Champion’s Heart

No matter what, it is quite satisfying to win consecutive games and be at the top of the standings.

But Dortmund fans were not happy for long.

On Tuesday, the Dortmund club announced on its official website that Gundogan's injury is not optimistic. He originally only needed two weeks of rest and will need to be out for another month.

This is absolutely bad news for Dortmund fans.

Previously, the national team's forced recruitment of Gundogan aggravated his injuries. When he only needed to rest for two weeks, the fans felt that there was no need to make a fuss and treated Gundogan as a rest.

Who would have thought that now that the injury has worsened, he will need to rest for a month? !

Is this a joke?

It seems that the injury suffered in the national team is not as minor as imagined...

Dortmund's statement mentioned: ... Gundogan will still not be available for the next few weeks. Gundogan went to the hospital for an MRI examination on Monday to determine the extent of his injury. Dortmund club doctor Ma Kus Braun believes that due to the excessive load on the lower part of Gundogan's spine, it will take about a month to recover...

This means that Gundogan will definitely not be able to participate in the next German national team games, and will miss several rounds of Dortmund's league and Champions League games. He may not be able to return until the game against Monchengladbach on October 5.

News soon revealed the details of Gundogan's injury. According to examination, Gundogan suffered back compression due to the displacement of spondylolisthesis, and his recovery from the injury was slow. Two weeks have passed and there is no sign of improvement.

This season, Dortmund is facing a multi-line battle with intensive competitions, which will test the strength of the team’s bench. It is not yet known how huge the impact and loss Gundogan’s injury will have on Dortmund, but fans His anger could no longer be contained.

Angry Dortmund fans left messages on Twitter: Is this the result Loew wants to see?! and also @Loew and the German Football Association,

and the official account of the German national team.

Dortmund fans also launched a campaign on Twitter to ask Loew to apologize to Dortmund fans, and soon received 10,000 likes and support.

The Dortmund media also went to interview Loew and asked him to express his views on the matter. In fact, the purpose was to embarrass Loew in person.

Loew also seemed helpless: No one wants to encounter this kind of thing. I can only regret it...

Dortmund’s reporters were reluctant: “If you had let Gundogan rest, wouldn’t there have been the result today?”

I don't know. Loew shook his head and shrugged, giving a very vague answer.

Borussia Dortmund and coach Klopp have remained silent on the matter.

Now they are not good in any way. From the club's perspective, supporters of other clubs will inevitably find excuses to attack them, thinking that they have no overall view and will harm the interests of the German national team for their own selfish interests. But if they help Loew, they will offend the fans who have the funds.

Klopp was asked anxiously by reporters: We will pay close attention to Gundogan's injury. This is a very sad thing... Fortunately, Zhou Yi is healthy...

This statement was interpreted by the Chinese media as standing, which scared many Chinese fans to pray for Zhou Yi online, fearing that he would be cursed by Klopp...

Gundogan's injury upsets the fans, but in fact it is not the injured Gundogan who is upset by the Dortmund club, but Gundogan who is renewing his contract.

Before the start of pre-season training, a very important task for the club's senior management this season is to sign new contracts with the important players of those teams.

This of course includes the outstanding performance of Gundogan. Gundogan was originally bought as a backup for Zhouyi. However, after Shinji Kagawa left the club, Zhouyi's position was not good enough. Gundogan partnered with Sven Bender in the defensive midfielder position. He was very good and performed so well that Shaheen, who was bought out by the club, could only play as a substitute.

But the contract renewal with Gundogan did not go smoothly.

Among the many transfer rumors about Dortmund players leaving the team, many are related to Gundogan, and they are all interests of wealthy families, such as Real Madrid and Manchester United.

The original contract renewal negotiations were not going well, but now Gundogan is injured again. Gundogan's agent told the club that since he still has to rest for a month, of course the player hopes to recuperate and recover first. , the mood will also reflect the recovery of the injury, and the contract will be renewed after the injury is healed.

It is also difficult for the club to force Gundogan to renew his contract when he is injured. That would give people the impression of taking advantage of the situation. After Lewandowski's transfer turmoil, the club's image is not very good. Thanks to Lewandowski's agent, many people now think that Dortmund is a company that talks without words. The club that believes in it, after all, their CEO Watzke can refuse to admit it when he turns against him...

As a result, the Dortmund club had to temporarily stop contract renewal negotiations with Gundogan's agent.

But Gundogan's contract expires in June 2015, and there are less than two years left. These two years are too long for the players and the club, enough for many things to happen.

If they do not negotiate a contract extension, Gundogan may follow in the footsteps of Shinji Kagawa, Gotze and Lewandowski...

It's okay to go to Real Madrid and Manchester United, but what if you are poached by Bayern Munich again?

Therefore, as soon as Gundogan was injured and the contract renewal negotiations were suspended, the top management of the Dortmund club became a little bit paralyzed.

