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But for Borussia Dortmund, bad luck is quietly coming.

Just a minute into the second half, Sven Bender sprained his ankle while defending Draxler's breakaway and could not continue the game and had to be substituted.

"Sven Bender is injured! It's really unlucky! In such an important game, the injury of such an important midfielder is equivalent to the loss of the barrier in the midfield of Dortmund's game! And there is an even more serious consequence - in three days, Dortmund will go to Chelsea away, but looking at Sven Bender's situation, it may not be possible to play in that important game, and it is unknown how long he will be absent...... It's a double whammy!"

Marcel Leif's words worried Dortmund fans in front of the TV, and it was. When seeing Sven Bender injured, many fans thought not of the result of this game, but the next Champions League semi-finals!

Klopp also scolded Germany's national curse on the sidelines, in the next Champions League semi-final, the main central defender Hummels could not play with a red card, and he was also expelled from the home stadium and could not command from the sidelines, and now Sven Bender is injured again...... How to play the next away game?

While Jurgen Klopp is worried about the prospects, the most pressing thing now is a substitution.

After Sven Bender's injury, there were actually a lot of midfielders on the bench, but that included some pure attacking players. After Sven Bender's injury, it should be considered to change to a player who can defend, rather than a pure attacking player, otherwise Dortmund's midfield really has no barrier to speak of.

Narrowing down the options, there are only two people to choose from: captain Sebastian Kyle and Ilkay Gundogan.

Although Kyle is the captain of the team, he has been plagued by injuries this season and has only played 20 games. Che came on as a substitute for the most part.

Gundogan's ability to play both offensively and defensively allows him to play higher than Kyle, starting alongside Zhou Yi when he needs to control midfield, and giving way to Sven Bender when he needs to defend. In terms of defensive ability, he is actually inferior to Sven Bender.

Both men have their strengths and weaknesses, with Kyle defensively better than Gundogan, especially the experience of the game.

In the end, Klopp made the decision to put Kyle on the line.

It's Kyle's experience and defensive ability that he value.

Although Kyle's playing time has been further reduced this season due to the addition of Gundogan, Klopp is still willing to believe that Kyle is an important member of the team.

As for Gundogan...... Another fierce battle awaits him, and he'd better get some rest. With Sven Bender's injury, the next Champions League semi-final away to Chelsea will certainly not be played, and Gundogan will have to partner Zhou Yi in midfield, and he will have to take on more defensive duties, which is also a heavy responsibility for Gundogan.

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For Schalke 04, Sven Bender's injury is a godsend. The most defensive player in the Dortmund midfield went down, although he was replaced by a Kyle, but Kyle has not played many games seriously this season, even if he plays, how good can he be?

Schalke 04 didn't take Kyle seriously at all.

But when Kyle came on, his performance quickly surprised people.

In fact, not only the players of Schalke 04 did not take Kyle seriously, but even the receiver Marcel Leif was a little worried about Kyle, thinking that Kyle was a substitute for most of the games, and his playing time was extremely limited.

But Kyle not only endured, but did well.

His physical condition is not as good as before, but he still has a lot of experience.

He was always in the right position to make key defensive moves.

Coupled with Zhou Yi's position in defense, the two of them complemented each other and disintegrated a lot of Schalke 04's offense.

And Kyle's role isn't just about defense.

In Zhou Yi's opinion, after Kyle came on the court, he reduced his defensive tasks, but if it was just like that, he hadn't actually brought the value of the captain to the extreme.

Because after the goal in the first half, Schalke 04's backline paid more attention to the defense of Dortmund's attacking players, Gotze, Lewandowski, Kagawa Shinji and others are now very closely guarded and have no chances.

The score of 1:1 is not an unacceptable result for Dortmund either.

But Zhou Yi felt that if he could win, of course he would still win.

It's just that now Dortmund's attacking players are being targeted, so who can break the game?

Of course it wasn't him, because Yang Muge didn't leave him an inch, and he didn't have much chance to shoot in front of the goal. So we had to find a different way.

At this time, Zhou Yi's eyes fell on the captain Kyle.

