As Zhou Yi thought, being eliminated from the German Cup did not actually have a big impact on Dortmund. Pen & Fun & Cousin www.biquge.info This game is probably worth blowing for the Offenbach kickers for a season, but for Dortmund, they can forget about it after a week.

Because compared to the Bundesliga and the Champions League, the German Cup is simply not worth mentioning, and the team still has more important games to prepare, and there is no desire to feel sad or unwilling to be eliminated from the German Cup here.

One more league game and they will host Inter Milan at home.

Borussia Dortmund are now top of the group, with Inter Milan second. If Borussia Dortmund can beat Inter Milan at home, they will be more secure to top the group.

Compared to the German Cup, this is a game that Dortmund should give it their all.

The league ahead of this game was Borussia Dortmund's away game against Mainz.

Mainz are currently top of the league and their form is surprisingly good.

At first, everyone thought that Mainz would fall from the top of the league table after four league games, but now it's nine league games and they're still in the first place, which is really a great performance.

Mainz is also the former club of Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp, and it was in Mainz that Dortmund was favored by Dortmund after his outstanding coaching performance.

He is now replaced at Mainz by former Mainz Academy coach Thomas Tuchel.

This game is not only a contest between second and first in the league, but also a battle between Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel.

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Zhou Yi, who had been given plenty of rest in the German Cup, was back in the team again.

After the German Cup, he received many calls from media reporters, among whom Chinese reporters asked him about Sun Pan, and the German reporters asked him about the team's perception of not participating in the game and the team losing.

Zhou Yi is naturally on the side of the collective at this time, he said that no one wants the team to lose the game, but this is football, and there will always be some surprises. And he doesn't think it's the team-mates' bad performance, he thinks everyone is doing well, it's just that the opposing goalkeeper is too good.

In the end, he didn't forget to add, saying that even if he participated in this game, it would probably be difficult to help the team beat the opponent.

“...... I don't think we're shooting, we're shooting a wall. ”

In fact, of course, this is Zhou Yi's humble statement, and he can't be arrogant to say that it was because Klopp didn't take him to the away stadium that the team lost.

He's not stupid, so why should he be a public enemy?

And back in the team lineup, Zhou Yi has to face Mainz.

For Mainz, Zhou Yi can be regarded as familiar.

Because when he played for Borussia Dortmund U19, he was competing with Mainz U19 for the league title.

At that time, Mainz's Under-19 manager was Thomas Tuchel.

And in that Mainz Under-19 team, there are players who have also been promoted to the current Mainz first team.

The most out-of-the-lime and famous, and what impressed Zhou Yi the most was probably their striker Schurrle.

Ahead of the Borussia Dortmund U19 and Mainz U19 match, it was assumed that it would be a contest between two German talents. Schurrle is represented on the Mainz Under-19 side, and Gotze is represented on the Under-19 side of Dortmund.

But in that game, it was neither Schurrle nor Gotze who was in the limelight in the end, but Zhou Yi.

He scored a hat-trick in the final to help Borussia Dortmund Under-19 beat Mainz 4-1 to win the Under-19 National League title that season.

Mainz's face-saving goal from the U19s was scored by Schurrle.

Although Mainz Under-19 lost to Borussia Dortmund Under-19 in the final, Schurrle became the team's top scorer in that Youth League, and as a result, the club signed him on a professional contract in July of that year.

He made his Bundesliga debut in the first game of the 2009-2010 season. Soon after, he completed his first assist in Mainz's shock win over Bayern Munich.

The first goal came in Mainz's away win over Bochum, and he scored twice with one goal.

Although in the youth team, he eventually lost to Zhou Yi. However, in the first team, he became famous earlier than Zhou Yi.

Last season, Schurrle's first season in the Bundesliga, ended up scoring five goals in 33 appearances that season, and he was outstanding as a young player.

He also caught the attention of the Bundesliga powerhouses for this.

In September, Mainz reached an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to move to Bayer Leverkusen after one season.

