Chapter 449: Passing by

Whether it is the whole team of Dortmund or Zhou Yi's special training, it is in progress. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Jurgen Klopp has issued a gag order to all players, not allowing them to reveal the fact that there is such a training facility at the training base before the end of the two-legged match against Barcelona.

For him, this is the secret weapon against Barcelona, if it is leaked in advance, how can it be considered a "secret weapon"?

In this way, the whole of Dortmund is secretly preparing for the match against Barcelona.

During this period, in the 26th round of the league, Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 1-0 at home to maintain their leading edge in the league standings.

On March 25, the 27th round of the league will be the last league game before the first leg against Barcelona.

Before this game, everyone thought that Klopp would definitely rotate in this game, and he would replace most of the main players in preparation for the game against Barcelona.

Although everyone thinks that Klopp is doing this in vain, Klopp will do it anyway.

Sure enough, in Dortmund's away game against Cologne, most of Dortmund's main players, including Zhou Yi, were rested, and some did not even enter the game squad, such as Zhou Yi.

Borussia Dortmund, who had replaced two-thirds of their main players, beat Cologne on the road, and surprisingly, their advantage was clear.

In the first half, Cologne was able to maintain a 1-1 draw with Dortmund at home, but in the second half, Dortmund suddenly came out of force and scored five goals in a row...... In the end, they defeated Cologne with such a huge score of 6:1.

You know, this is just a team of Dortmund whose main players have been rotated.

After the game, the German media exclaimed Dortmund's astonishing dominance in the Bundesliga. They are already able to slaughter their opponents with their substitutes.

There are also media who believe that meeting Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League may be a good thing for Dortmund. Because once they are eliminated, they can concentrate completely on the league, and when the time comes, with their dominance in the league and their huge points advantage, neither Bayern Munich nor Schalke 04 can pose a threat to them.

There is a good chance that the league title this season will still be theirs, and Dortmund will successfully defend it!

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After the away game against Cologne, the Dortmund squad returned to their home camp and media reported that they were preparing for the game against Barcelona.

But in fact, Dortmund has already started preparing for the Barcelona game.

Of course, no one knows Dortmund's secret weapon. Borussia Dortmund's players are tight-lipped about it. This speaks volumes about Klopp's prestige within this team.

As the Champions League fixture approaches, there is more and more media coverage of the match.

The Catalan media exposed the relationship between Zhou Yi and Barcelona.

The Catalan reporter who was choked up by Zhou Yi last time went back and devoted himself to digging into the story between Zhou Yi and Barcelona.

In fact, he dug it up quickly, but the reason why he didn't report it was because he couldn't believe the story, so he spent more time trying to verify it in many ways, hoping to prove that the story was fake and a product of the Chinese media's self-obscenity.

But unfortunately, after many verifications, he found out that this was the real thing, not a story made up by someone to attract attention.

Towards the end of that reality show, the reality show team from China was scheduled to play another match against Barcelona's youth team, La Masia U17. In the first meeting between the two sides, La Masia's youth team had an absolute advantage, and they only won by 12 goals relatively politely.

It stands to reason that the result of this last game is undoubted.

As a result, the La Masia youth team was defeated by the Chinese football teenagers in this game!

It was Zhou Yi who scored the winning goal for the Chinese team and beat La Masia.

With his outstanding performance in the game, Zhou Yi deservedly won La Masia's favor.

So far, it is an inspirational story of a teenager who finally won the favor of Lady Luck through hard work.

Few people could refuse a call from La Masia.

But Zhou Yigo refused.

He really turned down La Masia's invitation, not that La Masia looked down on him.

This is really not a blind fabrication by the British and Chinese media.

The reporter interviewed Garcia, La Masia's technical director at the time, and it was he who was responsible for recruiting Zhou Yi.

He told reporters in detail about the "confrontation" between him and Zhou Yi at that time.

