Chapter 153 Strategic Abandonment
The injured Mark's current task is to recuperate and strive for a speedy recovery.
Zhou Yi's task is to lead the team to win.
After the game against Shakhtar Donetsk, Dortmund will have their league game. In the league they faced Eintracht Frankfurt at home.
Because it was too difficult to play against Shakhtar Donetsk away from home and the players were extremely exhausted, Klopp continued to use his rotation in this game.
Most of the players who have participated in the Champions League have been replaced.
Only a handful have made consecutive starts.
Zhouyi is one of them.
Today's Zhouyi's physical fitness is not a big problem anymore, so Klopp doesn't rotate him when he can.
Dortmund is now two points behind Bayern Munich in the league. It seems that the gap is very small, but they can't catch up, and if they lose, they will be further and further away from the opponent - in another league game that ended yesterday , Bayern Munich defeated Wolfsburg 2:0 on the field, temporarily leading Dortmund by five points with one game less.
Klopp would not dare to let Zhou Yi rest at this time. As the absolute core of the team, if he can play, Dortmund's chances of winning will be greatly increased.
In the end, with the help of Zhou Yi's goal, Dortmund defeated Frankfurt 3:0 at home. The point gap between them and Bayern Munich has been reduced to two points.
After Zhou Yi scored a goal in the game, he took off his jersey and revealed the white T-shirt underneath with the words "Come on Mark" written on it. In this way, he cheered Mark and wished him a speedy recovery.
Of course, he also received a yellow card for this celebration.
When the referee Brich showed him the yellow card, it caused loud boos from the Dortmund fans in the audience. Commentator Marcel Leif also felt that although Brich's penalty was okay according to the rules, it was But it's a bit unreasonable. A verbal warning is enough, there is no need to give a yellow card.
Zhou Yi doesn't care about yellow cards or not. He rarely gets cards anyway, because suspension due to accumulated yellow cards may not happen to him once in a season. It was completely worth exchanging this yellow card for his blessing to Mark.
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The next midweek, Bayern Munich met Arsenal in the Champions League. Somewhat surprisingly, Bayern Munich defeated Arsenal 3:1 away from home. Everyone originally thought this would be a close game, and Arsenal was playing at home, so they would definitely have an advantage. But they didn't expect Bayern Munich to win so smoothly. With three away goals and a two-goal lead on the total score, Bayern Munich can almost advance to the quarterfinals in advance.
This is not good news for Dortmund. They certainly hope that Arsenal can cause some trouble for Bayern Munich and let Bayern Munich focus more on the Champions League, thus affecting their performance in the league.
But now, Bayern Munich has only played one Champions League game and can refocus on the league against Dortmund...
On the second day of the Bayern Munich game, the last Chinese player also made his debut in the Champions League.
Yang Muge's Schalke 04 challenged Galatasaray away from home. In the end, the two sides tied with 1:1. This result was quite good. There was no loss and an away goal. After returning to the home court, Schalke 04 As long as Erke 04 can maintain a 0:0 draw, they can eliminate their opponents.
Yang Muge also has great hope of reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
In this way, three Chinese players will appear in the Champions League quarter-finals, which is the first time in history.
The Chinese media and fans are excitedly watching the sight of three Chinese players entering the quarterfinals.
The only suspense is who between He Ying and Sun Pan can enter the quarterfinals.
He Ying's fans and Sun Pan's fans are once again quarreling online...
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In the twenty-third round of the league, Bayern Munich swept Werder Bremen 6:1 at home.
Showing their super good condition and super strength. The German media, especially the Munich media, all exclaimed that Heynckes' Bayern Munich was already amazing. What everyone couldn't figure out was why, after announcing in advance that they would change coaches next season, this Bayern Munich team exploded. They showed great energy, better than their performance in the first half of the season, and they have been winning consecutively since the beginning of the second half of the season.
Some media criticized Bayern Munich's hasty decision to change coaches. They believed that Bayern Munich should let Heynckes continue to lead the team. Based on Bayern Munich's current performance, it can be seen that Heynckes is the most suitable for Bayern Munich. head coach.
Some media joked: "I wonder if Hoeness is starting to regret his decision to change coaches now?"
Everyone is exclaiming and applauding Bayern Munich's strong performance, but they have forgotten that since the beginning of the second half of the season, Bayern Munich is not the only one that has maintained a winning streak...
There is another team that has maintained a winning streak since the start of the second half of the season, and that is Bayern Munich's opponent Dortmund!
