Champion’s Heart

Dortmund stumbled to win the game. After nine league rounds, they have seven wins, one draw and one loss. They have scored 22 goals, conceded seven goals, have a goal difference of 15, and are ranked second with 22 points. ． Fastest update

They have been surpassed in the standings by Bayern, which has played stably since the new season.

At the same time, he was chased by Leverkusen. Now Leverkusen has 22 points with them, but the goal difference is lower, so they are ranked third. But if Dortmund still cannot perform stably, it may only be a matter of time before it is surpassed by Leverkusen.

Chinese fans are very dissatisfied that Klopp did not use Yan Min under such circumstances. They believe that since the team has encountered a problem, it should try more solutions. The media is all over it. Yan Min works very hard in training. Why not give Yan Min a chance?

That Jonas Hofmann, just because he scored one goal as a substitute before, now comes on almost every game as a substitute. He has made seven substitute appearances.

But apart from that goal, he never performed convincingly again.

This makes Chinese fans very unhappy. Does Klopp trust that Hoffman so much? What can he trust?

Everyone felt sorry for Yan Min.

In addition, I am concerned about when Zhou Yi can come back.

Zhou Yi was injured in the Champions League group match against Naples, which was September 18th. According to official news from Dortmund, Zhou Yi will miss the game for a month.

So now that we have finished the ninth round of the league, it is already September 19th, exactly one month.

Dortmund will challenge Arsenal in the Champions League group stage away from home next week. Can Zhou Yi come back?

In fact, this is the issue that everyone is most concerned about.

Not only the fans and media in China are concerned, but also the media and fans in Germany and England are concerned.

If Zhou Yi can successfully come back, Dortmund will not have no chance of winning even if they challenge Arsenal away from home. This is definitely a shot in the arm for the team.

After Zhou Yi's absence for a month, everyone can see clearly that Zhou Yi's importance to Dortmund is not only reflected in tactics, but also may be of greater spiritual importance. Dortmund can win without Zhou Yi, but it feels like trying luck. If you are lucky, you win, if you are not, you lose.

When Zhou Yi was here, Dortmund's games never gave people this feeling.

With Zhou Yi on the court, everyone feels at ease. Whether it is the Dortmund fans watching the game or the Dortmund players playing, everyone feels at ease.

With Zhou Yi absent, everyone suddenly lost their backbone. You perform well when you hit the chicken blood. Everyone thinks that the good state can be continued in the next game, right? No, Dortmund can slap those people in the face right away with an embarrassing victory or defeat. If you encounter difficulties, the defeat is basically irreversible.

Although Zhou Yi was only absent for a month, everyone already missed him very much, and it was hard to believe that he would be back soon.

Since Dortmund officially announced that he needs to be absent for a month, it has been a month now, can he return?

Everyone is looking forward to Zhou Yi's comeback.

Dortmund's coaching staff is actually the same, even more anxious than the people outside.

But no matter how urgent it is, it must be handled according to scientific rules.

Whether Zhou Yi can play or not is not a matter of Zhou Yi himself, nor of Klopp as the head coach.

The most authoritative thing here is the results of the physical examination.

Zhou Yi underwent a very strict physical examination at the training base to determine whether he could play against Arsenal.

Now Klopp, Zorc and Dr. Braun are working together to study the results.

So this result means that Zhou Yi can play in the game against Arsenal? Zorc asked Dr. Braun with the results of the report.

Theoretically, that's the case. Dr. Braun nodded, emphasizing the word theoretically.

But? Zorc was waiting for his turn.

But I don't recommend letting him play in the game the day after tomorrow. Dr. Braun said. I think his physical condition has only reached the basic conditions for playing games, but he is still far from his best physical condition. Moreover, the game in midweek will be very intense, and I am worried that he will be injured again in the confrontation.

Dr. Braun stated his reasons.

After hearing this, Zorc hesitated: Should we let him come on as a substitute in the second half? We have to find a feeling for the game, right?

He still hopes that Zhou Yi can play. Now Dortmund is suffering from injuries and sluggish form. If Zhou Yi can return, that would be great news.

But what's the point of that? Don't you want him to play just to win? Dr. Braun asked.

Well...it would be nice if I could win, but I won't force it, I won't force it... Zorc took over now without forcing it. He believed that if Zhou Yi could play safely for a period of time, even if he lost the game in the end Now, Dortmund's pressure has been greatly reduced, which is exciting news for the media and fans.

