Champion’s Heart

When the game restarted, Dortmund took advantage of the momentum they had just scored to launch a fierce attack on Real Madrid's goal. They hoped to score another goal in a short period of time while Real Madrid had just conceded a goal. Although it is good to get a draw in the away game, if they can win, how many people will refuse such a better result?

But Real Madrid is not a vegetarian.

Facing Dortmund's offense, they did not struggle with Dortmund in the midfield, but recovered their own half.

A defensive counterattack started!

Zhou Yi quickly saw Real Madrid's plan, but at this time the morale of the whole team was high, and he alone could not calm the whole team down.

And he himself wanted to take a gamble, betting that he could take advantage of the situation and score a goal first, so that Dortmund would be safer. Even if they were equalized or even defeated by Real Madrid in the end, Dortmund, with two away goals in hand, would have more confidence after returning to their home court.

But unfortunately, three minutes of indiscriminate bombardment did not allow Dortmund to score. Instead, when this fierce offensive was about to end, Real Madrid used a classic quick counterattack to score a goal!

Di Maria!!! The Spanish commentator was very excited, and there were huge cheers in the stands at the Bernabeu.

Three minutes after conceding the goal, Real Madrid took the lead again! A classic quick counterattack, the whole process was smooth and smooth, it was really pleasing to watch!

Marcel Leif and He Ping were not so excited. When they saw the ball lost, they both let out a long sigh.

When Dortmund besieged Real Madrid's goal, they obviously forgot that Real Madrid is very good at defensive counterattacks...

Next, Dortmund should quickly shrink its defense. 1:2 is not the end of the world. This score should be completely acceptable for Dortmund. Keep this score until the end of the game, and Dortmund, who returns home, still has a high chance of advancing. Semifinals! He Ping has already begun to think about Dortmund's next round.

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Dortmund did recycle their defense after the restart.

But how could Real Madrid let them go so easily?

Zhou Yi's goal seemed to anger the giants.

They scored twice from Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo in the 67th and 79th minutes.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Dortmund 4:1 at their home court.

This score almost made the next round of the quarter-finals lose suspense.

So at the end of the game, He Ping didn't know how to comfort the Chinese fans who stayed up all night waiting.

After a while, when the close-up shot of the TV broadcast was on Zhou Yi, he said: ...Zhou Yi has done everything he can. He scored an away goal for Dortmund. If Dortmund If there is still a glimmer of hope to advance to the semi-finals, then this glimmer of hope is brought by Zhou Yi... But unfortunately, football is a team sport, and not one person can win all if he is good. From the overall strength, the Royal Madrid is indeed better than Dortmund, there is no doubt about it...

Zhou Yi in the close-up is stopped by a Real Madrid player.

It was Ozil who stopped him.

They have played against each other in the Bundesliga.

It's a pity to lose, Zhou Yi. Ozil said to Zhou Yi, holding his jersey in his hand. Actually, you did very well.

Thank you, Mesut. Zhou Yi also took off his jersey and exchanged jerseys with Ozil.

After taking Zhou Yi's jersey, Ozil said: I know I'm a bit nosy when I say this, but Zhou Yi, your performance in Dortmund has been perfect. If you want to achieve greater achievements, you should jump out. Dortmund, go to those real giants... Of course, Real Madrid, don’t come. What will I do if you come?”

Zhou Yi was amused by Ozil. He smiled and said: Thank you for your kindness, Mesut. But I don't want to leave Dortmund yet.

Why? You know that Dortmund team, let me put it bluntly, they are a team that lacks ambition. For economic reasons, they always have to rely on selling off core players to balance the financial budget. This is why this team The reason why the team is always suppressed by Bayern Munich domestically... Perhaps because they have played against each other in the Bundesliga, Ozil is willing to say so much to Zhou Yi.

But this season, we are the one beating Bayern Munich, Mesut. Zhou Yi said.

Ozil was speechless.

I still want to thank you, Mesut. Not everyone treats others so sincerely. Thank you for your advice, but I really don't consider leaving now because I haven't won the championship in Dortmund yet. After that, Zhou Yi put on Ozil's Real Madrid No. 23 jersey, said goodbye to Ozil, and turned to leave.

Ozil looked at Zhou Yi's back wearing his own jersey from behind. For a moment, he felt like Zhou Yi was really a Real Madrid player. Because Zhou Yi’s jersey in Dortmund is also No. 23...

Khedira came up and asked, What did you say to him?

I asked him not to stay in Dortmund.

Do you want to find yourself a competitor?

So I told him never to come to Real Madrid.

Then did he agree?

He said he is not considering leaving Dortmund now because he hasn't won a title with Dortmund yet.

It's too rigid... Khedira frowned. You and I didn't win any championships with our original teams. When the opportunity comes, why should we miss it for this reason?

If nothing else happens, Dortmund will win the league title this season, Sami.

That's right. Then... there will be great things to see in the transfer market! Khedira smiled.

With Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in the Champions League this season, he will definitely have no shortage of suitors.

When the time comes when those wealthy clubs wave their checkbooks and launch a gold-dollar offensive against Dortmund, can Zhouyi and Dortmund still be able to resist?

But I don't want him to go to Barcelona, ​​although his style of play is quite suitable for Barcelona. Ozil said.

