Champion’s Heart

Dortmund made history by reaching the Champions League final again after 16 years. This incident became the focus of discussion after the game.

In China, everyone is discussing this matter with great interest.

Of course, their focus is not that Dortmund has reached the Champions League final after 16 years, but that Chinese players have entered the Champions League final for the first time in history.

On Weibo, everyone is looking forward to Zhou Yi's performance in the Champions League final.

And, another goal worth looking forward to - will Zhou Yi become the first Chinese player in history to win the Champions League?

Before Zhou Yi, only Park Ji-sung had appeared in the Champions League finals in Asia. In the 2008-2009 Champions League finals, Park Ji-sung started the game. Not only did he become the first player in Asia to participate in the Champions League finals, he also became Asia's first player to participate in the Champions League finals. The first player to start in a Champions League final. In the UEFA Champions League final of the 2010-2011 season, Park Ji-sung started again.

But it is a pity that Park Ji-sung failed to win the Champions League in these two starts. Manchester United lost to the same opponent Barcelona.

However, Park Ji-sung became the first and only player in the history of Asian football to win the Champions League - in the UEFA Champions League final of the 2007-2008 season, in the heavy rain in Moscow, although he was not selected for the squad for the Champions League final, he still He won the Champions League medal with the team and also won the Champions League trophy.

For Chinese fans, their expectations for Zhou Yi are not just to start in the Champions League and repeat what Park Ji-sung has accomplished. They also hope that Zhou Yi can do what Park Ji-sung failed to do that year, which is to start in the Champions League final. , and helped the team win the Champions League.

Although Park Ji-sung won the Champions League that year, he did not play in the Champions League final the season he won the championship. Manchester United failed to win the Champions League final he played in.

So if you have to nitpick, Park Ji-sung's Champions League championship will feel like taking it lying down.

In terms of playing in the Champions League and winning the Champions League, Zhou Yi can no longer be the first person in Asia, but he can become the first in playing in the Champions League final and winning the championship.

Although the Champions League final will have to wait until the early morning of May 26th, Beijing time, which is still more than 20 days away, Chinese fans have begun to look forward impatiently, wishing that the Champions League final would be the next day.

But Zhou Yi was not looking forward to it. In an interview after the game, he said that the focus now is on the league.

It's still early in the Champions League final. What's more important in front of us is the competition for the league title. Now we are two points behind Bayern Munich, but there is still a chance for direct dialogue, so next we will consider the league...

In fact, on the plane flying back to Dortmund from Madrid, Klopp told his players to forget about the Champions League final and focus on the league.

Three days later, they will welcome Bayern Munich at home.

That was the final in the league.

Dortmund only had three days to prepare, and time was very tight.

The only consolation is that Bayern Munich have less time to prepare - they only have two days.

Bayern Munich will compete with Barcelona tonight for tickets to Wembley Stadium, the venue for the Champions League final. In fact, there is no suspense anymore. With the current state of the two teams, Bayern Munich's advancement to the final is basically no problem.

If Bayern Munich defeats Dortmund away from home in the league three days later, then Bayern Munich is likely to become the European Triple Crown this season.

That's a remarkable achievement.

Before this, no team in the entire German football world could create such an achievement.

Dortmund has no chance to stop Bayern Munich in the German Cup, but they still have hope to stop Bayern Munich in the Champions League final and league.

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On the evening of May 1st, Barcelona welcomed Bayern Munich at home.

This is Barcelona's last stand, but in the city-level competition, Barcelona did not show the fighting spirit that people expected to see. It was completely different from Real Madrid yesterday.

Of course, this is not something that is incomprehensible. After all, it is relatively easy for Real Madrid to come back. They only need to win 3:0 at home. This is not impossible for Real Madrid. But it is much more difficult for Barcelona to come back at home. The more realistic goal is for them to win 4-0 against Bayern Munich at their home court and then drag the game into overtime. But even such a realistic goal is very difficult.

Although there are many objectively unfavorable factors, people did not expect that Barcelona showed no fighting spirit at their home court. Before, everyone felt that even if Barcelona knew that there was no hope of promotion, they should use a victory at their home court to save face. , not to mention winning 4:0, winning like 1:0 or 2:1 is also possible.

Who would have thought that Barcelona lost 0:3 at their home court!

In the first half, the two teams were able to maintain a stalemate without conceding a goal, but in the second half, they completely collapsed.

At the beginning of the second half, Robben scored for Bayern Munich. Then, in the 72nd minute, Pique's own goal made Barcelona's situation worse. Four minutes later, Thomas Muller's goal completely declared the death of Barcelona.

In the end, the total score of the two rounds was 0:7, and Barcelona was eliminated. Although the result of being eliminated is not surprising, the total score is still very surprising - he conceded seven goals in two rounds, but failed to score a single goal, and was defeated by his opponent at his home court. Such a defeat is simply embarrassing. Called shame.

