Chapter 113 Crucial Battle 1

This game cannot be missed for Dortmund, and the same is true for Arsenal. If they can defeat Dortmund in the away game, they will win the right to qualify from the group in advance with 12 points from four games.

Being able to qualify from the Champions League group stage early means that they can devote more energy to the competition in the league.

After ten rounds of the Premier League, Arsenal currently ranks first in the league with eight wins, one draw and one loss with 25 points, five points ahead of second-placed Chelsea, and looks to have a good momentum.

Wenger certainly hopes to regain the league title this season.

This is why he desperately pursued Zhou Yi and then spent a lot of money to buy Ozil from Real Madrid.

After Ozil's arrival, Arsenal has indeed undergone earth-shaking changes, and its performance is very different from previous seasons.

However, both teams are now facing very serious injury problems.

Arsenal has as many as six people on the injury list: Diaby, Wilshere, Sanogo, Theo Walcott, Podolski, Chamberlain.

Among them, Wilshere was injured recently, while Diaby and Chamberlain are both old patients.

Dortmund's Gundogan and Piszczek have basically not played much since the start of the new season.

Hummels felt muscle discomfort after the last game against Stuttgart and was unable to participate in this Champions League game.

Fortunately, the lineups of both teams were not greatly affected. Whether it is Dortmund or Arsenal, the thickness of the bench is no problem and they can supplement enough players of high quality.

Two hours before the game, both sides announced their rosters for this game.

For Dortmund, Zhou Yi, who had been absent for more than a month, reappeared in the Champions League, while Hummels, who was injured and absent, was replaced by Papastathopoulos, who partnered with Subotic as a central defender.

In the midfield, after Zhou Yi came on, Mkhitaryan could only go to the bench. In the defensive midfielder position, Shaheen and Sven Bender partnered as a double defensive midfielder, Zhou Yi was a single front midfielder, with Aubameyang and Royce on the left and right respectively. The person at the front was the one who just played in the game against Stuttgart. Mark scored a hat trick.

Arsenal's Mertesacker, Sagna, Gibbs and Koscielny formed the defender, and the midfielder consisted of Flamini, Ozil, Arteta, Cazorla and Ramsey. Among them, Rosicky was a player who had played for Dortmund for many years. Later, when Dortmund was in financial crisis, he was sold to Arsenal to relieve the team's financial pressure.

Arsenal's center forward is Frenchman Giroud, a controversial forward. Last season, because Van Persie insisted on going to Manchester United, Arsenal had to buy him as Van Persie's successor. However, as Van Persie's successor last season, Giroud's performance was not satisfactory. He only scored 17 goals in all competitions throughout the season, including only 11 league goals. A far cry from Lieer's performance when he was elected top scorer in Ligue 1.

But this season Giroud seems to have an enlightenment. After only ten rounds of the league, he has already scored five goals, which is almost half of his league goals last season.

Gradually, someone gave Giroud the nickname "Slap in the Face". This means that when others laugh at Giroud's poor performance, he will always score to slap those people in the face.

For Dortmund, Hummels' injury, coupled with Giroud's excellent form this season, has created a very bad situation.

In the last round of the match between the two sides, at Arsenal's home court, Dortmund scored first, but it was Giroud's header that helped Arsenal equalize the score and laid the foundation for the final comeback.

In this game, Giroud will definitely become a headache for Dortmund's defenders.

Of course, the focus of everyone's attention is not on Giroud, but on Zhou Yi.

There was a lot of news about Zhou Yi before the game. Some media ridiculed that he even took time to fall in love with the enemy. It can be seen that he was very relaxed.

For a core player, an ace player, everyone must always hold him to higher standards. Dortmund is now in trouble in the Champions League, so can Zhou Yi lead the team out of trouble?

The comparison between him and Ozil is also interesting to watch. When Ozil was at Real Madrid, he competed with Zhou Yi. At that time, relying on Real Madrid's resources and reputation, Ozil was slightly better than Zhou Yi in terms of personal reputation, but in terms of performance, Zhou Yi was better than Ozil.

