Chapter 467: Commander-in-Chief of Earth Defense
In stark contrast to the revelry Dortmund players are the Barcelona players. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
When the game ended, many Barcelona players collapsed directly to the ground, covering their faces with their hands, unable to believe the result.
Before the start of the game, they could never have imagined that they would be eliminated at home.
In a 0-0 draw away at Borussia Dortmund, they didn't feel at all that Dortmund would pose any threat to them.
But now that I think about it, if I had scored a goal away from home, maybe it would have been a completely different story...... It is precisely because they did not score away goals that Dortmund were so unscrupulous at Camp Nou, because the Germans know very well that as long as they can score, it is an away goal!
Barcelona, who were overconfident in their own strength, are now tasting the bitter fruit.
Messi sat on the ground, covered his face with his hands and raised his head. He also tried his best in the game, scoring two goals alone, but he couldn't help the team win, and the two goals suddenly became meaningless......
In the final stages of the game, even if he tried his best, it would be difficult for him to break through the iron wall set up by Dortmund. People often use the phrase "rewrite the result of the game on his own" to describe the ability of a star of Messi's level, but now it seems that this sentence is not absolutely true, for example, at this time, he did not rewrite the result of the game by himself.
When a team like Barcelona began to rely on the individual abilities of its stars in the end, it basically ran out of skills and came to an end.
Captain Puyol comforts a crying Sergio Busquets.
Andres Iniesta stood with his hands on his hips, looking around in confusion, he was really surprised by the result.
Suddenly, a hand was placed on his shoulder, and he looked back to see that it was his friend Harvey.
"Unbelievable, isn't it?" asked Harvey in a low voice next to him. 'We were eliminated at home. ”
Iniesta didn't know what to do next, Xavi continued: "But it's football, it's normal for everything to happen in the football world, isn't it? The only reason we were eliminated was because we didn't do as well as our opponents in those 90 minutes. ”
As he said this, his eyes kept looking ahead, and it seemed as if he had no focus, but in fact the focus was on one person.
Zhou Yi.
The Dortmund number 23 leaned on top of his teammate and raised his arms in celebration.
He was smiling but tired.
That's the price of victory.
But Harvey would rather pay that price and reap a victory.
Now......
Iniesta came back to his senses and also set his sights on Zhou Yi. Needless to ask, he also knew that Harvey must be looking at this kid.
Because they also discussed Zhou Yi in private, especially after the lottery.
Andres Iniesta believes that Zhou Yi's style of play is similar to Xavi's, and Xavi also feels that if he has to retire one day, then Zhou Yi is his best heir at Barcelona.
However, judging from this game, Barcelona fans may find it difficult to like him.
The huge boos are still fresh in people's minds, I don't know if Zhou Yi felt palpitations at that time......
"Would you still like him to come to Barcelona, Xavi?" asked Iniesta.
"Of course, why not?" replied Harvey. "It's because he can knock us out that he's qualified to come to Barcelona. ”
After saying that, Xavi let go of Iniesta and walked towards Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi, who was celebrating with his teammates to advance to the semifinals, was suddenly stopped, and he looked back at Harvey with some surprise.
"Do you want to swap jerseys, Zhou?" asked Xavi in English.
"Of course!" Zhou Yi replied very dryly, turned around and took off his jersey, and then handed it to Xavi.
Xavi also took off his jersey and the two men completed the action of exchanging jerseys.
Before leaving, Harvey said to Zhou Yi, "Good luck to you." ”
"Thank you. Zhou Yi also politely returned the salute.
Although the two sides fought fiercely in the game and were a little unscrupulous in order to win, after the game, there was no need to go toe-for-tat.
When Xavi returned with Zhou Yi's jersey, Iniesta asked him: "What did you two talk about?"
"Didn't talk about anything, just wished him good luck. Xavi lowered his head and put Zhou Yi's jersey on his body. He was wearing Zhou Yi's jersey, and it actually fitted quite well......
"I thought you would persuade him to come to Barcelona......" Iniesta was a little surprised.
"I think he's a guy with his own ideas, and what other people say doesn't matter much to him. Harvey looked at Zhou Yi and said.
"yes, otherwise he wouldn't have turned down La Masia in the first place. Iniesta shrugged.
