Champion’s Heart

After Zhou Yi's end, Dortmund did slow down significantly. In the first half, they were pushed by Zhou Yi, without stopping for a moment, without a chance to breathe, and scored four goals like crazy.

After the second half they did qualify to relax.

Of course, you must be prepared to bear the consequences after you loosen it.

Dortmund scored a goal for Wolfsburg in the second half, but fortunately Dortmund's strength is still very strong, so they lost the ball and finally pulled back.

In the end, the game ended with Dortmund defeating Wolfsburg 5:1 at home.

After the game, the media were concerned about why Zhou Yi was replaced so early. It stands to reason that even if he led four goals in the first half, he could not replace Zhou Yi at halftime. This approach is more like humiliating Wolfsburg, Dortmund's subtext is "Our core can completely defeat you in only half a half!"

At the post-match press conference, Klopp answered everyone's confusion about this question.

"We have discussed with the Chinese Football Association. Considering that the Chinese national team will have a crucial game next, they hope that we can give Zhou Yiduo a rest. After asking for the player’s consent, I change it during the intermission. Get him off," Klopp said.

It turns out so.

The media reporters suddenly realized. For the German journalists, they only got an answer, but when the Chinese journalists heard it, they were a little touched. The Dortmund club also took into account the interests of the Chinese national team.

Indeed, the next national team game is very important for Chinese football.

If the Chinese team loses to Iraq on the road, the situation will become very difficult.

Since Chinese football broke into the World Cup finals in 2002, it was eliminated early in 2006 and 2010. Not to mention the World Cup finals, even the final ten in the Asian qualifiers failed. To participate.

If this is the case, it will be a very heavy blow for Chinese football.

They certainly hope that Zhou Yi can perform well in the national team game and help the Chinese team beat Iraq, at least they cannot lose to Iraq.

And Dortmund is willing to do this convenience, they feel very happy. This means a kind of respect.

Of course, how this respect comes from, everyone is not an idiot. This is of course not because of the friendship of the Dortmund club to the Chinese people, or because Dortmund attaches importance to the Chinese market-if there is no Zhouyi, the huge Chinese market is not for Dortmund. It doesn't make much sense. Because of Zhou Yi, all this has a basis for talking.

To put it bluntly, people are willing to do the convenience of the Chinese Football Association only because Zhou Yi is the core of the team. They are not willing to offend this core. After all, Zhou Yi is a Chinese player, so Klopp emphasized that they have sought the consent of the players themselves. Made this decision. This shows that they attach great importance to Zhou Yi, if they do not pay attention to Zhou Yi, they do not need to ask for any advice, the club directly refused.

Therefore, in this world, whether it is football or other fields, its own strength is the key to winning respect. Some people feel that if they lower their posture and deliberately please the other party, and if they meet the requirements of the other party almost unconditionally, they can gain their favor and win respect. This is a very wrong idea.

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After finishing the game, Zhou Yi did not return to the training base like other teammates, and then went home, but was sent to the airport by his agent Shulze at West Stadium. He will go directly to Qatar to join the national team. Prepare for the game against Iraq.

In order to get a full rest, Zhou Yi chose to provide a first-class flight with a separate bedroom, so that he could directly get a better quality rest experience as if he were in a hotel.

Of course, the money came from him. Everything is just to allow him to rest well and maintain a good state.

This shows that Zhou Yi valued the Chinese team's World Cup qualifiers.

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Because of the civil war in Iraq, neither their national team has been placed in their own country for training or competition, but in Qatar, which is also a Middle Eastern country.

Zhou Yi is no stranger to Qatar because the Asian Cup at the beginning of this year was held in Qatar. The Chinese team won the runner-up here, which is already the best result of the Chinese team in the history of the Asian Cup.

So here is actually a blessing for the Chinese national team. For some superstitions that everyone can understand, the Chinese national team originally wanted to stay in the same hotel in Qatar as they did when they participated in the Asian Cup, hoping that revisiting the old place would bring them good luck.

But the Qatar side was sorry to tell them that because the hotel temporarily decided to renovate, they could not stay at this hotel and could only change one.

But isn't it really being renovated? I'm afraid everyone knows it.

When Zhou Yi arrived in Qatar, Cao Wei, the leader of the Chinese national team, came to pick him up. On the way from the airport to the hotel where the Chinese team stayed, they passed the hotel where they were when they had the Asian Cup.

