After China's defeat, Zhou Yi was surrounded by Chinese journalists based in Germany outside the club's training base the next day, wanting to hear his thoughts on yesterday's game. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"I watched the game. Zhou Yi said at the beginning, first showing that he didn't even open his mouth to talk nonsense without even watching the game, and then he said the conclusion. "I don't think much of it. ”

"Is it because you are disappointed in your failure?" a reporter asked.

Zhou Yi looked at him with some surprise: "How is it possible? What's the disappointment in losing a game? This is the top 10 match, every team has to play eight games, half of the group stage is played, we only lost one, what's not satisfied with this? This is the top 10 match, it is the highest level of competition in Asia, I can be honest, it is higher than the level of the Asian Cup." Which team is good at playing in this kind of game, and it's normal to lose to anyone, so I don't have any feelings. ”

"But some people say that if you had been there yesterday, you would have won the game......

Zhou Yi shook his head again and again: "This is too amateurish, I don't dare to guarantee that we can win when we play." Football is round, if we fly thousands of kilometers back, the jet lag is not reversed, playing on the field is the same as sleepwalking, and we lose the game, then how can we explain it? No, there is no such possibility, we are also people, not robots, how can there not be any headache and brain fever accidents? I understand and agree with Director Gao's decision not to call us back to China to play football, and if I were him, I would not have summoned a group of exhausted and sleep-deprived people to play. ”

"So it's normal to lose at home to Qatar, right?"

"Otherwise?" Zhou Yi asked rhetorically, and the reporter who choked up to ask this question couldn't say it.

"But the key is not this result, it's not that you can't lose, it's that you can't see hope when you lose like this......"

Zhou Yi sighed, and then said: "It's just one game, there is no need to go online, the top ten matches are a long schedule, and the top ten matches like this one, sandwiched between two European leagues, are not all of them." I think instead of questioning this question and asking why you lost, you should ask why the AFC is making a decent World Cup qualifier between two Europa League games, and it is like being a thief. Europe, Africa, South America, North America and Oceania do not have national team matches scheduled at this time, so why is Asia so special? ”

With that, he waved his hand, no longer answering the question, but turned and walked away.

In fact, the last question, what he thought in his heart was not the same as what he said at the end, he sighed, and forced the true words in his heart down. Because he knew that he would offend many people by saying this, and it would also cause internal divisions, so he still didn't say it. He will still have to return to China to get along with his teammates on the national team in the future.

What he has to say is nothing new, nor does it reflect how powerful his insights are. Speaking out will not change anything but offend people. Since he's not in that position, there's no use that heart.

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On this day, not only Zhou Yi was asked about the new defeat of the national team in an interview, but other players of the Chinese team who stayed abroad and did not return were also asked questions by reporters with almost the same content.

Their answers are similar to Zhou Yi's, first of all, they don't think that the loss is because they didn't go back, and secondly, they don't think that the defeat of this game will have any impact on the Chinese team's goal of qualifying for the World Cup. When the lowest-key and humble Yang Muge was interviewed, it was strange that everyone was so upset about the defeat of this game, and he didn't understand what the big deal was.

What seemed to be a shocking defeat in the eyes of domestic public opinion was a common one. So some people have conspiracy theories, is this an excuse made for themselves by the returnee players who have not returned to China?

Of course, there is no market for this kind of conspiracy theory, because it is so.

Anyone who believes in this conspiracy theory can basically be classified as "brainless".

But since the returnees have said so, then everyone can only temporarily put aside their restless hearts and wait patiently for the next national team game to come. When the time comes, when all the returnees are back in the team, we will see how they perform and what their results will be.

But they'll have to wait a little longer. Because the next top 10 match will not be played until June next year, on June 4, 2013, the Chinese team will challenge Oman away.

Of course, it's not that there will be no national team games before this, and there will be some warm-up games, friendly matches or something. However, the gold content of this kind of competition is very low, and the performance and results in this kind of competition do not say anything. Gao Hongbo's national team is famous for its excellent performance in warm-up matches and friendly matches, but the main match is completely different from the warm-up match and friendly match.

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On the afternoon of November 17, Dortmund welcomed Fürth at home to the opponent of the 12th round of the league. Zhou Yi, who did not return to China to toss, started the game and played the whole game, and there was no problem with his physical fitness.

Borussia Dortmund beat Fürth 3-1 on their home turf.

In the other match played at the same time, Bayern Munich drew 1-1 with Nuremberg on the road.

The difference between the two teams suddenly changed from four points to two points!

