The make-up match against Galatasaray was in the afternoon local time, so after this game, the whole Dortmund team rushed to the airport. Although the snow is still falling, it is much smaller than last night, and it does not affect the normal take-off and landing of the plane.www.biquge.info

They can return to Dortmund today for the weekend league game against Hoffenheim.

This is the penultimate game of the first half of the league season, and the last league game of the first half will not be played for the time being, as Dortmund's 17th round of the league against Hertha Berlin has been postponed to January 30 next year due to the Club World Cup.

With one less game than Bayern Munich and a point behind, no matter what the result of the game against Hoffenheim Dortmund is, it will not be able to threaten Bayern Munich's position. And no matter what the result of Bayern Munich's game is, it has already won the Bundesliga winter break championship this season.

The significance of this championship is very important and is almost a bellwether for the final league championship.

Under new manager Pep Guardiola, Bayern Munich have been in excellent form this season and it looks like they are finally coming to an end to Borussia Dortmund's dominance in the league.

Just as the whole Dortmund team flew back to Germany on a plane, the European media also summarized the just-concluded Champions League group stage.

This season's Champions League group stage has set a number of records, not just for Napoli for the highest score, but also for the lowest to qualify for the group – a stab in the wound for Napoli......

Zenit St. Petersburg held the record for the lowest number of points in their group, qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League with six points.

They have won just one of their six group games, becoming the first team to qualify from the Champions League with just six points in the group stage.

In addition, this season's Champions League group stage also created the second place in the group with the most points - Manchester City got 15 points, but it can only be the second in the group, not the first in the group, which is also "bitter in the baby's heart". They are tied with Bayern Munich on 15 points, and because the relationship between wins and losses is not dominant, they were squeezed into the second place in the group by Bayern Munich.

The Champions League group stage is finally over, and the next step is the draw for the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League.

The first and second teams will fight each other.

But no one is optimistic about the defending champions' path to defending their title, because they have so many injuries and who knows what strange injuries they can suffer next...... After all, their subsequent schedule was not easy, and the players played with a lot of intensity, fatigue and problems.

※※※

Zhou Yi was lying on the massage table at home - because his girlfriend was a physiotherapist, and because the man was a professional athlete, Zhou Yi's home facilities were a little different from others, and a massage table seemed very inconsistent.

But it's actually very useful, after all, you can't always massage on a soft bed, and that's not easy to exert force.

Zhou Yi was lying on the bed, and Cortana was massaging him to relax, while the two of them chatted about what had happened recently.

Cortana told Zhou Yi about the inside news she had heard from the team head of the team's doctor, Dr Braun: "Jurgen Klopp may give up the Champions League ......"

Hearing his girlfriend's words, Zhou Yi directly turned over and sat up, startling Cortana, who was massaging him, and looked at him in a daze: "What are you doing?"

"Give up the Champions League?" Zhou Yi asked rhetorically.

"Yes, the injury situation in the squad this season is so serious, and Klopp is worried that he will end up losing the league and the Champions League. Also, next year is the World Cup, and if an international player misses the World Cup due to injury at the club, the team will also be under a lot of pressure......"

What Cortana didn't tell Zhou Yi was that the biggest pressure came from the Chinese journalists who gathered in Dortmund all day long.

This is the second time in the history of the Chinese national team to reach the World Cup finals, and Zhou Yi is an absolutely indispensable core figure of the national team. Dortmund are like being cursed at any moment this season, and the players in the team have been injured one after another, and the injuries are still the main players. That's why the Chinese media and fans have been worried about injuries finding Zhou Yi – after Zhou Yi was knocked unconscious in a game against Napoli and missed more than a month of play, causing an uproar in China and exacerbating their fears of Zhou Yi's injury.

Now that Zhou Yi has returned from injury, Yan Min has also played steadily in the team and performed well, so Chinese fans have another object to worry about.

