Chapter 10 The 1st Opponent

In the next few days, everyone at the Dortmund club and the German reporters who came with the team saw Zhou Yi's popularity in China. Ｅ┡NovelＷｗㄟＷ. Ω1XIAOSHUO． COM

The training was originally open, but in the last two days it had to be closed.

Because there are so many Chinese fans who come to watch the team's training, it has completely affected the team's normal training.

Those fans kept shouting Zhou Yi's name in the stands.

Their voices even covered up the coaches' whistles, preventing the players from reacting to the coaches' instructions immediately.

Therefore, the team could only cancel public training. At the same time, in order to avoid offending Chinese fans, they also allowed Zhou Yi to participate in the press conference, which ended why the team did this.

"...We take the game very seriously and hope to have a good training before the game..."

Zhou Yi explained.

Within the team, everyone was also intimidated by Zhou Yi's popularity in China.

"God, it turns out that Dortmund is liked by so many people in China!"

"Hey, it's not Dortmund, it's Zhou Yi. It's Zhou Yi who is very popular."

Someone immediately corrected him.

"Oh, yes, yes. What a terrifying popularity!"

But Zhou Yi knew that it was just a coincidence that the top ten games were over and the Chinese team qualified. Only Chinese fans have such a high popularity, and even many non-fans who don't usually watch football at all came to join in the fun. Naturally, there are many people.

Although the World Cup is becoming less valuable than the Champions League, it is still the well-deserved number one among football events around the world. At least in China, the World Cup is positioned higher than any other football event.

Because of the Zhouyi, Dortmund's popularity in China, which lost Gotze and Lewandowski, has not been affected.

Seeing this scene, Watzke felt that the club had made the right decision by giving up Lewandowski and choosing to retain Zhou Yi. If something went wrong in Zhou Yi, would they still be able to enjoy such treatment when they come to China?

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Dortmund’s trip to China,

A total of three games are scheduled.

One game in Guangzhou, one game in Shanghai, and one game in Beijing. After the fight, they left Beijing and returned to Germany.

In Guangzhou, Dortmund's opponent is Guangzhou Hengyuan, a local professional team in Guangzhou.

This team was still a team in the Chinese League three years ago, but now they are the dominant team in China.

Since the promotion, Hengyuan has won the Chinese League championship for two consecutive seasons.

Although the Chinese Super League this season has not yet finished, they still have great hope of winning the championship. If nothing else happens, Guangzhou Hengyuan will create three consecutive Chinese Super League championships.

The head coach of this team is Lippi, a world-class coach. There are many domestic stars in the team, and many international players are from Guangzhou Hengyuan.

In addition, although their Brazilian foreign players are not very famous, they are all very capable.

As the strongest team in China, the match between Guangzhou Hengyuan and Dortmund is naturally eye-catching. You know, Dortmund has just won the Champions League. Everyone wants to see how big the gap is between the top teams in China and the top teams in Europe.

At the pre-match press conference, Zhou Yi also talked about the Hengyuan team: "Many of my teammates in the national team are from Guangzhou Hengyuan. I also know that they are the Chinese League champions for two consecutive seasons. I have Introducing them to my teammates, it’s definitely an opponent to be reckoned with and I think we’ll give it our all in the game.”

A reporter asked Zhou Yi what he thought of Hengyuan's money-burning practice. Zhou Yi shrugged: "I think it's good. Football needs money, and a lot of money. I'm not opposed to burning money, as long as it is done correctly and professionally." . In my opinion, the reason why Hengyuan can succeed in the Chinese League has a lot to do with their professionalism and correctness in burning money. I admire them very much."

Zhou Yi's answer surprised many people.

Since Hengyuan's rise in Chinese football, there has been constant criticism. There are always people who look down on their money-burning practices and think that Hengyuan's boss has used money to tarnish the purity of football. Even though Hengyuan has won two Chinese league championships, everyone still thinks that they are a nouveau riche with little championship background and definitely not a wealthy team. Some people think that Hengyuan's boss's investment in football is just a political investment. It is an approach that is despised by others.

