Chapter 174: An indispensable man

In the final moments of the game, Zhou Yi was also replaced by Klopp with Mkhitaryan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Including stoppage time, there are only two minutes left in the game. At this time, Dortmund still has a two-goal lead, even if the core is replaced, it will not affect the overall situation.

Dortmund will also face the dual challenges of the league and the Club World Cup, and the main players, especially the core players, must maintain sufficient physical fitness, and it is good to let Zhou Yi rest for three minutes.

When Zhou Yi was substituted, he slowly walked to the sidelines, this time without Galatasaray players urging him, many Galatasaray players were expressionless and glazed - they had already resigned themselves to their fate.

They have lost five of their group games this season, and losing one more is no big deal.

Although they really want to fight for honor, but the enemy is too strong, and even the gods are on their side and do not help them defeat the opponent, so what can they mortals do?

Zhou Yi walked off the pitch and completed the handover with Mkhitaryan, and then he raised his hands to applaud the fans in the stands. He wasn't trying to provoke the home fans, he was thanking the Dortmund fans who had travelled with the team and stayed in Istanbul for an extra day.

Yesterday's surprise not only made Dortmund FC embarrassed, but also caught those Dortmund fans off guard.

Originally, after watching yesterday's game, they could take an evening flight back to their hometown, the hotel rooms were refunded, and the tickets were booked, but the game was postponed.

Although hotels are hard to book, some Dortmund fans have chosen to stay in the snowy city of Istanbul. No one knows how they spent last night, if they have found a warm place for them to rest.

But during this afternoon's game, Dortmund fans still appeared in the stands in high spirits, waving Dortmund's yellow and black flags, chanting slogans and singing loudly.

These Dortmund fans performed as well as the players on the pitch.

Despite their small numbers, they are a sight to behold in the stands at the Ali Samyan Stadium.

So Zhou Yi gave these fans a round of applause.

And they also applauded Zhou Yi.

"Jurgen Klopp used up the last substitution of the game, he replaced Zhou Yi with Mkhitaryan, it was a counter-substitution, Klopp did not give up in midfield. Of course, it can also be said that even if Klopp wants to replace Zhou Yi with a defender, he can't do it because he doesn't have any more defenders to replace him......" said Hepin. "Zhou Yi's performance in this game was of course very good, in yesterday's game, Mark's goal was assisted by Zhou Yi, helping Dortmund take the lead. In today's rematch on the postponed road, in the face of the first goal and the aggressive home team, Zhou Yi turned the tide and equalized the score with a goal, stabilized the morale of the army, and laid the foundation for Dortmund's third goal later......"

Boasting about Zhou Yilai, He Ping has never been stingy, he is not worried that fans will scold him for being biased after watching the game, on the contrary, they are willing to hear him praise Zhou Yi. Without psychological baggage, He Ping was completely released emotionally, and he was able to "blow" Zhou Yi to the sky every time.

Marcel Leif was also praising Zhou Yi, and the TV broadcast gave Zhou Yi a close-up, and Marcel Leif published his "perfect score essay" on this close-up: "When the game was forced to be postponed due to a sudden heavy snow and hail, I believe many people were overshadowed in their hearts, right? No one knows what this means for Dortmund, who is on an expedition to work hard. Before the rematch began, the atmosphere at the Ali Samyan Stadium seemed to melt the ice and snow, and Galatasaray's ferocious counterattack and goal after the start of the match also confirmed everyone's fears about Dortmund......

“...... But at this time, Borussia Dortmund's core Zhou Yi once again stepped up as a matter of course, and he dispelled everyone's doubts and worries with a clean goal, and Dortmund was brought back on track by him! Ladies and gentlemen, I must say that this is all that a core can do. When the team is playing smoothly, it seems that no one can do without it. However, once the team encounters difficulties, it is always the most responsible and capable person who stands up and turns the tide! Zhou Yi is such a person! He is the core of Dortmund and the pillar of this team! In my opinion, the most inseparable people from Dortmund's success in recent years are two people. One is their manager, Jurgen Klopp, and the other is Zhou Yi! I even think Zhou Yi is even more important, without him, even Klopp, it would be difficult to bring this young team to such a high level......

If you want to talk about "Zhou Blowing", in fact, He Ping has to bow down in front of Marcel Leif......

In the TV footage, Klopp took the heavy sports jacket from the other coaches, greeted Zhou Yi, and then draped the coat on his body for him.

This kind of thing is usually done by the ordinary coach in the team, and the head coach is not responsible.

It can also be seen from Klopp's action that he values and likes the player he has unearthed from the youth team in the first place.

Of course, Zhou Yi is absolutely worthy of such treatment.

