Chapter 474: Defending Champion

"It's over! Borussia Dortmund beat Schalke 04 2-1 away!

"The league is over! yes, the league is over!" Duan Xin said, playing a little play on words. "Borussia Dortmund defeated Schalke 04 2-1 away and they successfully defended their title! There are still three league games left in the season, but for Borussia Dortmund, it doesn't mean anything!"www.biquge.info

As the referee blew the full-time whistle, Borussia Dortmund's substitutes burst onto the pitch and celebrated the title frantically at Schalke 04's home stadium. Their madness is even more than normal because they are at Schalke 04's home stadium and are able to celebrate the title at the home of their rivals, which makes them extra excited, and at the same time, they are deliberately angry with their opponents, and they will exaggerate their emotions when they celebrate.

Sure enough, their celebration was booed by Schalke 04 fans.

There were even players on the pitch who clashed over this, but they were quickly pulled away and didn't let the conflict escalate.

Schalke 04's players and fans alike were not used to seeing Borussia Dortmund's players celebrate the title with such impunity on their turf.

Fortunately, there is no need to hold an award ceremony here, otherwise Schalke 04 is estimated to be angry and vomit blood.

Amid the boos at Schalke Stadium, the Dortmund players finally left the pitch and returned to their dressing rooms.

They continued to celebrate in the dressing room, almost tossing the visiting dressing room at Schalke.

It took a while to leave the pitch and take the bus back to Dortmund.

After arriving in Dortmund, few people chose to go home, but agreed to continue the celebration. They had already contacted the restaurant in the car and were going to have a group meal.

It's even crazier than last season's title, which is the title defense. Defending your title is much more difficult than winning it for the first time. Everyone knows that it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country.

Zhou Yi didn't go home, but went out with his teammates.

Jurgen Klopp and the coaching staff were also at the team's dinner back in Borussia Dortmund. After a season of hard work, he finally successfully defended his title, and it is not a big deal to make a fuss at this time.

Fans in Dortmund also took to the streets to celebrate the defending champions in a variety of ways.

The whole of Dortmund seems to have become a city that never sleeps.

Tonight, and even tomorrow, the entire German sports media will only talk about the defending champions of Dortmund.

Before the season, there were also media who thought that it would be difficult for Dortmund to successfully defend the title, almost impossible. But now, these people's faces are swollen.

Aside from the fact that the league has just begun, Dortmund have always had a big advantage in the league.

In all fairness, after Heynckes returned to charge Bayern Munich, the whole Bayern Munich team has improved and improved a lot, and without Borussia Dortmund, they can still win the league title again. After all, now they are also in second place.

But they performed well, and Dortmund's performance was even better and more stable, and Bayern Munich never had a chance to close the gap. Dortmund's performances in the Bundesliga this season can be described in one word – domination. Borussia Dortmund have been nothing short of dominant in the Bundesliga this season.

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The game between Dortmund and Schalke 04 was in the evening local time, and it was almost late at night after the game, and the whole team of Dortmund took the bus back overnight, and then celebrated, and it was almost impossible not to make it until the early hours of the morning. So when Klopp saw this, he simply announced that he would not train the next morning, and asked the players to repair well and come back to training in the afternoon.

Even though the Champions League game against Chelsea is coming up in three days, there is nothing to do but rest the players.

At this time, everyone consciously or unconsciously ignores the next Champions League semi-finals, the league championship is in hand, this is a season's goal, let them have a good time first.

The Borussia Dortmund players celebrated really crazy that night, and after the dinner, many players went to the next game, and Zhou Yi drank down in the first game, so he didn't make it to the second game. He didn't even know how to get back, anyway, when he woke up the next day, he found that he was already lying in the house, but not in his room, but on the sofa in the living room, and he didn't even change his clothes, so he was lying down with his clothes.

Zhou Yi looked at Cortana's room, and the door was closed. Since Mark's injury, he hasn't seen Cortana except for the occasional meeting with the team. She should always be with her brother.

He looked at Hannah's room again, the door was locked, Hannah rarely came back to live now, she seemed to have a new boyfriend, more often than not, she lived with her own boyfriend.

Zhou Yi should be grateful that he was the only one in the room last night, otherwise it would be too embarrassing......

