It is definitely not alarmist to say that the next match between Dortmund and Arsenal is related to whether Dortmund can qualify or not. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Now the Champions League group stage has been played three rounds, more than half of the schedule, the current top of the list is Arsenal, as the seeded team, they defeated Galatasaray 2-1 away, Napoli 2-0 at home, and Dortmund 2-1 at home in the first three games, accumulating nine points to top the group.

Defending champions Borussia Dortmund are not the defending champions, but Napoli, who beat Borussia Dortmund in the first round of the group stage, then lost to Arsenal in the second round, but beat Galatasaray 2-1 away in the third round. Accumulate six points and rank second.

Borussia Dortmund fell to third. In the past three group games, they have won only one and lost the other two.

As for Galatasaray, who has lost all three games and accumulated zero points, there is no need to consider it for the time being.

If Dortmund loses to Arsenal at home in the fourth round of the group stage, they can qualify from this "group of death" in advance with 12 points at Arsenal. At the same time, once Napoli beat Galatasaray at home, the gap between then Borussia Dortmund and second-placed Napoli will widen to six points, which means that Dortmund must win all of the last two rounds of the group stage, while Napoli must lose all of them to qualify. And in this way, it is also necessary to compare the win-loss relationship with Napoli and the number of goals and goal difference in each other's battles, there are too many variables.

This is definitely not the result that Klopp wants.

Even if Borussia Dortmund draw at home to Arsenal, it will depend on the face of others.

Conversely, if Dortmund beat Arsenal at home, they will not only catch up with Napoli in points and close to Arsenal, but also tie the relationship with Arsenal.

Before this game with Arsenal, there is no need to speculate whether Zhou Yi will appear in the game, he has started two consecutive games in the league, and has performed well, and there are no new problems in his physical condition, of course, it is impossible to miss this crucial game.

However, the Chinese media still noticed a special situation - Yan Min reappeared in the squad for the game!

You must know that since the last time he came off the bench with Arsenal and performed poorly, Yan Min has not been selected by Klopp in the squad for two consecutive games.

The Ruhr derby against Schalke 04 can also be said to be such an important game that it is impossible to choose a rookie. Then in the just-concluded game against Stuttgart, Yan Min was not selected for the squad, so the Chinese media had to speculate whether Yan Min was beaten into the cold by Klopp because of his poor performance against Arsenal.

Of course, Yan Min's performance was really unconvincing, and it was only in the post-game interview that he found a backlash from public opinion and sent him into the cold, which seemed to be normal.

But the Chinese media is still very regretful, after all, everyone still has high hopes for Yan Min, hoping that he can be like Zhou Yi and break out of his own world in Dortmund.

But no one expected that Klopp would give Yan Min another chance, and it was in the game against Arsenal!

This is more puzzling than sending Yan Min into the cold - Yan Min did not perform well as a substitute against Arsenal, and now he is selected in the squad for the game against Arsenal, why is that?

In fact, it was not only the media that was surprised by Klopp's choice, but Yan Min himself was also surprised.

After playing against Arsenal, he was not named in the squad for two consecutive games. Yan Min thinks that this should be the manager's punishment for himself, and he admits it, because he also feels that he did not perform well in the game against Arsenal, there is nothing to say, just bury his head in training.

He believes that as long as he continues to train hard, he will return to the squad sooner or later.

But he didn't expect this day to come so quickly, and it was still a game against Arsenal.

"What does this mean?" Yan Min asked Zhou Yi, who was sitting beside him, as he drove from the training base to the hotel.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Yi said with a smile, "This implies Klopp's good intentions for you, Yan Min." ”

"To my ...... Good intentions?" Yan Min was a little confused. He never felt that Klopp had any special care for him, let alone good intentions.

"Of course. Think about it, why didn't you get into the squad in the previous two games, but this game put you in the squad, why did it take another game against Arsenal?"

Yan Min frowned, pondering.

He couldn't think of it.

Zhou Yi patted him on the back: "It's very simple, because Klopp wants you to get up from where you fell!"

Yan Min was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up.

Seeing Yan Min's performance, Zhou Yi showed a smile of "teachable", but he didn't speak again.

The reason why he didn't speak was because he didn't want Yan Min to get to the bottom of this question, if he asked Zhou Yi how he knew Klopp's thoughts, did he want Zhou Yi to say that it was all his blind guessing?

That might not be the answer he wanted to hear for Yan Min.

Zhou Yi really didn't know what Klopp thought, and this answer was his own blind guess. Klopp hadn't talked to him again, how did he know what Klopp was thinking. The reason why I say this is that I hope to stimulate Yan Min's fighting spirit. He doesn't know if Yan Min has a chance to play, but if Yan Min really gets the chance to play, Zhou Yi hopes that Yan Min can be more positive when facing Arsenal, and don't be timid and can't let go because of everyone's evaluation of him in the first game.

As for what Klopp thinks, it doesn't matter at all. Anyway, Yan Min couldn't run to ask Klopp......

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The fact that Yan Min was on the list was of the most interest to only the Chinese media, while others felt that it was a very ordinary arrangement and not worth mentioning. Their eyes fell more on Zhou Yi.

So far this season, Zhou Yi has only played 71 minutes in the Champions League and has not even played a full game.

He hasn't played a single minute of a Champions League game since he fell into a coma after suffering a knock in the Napoli derby.

Dortmund challenged Arsenal away in the last game, and after the feather returned, some media thought that Klopp was too conservative, if Zhou Yi played in that game, Dortmund did not say that he beat Arsenal away, and it should be possible to draw Arsenal. If Zhou Yi had played at that time, Dortmund's situation would not have been so bad now.

In the event of a draw, Arsenal have seven points and Borussia Dortmund four, a point separating the two sides, as long as Dortmund beat Arsenal at home in this game, they can tie Arsenal's points and will also beat Arsenal in the group stage standings with the advantage of the two sides.

At the time, many people thought that Zhou Yi's absence was a key factor in Dortmund's defeat to Arsenal.

So this time, Zhou Yi will start without surprise, can Dortmund beat Arsenal at home?

At the same time, this is also the first time that Zhou Yi and Arsenal have met in the game after Arsenal's unsuccessful purchase of Zhou Yi this summer.

After the team arrived in Dortmund, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger made no secret of his regret for not winning Zhou Yi, and also praised Zhou Yi's performance after his return: "I said it a long time ago, Zhou Yi is a world-class midfielder, and it is shocking to have such a performance and achievement at his age. We have taken a closer look at the two games since his comeback and he has been in very good form and there is no doubt that he will be a key player in this game. We're going to defend him tightly. ”

A Chinese reporter asked: "Does this mean that if Zhou Yi is contained, Dortmund will also be contained?"

"Of course not, Dortmund has a lot of great players besides Zhou Yi. But Zhou Yi's importance to Dortmund is indeed obvious and cannot be ignored. ”

At the same time, a reporter ran to ask Zhou Yi how he felt about playing again in the Champions League after being injured in the game against Napoli.

"I don't think about it, it's just a Champions League group stage. We're going to go all out and try to win, it's not about the opponent, it's just because we want to win. Zhou Yi replied very indifferently.

"What do you think of Arsene Wenger's assessment of you?"

"I'm very happy to be able to get such a high rating. Arsene Wenger is a world-class manager and his compliments are an honour for me. ”

"Would you consider joining Arsenal in the future?" asked a journalist from London, England, impatiently.

Zhou Yi smiled slightly: "I'll talk about it then." I'm just focused on the game at the moment. ”

There is no room for the other party to play again.