Champion’s Heart

After the match against Dusseldorf, the Dortmund team rushed back to their base camp overnight. Fortunately, Dusseldorf is not too far away from Dortmund.

After returning to Dortmund, Klopp announced that the team was disbanded. These players who participated in the game against Dusseldorf will not train tomorrow morning. They can sleep in at home, take a rest, and then come to the team to train in the afternoon. .

On Monday, the entire team will fly to Madrid to prepare for the second leg of the semi-finals.

Some people think that the game is just a formality, but I'm afraid it's not as simple as everyone thinks...

Before the game, the media in Madrid had already started a general mobilization. For two consecutive days, they called on the fans to support Real Madrid on the propaganda front. The words they said were quite shocking.

...Real Madrid has reached its most critical moment, it's time to show our love for the team!

Let us unite, put aside all prejudices, and fight for the team until the last moment at the Bernabeu!

The team needs us! Any wavering and retreat at this time is the same as surrendering and defecting!

Go to the Bernabeu! Turn it into hell!! Use our passion to melt the stubborn rocks and turn them into rolling lava!

This is the final! This is the final! We have to treat this game like a final. The players must give their best on the court. Likewise, we fans should no longer act like gentlemen in the stands!

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Some media also cited various successful reversal cases in history to cheer up Real Madrid fans and the team.

The most mentioned thing is naturally the miracle of Deportivo La Coruna.

In the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2004, Deportivo challenged AC Milan away from home in the first round and lost 1:4. At that time, everyone thought that Deportivo had been eliminated, and the second round was nothing. suspense.

As a result, Deportivo La Coruna, who responded to its home court, defeated AC Milan, who was sleepwalking, with a 4:0 score and a total score of 5:4.

Some media even specifically found Deportivo Uruguayan forward Pandiani, who performed well in that game, and asked him to provide advice for Real Madrid's reversal.

Pandiani says if Real Madrid wants to reverse Dortmund at home,

Then the first thing they need to do is to beat Dortmund before they have a stable foothold, and try to score as soon as possible at the beginning of the game. As long as there is a goal, the rest of the game will be much easier to play. There will be some subtle changes in the mentality of the players on both sides, and these changes will have a direct impact on the game.

In addition, the referee of this game also attracted much attention.

The Madrid media naturally hopes to have a referee who is beneficial to Real Madrid to officiate this game. This is not to say that this referee will really be biased towards Real Madrid, but from the historical data of his officiating of Real Madrid games. Come up with some probabilities.

According to content announced by UEFA, the chief referee of this game will be England's golden whistler Howard Webber.

This selection gives Real Madrid fans and media mixed feelings.

First of all, as a referee who has officiated the Champions League finals and World Cup finals, Weber is of course of a very high level, but sometimes he makes some inexplicable mistakes.

For example, when he officiated the 2010 World Cup final, there was an obviously controversial penalty during the game - the Dutch national team's midfielder De Jong kicked Spanish midfielder Xavi Aaron. It was a very bad foul on So's chest, but Webber only gave De Jong a yellow card and kept him on the court. After the game, Weber himself admitted that he should have sent off De Jong with a red card. Fortunately, Spain finally won the World Cup. If Spain lost the game, this controversial penalty would have to be discussed after the game.

The Madrid media made a statistics on the games between Weber and Real Madrid. Before this game, he had officiated Real Madrid games three times. Real Madrid's results were one win, one draw and one loss, which was a very average result. Two of these games were against German teams.

Weber's first game as a referee for Real Madrid was the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2007-2008 season. Real Madrid defeated Werder Bremen 2:1 at home.

Another game related to the German team was last season's Champions League semi-finals, where Real Madrid lost 1:2 away to Bayern Munich.

If we insist on analysis, it can be said that in the games between Real Madrid and the German team that Weber enforced, Real Madrid will win as long as it is a home game against the German team.

But in fact, this kind of analysis is meaningless because the data is too small and unconvincing.

And in Real Madrid's away game against Bayern Munich last season, Weber also had a controversial penalty - when Ribery opened the scoring for Bayern Munich, Gustavo affected Casillas in an offside position, but Weber But he insisted that the penalty goal was valid.

Looking at it this way, Weber's officiating of this game may not be good news for Real Madrid.

But the media still have to find something beneficial to Real Madrid to encourage the team and fans.

