Zhou Yi can't train with the team at all now, and he can't train with the ball. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He came to the training base every day almost just to get Cortana for massage and acupuncture, and then let Cortana practice cupping on him.

In the first two days, after doing this, he left and asked his agent, Schulze, to pick him up and take him home.

But then, he didn't leave so early. After the massage and acupuncture, he would continue to stay in Cortana's treatment room and chat with her.

This physiotherapy room is Cortana's physiotherapist, and the players don't come to her when they are training, as long as they are not injured or tired. Most of the time, Cortana has nothing to do, and she reads a book when she is done with her work.

However, she is not resistant to Zhou Yi staying to chat with her.

She may not be able to talk to others, but with Zhou Yi, she meets an opponent in chess, and she chats very happily.

The same is true for Zhou Yi. I don't know if it's because I know Cortana well enough, or if it's something else. He felt comfortable chatting with Cortana anyway. Especially after moving away, the more he now feels that he and Cortana seem to be in good spirits.

When we lived together before, we didn't feel this way, but now that we are separated, I feel it strongly.

He's enjoying being alone with Cortana right now.

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Zhou Yi enjoyed his time with Cortana, but Klopp did not enjoy his time without Zhou Yi.

Although several methods were tried in training, no good results were received.

This was reflected in the sixth round of the league, when Borussia Dortmund played Nuremberg away. The opponent was not very strong, but Dortmund was not able to win.

With the first goal scored, Dortmund allowed the equaliser and were unable to take the lead until the end of the game.

Thus came to an end Dortmund's proud and incredible record of 23 consecutive league wins.

After the game, the reporters were surprisingly unanimous in their questions.

The questions they threw at Klopp were all asking if the failure to win the game away was related to Zhou Yi's absence.

Although Klopp knows that the absence is involved, he can't admit it: "We have a lot of good players and Dortmund is not a team of one person. I and the players are sorry that we didn't win the game, but I don't think it has anything to do with Zhou Yi's absence, the players are a little tired after the game against Napoli......"

There is a good reason for this statement - the hard play against Napoli in the Champions League group stage with Borussia Dortmund, the lack of rest since returning to Germany, and the lack of enthusiasm in the game against Nuremberg were a sign of fatigue.

However, reporters felt that Klopp was using a plausible excuse to cover up Dortmund's real troubles.

After this league game, Dortmund officially announced that Zhou Yi's injury may require a month of rest.

This is definitely not good news for Borussia Dortmund......

Despite being held to a draw by Nuremberg, Borussia Dortmund are still top of the league with 16 points, but the crisis is already here.

Bayern Munich also has five wins and one draw with 16 points, ranking second. In the month that Zhou Yi has been absent, Bayern Munich have had plenty of opportunities to overtake Borussia Dortmund.

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On the evening of September 24, Borussia Dortmund away to Munich 1860.

It's a German Cup match.

Facing Munich 1860, who are fifth in the Bundesliga, Dortmund played very hard.

Ninety minutes of the game resulted in a 0-0 draw.

It wasn't until extra time that Dortmund scored two goals in a row to eliminate their opponents.

Although they managed to advance to the next round, many people saw Dortmund's predicament.

After losing Zhou Yi, the team's attack power dropped significantly. Neither Aubameyang, nor Mkhitaryan, nor Shaheen could push the attack.

When Mkhitaryan scored twice and Aubameyang scored a hat-trick, it was thought that they would not only fill the void left by Gotze and Lewandowski, but also become Zhou Yi's successor if necessary. But now it seems that people who think so are naïve.

It was found that Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were outstanding because of the presence of Zhou Yi. When Zhou Yi is here, their performance is outstanding, and when Zhou Yi is gone, their performance will be greatly reduced.

Everyone knows that Zhou Yi is the core of Dortmund, but how to understand this sentence and the definition of "core", there is no unified standard for everyone, and the concept is actually very vague.

Now everyone knows why Zhou Yi is the "core".

To put it simply, if Zhou Yi is there, Dortmund's players will perform very well, even if they are newcomers who have just joined the team. And if Zhou Yi is not there, even the players who performed well before will not be able to play at a normal level, but they will be in a sluggish state and perform poorly.

At this time, everyone was even more glad that Dortmund left Zhou Yi at all costs.

