Although the gap in the scorer list is not small, fortunately, the gap in the standings is not very large. Borussia Dortmund are now five points behind Bayern Munich, which is not a huge disadvantage in the Bundesliga, but if it were placed in other leagues, such a gap could even be the end of this season's title race. Like La Liga today.

La Liga has reached the sixth round, and after six rounds, Barcelona have taken all the points strongly.

Compared to the momentum and form they have inherited from last season, their old rivals are having a hard time at the moment.

At the end of last season, Ancelotti was sacked after no gains, and such a rush for quick success is very much in line with Real Madrid's style, and no one is surprised.

However, the choice to take over him was somewhat unexpected, and the Spanish veteran coach Benitez took over the Galaxy Battleship very abruptly.

However, after the change of manager, Real Madrid did not seem to be on the right track so quickly.

After six rounds of league play, they have won three, drawn two and lost one, earning only 11 points.

Although it seems to be decent, compared to Barcelona's eighteen points, it is really an unacceptable gap.

You know, if the points difference can't be controlled within five points before the national derby, then the suspense of this league is greatly reduced.

So there have been talks and calls for Benitez to be sacked since they were held to a draw by Real Sociedad in their first game.

When Lin Yi watched these news, he said to Eva in a somewhat fortunate and self-comforting tone: "Look, it's good that I didn't go to Barcelona, otherwise with the current state of their players, maybe I would have to watch the water cooler." ”

Eva smiled and put her arms around Lin Yi, "Now in Dortmund, I think you're also looking at the water cooler." ”

Lin winked at Eva, "There's no tough test yet, and when that happens, Tuchel will be honest." ”

Eva nodded thoughtfully, she trusted Lin Yi more than anyone else, and knew that what Lin Yi said was by no means bragging.

In fact, it is not only his rotation of Lin Yi that can show Tuchel's mental retardation, but also his use of other players.

Reus and Aubameyang are not as fit as Lin Yi, but Lin Yi, who has been rotated for several weeks, has played much less minutes than his two guys. This also directly led to the current dilemma, not long after the start of the season, Reuss was about to pull the gates.

During the training, Lin Yi was still as diligent as before, and he would take the initiative to teach Mechtaryan and Kagawa Shinji a lot of his skills and insights.

Don't look at Lin Yi's age is younger than these two, but now these two people are very convinced of him.

But then again, the whole Dortmund is not convinced of Lin Yi, I'm afraid only Tuchel and Park Joo-ho, right?

Shinji Kagawa seems to have a tendency to keep going higher after getting some advice from Lin Yi.

And Lin Yi seems to have forgotten that the better Shinji Kagawa's performance, the more reasons Tuchel has not let him play.

The game against Manchester City was away from home, so Dortmund flew to Manchester with the whole team three days before the game.

Manchester City is also one of the many teams that have had thoughts about Lin Yi in the off-season, and the conditions offered to Lin Yi are very generous.

However, Lin thought about it, it seems that the Manchester duo are the protagonists in the big drama of the transfer market every year.

Whether it's Manchester City's deep pockets or Manchester United's price gouging, I don't necessarily buy it, it's very eye-catching.

However, whenever he sees such an opponent, Tuchel is always very heartbroken, in his opinion, as long as he does not sell Lin Yi to Bayern Munich Munihe, so that he has a very stable opportunity to slap himself in the face every season, he can go anywhere else. Whether it's Manchester City or Manchester United, as long as Lin Yi is sold to them, it will be a lot of silver.

In this game, there was no suspense, Tuchel once again did not arrange Lin Yi to start, but lined up Shinji Kagawa.

The reason is also very simple, he has been doing well lately and is more familiar with Manchester City than the average player.

Lin Yi has nothing to say about this arrangement and reasons, and sometimes he will even go very extreme to hope that the team's results will be worse, and then force Tuchel to take the blame and leave, although this fact is not very realistic in Tuchel's face.

Of course, if Tuchel can really get out, Lin Yi doesn't want him to dig too deep a hole for Dortmund before leaving, otherwise it will really be filled in later.

Although Manchester City is not strong, the luxury of the squad is far beyond that of ordinary opponents.

