Chapter 68: A Nail

The Dortmund players saw a sea of people outside the stadium, thinking they were Napoli fans waiting to enter. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But when they changed their clothes and went out to warm up, they realized that the fans outside were definitely not the ones waiting to enter, because the stadium could not accommodate so many people, and more importantly, because there were already about 20,000 fans sitting in their seats inside the São Paulo stadium......

And the reporters and commentators on the scene know more information than the Dortmund players.

“...... The São Paulo Stadium opened almost five hours before the game, and nearly 10,000 Napoli fans entered the stadium and sat ......," Marcel Leif said as a live commentator and front-line reporter as he connected to the studio behind the scenes.

The hosts and guests in the German studios exclaimed - what is the concept of entering the stadium five hours early? The fans have to sit for five hours in front of an empty stadium! But there are still nearly 10,000 people willing to do so, which shows how crazy Napoli is about football.

Borussia Dortmund will challenge such a team in such an away atmosphere, and the prospects may not be as good as people think......

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Zhou Yi changed his clothes and warmed up on the court. He lowered his head to carry the ball, but suddenly noticed a flash of light in the green turf, generally speaking, the flash may be caused by the water droplets on the grass that have just been watered on the pitch and the light on the blades of grass, but this flash is a little different, because it is not on the surface of the turf, but on the inside of the turf......

So he stopped, bent down to search for the flash, and when he held the "flash" in his hand, he was surprised to find that it was an iron nail about ten centimeters long!

The pointed part of the iron nail flashed a cold light in the light of the stadium......

Zhou Yi was speechless, he had been to so many away games, he had seen the "leper head" type stadium with a lot of sand exposed, the vegetable field stadium with uneven and potholes, and the stadium with poor drainage facilities and a pond when it rained...... But this is the first time he has seen a stadium with iron nails hidden in the turf.

He didn't even know if it was deliberately thrown in by the staff at the São Paulo stadium to cause problems for the Dortmund players, or if it was a simple job error...... Or it was thrown in by the fans who came to the stadium in advance - because the place where the nails were found was not very far from the baseline......

"Hey, Zhou Yi, what are you doing?" Mark asked curiously when he saw Zhou Yi with his back to him looking down and stunned.

"Uh, nothing. Zhou Yi hurriedly grabbed the nail in his hand, and at the same time put his hand behind his back, turned around and said to Mark.

With that, he threw down Mark and the football and ran straight to the sidelines to find the club's staff.

Mark looked at Zhou Yi's back and felt strange.

When Zhou Yi ran to the sidelines, he found assistant coach Gerliko Bouácz and showed the nail in his hand.

"What are you doing, Zhou Yi?" Bwach looked at the nail in Zhou Yi's hand strangely, "This is ......"

"This is what I just found in the turf of the exclusion zone. Zhou Yi said.

Bwach had a "Are you kidding me" look on his face.

"Maybe it was the fans who threw it down. Zhou Yi said.

Bwach looked at the stands at the St Paulo Stadium, where there was a runway between the stands and the pitch, and what fan could throw the nail into the field?

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In the process of Zhou Yi holding the iron nail and communicating with Bwach, it was filmed by the camera on the sidelines, so this scene was transmitted to the rear.

Everyone in the German studio was stunned when they saw this: "There are nails in the turf of the St. Paul's Stadium? What are you kidding! If a player is doing something in that place, won't his body be scratched?"

"It's just that the scratch on the body is quite light, what if you jump up and pierce it in the eye?"

"Napoli is doing a terrible job at home!"

Guests and presenters have criticized the Napoli club.

This incident was also captured by a sharp-eyed photographer and posted on the Internet.

As a result, it also caused an uproar on the Internet -- the stadium where the Champions League match was held in a grand stadium was found to have iron nails in the turf before the game! If this was not discovered, what serious consequences would it have caused in the game? Everyone dared not think about it......

Many Dortmund fans shouted that the St. Paul's Stadium must be disqualified from hosting the Champions League, and some Dortmund fans signaled that Dortmund should be declared a direct 3-0 victory in this game.

Of course, Napoli fans and Dortmund fans are very dissatisfied with the statement, and some people even have conspiracy theories that the devil knows if this iron nail was hidden by Zhou Yi in advance, and then brought into the field, intending to blame Napoli...... As for the purpose of his doing, hasn't the proposal of the Dortmund fans already been answered?