Getting up from the sofa, Zhou Yi felt that his whole body was sore, as if he had been beaten, and he didn't know if it was because yesterday's game was too fierce, or because he used too much force to celebrate the defense of the title, or because he was sleeping in the wrong position......

He sat on the couch with his forehead covered, thinking that yesterday was really crazy, everyone had been suppressed for a whole season, and when he finally released it, he was a little overforced.

Since the pre-season training camp, the intensity of training has been very high, and after the training camp, Dortmund's training volume is still high compared to other Bundesliga teams. Everyone is tired, but everyone is holding on hard for the championship.

Now that I've won the championship, I'm a little slack. Yesterday I have been celebrating since the end of the game, and it is impossible for me to have the opportunity to invite Yang Muge to dinner, it seems that this meal can only be owed temporarily......

Zhou Yi remembered that three days later it would be the Champions League semi-final with Chelsea...... No, it was two days later...... He hurriedly jumped off the couch and went to wash up.

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On the second day of the game, the German media were talking about Borussia Dortmund's successful defense of the league title.

There are quite a few media outlets who believe that Borussia Dortmund's win of the league four rounds ahead of schedule is a good thing for them, as it means they can concentrate on the Champions League.

However, for Dortmund's Champions League journey, perhaps there is only one good thing, and the rest is not good news.

With Hummels suspended, manager Jurgen Klopp suspended, and now Sven Bender injured again, the next Champions League semi-final is certainly a big deal. The first leg was still an away ...... The situation is really unfavorable for Dortmund.

The day after the Ruhr derby, an update on Sven Bender's injury came out.

Ankle ligament tear, season reimbursement.

So there is one more bad news for Dortmund......

Sven Bender, as the iron gate of Dortmund's midfield this season, has been instrumental in the team's ability to win the league title and reach the last four of the Champions League. On the flip side, his absence is sure to have a very profound impact on Borussia Dortmund.

Although they defeated Schalke 04 away and won the league title four rounds ahead of schedule. But if Klopp were given the choice, he would rather postpone a league title than pay the price of Sven Bender's season......

After the afternoon training session, the players were aware of Sven Bender's injury and the atmosphere in the dressing room was a bit solemn.

The joy of the defending league champions has been diluted a lot.

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A day later, Borussia Dortmund flew to London, England, to take on their semi-final opponents, Chelsea.

Speaking of this opponent, the performance this season is also a legend. Before the start of the new season, the club brought in young coach Villas-Boas, a young Portuguese coach who took charge of Porto before coming to Chelsea, leading Porto to the league title, domestic cup and UEFA Cup treble, and is seen as the "successor to Mourinho".

Chelsea invited him because of this nickname, and they hoped that Villas-Boas could bring Chelsea a glorious time in the same way that Mourinho did when he came to Chelsea from Porto.

And Villas-Boas is also very familiar with Chelsea, because when Mourinho was in charge of Chelsea, Villas-Boas used to be Mourinho's assistant at Chelsea.

Fresh from leading Porto to a treble, Villas-Boas is naturally ambitious and looking forward to starting his own era at Chelsea. As a result, reality gave him a slap in the face, and he had no control over the locker room at all. After losing 3-1 to Napoli in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Villas-Boas was sacked.

At the time, everyone thought that Chelsea were eliminated from the competition, but Di Matteo, who took office as acting head coach, led the team to defeat Napoli 4-1 at home and eliminated the opponent. Then they reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

In fact, if you want to talk about dark horses, Chelsea's performance in the Champions League this season can also be regarded as a dark horse, almost failing to qualify in the group stage, and almost being eliminated in the eighths of the knockout round, but now it has reached the semifinals of the Champions League. Compared to them, Dortmund is not black at all......

However, with injuries and fatigue and away games, Dortmund lost 0-2 away to Chelsea, and the performance of the whole team is hardly good. At the same time, the absence of Hummels and Sven Bender has had a huge impact on Dortmund's defence, which looks too weak against a tough Chelsea side.

The drawbacks of Klopp's absence from the sidelines were also exposed, with assistant coach Gerliko Bouác, who replaced Klopp, not at all being able to match Klopp's on-field response......

In the end, Dortmund lost away from home. Losing the first leg like this, and not even scoring a single away goal, makes one worry about their prospects......