Harvey frowned at the thought of this. Now it seems that Barcelona have let go not of a rookie who might succeed in the future, but of a genius.
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Xavi was also troubled by Pep Guardiola, who was asked questions about Zhou Yi at his post-match press conference.
Everyone basically agrees that Barcelona's exit is directly related to Zhou Yi's outstanding performance. Then Barcelona's move to abandon Zhou Yi in the first place will naturally be considered the bane of today's failure. People can't help but wonder if La Masia had left Zhou Yi at all costs, wouldn't this have happened now?
So a lot of questions revolve around Zhou Yi, some people want to hear what Guardiola says about Zhou Yi, some people want to hear whether Guardiola regrets that the club failed to keep Zhou Yi, and some people want to ask Guardiola if he plans to introduce Zhou Yi......
Faced with these questions, Guardiola can only refuse to answer - not that he wants to put on a show, but he really does not know how to answer.
But these questions did embarrass him.
It's not cool to lose, and who can be happy to be asked like this?
On the other hand, Klopp smiled happily, and did not hide his praise and praise for the team and Zhou Yi when he was interviewed by reporters.
And he did not forget to rub salt in Barcelona's wounds:
'Our players are doing great and I'm happy and proud of them. I'm very happy that we got him. ”
Isn't this ironic that Barcelona didn't get him in the first place?
However, Zhou Yi himself did not mean to deliberately embarrass Barcelona, and he denied in an interview with reporters after the game that he rejected Barcelona because of conflicts with Barcelona: "There is no problem between me and Barcelona, and I am not a Real Madrid fan." I didn't join La Masia purely because I had already made an agreement with Borussia Dortmund, and although it was a verbal agreement, I was willing to keep the agreement between me and Dortmund, so I couldn't say anything else. Not only Barcelona, but other teams would have rejected me if they had approached me. ”
"So it's just that Barcelona is late?" asked a reporter.
"Yes, they're late. Zhou Yi nodded. "It's not right or wrong. ”
Some reporters still didn't give up and asked: "Then will you join Barcelona in the future?"
Zhou Yi smiled: "That's another story." ”
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The duel between Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona came to an end with a surprise result that Borussia Dortmund eliminated Barcelona from away, and the defending champions' quest to defend their title came to an abrupt end at the eight-to-four.
This result can be said to be an upset.
Before the game, no one could have imagined that Dortmund, who were playing away, would have the last laugh.
Sports media across Europe are covering the match.
Many of the photos distributed by the media at the top of the list were of the Barcelona players with their heads down.
Especially the shot of Messi sitting on the ground and covering his face with his hands after the game was widely spread.
“...... Borussia Dortmund disgrace Barcelona!"
"Underdog!"
"The battle to defend the planet ended with Dortmund victory!"
"Messi scored two yuan alone, and it was difficult to save the defeat!"
At the same time, the photo appears with a similar frequency as a photo of Zhou Yi waving his arms to the stands at the Camp Nou after scoring a goal.
It was also an iconic scene from that game.
"Zhou Yi decides the outcome of the game!"
"Commander-in-Chief of Earth Defense - Zhou Yi!"
"A well-deserved Dortmund core!"
"Zhou Yi alone eclipsed the Barcelona superstar!"
“...... This is a battle to establish Zhou Yi's status in world football!"
"Chinese football has a real superstar since then!"
Of course, most of these sensational headlines are used by China's domestic media...... The European media used a relatively calmer statement, but they still praised Zhou Yi, believing that his performance was far beyond his age and experience.
This is also the most surprising and incredible part of the experts. Even though he is only 21 years old, he is still a young player in today's football environment, which is becoming more and more famous, but all his performances on the field make it difficult to associate him with the definition of "hairy boy", "inexperienced" and "newcomer".
This is also the reason why Dortmund can still perform well with such a young player as the core.
Zhou Yi's age and appearance are a deception, and if you despise him because of this, then you will be unlucky.
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The team back in Dortmund was greeted by the fans at the airport, and the players were taken aback by the battle, and Grosskloitz said in an interview that represented the thoughts of the whole team: "I thought we won the championship!"
The reporters who interviewed him laughed.
The victory was achieved, and everyone was in a good mood.