Zhou Yi's goal gave Dortmund a 3-2 lead over Hoffenheim on the road, and although Dortmund only led by one goal, it was like the last straw that crushed Hoffenheim. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the next game, Hoffenheim tried to fight back, but they were always pressed back by Dortmund's counter-attack, and they had scored two goals in a row at home to take a two-goal lead.

Until the end of the game, Hoffenheim could not cross the gap of this goal.

In the end, Dortmund beat Hoffenheim 3-2 away.

This result naturally made the Dortmund media happy, holding on to the three points, maintaining the trend of catching up with Bayern Munich's four points, and Dortmund can finally go to the Club World Cup with peace of mind.

But in the whole of Germany, except for Dortmund's own media, other media are probably not so optimistic about Dortmund.

After the game, many media believed that although the defeat to Hoffenheim did not make Dortmund breathe a sigh of relief, if Dortmund did not face up to the problem, they were afraid that they would be in big trouble next.

“...... Although they beat Hoffenheim, it exposed a big problem for Dortmund - how could Dortmund play so hard against a team like Hoffenheim in the past? But now it is so difficult for them to win Hoffenheim, and I don't think there is anything to be happy about watching their players hug and celebrate excitedly after Zhou Yi's goal. Dortmund should reflect on why they can play like this when they play a Hoffenheim?

"Dortmund's decline in strength this season is a very obvious thing, to be honest, after watching Dortmund's games in the past half season, I think it is not easy for Dortmund to be ranked third. Let's be realistic, Dortmund's goal this season is to secure a Champions League place next season, and don't count on the league title......"

In response to this situation, some media have interviewed Dortmund's players to hear what they think of the current public opinion.

Naturally, Grosskreutz angrily denounced the media as wanting to make a big news.

But most of the players were not interviewed, refusing to answer the question, citing "we have to focus on the next game now".

Zhou Yi responded from a tricky angle: "I think the media is disrespectful to Hoffenheim when he says this." I'm not stirring up trouble, I don't know what other people think, anyway, if I were a Hoffenheim player and I heard the media say this, I would be furious -- what do you mean by 'playing Hoffenheim like this'? Is Hoffenheim weak? Sixteen rounds of league play, if I'm not mistaken, Hoffenheim is ranked 11th, in the middle of the table, and it's normal for us to play this kind of team away...... Yes, it's normal to lose the game, and if Hoffenheim win against us, it's a good performance. We beat them because we played well, not because we should have beaten Hoffenheim. I think it's an insult to Hoffenheim to say that......"

After speaking, Zhou Yi shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.

After Zhou Yi's remarks were reported by the media, they did cause a convenient reaction from Hoffenheim, who spoke about it at his regular press conference in midweek, and expressed his support for Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi is a great player, not only on the pitch, but also off the pitch I think his words and deeds are great. Of course you know what I'm talking about, right?"

A reporter in the audience burst out laughing.

'Against Borussia Dortmund, Hoffenheim had good moments, so we had a two-goal lead. But there were times when they didn't perform well and Dortmund did better, so they beat us in the end. No one wants to lose, but sometimes the outcome is not something you can control. I don't think Hoffenheim is a team that can be beaten by anyone who comes along, and if anyone thinks so, they're welcome to give it a try. ”

This was not very polite, Zhou Yi's words were like a fuse, igniting Hoffenheim's anger. But it can't be said that Zhou Yi is sowing discord, because what those media said was not friendly enough to Hoffenheim.

These media may just want to use the Dortmund match against Hoffenheim to criticize Dortmund, after three consecutive seasons of dominating the Bundesliga, many people are tired of Dortmund, and they are always happy to see the negative news about Dortmund.

But when they attacked Dortmund, they didn't care about Hoffenheim's mood at all. Of course, deep down they don't value this team, which is why this happens.

This gives Zhou Yi the opportunity to take advantage of it.

In the final analysis, it was their visceral disdain and contempt for Hoffenheim that caused this.

Not only Hoffenheim's head coach Giesdor was dissatisfied, but Hoffenheim fans were also very unhappy with this disdain from the media.

It's the age of the internet, but it's also the age of social media. Everyone can express their opinions and make their voices heard on social media without worrying that no one will hear them.

A large number of Hoffenheim fans have left comments of criticism under the official accounts of the media that criticized Dortmund through Hoffenheim, and these enthusiastic Hoffenheim fans are not many in number, but they are very combative. And the fewer people there are, the more they can be seen as vulnerable, and their voices are more afraid to be ignored. As a result, the media had to respond to the protests of Hoffenheim fans.

“...... We have absolutely no intention of discriminating against Hoffenheim......"

"We apologize to the Hoffenheim fans for the inappropriate use of words in the article, and we are sorry for the misunderstanding even though we would like it not to be the case......"

At this time, they can't care about singing Dortmund......

And what about Dortmund?

Naturally, they didn't bother with the media, and after returning to Dortmund after finishing their match against Hoffenheim, they rushed to Morocco to prepare for the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.

Zhou Yi provoked a war between the German media and Hoffenheim fans, and then fled away, hiding his name and ......

The German media was overwhelmed by Zhou Yi, while the Chinese media did not care about what happened in Germany, and at most they reported it back home as an "interesting story", but they did not start to hype it around the topic repeatedly.

They have something more important and that's the Club World Cup.

This year's Club World Cup is a very special edition for Chinese football, Chinese fans and Chinese media covering Chinese football.

Because this is the first time in history that a Chinese team has participated in the Club World Cup.

In the era of the Toyota Cup, the predecessor of the Club World Cup, the rules of the competition stipulated that the two players could only be European champions and South American champions, and although they were held in Asia, they had nothing to do with Asian teams.

Later, FIFA briefly hosted the Club World Cup, which was replaced by the champion teams from each continent. But this has nothing to do with the Chinese team.

Later, FIFA's Club World Cup completely replaced the Toyota Cup, and the competition system was fixed, so that the winners of the Champions League on all continents could participate in the Club World Cup that year. But Chinese teams are still out of the picture, because Chinese club teams are too weak.

In the short history of the AFC Champions League, Chinese teams have never won the championship, so how can they qualify to represent Asian club teams in the Club World Cup?

Prior to this year, the best results of a Chinese club team in the AFC Champions League were the semi-finals, created by Dalian Shide in 2003 and Shenzhen Jianlibao in 2005.

Both teams met West Asian teams in the semi-finals, and Dalian Shide lost 6:7 to Al Ain and missed the final. At that time, there were few participating teams, and if they made it out of the group stage, they could directly enter the semi-finals.

In 2005, Shenzhen Jianlibao also reached the semi-finals, they passed one more level than Dalian Shide in the knockout round, but lost 0:6 to Al Ain in the semi-finals, and the Chinese team missed the final again.

After that, the Chinese team had a lackluster performance in this competition.

The best result is only the quarterfinals of Shanghai Shenhua and Shandong Luneng.

Because of the weak performance of Chinese teams in this competition, the AFC Champions League has little presence in the minds of Chinese fans. Everyone is familiar with the knowledge of the Champions League, but when it comes to the AFC Champions League, not many people know about it.

Until the emergence of Guangzhou Hengyuan. Guangzhou, who competed in the AFC Champions League as champions in 2012, is the first time they have participated in the AFC Champions League, up from two years ago. As a result, this team reached the quarterfinals in its first AFC Champions League appearance.

This year, in 2013, it won the championship in one fell swoop. In the final of the home-and-away multi-round tie, they made history by beating South Korean side Seoul to win the AFC Champions League – the first time a Chinese club has won the AFC Champions League.

Guangzhou Hengyuan, who won the championship, naturally also qualified for the Club World Cup at the end of the year, and in the draw ceremony, if they can make it past the first knockout round of the Club World Cup, they will meet the European champions in the semi-finals, and the European champions are Borussia Dortmund.

This is not the first meeting between Dortmund and Guangzhou Hengyuan, the last meeting between the two sides is actually very close, just in the summer of this year, the first stop of Dortmund's China tour is Guangzhou, and the first warm-up opponent is Guangzhou Hengyuan.

But it was a commercial game, especially since the Dortmund players hardly gave their best on the pitch and their attitude towards the game was different from that of the official game.

Now it's different, Guangzhou Hengyuan finally got a chance to officially challenge Dortmund through its own efforts, and this time, I believe that Dortmund's mentality should be different from the commercial game.

Of course, the premise of all this has to be based on the fact that Guangzhou Hengyuan has to pass the first round of the knockout round first.

Their opponents are Al Ahly, the African Champions Cup winners from Egypt.