Chapter 213: The Battle of Tianwang Mountain

Borussia Dortmund made history by reaching the Champions League final for the first time in 16 years. The matter of writing "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info became the focus of everyone's discussion after the game.

In China, everyone is also discussing this matter with great interest.

Of course, their focus is not on Dortmund's reach for the Champions League final for the first time in 16 years, but on the fact that a Chinese player has reached the Champions League final for the first time in history.

On Weibo, everyone is looking forward to Zhou Yi's performance in the Champions League final.

And, another goal worth looking forward to - will Zhou Yi become the first Chinese player in history to win the Champions League?

Before Zhou Yi, in the whole of Asia, only Park Ji-sung appeared on the final stage of the Champions League - in the 2008-2009 Champions League final, Park Ji-sung started the game, not only becoming the first player in Asia to participate in the Champions League final, but also the first player in Asia to start in the Champions League final. In the Champions League final of the 2010-2011 season, Park Ji-sung started again.

But unfortunately, Park Ji-sung's two starts failed to win the Champions League, and Manchester United lost to the same opponent Barcelona.

However, Park Ji-sung became the first and only player in the history of Asian football to win the Champions League - in the 2007-2008 Champions League final, in the heavy rain in Moscow, although he was not selected for the Champions League final squad, he still won the Champions League medal with the team, and also lifted the Champions League trophy.

For Chinese fans, what they expect from Zhou Yi is not only to start the Champions League and repeat what Park Ji-sung has already accomplished, but they also hope that Zhou Yi can do what Park Ji-sung did not do back then, which is to start in the Champions League final and help the team win the Champions League.

Although Park Ji-sung won the Champions League that year, he did not play in the Champions League final the season he won the championship. In the Champions League final he played, Manchester United failed to win.

So if you have to pick a bone in the egg, Park Ji-sung's Champions League champion will have a feeling of "lying down and taking it".

In the Champions League and the Champions League, Zhou Yi can no longer be the first person in Asia, but he can become the first in the "Champions League final appearance and championship".

Although the Champions League final will not be until the early morning of May 26, Beijing time, and there are still more than 20 days before now, Chinese fans have begun to wait for the Champions League final the next day.

But Zhou Yi didn't look forward to it, and he said in an interview after the game that the focus now is on the league.

'It's still early in the Champions League final and what's more important in front of us is the fight for the league title. We're two points behind Bayern Munich at the moment, but there's still a chance to talk head-to-head, so we'll be thinking about league ...... next."

In fact, on the plane back to Dortmund from Madrid, Jurgen Klopp told his players to forget about the Champions League final and focus on the league.

Three days later, they will host Bayern Munich at home.

It was the final of the league.

With only three days left for Dortmund to prepare, the time was very tight.

The only consolation is that Bayern Munich have less time to prepare – they only have two days.

Bayern Munich will face Barcelona this evening for a ticket at Wembley Stadium, where the Champions League final will be held. In fact, there is no suspense anymore, with the current state of the two teams, Bayern Munich is basically no problem to qualify for the final.

If Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund again in the league three days later, Bayern Munich could become the European treble this season.

That's a remarkable achievement.

Until then, no team in the entire German football world had been able to achieve such an achievement.

In the German Cup, Dortmund have no chance to stop Bayern Munich, but in the Champions League final and the league, they still have hope of stopping Bayern Munich.

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On the evening of May 1, Barcelona welcomed Bayern Munich at home.

It was Barcelona's last moment, but at the municipal level, Barcelona did not show the fighting spirit one would have hoped for, unlike yesterday's Real Madrid.

Of course, this is not something that cannot be understood, after all, it is relatively easy for Real Madrid to turn the tables, they only need to win 3-0 at home, which is not impossible for Real Madrid. However, it will be much more difficult for Barcelona to turn the tables at home, and the realistic goal is that they win 4-0 at their home stadium against Bayern Munich and then drag the game into extra time. But even such a "realistic" goal is very difficult.

Although there are many objectively unfavorable factors, people did not expect Barcelona to show no fighting spirit at their home stadium, everyone thought that Barcelona even if they knew that there was no hope of qualifying, they should use a victory to save face at their home stadium, not to mention winning a 4:0, 1:0, 2:1 such a victory is also possible.

Who would have thought that Barcelona would lose 0:3 at their home stadium!

In the first half, the two teams were able to stalemate without conceding a goal, and in the second half it collapsed completely.

Arjen Robben scored for Bayern Munich early in the second half, then in the 72nd minute, Pique's own goal made Barcelona's situation worse, and four minutes later, Thomas Muller's goal completely declared Barcelona's death.

In the end, the aggregate score of the two legs was 0:7, and Barcelona was eliminated. Although the result of the elimination was not unexpected, the aggregate score was still very surprising - after conceding seven goals over two legs, not scoring a single goal, and being beaten by an opponent on his home turf, such a defeat was simply "humiliating".