There is a lot of noise on the Internet, but on the Internet in China, the atmosphere is relatively harmonious - because there are so few and too few Chinese fans who support Napoli, so it is now a one-sided criticism of the Napoli club. Such severe charges as "premeditated murder" have come out.

All Chinese fans believe that it is impossible for Zhou Yi to cheat on this, so it must be a problem with the Napoli club. And Napoli's extreme fans do have similar convictions.

Because of the treatment that Dortmund suffered after arriving in Napoli, through the media publicity, everyone knew about the extreme behavior of Napoli fans, which caused many people to resent it. Now as soon as the iron nails come out, it has added another "crime" to the extreme fans of Napoli.

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Zhou Yi handed the nail to Bwach, and he turned back to the court to continue warming up, there were some things he should not have considered.

And Bwach stared down at the nail in his hand, and he could feel the weight of it.

He tried the tip of the nail with his thumb again, and found that it was very sharp, and with a little force, it felt as if it could pierce the skin......

Startled, Bouácz then became furious - Napoli is going to let our players play on such a pitch?!

So he turned to the tournament supervisor.

If Napoli don't come up with a solution, he doesn't mind letting the game abort.

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"Why did you go?" Mark was curious when he saw Zhou Yi running back again.

"Nothing, I talked to the assistant coach for a few words. Zhou Yi said.

"What's there to talk about?"

"Ask him if he has any other opinions...... Alright, warm up. It's not good to warm up now, be careful of getting hurt later!" Zhou Yi prevaricated casually. He was reluctant to tell Mark about the nail found in the turf, which had been a little nervous from the Neapolitan atmosphere these days. If he knew now that there was a murderous motive hidden in the turf, he wouldn't be able to play at a normal level when he was in the game......

Not only would he not tell Mark, but he wouldn't tell any of his teammates for the same reason, he didn't want people to be distracted.

As for whether there will be other things similar to iron nails in the turf, Zhou Yi doesn't know, but he thinks that assistant coach Bwach will definitely solve this matter, and it is not his turn to worry about it.

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When the Dortmund players finished their warm-up and returned to the dressing room, they did not see that the São Paulo Stadium sent ten staff members to advance from the bottom line on both sides to the middle line, pulling the net to investigate, and looking for possible "dangerous goods" in the turf with their heads down.

It was the result of Bouácci's arguments in front of UEFA's match supervisors. He held it in his hand, and the iron nail discovered by Zhou Yi was shining with a cold light, which was very convincing.

In the face of this strong evidence, the São Paulo Stadium could not shirk it, and under pressure from UEFA, it was forced to re-check the turf to ensure that there was no undue clutter in the playing area.

Of course, the Dortmund coaching staff knew about it, and Bouácz told Klopp.

However, Klopp did not tell the players in the dressing room, he thought it was a distraction for the team, and whether the staff at the Sao Paulo Stadium checked it carefully or not, if the players knew about it, there would always be a pimple in their hearts, and it would definitely cause a disturbance in the game.

So Klopp privately approached Zhou Yi and asked him if he had told other players about it, and Zhou Yi shook his head and gave Klopp the answer he wanted.

"Good, you're doing a great job. But are you alright?" Klopp asked.

"What's the matter with me?" Zhou Yi felt strange.

"Hopefully the nails won't affect your ......"

"No, no, it doesn't affect me. I'm sure Coach Bouach must have had a good communication with the pitch. Zhou Yi shook his head again and again.

After Klopp listened to Zhou Yi's words, he laughed: "That's right, now the stadium has sent someone to re-check the turf." There is UEFA to supervise them, and I believe they don't dare to make any small moves. In short, just play with confidence. ”

He was really very satisfied with Zhou Yi, and in the past two days, when the other players were obviously scared, Zhou Yi's performance was normal, which made Klopp very relieved. As the core of the team, Zhou Yi is calm and calm, and he will definitely be able to influence his teammates and inspire them in the game.

Although he didn't understand why the young Zhou Yi could have such a big heart, he didn't need to figure it out, he just needed to enjoy the benefits brought by Zhou Yi.

Back in the dressing room, Jurgen Klopp slapped his face and then said to everyone in the quiet dressing room: "Forget all that mess, all we have in front of us is a Champions League group stage." All we have to do is show what we have in training, play this game and go home. ”

He still added the phrase "go home", hoping that it will relieve some psychological pressure on the players. After this game, I went home, and the thought of going home made it a lot easier for many people......