Champion’s Heart

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Just after the start of the second half, Mainz made a substitution.

Replaced Nico Bangel with midfielder Marcel Rise. This is to strengthen the control in the midfield.

Because in the first half, Mainz's midfield was basically completely suppressed by Dortmund.

The reason is also very simple, because Dortmund's midfielder has Zhou Yi, but Mainz does not.

In terms of control, Zhou Yi is indeed very powerful. He can make Dortmund have the upper hand in the midfield by using simple passing and running to respond.

However, such adjustments did not yield any results, and Dortmund still firmly controlled the situation.

In the 67th minute, Zhou Yi directly assisted Mark and scored a goal, rewriting the score to 2:!

Mark! He scored again! An assist from Zhou Yi! Dortmund leads Mainz by two goals in the away game! It was supposed to be a league battle that attracted much attention, but I didn't expect it to be one-sided from the scene to the result...

This is indeed a bit unexpected.

Mainz, who was in a good state before and with a rainbow of momentum, suddenly lost the feeling of winning consecutive victories when facing Dortmund.

Was beaten by Dortmund to fight back.

Dortmund has an advantage in terms of ball possession rate, number of shots, or number of corner kicks, and even the number of fouls, Dortmund is much more than Mainz.

What does the number of fouls indicate?

It shows that Dortmund in the away game is more eager to win than Mainz in the home game, and the game is more active. In order to seize control of the game, naturally more fouls are required, otherwise, how could Mainz easily give up the possession of the ball? What about giving in?

Schurrle was finally substituted after Dortmund's second goal.

Schurrle was very active after playing, and Mainz's offense finally improved.

And began to threaten Dortmund's goal.

Schuerle! A beautiful shot! Almost went in!

The cheers of the Mainz fans finally resounded in the Coface Arena.

Seeing this situation, Klopp, who originally planned to replace Zhou Yi, changed his mind temporarily.

Although Dortmund will face Inter Milan at home in three days, if Zhou Yi is replaced now, it will inevitably reduce the control of the midfield. If Mainz took the opportunity to score two goals, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?

As for whether Dortmund will lose the ball after Zhou Yi is replaced, there have been such examples before.

No matter the game against Valencia. In the match against Twente, there were cases where the opponent scored after replacing Zhou Yi.

The reason for conceding the ball is the same, because the midfielder lost control.

So when Klopp now thinks of the decline in midfield control, he dare not change Zhou Yi again.

Although this will increase Zhou Yi's physical consumption, but thinking about the price of being eliminated early from the German Cup three days ago.

In exchange for Zhou Yi's rest, Klopp felt that Zhou Yi would definitely be able to play the whole game in this game, and there was no problem.

So he gave up his plan to make a substitution and let Forner, who had already gone out to warm up, return to the bench.

Facts have proved that Klopp's choice to let Zhou Yi stay on the court is correct.

Facing Mainz, which is playing faster and faster, the Dortmund midfielder led by Zhou Yi tried to slow down the rhythm of the game, destroying the rhythm of Mainz's game.

A slower pace is conducive to Dortmund's possession of the ball. As long as the football is controlled by Dortmund players, Mainz will not be able to counterattack.

Mainz is because of the eagerness to score. The pounce was too fierce, and Dortmund almost hit a counterattack...

After that, Mainz became more honest.

Xu Erlekong has a lot of skills, but there is no place to use them.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Mainz in the away game 2: , ending the battle for the list with a victory.

With this victory, Dortmund squeezed out Mainz by one point and took the top spot in the league.

Now after ten league rounds, Dortmund has eight wins, one draw and one loss, scoring 23 goals. Conceded eight goals, won by 15 goals, and scored 25 points, ranking first.

Mainz ranked second with 24 points.

Zhou Yi himself seems to have confirmed the title of Mainz's nemesis.

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After the game against Mainz. The Dortmund team rushed back to the base camp and began to prepare for the fourth match of the Champions League group stage against Inter Milan.

This game is critical and difficult to play.