Chilean Manuel Pellegrini is a manager with some means in his own right, as if he is now mentally counseling his defenders.

"Don't worry, in my opinion, Thomas Tuchel guy is not going to let Lin Yi start, so don't be nervous."

Klich and Zabaleta and Kompany and the others looked at each other, how did the coach know that we were nervous about that guy?

It wasn't until Pellegrini laid out the tactics for a while that Kompany suddenly reacted, presumably the coach was also nervous about him, right?

After a day of preparation, Borussia Dortmund's Champions League group stage away to Manchester City is about to begin.

As the players of both teams began to enter, a huge banner was suddenly torn down from the audience at the Etihad Stadium.

'If you don't have enough games at Borussia Dortmund, come to Manchester City and start your game.'

It was very sad that such a line appeared in the stands, and Tuchel's face turned ugly when he saw that line.

It was Lin Yi, who repeated the above words very calmly, and then smiled easily.

"If it weren't for Sergio Aguero, maybe I could really consider their proposal."

Weigel, who was sitting next to him, was stunned for a moment, and then thought that what Lin Yi said should still be the problem of the back number of the jersey.

At this time, the starters of both teams had already walked onto the pitch together, and Dortmund's captain was still their vice-captain Reuss, and the starting goalkeeper was replaced by Longerak.

The goalkeeper, who didn't get much of a chance under Jurgen Klopp, is now getting more and more playing time. At the back, there are still five defenders today, with Park Joo-ho and Piszczek on the left and right, Papastathopoulos and Subotic in the middle, and Hummels in the middle. Sven Bender and Gonzalo Castro in the midfield position, and Shinji Kagawa in the midfield position. At the top are Reus and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

This formation, which was later ridiculed by Lin Yi as a bit like a turtle, has obviously become Tuchel's main formation.

Lin Yi glanced at Mechtaryan, who was sitting beside him, sympathetically, this honest guy, was even worse than himself, it was really a little unreasonable. I don't know why Tuchel trusts Shinji Kagawa so much, and even if he doesn't let himself play, Mechtayan, who performed remarkably last season, has not had a few chances to play.

On Manchester City's side, although the lineup is not as exaggerated as Bayern and Barcelona, it is definitely a notch ahead of Dortmund's side.

The goalkeeper is England international Joe Hart, the back line is Klich on the left and Zabaleta on the right, and the two centre-backs are captain Vincent Kompany and Demichelis. Fernandinho and Fernando in the back two positions, and David Silva in the forward position. The three strikers are Raheem Sterling on the left, Kevin De Bruyne on the right, and at the top of the pack is Manchester City's No.10 Sergio Aguero.

In fact, since the 2014 World Cup, Aguero's performance has been declining, and if you don't look at the age, it even feels like this guy is about to start his countdown to retirement.

It may be precisely because of this that Manchester City will want to introduce Lin Yi, who can play very well in all positions in the frontcourt.

Shinji Kagawa, who was playing, looked at the opponent's starting lineup and was suddenly stunned.

I don't seem to be familiar with these people on the other side. In particular, their number 17 is the same Belgian who played well at Chelsea last season in the Bundesliga.

Lin Yi had a fight with De Bruyne last season, and he thought the guy was playing well, and even instigated their manager to ask if he could buy him.

But Lin Yi also knows that De Bruyne's own ownership is at Chelsea, and it is not easy to buy someone from Chelsea.

Moreover, after several seasons, De Bruyne has played a very good performance, and it is estimated that the team may not be able to get such a rising price, right?

Lin Yi thought that the game had already started on the field, and Dortmund kicked off and chose to return to control the ball.

Shinji Kagawa's possession skills are still good, which is one of the reasons why Tuchel uses him more.

In Tuchel's football philosophy, it seems that everything is in the service of defending and resisting.

Therefore, Shinji Kagawa, who has good ball control and is not fast and is more obedient, has fulfilled his needs well.

Manchester City fielded a two-man midfielder today, but the squad had no intention of making a peaceful deal with Tuchel.

Whether it's new signings Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne, or Sergio Aguero, who feels his core position is gradually vacillating in recent seasons, they are doing their best to give Dortmund a boost.

