Chapter 199 Since the Goals Are the Same...

When Zhou Yi was talking about his ambitions in a calm tone to his teammates in the locker room, Dortmund's head coach Klopp was also talking to his colleagues about his thoughts.

"I think I may have made a mistake all along..." Klopp's opening remarks surprised everyone. They looked at each other, and then turned their doubtful eyes to Klopp.

Klopp, who lowered his head, seemed to be thinking about something. He did not speak immediately, but kept his head down and remained silent.

After being silent for several seconds, he suddenly looked up and continued: "I have always thought that we are finished this season. At least in the league, we cannot pose a threat to Bayern Munich. They are too strong and too stable. …”

Klopp's words frightened the Dortmund coach who was doing this - Dortmund's coach actually gave in early? If the media gets to know this, who knows how much of a turmoil it will cause to the outside world...

They looked at each other. If what they heard today were seen in the media in the future, who would leak it?

"But yesterday's game made me see something that I have always ignored before... I always thought that our team has lost its desire for championships and wins after winning the league championship for three consecutive seasons. But I saw from yesterday's game that the players are still full of desire to win. So I think maybe I was wrong... Our players haven't given up yet, and I can't give up at this time..."

Having said this, Klopp said: "I want to tell them my thoughts now. I want to re-clarify our goal for this season, which is still to compete for the championship. Of course, in order to achieve this goal, we must also do more work. , especially the team medical team.”

He looked at Dr. Braun: "We need to add one more person on the medical team to the coaching bench."

Dr. Braun didn't even think about it, and immediately gave the candidate: "Of course it is Cortana. With her on the bench, I think Zhou Yi's performance level can be five percent higher." Ten percent.”

After he said this, everyone laughed.

The relationship between Zhou Yi and Cortana is not a secret, and the team will joke about it from time to time.

Klopp also laughed: "Okay, that's the decision."

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When the players came to the training ground to prepare for training, they saw that head coach Klopp and the entire coaching staff were also in place. Everyone looked at each other in surprise - they were not late...

“Let’s warm up first.

"Klopp waved his hand.

Everyone is warming up with their heads down and concentrating on it, but the doubts in their hearts are getting stronger and stronger, because they can feel that the atmosphere is indeed different from usual...

After the warm-up, the players stood in a circle and faced coach Klopp.

They knew Klopp would have something to say.

"First of all, congratulations, boys. Your game against Werder Bremen was wonderful. Pleasant attack and control of the situation. The score is the best reward for everyone. Secondly, I want to apologize to you. .”

When Klopp said this, everyone was shocked.

The first half of the sentence, congratulations on winning, is understandable. What the hell is this sudden apology?

Doubts in many people's minds have become even more intense.

"I want to apologize to you. Before this, I have not trusted you very much... Yes, our results this season have been ups and downs, and we have serious injuries... We are now also at a disadvantage in the league competition... There are too many What bad news. I once wanted to give up the league. But after watching your game against Werder Bremen, I discovered my mistake - my team did not give up, it was me who wanted to give up. So. I need to apologize to you."

After hearing Klopp's words, the players were still shocked. They didn't know what to say at all and just looked at Klopp in silence.

"So now I want to reiterate to you our goal for this season - the league championship! We will never admit defeat!"

Some of the players gradually came to their senses and laughed.

At such a serious moment, when someone suddenly laughs, it cannot but attract attention.

Assistant coach Buvac looked up and said: "Do you have any ideas, Kevin?"

Grosskreutz waved his hand quickly: "No, no, no... I just think it's a coincidence..."

"What a coincidence?" Buvac asked.

"Just now in the locker room, Zhou Yi said the same thing..." Grosskreutz successfully kicked the football towards Zhou Yi.

At this time, all the coaching staff's eyes were focused on Zhou Yi.

In full view of everyone, Zhou Yi had no choice but to stand up and explain to the coaches: "I'm just talking about winning the league championship this season. I don't want to give up yet..."

Klopp smiled, Zhou Yi had told him this before. However, he was still hesitant at that time. He only took Zhou Yi's words into consideration, but had no real intention to do so.

Unexpectedly, when he was hesitant, Zhou Yi was very determined to move towards this goal.

Think about Zhou Yi's performance after the winter break.

Work harder every game.

Although he doesn't have any grand words, he uses practical actions to prove that he means what he says.

"Very good. Since both of us have the same goals, things will be easier to handle." Klopp clapped his hands. "I think all of you know how difficult it is for us to win the championship this season. Although we are only four points behind Bayern Munich, we have suffered serious injuries this season. In terms of rotation, we cannot maintain the same level as last season. At that level, players in some positions will have to endure more games and more pressure. But since our goals are all the same, let’s just move towards this goal. Now, let’s start training!”

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Since the goal is definitely the league championship, then the next German Cup must be given up.

At this time, Zhou Yi has no objection at all to giving up the German Cup.

So on February 11, in the quarter-finals of the German Cup, Dortmund lost 1:2 away to Frankfurt and once again stopped in the quarter-finals of the German Cup.

They just beat Werder Bremen 5:1 in the league, and lost the game in the German Cup against Eintracht Frankfurt, who were not as strong as them.

This has left the media still awash with criticism of Dortmund.

In the opinion of these experts, Dortmund has no hope of winning the league this season. Even if they just beat Werder Bremen, even if they are only four points behind Bayern Munich. With Bayern Munich's stable performance, it will be even more difficult for Dortmund to come back.

The German Cup is Dortmund's only option to avoid going empty-handed this season. Performing well in the German Cup and being able to win a German Cup championship is at least a consolation for Dortmund's terrible season...

As a result, Dortmund has buried this hope with their own hands - they sent a large number of young players and substitute players in the game against Frankfurt. Klopp's thoughts can be clearly seen from this personnel adjustment arrangement. He gave up the German Cup.

"It's simply unwise!" Some reporters criticized on social networks.

"Perhaps Klopp was dazzled by Dortmund's 5:1 victory over Werder Bremen. You must know that that game was atypical and did not have any reference value. Dortmund has not played many games this season. The game comes. The performance fluctuates greatly, and the league is a long process. What is needed is the team's stable performance in the process... The basis for stable performance does not exist in Dortmund today!"

No one knows that within Dortmund, after the goal is determined, the machine has already begun to run.

Klopp adjusted the training content and increased the proportion of physical strength and physical fitness training to ensure that players will not lose their physical fitness during the sprint phase of the league and reduce the chance of injury.

At the same time, the content of Footbonaut training has also been appropriately increased. This is a training method that allows players to quickly pass and receive the ball. It fits Dortmund's tactics very well.

Dortmund's outstanding performance in the past two seasons has a lot to do with this high-tech training equipment.

Yan Min likes this "little dark room" very much. He has never experienced such training content in China before. In his opinion, it is just like playing a game, it is challenging and can be upgraded.

From the beginning of one person passing and receiving the ball in the cage, to the addition of defensive players to interfere with you, from one defensive player to two defensive players, and up to three defensive players, the difficulty increases exponentially.

Yan Min used to benefit from his boredom and practice dribbling alone in the training ground, and ended up developing good dribbling skills. But in comparison, his passing and receiving is just like other Chinese players. It doesn't seem to be a big problem in training. Once he joins the confrontation, his passing and receiving accuracy is lacking.

Since coming to Dortmund, he has been very interested in this training content because he knows that it can improve his passing and receiving abilities.

And so it is. The outside world is very surprised by Yan Min's progress after joining Dortmund, and Footbonaut's help is indispensable.

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