Champion’s Heart

The defeat in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals allowed Dortmund to completely shift its focus to the second leg of the semi-finals. As for the weekend league, Klopp sent almost all reserve players.

So in the end, it was not surprising that the team drew 2:2 at home with Monchengladbach led by Royce. Now, including Dortmund players, fans, and media, everyone's minds are no longer in the league. They are already league champions anyway.

The next decisive battle with Chelsea is the most important.

Before the game, the Dortmund fan organization claimed that they would make the West**** Stadium into a terrifying hell home stadium.

During the game, they did exactly that. The South Stand was like a burning wall. Dortmund fans even made a giant TIFO to create a home momentum.

In the second round, both Hummels and Klopp returned from suspension, and the players tried their best.

But Chelsea were more tenacious than they thought. With a two-goal lead in hand, Chelsea played a defensive counterattack in the away game, and this is actually the style they are best at.

Facing Chelsea's shrinking defense, Dortmund bombarded their half. In the 40th minute, Zhou Yi shot a sudden long shot from outside the penalty area and blasted away Chelsea's goal.

When the goal was scored, there were huge cheers from the stands, but Zhou Yi did not celebrate the goal. Instead, he called Lewandowski at the front to pick up the football and kick off the ball quickly.

The goal was scored after forty minutes, it was already a bit late...

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. While Dortmund launched a desperate attack, their backyard was on fire.

Chelsea used a quick counterattack, and Torres went to the meeting alone. After getting rid of the attacking goalkeeper Weidenfeller on the line of the penalty area, he scored the football into the goal.

This ball brought silence to the West**** Stadium.

The gap in the total score has been stretched to two goals, and the key is that Chelsea has an away goal. Even if Dortmund defeats Chelsea 3:1 at their home court and draws the total score, they will still score. The away goals disadvantage eliminated them from the competition. So if they want to eliminate Chelsea and enter the final, they have to defeat Chelsea 4:1 at home, so that they can advance to the final with a total score advantage.

But after Chelsea scored,

There was only half an hour left for Dortmund. To score three more goals in thirty minutes while ensuring Chelsea doesn't score again... It's not impossible, but the chance is indeed very, very small.

The silence in the stands was also due to this reason.

Marcel Leif sighed and said: Although I don't want to admit it, Dortmund has almost been eliminated... Of course, it can still reach this point when the battalion is full of injuries. Dortmund's performance is already very good. . Last season, they returned to the Champions League after seven years and reached the quarter-finals. This season, they went one step further and reached the semi-finals. They have done well enough...

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After the game restarted, Dortmund's players did not give up and continued to look for scoring opportunities, hoping to complete this impossible task.

But as time goes by, this hope becomes increasingly slim.

After Chelsea scored, they set up a bus in front of their goal. Even if Zhou Yi and his teammates tried their best, it was difficult to find loopholes in Chelsea's defense.

In fact, Zhou Yi has experienced this in advance in the virtual game. With Chelsea focusing on defense, it is really difficult for Dortmund to score.

After all, this is a team led by Mourinho, and defense is in the blood and genes.

Facing Chelsea's iron wall, Dortmund didn't score another goal until the 88th minute.

Zhou Yi suddenly pulled to the wing to pass the ball. Chelsea's defense was slightly relaxed. His cross ball accurately found Lewandowski. Lewandowski, who was in front of the goal, pushed the ball into the goal. The goal guarded by He.

The total score was only one goal short, but there was not much time left for Dortmund.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Chelsea 2:1 at home, but was eliminated with a total score of 2:3.

They failed to reach the finals.

Dortmund's players were extremely frustrated after the game, with some crying on the spot.

Their momentum in the league and Champions League this season was originally excellent. In the end, they won the league four rounds ahead of schedule, but were eliminated from the Champions League.

After the game, Zhou Yi was interviewed by reporters in the mixed zone.

Regarding being eliminated, Zhou Yi gave his answer.

We are so unlucky... He shook his head, his voice was low and his mood was not high. Although this result may not be a surprise to him - because in virtual games, he has simulated many times, almost always Dortmund was eliminated, but when this moment comes in the real world, he will still have a huge feeling. sense of loss.

Then he didn't want to say more, said goodbye to the reporters, and walked to the locker room.

A Chinese reporter looked at his back as he walked towards the locker room with his head lowered, and suddenly wanted to comfort him, so he shouted to him loudly: Actually, you are already very good! You are improving every season!