Tuchel is very inexperienced, if not nil, of this kind of big picture.

Because before that, he had never played any foreign games at all, let alone the Champions League.

He was looking forward to his Champions League debut with joy and could rely on his tactical thinking to win a victory.

It's a pity that Pellegrini, who is already a cunning man, didn't give him this opportunity, and he had already taken the lead from the game before the game.

Although Dortmund did not concede a goal in the first half, they were restrained everywhere on the field and were suppressed very passively.

And Manchester City's attack is not something that can be easily solved by hoarding manpower in the midfield.

Lin Yi, who was on the sidelines, looked at the increasingly passive situation on the field, and also thought about telling the head coach to let him play.

However, after several hesitations, Lin Yi finally watched the game in silence.

Maybe there are times when Tuchel has to hit the wall before he realises his mistake.

But Lin Yi still overestimated the wisdom of their head coach, and some people didn't hit the south wall and didn't look back.

But if Tuchel were to say that, he would probably have hit the wall until he died.

At the beginning of the second half, De Bruyne and Sterling became more and more active, especially De Bruyne, who has a certain understanding of the Dortmund players themselves, and he frequently runs and changes positions on the flanks and in the middle, and every time he receives the ball, he will make the Dortmund penalty area loud.

This constant intimidation finally turned into a real injury at the sixty-first minute mark of the game.

After receiving the ball on the wing, De Bruyne, who switched to the middle with David Silva, made a very sudden through kick that went straight through Castro's crotch and rolled between Ginter and Papastathopoulos.

Although he was not active in running, Aguero, who was very fast, suddenly found an opportunity.

Aguero, who was in the lead in the crowd, only had a touch of his foot and the ball changed direction and rolled into the goal behind Langerak.

The goal came not only so suddenly, but also so unexpectedly that the Blue Moon fans at the scene did not react to the moment the ball was scored.

It wasn't until the host at the scene reported the goal that they celebrated wildly.

Lin Yi touched his nose, this sudden change in rhythm and speed was originally very good at it.

However, De Bruyne can help the team change the score in this way on the pitch, but he can only watch like this.

Tuchel still can't accept this kind of player being broken through the defense while standing, although Lin Yi, who is sitting behind him, is used to watching this kind of scene.

"You defend! Why don't you just look at it without stretching your feet?! Tuchel shouted hoarsely and his muscles jumped up.

Lin Yi, who was sitting behind him, raised his hand to cover his face, not wanting to look at the head coach's brainless appearance.

I've told you, this kind of ball is not something that can be solved with a foot and a serious attitude.

Such an attack with a sudden change of rhythm is inherently difficult to place, and you think that defense can be done by yelling twice?

The Manchester City players didn't end there, and after scoring their first goal, they seemed to find the weakness of their opponents.

With an assist from Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and Raheem Sterling also started to make a difference.

The four men up front showed their individual skills in Borussia Dortmund's bloated midfield.

From Sergio Aguero's on-the-ball breakaways, to Raheem Sterling's acceleration and David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne's rhythmic play, the Dortmund backline struggled.

Lin Yi watched quietly on the sidelines, watching the team being suppressed by the opponent and watching Tuchel show his teeth and claws.

The second goal came as a matter of course, as De Bruyne burst into the box and was bumped on the head by a impatient Papastathopoulos, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty.

Sergio Aguero hit a brace and killed the suspense of the game.

Tuchel swallowed and turned to look at Lin Yi to arrange for the captain of the team to play.

After Lin Yi felt that the coach was looking at him, he also looked up at the head coach.

Seeing that Tuchel had just opened his mouth, Lin Yi spoke faster.

"I'm sorry Mr. Coach, I think my appearance in the last ten minutes shouldn't have much effect, so forget it?"

Tuchel hesitated for a moment, did not answer Lin Yi, and turned his head to look at Mechtaryan.

"Henrik, you're going to go out and try it."

Lin Yi didn't care how much dissatisfaction Tuchel had in his eyes, just twisted his head to the side and looked at the field.

Tuchel then had his chance to make a substitution, with Sergio Aguero picking up David Silva's cross and firing home.

A hat-trick made it 3-0 and Borussia Dortmund lost away.