Chapter 289: No Secret Weapon
After ending the call with Simone, Sun Pan found Zhou Yi who was chatting in the group, and then chatted with him privately in the small window.
"Hey, don't blame me for not reminding you, don't think that Atletico Madrid is a soft persimmon that I can pinch casually without me. Their goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, is on loan from Chelsea like me and is a great man. ”
"Panpan, I didn't expect you to be a traitor to seek glory!"
"How do you speak! I'm kind enough to remind you, don't underestimate the enemy!" Sun Pan was a little weak.
"Yes, yes, thank you for your kind reminder. But we're never underestimated. Zhou Yi made an expression of spreading his hands.
"Anyway, you have to work hard, don't be eliminated......"
"Hey, I thought you'd take Atletico Madrid's side, after all, it's Atletico Madrid's revenge battle. ”
Last season, Zhou Yi's Dortmund also met Atletico Madrid in the knockout stage of the Champions League, and in the quarterfinals, Zhou Yi finally used the world wave to penetrate the goal guarded by Sun Pan and helped Dortmund eliminate Atletico Madrid.
So this time Atletico Madrid and Dortmund were put into a group again, and some conspiracy theorists believe that this was deliberately arranged by UEFA, just to create a gimmick.
At the same time, it is also a revenge drama carefully prepared for Atletico Madrid.
"I'm neutral in this game, whether Atletico Madrid advances or you advance, I'll accept it. I'm all eliminated anyway, and I care so much about what to do?"
"Then when we knock out Atletico Madrid, don't be sad. ”
"Why am I sad?"
"That's good, I can go all out. Eh, Panpan, you don't seem to have seen us at full fire, have you?"
"What......" Sun Pan felt inexplicable.
"You must watch the live broadcast of this game tomorrow!" Zhou Yi finally said.
Sun Pan: "Of course I want to see ......"
But he was still confused, and he didn't know what Zhou Yi meant by this.
Haven't seen you all firing at full power?
Are you kidding?!
Didn't you play against Atletico Madrid last season when you faced me with all your firepower?
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The Champions League matchday is coming, and before the game starts, the West** Stadium is already full of spectators.
Dortmund fans once again showed their skills in making TIFOs.
It's a huge canvas almost the size of the South Stand, with Zhou Yi celebrating a goal and a German slogan of "Hero Zhou Yi" below.
This sentence is last year's Champions League quarterfinals, when Dortmund hosted Atletico Madrid, Zhou Yi scored a last-second follow-up goal to beat Atletico Madrid. Norbert Dicker, the excited DJ at the time, shouted, "Hero!"
This sentence was warmly responded to by the fans in the audience. It became one of the best memories of that game.
Now Borussia Dortmund meet Atletico Madrid again, and the match has gone from quarter-finals to semi-finals.
What does it mean for Dortmund fans to play such a slogan again, that is obvious......
Zhou Yi was a nightmare for Atletico Madrid last season, especially the last-second follow-up shot that knocked Atletico Madrid out of the Champions League semi-finals.
Dortmund fans hope that Atletico Madrid can recall the fear of being killed by Zhou Yi, after all, it was only a year ago.
Atletico Madrid's starting lineup has not changed much from last season, the biggest and most obvious change is the goalkeeper changed from Sun Pan to Courtois.
In comparison, I am afraid that Dortmund's starting lineup has changed a little more, after all, Gotze and Lewandowski are gone, in addition to the lack of Subotic and Schmelzer in the backline, and the absence of Gundogan in the midfield...... It's a big change.
Judging from the starting line-ups of both sides announced two hours before the game, Dortmund's side continued their previous starting line-up against Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, which is also the same lineup that has been used since the winter break.
After this lineup has been run-in, it has played very tacit and excellent.
This is one of the reasons why Dortmund have been able to chase Bayern Munich in the last half of the season, and eventually reversed them.
However, this squad has also been well known for this half season, and the team looking to beat Dortmund has also studied their formation and tactics.