Bayern Munich started substitutions in the 67th minute of the game. After Muller scored the third goal, the last substitution was used. Obviously, although Bayern Munich is in Barcelona, ​​their hearts are drifting to Dortmund. Heynckes is already preparing for the Battle of Heavenly Kings with Dortmund two days later.

In the game against Barcelona, ​​they were thinking about another opponent. Bayern Munich's half-heartedness was the biggest humiliation to Barcelona.

At this time, people have to lament that Barcelona, ​​which has lost Guardiola, is no longer as brave as it once was, and that super invincible Cosmic Team is now back on earth.

Bayern Munich returned to Germany with the residual power of its 7-0 victory over Barcelona to face Dortmund, their life and death enemy in the next league.

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While the media in other countries are still discussing whether the Bundesliga duo will join forces in the Champions League final and turn the Champions League into the German Cup, which means that the Bundesliga has re-emerged, the German media is no longer discussing the Champions League, but the league.

Next, the most eye-catching game in the entire German football world is Bayern Munich's on-field challenge to Borussia Dortmund.

There are two reasons why this game attracts so much attention. On the one hand, it is related to the ownership of the league championship.

This season, both teams have performed very well, especially after the winter break. Neither Bayern Munich nor Dortmund have lost a game. The points difference is always two points, which is very tight. Such a situation is rare in Bundesliga history. It stands to reason that Bayern Munich's performance this season is already very good, but Dortmund's equal performance adds a lot to this competition.

Bayern Munich currently ranks first with 84 points, followed by Dortmund with 82 points.

Leverkusen, ranked third, has 56 points, which is completely different from Bayern Munich and Dortmund. This shows how strong Bayern Munich and Dortmund are now.

In the war between them, other teams can't get involved at all.

In the past leagues, even if there were two teams competing for the championship, other teams' games against them might still affect the final league classification, because they might lose to other teams. But this situation has never happened once this year. Whether it is Bayer Leverkusen or Schalke 04, whether it is a team that wants to compete for European qualifications or a relegation team, after they met Dortmund and Bayern Munich, , all lost without exception and were unable to stop the progress of the two teams.

The media ridiculed the huge advantages of Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga, saying that the two teams formed a Western Super League independent of La Liga. Now the same joke can also be used in the Bundesliga. In addition to the sixteen Bundesliga teams, there is also the German Super League composed of two teams.

In particular, both teams have reached the Champions League final. This is an achievement that neither of the Western Super League teams has achieved - Real Madrid and Barcelona have never met in the Champions League final.

Bayern Munich and Dortmund have taken the German Super League to the extreme.

The German Cup final and the Champions League final have not yet been played, and the final decisive battle in the league will come first.

But if it were just a strong dialogue and a competition for the league championship, then this game would not have received such grand attention.

Another important reason is the news that Gotze was poached by Bayern Munich before the Champions League semi-finals.

This news shocked the whole of Germany as soon as it came out, giving the two teams another grudge beyond the competitive level.

After the news came to light, Bayern Munich officially announced that they would submit an application to buy out Gotze to Dortmund after the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. So on the morning of April 25, after the first leg of the Champions League semifinals, Bayern Munich submitted an application to activate the buyout clause. At almost two o'clock in the afternoon, Dortmund, as a listed joint stock company, notified shareholders of Bayern Munich's application.

This basically means that Gotze's transfer to Bayern Munich is finalized and cannot be changed.

Unless Gotze refuses Bayern Munich's invitation.

But after the two clubs issued announcements, Gotze did not express his intention to stay in Dortmund. This made some Dortmund fans who still had illusions about Gotze very disappointed and angry.

Despite Gotze's outstanding performance on the court, it did not diminish the dissatisfaction of Dortmund fans towards him. Even his outstanding performance on the court made Dortmund fans even more angry, because it was in sharp contrast to the future - the main player of the team who performed so well will be a player of the archrival Bayern Munich from next season! I simply can’t imagine what it would be like for a player who has been training and playing in a Dortmund jersey since he was a child to put on a Bayern Munich jersey one day...

After returning from Real Madrid, many Dortmund fans went to the Dortmund airport to greet the players. Every player received applause and cheers, with the exception of Gotze. When he appeared, there were applause and cheers, but they were also mixed with clear and harsh boos.

Dortmund fans are angry with Gotze and also angry with Bayern Munich for poaching him.

Competitors vying for the championship, and enemies poaching the main force, these two emotions are mixed together, which is why this battle at Tianwang Mountain has attracted so much attention.

If Bayern Munich can not only steal Dortmund's main players in the transfer market, but also steal their league championship at Dortmund's home court, it will be a double blow to Dortmund, which can completely overwhelm Dortmund in the previous two seasons. All the anger that couldn't stand up was vented.

As for Dortmund, when it is a foregone conclusion that Gotze will be poached by Bayern Munich, they certainly hope to take away the championship from Bayern Munich as a means of revenge.

No one can afford to lose, and everyone wants to win.

But victory can only belong to one side, and someone is destined to be the loser after this game.

Which side will it be? (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. )