is possible that Werder Bremen will chase three goals in a row to equalize the score in these ten minutes, but the probability is really frighteningly low. Under such circumstances, Dortmund does not need to continue to delay time. Instead, it can try to attack. Maybe there will be more gains?

The Bundesliga is different from the Champions League. When two teams have the same points, they do not compare the winning or losing relationship between each other, but first compare the goal difference. Therefore, it is also possible to get more goal difference in the game. Add more winning weight for situations that may arise in the future.

So he found an opportunity for a dead ball, ran to Shaheen, covered his mouth with his hand and told him his plan in Shaheen's ear.

Shaheen had no objection to this. Everything should be done according to Zhou Yi's ideas. He would just help.

When the game resumed, Zhou Yi quickly launched a successful offensive. Finally, full-back Piszczek stepped in to assist Lewandowski and scored. Dortmund led Werder Bremen 4:0!

Lewandowski's goal completely killed the suspense of the outcome of the game. Now Werder Bremen has only one option left, which is to score a face-saving goal. It would be really ugly to have your head shaved in your home stadium...

So in the last ten minutes, Werder Bremen's offensive became even more crazy.

Of course, facing Werder Bremen's crazy counterattack, Zhou Yi did not hesitate. In the 86th minute, he assisted Kuba to score Dortmund's last goal in the game.

"5:0! Kuba!! Dortmund actually leads Werder Bremen by such a big score in the away game!" Marcel Leif was a little surprised. "Werder Bremen had a bad start to the second half of the league. Look. It seems like their road to relegation this season is not going to be easy!”

In the end, Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 5:0 away from home, getting a good start in the second half of the league.

In Bayern Munich's home game against Fürth that ended earlier, Bayern Munich easily defeated Fürth with a score of 2:0. The two teams still have a two-point difference.

But in the league, winning or losing a game is not that important. Compared with the Champions League, the league is a marathon, and mentality and stability are the most important. As long as Dortmund keeps winning and be patient, they will always get a chance.

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After the Zhouyi game, the game that Chinese fans are most concerned about is coming.

Not long after the Dortmund game ended, Paris Saint-Germain announced their roster for the next game. Head coach Ancelotti put He Ying on the roster, which meant that he would have a chance to play.

This game is not only concerned by domestic fans, Zhou Yi and others are also paying attention.

After returning to Dortmund from the away game, Zhou Yi got a day of rest. He sat in front of the TV in the living room early in the evening, scrolling through his mobile phone and waiting for the game to start.

Cortana passed behind him and found that he was actually in the French Ligue 1. She was a little surprised: "You also watch the French games?"

"I have a friend." Zhou Yi briefly introduced the situation.

"Oh, okay." Cortana nodded, walked into her room, and closed the door so as not to disturb Zhou Yi watching the ball.

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He Ying did not appear in the starting list announced before the start of the game. He sat on the bench.

After the game started, although He Ying did not start, Zhou Yi was still watching the game seriously because he wanted to help He Ying analyze the situation after the game. Let's see how we can get into the game faster with this team, and get into the game more consistently.

This game is Paris Saint-Germain's away game against Bordeaux.

Zhou Yi also went to learn about the previous situations of the two teams. As of the twentieth round of the league, Paris Saint-Germain has eleven wins, six draws and three losses, with 39 points, ranking second with a two-point disadvantage.

Bordeaux, on the other hand, ranked fourth with 32 points from seven wins, eleven draws and two losses.

At their home court, Bordeaux did not perform very well. They only won three games and drew six games in nine home games. Although they are the only team in Ligue 1 that remains undefeated at home, there are so many draws. Unbeaten at home actually means nothing. In these nine home games, they only scored nine goals, conceded six goals, and averaged only one goal per game, which fully illustrates the weakness of their home offensive firepower. Bordeaux's home performance ranks fourteenth among the twenty teams in Ligue 1, sixth from the bottom.

So home court may not be Bordeaux's advantage.

If He Ying has a chance to play, he can actually take advantage of this to attack Bordeaux's defense.

Regarding this point, Zhou Yi actually communicated directly with He Ying by phone before the game.

For most of the first half, both sides played calmly. Neither side took many shots. Bordeaux was slightly higher than Paris Saint-Germain - this is their home court after all.

However, although Bordeaux shot more times than Paris Saint-Germain, the quality of their shots was not high, and only one shot hit the goal frame.

The forward is weak... Seeing this, Zhou Yi felt that He Ying should actually go to Bordeaux. Maybe he wouldn't have to sit on the bench in this game and could start directly.

As for Paris Saint-Germain, He Ying's competitive pressure on the striker is still greater than that of Bordeaux. The two starting forwards are both famous, Ibrahimovic and Lavezzi.

In the 43rd minute, the first half was about to end. The famous Ibrahimovic seized the opportunity and scored, opening the scoring for Paris Saint-Germain and breaking the deadlock.

In both games, the two visiting teams took the lead and scored first... (To be continued.)