Chapter 121: The Unworthy Group of Death

After the game, Zhou Yi was surrounded by reporters, and as the best in the game, he deserved such attention. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When asked if the result of beating Real Madrid away was a bit of a surprise, Zhou Yi nodded: "It's a little, we thought it was good to get a draw at first." But I think it's normal to win in the end, after all, we have the strength to do that. The difference between us and Real Madrid is not so big that they can beat us as long as they are at home, so it's normal for them to win and lose each other. We've been in really good form lately. ”

It's not modest, but when he says it, no one accuses him of arrogance. He's the best player of the game, and he's qualified to say that.

A reporter asked Zhou Yi to predict Dortmund's results in the Champions League this season, and Zhou Yi shook his head again and again: "I'm not a god stick, how can I predict this kind of thing?" I can only say that we will do our best to strive to go further in this event......

"Is it further than last season?" the reporter asked.

"If you can, why not?" replied Zhou Yi.

"Sun Pan had a meal with you before the game, did you have any communication about Real Madrid, did he give you some information about Real Madrid?"

Zhou Yi smiled: "His biggest help to me is to treat me to a meal, and I still have to thank him for his generosity to win this game, haha!"

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Although Zhou Yi said that it was normal for Dortmund to beat Real Madrid away from home, in the eyes of many, the result was quite unexpected. Everyone thinks Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid is very strong, and after the run-in of the previous two seasons, it is time for the final results this season. The team has already won the Copa del Rey and the league before that, and is one Champions League title away. Everyone hoped that Mourinho would be able to repeat his glory at Inter at Real Madrid.

Therefore, everyone has high hopes for Real Madrid's results in the Champions League this season.

In fact, Real Madrid is indeed very strong, but I didn't expect that in the strong dialogue in this group, Real Madrid was defeated, home and away by Dortmund!

This result is really something that many people think. First, I didn't expect Dortmund to be so strong, and second, I didn't expect Real Madrid to still not show a convincing performance at home.

It seems that this group of death is indeed a bit unworthy of the name, and the strength of the four teams is not similar.

After the game, Madrid media reported that Mourinho had suffered a crisis of confidence, saying that Florentino was considering a change of manager. There are also media reports on the contradictions within Real Madrid, saying that the struggle between the players' factions is constantly ......

In short, if you win, there is no problem, and if you lose, everything is a problem.

Leaving Real Madrid with a lot of chicken feathers, the whole Dortmund team returned to Germany with the victory and the joy of qualifying from this group ahead of schedule.

In the other group game played at the same time, Manchester City were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Ajax.

As a result, Dortmund qualified from the group ahead of schedule with 12 points from four wins from four games, as third-placed Ajax only had four points and could not surpass Dortmund in any way with two rounds left in the group stage. Borussia Dortmund qualified from the Group of Death ahead of schedule. The "Death Group", which was supposed to be inseparable until the last round, turned out to be a "trip to paradise" for Dortmund......

And they not only qualified from the group early, but also won the group early. Because of four wins in four games, Dortmund has 12 points, and Real Madrid has two wins and two losses in four games, with six points. In the last two rounds of the group stage, even if Dortmund lost, Real Madrid won. The two teams have the same number of points, but the relationship between each other, Dortmund completely suppressed Real Madrid, and won both games against Real Madrid, with this win-loss relationship, even if the two teams are on the same point, Dortmund will be in front of Real Madrid.

So it also means that no matter what the final two rounds look like, Dortmund will be the top of the group.

In the next two Champions League group games, Klopp can not pay too much attention to it, but focus on the domestic league and try his best to catch up with Bayern Munich, who has nine wins and one loss in ten league games.

Thanks to Bayer Leverkusen, they handed Bayern Munich their only defeat so far this season.

This has affected Bayern Munich's pace on the road to winning the championship to some extent.

Now after 10 league games, they have 27 points from nine wins and one loss, and Dortmund have 23 points from seven wins, two draws and one loss.

The gap of four points is not an insurmountable gap.

Finishing first in the Champions League group stage two rounds earlier has helped Borussia Dortmund a lot. If they are to battle three other opponents in the Group of Death until the final round, they may have to give up certain games and the mentality of the whole squad will change, and they will certainly be more concerned about qualifying for the Champions League than winning or losing a game in the league.

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On the afternoon of November 10, Borussia Dortmund took on Augsburg away.

Jurgen Klopp rotated his squad for this game, replacing some of the main starters who had been stumbling with Real Madrid in midweek, but Zhou Yi was not rotated.

He went away again and helped the team to a 3-1 win over Augsburg.

He was replaced by Jurgen Klopp in the 66th minute and provided an assist in the game.

The following days would have been a severe test for Zhou Yi.

Because he has to travel tens of thousands of kilometers back and forth in a week.

After playing the match with Augsburg, he and Yang Muge set off from Germany the next day and rushed back to China to participate in the top 10 matches of the Asian region of the World Cup qualifiers in Qatar on November 14.

After this game, we will fly back to Germany as soon as possible to participate in the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Fürth on November 17.

Playing in three places in one week, forming more than 10,000 kilometres and playing three high-level games is a serious physical test for any player.

But now, Zhou Yi doesn't have to go through such a toss, and Klopp doesn't have to worry about him losing this main core that must not be lost.

Because before, the Chinese team has informed Dortmund Club that the Chinese national team will not call up Zhou Yi to participate in the World Cup qualifiers against Qatar at the Chinese team's home.

The same notice was also sent to Schalke 04 Club, Atletico Madrid Club, and Siena Club.

They were told that they would not be called up to the Chinese international players in the team to participate in the match against Qatar.

This certainly made these clubs breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time they also had some doubts - how could the Chinese team be so reasonable this time?

Everyone is engaged in football, and they have all been in contact with the Chinese team and the Chinese Football Association before, so they naturally know how important the right to qualify for the World Cup is to this country.

Originally, the clubs were mentally prepared to lose their main players, but they still couldn't help but complain about this stupid schedule - after all, at this time, the whole world except for Asia did not arrange national team matches, and the Europa League did not have to make way for national team games, but was carried out normally. The club team didn't even think about being affected by the national team at this time.

In Asia, such a World Cup qualifier was arranged on a day that is not an international A-level event, who do you say European clubs can accept?

These people are the main players of their team, who wants to let their starting lineup hurt their muscles and bones? And this delay is not a game, such a short period of continuous long-distance running, the player's physical fitness, state is a great impact, after all, there is a jet lag.

In fact, the European clubs don't quite understand that the Chinese team recruited these players back, and they didn't even have time to prepare, so what was the point of playing such a game, and the players had not even played with the jet lag, so what kind of performance could they play......?

But now it's okay, the Chinese team announced that it will not recruit Zhou Yi, Sun Pan, Yang Muge and Guo Nu, four foreign players to participate in the World Cup qualifiers.

This worry is gone, but the clubs are starting to wonder why the Chinese team is not recruiting - they can't understand the call-up of players, this is not calling, they still can't understand......

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He Ying was the only player to be called back to play in the national team, and he even returned to China a week early to prepare for the game.

Because he still can't play in Barcelona, since he can't play, where else can he stay? He simply applied to return to China early to prepare for the national team competition. Barcelona was also reasonable, or he didn't pay much attention to He Ying at all, and he agreed as soon as he applied.

He Ying can't play in Barcelona now, but his mentality is quite good, and he will no longer feel anxious and resentful about it.

At Barcelona he focused on training and kept his form for the national team.

As for the future, we will wait until January next year to decide. (To be continued.) )