Chapter 287: Behind closed doors

After receiving a call from Klopp, the coaches came one after another.

When they pushed open the office door and found that Zhou Yi was also among them, they were all stunned for a moment.

But he was only stunned for a moment, and soon greeted Zhou Yi as usual.

Zhou Yi also returned the salute one by one.

The two sides are in the same room, and no one will feel that something is wrong.

It's not the first time they've done this, either.

After everyone arrived, Klopp pointed to Zhou Yi and said to them: "Regarding the next match between us and Atletico Madrid, Zhou Yi has an idea I want to share with you." โ€

Zhou Yi didn't refuse, stood up and began to tell the other coaches what he said to Klopp.

After everyone listened to what he said, there was a silence in the office, and everyone was bowing their heads and pondering, thinking about whether Zhou Yi's ideas worked.

Klopp didn't rush them, but waited quietly by the side.

Soon one of the assistant coaches, Gerliko Bouรกcz, was the first to say: "I think it is doable. And Atletico Madrid would not have thought that we would use this method against them, which can also be used as a secret weapon to catch them off guard. โ€

"Theoretically, it can be ......," Teddy Dibil was a little unsure. "But it's going to be very physically demanding......"

"Of course. Zhou Yi nodded. "We're supposed to be in this fast-paced state for some time. โ€

"Then our fitness ......" Dibil turned to look at strength and conditioning coach Oliver Bartlet.

"It's okay to just play this one. But for the weekend league we had to rotate a lot. Bartlet gave his opinion.

"Our opponent in the weekend league is Bayer Leverkusen, who are currently fourth. Peter Kravitz said that he is specifically responsible for gathering intelligence on opponents, so it is natural to know the situation of each opponent well, and this information basically comes out of his mouth. "With 54 points, we are four points less than Schalke 04 in third, but only one point ahead of Wolfsburg in fifth. It's their home again, so there's no way they're going to let us go in the game......"

"It's a problem. Dibil frowned as he listened to Kravitz's words. This situation means Borussia Dortmund will have to give it their all for the weekend's league game as well, otherwise they could lose away to Bayer Leverkusen and once again lose the league top.

Having basically expressed their opinions, they all turned to look at the manager, Jurgen Klopp, and in this team, it was the manager who had to make up his mind.

Klopp also fell into deep thought after listening to the advice of the coaches.

After a while, he looked up: "I know it's hard, but when it comes to this season, there are no games that aren't difficult." If we don't want anything, we want to qualify for next season's Champions League, it won't be so difficult. It's great that we can give up the Champions League and get to the last four, and we can give up the league title to Bayern Munich, because we have a second place in the league anyway...... But I know you won't agree to do that either...... We've been working hard all season, and we didn't surrender at the last minute, right, guys?"

Klopp's coaching staff laughed.

"Of course!"

"So despite all the difficulties, I wanted to try it, or take a gamble. Just follow what Zhou Yi said, I need everyone to work closely together. โ€

Dr. Braun, the team leader, said: "I suggest that we can appropriately increase the arrangement of physiotherapy, and arrange for everyone to take a cold shower after the training to speed up the recovery of the body. โ€

Klopp nodded in agreement: "You're the head of the medical team, you arrange this, doctor." โ€

Dr. Braun turned his head to Zhou Yi and smiled, "That's it, Zhou Yi, the time you spend alone with Cortana will be greatly shortened......"

The room burst into laughter.

Everyone likes to joke about Zhou Yi and Cortana, which is also because of their good popularity.

Zhou Yi scratched his head in laughter: "It's okay, as long as you can win the championship, such a sacrifice is nothing." โ€

Klopp slapped his hands and exclaimed, "Well, everyone knows what they need to do, let's start preparing right now!

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By the time Zhou Yi left, the other coaches were still in Klopp's office.

Only then did Klopp tell them the story of how he gave the USB drive to Zhou Yi.

"One night...... It's amazing...... "Teddy Biller exclaimed.

"It wasn't an overnight night, I started thinking about it when I saw the game...... Peter Kravitz said.

