When Klopp announced before the game that Yan Min would start for the injured Reuss, it did not cause an uproar in the locker room, and everyone saw the ability and state that Yan Min has shown in recent times, and his attitude in training is also obvious to all. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even Yan Min himself was not very surprised.

Two hours before the game, the outside world also got the starting lists of both sides for this game. There were no surprises on Bayer Leverkusen's side.

On Dortmund's side, Reus did not appear in the starting line-up, and it was Yan Min who replaced him.

"Royce didn't start, and it looks like his injury is really not optimistic......" The TV host and guests discussed the list.

"Borussia Dortmund's luck this season has been extremely poor, with injuries to many of the team's main players...... And looking at this trend, this wave of injuries in Dortmund will continue, and it is unlikely to be resolved in a short period of time......"

"Of course, it will not be resolved, as long as Klopp sticks to his current tactical style and training intensity, Dortmund's wounded soldiers will continue to increase......"

"I don't quite understand Klopp's thoughts, this team has won enough titles, it can be said that Dortmund has been squeezed to the limit by him, why continue to stick to this style of play? And the fighting spirit of the players may not be as strong as before...... Borussia Dortmund's ups and downs this season have not only been affected by injuries, but also have to do with the fact that the players' desire to win is not as strong as before......

The discussion about Dortmund's injury began to go on and on, and the host had to bring the topic back to the point: "Anyway, Reus is injured. In terms of substitutes, Klopp chose Yan Min, a young Chinese player who has performed well recently, what do you think about this adjustment?

The guests looked at each other, and one of them said: "Yan Min is indeed a very talented and capable player, but he doesn't seem to have adapted well to European football yet." I found that he has a very obvious problem now – when he's off the bench, he's often able to put in impressive performances, but when he starts, he's not as good as he came off the bench......"

"Super sub?" the moderator asked.

"yes, that's kind of that. I don't know if it's because of his fitness that he can run better than other players when he comes off the bench, or because of his mentality - thinking more, demanding more, and being more impatient after starting. As for the substitute appearance, the positioning is relatively not so high, and it may be easier to play a little ......"

"So in other words, Klopp's choice to let Yan Min start to replace Reuss is not a good choice?"

"I didn't say that. But I do have concerns about that. In fact, in terms of wing candidates, Dortmund is not short of people, they also have Kuba, Mkhitaryan can also play on the wing. I think Jurgen Klopp's selection of Yan Min is a bit of a reward for his performances in recent games – against Napoli and Arsenal in the Champions League group stage, against Bayern Munich, Yan Min played a crucial role as a substitute. For a player who is in such good form, you can't keep him on the bench......"

In China, there is no such worry and discussion, whether it is commentators, media reporters or ordinary fans, they are all very happy that Yan Min can start.

This means Borussia Dortmund will have two Chinese players starting at the same time, and they will naturally hope that Yan Min can stay in the starting line-up from then on.

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When the players from both sides walked out of the passage and stepped onto the court, the TV broadcast gave Zhou Yi and Sun Xingmin a close-up respectively, which fully explained that these two people were the key figures of their respective teams in this game.

Zhou Yi is the core of Dortmund, while Son Xingmin can be said to be the "Dortmund nemesis". He scored three goals against Borussia Dortmund alone, which is the most goals scored against Dortmund in the current Leverkusen team.

Although Yan Min, Royce's replacement, was discussed before the game, but when it came to the game, everyone still had to look at Zhou Yihao and Sun Xingmin.

It is clear from the starting line-ups of both teams that they have no intention of holding back in this game and are not planning to hold on for the Champions League group stage next week.

The Champions League group stage is important, of course, but this league is just as important.

Although it was an away game, Bayer Leverkusen played very actively after the game started.

They didn't play relatively conservatively because it was an away game, not because Borussia Dortmund were strong, and not because there is a Champions League group stage next week.

Just eight minutes into the game, Son Heung-min played a kick back in the box, and Bayer Leverkusen's midfielder Heigler followed up at the edge of the box to shoot a shot, and the ball was saved by Weidenfeller.

Four minutes later, Bayer Leverkusen's attack was back when full-back Emre Can cut inside after dribbling down the left and then fired a long-range shot from the top of the penalty area that flew over the crossbar.

