Chapter 78 The Result of Overload Operation?

Zhou Yi can't train with the team at all now, and he can't train with the ball. He comes to the training base almost every day just to get massage and acupuncture from Cortana, and then let Cortana practice cupping on him.

In the first two days, after doing this, he left and asked his agent Schulze to pick him up and take him home.

But later, he didn't leave so early. After the massage and acupuncture, he would stay in the physical therapy room where Cortana worked and chat with her.

Cortana is the only physical therapist in this physical therapy room. When players are training, as long as they are not injured or tired, they will not come to her. Most of the time, Cortana has nothing to do. After finishing her work, she reads a book.

But she didn't object to Zhou Yi staying and chatting with her.

She may not be able to chat with others, but with Zhou Yi, she met her opponent and chatted happily.

The same is true for Zhou Yilai. I don't know if it's because he knows Cortana well enough, or because of something else. He felt comfortable talking to Cortana anyway. Especially after moving away, he felt more and more like he and Cortana had a connection.

When we lived together before, I didn't feel this way, but now that we are separated, I feel it more strongly.

He was enjoying being alone with Cortana now.

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Zhou Yi enjoyed the time with Cortana, but Klopp did not enjoy the time without Zhou Yi.

Although several methods were tried during training, none of them yielded good results.

This was reflected in the sixth round of the league, when Dortmund challenged Nuremberg away from home. The opponent was not very strong, but Dortmund failed to win.

With one goal ahead,

Dortmund allowed the opponent to equalize the score and was unable to take the lead until the end of the game.

As a result, Dortmund's proud and incredible league winning streak of twenty-three rounds came to an end.

After the game, reporters’ questions were surprisingly consistent.

The questions they asked Klopp were all about whether the failure to win the away game was related to Zhou Yi's absence.

Although Klopp knew that the lack was related, he could not admit it: "We have many excellent players, and Dortmund is not a team for one person. I and the players are very sorry that we were not able to win the game, but I I don’t think this is related to Zhou Yi’s absence. After the game against Naples, the players were a little tired..."

His method is well-founded. Dortmund played very hard against Naples in the Champions League group stage. After returning to Germany, they did not get enough rest. In the game against Nuremberg, the players did not run actively enough. This is indeed The manifestation of tiredness.

However, reporters felt that Klopp was using a seemingly reasonable excuse to cover up Dortmund's real troubles.

After the league ended, Dortmund officially announced that Zhou Yi's injury may require a month's rest.

This is definitely not good news for Dortmund...

Despite being tied by Nuremberg, Dortmund still ranks first in the league with 16 points, but the crisis has emerged.

Bayern Munich also ranks second with 16 points from five wins and one draw. During Zhou Yi's absence from the game for a month, Bayern Munich had many opportunities to overtake Dortmund.

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On the evening of September 24th, Dortmund challenged Munich 1860 away.

This is a German Cup match.

Facing 1860 Munich, which ranked fifth in the Bundesliga 2, Dortmund had a very difficult time.

Neither side scored a goal in the 90 minutes of the game, and the score was tied at 0:0.

It wasn't until overtime that Dortmund scored two goals and eliminated their opponent.

Although they successfully advanced to the next round, many people saw Dortmund's plight.

After losing Zhou Yi, the team's offensive power dropped significantly. Neither Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan, nor Shaheen can promote the offense.

When Mkhitaryan scored twice and Aubameyang scored a hat-trick, some people believed that they not only filled the gap after Gotze and Lewandowski left, but could also become Zhou Yi's successor when necessary. . But now it seems that people who think so are really naive.

It was discovered that the reason Mkhitaryan and Aubameyang performed so well was because of Zhou Yi's presence. If Zhou Yi is here, their performance will be outstanding, but if Zhou Yi is gone, their performance will be greatly reduced.

Everyone knows that Zhou Yi is the core of Dortmund, but how to understand this sentence and the definition of "core", everyone does not have a unified standard, and the concept is actually very vague.

Now everyone knows why Zhouyi is the "core".

To put it simply, if Zhou Yi is on the court, Dortmund's players will perform very well, even newcomers who have just joined the team. Without Zhou Yi, even the players who performed well before will not be able to perform at their normal level, but will be in a sluggish state and perform poorly.

At this time, everyone is even more fortunate that Dortmund kept Zhou Yi at all costs.

Although Mkhitaryan really wants to play as an attacking midfielder, it seems that as long as Zhou Yi is here, it is impossible for him to play this position. Without Zhou Yi, even if he plays this position, his performance will be far behind Zhou Yi... …

A reporter went to interview Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi was very calm: "I believe in my teammates. They can win the game without me. I think you should give them more patience."

He doesn't want to put too much pressure on his teammates.

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In the next seventh round of the league, Dortmund faced Freiburg at home.

In this game, Dortmund defeated Freiburg 5-0 at home.

If you look at the score, you will think that Dortmund performed very well. They played a wonderful game and changed everyone's view of them.

But in fact, the game process was not so smooth.

In the first half, Dortmund scored the first goal from Royce in the 35th minute.

But then Dortmund was never able to expand the score.

It was not until the end of the first half that Freiburg defender Farou Diagne fouled Sven Bender in the penalty area and was sent off with a red card, and the situation turned in Dortmund's favor.

Not only did Dortmund have one more man than their opponents, they also received a penalty kick.

However, they also paid a price. Sven Bender was injured in this violation and could not continue to play and had to be replaced.

With both Zhou Yi and Gundogan injured successively, Dortmund's midfielder was already stretched thin, and Sven Bender was injured again, which made it even worse.

However, Yan Min was not included in the squad for this game, so he cannot be counted on to get a chance to play.

Replacing Sven Bender was veteran Oliver Kirsch.

Reus came to take the penalty kick and he accurately kicked the football into Freiburg's goal.

The first half ended with Dortmund leading by two goals.

Dortmund, who had one more player in the second half, completely controlled the situation on the court. In the 58th minute, Mark expanded the score for the team.

Mark scored twice in the 70th minute, and Dortmund led Freiburg 4:0.

In the 79th minute, Kuba, who came off the bench, locked the score at 5:0 for the team, and Dortmund won the game.

Although they got a big victory, Dortmund fans were not happy because they still didn't know the condition of Sven Bender's injury.

If the injury is serious and he is absent for a long time, Dortmund's midfielder will be in big trouble... Because before this game, the team's captain, Sebastian Kyle, who also plays midfielder, was in He was injured during training. According to the situation, the situation is not optimistic and he will miss more games.

If Sven Bender has to miss many games, Dortmund will not even have a defensive midfielder in the midfield...

Fortunately, the news after the game was that Sven Bender's injury was not serious. He was replaced early out of caution. The final test result was not bad and he did not need to miss the next game.

But that doesn't mean Dortmund is lucky.

Because later in training, young defender Marian Sarr and main left back Schmelzer were injured and entered the injured list.

Sarr is a young defender who was born in 1995 and is still under nineteen years old. His injury does not have a great impact on the team.

The biggest impact was Schmelzer's injury.

This time, Dortmund's main left back and right back are injured and cannot play the game.

When Piszczek was injured, Klopp could also use Grosskreutz as a substitute, and the "Big Cross" did a pretty good job. But now that Schmelzer is also injured, Klopp can't just split Grosskreutz in half and use him, right?

Just over a month into the season, Dortmund has already had multiple players injured, something that was not seen in previous seasons.

The reason why Dortmund was able to suppress Bayern Munich in the league and perform better in the Champions League year after year has a lot to do with the fact that their players had fewer injuries during that period.

"...In the past few seasons, Dortmund has been like a high-speed engine, efficient and tireless, which has allowed them to win the initiative honors. But a machine refuses to remain in good condition forever without There is wear and tear. Now the engine is malfunctioning, and the parts are aging one after another... Klopp’s tank has to slow down, otherwise it may directly explode and fall apart while running at high speed..."

German newspaper Bild commented on the recent problems Dortmund has encountered.

Some media, especially those in Munich, believe that so many injuries in Dortmund are related to the high-intensity training that Klopp has always emphasized. It is Klopp’s training method that accelerates the aging and wear of the players’ bodies, causing them to Injuries are frequent now.

They even blamed Klopp and Dortmund for Gotze's injury, because Gotze was injured just after transferring to Bayern Munich and missed the team's pre-season training and the first few rounds of the league. They believe that Dortmund and Klopp squeezed Gotze dry and allowed him to join Bayern Munich despite injuries.

Although other media are not as conspiracy-minded as the Munich media, they also believe that frequent injuries to players should be a wake-up call for Klopp. While Dortmund is at its peak, it is also standing on the edge of the cliff. Maybe fell from the clouds. (.)

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