On October 19, in the third match of the Champions League group stage, Dortmund challenged Greek team Olympiacos away. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the end, Dortmund, who were strong and in excellent form, beat Olympiacos 3-1 away. Zhou Yi completed an assist.

Halfway through the group stage, Dortmund won three games and finished first. This is a bit embarrassing for seeded Arsenal......

Arsenal are now on six points and Borussia Dortmund are three points less, but they are not without chances. They also have a game at home to Borussia Dortmund.

As long as they can beat Borussia Dortmund at home, they still have a chance to top the group.

Back in Germany, Borussia Dortmund host opponents Cologne at home in the league.

In this game, Zhou Yi was also in excellent form, he provided two assists to help Dortmund beat Cologne 5-0 at home.

Bayern Munich lost 1:2 away to Hannover in this round of the league, exposing an upset.

As a result, Dortmund are only one point behind Bayern Munich.

At the beginning of the season, everyone thought that Dortmund was easy to play and difficult to defend, and it was not easy to defend the league title, and Bayern Munich would never allow Dortmund to steal the league title for two consecutive years.

But now it seems that the predictions of those experts are wrong......

The league has only been ten rounds underway, and Dortmund are starting to make a splash after the ups and downs of the early season. Gradually caught up with Bayern Munich and eyed behind Bayern Munich.

After the league, Borussia Dortmund welcomed the second round of the German Cup against a team that finished 10th in the Bundesliga 2 - Dresden.

This time, Klopp fully learned the lessons of last season, although he rotated, but did not replace all the main players in one go, at least Zhou Yi is still on the field.

Zhou Yi scored a goal in this game to help Dortmund eliminate Dresden 2-0, and finally did not repeat the mistakes of last season.

Last season, Borussia Dortmund were unexpectedly eliminated by Offenbach kickers in this round of the German Cup. This season, at the very least, they can go further than last season.

Back in the league, maybe it's the recent period, a little tired after a week of double games, maybe it's because the previous form was too good and needs to be adjusted.

In short, Dortmund were held to a 1-1 draw away by Stuttgart in the 11th round of the league.

Bayern Munich, on the other hand, beat Nuremberg 4-0 at home.

The difference between the two teams has been stretched to three points.

The battle between these two teams in the league will continue, and it is clear that Bayern Munich will not give up so easily. After all, the Bundesliga is their backyard, and if they want to give up the league title, it will take a lot of effort.

Borussia Dortmund remained strong in the Champions League, beating Olympiacos 3-0 at home. After four rounds of the group stage, Dortmund played four games and accumulated 12 points, and because Marseille, who finished third in the group, was not able to beat Arsenal away, Dortmund was equivalent to qualifying from the group in advance.

Now Dortmund has 12 points, Arsenal is second with seven points because of the draw with Marseille, and Marseille is only 3rd with only four points. With two rounds of the group stage remaining, Marseille are unlikely to pull Borussia Dortmund off in any way, and their only hope is to squeeze out Arsenal and finish second in the group.

But Arsenal are not resting on their laurels.

Arsenal now have seven points, five less than Borussia Dortmund, and as long as they can keep winning their final two group games and Dortmund losing their next two games, they can replace Borussia Dortmund as top of the group.

But honestly, the odds are too small.

First they will have to beat Borussia Dortmund at home in the next group stage and then count on Dortmund to lose at home to Marseille in their final group game......

Beating Dortmund at home may not be a difficult thing for Arsenal, and Arsenal also have this confidence.

But Dortmund's last defeat to Marseille was ...... But it's not something they can control. And Dortmund are not stupid, they certainly understand the importance of being top of the group, how could they lose to Marseille in the last round when things are going well?

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In the twelfth round of the league, Dortmund hosted Wolfsburg, and Bayern Munich challenged Augsburg away.

Before this game, Dortmund FC received a fax from the Chinese Football Association.

Klopp was surprised by the contents of the fax.

