Chapter 114: The Wizard Without Quotation Marks
After the game, Zhou Yi was also the focus of media reporters, and what he said before the game caused quite a lot of controversy, and now the result of the game is exactly what he "predicted", of course, everyone wants to hear what he has to say. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhou Yi, who was standing in front of the microphone, looked very innocent: "I really don't mean to provoke, nor am I arrogant and arrogant, I just told you a scientific term, but I didn't expect it to be over-interpreted by the media." I originally thought that a slang term that was ubiquitous in the Western world and had nothing to say, but now it seems that I didn't think it through. If you ask me what I think about this, I'll just have one opinion -- there are some things that make scientific sense, and it doesn't depend on personal emotions, whether you like it or not, it's there. Murphy's Law is not a good thing, but it does exist, it's just a psychological phenomenon, don't over-read it. This game is a good proof of that. ”
A reporter asked: "Is it understandable that no matter how hard the Real Madrid players work, Real Madrid will definitely lose to Dortmund?"
Zhou Yi hurriedly shook his head, pointed to the reporter who asked the question, and said: "I didn't say that, if there is a deviation in the report at that time, you will be responsible." ”
He pointed to the reporters present and said: "There are so many fellow reporters here to testify, I have never said anything like that!"
A group of reporters rolled their eyes in their hearts......
Or did a Chinese reporter come out and change the subject: "So after beating Real Madrid at home, does it mean that Dortmund will win the group?"
Zhou Yi waved his hand: "This is the group of death, and it is normal for anything to happen." Not only can we not say that we are top of the group, but it is too early to say whether we can get out of the group, who knows what will happen next, Manchester City are also a strong team......
Before he finished speaking, the Chinese reporter who asked the question looked at him with a mysterious smile and said: "Manchester City just lost 1-3 away to Ajax. ”
"Uh......" Zhou Yi couldn't go on. "Alright, that's it, goodbye everyone!"
After speaking, he waved his hand and forcibly said goodbye to the reporters.
Looking at his departing back, some of the reporters laughed.
"Eh, you said that two seasons ago, he swore in advance that Dortmund would definitely be able to qualify for the Champions League group stage at that time, why is he so low-key and humble this time?"
"What kind of modesty is this, this is clearly wilting!" someone next to him immediately said. "I feel like he's talking back all the time......"
"Wouldn't it be too sensitive?"
"Not sensitive, we just have to take a deeper look at Zhou Yi's words, we can't just look at the surface meaning, we have to fully tap his heart, who knows what subtext he has?"
"Do you know who I sympathize with the most right now? It's Manchester City! Zhou Yi said that it's okay to kill Real Madrid, Real Madrid is their opponent in this game. People were shot thousands of miles away in Manchester City, and he was stunned to death......"
"What do you mean by that?"
"After the last game between Dortmund and Manchester City, didn't Zhou Yi still say that everything is possible when he was interviewed by us? What did he say at that time......" The speaker raised his head and thought for a while, and continued. "'Even though Jax is in last place right now, if you underestimate them, you'll suffer.'" Yes, that's what I said. You see, is this Manchester City planted on Ajax? The Premier League champion, the Champions League group stage three consecutive defeats......! Shame on you, tsk. ”
A group of people also remembered that Zhou Yi had said such things before. At that time, everyone didn't think much about it, just a normal and ordinary scene.
I didn't expect it to be predicted by Zhou Yi.
Now everyone can't help but shudder when they think of his nickname of "wizard" that once spread all over Germany—is it possible that this nickname does not actually need quotation marks?
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The two Champions League group games that kicked off at the same time in one night were over, with Borussia Dortmund beating Real Madrid 2-1 at home, extending Real Madrid's embarrassing record of 14 years without a win in Germany. But this result is not too surprising, many people after knowing this result, even if they didn't watch the game at all, will think that this result is normal, if Real Madrid win, they will be surprised.
But the result of the other game really scared a lot of people.
Manchester City lost away to Ajax in an already back-to-back situation! The team considered to be the weakest in the group beat Manchester City 3-1 at home!
In fact, in the first half, Manchester City was able to reach a draw with Ajax away from home, and the score between the two sides was 1:1.
But in the second half, Jax scored two goals in ten minutes to kill the suspense of the game.
Roberto Mancini's side suffered an embarrassing three-game losing streak in the Champions League group stage.
This was something that many people did not expect before the game, when the draw results were just out, and everyone thought that Ajax would be the target of all the teams in the group to get points, and the two places in the race would be between Real Madrid, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the group stage, Manchester City fell first. Now after three games, Dortmund is at the top of the table with nine points after three wins and three wins, Real Madrid is second with two wins and one loss, and Ajax is in third place, with one win and two losses and three points. Manchester City, who have won all three games, have zero points and are in the bottom of the table.
With three group games remaining, if City are to make it out of the Group of Death, they will have to win all three of their last three games, and they will have to hope that none of the teams ahead of them will win, otherwise their chances of qualifying will be very, very, very low......
But even if this is the case, there is only a theoretical possibility for Manchester City to qualify......
After the game, the Manchester press said: "It turns out that the 'Group of Death' is just a ...... for Manchester City"
"The 'Group of Death' has become the Group of Disappointment, and the devil knows what City have been through!"
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Manchester City, of course, were disappointed, while Dortmund's situation was very good.
They have nine points from three games and have yet to lose, and are six points ahead of third-placed Ajax. And in terms of mutual victory and defeat, they also have an advantage. In the next three games, Dortmund only need to meet two conditions to secure a place in qualification.
The first one is to win one of the three games left, and you only need to win one.
The second condition is not to lose to Ajax by two goals or more.
As long as these two points are met, basically this right to qualify will not run.
And the reality is much more optimistic than this theoretical scenario.
Because the theory is based on Borussia Dortmund winning just one and then losing two, while Ajax have three games left to win.
Leaving aside Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund, it is almost impossible for Ajax to beat Real Madrid away from home, so this theoretical limit is unlikely.
It can already be asserted that there is no suspense for Dortmund to qualify from this group of death. The only suspense may be who is first and second between them and Real Madrid.
After losing to Dortmund, Real Madrid changed from the first place in the group to the second place in the group, and they will definitely not be willing to touch the first place in other groups, nor will they be willing to let Dortmund win themselves, so in the next Champions League group stage, after returning to their home stadium, Real Madrid will definitely try their best to beat Dortmund.
The contest between these two teams is the biggest attraction of this group.
As for the term "group of deaths...... Everyone now finds that the original Champions League Group D in 1999 is a classic that cannot be surpassed and copied, and this year's Group D is just a bluffing 'group of death', but it is actually a paper tiger, and Manchester City's lack of strength has made this group lose a lot of suspense. It's hard to call a group with such a big difference a 'group of death'.
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After the match against Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund played away to Freiburg in the ninth round of the league.
In this game, Klopp used a large rotation. Although the whole Dortmund team showed amazing physical fitness in the game against Real Madrid, they are not robots after all, and they still need to rest, and the players are tired both physically and mentally after two consecutive high-intensity fierce confrontations.
So after the match against Real Madrid, Klopp gave all the players who participated in the game a full day off, even if it was actually a league game against Freiburg three days later.
Jurgen Klopp had no intention of having some of those players play in that game at all.
In the away game against Freiburg, Zhou Yi didn't go, Mark didn't go, Lewandowski didn't go, Reus didn't go, Sven Bender didn't go, and all of the above people were not in the 18-man squad.
But even so, Dortmund, who played in the second team, defeated Freiburg 2-0 on the road, and the Champions League was fought on both fronts, with no one on either side delayed. This also shows that Dortmund has accumulated some experience in dealing with both domestic and European competitions after playing in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.
For Borussia Dortmund, good news doesn't come alone. In the same league round, Bayern Munich lost somewhat unexpectedly 1-2 at home to Bayer Leverkusen, their first league defeat of the season.
And this defeat also stuck their points at twenty-four.
Borussia Dortmund are close behind with 20 points, and the gap between the two teams has now been reduced to four points.
Borussia Dortmund this season, contrary to what analysts think, are not considering giving up their domestic league in exchange for a full-fledged Champions League qualification. (To be continued.) )