Every time Chinese journalists ask Klopp questions in their pre-match and post-match press conferences, they more or less convey that they don't want Klopp to overuse the two Chinese players, fearing that Zhou Yi and Yan Min will be injured.

In addition, the injury situation of the team this season is really serious, and the personnel gap is very large, and it is stretched.

Bayern Munich's consistent performances in the league are terrible, Borussia Dortmund's ability to qualify for a group in the Champions League has stumbled, and after last season's great success, the players' morale has diminished and their hunger for wins and titles is not as strong as before......

All of these factors have prompted Klopp to seriously consider abandoning one event and focusing on another.

If Borussia Dortmund didn't win the Champions League last season, then Klopp will seriously consider taking another gamble in the Champions League this season and doing his best to challenge for that supreme honour.

But now that Borussia Dortmund have won the Champions League, the Champions League is not so important - it would be nice to go far in the Champions League, but if it takes a lot of energy and even affects the league, it will be worth the cost. After all, the league is fundamental, and if the league doesn't play well, it is very likely that you will not even be able to qualify for the Champions League next year.

So in Klopp's heart, he has actually decided to give up the Champions League and specialize in the league.

Although he specializes in the league, it is difficult to say whether he can beat Bayern Munich in the league and win the league title. Bayern Munich have been so good this season, they are desperate for their consistency and excellence.

So deep down, Klopp's goals for Borussia Dortmund this season are realistic and a bit low - as long as they can qualify for next season's Champions League.

Klopp doesn't plan to make this goal public, because if he does, it will only attract ridicule and blows from his rivals, and it will also affect the morale and confidence of his players. On the surface, he will still put on a posture of competing for the championship with Bayern Munich, but in his heart, he will feel that the top three in the league are satisfied.

Klopp's thoughts, Zhou Yi and Cortana don't know now, he just frowned after hearing his girlfriend say that the manager was going to give up the Champions League.

He didn't want to question the manager, but he couldn't help but think about the fact that he voluntarily abandoned the German Cup last season.

chose to give up in the German Cup against Bayern Munich, which has always made Zhou Yi angry.

Let's not talk about the possibility of Dortmund winning the treble, just talk about the timing of choosing to give up, not giving up sooner rather than later, and then giving up against Bayern Munich...... It's really uncomfortable.

Zhou Yi himself has no obvious preference for Bundesliga teams, and he is not a fan of a particular team. But since he chose to join Dortmund, he has played in Dortmund for so many years, and he has naturally become a supporter of Dortmund. So he worked hard when he played Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, and he became the last person that fans of these two teams wanted to see.

Choosing to give up in the German Cup against Bayern Munich is unacceptable to Zhou Yi.

It also made Zhou Yi a little resistant to "strategic abandonment".

"Giving up" is certainly a smart way to do it, and there is something to give.

But Zhou Yi always had another stubborn idea in his heart - for those weak teams, giving up is a helpless move, and it is also a smart approach. But as a giant team like Borussia Dortmund, why can't they challenge on multiple fronts?

Of course, Dortmund has indeed suffered a personnel crisis this season, with a camp full of injuries. However, not all players have suffered serious injuries like Gundogan and Subotic, who have been reimbursed for the season. They'll always come back, and Borussia Dortmund's squad will always be in order.

Zhou Yi is really unwilling to surrender in advance, and there are some things that he still has to try his best.

"I'm going to the coach tomorrow. Zhou Yi lay back on the bed and asked Cortana to massage herself.

"You're going to object to your face?"

"No, just express your opinion, it's the coach's business whether you listen or not, but whether you say it or not is my business. Zhou Yi pouted. "Didn't the coach come to me to discuss tactics at times?"

"It's about tactics, and it's about strategy. Cortana corrected Zhou Yi's thoughts.

"It's all the same, I still have the right to express my opinion, right?"

Cortana stopped talking, "freedom of speech" is political correctness, Zhou Yi said so, she can't refute it.