In the first round, Inter Milan obviously underestimated the enemy at their home court, and in this game, I believe they will definitely not underestimate the enemy again. So for Dortmund. It's going to be a tough fight.

But Zhou Yi didn't see it that way. He said in an interview: But we won't be sent off another person ten minutes into the game and conceded four goals in the first half, right? The probability is really too low. Besides, this time is our home game, so I think for Inter Milan, this is a tough game.

He said this with confidence.

This will inevitably make people worry about whether Zhou Yi has become a little swollen because of his performance in Meazza last time...

But in fact, there is a reason why Zhou Yi said so.

On the one hand, he has played more than a dozen games against the virtual Inter Milan in the virtual world. On the other hand, as long as he calms down and analyzes it, he can understand that what Zhou Yi said makes sense.

Any team will inevitably encounter the problem of players' desire to win and lack of motivation after they become famous.

It's human - I've worked so hard, I've worked hard for a season, and after I've won all the titles I deserve, why should I work so hard? I've proven myself, I don't need to prove it again.

So at this time, in order to avoid this kind of slack in the team, there will always be some blood changes.

However, Inter Milan is different from other teams. Perhaps it is because Moratti is a chairman who is too emotional, so almost all the team lineup that won the Triple Crown was retained, but the meritorious coach Mourinho left. the team.

Of course, Mourinho's departure does not mean that he was purged, it's just that Real Madrid's invitation looks more attractive than staying at Inter Milan.

And as the saying goes, it is easy to conquer the country and difficult to defend the country.

Mourinho must know that it is the most suitable choice for him to leave at the peak of the Triple Crown. If he continues to lead the team, it will be difficult to surpass himself.

After Mourinho left, Inter Milan invited Benitez.

Benitez is a manager with a high tactical level, but that's about it. He is a person with low emotional intelligence. He is not good at building a good relationship with the club management upwards, and he is not good at getting along with the players downwards.

When such a coach comes to Inter Milan, a team that has just won the Triple Crown, one can imagine what his relationship with the players will be like. Coupled with the fact that Mourinho has left too deep a mark on his players, Benitez will always be used by the players to compare with Mourinho. , at least in terms of personality charm, Mourinho completely exploded Benitez.

A group of players who have no desire to win, but only know how to maintain their status within the team, plus a head coach with low emotional intelligence, and an indecisive club chairman.

What kind of combat effectiveness this team can have after the Triple Crown, I really don't need to think about it.

Based on this analysis, Zhou Yi felt that the defending champion team was not as strong as everyone imagined.

Especially after he had a real fight with the defending champion.

Everyone was just intimidated by the title of Defending Champion.

After Zhou Yi's remarks were reported by the media, it caused quite a bit of controversy.

Some people naturally felt that Zhou Yi was inflated and underestimated the enemy, and that he would definitely repeat the mistakes made by Inter Milan in the last match.

Some people think that Zhou Yi may be playing a psychological war. He can use such loopholes to anger Inter Milan and make them lose their minds and calmness.

Of course, some people think that what Zhou Yi said is right, but the proportion of these people is not much.

Inter Milan is the defending champion. Even though they were just tied by Dortmund, the level of these players is still there.

Generally, the general public will think that Inter Milan is still very strong.

This kind of view is still very marketable, and Zhou Yi's words seem a bit non-mainstream in the face of this mainstream view.

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Hey, Zhou Yi, you are publicly provoking! In the group, Sun Pan was stirring up trouble, Old Guo, I'm not one to provoke trouble, but I can't bear it if this matter changes!

Guo Nu made a face covering face first, and then said: Leading by four goals, and one more person can be brought back by him, what can't bear it...

Yang Muge: ...

He Ying: ...

Sun Pan: ...

Zhou Yi made a smiling face with his eyes bent and pursed his lips in a mean smile. People who watched him really wanted to hit him...

** taught us that all imperialism is a 'paper tiger'! So Inter Milan is also a 'paper tiger'! he added at the end.

In front of the arrogant Zhou Yi, Guo Nu could only keep silent. He was scared of being beaten in the last game...Of course, he can comfort himself by saying that he is saving character for Inter Milan.

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