Everyone felt that with Kyle's current ability, the defense would consume all his energy, and it was almost impossible to contribute on offense.

But Zhou Yi doesn't see it that way. The more things that everyone thinks are impossible, the more likely they seem to him.

Thinking of this, he took advantage of the opportunity of the dead ball to get to the captain's side, covered his mouth and said to him: "Captain, if you have a chance in a while, you can step forward." ”

Kyle was surprised by Zhou's statement - the head coach let him play to defend, not to let him rush up to participate in the attack.

'Nobody could have imagined that you would suddenly get involved in the attack, so this is an opportunity, captain. Zhou Yi explained.

Kyle thought about it, he was also an experienced player, so he naturally understood what Zhou Yi meant by this. Zhou Yi wanted to take a risk, but if the venture succeeded, it would pay off in huge terms – leading Schalke 04 away and strategically giving Dortmund an advantage.

As Borussia Dortmund's captain, he certainly hopes that the team can beat their arch-rivals Schalke 04.

If it can help the team win, it's a risk worth taking.

Thinking of this, Kyle nodded at Zhou Yi: "Okay, I'll choose the right time to step forward." ”

Zhou Yi smiled.

It's important to have the right timing, after all, it's a defensive task.

So the next task is to find the right time, which is not only Kyle's job, but also Zhou Yi's job.

On a few occasions, Kyle tried to cut forward, but Zhou Yi didn't give him the football, because in Zhou Yi's opinion, those chances were not particularly good and could not play a one-hit kill.

This game is a Ruhr derby, and the opponent will take it very seriously, and if your attack does not work out, it may cause the opponent to be wary. Zhou Yike didn't want to startle the snake, he wanted to wait for a similar opportunity to the goal of assisting Gotze in the first half.

Kyle didn't complain about Zhou Yi letting him run for nothing again and again, he believed that this young man would definitely make the right choice, and all he had to do was that after he made the right choice, he was in that position.

Until the sixtieth minute, several of Kyle's forward cuts went unnoticed by the Schalke 04 players. After all, he just ran up and didn't receive the ball, so it's normal to behave like this, and it's impossible to get the attention of the defenders.

In the eyes of outsiders, every time Kyle stepped forward, it was in vain, only Zhou Yi didn't think so.

Because Kyle's first few cut-ins proved that Schalke 04 really didn't have anyone paying attention to him defensively.

Now it's just another right opportunity......

In the sixteenth and third minutes, such an opportunity came.

Dortmund launched an attack at that time, and all the attacking players rushed to the Schalke 04 penalty area, and among these people, Kele, who also cut forward, was very inconspicuous.

The football was passed to Zhou Yi's feet, Yang Muge was still sticking to him, and when Zhou Yi received the ball, he unceremoniously bumped into it.

Although he is good friends with Zhou Yi, he has never been polite to Zhou Yi on the court.

Zhou Yi was not surprised by Yang Muge's defense, in fact, he had already been wary - he was fighting against Yang Muge in this game, and even earlier, in the virtual space, he had fought with Yang Muge dozens of times, knowing how Yang Muge would deal with him.

In this game, Yang Muge's unceremonious defensive style really brought trouble to Zhou Yi. But now Zhou Yi hopes that Yang Muge will continue to do this.

Because of that, he can get rid of Yang Muge!

Yang Muge rushed up and crashed into Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi did not stop after receiving the ball, but pulled the football behind him, and at the same time turned on the spot, turning in the opposite direction to Yang Muge's pounce, just passing by Yang Muge!

When Yang Muge rushed up, he didn't expect Zhou Yi to not pass the ball this time, but chose to break through!

He watched Zhou Yi rub over his shoulder, but he couldn't do anything, and his inertia made him unable to do anything.

"Zhou Yi, beautiful turn, oh oh, oh, he passed Yang Muge!" Duan Xin exclaimed.

The boos that rang out at Schalke Stadium almost instantly made people's ears ring.

Yang Muge was finally able to swing his arms, he wanted to turn around and pull, but he didn't pull anything, he could only watch Zhou Yi turn around, take the football forward, and rush to the penalty area of Schalke 04!