And although Mkhitaryan wants to play in the front midfield, but now it seems that as long as Zhou Yi is there, it is impossible for him to play this position, Zhou Yi is not there, even if he plays this position, his performance will be very different from Zhou Yi......

A reporter went to interview Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi was very calm: "I believe in my teammates, they can win the game without me, I think you should give them more patience." ”

He didn't want to put too much pressure on his team-mates.

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In the seventh round of the next league, Dortmund hosted Freiburg.

Dortmund beat Freiburg 5-0 at home in this game.

If you look at the scoreline, you will think that Dortmund did a very good job, they played a good game and changed the way people think about them.

But in reality, the game didn't go so smoothly.

In the first half, Dortmund only opened the scoring in the 35th minute.

But then Dortmund have not been able to extend the score.

It wasn't until near the end of the first half that Freiburg defender Falou Diagne was sent off for a foul on Sven Bender in the box and the situation turned in Dortmund's favour.

Borussia Dortmund not only had one more man than their opponents, but they also won a penalty.

However, they also paid a price - Sven Bender was injured in the violation and could not continue the game and had to be replaced.

With Zhou Yi and Gundogan both injured, Dortmund's midfield is already stretched, and Sven Bender is injured again, which makes matters worse.

However, Yan Min did not enter the squad in this game, so he cannot be expected to get the opportunity to play.

Sven Bender was replaced by veteran Oliver Kirsch.

Reus came to take the penalty and he kicked the ball into the Freiburg goal.

In the first half, Dortmund ended with a two-goal lead.

Dortmund, who had one more man in the second half, were in full control of the situation, and in the 58th minute, Mark doubled the score for his team.

In the 70th minute, Marc scored twice and Dortmund gave Freiburg a 4-0 lead.

In the 79th minute, substitute Kuba sealed the score at 5-0 for his team, and Dortmund won the game.

Despite the big win, Dortmund fans were not happy because they didn't know what Sven Bender's injury was.

If the injury is serious and he has to be out for an extended period of time, Dortmund's midfield will be in big trouble...... Because before this game, the team's captain, Sebastian Kyle, who also plays in the back, was injured in training, and it is said that the situation is not optimistic, and there will be more games to be missed.

If Sven Bender also misses more games, Dortmund will not even have a defensive midfielder in midfield......

Fortunately, the news came after the game that Sven Bender's injury was fine, and it was a matter of caution to replace him early, and the final test results were good, and he did not need to miss the next game.

But that doesn't mean Dortmund's luck is good.

Because in the subsequent training, young defender Marian Sarr and main left-back Schmelzer were on the injury list due to injury.

Sarr is a young defender born in 1995 who is not yet 19 years old, and his injury has not affected the team too much.

The big impact was Schmelzer's injury.

At this time, Dortmund's main left wing-back and right full-back are injured and cannot play.

When Piszczek was injured, Klopp was able to replace Grosskreutz as a panacea, and the "Grand Cross" did a good job. But now that Schmelzer is also injured, Klopp can't split Grosskreutz in half and use it, right?

Just over a month into the season, Borussia Dortmund have already had a number of injuries that have not been seen in previous seasons.

The reason why Dortmund was able to suppress Bayern Munich in the league and get better and better in the Champions League year by year also has a lot to do with the fact that their players were injured less during that period.

“...... In previous seasons, Dortmund had been like a high-speed engine, efficient and tireless, which gave them the initiative to accolade. But a machine doesn't want to stay in good condition forever without wear and tear. Now the engine is out of order, and the parts are aging...... Klopp's vehicle had to slow down, or it could explode at high speed and fall apart......"

The German newspaper Bild commented on Dortmund's recent problems.

There are also media, especially the media in Munich, who believe that Dortmund's current so many injuries are related to the high-intensity training that Klopp has been emphasizing, and it is Klopp's training style that accelerates the aging and wear of the players' bodies, resulting in their frequent injuries now.

They even blamed Jurgen Klopp and Borussia Dortmund on Gotze's injury, as he was injured just after his move to Bayern Munich and missed the team's pre-season training camp and the first few league games. They believe that it was Borussia Dortmund and Jurgen Klopp who drained Götze and allowed Gotze to join Bayern Munich with an injury.

Other media outlets, while not as conspiracy as the Munich media, believe that frequent injuries should be a wake-up call for Jurgen Klopp, and that Dortmund, while at the top of their game, is also standing on the edge of a cliff and could fall from the clouds if they are not careful.