Therefore, Klopp's "preferential treatment", Zhou Yi did not panic and accepted it calmly.

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After praising Zhou Yi, He Ping did not cheer for another Chinese player in the Dortmund lineup in this game: "Zhou Yi is off, Dortmund has used up the last substitution, which also means that Yan Min will play the full game time." This is the first time for him - no matter how good his performance was before, whether it was the league or the Champions League, Yan Min either came off the bench in the middle of the game, or was replaced early after the start...... And now, letting him stay on the field and play the whole game may also be a kind of trust and reward for Klopp...... In this game, Yan Min's performance was actually very good, although it was not as good as the performance against Arsenal and Bayern Munich, but it was also very good. Zhou Yi's goal was accompanied by his wall-to-wall pass, and Reus's goal was also launched with his precise cross......"

Looking at the TV picture, He Ping was really happy.

In a Champions League group stage, two Chinese players started the game, one was the core, and the other played the whole game, both of which played well.

Everyone can guess Zhou Yi's outstanding performance, and Yan Min's progress is really gratifying, looking at this young man, almost every game has improved, and Yan Min is full of expectations for next year's Brazil World Cup.

When the time comes, how will the national team composed of these players be able to perform in the World Cup?

It's so exciting to think about it......

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Not long after Zhou Yi left the game, the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"It's over!Borussia Dortmund beat Galatasaray 3-1 away to win the crucial game of qualifying from the group, and finally broke out of the group as the top of the group, known as the 'strongest group of deaths in history'!" Marcel Leif excitedly announced.

"The curtain has finally come down on the Death Group. Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal and Napoli are tied on 12 points, but in the end, Napoli were eliminated from the tournament because they did not have the advantage of winning or losing. Napoli also set a Champions League record by being eliminated from the Champions League by the highest number of points since the Champions League was restructured. Prior to that, the record belonged to Werder Bremen in the 2006-2007 season, when they won 10 points in the Champions League group stage, but in the end they missed out on the knockout stage and finished third in the group. Chelsea topped the group with 13 points and Barcelona finished second with 11 points......"

“...... In fact, the fact that they got 12 points in the group stage and was eliminated is not only happening to Napoli, if we look before the Champions League reform, then Napoli can still find a team with the same disease, that is, Paris Saint-Germain. In the 1997-1998 season, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich were tied on 12 points, but they could only be eliminated because they did not have an advantage in the relationship between winners and losers. However, at that time, there were only six groups in the Champions League group stage, and the first place in each group went straight to qualify, and then the two best groups qualified second - and as a result, Paris Saint-Germain did not have the best results in the second place of all the groups...... In the second place of the six groups, Bayer Leverkusen has the best 13 points, while Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain are tied on 12 points, but Juventus have a goal difference of seven, and Paris Saint-Germain only have three, so it is a pity to be out of the tournament......"

Of course, if the Champions League had been in place at the time, PSG would have qualified for the group without any suspense. So there's nothing wrong with saying that Napoli are the saddest group finishers in history...... It's tragic that they all scored twelve points in this group, but they couldn't even get the top two in the group. ”

With this away victory, Borussia Dortmund not only qualified for the group, but also jumped to the top of the group, beating Arsenal with 12 points, which laid a good foundation for their knockout draw. The defending champions have had a bumpy run of the Champions League group stage this season, losing away from home in the first group game, as well as losing their core Zhou Yi, and then the team's results have been up and down. At one point, even the group qualification became a 'moon in the water'. At this time, Zhou Yi's timely recovery is like a heart booster for Dortmund. Then Dortmund gradually got on the right track, judging from the performance of this half season, Zhou Yi is the most indispensable person for Dortmund......"

In the praise of the commentators, Zhou Yizheng and Yan Min hugged to celebrate the victory and the group qualification.

There were so many twists and turns in this game, it was not easy to win it, and it was worth celebrating at the end of the game.

Yan Min's performance in this game was also very good, playing the whole game.

The image of two Chinese players hugging each other to celebrate the victory was shown in a close-up of the television broadcast.

Seeing this, Marcel Leif suddenly couldn't help but say: "Two outstanding Chinese players, as well as goalkeeper Sun Pan at Chelsea, a striker at Paris Saint-Germain, and Yang Muge at Schalke 04...... The Chinese team, which is made up of these outstanding young players, doesn't know what surprises they can give us in next year's World Cup......"

A non-Chinese commentator has a strong interest in the Chinese team, and this is the credit of the Chinese players who play in Europe's top leagues.

And this is something that many Chinese fans can't even imagine - there will be a foreign commentator who pays so much attention to the Chinese national team, which must sound like a lewd joke to them......

Before Zhou Yi and them appeared, this was indeed a lewd joke.