Chapter 165: The Problem

After the game, Dortmund was not satisfied with the victory of this game, and Leverkusen, who lost, was even more dissatisfied, they thought that Zhou Yi was a fake fall, or even if it was a real fall, it was too exaggerated, there was an obvious performance component, the referee was successfully deceived by his acting skills, and for Mark Wagner's delay in the game when he left the game, the media who supported Leverkusen criticized the whole team of Dortmund as despicable villains without work ethics. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Leverkusen's fierce criticism naturally caused dissatisfaction on Dortmund's side.

The Dortmund media engaged in a war of words with each other.

And what about Zhou Yi, who is one of the parties?

He had already answered the question after the fight, so he refused to answer any more questions, telling only that those who thought he was faking a fall would do a better job to watch the replay of the fight footage, and if they still insisted that they were fake, he gave two suggestions: first, go to the ophthalmologist, and second, look at the cranial nerves to see if there was something wrong with the brain.

Although Zhou Yi said that he would not respond, the tone of this response was actually very heavy.

Because in the past, Zhou Yi's words about scolding people were relatively tactful, and there was almost no situation where he wanted to say that others had brain problems so directly.

The media analyzed that this shows that Zhou Yi is also under a lot of pressure and his mood is not very good.

Now that Dortmund's situation is so bad, he is naturally expected to be at the core. In this game, thanks to two goals from his own land, Dortmund beat Bayer Leverkusen at home. And what about the away game against Galatasaray? Everyone's hopes are pinned on him, and this invisible pressure will naturally make people feel miserable after a long time.

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Injuries to Sven Bender and Shaheen also came out after the game, which is also the biggest concern for everyone.

Sven Bender is set to miss Dortmund's final group game against Galatasaray in midweek with a ligament strain in his right ankle and a tendon injury, but there is no definitive answer from Dr Braun as to when he will recover.

Shahin, on the other hand, has a torn ligament in the outside of his right ankle and is not as badly injured as Sven Bender, but it is hard to say when he will be able to play, and he may be available for the Galatasaray game.

At the same time, at this juncture, the latest update on Gundogan's injury recovery has also come out - Dortmund officially confirmed that Gundogan will be reimbursed this season and will completely miss all the remaining games of the season......

The team's four midfielders are now injured three, which is really worse for Dortmund.

The only good news may be that Gundogan's contract renewal talks can finally move forward. Perhaps because the injury was too serious, Real Madrid retreated from the introduction of Gundogan, which made Gundogan give up the fantasy of transferring to Real Madrid and decided to negotiate a contract extension with Dortmund.

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Because there were so many topics in the match between Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen, the topic of the duel between Son Xingmin and Zhou Yi was not mentioned after the game.

Originally, this topic was the most hyped by the Korean media. As a result, Son Xingmin lost to Zhou Yi in the game, whether it was a team or an individual, he was defeated by Zhou Yi, and the Korean media naturally had no interest and motivation to hype up a failure, and they even tried desperately to downplay this "Asian Derby" after the game.

The Chinese media is now focused on Yan Min's red card, and naturally they don't have the heart to follow up on the "showdown" between Zhou Yi and Sun Xingmin.

Regarding whether Yan Min's red card should not be given, the Chinese media unequivocally objected to the referee, believing that although Yan Min went up to fight for Zhou Yi, he maintained full restraint and did not make a move. Instead, he was a victim in the clash – he was pushed away by an opposing player – why should he be given a yellow card, which then led to two yellows turning into one red and being sent off?

After the game, the Chinese media criticized the referee of the game one-sidedly, on the one hand, because his penalty scale in the game was too lenient, and on the other hand, because of Yan Min's controversial red card.

In addition to scolding the referee, Chinese fans are also worried that this red card will interrupt Yan Min's upward momentum in the Dortmund team - since the home game against Arsenal, everyone can see that Yan Min's position in the Dortmund team is becoming more and more important.

