Champion’s Heart

Zhou Yi is right. Yan Min's matter is actually not a big deal. Once the words have been said, it is over. The game has been played and the defeat has been decided. What is the point of discussing these now? Be more positive and look forward.

Besides, there is a more important game waiting for everyone next. If you are still holding on to the past games, you will miss the hot topic of the Ruderby.

Due to the ups and downs of Dortmund's performance this season, which can even be said to be poor, this Ruhr derby has also attracted much attention.

Schalke 04 is playing at home. Can they defeat Dortmund at home and end the embarrassing record of losing the Ruderby in recent seasons?

And can Dortmund use the Ruhr derby to complete a key turn? Or will this Ruderby be the last straw for Dortmund, leaving them in a quagmire that will make it difficult for them to extricate themselves and accelerate their fall?

In such an important game, the absence of a core player may of course determine the outcome of the game.

Since Zhou Yi was injured in the Champions League group match against Naples, he has missed four league games, one German Cup match, and two Champions League group matches.

This is the most games he has missed since joining the Dortmund first team.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this is the most serious injury Zhou Yi has suffered in his career.

So can Zhou Yi come back against Schalke 04?

There is also endless debate among the media and fans.

...Zhou Yi has been training with the team for more than a week, and his physical fitness should have met the requirements for playing in the game. Why can't he play? If he didn't play against Arsenal for the sake of being conservative, it's good that he has rested more now. It’s been half a week, why can’t you show up yet?”

...It's hard to say,

It's just three more days of rest. What's the use? Let’s not talk about the physical condition for now, just say that you have been injured for a month and have only practiced with the team for a week. How good can you be? The Ruhr derby is not an ordinary game. In such a crucial game, if you are forced to play before your condition is restored to your best, what if you don't perform well? Let Zhou Yilai take the blame for the team's failure?

Actually, the most worrying thing is Zhou Yi's injury. Dortmund has been so bad this season. Many people have been injured in a row. An injury as small as Gundogan's ended up being like this. Will Zhou Yi become the second Gundogan? install?

Bah, bah, bah! Crow's mouth!

I don't want to, but it's really worrying. Cervical problems can be big or small. Dortmund officials don't have a clear statement now. The more they do this, the more worrying it is...

Not only are the media and fans concerned about whether Zhou Yi can play, but in the Excluding Lao Guo group, everyone is also concerned about Zhou Yi's recovery from injury.

Yang Muge asked in the group: Zhou Yi, can you play in the weekend league?

His question immediately attracted the attention of others.

Yes, that's right. You didn't play against Arsenal, and Dortmund lost. If you didn't play against Schalke 04, you would have lost to Yang! Sun Pan watched the excitement. It's not a big deal.

Zhou Yi thought about the content of Klopp's private conversation with him after today's training.

Klopp announced his strategy and then hoped that Zhou Yi would cooperate.

...I know that you are good friends with Schalke 04's Yang Muge, and you must have some contact in private. I also know that it is not a good thing to deceive a good friend, but this time, I hope you can keep your mouth shut about him, Zhou Yi. We can't afford to lose the next game, and we don't want any surprises. Do you understand? Klopp said, staring into Zhou Yi's eyes.

Of course Zhou Yi understands, he is not blind or stupid, how could he not be clear about the team's recent situation.

So he nodded and said: Sir, you misunderstood me. I don't mind deceiving good friends.

He spread his hands.

Faced with such a shameless Zhou Yi, Klopp didn't know what expression he should make...

Zhou Yi said in the group: I don't know. The coaching staff and the team doctor haven't given me a definite explanation. Today, Dr. Braun said I should be able to play, but the coaching staff didn't let me go during the training arrangements. Join the main team... So I don’t know what’s going on...

Zhou Yi did not directly say: Of course I won't fall in love!

The answer is so straightforward, but it is easy for people to think that there is fraud.

Zhou Yi, who plays midfield, is good at tactics. How could he not understand such a simple question?

Therefore, he made his words ambiguous so that people would not easily guess his purpose, which would make it more realistic. This answer fully reflects Zhou Yi's entangled mentality of wanting to play but may not be able to play.

