Chapter 174 Indispensable people
At the last moment of the game, Zhou Yi was also replaced by Klopp with Mkhitaryan.
Including injury stoppage time, the game only takes two minutes. At this time, Dortmund is still leading by two goals, and even if the core is replaced, it will not hinder the overall situation.
Next, Dortmund will face the dual challenges of the league and the Club World Cup. The physical fitness of the main players, especially the core players, must be sufficient, and it is also good to allow Zhou Yi to rest for three more minutes.
When Zhou Yi was substituted, he slowly walked to the sidelines. This time, the players who did not urge him to do so were no longer urging him. Many Galatasaray players had expressionless and dull eyes - they had already accepted their fate.
They lost five group matches this season, and it would be no big deal to lose one more.
Although I really want to fight for honor, my enemy is too powerful. Even God is standing on their side and has not helped them defeat their opponents. So what can they do?
Zhou Yi walked off the court and completed the handover with Mkhitaryan. Then he raised his hands and applauded the fans in the stands. He was not provoking the home team fans, he was thanking the Dortmund fans who accompanied the team to stay in Istanbul for a day.
Yesterday's unexpected factors not only made the Dortmund club miserable, but also caught the Dortmund fans off guard.
After watching yesterday's game, they could take the night flight back to their hometown. The hotel rooms were refunded and the air tickets were booked, but the game was postponed.
Although the hotel is difficult to book, there are still some Dortmund fans who choose to leave behind the snow-torn Istanbul. No one knows how they spent last night, and whether they have found a warm place for them to rest.
But during the game this afternoon, Dortmund fans still appeared in the stands in high spirits, waving Dortmund's yellow and black flags, shouting slogans in an orderly manner, and singing loudly.
These Dortmund fans' performance is no less than that of the players on the court.
Although there were few people, they still became a beautiful landscape in the stands of Ali Samiyan Stadium.
So Zhou Yi gave these fans an applause.
And they also applauded Zhou Yi.
"Klopp used the last substitution in this game. He replaced Zhou Yi with Mkhitaryan. This was a counter-substitution. Klopp did not give up the midfield. Of course, it can be said that even if Klopp wanted to replace Zhou Yi with a defender to strengthen his defense, he could not do it because he did not have more defender substitutes available..." He Ping said. "Zhou Yi's performance in this game was of course very outstanding. In yesterday's game, Mark's goal was assisted by Zhou Yi, which helped Dortmund take the lead. In today's rematch, facing the first goal and the aggressive home team, Zhou Yi turned the tide, equalized the score with a goal, stabilized the morale of the army, and laid the foundation for Dortmund's third goal later..."
When it comes to praise Zhou Yi, He Ping has always been generous. He is not worried that fans will scold him for being partial after watching the game. On the contrary, they are willing to hear themselves praise Zhou Yi. Without psychological burden, He Ping is completely emotionally released and can "blow" Zhou Yi to heaven every time.
Marcel Leif was also praising Zhou Yi. The TV broadcast gave Zhou Yi a close-up shot. Marcel Leif published his "full score composition" in this close-up shot: "When the game was forced to postpone due to a sudden heavy snow and hail, I believe many people's hearts were covered with a shadow? No one knows what this means for Dortmund when the Laushima Expedition. Before the rematch began, the atmosphere at Ali Samiyan Stadium seemed to melt the ice and snow. Galatasaray's fierce counterattack and goal after the start of the game also gradually confirmed everyone's concerns about Dortmund..."
"... But at this time, Zhou Yi, the core of Dortmund, stood up for granted. He scored a clean and neat goal to dispel everyone's doubts and worries. Dortmund was brought back by him! Ladies and gentlemen, I must say that this is what a core can do. When the team played smoothly, it seems that anyone could be missing. But once the team encounters difficulties, the most responsible and capable person stands up and turns the tide! Zhou Yi is such a person! He is the core of Dortmund and the pillar of this team! In my opinion, Dortmund's success in recent years is two people most inseparable. One is their head coach Jurgen Klopp, and the other is Zhou Yi! I even think that Zhou Yi is more important. Without him, even Klopp will find it difficult to bring this young team to such a height..."
When it comes to "Zhou Chua", He Ping is actually willing to give up the disadvantage in front of Marcel Leif...
In the TV screen, Klopp took the thick sports jacket from other coaches, met Zhou Yi, and then draped the jacket over him.
Such things are usually done by ordinary coaches in the team, and the head coach is not responsible.
It can also be seen from Klopp's action that he values and likes this player he discovered from the youth team game.
Of course, Zhou Yi is definitely worthy of such treatment.
Therefore, Zhou Yi was not panicked at all when facing Klopp's "preferential treatment" and accepted it calmly.