When it comes to Real Madrid, look for it from people related to Real Madrid.

The media really found out. The media found that for Real Madrid's current coach Mourinho, Weber should be an old acquaintance. When Mourinho was coaching Chelsea, he had frequent dealings with Webber. When Inter Milan faced Bayern Munich in the 2010 Champions League final, it was Howard Webb who was the referee. In that game, Mourinho's team defeated Bayern Munich 2:0. The Portuguese coach won the second Champions League of his personal coaching career. champion.

In this sense, Webber seems to be Mourinho's lucky star.

And there is another thing that can prove that the two people seem to have a good relationship - it was the 1:2 loss to Bayern Munich last season. Although Weber made a controversial penalty during the game, Mourinho said after the game Choosing to defend the British referee: The ball was obviously offside, but it is normal for referees to make such mistakes. I will not criticize anyone.

This is very rare for Mourinho, who has always had a harsh attitude towards referees.

So if Webber has a really good personal relationship with Mourinho, then maybe he will, consciously or unconsciously, lean a little towards Real Madrid in the game? If this is the case, it would be a major positive for Real Madrid.

In addition, the Madrid media also discovered that Weber is actually a lucky star for the Spaniard. The World Cup final in South Africa was the first time in Spain's history that it won the World Cup. The referee of that game was Webber.

Of course, not everyone thinks that Weber's officiating of Real Madrid games is a good thing for Real Madrid.

First of all, he often makes some inexplicable mistakes and makes some controversial penalties in the game. Real Madrid was cheated by Webber last season. No one can guarantee that everything will go smoothly this time.

In addition, everyone knows that Webb is a supporter of Manchester United. When Mourinho was coaching Chelsea, his main opponent was Manchester United. At the same time, in the quarter-finals of this season, Real Madrid had just eliminated Manchester United...

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On April 29, the entire Dortmund team arrived in Madrid by plane.

At the airport, the team members had to face numerous reporters and their questions.

Some people chose to remain silent, while others chose to be perfunctory, but Zhou Yi stopped and took the initiative to cooperate.

So reporters quickly surrounded him and separated him from other teammates.

Everyone asked Zhou Yi the questions they had prepared.

Facing the swarming reporters and their questions, Zhou Yi remained calm and replied with a smile: How do you feel about Madrid? To be honest, I don't even want to come. We have been here too many times this season. Yes, ha!

When he said this, the reporters also laughed.

This is indeed the case. Dortmund and Real Madrid were assigned to the same group in the group stage, so the team visited Madrid once in the group stage. Then in the quarter-finals, Dortmund and Atletico Madrid met, another Madrid team. So do it again. Now in the semi-finals, they meet Real Madrid again. In this way, they have come to Madrid three times in one season...

So, what do you think of the next game? There are voices from the outside saying that this game is just a formality for Dortmund...

Zhou Yi interrupted the other party and shook his head: No, no, no. How could it be a formality? It is not difficult for Real Madrid to score three goals in a game. If we think this game is just a formality, If so, I’m afraid we’ll be out of the Champions League in the end.”

A Chinese reporter asked: Some media in Madrid used the match between Deportivo La Coruna and AC Milan as an example, thinking that Real Madrid still has the possibility of a comeback...

Of course, even if the probability is 0.0%, it is still possible. So we will not take it lightly. We are not AC Milan... In addition, I think the media is too unfriendly to AC Milan. When it comes to reversal miracles, AC Milan is used as an example, such as the miracle in Istanbul, the miracle in Deportivo... Really, I, a non-AC Milan fan, can't stand it anymore! Zhou Yi joked.

Marca calls on Real Madrid fans to turn the Bernabeu into hell...

Wouldn't that be nice? We spend half the season playing in hell at home, so it's a very familiar feeling. If the Bernabeu turns into hell, I think that will help. Our performance.”

On the one hand, he said that he would not underestimate the enemy, and on the other hand, Zhou Yi showed great confidence.

Although Zhou Yi didn't participate much in pre-match verbal sparring, every time he participated, he took advantage of the other party in an understatement. This is also his ability.

A reporter once lamented that if Zhou Yi was keen on talking, few people in the football world could do what he did... Everyone saw this during the Olympics last year.

But it is a pity that Zhou Yi, with his big killer mouth, does not open fire easily, otherwise the media practitioners would be like celebrating the New Year every day... (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian.com (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )