Chapter 215: There are reasons to win
In response to Zhou Yi's answer in an interview when he said that he would not go to Bayern Munich, some Munich media responded like this: "Remind Zhou Yi that although he has won two Bundesliga titles in Dortmund, he has not won the Champions League yet." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
The implication is that you can win the Champions League at Bayern Munich, but not at Borussia Dortmund.
However, Zhou Yi no longer has time to fight with reporters in the media, and the match with Bayern Munich is close at hand.
At 0:30 a.m. Beijing time on May 5, Dortmund's home game against Bayern Munich is about to kick off.
The timing of the game was not prime time for Chinese TV viewers, it was a bit late, and it was two o'clock in the morning after watching the game, which was not a friendly time for Chinese fans who had to go to work and school.
Previously, it was rumored that the Bundesliga officials would take care of the time of Chinese TV viewers and put the match at half past nine in the evening Beijing time. But then the game will be played on the afternoon of May 4 local time in Dortmund. This decision was met with firm resistance from Bayern Munich. Originally, the rest time was not enough, and the game time was even more insufficient.
In order to take care of the Chinese fans and change the game time, or many Temond clubs are willing, because they have Chinese players in the squad, but we Bayern Munich do not have Chinese players, why do we want adult beauty?
Of course, this is just a rumor and has never been officially confirmed.
Although the time was not good, there were still a large number of Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV, waiting for the game to start.
Anyway, La Liga, which often kicks off at 3:30 or 5 in the morning, has many people in China, and compared with La Liga, the Bundesliga at 0:30 is already very early......
On the Chinese Internet, when there were still more than ten hours before the start of the game, everyone was already discussing the game.
Bayern Munich's excellent form this season has left the game between the two teams in suspense, and the first meeting between the two sides in the league ended in a 1-1 draw.
Bayern Munich led by one goal until the last five minutes of the game, but Zhou Yi equalized with a shot from outside the box.
Although Bayern Munich still won the winter break after a draw, it has not been able to open the points gap with Dortmund since then, which has laid the groundwork for the current decisive battle of Tianwang Mountain.
If Bayern Munich had beaten Borussia Dortmund at home, the lead would have been five points instead of just two points. If there really can be a five-point difference, then this game is not so important and crucial now......
But there are no ifs in life, and there are no ifs in football.
Anyway, since all the coincidences have made this game such an important battle of Tianwang Mountain, let's have a good fight.
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In the dressing room at the Wester, Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp is making final preparations for his men.
"There are still 10 minutes to go, and the game is about to start. I don't need to say anything more, I'm sure you all know the importance of this game. I'm not going to fool myself into telling you that it's just a normal league. It has been said that no team in Germany today has been able to win three consecutive league titles except Bayern Munich, and the standings so far this season seem to prove that true. But I'm going to say 'bullshit'! I know we're not afraid of Bayern Munich, you know that, and it's been proven countless times over the past two seasons that Bayern Munich are afraid of us! This season, when they've been doing so well, on their own home turf, they haven't been able to beat us, what does that mean?"
Klopp paused for a moment, then continued: "This shows that the real situation is that Bayern Munich is afraid of us! Say that Bayern Munich has not been able to win the league three times in a row, then we will show them a triple title! Thanks to the league schedule, with the last three rounds left, we can talk directly to Bayern Munich, and things become easier - as long as we can beat them, we will be the first in the league! Use these 90 minutes to prove to them that we Dortmund are the hegemons in the league today! ”
Jurgen Klopp's impassioned speech said that the players were boiling and screaming, like a herd of wild horses about to break free, ready to smash all obstacles in their way!
Meanwhile, in Bayern Munich's dressing room, Heynckes said to his players with a solemn face: "Just because we're two points ahead now doesn't mean we can win the title if we can draw them away from home." This kind of thinking is very dangerous. Forget about draws, in the world of football, there are only wins or defeats, and if you can't win, you lose. In this game, everyone should take it with the best condition and the most serious attitude. Remember, we have only one goal, and that is to beat them on their home turf!"