Even Yang Muge felt a little sorry for Zhou Yi after seeing Zhou Yi's answer.

Damn it, you can't go in? Zhou Yi, you're not the same as Gundogan, are you? Sun Pan was also surprised.

Don't be ridiculous, how is that possible! I feel like my body is fine, but I don't know what the coaching staff thinks... Zhou Yi's decisive answer at this time only strengthened the authenticity of his previous statement.

A player's normal thought is of course that he doesn't want his injury to be as serious as possible, so if Zhou Yi admitted that he was seriously injured, it would be a bit artificial and false, and would make people suspicious.

If Zhou Yi wanted to confuse Yang Muge, of course he couldn't change his style drastically.

Yang, what did Zhou Yi say?

The next day, Yang Muge was stopped by head coach Jens Keller at the Schalke 04 training ground and asked.

He said he didn't know. He felt that his body was almost recovered, but the coaching staff seemed to have not yet made up their mind whether to let him play. Yang Muge answered honestly.

Just as Zhou Yi had no psychological burden about cheating his friends, Yang Muge also had no objection to helping the coach find out about Zhou Yi.

Everyone has their own priorities, and it doesn't matter if it's for the team's victory. And he didn't do anything to feel sorry for Zhou Yi. He just asked about Zhou Yi's situation.

Zhou Yi, on the other hand, is actually much more scheming than Yang Muge...

After listening to Yang Muge's answer, Keller fell into deep thought.

What does Zhou Yi’s answer mean?

Does he think his body has almost recovered? What does almost mean? Is it ready to appear?

But it seems that the coaching staff hasn’t made up its mind yet? What does the Dortmund coaching staff mean?

To show up or not to show up?

Regarding whether Zhou Yi will appear, it has indeed been the focus of everyone's attention recently.

Keller also has his own judgment on this.

he thinks……

Coach? Yang Muge's voice interrupted his thoughts. Only then did he realize that Yang Muge was still standing in front of him. Having already obtained the information he wanted, he didn't want to waste each other's time, so he waved to Yang Muge: Thanks, Yang. Go train!

Okay. Yang Muge didn't waste any time talking to Keller, turned around and ran back to the training ground.

Seeing Yang Muge simply return to the training ground without a single nonsense complaint, Keller thought that Yang Muge was really an honest person. He had never caused trouble to the coach in the team and was very low-key.

Therefore, Keller did not believe that Yang Muge would lie to him. What he said must be the exact words Zhou Yi said to him. The information is not false.

Precisely because Yang Muge was honest, Zhou Yi probably wouldn't have thought that Yang Muge would be arranged by him to find out about him, right?

He can't lie to his friends, right?

After confirming that the source of the information was correct, Keller continued to analyze the possible consequences.

He believes that Zhou Yi's words should be true. His body may have met the requirements for playing, but whether he can play or not depends on the arrangements of the coaching staff.

What will the Dortmund coaching staff think?

Keller combined previous intelligence and then analyzed it himself. He doesn't think Klopp will take any risks in this game.

What they value more is a long-term and healthy Zhouyi.

In terms of the importance of the game, Keller does not think that the Ruhr derby is necessarily more important than the Champions League game against Arsenal.

After all, a win or loss in the Ruhr derby won't have much impact, but if Dortmund loses the Champions League and ultimately fails to qualify from the group, how much money will Dortmund lose in terms of money alone?

It was previously reported that Klopp deliberately gave up the game against Arsenal in order to allow Zhouyi to play in the Ruhr derby against Schalke 04.

Keller didn't believe it.

Now that he has the information from Zhou Yi himself, Keller is even more convinced of his judgment. That is, Klopp does not intend to let Zhou Yi play in the Ruhr derby.

In this way, the training he had arranged for the team in the absence of Zhou Yi was not in vain...

Preparations for the Ruhr derby are underway before the start of Dortmund's game against Arsenal.

Now he just needed to make sure.

It was confirmed, and the result reassured him.

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