Because the Chinese side want to be able to play less time against Wolfsburg, it would be better if he could come off the bench.

In the fax, they also explained in detail the reasons for such a request.

It is because there is a very crucial game for the Chinese national team - the Chinese team challenges the Iraqi team away.

In the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup, the current group of the Chinese team is in this situation - Jordan ranks first with seven points with two wins and one draw, the Chinese team ranks second with five points with one win and two draws, Iraq ranks third with four points with one win, one draw and one loss, and Singapore ranks fourth with zero points from three games.

Because the top two teams in each group qualify for the top 10, if the Chinese team wants to qualify from this group, Iraq, which is only one point behind them, must be dead. Failing to win at home against Iraq was enough to make the Chinese team nervous, and if they lost to Iraq again, the Chinese team would have to fight Jordan in the final round, while also having to see the results of the match between Iraq and Singapore.

In order to qualify, of course, it is best to win away from home, or to draw with Iraq.

That's why this game is so important.

The Chinese side hopes that Zhou Yi can maintain a relatively good physical condition in this game - the last game of the Chinese team was forced to draw by Iraq at home, and some analysts pointed out that Zhou Yi's physical condition was not the best, after all, he started every game in the club, fought on two fronts in the league and the Champions League, and had to play across the entire Eurasian continent, and it was indeed easy to get tired.

Generally speaking, players return from the club to play for the national team, and the club will ask them to only play half the game, and the national team will abide by this agreement. This is the first time that the national team has asked the club to ask the player to play less club games......

Klopp had intended to refuse, as there was no such precedent. Clubs are the ones who pay their players and are qualified to decide whether or not they play games, and for how long, and it is not the national team's turn to tell them. And the club, in turn, will be worried about the national team's overuse of players, resulting in players being injured in the national team game, and the current regulations stipulate that the national team will compensate the club for the injury of a player in the national team game.

How did Mark Wagner, Dortmund's leading goalscorer, get injured?

On the one hand, the club has to pay the player's salary, on the other hand, the player is injured in the national team, the club has to spend money to treat them, and when the player is unable to play due to injury, the salary club has to find it, not a penny less, and the player can easily make money while lying on the hospital bed...... Is there anything more unreasonable than that?

But Klopp thought about it, and still called Zhou Yi aside alone at the training ground, and then handed Zhou Yi the fax of the national team.

Zhou Yi quickly swept through it, and Klopp asked, "I want to hear your opinion, Zhou Yi." What do you think?"

Zhou Yi took the fax, thought for a while and said: "It was Dortmund Club that signed the contract with me, and it was Dortmund Club who gave me an annual salary and bonus. “

Klopp thought that Zhou Yi was unswervingly on the side of the club's interests, but he didn't expect Zhou Yi to change his words next.

"But as a Chinese player, it is my duty to play for my country. Moreover...... The World Cup is very important for Chinese football and I don't want to have any regrets. ”

Zhou Yi's words were not very direct, a little tactful, but Klopp nodded: "I understand." ”

The World Cup is a dream for all professional players, and it is normal for Zhou Yi to have such thoughts. So how can we ensure that the interests of the club and the wishes of the players themselves do not create irreconcilable contradictions......

When Klopp was still thinking about this issue, Zhou Yi continued: "So I thought of a way to not let the interests of the club be damaged, but also to ensure the interests of the national team, I don't know what do you think, coach?"

"Huh? Klopp didn't expect Zhou Yi to have already made a decision.

"It was I who started against Wolfsburg and tried to seal the win early so you could replace me early. ”

Klopp's eyes widened and he looked at Zhou Yi, he didn't expect Zhou Yi to make such a suggestion.

You're confident enough to make such a suggestion, right?

"What? Isn't this idea okay?" Zhou Yi asked when he saw that Klopp's expression was wrong.

Klopp, who came back to his senses, shook his head and smiled: "No, it's a good idea!"

He replied in the affirmative.

"That's what we'll do!"