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After praising Zhou Yi, He Ping did not cheer for another Chinese player in Dortmund's lineup in this game: "Zhou Yi came out and Dortmund used up the last substitution, which also means Yan Min will play the full game time. This is the first time for him - no matter how good his performance was before, whether it was the league or the Champions League, Yan Min either came on the bench in the middle, or was replaced in advance after starting... And now, letting him stay on the field to play the full game may be a kind of trust and reward from Klopp for him... In this game, Yan Min's performance was actually very good, although it was not as good as that of Arsenal and Bayern Munich's performance, but it was also very good. Zhou Yi's goals were his pass against the wall, and Reus's goals were also his precise crossing... "
He Ping was so happy to look at the TV screen.
In one Champions League group stage, two Chinese players started, one was the core, and the other played a full game, and they all performed well.
Everyone can guess Zhou Yi's outstanding performance, and Yan Min's progress is really gratifying. Looking at this young man, almost every game has made Yan Min full of expectations for next year's Brazil World Cup.
At that time, what will the national team composed of these players perform in the World Cup?
It's so exciting to think about it...
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Not long after Zhou Yi left the court, the referee finally blew the whistle to the end of the game.
"The game ended! Dortmund defeated Galatasaray 3-1 away, won the key battle to qualify in the group, and finally broke out from this "strongest death group in history" as the first in the group!" Marcel Lef announced excitedly.
"The curtain of the death group finally fell. Dortmund, Arsenal and Napoli both scored 12 points, but in the end, Napoli was eliminated because of the lack of advantage in the victory or defeat. Napoli also set a Champions League record when he was eliminated - since the reform of the Champions League, Napoli was the highest point team to be eliminated in the group stage. Before that, this record belonged to Werder Bremen in the 2006-2007 season. They got ten points in the Champions League group stage that season, but they missed the knockout stage in the final and were eliminated in the third place in the group. At that time, Chelsea won the first place in the group with thirteen points, and Barcelona won the second place in the group with eleven points..."
"...In fact, it's not just happening to Napoli when he scored 12 points in the group stage. If we look at the reform of the Champions League, then Napoli can still find a team that is PSG. In the 1997-1998 season, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich scored 12 points, but because they don't have the advantage in winning or losing relationship, they can only be eliminated. However, at that time, the Champions League was in the UEFA Champions League.
There are only six groups in the group stage, and each group has the first place directly qualifying, and then two best-achieved groups have the second qualifying - Paris Saint-Germain compared the second in all groups, but it was not the best qualifying... Among the second in the six groups, Leverkusen had the best 13 points, while Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain scored 12 points together, but Juventus had seven goals and Paris Saint-Germain had only three. It's a pity that it was eliminated..."
"Of course, if the Champions League had implemented the current rules at that time, then Paris Saint-Germain would have been qualified to qualify for the group without any suspense. So it's nothing wrong to say that Naples is the most tragic group eliminater in history... I got twelve points in this group, but I couldn't even get the top two in the group, which was really tragic."
"Borthur Dutch not only won the right to qualify in the group, but also became the first in the group, surpassing Arsenal, who had 12 points, which laid a good foundation for them in the knockout round. The defending champion's UEFA Champions League group stage this season was actually very bumpy. He lost the away game in the first group stage and also lost the core Zhou Yi. The team's performance fluctuated. At one point, even the group qualifying became a "moon in the water". At this time, Zhou Yi's timely recovery was like a heart-warming agent for Dortmund. Then Dortmund gradually got on the right track. Judging from his performance in the past half season, Zhou Yi is the person that Dortmund cannot lack..."
Amid the praises of the commentators, Zhou Yi was hugging Yan Min to celebrate the victory and qualify for the group.
There are so many twists and turns in this game, it is really not easy to win it, and it is worth celebrating at the end of the game.
Yan Min's performance in this game was also very good, playing the whole game.
The scene of two Chinese players hugging each other to celebrate the victory was placed in a close-up of the TV broadcast.
Seeing this scene, Marcel Leif couldn't help but say: "Two outstanding Chinese players, as well as goalkeeper Sun Pan at Chelsea, took a photo with a forward at Paris Saint-Germain, and Yang Muge at Schalke 04... The Chinese team composed of these outstanding young players, I wonder what surprises can give us in the World Cup next year..."
A non-Chinese commentator has a strong interest in the Chinese team, which is the credit of those Chinese players who play in the top European leagues.
And this is something that many Chinese domestic fans actually never thought of - there would be a foreign commentator paying so much attention to the Chinese national team, which would definitely sound like a joke that was fantasized...
Chapter completed!