Chapter 393: Super Cup
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So when they see Yang Muge appear in the squad for this game, it is natural that they will begin to look forward to Yang Muge being able to play and stage a real "Chinese derby" with Zhou Yi - before that, Hao Junmin had a chance, but before Hao Junmin played for Schalke 04, he had never had a direct conversation with Zhou Yi in the game.
But in this game, Yang Muge finally sat on the bench and was not able to start.
Zhou Yi was not surprised to start.
In the first half, Dortmund led Schalke 04 1:0 under the leadership of Zhou Yi.
At the beginning of the second half, Schalke 04 coach Rangnick made a substitution, replacing Draxler, but he was not replaced by Yang Muge, but another midfielder Jurado.
But that didn't change Schalke 04's weakness in midfield against Borussia Dortmund.
The substitutions did not give Schalke 04 the advantage on the pitch, while Dortmund's side cemented their advantage further with substitutions β Grosskloitz with GΓΆtze and Barrios with Lewandowski up front.
Zhou Yi was replaced by Sven Bender in the 74th minute.
And Yang Muge was not able to get a chance to play until the end of the game.
Borussia Dortmund beat Schalke 04 1-0 to claim their first title of the season.
After the game, Zhou Yi first went to find Yang Muge, hugged him, patted him on the back, and then turned around to celebrate with his teammates.
Yang Muge, on the other hand, followed his teammates back to the locker room, leaving the pitch to the victorious Borussia Dortmund.
Not being able to play, Yang Muge is very regretful. But he also knew that it was just an opportunity that had not yet come. What he has to do is not to complain about why the opportunity has not yet come, but to continue to strengthen his strength, so that when the opportunity comes, he can seize it......
After the game, Zhou Yi was asked a question about Yang Muge in an interview with reporters.
Of course, it was a Chinese journalist who asked this question.
"Lao Yang, the strength must be there. Zhou Yi said. "I'm sure he'll play at Schalke 04 sooner or later, I'm not worried that he won't play. It's still a Super Cup, and to put it bluntly, it's an official warm-up game, not a league...... You're in too much of a hurry, aren't you?"
He certainly knew what reporters meant by asking this question.
But he also didn't want the attention of reporters and domestic fans to bring some unnecessary pressure to Yang Muge, so he relieved Yang Muge's pressure like this.
Yang Muge was also interviewed by Chinese reporters after the game.
"It's a shame to lose and it's a shame not to be able to play. But I'm going to keep training hard and wait for my chance. Facing reporters, he replied calmly, still wearing a Schalke 04 sports jacket.
Some reporters were concerned about what Zhou Yi said when he hugged Yang Muge after the game.
Facing the cameras of reporters, Yang Muge smiled a little shyly: "He said that he would invite me to dinner for a while as a comfort to the loser." β
The reporters were speechless, they thought that Zhou Yi would say something to Yang Muge, but they didn't expect it to be such a thing as inviting guests to dinner...... All they speculated before was whether Zhou Yi would use his experience of playing two more seasons in the Bundesliga to give Yang Muge some advice......
They didn't know that Zhou Yi had already said these pieces of advice many times in the group of "crowding out Lao Guo", and there was no need to say it to Yang Muge again.
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Zhou Yi really had a meal with Yang Muge the day after the game, and it was indeed a guest he invited.
This was after Borussia Dortmund celebrated their Super Cup.
The Super Cup is less important than the league title, and naturally there is no such thing as a Super Cup and a citywide parade β that would only be a joke.
At the dinner table, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge chatted about yesterday's game, and they reviewed the game at the dinner table.
For a few key points of the game, let's discuss.
Zhou Yi is from the perspective of the players on the field, and Yang Muge is from the perspective of a bystander.
After analyzing, Zhou Yi felt that it made no difference whether Yang Muge played or not in this game, and even if he played, it would be impossible for him to help Schalke 04 win this game.
Yang Muge felt that it was not necessarily, and he could at least improve Schalke 04's defense in the midfield by playing by himself, so that he would not be so passive.
Zhou Yi knew very well that the possibility that Yang Muge said existed, but the probability was very low. Because before this real Super Cup, Zhou Yi had been simulating this game in the virtual space for a week, and Yang Muge was on the pitch in every game, but Schalke 04 still lost more and won less.
