Chapter 174 Indispensable Person

At the last moment of the game, Zhou Yi was also replaced by Mkhitaryan by Klopp.

Including injury time, the game only lasted two minutes. At this time, Dortmund is still two goals ahead. Even if the core is replaced, it will not affect the overall situation.

Next, Dortmund will face the dual challenges of the league and the Club World Cup. The main players, especially the core players, must maintain sufficient physical fitness. It would also be good to allow Zhou Yi to rest for three more minutes.

When Zhou Yi was substituted, he slowly walked to the sidelines. This time, there were no Galatasaray players urging him. Many Galatasaray players had expressionless faces and dull eyes - they had already resigned themselves to their fate. .

They've lost five group games this season, and one more loss wouldn't be a big deal.

Although they really wanted to fight for honor, the enemy was too powerful. Even gods on their side did not help them defeat their opponents. So what can mortals like them do?

Zhou Yi walked off the field, completed the handover with Mkhitaryan, and then raised his hands to applaud the fans in the stands. He was not provoking the home team fans, he was thanking the Dortmund fans who traveled with the team and stayed in Istanbul for an extra day.

Yesterday's unexpected factors not only embarrassed the Dortmund club, but also caught the Dortmund fans off guard.

After watching yesterday's game, they could take the evening flight back to their hometown. The hotel rooms were all booked and the air tickets were booked. However, the game was postponed.

Although it was difficult to book a hotel, some Dortmund fans still chose to stay in Istanbul where there was wind and snow. No one knew how they spent the previous night or whether they found a warm place to rest.

But during the game this afternoon, Dortmund fans still appeared in the stands in high spirits, waving Dortmund's yellow and black flags, shouting slogans in unison, and singing loudly.

The performance of these Dortmund fans is no less than that of the players on the pitch.

Although there are only a few in number, they still become a beautiful sight in the stands of Ali Samyan Stadium.

So Zhou Yi gave these fans applause.

And they also applauded Zhouyi.

"Klopp used up the last substitution of the game. He replaced Zhou Yi with Mkhitaryan. This was a matchup substitution.

Klopp has not given up on midfield. Of course, it can also be said that even if Klopp wants to replace Zhou Yi with a defender to strengthen his defense, he cannot do it because he has no more substitute defenders available..." He Ping said. "Of course Zhou Yi's performance in this game was Very outstanding, in yesterday's game, Mark's goal was assisted by Zhou Yi, helping Dortmund take the lead. In today's postponed make-up game, facing an aggressive home team that scored one goal first, Zhou Yi turned the tide and equalized the score with a goal, stabilizing the morale of the army and laying the foundation for Dortmund's third goal..."

He Ping has never been stingy when it comes to praising Zhou Yi. He is not worried about fans scolding him for being partial after watching the game. On the contrary, they are all willing to hear him praise Zhou Yi. Without the psychological baggage, He Ping was completely emotionally released and could "blow" Zhou Yi to the sky every time.

Marcel Leif also praised Zhou Yi. The TV broadcast gave Zhou Yi a close-up shot. Marcel Leif used this close-up shot to publish his "full score essay": "When the game was due to a sudden heavy snowfall and When the hailstorm forced the postponement, I believe many people had a shadow cast over their minds, right? No one knew what this meant for Dortmund, who had been on an expedition. Before the make-up game even started, the Ali Samyan Stadium The atmosphere was so fervent that it seemed like it could melt the ice and snow. Galatasaray’s ferocious counterattack and goals after the start of the game also confirmed everyone’s worries about Dortmund step by step..."

"...But at this time, Dortmund's core Zhou Yi stood up again as a matter of course. He dispelled everyone's doubts and worries with a clean goal, and Dortmund was put on the right track again! Ladies and gentlemen , I must say, this is everything a core can do. When the team is playing smoothly, it seems that anyone is missing. But once the team encounters difficulties, it is always the one who is most responsible. The most capable person stepped forward to turn the tide! Zhou Yi is such a person! He is the core of Dortmund and the backbone of this team! In my opinion, Dortmund's success in recent years is most inseparable from two people. One person is their head coach Jurgen Klopp, and the other person is Zhou Yi! I even think Zhou Yi is even more important. Without him, even Klopp will have difficulty turning this young team into a new team. The team has taken it to such heights..."

When it comes to "Zhou Chui", in fact, He Ping has to be defeated in front of Marcel Leif...

In the TV screen, Klopp took over the heavy sports coat from other coaches, met Zhou Yi, and then put the coat on him.

Such things are usually done by ordinary coaches in the team, and the head coach is not responsible.

It can also be seen from Klopp's actions how much he values ​​and likes this player he originally discovered from the youth team competition.

Of course, Zhou Yi definitely deserves such treatment.

Therefore, Zhou Yi did not have any panic and accepted Klopp's "preferential treatment" calmly.