"Huh?" Zhou Yi turned to look out of the car window, the scaffolding was put on the outer wall, and the hotel with the closed door was surprised: "Really decorating?"

"How is it possible?" Cao Wei sitting in the co-pilot snorted. "It's just a pretense. In order to prevent the media from finding flaws, haven't you seen any workers? But this hotel has really closed for the past few days and will not accept any guests."

Zhou Yiwen said, continue to look at the hotel outside the car. He is very familiar with this hotel because the Chinese team lived there during the Asian Cup. In the past, the occupancy rate of this famous hotel in Doha was very high, but now the door is closed and everyone sees it Less than.

"What a loss for a day in such a luxurious hotel?" Zhou Yi said with emotion.

"Yes, but it is said that Qatar has reached an agreement with the hotel operator and will compensate the hotel... These are all we heard after we came to Qatar. None of the media reported this because of the lack of evidence "" Cao Wei said. "In order not to let us stay in this hotel, Qatar is really painstaking."

The opponent of the Chinese team in this game is not Qatar, but because Iraq and Qatar are Arab League countries, and the relationship has been very good in history, Qatar is naturally willing to support Iraqi football. The Iraqi national team won the Asian Cup in 2007 and is also considered a victory for Arab football.

This is why the Iraqi national team cannot choose Qatar to play at home when they play in their home country.

It has to be said that in unity, West Asia is indeed stronger than East Asia, and Middle Eastern countries tend to cooperate in groups. In East Asia, the four countries of China, Japan, South Korea, and Korea are often rivals to each other... Of course, there are very complicated historical and political relations, but they are not so big with football.

So although this is not the real home of Iraq, the Chinese team may have more trouble in this place than it is in Iraq...

"Do they think that if we were not allowed to stay at the hotel in the Asian Cup, would we be able to lose to Iraq?" Zhou Yi asked.

"I think they think so..." Cao Wei hasn't said anything. In fact, the Chinese Football Association also thinks so. Otherwise, why did they propose to stay in the same hotel, not just because they are more familiar, but just On the surface. They are also superstitious, hoping this hotel will bring good luck to the Chinese team.

As a result, their thoughts were seen through Qatar's side... They fully demonstrated what is called "home advantage of the local rich man", which is really rich and generous.

Hearing Cao Wei saying this, Zhou Yi laughed: "Hey, I think they think too much. The winning or losing of the game is not determined by which hotel."

During the talk, the car drove across the road in front of the hotel, and Zhou Yi also looked back.

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Zhou Yi arrived in Qatar and joined the Chinese team is an important news, not only the Chinese media, but also the local media in Qatar.

For Qatar media, Zhou Yi is no stranger. At the beginning of the Asian Cup, Zhou Yi was selected as the best player in the Asian Cup. In addition to the finals, he started the game and performed very well. Moreover, the Chinese team was also divided into a group with Qatar at that time. The Chinese team had a direct confrontation with Qatar. Among them, Zhou Yi played well and pushed the host directly to the dead end. How could the Qatari local media not impress him?

But to say that the impression on him is good or bad, that is not necessarily the case. After all, if the Chinese team had Zhou Yi, Qatar, the host of the Asian Cup, should be able to qualify from the group. As a result, Zhou Yi, the host Qatar, was eliminated in the group stage. This is a hatred for Qatar.

In the news that Zhou Yi returned to the team ~ www.readwn.com ~ Qatar media positioned Zhou Yi as "the only European level star of the Chinese team". Although it is a fact, it is still a little bit mean to highlight it alone-your Chinese team is all scum except for a Zhou Yi!

In an interview with Qatar local media, Zhou Yi talked about the impression of this country: "I like Qatar very much and I like the city of Doha. Because this is our blessed land." Zhou Yi smiled and squinted.

"Here, we once got the runner-up of the Asian Cup without being optimistic. The Asian Cup was the first Asian Cup I participated in, and it left a good impression on me. Second, I I am also very grateful to the hotel that has accepted us. This time I heard that they are renovating and it is a pity that they failed to stay. I hope that we will have the opportunity to live in the top ten..."

Regarding Zhou Yi's answer, Sun Pan's evaluation in the group was straightforward: "Fuck, Zhou Yi is disgusting again!"

There is still a chance to live in the top ten? Doesn't it mean that the top ten Chinese team will be in a group with Qatar?

When I contact Zhou Yi again for the good memories I said before, I cannot help but think of Qatar's "beautiful past" in the Asian Cup when it was eliminated by China... (to be continued.)