Bayern Munich made a substitution on the 67th minute of the game, using up the last substitution after Muller scored the third goal. Obviously, although Bayern Munich is in Barcelona, his heart has drifted to Dortmund, and Heynckes is already preparing for the "battle of Tianwang Mountain" with Dortmund in two days.

Thinking about another opponent in the game with Barcelona, Bayern Munich is the biggest humiliation for Barcelona if he is so "half-hearted".

At this time, people have to sigh that Barcelona, which has lost Guardiola, is no longer as brave as it used to be, and the super invincible "Cosmos Team" is now back on Earth.

Bayern Munich, on the other hand, returned to Germany with the aftermath of a 7-0 win over Barcelona to face Dortmund, the life-and-death rivals in the next league.

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While the media in other countries are still discussing whether the Bundesliga will meet in the Champions League final and turn the Champions League into the German Cup, whether this means that the Bundesliga has re-emerged, the German media is no longer talking about the Champions League, but the league.

The next most eye-catching game in the entire German football world was Bayern Munich's away game against Borussia Dortmund.

There are two reasons why this game is so high-profile, on the one hand, it is related to the ownership of the league title.

This season, both teams have played very well, especially after the winter break, neither Bayern Munich nor Borussia Dortmund have lost a game, and the points are always two points apart, and the bite is very tight. Such a situation is rare in the history of the Bundesliga. It stands to reason that Bayern Munich have been doing well this season, but Borussia Dortmund's performance has added to the competition.

Bayern Munich is currently in first place with 84 points, followed by Borussia Dortmund with 82 points.

Leverkusen, who is ranked third, has 56 points, which is not at the same level as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. This shows how strong the two teams of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are now.

The war between them, the other teams can't get involved at all.

In previous leagues, even if two teams competed for the title, the other teams and their matches could still affect the final league because they could lose to other teams. But this has not happened once this year, whether it is Bayer Leverkusen or Schalke 04, whether it is a team that wants to compete for European qualification, or a relegation team, they have lost without exception after meeting Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, and there is nothing to stop the progress of both teams.

The media ridiculed Barcelona and Real Madrid's huge advantage in La Liga, saying that the two teams formed the "Spanish Super League" independent of La Liga. Now the same meme can be used in the Bundesliga, where there is also a "Bundesliga" consisting of two teams, in addition to the sixteen Bundesliga teams.

In particular, both teams reached the Champions League final, something that neither of the "Western Super League" nor the Western Super League has achieved – Real Madrid and Barcelona have never met in a Champions League final.

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have taken the "German Super League" to the extreme.

With the German Cup final and the Champions League final yet to be played, the final battle in the league is about to take place.

But if it's just a strong conversation, just a fight for the league title, then this game can't get such a grand attention.

Another important reason is the news that Götze was poached by Bayern Munich before the Champions League semi-finals.

As soon as the news came out, it shook the whole of Germany, giving the two teams another grudge and hatred beyond the competitive level.

After the news was exposed, Bayern Munich officially announced that they would submit an application to Dortmund to buy out Gotze after the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. So on the morning of April 25, after the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Bayern Munich submitted an application to activate the buyout clause. By almost two o'clock in the afternoon, Dortmund, as a publicly traded joint-stock company, informed shareholders of Bayern Munich's application.

This basically means that Götze's transfer to Bayern Munich is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed.

Unless Gotze comes out and rejects Bayern Munich's offer.

However, after the announcements from the two clubs, Gotze did not say that he wanted to stay at Dortmund. This left some Dortmund fans who still had illusions about Gotze very disappointed and angry.

Despite Gotze's excellent performances on the pitch, it did not dampen the discontent of Dortmund fans against him. Even his outstanding performance on the pitch made the Dortmund fans even more angry, because it was a stark contrast to the future - the main player of the team who performed so well will be the sworn rivals Bayern Munich from next season! I can't imagine what it would be like for a player who has been training in a Dortmund shirt since he was a child to wear a Bayern Munich shirt......

After returning from Real Madrid, many Dortmund fans went to the airport in Dortmund to greet the players, and everyone was applauded and cheered, with the exception of Gotze. When he appeared, there was applause and cheers, but there were also clear and piercing boos.

Dortmund fans are furious with Götze and also at Bayern Munich, who are digging into the wall.

The rivals competing for the championship, and the enemies who poached the main force, these two emotions are mixed together, which is why this battle of Tianwang Mountain has attracted so much attention.

If Bayern Munich can not only steal Dortmund's main players in the transfer market, but also snatch their league title at Dortmund's home stadium, it will be a double blow to Dortmund, and it can completely vent all the evil anger of being pressed by Dortmund in the first two seasons.

As for Dortmund, when it is a foregone conclusion that Gotze will be poached by Bayern Munich, of course, they hope to snatch the championship from Bayern Munich as a means of revenge.

No one can afford to lose, everyone wants to win.

But victory can only belong to one side, and someone is destined to be a loser after this game.

Which side will it be?