"That's also remarkable. Zhou Yi is really the most peculiar player I've ever seen. Dibil said. "I'm 100 per cent sure that Zhou Yi can be a coach after retiring and will be a very successful and excellent coach. โ€

"I didn't really have much hope at the time, but Zhou Yi gave me a surprise. Klopp said, "I have a regret right now...... I should have given him the USB drive as soon as we finished the match with Mainz so that we could have an extra day to prepare. โ€

"It's not bad now, it's better than you didn't show him the USB drive at all, right?" Bwach teased. "You did it on the fly, how many coaches would think of letting their players see this kind of thing?"

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When the team's training session began, the players noticed that the training content was not the same as usual.

The content of training in the "Footbonaut" small black room has been increased.

In addition, the one-kick pass and catch practice in a small-area confrontation situation has been added, requiring all players to pass the ball in a 10-metre area by 10 metres, while also being forced by a defender to interfere.

In addition, the content of physical training has also increased.

Except for these, there is no other training content.

At the end of the training session, each player goes to take a cold shower and then goes to the physiotherapy room to line up for physiotherapy to relax their muscles and relieve fatigue.

Although the coaching staff did not explain why it was done, everyone was not stupid and knew that it was definitely for Atletico Madrid.

At the same time, training is closed to the outside and no media reporters or fans are allowed to approach the training ground of the Dortmund first team.

The tension around the tournament began to creep in.

Of course, the media was very dissatisfied with Dortmund's closed training policy, except for a small number of local Dortmund media and Chinese media who expressed their support, other media bombarded Klopp's approach.

"Cowardly, timid, afraid to face challenges!" is the title of the article in Bild, which of course says Klopp. They think that Klopp's actions fully show how much fear he has in his heart, because only people who have no confidence in themselves and no confidence will choose to hide themselves, thinking that they have nothing to do with their opponents.

The Kicker agrees that Jurgen Klopp is adding to tensions by doing so, which does nothing to help the team's performance. Closed training is the worst of all the options. โ€œ...... Jurgen Klopp is signaling to his players that he has no confidence in winning the game, otherwise why would he hide and hide? This only makes the Dortmund players lack confidence and morale. There was originally a war, but now I'm afraid I can only admit defeat......"

The media in Munich even ridiculed Dortmund and Klopp, taking the opportunity to vent their grievances about being overturned by Dortmund in the league.

โ€œ...... If I were Klopp, I would have given up the Champions League, so why should I be tortured at both ends? Does he really think that a one-point lead in the league will guarantee Dortmund the league title?"

"Borussia Dortmund, after beating Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, are now putting themselves on the shelf. Atletico Madrid is not an easy opponent to play against, and Bayer Leverkusen will also fight hard with Borussia Dortmund in the next round of the league to secure a top-four finish. Fighting on two fronts is a kind of torture for Dortmund, which is full of injuries this season, and it may even end up empty-handed, whether it is the Champions League or the league!"

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And how did Jurgen Klopp and Borussia Dortmund respond to these comments in the media?

There was no response from them, neither Klopp nor the players, and no one was interviewed by reporters and did not give any explanation for their approach.

Of course, this attitude is naturally regarded by the media as a manifestation of weakness, and the more they dare not speak, the more panicked they are.

And when the news of Klopp's strict ban on players from being interviewed by reporters was exposed, it confirmed this speculation in the media.

No one knows what Dortmund is doing because of closed training, but it doesn't matter. With only three days of training, what effect would they have if they were tinkering with some secret weapon that had never been revealed before?

There is always a need to pay attention to objective laws, and no team can learn a new set of tactics in three days.

So what Dortmund is doing when it's closed doesn't matter at all, and no one cares, everyone just seizes this opportunity to mock and baash Dortmund......

These media overwhelming reports have also affected fans in China, and many people also think that Klopp's approach is too stupid - the trick of closed training is a stinky big sister in Chinese football, and even Chinese football, which is not at a high level, has not done this for a long time, but I didn't expect the dross of Chinese football to be picked up by Klopp, is it because he has two Chinese players in the team, so Klopp takes it for granted that this will be effective?

"Didn't Zhou Yi and Yan Min explain the idiom 'behind closed doors' to Klopp?"

A well-known football V on the Internet raised such a question on Weibo.