Although there are still most substitute appearances, as long as they come off the bench, they have excellent performances, which can often determine the outcome of the game. If he continues to play like this, everyone believes that it won't be long before he can start consistently. Dortmund had two Chinese players in the starting line-up, what a great thing.

As a result, at this time, Yan Min was banned from the game with a red card.

In addition to being suspended for one game, which would interrupt his appearance, there are also concerns about whether the red card will affect his evaluation of the Dortmund coaching staff......

Yan Min's second yellow card was very wronged, but his first yellow card was considered by many people to be self-inflicted - the dangerous tackle at that time was actually unnecessary, too impulsive. If there is no yellow card, even if the referee is wrongfully given a yellow card next, he will not be sent off at night.

The previous flying shovel proved that Yan Min was not quite able to control his emotions and temper.

In fact, Chinese fans' requirements for Yan Min are getting higher and higher unconsciously. When they think so, they all ignore that Yan Min is actually a young man who is only twenty-one years old, impulsive and reckless, isn't it exactly what he should behave at his age?

Maybe it's because of the image that Zhou Yi usually gives to everyone, so that everyone thinks that a twenty-one or twelve-year-old young man should be like Zhou Yi.

If you calm down and think about it objectively, you will find that if it were not for Yan Min's flying tackle foul, how could Leverkusen get the opportunity to attack the free kick in front? How could Dortmund get the opportunity to play a counterattack next up? Without this counterattack, how could they have won the penalty?

So in fact, they are all interlocking, and none of them can be missing.

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There was a lot of distraction from the outside world, but Klopp didn't have that much time for a war of words. From the league to the Champions League group stage, there are only four days in between. Not only did he have to plan the formation in advance, but he also had to conduct targeted training, and there was not much time left for Dortmund.

Sven Bender is definitely out of the game, and Shaheen is not sure...... Klopp crossed out Shahin's name on the paper, assuming that he couldn't play.

In such a situation, Dortmund can use only one midfielder, Sebastian Kehl, the team's old captain.

Borussia Dortmund had been playing in a back two until now, with Sven Bender and Gundogan last season, and Sven Bender and Shahin after Gundogan's injury this season. Both combinations worked well, with Shaheen in good form this season and making people forget about Gundogan's injury for a while. Further back, when Shinji Kagawa was there, Zhou Yi and Sven Bender played double backs.

This team is already very familiar with the tactical play of double backs, but now there is only one back left, how to play this pair of backs?

There are several plans in front of Klopp now - the first set, let Zhou Yi retreat to the back position, partner with Kell, and let Mkhitaryan start to play in the front midfield, so as to maintain the original formation.

The second set of plans, giving full play to the characteristics of Grosskreutz as a brick of the revolution and where it needs to be moved, let him play a cameo role in the back midfield, and form a double back with Kyle, and Zhou Yi continues to be in the front midfield position.

The third set of plans, change the formation, no longer play the double back tactics, and change to a 442 parallel standing formation, the double forwards are composed of Mark and Aubameyang, and Zhou Yi and Kyle are in the middle of the midfield.

None of these three options are the one that Klopp thinks is the best.

First, Zhou Yi retreated to the back waist, far away from the penalty area, and the threat was indeed not as good as when he played the front waist. And if Mkhitaryan wants to do so, who will organize the attack? Mkhitaryan or Zhou Yi? Will the team be at a loss because there are two playmakers?

Will there be a tactical conflict between Mkhitaryan and Zhou Yi? Zhou Yi has to have possession of the ball, and when he has possession, what about Mkhitaryan? If he doesn't take the ball in the forward position, what is the difference between him and a shadow striker?

Second, Grosskreutz is a cameo after all, although he has a panacea attribute, but it is always not as good as a full-time midfielder. And he and Kyle have never partnered in the midfielders in training and games, so what if there is a mistake in the coordination?

Third, the parallel tactics of 442 are unfamiliar to the entire Dortmund team, how to ensure that the team can adapt to this new formation in a short period of three days.

There is only a short amount of time left for the team to train, and there is not much time left for Klopp to think about hesitation. He had to pick a path right away and just go on that way.

It's like gambling.