Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both reached the last four of the Champions League and were not grouped together.

This has caused some associations in the German media - will this season's Champions League final be a repeat of last season's scene and become a civil war in German football?

As long as Dortmund knocks out Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich knocks out Real Madrid, they can meet in the final again, and it's really exciting to think about it.

But I'm afraid neither team thinks that way, as they both hope they can make it to the final, while their rivals are knocked out in the semi-finals.

The Spanish media believe that there is a statistic that may indicate that Atletico Madrid will win the championship this time. And if Atletico Madrid wins, it means that Dortmund will be eliminated from the competition.

The Spanish media's reasoning is fatalistic – superstitious to put it mildly – and they analysed the similarities between the Champions League winners in recent seasons and found that since the 2007-2008 season, all Champions League winners have either been Barcelona or eliminated from the previous season.

For example, in the 2007-2008 Champions League, Manchester United met Barcelona in the semi-finals, and after eliminating Barcelona, Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties in the heavy rain in Moscow to lift the trophy.

The winner of the Champions League in 2008-2009 was Barcelona.

The Champions League winner from 2009 to 2010 was Inter Milan, who led Jose Mourinho to a semi-final knockout of Barcelona.

The Champions League winner in the 2010-2011 season was also Barcelona.

According to this law, Atletico Madrid, who eliminated Barcelona, will have a good chance of winning the Champions League this season.

However, the German press scoffed at this argument of the Spanish media - if this was a rule, it would have been broken long ago and would have been nullified.

Because the 2011-2012 season and the 2013-2014 season have nothing to do with this pattern.

Last season's title was won by Borussia Dortmund, who did not meet Barcelona all the way, while Bayern Munich, who eliminated Barcelona in the semi-finals, were beaten by Borussia Dortmund in the final.

As for the 2011-2012 season, the league champion was Chelsea, but they did not meet Barcelona either, with Borussia Dortmund knocking out Barcelona in the quarter-finals after a hard-fought battle, while Dortmund, who eliminated Barcelona, were beaten by Chelsea and missed out on the final.

Therefore, this can prove that the Spanish media is simply far-fetched, and this kind of deliberately created coincidence does not stand up to scrutiny at all.

The German media did not entangle with the Spanish media on this issue, they just listed the data to slap their faces, and then went to pay attention to the next Bundesliga "Tianwang Mountain Battle".

Bayern Munich hosts Borussia Dortmund, and this game is the focus of everyone's attention, and it is the entire German football ...... No, it's the most important thing in the whole German sporting world.

Both teams eliminated their respective opponents in the just-concluded Champions League final game and broke into the last four of the Champions League.

In this way, the impact of the Champions League on both teams is the same, and there is no such thing as one team being eliminated and having to go all out to secure the league title.

Despite the imminent big game, Borussia Dortmund gave the players a day off.

On the one hand, of course, because the league is playing at this time, everyone is very tired, just played a Champions League game, which has brought burden and pressure to the players' physical and psychological strength, and the players need to rest and release the pressure.

On the other hand, it may be because both teams are all too familiar with each other, and have been fighting each other in the Bundesliga for many seasons, especially in the last four seasons. Because they are too familiar with each other, they don't need to do any more targeted training, and they should be able to guess how each other will react in the game when the time comes. In that case, it is better to give the players more rest and rest, and at such times, fitness is more important than tactical training.

However, Dortmund did so, Bayern Munich, who are also familiar with their opponents, and Pep Guardiola did not even give half a day off, and after the Champions League match against Manchester United in the evening, the team started training again the next morning.

There are also two reasons for this.

The first reason is that Bayern Munich has a thicker squad than Borussia Dortmund, and they have also rotated their squad in the Champions League. In addition, Bayern Munich have rotated in the previous games, so their main players must be in better physical condition than Dortmund. After all, Dortmund has been supported by the remnants of the formation since the frequent injuries of the players.

The second reason is that the conditions are not allowed - Bayern Munich's match against Manchester United was played on the evening of Wednesday 9 April, while their match against Borussia Dortmund was played on Saturday night of 12 April. There are only two days in between, and if Bayern Munich rests for another day and a half, the ball will basically have time to prepare for Dortmund. That's why Pep Guardiola didn't give the team a holiday.

