Champion’s Heart

Dortmund has just ended a life-and-death battle, and next they will usher in another life-and-death battle - the Champions League group stage, when they face Naples at home.

In the last Champions League group match, Dortmund defeated Arsenal at home, retaining hope for their group qualifying, but after all, it was just hope. Whether they can qualify in the group depends on the next game. And their game against Naples is the key.

Because Dortmund and Naples can be regarded as direct competitors to qualify from the group.

After four rounds of the group stage, Arsenal and Naples share nine points, ranking the top two in the group. Dortmund defeated Arsenal at home in the last round and accumulated six points, not too far away from the top two.

Galatasaray has not won a game, accumulated zero points, and has been eliminated early.

If Dortmund wants to qualify from the group, they must defeat Naples at home, so that the points are the same as Naples, and the relationship between victory and defeat is also one win and one loss. What needs to be compared is the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded in mutual matches.

Dortmund lost to Napoli in their first Champions League group match, with a score of 0:3. If Dortmund can't win at home and win by at least three goals, then even if it beats Naples, it will still be beaten by Naples in the rankings.

Therefore, this game has a very heavy task for Dortmund - they not only have to defeat Naples, but also defeat Naples by a big score, and it is best not to concede a goal.

For Dortmund, which is full of injured soldiers, especially with the entire main defense line disabled, it is no less difficult than their draw with Bayern Munich at home...

Some pessimistic people even think that the defending champion will be eliminated early in the group stage this time. Because Dortmund can't even draw in this game. If they draw with Naples, they can only count on Galatasaray to hold back Arsenal's progress, but the possibility of this situation is not high, and the fate will be handed over to The risk factor in the hands of others is too high.

But there is no chance at all.

Because Naples' recent situation is not very good.

At the beginning of the league, Naples and Dortmund were in good form and led the standings in their respective leagues. Especially Naples, which defeated the defending champion 3:0 in the Champions League. However, Naples has not been in very good shape recently. They have lost consecutive games in the league, first to Juventus and then to Parma, leaving them in third place in Serie A.

Naples is also in poor condition, and Dortmund, who plays at home, hopes to defeat Naples.

But if Naples just wants a draw on the road, a draw can qualify them one round ahead of schedule. They could have been more conservative and defended tenaciously on the road to draw with Dortmund.

A draw would be perfectly acceptable for Napoli, but not for Dortmund. Dortmund will definitely attack with all its strength by then, and this is the condition for Naples to counterattack. If they can steal one in the counterattack, Naples will not have no chance to take all three points and escape from the devil's home court of Westminster Stadium.

Precisely because there are many changes in a game, and advantages and disadvantages can be transformed into each other, this game has attracted much attention.

When the Champions League group stages were drawn, Group F was called the Group of Death. but now,

This group really showed the ferocity of death for the first time.

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Because there was such a game ahead, the game between Dortmund and Bayern Munich soon began. Everyone no longer paid attention to the game that was over, but focused all their energy on the Champions League game.

Dortmund's defensive line injury problem has not been completely solved.

Moreover, the poor performance of this defense in the last game against Bayern Munich will definitely be noticed by Naples. As long as you carefully study the video of this game, it is not difficult to find targeted strategies to break the defense.

However, Naples' core midfielder Hamsik was injured in the last league game and will not be able to participate in this Champions League game.

Both sides suffered losses in strength.

But the most concerning thing is that Zhouyi will face Naples again.

The last time the two sides met, Zhou Yi was injured by an opponent's player in Naples' away game and missed more than a month. It was this more than a month that caused Dortmund's situation to take a turn for the worse. They were in danger of qualifying for the Champions League group stage and were overtaken by Bayern Munich in the league. .

It's okay to say that Naples is Zhou Yi's enemy, but everyone wants to see how Zhou Yi will revenge when facing Naples.

So before the game, the question Zhou Yi was asked most by reporters was revenge.

