Champion’s Heart

On August 19, 2012, the new season of La Liga kicked off. This season's La Liga started earlier than in previous years.

The opening game was Celta Vigo against Malaga. In the end, Malaga defeated Celta Vigo 1:0 away from home.

After He Ying stayed in the Barcelona first team, the Chinese media and fans began to look forward to the Chinese Derby in La Liga. The Bundesliga already had a Chinese Derby, and now it is La Liga's turn.

However, they have to wait until the early morning of December 17th, Beijing time, in the sixteenth round of the league, when Barcelona plays Atletico Madrid at home. At that time, it will be the Chinese Derby.

In the first round of the league, at 3 a.m. on August 20th, Beijing time, Barcelona faced Real Sociedad at home. Then at 5 o'clock in the morning, Atletico Madrid challenged Levante away.

Sun Pan has been confirmed to be unable to participate in this game due to injury. According to the Atletico Madrid team doctor, Sun Pan may not return until mid-September.

So what everyone is looking forward to most during this period is He Ying.

But to the disappointment of Chinese fans and reporters, He Ying was not selected for Barcelona's squad in the first round of the league. In other words, let alone starting, he could not even come on as a substitute.

After Barcelona announced the roster, He Ying was interviewed by a Chinese reporter and said that he was absent from the team's pre-season training, so it would be difficult to enter the roster in the first game. However, he has not been hit by this. He will continue to work hard, impress the head coach with his performance, and strive to enter the big list as soon as possible.

This game has nothing to do with most fans in China. Except for Barcelona fans who will stay in front of the TV at three o'clock in the morning, everyone else has gone to sleep.

In the end, the powerful Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 5:1 at home. Messi scored twice, Pedro had a goal and an assist, starting player Tello had two assists, and Villa, who came on as a substitute, had a goal. ball. He Ying's competitors on the front line performed very well.

Next, Atletico Madrid, without Sun Pan, was tied 1:1 by Levante in the away game.

******** Players have all missed their respective games, but the reasons for their absence are different, so their futures are slightly different.

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La Liga has started, but the Bundesliga has not started yet.

When Zhou Yi just finished the Olympics and returned to the club,

Dortmund and Bayern Munich played in the German Super Cup.

Bayern Munich, which changed its head coach this season, defeated Dortmund, which lacked core Zhou Yi, 2:1 in the Super Cup. Guardiola won his first championship trophy in Germany.

Defeating Dortmund and winning the championship, Guardiola's Bayern Munich got off to a very good start. The football he showed also excited many Bayern Munich fans and the media. They are all sure this time. After Dortmund monopolized the Bundesliga championship for two seasons, Bayern Munich finally woke up from sleep. Once this giant wakes up, he will definitely pose a huge threat to Dortmund and even directly knock Dortmund away. Knocked off the league throne!

For a time, the media was full of optimism about Guardiola's Bayern Munich. Everyone hoped that Guardiola could transfer his successful system in Barcelona to Bayern Munich and build Bayern Munich into a team like Barcelona. Team Space.

It seems that the era of Dortmund is about to turn over.

The situation on Dortmund's side is indeed not very good. Shinji Kagawa is gone, core Zhou Yi has barely caught up with the team's pre-season training, and Dortmund has not made any exciting introductions in the transfer market. A total of four people were introduced. Only one, Royce, was finalized at the beginning of the year. The remaining three were 19-year-old attacking midfielder Bitten Conte who transferred from Cottbus for a transfer fee of 270. million euros. Kirich was introduced from Kaiserslautern for 350,000 euros, and forward Schieber was introduced from Stuttgart for 5.5 million euros.

This transfer news is really different from Bayern Munich's.

This summer, Bayern Munich spent more than 61 million euros in the transfer market to introduce eight players. The transfer fee for Javier Martinez alone is equivalent to Dortmund's entire transfer expenses this summer...

After winning the league title for two consecutive seasons, Dortmund's championship cycle seems to be coming to an end. The departure of Shinji Kagawa is a sign.

After all, it is already remarkable to be able to win the Bundesliga championship for two consecutive seasons. There are only a handful of teams in history that have won three consecutive championships - only two teams have done it, one is Bayern Munich, and the other It was Monchengladbach from 1975 to 1977. Monchengladbach only won this one, but Bayern Munich won three consecutive championships three times, namely 1972-1974, 1985-1987, and 1999-2001, an unprecedented hat trick of three consecutive championships.

Therefore, whether looking at the current situation or history, it is almost impossible for Dortmund to win three consecutive league championships.

After the Super Cup, the Munich Daily News believed that if Klopp is smart, he should put all his bets on the Champions League in the new season. If he can achieve a historic breakthrough in the Champions League, then for Dortmund and him That being said, this is still a successful season.

But it is impossible to hope that good results can be obtained by fighting on both fronts.

...The Chinese are celebrating their first Olympic men's football gold medal in history, and Zhou Yi has become a hero of their country by leading the weak Chinese team to the gold medal. But I think while Zhou Yi is enjoying this cheer , perhaps he will not realize that his performance in the national team will cause his club to struggle... The impact of missing the entire pre-season training, anyone who knows football knows... It can be said that Zhou Yi's Olympic medal Gold medal, the price may very well be Dortmund falling into the abyss!

Finally, the reporter from the München Zeitung said confidently and conclusively.

In this regard, Zhou Yi said in an interview with local media in China and Dortmund: ...After we won the first league championship, they said that we would encounter a rookie wall, so it would be impossible to successfully defend the title. As a result, we successfully defended the title. , now they have found a new reason. To be honest, I admire them very much, I have nothing to say, because they have a talent bonus in terms of being tough-mouthed.

The media has always believed that because Zhou Yi missed Dortmund's pre-season training, he will definitely not be able to play in the first round of the league - he may have just rested by then, and football games cannot be played with physical strength. He and The team's coordination is still a problem. With Shinji Kagawa gone and Royce coming, Klopp will definitely have to make some adjustments to his tactics, but Zhou Yi is not here during this critical period of adjustment. For him and the team All are hidden dangers.

But four days before the first round of the league, Zhou Yi told reporters: My body has almost recovered, and I look forward to playing in the first round of the league against Werder Bremen.

His words surprised the reporters - how could he recover so quickly?

Even if it is a completely non-training vacation, it will take at least ten days. Zhou Yi came to the team to participate in training directly after playing in the Olympics. He has always been known for his poor physical fitness. How come he has almost recovered?

What surprised reporters even more was that Klopp also said in a subsequent interview: I am relatively optimistic about him (Zhou Yi) playing in the first round. Of course, it all depends on the decision of our team medical team. If they think it’s okay, then it’s okay, if they think it’s not okay, then both Zhou Yi and I have to wait patiently.”

The words of the two people aroused all kinds of imagination and speculation among reporters and fans.

After Zhou Yi left the suspense to others, he still trained step by step in Brakel. He had already conducted tactical training with the team, and no longer just conducted separate physical training.

It can be seen from this that what he said was not a pretense.

However, reporters and fans cannot see it because this part of the training is not open to the public...

If anyone wants to think that both Zhouyi and Dortmund are playing tricks, let them think so. (To be continued.)