“...... Bayern Munich have made some mistakes lately, and Borussia Dortmund have seized on such an opportunity. It seems too early to say that this season's league title belongs to Bayern Munich. Jurgen Klopp's side are not giving up and they have already finished top of the group in the Champions League group stage, which will help them put more energy into the league. So commented the German media.

They were right, and the next step is Borussia Dortmund's Champions League group stage away to Ajax. Because they have already qualified as the top of the group in advance, this game is actually meaningless for Dortmund.

Jurgen Klopp didn't even take all his main players to the away side.

He kept some of his main players in Germany.

But even such a team managed to beat Ajax 4-1 away to end the suspense of the game with a three-goal lead in the first half.

Dortmund's defeat of Ajax can be regarded as a help for Real Madrid. Because Ajax was originally four points and Real Madrid had six points, there was not much difference between the two teams. And in this round of the league, if Dortmund deliberately loses to Ajax, Real Madrid is even in danger of finishing second in the group - in the same round of group stage, Real Madrid drew 1-1 away from Manchester City.

This group of death looks like a joke now......

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Back in the league, Dortmund rotated again. After two seasons of playing on both sides of the Champions League and domestic league, Klopp knew that in order to maintain the level of the team in multi-front competition, he had to rotate. Whether or not to rotate is the key to measuring whether a team can become a giant.

Basically, small teams do not rotate, first, it is not necessary, but incapable, and rotation has high requirements for bench thickness.

Dortmund's bench thickness is honestly not as deep as Real Madrid and Barcelona, but if you want to do well, you must also rotate.

In this rotation, the players who played the Champions League game in midweek were basically replaced, and Zhou Yi was also among them.

The players who rested in the middle of the week all started the game.

Borussia Dortmund met stubborn resistance from Mainz away from home. In the end, thanks to a goal and an assist from Mark, they beat Mainz 2-1 away to maintain the winning edge and continue the pressure on Bayern Munich.

Under pressure from Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich beat Hannover 96 5-0 at their home stadium, and the two teams are still two points apart, and the competition is very fierce.

However, in the 14th round of the league, Klopp's rotation had problems, and Dortmund, who still used rotation, was forced to draw 1:1 at home by Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Because of the rotation, Dortmund has never put together a complete set of the strongest lineup in these games, and it is always half a set and half a set, and the frequent rotation makes the players still uncomfortable.

After all, they are not Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona...... With such a traditional powerhouse, Dortmund was still a mid-table team in the past few years, and they didn't play any rotation at all.

Both rotation and non-rotation have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage of rotation is that it allows everyone to play and stay in shape while reducing physical attrition. However, the disadvantage is that the lineup is not stable enough, and the cooperation of players is prone to lack of understanding, and the state will fluctuate.

The advantage of not rotating is that the lineup is stable, the players cooperate tacitly, and the tactical completion is higher, as long as the physical fitness is okay, it is the strongest lineup. But the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the main players have a large burden of competition, rapid physical wear, and it is easy to collapse due to lack of physical fitness in the later part of the season, and at the same time, the substitute players lack game training, and they can't stand up when they need to be on top, and the strength gap between the main force and the substitute is too large.

From the perspective of the club's operation, the disadvantage of rotation is very obvious, that is, the club needs to buy more high-level players, and at least two players of the same level in a position, which increases the financial burden of the club. Buying people requires more money, and buying people to pay for wages is also a big part that cannot be ignored. And if you spend a lot of money to buy someone, only to find that this player is not suitable for the team's tactics, does not adapt to Dortmund's life, and cannot play to his own level, then isn't this money wasted?

Not rotating is not a disadvantage for the club's finances, because it saves money, and one set of lineups plays the world, and there is no need to invest too much in the substitute lineup.

In the previous two seasons, Dortmund had little rotation and mainly relied on a set of main lineups. It can be said that the non-rotation approach has made Dortmund the first two seasons, allowing them to win the league title for two consecutive seasons and reach the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League respectively.

But the lack of rotation has also become a bottleneck that Dortmund cannot overcome. It is precisely because of the lack of rotation that after Dortmund eliminated the "Cosmos" Barcelona in the semi-finals last season, the physical wear of the players was too great. They lost to Chelsea in the semi-finals and ended up in the last four.

If Dortmund had the capital to rotate, maybe that wouldn't have happened.

That's why Jurgen Klopp has been in rotation since the start of the season.

If you want to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, and at the same time don't give up on the domestic league, you have to rotate.

Even if you encounter some difficulties because of this, you must stick to this path.

So after being held to a draw by Fortuna Dusseldorf, Klopp said in an interview that he would not change the current rotation policy. (To be continued.) )