“...... We were a step late because he had already reached an agreement with Borussia Dortmund. Still, I tried to convince him, but he insisted on following the promise he had made with Dortmund...... Seeing how he's doing at Borussia Dortmund now, I sometimes regret that I didn't sign him in the first place. He's the closest I've ever thought of as Xavi's successor......"

Garcia gave a very high evaluation of Zhou Yi.

This surprised the journalist.

Barcelona's media and fans have been worried about who will be the brains of Barcelona's midfield after Xavi's retirement.

I am afraid that there is no second player in the world who plays like Xavi.

But La Masia's technical director thinks Zhou Yi can be the perfect successor to Xavi.

It's just a pity that this perfect successor is now in Dortmund......

After he published this past, it quickly attracted more attention.

When Dortmund and Arsenal played before, there were media reports that Zhou Yi had aroused the interest of Arsenal and Barcelona, but he finally chose Dortmund.

At that time, because it was reported by the English media, the focus of the report was naturally on Zhou Yi's rejection of Arsenal, and as for the story of Zhou Yi and Barcelona, it was not very detailed, but only a passing mention.

Now through this report, everyone finally knows the details of Zhou Yi's rejection of Barcelona at the beginning.

It was an eye-opener for those who didn't know much about it before.

Everyone knows the place of La Masia's academy in the youth of football, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is probably more important than Barcelona's status in world football.

If a teenager can be spotted by La Masia, it will be a big deal that deserves to be featured in his country's media, and the player will soon be dubbed a "genius".

Training at La Masia is the dream of almost all young footballers around the world. No one can refuse this invitation.

But Zhou Yi refused.

And the refusal is very firm.

If it was at that time, many people would definitely think that Zhou Yi was crazy, and he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life if he refused this invitation from La Masia.

But now, such words cannot be said.

Looking at Zhou Yi's achievements at Borussia Dortmund, he has just turned 20 years old, and he is already the core of Dortmund's midfield, and his performance in the whole of European football can be ranked in the top 10 of midfield playmakers.

Had he chosen La Masia in the first place, would he have been able to put Xavi on the bench in the Barcelona first team?

No matter how you look at it, it's almost impossible.

So no one can say that Zhou Yi's choice to join Dortmund was a failure.

His experience once again proves an unbreakable truth, that is, "once you enter the giants, you are as deep as the sea", Barcelona's academy La Masia is a paradise for football talents, but Barcelona's first team is not necessarily the same.

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Pep Guardiola is studying their Champions League quarter-final opponents, something he's been doing all this time.

Although the outside world thinks that with Barcelona's current strength, it can be completely flat in Europe, and no one can stop them, and the only one who can stop them from defending their title is probably God.

But Pep Guardiola doesn't think so, there is too much uncertainty in football, and even if Barcelona are better at the moment, it doesn't mean anything. It's not a guarantee of winning.

Borussia Dortmund played in the Champions League for the first time in many years last season, and before the game, everyone thought that Dortmund was here to experience the atmosphere of the Champions League, but who knew that they ended up in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Those teams who underestimated them have become their ghosts.

Pep Guardiola does not dare to underestimate this team.

The most important player in this team is, of course, their core Zhou Yi. The young midfield talent is at the heart of Dortmund's powerhouse.

After observing and analyzing Zhou Yi, Guardiola found that this kid is really a little similar to Xavi......

In particular, the way he keeps swinging his head to observe when he is playing is exactly the same as Xavi!

At this time, Guardiola learned that Barcelona had actually passed by Zhou Yi......

Looking at the reports in the local Catalan media about Zhou Yi's rejection of Barcelona's invitation, Guardiola found it incredible.

We almost got Zhou Yi once?

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ps, I'm sorry to inform you that the hesitation of the European Cup has led to abnormal work and rest, and the body is a little unable to bear it, and the energy cannot be concentrated, so the manuscript has been sharply reduced. There are now only eight chapters left in the manuscript, less than ten chapters. I had to start the rhythm of one change a day again.

I'm really sorry, but I'll restore the number of saved manuscripts as soon as possible......