Zhou Yi didn't even look back, he just waved his hand. He didn't know whether he was thanking the reporter for his comfort, or whether he felt that the comfort was useless... In short, he just walked back to the locker room.

A group of reporters were left lamenting this.

Last season, after being eliminated in the quarter-finals, reporters thought that Zhou Yi would find some objectively valid excuses to defend the team's failure, but Zhou Yi only said that they were eliminated because of their strength. Not strong enough.

Dortmund at that time was indeed not strong enough and was beaten by Real Madrid without any ability to fight back.

This season, facing Barcelona, ​​which is as powerful as Real Madrid, Dortmund eliminated their opponent, which should show that their strength has become stronger. But he was still eliminated.

Really bad luck.

If Hummels and Klopp hadn't been suspended, and if Sven Bender hadn't been injured, maybe Dortmund could have really made it to the final at the Allianz Arena.

Because on the other side, Bayern Munich has eliminated Real Madrid and reached the final. So some people think that if Dortmund can reach the final and face Bayern Munich, perhaps because of their psychological advantage, they can defeat Bayern Munich and win the championship.

But now, all this can only remain an imaginary possibility.

bad luck……

How did Zhou Yi feel in his heart when he said these words?

You can guess more or less by looking at his back, which is just waving his hands without stopping.

I feel bitter in my heart.

Zhou Yi also tried his best in this game, scoring a goal and assisting to help the team defeat Chelsea at home, but they lost so miserably in the first round that even he could not make a comeback.

Faced with such a defeat, no one would actually blame Zhou Yi. His performance was good enough... In fact, based on his performance in the Champions League in the past two seasons, it can be considered that Zhou Yi is not inferior to those in the Chinese team. The midfielder is the master of the field. Dortmund may still have many problems to solve and many shortcomings to make up for when they lose the ball, but Zhouyi is definitely not their problem or shortcoming.

After the game, various media commented on Dortmund being eliminated this time, and they all used the reason bad luck. It's just that different people have different interpretations of this bad luck. Some people think that the suspension and injuries of key players are a manifestation of bad luck, while others think that being drawn together with Barcelona in the draw is bad luck.

But no matter how you interpret it, it cannot change the reality that Dortmund has been eliminated.

The Dortmund media believes that the most important thing is no longer to analyze why Dortmund was eliminated, but to face the next game.

Although the league has been won in advance, Dortmund still has a German Cup final to play.

When the team retrained after the game, Klopp also mentioned this. It was regrettable to be eliminated from the Champions League, but the team did not need to care about this all the time. What is more important is the next game.

As long as Dortmund can defeat Bayern Munich in the German Cup final, they will become the double champion this season. In this case, this season will still be a great and brilliant season for Dortmund, and they will not be eliminated in the Champions League semi-finals. Eliminated and disgraced.

The next two league games are meaningless for Dortmund. Klopp considered that the physical fitness of the players has reached the limit during this period, but there will be a German Cup final next, so he let the main players who have worked hard for a season All players rested, giving the substitutes more playing time.

The substitute players did not reduce Dortmund's combat effectiveness. Although they were eliminated from the Champions League, Dortmund's dominance in the Bundesliga is still very strong. In the 33rd round of the league, Dortmund challenged Kaiserslautern away from home, and they were not the main players. Dortmund defeated Kaiserslautern 3:1 away from home.

Then in the 34th round of the league, which was the last round of the game, Klopp continued the starting lineup from the previous game. The only difference was the adjustment on the bench. More main players returned to the bench, such as Zhouyi.

This is obviously in preparation for the following German Cup final, leaving them on the bench is to replace them in the final stage of the game to get a feel for the game.

Zhou Yi was substituted with fifteen minutes left in the game, and then he assisted Lewandowski, who also came on as a substitute, in the last minute of the game, helping the team defeat Freiburg 4:0 at home. This season's league has come to a perfect end.

After this game, the Dortmund team entered into preparations for the German Cup final. They will face Bayern Munich at the Olympiastadion in Berlin a week later on May 13th.

As their opponent, Bayern Munich was a bit absent-minded.

Because Bayern Munich reached the Champions League final, which one is more important, the German Cup final or the Champions League final?

Needless to say?

Now everyone at Bayern Munich is thinking about defeating the not-so-strong Chelsea at their home court and winning the Champions League.

Is there anything more satisfying than winning the trophy at your home court? (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )