Although the two cities of Schalke and Borussia Dortmund are very close, Zhou Yi has no intention of letting his parents go to the away game. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Ruhr derby is rare, and it was the first time his parents had the opportunity to watch the Ruhr derby live.

However, Zhou Yi believes that life safety is more important than watching the game on the spot.

He's not trying to scare people, in fact, the Ruhr derby does have security risks.

At a time when the Ruhr region, which is supported by heavy industries such as coal and steel, is falling into economic stagnation due to industrial restructuring and energy depletion, more and more unemployed workers have become a destabilizing factor in social security.

In 1979, Schalke's football hooligans founded Germany's most notorious violent group, the Gelsenszene. In 1982, the football hooligans of Dortmund responded by forming the Franco-Si-Si Doctrine group "Borussenfront".

In the time that followed, the two violent teams began to fight and crush each other.

One statistic tells: in the 1984-1985 season, when Schalke 04 met Bayern Munich in the league, a total of 64,000 fans went to the stadium. By the time of the Ruhr derby, however, the number of spectators had plummeted to 41,000.

Isn't it that the Ruhr derby is packed and the atmosphere is hot, is it because the fans of Schalke 04 are not loyal enough?

Of course not, because many fans don't like they go to a game and give up their lives......

So many fans are afraid to go to the scene to watch the game.

The situation is not much better today.

In last year's Ruhr derby, a massive clash broke out between fans on both sides, with police eventually arresting more than 200 people......

Dortmund and Schalke 04 have become more and more hostile in the last decade or so. Every derby is like a war.

This may have something to do with the fact that the two teams have alternated in glory and decline in the past ten years. When one side is brilliant, the other side declines, and the brilliant side is naturally all kinds of domineering, and the declining side is naturally unpleasant.

From 1999 to 2005, Schalke 04 remained unbeaten in the Ruhr derby for seven years, with a clear advantage. It was also a time when Dortmund was in a financial crisis and its results were declining severely.

But since Jurgen Klopp took charge of Borussia Dortmund, things have gradually turned around. To be precise, in fact, after Zhou Yi started to play in the first team of Dortmund, the balance of victory and defeat was reversed.

Since the start of the 2008-2009 season, Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 have met ten times, nine of them in the league and one in the German Super Cup.

In these ten meetings, Dortmund have lost just once. In the first half of the 2009-2010 season, Borussia Dortmund lost 1-0 to Schalke 04 at home. Zhou Yi watched that game from the south stand of West** Stadium, and he was impressed.

He then got a chance to play against Hoffenheim, and since then when Dortmund met Schalke 04 in the Ruhr derby, not only did he not lose, he didn't even draw, he won them all!

Therefore, some media say that Zhou Yi is the real nemesis of Schalke 04, and it is no wonder that Schalke 04, whether it is the team coach or media reporters, is very concerned about whether Zhou Yi can play this time......

In Zhou Yi, there was also a war of words with Schalke 04 reporters, and he once used Newton's second law to ridicule Schalke 04's reporters for their ignorance, so he was naturally a thorn in the side of Schalke 04 fans.

He didn't want his parents to take that risk......

So in this Ruhr derby, although Zhou Jianliang wanted to go to the scene to experience the atmosphere of the so-called hottest derby in Germany, Zhou Yi still didn't dare to meet his wish, he could only watch live TV in a high-end apartment with complete security facilities......

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The highly-anticipated game was closely watched two hours before the start of the game, as both teams announced their starting line-ups at this time.

The home team Schalke 04 announced the starting lineup, starting goalkeeper Hildebrand, starting defenders Atsuto Uchida, Hovedes, Matip, and Ogo. Starting midfielders Fox, Yang Muge, Roman Neustadt, Kevin Prince Boateng, Draxler, and starting striker Adam Sholoy.

In fact, both teams were plagued by injuries before this game.

Needless to say, on the side of Dortmund, Schalke 04's main strikers Huntelaar and Farfan both missed the game due to injury, and the main midfielder Hogel was also absent due to injury.

Because of the absence of three important main players, Jens Keller is very concerned about whether Zhou Yi can play. If Zhou Yi couldn't, he was relieved.

He is now keeping a close eye on Dortmund's side as well.

However, two hours before the game, Dortmund did not announce the starting line-up.

It's a bit counterintuitive.

Generally speaking, the starting line-up is announced two hours before the game, which is what many teams do, and Dortmund have done it before, even in the Ruhr derby.

Therefore, it is inexplicable to explain this behavior with the statement "this is a Ruhr derby, it needs to be treated with caution".

So why did Jurgen Klopp delay announcing his starting lineup?

This has attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone in the media gallery was talking to each other, speculating about the reason.

"Maybe you're still hesitating to let Zhou Yi play, or in what form?"

"Then it seems that Zhou Yi's physical condition may not be as good as he told us, so the coaching staff hesitated about whether he should play?"

"I thought Dortmund was putting smoke bombs on the roster before, but now it seems that putting Zhou Yi in the squad is really a last resort?"

"It's over, Dortmund is a bad game......

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Jens Keller has also been keeping an eye on Dortmund's starting line-up, and after discovering that Dortmund had not announced the list, he and his assistant got together to discuss it.

In the end, they came to a conclusion similar to the conclusion of everyone in the media seat, that is, Klopp must also be very hesitant to let Zhou Yi play, if Zhou Yi's physical condition is really fine, then not to mention, it must be arranged in the starting list.

As a result, the starting list has not come out so far, so it must be that there is a problem with Zhou Yi.

It shows that Zhou Yi's body has not fully recovered, and he may not have reached the standard of playing, and there may be a struggle between Zolke and Braun, the team doctor.

Keller could even have made up a big scene of Dortmund's internal struggle.

If that's the case, it's a good result for Schalke 04.

Any team, when they start to be disunited internally, that's when they go downhill.

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It wasn't until both players were almost over their pre-match warm-up that Dortmund announced their starting line-up for the game.

And Keller also got this starting list for the first time.

When he couldn't wait to unfold the list, he was taken aback.

"Zhou Yi started?" he asked in surprise as he stared at Zhou Yi's name in the starting list.

Keller wasn't alone in asking such a question.

In the media booth, on the web.

Everyone asked the same question.

"Zhou Yi is the first to start?!"

"Zhou Yi actually started?!"

Yes, Zhou Yi started the game.

In the starting list announced by Dortmund, Zhou Yi is impressively listed!

Klopp has been putting smoke bombs all the time before, and when he wants to get real, this smoke bomb can't be released anymore, otherwise it would be stupid to go around himself?

So in the end, the mystery was announced, and Zhou Yi was still the starter.

It's just that after being surprised and stunned about Zhou Yi's debut, many people's opinions are not consistent.

Some people think that Dortmund had been setting off smoke bombs before, which had been well hidden, and now their true purpose has finally been revealed. If this is the case, it means that Zhou Yi's physical fitness is no problem, but he can play.

There are also people who think that this does not explain anything, they insist on their previous judgment, and believe that the Dortmund coaching staff made this decision after great hesitation and struggle, which does not mean that Zhou Yi has met the requirements of the game, maybe it is a last resort?

Jens Keller is the latter.

This is the case, and he probably can't do the latter if he doesn't want to.

Besides, he didn't have time to adjust his tactics and arrange the staffing on the fly...... You can only bite the bullet.

"What should I do?" the assistant coach asked him.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Continue our tactics, with us as the main thing, no matter how they change." Try to beat Dortmund's arrogance in the first half!"

When he said this, he gritted his teeth, not knowing whether it was because of anger or fear......

Zhou Yi started, which really brought him a big impact.

After all, that's Zhou Yi......

The nemesis of Schalke 04!