For this second reason, the media in Munich are quite unhappy, and they criticize the Bundesliga for not being flexible enough when it comes to formulating the schedule, although the schedule is decided at the beginning of the season, but it can also be adjusted. In a situation like the present, where such an important game is right next to the Champions League, why can't it be scheduled on Sunday night?

Of course, the complaints of the Munich media were ridiculed by the Dortmund media: "...... Did they forget that their side have a German Cup semi-final against Kaiserslautern in the middle of next week? If the Bundesliga really changes this game to Sunday, then before the start of the match between Bayern Munich and Kaiserslautern, will the Munich media complain that the arrangement of the semi-finals of the German Cup has left them with no time to rest? In short, the schedule is to satisfy Bayern Munich, and Bayern Munich must not be allowed to have the slightest grievance, otherwise it will be unfair and biased in favor of Dortmund. To be honest, we've been tired of hearing this kind of argument for the past few years, can the Munich media change a new reason next time?"

The two local media are really-for-tat, and they are full of gunpowder.

Previously, the Dortmund media had complained about the arrangement of the Champions League schedule, the first leg of Dortmund was the second day of the game, and the second leg turned into the first day of the game, resulting in one less day of rest for the team. It was ridiculed by the media in Munich.

Now feng shui takes turns, and it is the turn of the Dortmund media to mock and criticize the Munich media.

As long as the competition between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich continues, the tradition of the two local media outlets tearing each other apart will continue......

There is no right or wrong in this kind of quarrel, only positions. The so-called "butt decides the head" - where the butt sits, it will naturally help the side to speak.

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After a well-rested day, the players who had played in the midweek Champions League game returned to Bracker's training base to train with the squad for Saturday night's game.

Because Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are old rivals who are too familiar with each other, it is unlikely that they want to be new, and the existing time simply does not allow it, and no team can learn a new set of tactics and new formations in one day of training.

In this case, instead of engaging in some so-called secret weapons, it is better to be proficient in the weapons at hand and master them well.

Therefore, in the two days of training, the regular training was mainly carried out, and then the training of set-piece scoring and defense was strengthened.

At the same time, because this game is very likely to determine the ownership of the league championship this season, the media before the game is also hot, and the celebrities and supporters of various teams on both sides have come forward to join the war of words.

For a while, the spitting stars flew wildly, and all kinds of remarks were very loud.

That is, there are only two or three days before the competition, and if you dare to prepare for a week, this war of words may become of what scale......

Players from both sides are also the focus of media interviews.

For example, Gotze, a player who used to play for Borussia Dortmund.

Götze has been in good form lately and he didn't play in the last Champions League game, not because Pep Guardiola dropped him again, but because he had to rest well in that game and prepare for the game against Borussia Dortmund.

Everyone wants to hear what Götze thinks of this game.

Götze certainly knows what the media thinks, so he answered the question very carefully, starting with praising Dortmund's performance this season: "...... I'm happy to see them reach the last four of the Champions League like we ......'"

Then he couldn't displease Bayern Munich's supporters, so he immediately changed the subject: "But I'm a Bayern Munich player now, and I'll fight for the honor of our team." I'm hungry for success here, and now I'm feeling good. ”

On the Dortmund side, although Zhou Yi is the core, the media prefers to interview Grosskreutz, and this identified Dortmund supporter always has amazing words when facing the media, providing the media with ammunition for hype.

He was outspoken about his dissatisfaction with those traitors.

"We're going to beat them away and win the league this season!

Of course, as the core of the team, Zhou Yi can't help but interview, what does he say?

"I think it's wrong for you to call this game a 'final'......" Zhou Yi opened his mouth to educate the media reporters who hyped up this game. "There's no such thing as a 'final' in the league, the game is over, there are four rounds left in the league, and losing any of them will change the final result. So it's a little bit more long-term......"

Everyone thought that Zhou Yi was saying some "correct nonsense" again, but Zhou Yi continued: "If you want to win the championship, you must ensure that you win all, not only to beat Bayern Munich and everything will be fine, we will continue to win!

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that Zhou Yi was the one who spoke the most outrageously! Before the game with Bayern Munich was played, he had already decided the winner...... 8)