You must know that when Hengyuan Group acquired the Guangzhou team, its boss promised to win the championship of China's top league within three years and the AFC Champions League within five years. He was even ridiculed and thought to be someone who did not understand football. A layman's joke.

As a result, Hengyuan was promoted from the Chinese League One to the Chinese League in one season.

Even so, it has not been able to change everyone's inherent impression of them.

After Hengyuan was promoted, when Beijing TV reported on the league in the new season, the capital media ridiculed Hengyuan's "burning money" in every possible way, and some of the words were even ugly.

This TV station made some "conjectures" about Hengyuan's signings: First, the players they introduce must become angry when they encounter Chinese giants, and even become angry when they see Shandong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin and other teams. Don't hit any place.

Second, the players introduced must be priced high. It doesn’t matter whether they can be used or not. The key is that the price is high. After spending so much money, the fans must remember who paid the money.

Third, the players introduced must be well-known. It doesn’t matter whether they can play or not. The key is that as soon as this player is taken out, all the fans will exclaim: "Wow, he is here!" The following must be " Hengyuan is so rich."

Finally, he brought out the original "bold words" of Hengyuan's boss and sarcastically said: "If you do this, Hengyuan's goal should not be the AFC Champions League, right? Play well, and the Club World Cup will be up to you!"

Now Hengyuan has won two Chinese league championships and has good momentum in the AFC Champions League this season.

However, there are still a lot of controversies about Hengyuan in the market. Some people say that they are a nouveau riche and they only know how to rely on throwing money. Don’t use money if you can. Others criticize Hengyuan for relying on foreign aid, while Chinese players are only foils.

But Zhou Yi gave Hengyuan Club a high evaluation, which of course will surprise everyone.

You know, Dortmund is not a club that relies on burning money to survive. On the contrary, Bayern Munich has the attitude of "Germany Everlasting". It stands to reason that Zhou Yi, as a Dortmund player, should not have a good impression of the "Hengyuan Model".

Although the reporters were surprised, no one dug into this issue. After all, the protagonist today is Dortmund and Zhouyi, not Guangzhou Hengyuan.

On the Internet, however, remarks about Zhou Yi praising Guangzhou Hengyuan soon appeared. In the comments below, everyone has mixed opinions about this. Some people think that Zhou Yi is a smart man, and he clearly realizes that the reason why Guangzhou Hengyuan can succeed is definitely not just through burning money. Some people were disappointed with Zhou Yi's statement, but they did not expect that Zhou Yi was also a "money-only" person.

People who hold these two views are actually those who support and oppose Hengyuan. They simply started arguing in the comment area under the news, which was very lively.

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Zhou Yi doesn't care about what happens online. He doesn't care how his words will be interpreted by reporters and fans. He says what he thinks is right and doesn't expect everyone to agree with him.

The game is more important.

Lippi, the head coach of Guangzhou Hengyuan, praised Dortmund for their outstanding performance in European football at the pre-match press conference. He thought Dortmund was great and Klopp had done a great job.

Then he also focused on the Book of Changes, which is the topic of most interest to the Chinese media.

In the interview, world-class coach "Silver Fox" Lippi spoke highly of Zhou Yi.

"...There is no doubt that he is a world-class player. It is a blessing for Dortmund to have him. Chinese football is also very lucky to have him. If I were the head coach of the Italian national team, I would also very much hope that He could be an Italian, then I could recruit him into my national team..."

A reporter asked: "What about Sun Pan?"

Lippi smiled and blinked: "Forget it about Sun Pan. Although he is also very good, we already have Buffon."

There was a burst of understanding laughter among the reporters.

The Italian goalkeepers who lived in the same era as Buffon are really a bit "when they had Buffon"...