Both are players who are good at organizing offense and have many similar characteristics. Ozil's powerful enhanced version of "Ezou" is also considered to be comparable to Zhou Yiyi.

This season's Champions League, while Zhou Yi was absent due to injury, Ozil led Arsenal to consecutive victories in the Champions League.

Now that Zhou Yi is back, what kind of sparks can the collision between the two create?

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After the game started, Zhou Yi continued his excellent form in the league. He kept asking for the ball, getting the ball, and handling the ball. He was the transition hub between Dortmund's offense and defense.

However, Arsenal also took strict precautions against him, and Flamini followed Zhou Yi almost step by step. As Arsenal's only defensive midfielder, Flamini has a heavy task in this game. Therefore, Wenger has no intention of leaving Zhou Yi to Flamini alone. Arteta will help Flamini from time to time.

Try not to give Zhou Yi any space within the thirty-meter area.

Despite this, Zhouyi still put Arsenal under tremendous pressure.

After missing two consecutive Champions League games, he seems to have continued to have endless power and will vent it in this game.

In the 17th minute of the opening, he sent a precise pass under the tug of Flamini. After receiving the ball, Aubameyang almost made an excellent breakthrough from the wing. If Arsenal did not Foul words.

The foul gave Dortmund a free kick from the wing.

Royce took a free kick and the football flew high to the back of the penalty area. Ramsey wanted to head the ball to clear the ball, but in the scramble with Sven Bender, he pushed the football towards the center of the penalty area. Subotic volleyed sideways into the crowd seven meters in front of the goal, and the football missed the left goal post.

The ball didn't go in, but it scared the Arsenal fans into a cold sweat.

It also made the Dortmund fans in the stands excited.

"Subotic was almost there!!" Marcel Leif was very sorry.

In the last round between the two sides, Dortmund lost to Arsenal away from home, which also led to the team's current disadvantage. If they want to change their unfavorable situation, they must defeat Arsenal at home, even if it is a draw.

Subotic himself felt very sorry, put his head in his hands and ran back.

If this goal can be scored, it will be a good start for Dortmund.

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Although Subotic's ball failed to score, Dortmund's offense did not slow down at all.

Through continuous attacks, Arsenal was overwhelmed and even center Giroud had to retreat into the penalty area to defend.

In the 22nd minute, Royce made a pass from the wing, and it was Giroud who jumped up in the penalty area and headed the ball to clear the ball.

He pushed the football out!

But it’s not over yet!

The pushed football flew outside the penalty area, and Zhou Yi quickly moved to the landing point of the football!

At this time, everyone's attention was attracted by the fight for the top in the penalty area. No one noticed Zhou Yi's movement. No one noticed it until he reached the landing point and raised his left leg. Flamini was still in the penalty area at this time and had no time to defend.

So Zhou Yi won the football!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The first sound was the sound of the football hitting his instep, and the second sound was the sound of the football hitting Mertesacker.

Zhou Yi drew the football, and the football also hit the goal frame, but Mertesacker blocked it with his body as he flew to block the hole of the gun!

The football flew back to Zhou Yi again. He stopped the ball and shot again. This time it missed the goal...

Although he did not score a goal, Zhou Yi shot two consecutive shots, which still won the cheers of the Dortmund fans in the stands. Everyone thinks this means that Zhou Yi is in good condition for this game. If Zhou Yi is in good condition, this game is worth looking forward to...

"Zhou Yi's volley was very beautiful! But Mertesacker was too big..." He Ping said regretfully while watching the slow-motion replay. "If it was Ozil who was blocking the eyeball, maybe the ball would have been scored? Hahaha!"

England's commentator was a little worried: "Even Arsenal's center Giroud returned to the goal to defend and became a central defender. Arsenal is now completely in a passive situation... If this continues, if the situation gets worse again Without changes, it will only be a matter of time before we lose the ball..."

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