Champion’s Heart

Not winning Barcelona at home made Dortmund's players feel a little depressed.

After all, they had been training secretly for nearly half a month.

But in fact, if you calm down and think about it, it would be too childish to be able to defeat Barcelona with half a month of secret training.

Even Klopp is aware of this problem. The powerful Barcelona cannot be defeated so easily.

So can we give up on the Champions League this season?

Of course not.

Klopp told the team on the first day they resumed training that in the next six days, the team will train for only one purpose, and that is the game against Barcelona in the middle of next week.

As for the inclusion of a home game between Dortmund and Stuttgart...it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter if we lose this game.

Klopp has no intention of giving up competing with Barcelona, ​​and neither does Zhou Yi.

After expressing this view online and in interviews with reporters, he devoted all his energy to training.

He trained with the team during the day and in the virtual space while sleeping at night. For this reason, he did not choose to play against Stuttgart in the virtual space. He gave up all the games in those days and changed them to training. He was in the black room The continuous training seems to make passing and catching the body's instinct.

Dortmund really didn't pay much attention to the game against Stuttgart at the weekend, because many main players, including Zhou Yi, did not start. And even if the Dortmund players played, their minds were not on this game, their hearts flew to Barcelona...

In the end, the absent-minded Dortmund tied with Stuttgart 2:2 at home.

It was just good luck that we didn't lose, if it hadn't been for the fact that the goal post of the West**** Stadium missed Gentner's shot at the last moment...

In the eyes of the outside world, after Dortmund drew with Barcelona at home, it was immediately tied with Stuttgart at home. This fully shows that the game against Barcelona has affected the league. The players were absent-minded on the court, in a sluggish state, and in bad shape. Same as sleepwalking.

Although it can be seen from Klopp's formation before the game, this is the result of Klopp's voluntary giving up. But many people think Klopp's giving up is meaningless.

Dortmund cannot reverse Barcelona away from home.

Instead of trying your best in the Champions League, it is better to play well in the league honestly...

After twenty-eight rounds of the league, Dortmund's lead in points has changed from a maximum of ten points to seven points. There are still six rounds of the league. For Bayern Munich, anything is possible.

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The fact that he almost lost to Stuttgart in the league did not affect Zhou Yi. He was also very happy that the game with Stuttgart was finally over. Now he can choose Barcelona as his opponent in the virtual space.

So he adjusted his training and game plan in the virtual space. He appropriately reduced the training time and increased the number of games.

If he could only play one game a day in the virtual space, he wished he could spend all his time playing against Barcelona.

Because he wants to know more about this team and understand it from all aspects. Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Know yourself and your enemy and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

To beat Barcelona, ​​you have to know Barcelona well enough to know what their weaknesses are and exploit them…

He's going to understand it as if he's been playing on this team for ten years.

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That day finally came. Dortmund ended their local training and rushed to Barcelona by plane to challenge this incredibly powerful Cosmic Team.

When they arrived at Barcelona's airport, many reporters rushed to interview them.

In an interview, Klopp said we are ready. This statement was ridiculed by the local Catalan anchor on the evening news, indicating that he was prepared to lose.

In an interview, Zhou Yi also refuted everyone's idea that they were eliminated: I have never seen a 0:0 first round situation that would be considered early elimination. A two-leg home and away game. Aren’t we just preparing for something to happen in the second round?”

But this is Barcelona's home court after all. It is really difficult for Dortmund to defeat Barcelona here. A reporter asked. You know, Barcelona hasn't lost at home this season!

This reporter is right. Barcelona has indeed not lost at home in La Liga this season. As of the current 31st round of the league, Barcelona has played 16 home games, with 15 wins and one draw. The home winning rate is 93.8%. It has scored 64 goals at home and only conceded nine goals. , this huge home field advantage is self-evident.

In the Champions League, Barcelona has also won three and drawn one of its four home games this season, remaining unbeaten. In these four games, they scored 15 goals and only conceded three goals, which is also a huge advantage.

No matter from any aspect, it is impossible for Barcelona to lose to Dortmund at home. They have absolute confidence on their own territory.

Zhou Yi nodded: Of course, it is not easy to beat Barcelona at home. But please note that this is a two-legged game, home and away.

He repeated this sentence again, but the reporters were confused.