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In the fourth round of the league, Dortmund challenged Frankfurt away from home. Since there is still an important game ahead, Klopp naturally rotates in this league game.

Dortmund's performance this time was better than the previous two games. At least in the first ten minutes, Mkhitaryan took the lead for Dortmund and helped Dortmund lead 1:0 in the away game. The rising star, who had missed most of the previous games due to injury, finally got his chance in this game.

So Chinese fans began to worry about Yan Min's future again... But in fact, Mkhitaryan and Yan Min have different positions and technical styles, and there is no possibility of direct competition...

If there is competition as long as he plays midfield, then Yan Min will basically have no way to survive...

In fact, Mkhitaryan's competitor should be Zhou Yi, because Mkhitaryan plays as an attacking midfielder, and he also replaced Zhou Yi in this game. But no one seems to be very worried about Zhou Yi's position. They believe that as long as Klopp's brain is not wet, it is impossible for Mkhitaryan to completely replace Zhou Yi. In the minds of Chinese fans, the Armenian midfielder should be Zhou Yi's new star. A rotation of substitutes was introduced.

Besides, even if Klopp is really out of his mind. With Zhou Yi's current status, does he still have nowhere to go? Therefore, Chinese fans are not worried about Zhou Yi, only worried about Yan Min, who has just arrived in Dortmund and has not yet established himself.

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Frankfurt, who played at home, was not a vegetarian either. In the 36th minute, forward Kadlec equalized the score.

In the last minute of the first half, Hummels received a yellow card. Before the second half even started, the fourth official signaled Dortmund to make a substitution on the sidelines, and Klopp replaced Hummels with Papastathopoulos.

This substitution is not a punishment for Klopp's yellow card for Hummels. Klopp did this because he had to take into account the upcoming European Super Cup with Chelsea and wanted the main central defender to rest more. A normal rotation.

Ten minutes into the second half, Mkhitaryan scored twice. This time it was Grosskreutz who assisted him.

Mkhitaryan scored twice! He finally showed his value! Since moving to Dortmund, he has been troubled by injuries! And this game made everyone realize why he suffered so many Favored by European giants! Fortunately, it was Dortmund who finally got him... Seeing the performances of Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan, I believe Klopp will be more relaxed, right? Even if Gundogan is temporarily If you can’t come back, you don’t have to worry so much…”

Duan Xin, on the other hand, was worried: Aubameyang, Jonas Hoffman, Mkhitaryan... Yan Min's competitors are all very strong...

In this game, Yan Min did not appear in Dortmund's eighteen-man roster at all. He stayed in Dortmund. This is also his fourth consecutive league game. The Chinese media does not publicly ask when Yan Min will be included in the game squad, but it does not mean that they are not anxious.

Who knows when Yan Min will get a chance?

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After Mkhitaryan regained the lead for Dortmund, Frankfurt significantly strengthened their offensive. They changed two people in the 66th and 71st minutes to strengthen their offensive, hoping to equalize the score at home and defeat Dortmund. They don't think much about this kind of thing.

Klopp also made substitutions. He replaced Kuba with Aubameyang and Zhou Yi replaced Mkhitaryan.

These two substitutions are very targeted. Zhou Yi's appearance can cooperate with Aubameyang to counterattack. With Zhouyi's through ball, Aubameyang's speed advantage can be used. If Frankfurt is not willing to fail like this, they will definitely invest more troops in the offense, and there will definitely be a lot of space behind them. This is a good opportunity for Aubameyang to attack.

At the same time, Zhou Yi's appearance can also strengthen the control of the midfield. With him, Dortmund can stabilize its position in the face of Frankfurt's possible crazy impact. This is something that the current Mkhitaryan cannot do.

After Zhou Yi was replaced, he immediately used excellent passing and running to help the team withstand Frankfurt's counterattack.

Facing the menacing attack of Frankfurt players, Zhou Yi looked calm and composed, and his movements were quite general-like.

Duan Xin was very happy: Although Mkhitaryan scored twice, you must know that the real core of Dortmund can only be Zhou Yi. Looking at his performance, even if there are no goals and assists, who can ignore his performance against Dortmund? What’s the importance of it?”

In the end, under Zhou Yi's control and Aubameyang's speed, Frankfurt's offense was unable to break Dortmund's goal.

Dortmund defeated Frankfurt 2:1 away from home and won their 22nd consecutive league victory.

The score was the same as the previous game, but the scene was different. The process of this game allowed people who had some doubts about Dortmund before to see the positive side of people. At the very least, Klopp insists on rotation, so that every first-team player can get as much training as possible from the game and integrate into the team. By the middle and late stages of the season, such rotation will be able to reflect its due value...

With four consecutive league wins in the new season, the Dortmund team is ready to face their powerful rivals in the European Super Cup.

But for Zhou Yilai, what awaits him is not Chelsea, but a feast.

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