In the twenty-third round of the league, they challenged Monchengladbach away.
In the first half of this game, they took a 1:0 lead. Although they were pulled back by Monchengladbach in the second half, they finally relied on a goal from Lewandowski assisted by Zhou Yi, 2: 1 won the game.
Although it was not easy to win, it was at least a win. In the winning streak after the second half of the season, Dortmund and Bayern Munich have completely different styles. Bayern Munich has all kinds of domineering and cool victories, such as a 4:0 win over Schalke 04, and a 6:1 sweep of Werder. Leme, they scored 19 goals in six rounds of the league and only conceded one goal, which is a huge advantage.
In comparison, Dortmund is a little more bumpy. He also scored 19 goals, but conceded four goals, conceding more goals than Bayern Munich. In specific games, he also experienced a 3:2 win over Bayer Leverkusen and a 2:1 win over Monchengladbach. Such a game.
This can also be seen as a reflection of the strength gap between the two teams.
Based on this performance, some media believe that Bayern Munich has great hope of winning the championship, while Dortmund is likely to collapse as the Champions League schedule deepens.
"...You know, Dortmund has to face not only the Champions League and the league, but also the German Cup!"
The media said so.
Four days later, Dortmund will face their German Cup rivals Bayern Munich...
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Last season, Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 5:2 in the German Cup final. It was a game with a very obvious advantage. The headline could be "Dortmund massacred Bayern Munich".
That game allowed Bayern Munich to win the "Sanya King" that season - losing to Dortmund in the league and ranking second; losing to Chelsea in the Champions League final at home and finishing second; losing to Dortmund in the German Cup final and finishing second. A runner up. They replicated Leverkusen's tragedy in the 2001-2002 season.
This is a huge shame for a wealthy team with a long history like Bayern Munich.
Now that the two teams meet again in the German Cup, it will inevitably arouse a lot of daydreams.
For Bayern Munich, this is a battle of revenge. The outcome of the league competition is still unclear, but the German Cup is a single elimination system. As long as Bayern Munich can beat Dortmund, Dortmund can be kicked out of the German Cup. Defeat them completely and make it impossible for them to defend the German Cup title again.
According to this reason, Bayern Munich should go all out in this game and strive to defeat Dortmund.
But the actual situation is somewhat different from what everyone thinks.
In this game, both teams adopted rotations invariably...
In other words, neither team is playing their best.
Bayern Munich's rotation is limited, while Dortmund's rotation is even greater, because even Zhou Yi was put on the bench by Klopp.
what does that mean?
If Bayern Munich's rotation is a normal personnel arrangement adjustment, then Dortmund's rotation makes people wonder if Klopp has some other purpose...
Because he even replaced Zhouyi, who guaranteed Dortmund's win, doesn't that mean he doesn't care about the result?
Against an opponent like Bayern Munich, he dared to keep Zhou Yi off the field, so he was definitely not going for victory.
Sure enough, in the end, the powerful dialogue that everyone was looking forward to ended with Bayern Munich defeating Dortmund 1:0 at home.
The game was not exciting, it was intense, but not exciting. Players from both sides had a lot of physical contact. Four players from Bayern Munich received yellow cards, and Dortmund also received three yellow cards.
Under such circumstances, Zhou Yi sat on the bench for a full ninety minutes without getting a chance to play.
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After the game, Chinese reporters grabbed Zhou Yi one after another and wanted him to express his views on the failure of the game.
"I don't have any opinion. Whoever wins between us and Bayern Munich is normal."
Zhou Yi wanted to leave as soon as he said a few words, but how could the reporters let him get his wish? They pulled him and asked: "What's the reason why you didn't play in this game?"
"Continuous battles, player fatigue, rotation is normal. It is also normal for me to be rotated. The head coach has his own considerations, but it is normal."
Zhou Yi used three "normal" words in a row, but it made reporters feel that this failure was abnormal.
One reporter simply asked bluntly: "Was the loss to Bayern Munich deliberate? Was it to save energy for the league and the Champions League?"
Zhou Yi shook his head and said in a serious tone with a straight face: "Absolutely not!"
Then he slipped away. This time the reporter couldn't stop him even if he wanted to, because he had already stopped him once, and it would be a bit shameful to stop him again.
But everyone felt that Zhou Yi's answer was basically nonsense. Every sentence that could be accepted was not used.
In the end, they decided to report Dortmund's defeat as they understood it.
"Klopp gave up the German Cup and focused on the league and Champions League."
"Klopp: a gambler." (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian.com (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )