Chapter 112 Arsenal Again

Chapter 112: Arsenal Again

It is definitely not alarmist to say that the next match between Dortmund and Arsenal will be related to whether Dortmund can qualify or not.

Now three rounds of the Champions League group stage have been played, and the schedule is halfway through. The current number one is Arsenal, which has won all three games. As a seed team, they defeated Galatasaray and Galatasaray 2:1 away from home in the first three games. Defeated Naples 2:0 at home and Dortmund 2:1 at home, ranking first in the group with nine points.

The second place in the group is not the defending champion Dortmund, but Naples. They defeated Dortmund in the first round of the group stage. Although they lost to Arsenal in the second round, they defeated Canada 2:1 away in the third round. Ratasaray. Ranked second with six points.

Dortmund fell to third place. After three group matches, they only won one and lost the other two.

As for Galatasaray, which has lost all three games and accumulated zero points, there is no need to consider it for the time being.

If Dortmund loses to Arsenal at home in the fourth round of the group stage and accumulates 12 points at Arsenal, they can qualify from this "death group" in advance. At the same time, once Naples defeats Galatasaray at home, the point gap between Dortmund and second-place Naples will widen to six points. This means that in the last two rounds of the group stage, Dortmund must win all, while Naples must lose all. There is a possibility of qualifying. Moreover, this also requires comparing the winning and losing relationship with Naples and the goals and goal difference between each other. There are too many variables.

This is definitely not the result Klopp wanted.

Even if Dortmund draws with Arsenal at home, it depends on other people's faces.

On the other hand, if Dortmund defeats Arsenal at home, it will not only chase Naples in points and approach Arsenal, but also tie Arsenal in the winning-loss relationship.

Before this game against Arsenal, everyone no longer has to guess whether Zhou Yi will appear in the game. He has already played twice in the league and performed well. There are no new problems in his physical condition.

Of course, it is impossible to miss this crucial game.

However, the Chinese media still noticed a special situation - Yan Min reappeared on the roster for the tournament!

You know, since Yan Min came off the bench against Arsenal and performed poorly, Yan Min has not been selected by Klopp for two consecutive games.

It can also be said that it is such an important game against Schalke 04 and Ruud that it is impossible to choose a rookie. Well, just after the game against Stuttgart, Yan Min was not selected for the squad. The national media had to speculate whether Yan Min was relegated to the sidelines by Klopp because of his poor performance against Arsenal.

Of course, Yan Min's performance was indeed unconvincing. When he was interviewed after the game, public opinion rebounded and he was relegated to the sidelines. It seemed normal.

However, the Chinese media is still very sorry. After all, everyone still has high hopes for Yan Min, hoping that he can carve out his own world in Dortmund like Zhou Yi.

But no one expected that Klopp would give Yan Min another chance, and it was still against Arsenal!

This has pushed Yan Min into the cold palace, which is even more puzzling - Yan Min did not perform well as a substitute in the game against Arsenal, and now he is selected into the squad for the game against Arsenal. Why is this? ?

In fact, not only the media was surprised by Klopp's choice, but Yan Min himself was also surprised.

After playing against Arsenal, he was not selected for the squad for two consecutive games. Yan Min thought that this should be the punishment imposed on him by the head coach, but he accepted it because he also felt that his performance against Arsenal was not good and he had nothing to say, so he just focused on training.

He believes that as long as he continues to train hard, sooner or later he will return to the competition roster.

But he didn't expect that this day would come so quickly, and it would still be a game against Arsenal.

"What does this mean?" Yan Min asked Zhou Yi sitting next to him while driving from the training base to the hotel.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Yi said with a smile, "This implies that Klopp has good intentions for you, Yan Min."

"For my... good intentions?" Yan Min was a little confused. He never felt that Klopp had any special care for him, let alone good intentions.

"Of course. Think about it, why did you not get a chance to enter the squad for the previous two games, but you were selected for this game? Why did it happen to be against Arsenal again?"

Yan Min frowned and thought hard.

He couldn't figure it out.

Zhou Yi patted him on the back: "It's very simple, because Klopp wants you to get up from where you fell!"

Yan Min was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up.

Seeing Yan Min's performance, Zhou Yi showed a "cowardly" smile, but did not speak any more.

The reason why he stopped talking was because he didn't want Yan Min to get to the bottom of this question. If he asked Zhou Yi how he knew Klopp's thoughts, should Zhou Yi say that it was all his guess?

For Yan Min, that was probably not the answer he expected to hear.

Zhou Yi really didn't know what Klopp was thinking. This answer was just a guess on his part. Klopp didn't talk to him, so how could he know what Klopp was thinking. The reason why I say this is to inspire Yan Min's fighting spirit. He didn't know if Yan Min had a chance to play, but if Yan Min really got a chance to play, Zhou Yi hoped that Yan Min could be more active when facing Arsenal, and don't let everyone treat him because of the first game. evaluation, timid and unable to let go.

As for what Klopp thinks, that doesn't matter at all. Anyway, Yan Min couldn't ask Klopp...

Only the national media was most interested in the fact that Yan Min had entered the big list. Others felt that this was a very ordinary arrangement and not worth mentioning. Their eyes were more focused on Zhou Yishen.

So far this season, Zhou Yi has only played 71 minutes in the Champions League and has not even played a complete game.

He has not played a minute in the Champions League since falling into coma following a collision against Napoli.

After Dortmund challenged Arsenal in an away game and returned in defeat, some media believed that Klopp was too conservative. If Zhou Yi had played in that game, Dortmund would have been able to draw with Arsenal, not to mention beating Arsenal away from home. of. If Zhou Yi had played at that time, Dortmund's situation wouldn't be so bad now.

If it's a draw, Arsenal will have seven points, Dortmund will have four points, and the difference between the two sides is one point. As long as Dortmund beats Arsenal at home in this game, it can tie Arsenal's points, and it will also take advantage of the winning relationship between the two sides. Beat Arsenal in the group stage rankings.

At that time, many people believed that Zhou Yi's absence was a key factor in Dortmund's away defeat to Arsenal.

So this time, Zhou Yi will play as expected. Can Dortmund defeat Arsenal at home?

At the same time, this is also the first meeting between Zhouyi and Arsenal after Arsenal failed to purchase Zhouyi this summer.

After the team arrived in Dortmund, Arsenal's head coach Arsene Wenger made no secret of his regret for not winning Zhou Yi. At the same time, he was full of praise for Zhou Yi's performance after his comeback: "I said it a long time ago, Zhou Yi is a great player." It is astonishing that a world-class player has achieved such performance and success at his age. We have carefully studied the two games since his comeback and he has shown very good competitive form. There is no doubt that he will He's a key player in this game. We'll defend him tight."

A foreign reporter asked: "Does this mean that Zhou Yi is contained and Dortmund is contained?"

"Of course not. Dortmund has many outstanding players besides Zhou Yi. But Zhou Yi's importance to Dortmund is indeed obvious and cannot be ignored."

At the same time, a reporter ran to ask Zhou Yi how he felt about playing in the Champions League again after being injured in the game against Naples.

"I don't have any thoughts. It's just a Champions League group match. We will go all out to pursue victory. It has nothing to do with the opponent, just because we want to win." Zhou Yi answered very calmly.

"What do you think of Wenger's evaluation of you?"

"I'm delighted to receive such high praise. Arsene Wenger is a world-class manager and it's an honor for me to be praised by him."

"Then will you consider joining Arsenal in the future?" a reporter from London, England asked impatiently.

Zhou Yi smiled slightly: "We'll talk about it then. I'm only focusing on the current game now."

There is no room for the other party to exert any further.

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