The Bayern Munich players are also very excited. This is the last season for veteran coach Heynckes at Bayern Munich, and he has been with the team for two years, and the players have respected the veteran coach during those two years of working together.
In fact, this is not the first time that the old coach has coached Bayern Munich, after becoming the head coach, this is his third time in charge of Bayern Munich.
From 1987 to 1988, Heynckes took charge of Bayern Munich for the first time in charge of the Bundesliga giants, leading the team to two league titles. But then he lost control of the team and dropped midway through the season.
Since then, Heynckes has managed a number of teams and led Real Madrid to the Champions League. It has nothing to do with Bayern Munich.
However, in the second half of the 2008-2009 season, due to Klinsmann's resignation, Heynckes, who was already at home, was invited back by Bayern Munich as interim head coach to help the team in the trough to win the league runner-up.
The return at Bayern Munich seemed to give the coach a renewed sense of passion for coaching a team, and after finishing his job as a firefighting manager at Bayern Munich, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen, helping the team to a runners-up finish in the league.
In 2011, because of the strong rise of Dortmund, Bayern Munich lost the league championship again, and Van Gaal also lost control of the dressing room, and was dismissed early by the Bayern Munich club management.
The two parties signed a two-year contract in advance, effective July 2011.
In this way, Heynckes took charge of Bayern Munich for the third time. However, from the beginning of his coaching, everyone felt that Heynckes was found by Bayern Munich to put out the fire, and they will never give up looking for a real world-class coach to lead Bayern Munich against Borussia Dortmund, and he is still young.
As long as Bayern Munich find the right candidate, Heynckes will be gone again.
Bayern Munich's early announcement of the signing of Pep Guardiola in January seems to prove this.
The old coach also announced that the last half season in Bayern Munich will be the last half of his coaching career, and after fulfilling the contract with Bayern Munich, he will retire completely and no longer serve as the head coach of any team.
After announcing the signing of Pep Guardiola, in fact, everyone has no requirements for Heynckes' coaching results, and the task of fighting Dortmund is handed over to Guardiola. Everyone is more optimistic that as long as Guardiola comes to power, he can lead Bayern Munich back to the top and beat Dortmund.
But who would have thought that in the last half of the league season, Bayern Munich's performance was very stable, winning consecutive games, and always maintaining the lead over Dortmund in the league standings. Not only that, but in the German Cup, his team also eliminated Borussia Dortmund and now reached the final of the German Cup, eliminating Barcelona with a stunning score of 7:0 in the semi-finals of the Champions League and reaching the final of the Champions League. In this way, the old coach, who counts down the days in his coaching career, has the opportunity to lead Bayern Munich to achieve the first treble in the history of German football!
This is really a lot of people who have broken their glasses.
But Bayern Munich's players may not be surprised, because they have worked with Heynckes for two seasons, they know very well Heynckes' ability and personality, and Van Gaal, who is stubborn and does not communicate well with players, the old coach Heynckes is more kind, can better manage Bayern Munich's dressing room, and make the "Bundesliga Hollywood" a unity within it, which is probably the main reason why Bayern Munich can press Dortmund below this season.
For the veteran coach's hard work, the Bayern Munich players are hoping to bid farewell to their esteemed manager with three trophies.
This match against Borussia Dortmund was the first step towards achieving their goal.
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Both players had the determination and reason to win, and that's how they met in the tunnel of players.
Outside, in the stadium, Dortmund fans chanted Dortmund's line-up under the leadership of live DJ Norbert Darker, and every Dortmund player was cheered, even Gotze, although the cheers were significantly smaller than those of his teammates - some Dortmund fans who were still haunted by Götze's move to Bayern Munich were reluctant to cheer for Götze, but they also didn't want to boo to make their opponents laugh at their internal unity, so they chose to remain silent.
Although many people in the two teams are teammates of the national team, and even have good personal relationships, at this time, everyone stands quietly in their own teams, without squinting, and no one goes to greet and greet friends in the opposing team.
The referee came out of the lounge, and under his leadership, the players from both teams lined up and walked into the West** field.
The scene was thunderous.
The drama is about to begin.