Yes, the knockout rounds of the Champions League are two-legged matches at home and away. Is there any problem with this?

Is this why you were able to reverse Barcelona in the away game?

Zhou Yi didn't explain much, and finally said: If you understand, you will understand.

The subtext is naturally If you don't understand, you don't understand.

The reporters really didn’t expect to have to play guessing games during an interview. They were so tired...

In this regard, the local media in Catalonia commented that Zhou Yi's confidence is a bit inexplicable. Maybe he himself doesn't know what he is talking about, so he always avoids talking about it when our reporters ask him repeatedly. This is understandable, because he doesn’t know how to explain it at all...

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Before the game started, the Camp Nou stadium was already packed, but the atmosphere in the stadium was not too enthusiastic. Everyone felt that there was no suspense for Barcelona to eliminate Dortmund at home. Therefore, the atmosphere in the stadium was far less enthusiastic than when Barcelona played Inter Milan at home.

The situation was very critical for Barcelona at the time.

Because Barcelona lost to Inter Milan 1:3 in the first round away from home. At the time, everyone thought Barcelona was being pushed to the brink. The local media in Barcelona called on Barcelona fans to unite, go to the stadium to watch the game, cheer for the team, and put pressure on their opponent Inter Milan.

So before the second round of the game, not only was the Nou Camp full, the fans also spelled out huge Barcelona team emblems and slogans, creating an atmosphere at the Devil's home court.

But unfortunately, not long after the game started, because Butzquez plotted against Motta to be dismissed, the game went in a completely different direction...

Facing Inter Milan, which was busy throughout the game, Barcelona didn't score a goal until the last moment, but they were still eliminated with a total score of 2:3.

In fact, this is just like what is sung in the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. If it is not at a critical moment of life and death, Barcelona's home court will not be able to give the visiting team the courtesy of being faced with a powerful enemy.

In the locker room, Zhou Yi was explaining to his players why he said what he said in the interview.

It's certainly difficult to beat Barcelona away from home. No team has done it this season. I wouldn't say we are the first to do it. But this is a two-legged game at home and away, so there are away games. Is the ball right? We don't need to beat Barcelona on the road, we just need to draw them on the road! 1:1 is enough for us to let them go home! Zhou Yi spread his hands and said. It's not impossible to draw them, right? After all, two teams have done it before us.

Zhou Yi raised two fingers, In the league it's Sevilla, in the Champions League it's AC Milan. Speaking of AC Milan, we eliminated them in the quarter-finals, so we are better than them. Right? Since AC Milan can draw with Barcelona away from home, why can't we, who are stronger than them, not be able to do it?

When Zhou Yi said this, many teammates showed thoughtful expressions.

Klopp, who saw this scene from the side, couldn't help but laugh. Although Zhou Yi was just twenty years old, for some reason, when Klopp saw his back saying this in the locker room, he couldn't help but think If Zhou Yi retires, he can become a coach. He doesn't speak very loudly, and he doesn't use a lot of beautiful and inflammatory language, but for some reason, when words come out of his mouth, people can't help but believe that what he says makes sense.

Just like what I said just now.

In fact, after careful analysis, what Zhou Yi said is wrong - first of all, if others can do it, it does not mean that Dortmund can also do it. Secondly, football is not a simple equation. Just because AC Milan tied with Barcelona does not mean that AC Milan is the same as Barcelona. Nor does it mean that Dortmund is stronger than AC Milan just because Dortmund defeated AC Milan. Just because AC Milan tied with Barcelona does not mean that Dortmund can also draw with Barcelona.

Drawing an equal sign on this kind of thing is actually very amateurish and childish.

But when the words came out of Zhou Yi's mouth, no one would immediately question whether he was wrong. Instead, they would fall into thinking and feel that it was what Zhou Yi said.

This kid is born with a magical power that confuses people. Fortunately, he chose football instead of politics...

Although he knows that Zhou Yi is talking nonsense and making strong arguments, Klopp still has to support Zhou Yi at this time, because he also needs the team to have this consensus-at Barcelona's home court, we can do anything.

So he clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention to himself, then raised his voice and said impassionedly: Zhou Yi is right! Since AC Milan can draw with Barcelona in the away game, why can't we who eliminated them ?!” (To be continued.)