The defeat in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final left Dortmund completely focused on the second leg of the semi-final, and as for the weekend's league game, Klopp sent almost all reserve players. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

So it was no surprise that the team drew 2-2 at home to Reuss' Borussia Mönchengladbach. Now everyone's mind, including the Borussia Dortmund players and fans, and the media, is not on the league. They're already league champions anyway.

The next clash against Chelsea is the most important thing.

Before the game, the Dortmund fan group claimed that they were going to make the West**** Stadium a terrifying hellish home.

They did exactly that when it came time to play, the South Stand was like a burning wall, and the Dortmund fans made a giant tifo to create a home momentum.

In the second leg, Hummels and Jurgen Klopp both returned from their suspensions, and the players did their best.

But Chelsea were more tenacious than they thought, with a two-goal lead in hand, and Chelsea counter-attacking on the road, which is exactly what they do best.

Against a shrinking Chelsea defence, Borussia Dortmund bombarded their half. In the 40th minute, Zhou Yi fired a sudden long-range shot from outside the box that blasted Chelsea open.

When the goal was scored, there were huge cheers in the stands, but Zhou Yi did not celebrate the goal, but beckoned Lewandowski, who was at the front, to pick up the football and hurry up.

Forty minutes later, it's a bit late......

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and while Dortmund were desperate to attack, their backyard was on fire.

Chelsea used a quick counter-attack from Fernando Torres to smash the ball past goalkeeper Weidenfeller on the edge of the penalty area.

This goal made the West**** Stadium a dead silence.

The aggregate gap was pulled to two goals and, crucially, Chelsea had an away goal, and even if Borussia Dortmund beat Chelsea 3-1 at home to tie the aggregate score, they would still be eliminated by away goals. So if they want to knock out Chelsea and reach the final, they will have to beat Chelsea 4-1 at home to qualify for the final by aggregate.

However, after Chelsea's goal, Dortmund had only half an hour left. Three more goals in 30 minutes while guaranteeing that Chelsea will not score again...... It's not impossible, but the odds are very, very small.

The silence in the stands is also for this reason.

Marcel Leif sighed and said: "I don't want to admit it, but Dortmund is almost eliminated...... Of course, to reach this point with a battalion full of wounded soldiers, Dortmund is already doing very well. They returned to the Champions League after seven years last season and reached the quarter-finals, and this season they went one step further and reached the last four, and they have done well enough......

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After the resumption of the game, the Dortmund players did not give up and continued to look for opportunities to score, hoping to complete the impossible task.

But as time passed, that hope became more and more diminishing.

Chelsea set up a bus in front of their goal after the goal, and even if Zhou Yi and his team-mates tried their best, it was difficult to find holes in Chelsea's defence.

In fact, Zhou Yi has also experienced this in advance in the virtual game, and it is really difficult for Dortmund to score goals when Chelsea is focused on defense.

In any case, it is also a team led by Mourinho, and the defense is integrated into the blood and genes.

Facing Chelsea's iron wall, Dortmund didn't score again until the 88th minute.

Zhou Yi suddenly pulled wide to cross, Chelsea's defence was slightly slackened, and his cross found Lewandowski accurately, and Lewandowski in front of goal headed the ball into the goal of Cech.

The aggregate score was just one goal short, but time was running out for Dortmund.

In the end, Borussia Dortmund beat Chelsea 2-1 at home, but were eliminated 2-3 on aggregate.

They didn't make it to the final.

After the game, the Dortmund players were extremely depressed, and some were in tears.

Their momentum in the league and the Champions League this season would have been fantastic, with the league won four rounds ahead of schedule and the Champions League being knocked out.

After the game, Zhou Yi was interviewed by reporters in the mixed area.

Regarding being eliminated, Zhou Yi gave his answer.

"We're so unlucky......" he shook his head, his voice low and not emotional. Although this result may not come as a surprise to him – he has simulated many times in virtual matches and almost all of them have been knocked out of the tournament by Borussia Dortmund, but when the moment comes in the real world, he still has a huge sense of loss.

Then he didn't want to say more, said goodbye to the reporters, and walked to the locker room.

A Chinese reporter looked at his back as he walked towards the locker room with his head bowed, and suddenly wanted to comfort him, so he shouted at him: "Actually, you are already very good!

