Before Borussia Dortmund announced their starting line-up, there was speculation about whether Jurgen Klopp would rotate his starting line-up, after all, the game against Atletico Madrid three days ago took a lot of energy from the Dortmund players.

If they don't rotate, it will not only affect their performance against Bayer Leverkusen, but also the second leg against Atletico Madrid in midweek.

Fighting continuously, and it is the end of the season, even a team like Dortmund, which is known for its good physical fitness, is probably a situation where "the landlord's family has no food to spare"......

In the squad announced the day before the game, Aubameyang and Reus did not even make the squad, which basically gave everyone's speculation a preliminary result - Klopp is indeed in rotation!

This is also something that can't be helped, with Dortmund's current lineup, if you don't rotate, you are afraid of a complete collapse in the end...... For the sake of the next game, it is necessary to rotate moderately.

But two hours before the game, when Dortmund announced the starting lineup, it still shocked everyone - Zhou Yi was not found in the starting lineup!

Zhou Yi, who entered the squad, did not enter the starting list, which is a very rare thing for Dortmund.

No matter how he rotated before, Zhou Yi was the main starter who couldn't be beaten. It is also under the leadership of Zhou Yi that Dortmund has been able to bite Bayern Munich in the league and complete the overtake at the Allianz Arena.

Zhou Yi's importance to Dortmund is evident.

Everyone speculated that Dortmund would rotate in this game, but no matter how you guessed, I definitely never thought that Zhou Yi would be rotated......

So when this starting lineup came out, many people's first reaction was - "The official website of the Bundesliga made a mistake, right?

But after repeated confirmations, it was found that Zhou Yi just didn't start, Mkhitaryan started in place of him in this game, and Zhou Yi sat on the bench.

For a while, whether it was in Germany or China, the media and fans who followed the game were in an uproar.

Speculation is rife.

How could Zhou Yi not start?

If it weren't for Klopp's brain problem, there must be a reason why Zhou Yi didn't start.

What is the rationale?

Zhou Yi is injured?

Zhou Yi has a big problem with physical fitness?

Because the starting list was announced only two hours before the game, although the reporters were full of question marks, there was nowhere to ask.

They can only guess, but there is nowhere to verify.

Judging from the previous training of Dortmund, Zhou Yi is normal, and it should definitely not be because of injury that he will not be able to start. Physical problems are more likely, after all, in the match between Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, Zhou Yi played the whole game, and he always controlled the rhythm of the game. When Dortmund played fast passing tactics, Zhou Yi kept running up and down, and football always had to pass through his hub, which was very demanding on physical fitness.

Although Dortmund defeated Atletico Madrid 3-0, they almost completely suppressed Atletico Madrid on the field, what was the price?

The average distance covered by Borussia Dortmund was 11,000 kilometres.

That's the average running distance for the whole team.

Zhou Yi ran nearly 15,000 kilometers alone, making him the longest running distance in the entire Dortmund team.

This data can tell us how tired Zhou Yi is.

Therefore, Zhou Yi did not start in the game against Bayer Leverkusen, so it is reasonable to think about it......

It's just that reasonable is reasonable, but Klopp's doing so is very risky.

What if Dortmund loses away to Bayer Leverkusen? The one-point lead over Bayern Munich that was built up before is gone, and the league title will also be lost to Bayern Munich, so why did Borussia Dortmund work hard for a season?

Unless Klopp feels that Dortmund can win Bayer Leverkusen away even if they don't have Zhou Yi.

Then his attitude will definitely anger Leverkusen, and Zhou Yi will be on the bench, and Leverkusen will also be regarded as an opportunity.

Will Dortmund be able to withstand Bayer Leverkusen's bombardment at home?

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Borussia Dortmund's and Bayer Leverkusen's match kicks off on the evening of April 26 local time, and before that, a number of Bundesliga matches kicked off on the afternoon of April 26, including Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen, as well as Bayer Leverkusen's Wolfsburg and Freiburg games.

As a result, Wolfsburg was unexpectedly held to a draw by Freiburg at home, and the two sides played 2:2.

This is not good news for Borussia Dortmund. Wolfsburg's draw means that as long as Bayer Leverkusen can beat Borussia Dortmund at home, they can extend the gap between them and Wolfsburg to further cement their fourth place in the league, so their desire to beat Dortmund at home is even stronger.