Zhou Yi disagreed with this statement: There is no such thing as 'revenge'. The injury was just an accident. I did not blame Inle or Napoli for this. We must strive for victory in this game, and it is not for revenge. , but for our own survival. If we want to qualify from the group, we must beat Naples at home.

We still need to win by at least three goals... A reporter reminded Zhou Yi of the difficulty.

But Zhouyi corrected the reporter's statement:

No, it's a four-goal margin or more.

He pointed out four fingers.

At best, a three-goal difference would allow Dortmund and Naples to have the same win-lose relationship if they are tied with the same points, while a four-goal win would allow Dortmund to have a better win-lose relationship than Naples if they are tied with the same points, and thus surpass Naples in the rankings.

Zhou Yi said this, obviously the goal is to directly surpass Naples.

He said this with confidence.

However, media reporters will be very surprised as to where Zhou Yi's confidence comes from.

With Dortmund's current situation, even if they can score four goals against Naples, there is no guarantee that Naples will not score...

If a goal is lost, the goal of a four-goal difference will be difficult to achieve - if Napoli scores one goal, Dortmund will have to score five goals, if Napoli scores two goals, Dortmund will have to score six goals... Even if it is on its own At home, the advantage is not that great.

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...Dortmund star Zhou Yi said in an interview with reporters that he wanted to beat Naples by four goals. This is really surprising where his confidence comes from... In an Italian TV show, the host was talking to the guests. Talking and laughing, the most eye-catching thing this week is of course the Champions League match between Dortmund and Naples.

Everything before the game can be used as a talking point for everyone, not to mention that Zhouyi also provided such a big topic.

Although he says it's not revenge, he still hates Naples in his heart, right? the guest laughed. That's why I said such words...

Another guest said: I think maybe Zhou Yi had to say this?

His point of view aroused everyone's interest, and the host asked him why he said that.

It's very simple. With the current state of Dortmund, even if they play Naples at home, they may not be able to win. The problems in their defense are too serious, but they cannot surrender in advance. So Zhou Yi said this, it should be to cheer up his teammates. Bar……

This guest talked eloquently, and the people around him nodded frequently - thinking about it, this is really the case.

What Dortmund lacks is confidence. Facing strong enemies and unfavorable situations, there will inevitably be some fear. As the core player of the team, of course, at this time, he must stand up to boost morale.

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The Italian media believes that Dortmund lacks confidence when facing Naples at home.

There is a slight deviation between their understanding and the reality.

Contrary to what they imagined, Dortmund was gearing up inside and looking forward to the game with Naples.

If there was some lack of confidence in Dortmund before the game against Bayern Munich, then after this game against Bayern Munich, the problem of lack of confidence among Dortmund players has been solved. Because they fell behind Bayern Munich three times in the game and finally came back.

After such a game, how could Dortmund players still lack confidence?

During the training that was not open to the public, the first-team training ground at the Bracker training base was in full swing and the atmosphere was warm. Every player was sweating on the training ground. Although it was training, the intensity was no less intense. Formal competition.

If you only watch this scene, people will definitely be surprised - is this the Dortmund team that was beaten in an embarrassing situation against Bayern Munich? They looked completely different from before.

Klopp was also very satisfied with the team's morale. After training, he and assistant coach Buvac couldn't help but talk about this issue.

It's amazing. It was just a draw, but it brought such a big change to the team... Buvac marveled.

That was not an ordinary draw. It was a draw against Bayern Munich when the defense was almost destroyed. It was a draw that led three times and equalized three times. Although the game was over, Klopp said this He still couldn't hide the pride and pride in his voice every game - he was not proud of the result, but proud of his team's ability to perform in such adversity.

Zheliko, I have a hunch. This time we will successfully qualify from the group, and we will be the first in the group! Klopp said decisively in the end.

But Buvac muttered: Forget it about being first in the group, as long as I can qualify...

Klopp chuckled and said nothing more.

The sun shines on the green grassy training ground, and the sweat flowing on the players' bodies is glistening.

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