That said, this season will be his last in Mainz.

He has made three starts and five substitute appearances this season, scoring four goals and is currently Mainz's top scorer.

In the next game, Schurrle was in the squad announced by Tuchel.

However, it is not yet known whether he will start or come off the bench.

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Although Schurrle played in the professional league earlier than Zhou Yi, in terms of fame now, Zhou Yi is still better.

Because Zhou Yi is already the main core of Dortmund Relay's inaction, Schurrle still has more substitutes than starters in Mainz this season......

Zhou Yi went to Mainz with the team, and his experience in the youth team will naturally be turned out by reporters.

He scored a hat-trick against Mainz Under-19 that year and was the biggest contributor to helping Borussia Dortmund Under-19 beat Mainz Under-19 to win the Youth League.

Therefore, some Chinese media can't wait to put on the hat of "Mainz nemesis" for Zhou Yi.

There is also the media expecting him and Schurrle to continue their feud in this match.

But to the disappointment of the hype-loving media, Schurrle was once again on the bench in this game......

And Zhou Yi started the game.

After the battle for the top spot began, Dortmund turned against the visitors and launched a fierce offensive against Mainz.

They seem to want to take all their frustration out on Mainz for their elimination from a third-division team in the German Cup.

The German Cup has been lost, and the league title has become their only domestic honour.

I have to say that Dortmund is indeed much stronger now than before, as long as they don't underestimate the enemy......

Although playing away from home, Dortmund were able to suppress Mainz at home.

This is naturally inseparable from Zhou Yi's central scheduling organization.

Therefore, some German media believe that Dortmund's loss to Offenbach kickers in the German Cup in midweek has a lot to do with Zhou Yi's failure to play, and this statement is not unreasonable......

Because Dortmund, who has Zhou Yi and has no Zhou Yi, has indeed different performances in attack. Borussia Dortmund, who has Zhou Yi, is obviously relieved when attacking, and the players are also confident in their running.

And there is no Zhou Yi's offensive performance...... Just follow the performance of the Offenbach kickers in the last game. If everything goes well, it's okay, and the players can solve the problem individually. But if there is some resistance, what is needed is an organized and backbone attack, but Zhou Yi didn't even enter the squad in that game, and Dortmund, who has no backbone, can only rely on the individual ability of the players, and does not form an organic whole, plus the goalkeeper Sun Pan and the Offenbach kickers who are bent on dragging the game into the penalty shootout......

In the end, it is not surprising that there was such a result.

Now Borussia Dortmund's away game against Mainz is simply the opposite of that German Cup.

Under the organization of Zhou Yi, Dortmund's attack was only methodical and blossomed, as if it could threaten Mainz's goal everywhere.

In the 25th minute, Dortmund hit the goal after a sustained attack by Gotze.

"Mario Gotze, he scored! The last time he played against Mainz Under-19s, he was in the limelight but didn't score, and this time he finally got the goal!"

Although this goal was not assisted by Zhou Yi, it was initiated by Zhou Yi, and he had another key transfer in it, which finally opened the way for Dortmund's attack.

"This is the difference between Zhou Yi's presence and absence!" Duan Xin turned on the "Zhou Blow" mode. "Zhou Yiling Dortmund's attack has direction, inspiration and creativity!"

In his flattery, Zhou Yi was running with his teammates to hug the goal-scoring Gotze.

"Dortmund is back on the right track!" Marcel Leif said when he saw the scene, fully affirming the importance of Zhou Yi to Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund took a temporary lead in the first half thanks to this goal, and after a fifteen-minute break, the two sides will change sides again.

At the end of the first half, the most close-up shots were given not Götze, who scored, but Zhou Yi.

This shows that Zhou Yi was the key figure in the first half and the best player.

"Looking at Zhou Yi's performance in this half, will Klopp regret not taking him to Offenbach?"

Klopp will not regret it, because a well-rested Zhou Yi has a very obvious effect on the team's next league and Champions League......