In addition, the result of Bayern Munich's game also put a lot of pressure on Dortmund.

They were initially met with stubborn resistance from Werder Bremen on their home turf. It was Werder Bremen who scored first, and Selassie opened the scoring for Werder Bremen in the 10th minute.

However, Bayern Munich equalised after 10 minutes through Franck Franck Franck Ribery.

In the 36th minute, Werder Bremen took the lead again. Hunt scored against Bayern Munich.

At the end of the first half, Werder Bremen still led Bayern Munich 2-1.

If Bayern Munich loses like this, then Dortmund will be able to breathe a sigh of relief.

It was at this time that Bayern Munich's dugout was given a starting line-up for Borussia Dortmund's game against Bayer Leverkusen.

Originally, there was nothing to pay attention to in the opponent's starting list, and this kind of thing is generally not told to Guardiola. But today's situation is so special that the intelligence collectors don't know what it really means, so they simply told Guardiola.

"Zhou Yi didn't start?" Guardiola was also surprised to hear the news, and after getting a definite answer, he fell silent for a while.

What does it mean that Zhou Yi didn't start?

Did Klopp order the conspiracy? Or was Klopp carried away?

Is this our chance?

For a while, many thoughts flashed through Guardiola's mind.

Then he pushed open the door to the locker room and walked inside.

Because of the first half, the morale of the Bayern Munich players was not very high.

In fact, this has often been the case for Bayern Munich since losing to Borussia Dortmund in the battle of King Mountain at the Allianz Arena.

Although they are only one point behind, if Dortmund keep winning, the result is still very desperate......

This is especially true when things are tough.

Like now.

Bayern Munich played Werder Bremen at home for 45 minutes, and in the end it was Werder Bremen who took the lead by one goal.

At half-time, the atmosphere in the dressing room was not very good.

That's when Pep Guardiola pushed the door in.

With a straight face.

After everyone saw the manager's expression, the air in the dressing room froze.

"I just heard something interesting that I thought I should share with you. Pep Guardiola said.

The players' interest was captivated by his words, and all eyes were on him.

"Borussia Dortmund against Bayer Leverkusen, they didn't have Zhou Yi in their starting line-up. ”

As soon as Guardiola said this, the eyes of some people in the Bayern Munich team changed. They knew what it meant that Zhou Yi didn't start.

"I don't know why Zhou Yi didn't appear in the starting line-up, but I suspect it may have something to do with the fact that they knew we were 2-1 down to Werder Bremen in the first half. They felt like we were going to lose, so they could give the key players a good rest......"

Pep Guardiola said, but the Bayern Munich players were not convinced - yes, we are behind now, but isn't there still half time?

Who says we're going to lose?!

Guardiola would have needed to go to great lengths to make the players understand, and now he just needs to tell them what Dortmund has done......

As for whether Dortmund's side really let Zhou Yi go to the bench because Bayern Munich was behind in the first half, it doesn't matter at all, Guardiola doesn't care what the truth of the matter is.

All he had to do was take advantage of this order......

He used to say that he didn't care how Dortmund was, and now he needs to use Dortmund to boost his morale.

It's a bit ...... Satirize.

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After the start of the second half, Bayern Munich, who had made no personnel changes, quickly brought the game into their familiar rhythm as if they had changed teams.

Just eight minutes into the second half, Pizarro equalised for Bayern Munich.

Four minutes later, Pizarro scored twice and Bayern Munich took the lead.

Schweinsteiger scored in the 61st minute, and Bayern Munich led Werder Bremen 4-2.

At this time, Werder Bremen has been beaten by Bayern Munich and has lost its fighting spirit, and it cannot threaten Bayern Munich's goal at all, so it can only shrink the defense and pray for fewer penalties......

But in the 74th minute, they still conceded a goal. Substitute Arjen Robben sealed the win for Bayern Munich.

In the end, Bayern Munich beat Werder Bremen 5-2 at home.

In the league standings, they temporarily overtook Dortmund, who had one game less, and regained their position as the first place.

Like a drum pass, the ball full of pressure was passed to Dortmund by Bayern Munich, and no one knows if it will suddenly explode when the ball is in Dortmund's hands......