In the end, the person who helped Klopp make a choice and made up his mind was Yan Min. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The player, who was sent off in the league, is still very serious and hard working in training and is in good form. It didn't seem to be affected much by the red card.

Although he received a red card in the league, it had no impact on his appearance in the Champions League.

Watching Yan Min train so hard and thinking about his outstanding performances in the last few games, Klopp felt that he could entrust the young man with a heavy responsibility.

In order not to let him clash with Aubameyang's position, resulting in a situation where he can only play alone, the third option becomes the only option.

So Dortmund started to play 442.

Because of the tight schedule, Klopp confirmed the starting lineup at the same time as making this training arrangement, and the main lineup will not change unless the main players are injured in the next few days of training.

Yan Min was placed on the left wing, playing left wing-back.

In the case of centre-backs, Sven Bender and Papastathopoulos played at centre-back in the last Champions League game. But in this game, Sven Bender will definitely not be able to play, and Friedrich is not eligible to participate in the Champions League, who will be replaced?

Jurgen Klopp's choice was young teenager Marian Sarr, born in 1995 and only 18 years old, who Borussia Dortmund poached from Bayer Leverkusen's academy last summer. Before poaching, it was claimed to be the core of Leverkusen's defense for the next decade.

He is currently a regular centre-back in Borussia Dortmund's youth team and has been transferred to the first team during pre-season training at the start of the season and has been called up for the Champions League. However, not long after the start of the new season, he was injured once.

When the first team was really unavailable, Klopp remembered him again. Although Sarr is young, he is a regular centre-back after all, so it's better than letting Grosskreutz play as a cameo centre-back, right?

Grosskreutz also has a task ahead of him, and he will continue to start at full-back for this game.

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Galatasaray, who had already been confirmed to be eliminated from the tournament, also had an update, with their head coach, Trim, saying of the upcoming fixture: "...... We have no chance of qualifying, but we have to prove to the whole of Europe that Galatasaray is a professional team and we will give it our all to support our fans and win this game!"

Galatasaray are winless in the Champions League group stage this season and if they do win, it will be their only Champions League win of the season.

If Borussia Dortmund had a full line-up, even if Galatasaray were playing at home, it would be an exaggeration to say that.

But now, everyone thinks it's not impossible......

Because the current situation of Dortmund is really bad, many players are injured, and Bayer Leverkusen fight until the last moment in the league, fighting to exhaustion, working on the devil's away game, and the last round of the group stage can only win but not lose the huge pressure...... These negatives have cast a shadow over Dortmund's prospects.

And Galatasaray, the main force is in order, playing at home, waiting for work, the players have no baggage, they can play to their heart's content.

If Borussia Dortmund lose away to Galatasaray, they will only have to count on Napoli to lose as well to qualify from the group. But Napoli are playing at home and they have to win to do so, so it's unlikely that they will lose.

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There are a lot of legends about Galatasaray's home stadium and these legends, for the visiting team, are some negative things.

In 1993, when the "Red Devils" Manchester United came here to play an away match in the Champions League, Galatasaray fans shocked the world with a giant banner that read "Welcome to Hell", and this scene has become a classic picture in European football.

The following year, two Leeds United fans travelled with the team on an away journey, only to be stabbed to death by fanatical Galatasaray fans in a foreign land, which also shocked the world.

Before leaving for the away game, Zhou Yi was asked the question of "hell's home field" in an interview at Dortmund's airport.

Zhou Yi didn't take this title to heart, he shook his head with a smile and said, "I know this nickname, but Istanbul is also a place that creates miracles." ”

He was talking about the 2005 Champions League final, when Liverpool and AC Milan met in another part of the city, with AC Milan leading by three goals in the first half, only to be chased by Liverpool three goals in a row to equalise and drag the game into a penalty shoot-out, and then beat AC Milan, who had already broken down.

But the reporters were a little hesitant: "...... It's another stadium after all......"

"Of course, but at least in the same city. ”

Zhou Yi's answer made reporters think he was arguing with reason.

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Because Galatasaray had already been eliminated from the tournament early, the atmosphere before the game was not very intense. At least when the Dortmund players were resting in the hotel, they had a good night's sleep without the constant noise of the Galatasaray fans on the road outside.

The situation was seen as a good sign by Dortmund supporters, and maybe the road trip wasn't that scary?

After all, Galatasaray have not won a single home game in the Champions League group stage this season, and if there is any effect on their home stadiums, it seems that this is not the case...... Perhaps Galatasaray are not as good as they used to be, so their home stadium is not so "hellish".

As long as Borussia Dortmund's players play normally, they should be able to get a win away from home.

Both Arsenal and Napoli can beat Galatasaray in this stadium, which shows that this home stadium is not as powerful as it used to be, so why can't Dortmund?

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Two hours before the game, Dortmund also announced their starting line-up for the match as the whole team boarded the bus and drove towards the Ali Samyan Stadium.

To the delight of Chinese journalists and fans, Yan Min was among them. This match will feature two Chinese players starting.

This start also reassured many Chinese fans. Previously, they were worried that the red card against Bayer Leverkusen would affect Yan Min's chances of playing at Borussia Dortmund and lower the rating of manager Jurgen Klopp.

Now it seems that they are overthinking.

When it was time for him to come on, Klopp didn't hesitate.

In such a crucial Champions League group stage, Klopp can give Yan Min such a chance. If Yan Min can seize the opportunity in this game, is there still a place for him in the team after the ban is over?

In the video sent back from the stadium before the game, it can also be seen that the atmosphere at Ali Samyan Stadium is normal, and there is no "frenzy" that the big war is coming. Galatasaray fans didn't even have any giant TIFOs on hand, and there weren't any crazy red fireworks that made this "hellish home" look anything but hellish.

This was a relief to Dortmund supporters - it seems that Galatasaray, who were eliminated early, no longer have that kind of heart......

That's good news.

Borussia Dortmund don't have to come under a lot of pressure away from home, maybe it's going to be an ordinary game, and then they can take three points and qualify from the group.

As for the game itself, it didn't make a big impression and everyone forgot about it as soon as it was over.

As for Galatasaray's opponent...... They have not won a game in the group stage, and they will certainly not leave a deep impression on people.

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While the players of both sides were waiting in the stadium tunnel, the radio outside was broadcasting the rosters of both sides.

Every Galatasaray player was cheered, and although there was no hope of qualifying for the Champions League group stage, the Galatasaray fans were enthusiastic.

The Borussia Dortmund players got some boos. It finally made them feel like they were playing away from home.

Yan Min, who started the game, stood behind Zhou Yi, and he had been listening intently to the movement outside. When he heard Zhou Yi's name being reported, there was a burst of boos in the stands, although the sound was not loud, it could not be compared with the boos of Schalke 04 fans, but there were boos anyway.

Then he heard his name, only this time there was no movement.

This made him dissatisfied: "Why didn't I boo?"

Zhou Yi smiled: "What, do you still want to be booed?"

"If there is boo, it proves that I am a threat to them, don't you also boo?" Yan Min said confidently.

Zhou Yi patted Yan Min: "Then when you beat them in this game, the next time you meet them, you can hear the boos." ”

"Of course!" Yan Min looked scrappy.

Subsequently, players from both sides came out.

When Yan Min followed Zhou Yi out of the passage and stepped on the court, he suddenly shivered and couldn't help muttering, "It's so cold......"

Istanbul on December 10 was indeed cold.

Yan Min, who was only wearing a long-sleeved jersey and shorts, couldn't wait to get the game started quickly, and he was so good that he could run, and it wouldn't be cold when he ran.