Since it's not about winning, there's no need to let him play. Let's rest for a while and let him recover his body to its best condition, or a better condition than it is now... Dr. Braun insisted on his own My opinion is not to let Zhou Yi play in this game, not even for a minute. To find the feeling of the game, there is a more suitable place than the Champions League group stage. There is no need to test the waters with a game that is very important to Dortmund.

Then it's okay to let him enter the squad, right? He doesn't have to play, or whether he should play or not depends on Jurgen's opinion... Zorc still wanted to fight for it.

But his words kicked the ball to Klopp's side. Both he and Dr. Braun looked at Klopp, wanting to hear his opinion.

Klopp shook his head: I don't plan to let Zhou Yi go to London.

Dr. Braun laughed, and Zorc was a little disappointed, but he did not argue with Klopp, but chose to respect: Okay, you have the final say, Jurgen.

Thank you. Klopp smiled at Zorc and thanked him for his understanding and support.

The matter was settled like that, and Klopp did not explain why he did not take Zhou Yi to London.

Although Zhou Yi had already practiced together with the whole team, he had only practiced together for less than a week. He felt that it would be useless even if he was taken to London because he still had a quota.

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Since you have decided not to take Zhou Yi to London, who exactly should you take to London?

Basically, as long as they are not injured, all the main players must be brought along.

The good news is that Weidenfeller can return to the main lineup. In addition to him, Hummels and Subotic are both there. Schmelzer has also returned and can go to London. But Piszczek is not good enough yet, so Grosskreutz will continue to play as a right back on the court.

In the midfield, Swende has also recovered from his injury long ago, and he will partner with Shaheen in the midfielder position.

Zhou Yi's original position belonged to Mkhitaryan, who was in the middle. Aubameyang and Royce are separated on the left and right, with Mark at the front.

This is Dortmund's squad.

This is not difficult to arrange. If Dortmund can't even come up with a lineup, then the problem will be big.

Mainly on the bench.

When manpower was most tight some time ago, Klopp could only put one defender on the bench in every game. If there were personnel changes on the back line, there were very few means to adapt. It's better now, Schmelzer is back and Doom can return to the bench. Another defender who has been on the bench for a long time is Greek center back Papastattopoulos.

Now that Weidenfeller has returned to the main lineup, Langerak will continue to be his backup goalkeeper.

The commonly used configuration in the midfield was Kuba, Hoffman, and Kirsch. Among them, Kuba is between the main player and the substitute. He has made four substitute appearances in the league this season and scored one goal. He is currently the best and strongest player on the Dortmund midfield bench.

Hoffman has always gained the trust of the coaching staff due to his good performance at the beginning of the season, but in recent games there has been a trend of mediocre performance. Under huge pressure, his performance is not stable enough and his ability to withstand pressure is weak. .

Kirsch's presence is slightly less, and he was selected into the squad four times, but only made one substitute appearance.

There is only one substitute on the front line, Sibel. He made the squad six times in the league, but only made one appearance.

Although Klopp wanted to rotate, after the start of the league, people in the team continued to enter the injury list, making Klopp unable to rotate, so the lineup was relatively fixed.

In addition, the reason why Hoffman has been able to make the roster and come on as a substitute many times is also related to the fact that Dortmund's current midfielders have too many injuries. If Kyle and Gundogan are healthy, Hoffman will not be able to make the 18-man roster.

There is no controversy about the replacement of defenders and forwards, because there is no choice at all.

The focus of everyone's attention fell on the midfield substitute.

Of course Kuba will be on the roster.

But Hofmann and Kirsch...

Do you want to continue taking them to London?

Who else can go without them? Everyone in the coaching staff was debating who should be on the roster. In fact, the coaching staff was also dissatisfied with the performance of Hoffman and Kirsch. But I feel like there is no better person to use it. If Zhou Yi is not injured, if Gundogan is not injured, if Kyle is not injured...how can these two young people be included in the roster every game?

Actually, there are still people. Assistant coach Buvac suddenly said. Yan Min has been very active in training during this period.

He's always been very positive...

Of course, and his performance in training is also quite good. I think he can be replaced by Kirsch. Buvac looked at Klopp.

Well...I have no objection. Klopp was noncommittal.

Then it's settled! Buvac finally made the decision. No one on the coaching staff objected, and they didn't expect these young people to do anything anyway. Hoffman's performance among young people was acceptable, but facing the team's current predicament, it was difficult to make a difference.

Dortmund has won the league title for three consecutive seasons and also won the European Championship last season. We can't just rely on young people. After so many years of training, what this team needs is the Mesozoic generation. They are the mainstay. Those young people who have just been transferred from the youth team and the second team to the first team are preparing for the future. of, not now.

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