"Eh, old Yang. If you want to play, will you defend me?" Zhou Yi asked.
"If the coach asks me to defend you. Yang Muge said. "I'll shovel in from behind you if necessary, so be careful. β
"Damn, this meal is for nothing!"
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After the German Super Cup match against Schalke 04, there is not much time left before the start of the new Bundesliga season.
Borussia Dortmund have not been very active in the transfer market in the summer, with their buy-ins and transfer-outs being restrained.
In terms of buying players, the most expensive part is in the midfield, with Gundogan, who moved from Nuremberg and cost Borussia Dortmund 4 million euros, and Ivan Perisic, who moved from Club Brugge in Belgium, who spent 5.5 million euros on Dortmund.
Among them, Perisic is the target of Dortmund's summer transfer window this season......
The rest are like defender Chris Rowe who came back from Chemnitz and Australian midfielder Mustafa Amini who moved from the Central Coast Mariners, and their transfer fees are 200,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan each.
It can be seen that Dortmund is still pursuing their transfer policy of frugality, that is, they can spend less and never spend more, and they can spend absolutely a lot of money without spending money...... Compared to Bayern Munich, Dortmund is as poor as a proletarian.
And in terms of transfers, Borussia Dortmund have not left the team much so far this season.
It turned out that the old captain of the team, Dede, decided to leave because of his age, increased injuries, and declining form, and he could not get the main position in Dortmund. This is something he had agreed with Borussia Dortmund for a long time, and he left Dortmund on a free transfer after his contract expired last season.
It turned out that the Hungarian midfielder Hainaul also lost his place in the Dortmund midfield and transferred to Stuttgart for a transfer fee of one million euros. Another player who left for similar reasons was midfielder Foylner, who went to Nuremberg for a fee of only 150,000 euros.
The current Dortmund midfield is really strong, and it is difficult for ordinary people to gain a foothold in the competition. So it's understandable to leave and seek more opportunities.
And the biggest player who left the team is probably Barrios.
He would have been Dortmund's main striker all along, if it hadn't been for that unexpected injury...... He was in really good form until then, the Bundesliga Golden Boot.
As a result, an injury that was not too serious gave Mark Wagner a chance to take the position.
After this kid replaced him, he scored goals one after another, and he was surprisingly good.
While Barrios was recuperating from his injury, Lewandowski also came out.
As a result, when Barrios returned from injury, he found himself left to play as a substitute at Borussia Dortmund...... His appearance sequence comes after Mark and Lewandowski.
For Barrios, who feels he is in good form after winning the Bundesliga Golden Boot, this is certainly a situation he cannot bear.
But helplessly in the team, he can't compete with Mark and Lewandowski.
So he thought of leaving.
It's a pity that Barrios, who hasn't played much since recovering from injury last season and hasn't regained his form, doesn't seem to be wanted in European football...... Strictly speaking, it's not that no one wants it, it's that he doesn't like the club he is interested in, and the club he looks up to is not interested in him.
So in the end, a stalemate was formed.
It was at this time that Barrios received an offer from China, and a team from Guangzhou, China, was interested in bringing him in, and offered him a contract with a sky-high annual salary, much higher than his annual salary at Borussia Dortmund.
Barrios wasn't sure, so he called Zhou Yi and asked for his opinion.
But helplessly, Zhou Yi didn't know much about this local tyrant team that suddenly appeared, so he couldn't give any valuable advice at all.
However, in the end, Barrios still chose this team, and it is estimated that he should be defeated by the opponent's Jin Yuan offensive...... No, it was impressed.
The transfer deal brought Dortmund β¬8.5 million, the highest in the transfer market this summer.
Barrios himself overtook his Guangzhou team-mate Conca to become the highest-paid player in the history of the Chinese league......
In this way, the original Bundesliga Golden Boot left Dortmund and went to China to pan for gold. And this incident did not cause any sadness among Dortmund fans, because they now have Mark Wagner and Lewandowski, who will miss a departed man?
Especially Mark Wagner, he is a child from our South Stand, and together with Grosskloitz and Zhou Yi, he is in the red!
Who does he support if such a player does not support him?