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After praising Zhou Yi, He Ping did not cheer for another Chinese player in Dortmund's lineup for this game: "Zhou Yi came off the field and Dortmund used the last substitution, which also means that Yan Min will play the full game time. This was a first for him - no matter how good his performance was before, whether in the league or the Champions League, Yan Min would either come on as a substitute midway through, or be substituted early after starting the game... But now, let him stay on the court. Playing a full game may be Klopp's trust and reward for him... In this game, Yan Min's performance was actually very good. Although it was not as good as his performance against Arsenal and Bayern Munich, it was still very good. Not bad. Zhou Yi’s goal was driven by his wall-hitting pass, and Royce’s goal was also driven by his precise cross..."

Looking at the TV screen, He Ping was really happy.

In a Champions League group match, two Chinese players started the game, one was the core, and the other played the entire game, and both performed outstandingly.

Everyone can guess Zhou Yi's outstanding performance, but Yan Min's progress is really gratifying. Watching this young man improve in almost every game makes Yan Min full of expectations for next year's World Cup in Brazil.

By then, how will the national team composed of these players perform in the World Cup?

Just thinking about it makes me so excited that I can’t help myself...

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Not long after Zhou Yi came off the field, the referee finally blew the whistle to end the game.

"The game is over! Dortmund defeated Galatasaray 3:1 in the away game, won the key match to qualify for the group, and finally broke out from this so-called 'strongest group of death in history' as the first place in the group. !” Marcel Leif announced excitedly.

"The curtain of the group of death has finally come to an end. Dortmund, Arsenal and Naples share 12 points, but in the end Naples was eliminated because they did not have the advantage. Naples also created a record while being eliminated A Champions League record - since the Champions League was restructured, Napoli is the team with the highest points that has been eliminated in the group stage. Before that, this record belonged to Werder Bremen in the 2006-2007 season. They were in the Champions League group that season. In the game, he scored ten points, but in the end he missed the knockout rounds and was eliminated after ranking third in the group. At that time, Chelsea won the first place in the group with 13 points, and Barcelona won the second place in the group with 11 points..."

"...Actually, getting 12 points in the group stage but being eliminated doesn't just happen to Naples. If we look at it before the Champions League reform, then Naples can still find a team with the same problem. That is Paris Saint-Germain. In the 1997-1998 season, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich were tied with 12 points, but they could only be eliminated because they did not have an advantage in terms of victory and defeat. However, at that time, there were only six players in the Champions League group stage. groups, and the first place in each group directly qualified, and then the two best-performing groups qualified second--as a result, Paris Saint-Germain was not the best among all the second-placed groups... Among the six group second places, Leverkusen has the best score with 13 points, while Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain share 12 points, but Juventus has a goal difference of seven and Paris Saint-Germain has only three. It’s such a pity that I’m out...”

"Of course, if the current rules of the Champions League were implemented at that time, then Paris Saint-Germain would have qualified for the group stage without any suspense. So it is not wrong to say that Naples is the most miserable group exit in history... In this group, everyone It’s really tragic that we got 12 points but couldn’t even get the top two spots in the group.”

"With this away victory, Dortmund not only qualified for the group, but also became first in the group, beating Arsenal, who also have 12 points. This laid a good foundation for them in the knockout draw. The defending champion The road to the Champions League group stage this season was actually very bumpy. They lost the first group match away from home and also lost core Zhou Yi. Subsequently, the team's performance fluctuated. At one point, even qualifying for the group became a 'moon in the water' '. At this time, Zhou Yi's timely recovery was like a shot in the arm for Dortmund. Then Dortmund gradually got on the right track. Judging from the performance of this half season, Zhou Yi is the most indispensable person for Dortmund..."

Amid the praises of the commentators, Zhou Yi was hugging Yan Min to celebrate the victory and qualifying from the group.

There are so many twists and turns in this game. It is indeed not easy to win. It is worth celebrating at the end of the game.

Yan Min also performed very well in this game, playing the entire game.

The scene of two Chinese players hugging each other to celebrate the victory was shown in a close-up shot of the TV broadcast.

Seeing this scene, Marcel Leif suddenly couldn't help but said: "Two outstanding Chinese players, as well as goalkeeper Sun Pan at Chelsea, a group photo with the striker at Paris Saint-Germain, and Schalke 04. Yang Muge... The Chinese team composed of these outstanding young players, I wonder what surprises they can give us in next year's World Cup..."

A non-Chinese commentator has a strong interest in the Chinese team. This is the credit of the Chinese players who play in top European leagues.

This is something that many Chinese domestic fans have never imagined - that there would be a foreign commentator paying so much attention to the Chinese national team. This must sound like an obscene joke to them...

Before Zhou Yi and others appeared, this was indeed an obscene joke.