Zhou Yitou didn't reply, just waved his hand, and didn't know whether to thank the reporter for his comfort, or if he felt that this comfort was useless...... Anyway, he just walked back to the locker room.

Leaving a group of reporters to sigh about it.

Last season, after being eliminated in the quarterfinals, reporters thought that Zhou Yi was going to find some objectively valid excuse to justify the team's failure, but Zhou Yi only said that they were eliminated because they were not strong enough.

At that time, Dortmund was really not strong enough, and they were beaten by Real Madrid without any defense.

This season, facing Barcelona, who is as powerful as Real Madrid, Dortmund eliminated their opponents, which should show that their strength has become stronger. But he was still eliminated from the competition.

Really bad luck.

Had it not been for the suspension of Hummels and Jurgen Klopp, and if it weren't for Sven Bender's injury, many Temund could have reached the final at the Allianz Arena.

Because on the other side, Bayern Munich has eliminated Real Madrid and reached the final. Therefore, some people think that if Dortmund can reach the final, against Bayern Munich, perhaps because of the psychological advantage, they can beat Bayern Munich and win the championship.

But now, all this can only stay in the imagination of the possible.

Bad luck......

When Zhou Yi said this, what kind of mood should he have in his heart?

Looking at his back just waving his hand without stopping, you can guess it somewhat.

My heart is bitter.

In this game, Zhou Yi also tried his best, scoring a goal and an assist, helping the team defeat Chelsea at home, but he lost too badly in the first leg, even he had no skills.

In the face of such a defeat, in fact, no one will blame Zhou Yi, his performance is good enough...... In fact, with his performance in the Champions League in the past two seasons, it can already be considered that Zhou Yi is not inferior to those midfield masters of the midfield, Dortmund may have a lot of problems to solve in this goal, there are many shortcomings to be made up, but Zhou Yi is definitely not their problem and shortcomings.

After the game, various media commented that Dortmund was eliminated from the tournament this time, and they also used reasons such as "bad luck". It's just that different people interpret this "bad luck" differently, some people think that the suspension and injury of the main players are a manifestation of bad luck, and some people think that the draw is considered bad luck if they are drawn together with Barcelona.

But no matter how you interpret it, it can't change the reality that Dortmund has been eliminated.

The Dortmund media believe that the most important thing is not to analyze why Dortmund were eliminated, but to face the next games.

Although the league has already won the championship ahead of schedule, Dortmund still has a German Cup final to play.

Klopp also mentioned this when the team restarted training after the game, and it was regrettable to be eliminated from the Champions League, but the whole team did not need to care about it all the time, more importantly, the next game.

As long as Borussia Dortmund can beat Bayern Munich in the German Cup final, they will be the double of the season, so that this season will still be a great season for Dortmund, and they will not be distracted by a Champions League semi-final exit.

The next two league games did not make sense for Dortmund, Klopp considered that the players had reached the limit of their fitness during this period, but there was still a German Cup final to come, so he let all the main players who had been fighting for a season rest and gave the substitutes more playing time.

The substitutes did not reduce Dortmund's combat effectiveness, although they were eliminated in the Champions League, but Dortmund's dominance in the Bundesliga is still very strong, in the 33rd round of the league, Dortmund challenged Kaiserslautern away, and Dortmund, who was not the main player, defeated Kaiserslautern 3:1 away.

Then in the 34th round of the league, which is the final round of the game, Klopp continued the starting lineup of the previous game, the only difference was the adjustment on the bench, and more main players returned to the bench, such as Zhou Yi.

It was clearly preparing for the upcoming German Cup final and leaving them on the bench to get a feel for the game in the closing stages of the game.

Zhou Yi was substituted with fifteen minutes remaining, and then he assisted fellow Robert Lewandowski in the final minute of the game to help his side beat Freiburg 4-0 at home to end the season.

After this match, Dortmund are ready for the German Cup final, where they will face Bayern Munich at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin a week later on May 13.

As their opponents, Bayern Munich are a bit absent-minded.

Because Bayern Munich reached the Champions League final, which is more important, the German Cup final or the Champions League final?

Needless to say?

Now Bayern Munich is all about beating Chelsea, who are not very strong, on their home turf and winning the Champions League.

Is there anything more enjoyable than winning the cup on your home turf?