I don't want him to go either. On this issue, Khedira and Ozil agree.

Barcelona is already difficult enough to deal with now. They only defeated Real Madrid 5-0 at home in the first half of the season. If Zhou Yi is added to the mix, will other competitors survive?

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Zhou Yi, who was wearing the No. 23 jersey of Real Madrid, was stopped by reporters in the mixed zone.

Is Dortmund's failure in this game related to your previous injury? some Chinese reporters asked.

No, it doesn't have anything to do with it. Zhou Yi shook his head.

But the time between your injury and your recovery is too short. It will definitely have some impact on your performance, right?

It doesn't have any impact. Zhou Yi continued to shake his head.

This... Seeing that Zhou Yi was so sure, everyone didn't know what to say.

Our loss to Real Madrid has nothing to do with my previous injury. There is only one reason, and that is that we are not strong enough. Zhou Yi said.

After saying that, he turned and left the mixed area.

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The 1:4 defeat made the Dortmund players feel depressed and frustrated. On the way back to Dortmund, everyone was silent.

Zhou Yi was also sleeping on the plane wearing an eye mask and did not speak.

But unlike his frustrated teammates, he was looking for ways to win in the virtual space.

With a score of 1:4, Dortmund can eliminate their opponents on away goals as long as they can win 3:0 after returning to home.

Zhou Yi did not think this was impossible.

I think back then, when Deportivo faced the powerful defending champion AC Milan, they lost 1:4 in the away game in the first round. At that time, everyone thought that AC Milan was 100% qualified.

But who would have thought that in the second round, Deportivo really beat AC Milan 3:0 at home!

They accomplished incredible miracles.

Zhou Yi feels that Deportivo can do it, and Dortmund can do it too.

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On this night, the two teams in the Ruhr area experienced both ice and fire. Dortmund lost to Real Madrid 1:4 on the road, while Schalke 04 finally defeated Inter Milan 5:2 after falling behind twice.

This game also basically announced the elimination of the defending champion.

Even if Inter Milan defeats Schalke 04 3:0 away from home in the second round and equalizes the total score, they will still be eliminated with fewer away goals.

When he returned to Dortmund, Klopp faced reporters and denied that he was about to give up the Champions League: We will fight until the last minute.

Therefore, he rotated in the away game against Hamburg and put more energy into the Champions League. He planned to have a showdown with Real Madrid at home.

As a result, Dortmund tied with Hamburg 1:1 on the road, while Leverkusen defeated St. Pauli 2:1 at home. The gap between the first and second leagues changed from five points to three points. One game away.

Dortmund didn't care much about the draw in this game. At this time, their minds were full of thoughts of counterattacking Real Madrid at home. They only had the Champions League games in their eyes.

Dortmund, whose last fight was against the odds, welcomed Real Madrid at home.

Before the game, the German media exaggerated Real Madrid's performance against the German team in the away game. The implication was that Dortmund seemed to have a high chance of winning at home.

After the game started, Dortmund also attacked desperately, hoping to score as early as possible.

Facing the aggressive Dortmund, Mourinho asked his team to play a defensive counterattack. This is the tactic Real Madrid is best at.

Although Dortmund scored a goal assisted by Zhou Yi in the 38th minute, giving Dortmund fans hope.

But at the end of the first half, Real Madrid used a counterattack to equalize the score. This ball almost knocked Dortmund into the abyss. Not only did it negate Dortmund's original away goal advantage, it also brought the score gap between the two sides back to three goals.

With forty-five minutes left in the game, it became very difficult for Dortmund to score three goals in a row.

You must know that their opponent is Mourinho's Real Madrid. This coach is the best at putting a bus in front of his goal...

Sure enough, after the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half, Real Madrid shrank its defense and set up a bus in front of the goal. Dortmund's indiscriminate bombardment was unable to break through Real Madrid's bus formation.

Finally, when the referee blew the full-time whistle, Dortmund was eliminated by Real Madrid with a total score of 2:5, ending their first trip to the Champions League after seven years.

Zhou Yi was replaced in the 86th minute of the game. At that time, there was not much game time left, and there were still three goals left. Klopp believed that Dortmund could not reverse the situation, and it was meaningless to keep Zhou Yi on the court. He might as well consider the league - be realistic at this time, in With elimination from the Champions League a foregone conclusion, the league championship must of course be held on to...

So he replaced Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi was replaced, which also meant that Dortmund had given up the game.

I have to say goodbye to Zhou Yi. He Ping said when Zhou Yi was replaced. He is responsible for commentating on the Champions League and La Liga. He has no chance to comment on Zhouyi's games this season, so he said this. But it won't be long before we meet again in the Champions League next season!

After Zhou Yi came off the field, he raised his hand to applaud the Dortmund fans in the stands.

The Dortmund fans also stood up from their respective positions, bid farewell to Zhou Yi with applause, and thanked Zhou Yi for everything he had given to the team. Although it is sad to be eliminated, if it were not for Zhou Yi, Dortmund might not even have a chance to be eliminated...

As he was substituted, Zhou Yi's results in his first career Champions League trip were fixed at two goals and six assists. It was a very amazing and successful debut.

Just like that, Dortmund's Champions League journey is over this season, and now they can be free to concentrate on dealing with opponents in the domestic league.

This is definitely not good news for Leverkusen...