"Oh, Emre Can, it's dangerous, it's just slightly higher!" exclaimed Marcel Leff, the narrator. "After the game started, it was Bayer Leverkusen who played away from home that was more aggressive, which was somewhat unexpected by everyone......

The South Korean commentator was very excited: "Son Heung-min's performance after the opening was very positive! Tireless running, he can appear in almost any corner of the frontcourt! This game is an opportunity for Son Heung-min to officially challenge Asia's number one star Zhou Yi!"

Although the Koreans cheered for Son Xingmin, they did not deny Zhou Yi's current status, saying that he is the number one star in Asia, which is really right. After Park Ji-sung left Manchester United and left the mainstream European league, after Shinji Kagawa couldn't even play at Manchester United, among so many Asian players who played in Europe, who can compare with Zhou Yi?

Sun Pan is one, but he is a goalkeeper, no matter how good his performance is, he still feels like he is still a line off.

There is nothing wrong with saying that Zhou Yi is the number one star in Asia. But why hasn't Asia's number one player ever won the Asian Footballer of the Year?

This is about the AFC's hypocritical rules - in the past, the AFC did not restrict Asian players who played overseas to participate in the selection of Asian Footballer of the Year, so Hidetoshi Nakata, who played in Perugia the most, won the Asian Footballer of the Year twice.

But then the AFC stipulated that the winners must go to the award ceremony, otherwise they will be disqualified, and the AFC award ceremony is at the end of November every year, when the European League is in full swing, and few clubs are willing to let the main players in the team fly thousands of kilometers just to receive an award. For example, Park Ji-sung, an iconic figure in South Korean football, has not won the honor of Asian Footballer of the Year, because he directly rejected the AFC award ceremony every time, and the AFC will naturally not award the award representing the highest individual honor in Asian football to such a faceless person.

Since last year, the AFC has reformed the selection of Asian Footballer of the Year, no longer listing a separate award for Asian Footballer, Asian Footballer has become the best Asian player playing in Asia, for those players who play outside Asia, the AFC has set up a new "Best Overseas Player Award", which is specially prepared for Zhou Yi and Sun Xingmin. But this also means that if they don't go back to Asia to play, Zhou Yi and Son Xingmin will never get the Asian Footballer......

There was a bit of controversy over the first year's winner of the Best Overseas Asian Player, which was won by Shinji Kagawa. At that time, it caused dissatisfaction in the Chinese media, believing that the results of this award were controversial. You must know that in the Dortmund team, Shinji Kagawa has always been under Zhou Yi, and now Shinji Kagawa has gone to Manchester United, but instead won the Best Overseas Player Award, which can only be considered to be caused by Manchester United's greater fame than Dortmund.

And Shinji Kagawa didn't even go to the awards ceremony at the time, the external reason was that he was busy with the Premier League, but who knows if there was another reason.

This year's Best Overseas Player award is finally no longer controversial, leading Borussia Dortmund to win three consecutive league titles, winning the Champions League, and being voted the best player in Europe last season.

The winner of this award is Zhou Yi, but at the AFC annual awards ceremony that just ended, the result of this award was not announced.

This is because Zhou Yi did not attend the AFC awards ceremony.

At that time, Zhou Yi claimed that because of Dortmund's dense schedule and many key games, he really didn't have the time or energy to fly to Abu Dhabi to receive the award, and he also thanked the AFC for its recognition of his achievements.

The attitude and speech are impeccable, but everyone still thinks that Zhou Yi does not go to the award, which is not as simple as he said. There must still be a bit of "anger" factor in it.

Anyway, in China, both the media and fans are understanding and relieved by Zhou Yi's approach, even if someone occasionally criticizes Zhou Yi for playing a big name, it will soon be drowned in the saliva of more people.

Since the AFC separates the players who play in Asia from the Asian players who play in Europe, even if Zhou Yi does not attend the award ceremony, this award will still be his, and there will not be a situation like Park Ji-sung who does not attend the award ceremony. It's just that it's hard to say whether Zhou Yi is still rare for such a crippled award.

Anyway, Chinese fans don't care.