Today's Dortmund has given up the previous 4231 and played 442 instead, with five people in midfield and two forwards.
Whether it's the composition of the personnel or the characteristics of the players, it's no secret.
Judging from this lineup alone, I really can't see any shadow of a "secret weapon".
Increasingly, people think that Zhou Yi and Klopp say that they have a "secret weapon" that is used to bluff.
“...... Before the game, Jurgen Klopp claimed that he had a secret weapon, but Simeone said they would take care of themselves, and now it seems that Simeone is right. They weren't fooled...... "The commentator of Spanish television was relieved by this. "Although Klopp claims that they are training in a closed camp to prepare secret weapons, such a lie is so clumsy - how can it take only three days to complete a secret weapon? This is clearly psychological warfare...... If Dortmund spends all their minds on this kind of meaningless psychological warfare, then this can show more or less how weak they are now, reflecting their weakness and powerlessness...... I think it's a great opportunity for Atletico Madrid! they've reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in 40 years, so why can't they reach the Champions League final again after 40 years?"
The Spanish commentator is confident in Atletico Madrid.
Because Atletico Madrid has been so good this season.
Since Simeone took charge of this team, injecting iron and discipline into this team, Atletico Madrid has been on a rampant ride.
He has won the Europa League, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Super Cup.
Although he was beaten 0:3 and 0:2 by Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey this season, many media believed that Simeone voluntarily gave up the Copa del Rey.
In this way, Atletico Madrid can double their efforts in the league and the Champions League.
The league has played 34 rounds, and the team currently at the top of the La Liga table is not Real Madrid, nor Barcelona, but Simeone's Atletico Madrid!
In 34 rounds of the league, there are 27 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, accumulating 85 points and ranking first. Four points ahead of second-placed Barcelona and five ahead of third-placed Real Madrid.
With four rounds of the league remaining, they are in high hopes of winning the league title.
If they reach the Champions League final again, then they will have the hope of becoming the 'double' this season.
This is arguably the most glorious moment for Atletico Madrid.
First, of course, they have to beat defending champions Borussia Dortmund.
As things stand, Atletico Madrid's elimination of Borussia Dortmund shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Atletico Madrid is strong in their own right, and Dortmund have a lot of problems of their own.
With the trade-off, Atletico Madrid's hopes of promotion have been greatly enhanced.
It can also be seen from the odds offered by some bookmakers in Europe that Atletico Madrid is more favored than Dortmund.
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To the sound of the music of the Champions League theme song, players from both sides walked out of the tunnel. There was a huge cheer from the Dortmund fans, which was given to the Dortmund players and at the same time to create psychological pressure on the Atletico Madrid players.
The Dortmund fans were as good as ever, creating a devilish atmosphere at home.
In this atmosphere, the game is about to begin.
Borussia Dortmund were awarded the right to tee off in the previous side-picking procedure.
The man who went to pick the side for Dortmund was captain Weidenfeller.
When Weidenfeller lost the right to pick the edge and won the tee-off, he turned and glanced in the direction of Zhou Yi, who winked at him.
It doesn't matter if you want to pick the edge or not, but the right to tee off is important.
Especially in this game.
This means that Dort can take the initiative from the very beginning of the game, using their secret weapon.
Although even if they don't get the kick-off, football will come back to their side and sooner or later they can attack.
But to take the lead in the game, you have to be able to control the football as soon as you kick off.
There's nothing better than kicking off the ball first.
They want to launch the most fierce attack on Atletico Madrid's goal from the first second of the real meaning of the game, and use their hard training during this time, as well as the accumulation and experience of so long before, to show Atletico Madrid what it means to be "full fire".
With that, the players from both sides stood up and Marc and Aubameyang stepped into the centre circle, with Mark's feet on the ball and Aubameyang fighting against him.
Everyone was ready, and referee Swede Jonas Eriksson raised his wrist to his watch and put the whistle in his mouth.
West** Stadium, which had been noisy before, suddenly fell silent, and everyone heard the whistle very clearly.
"Game on!!"