Champion’s Heart

Shinji Kagawa ran back and gave Zhou Yi a hug.

Thank you, Zhou Sang!

Zhou Yi patted his back and said: No, this is your own ability. How beautiful it was when you passed Mertesacker! It was like Walcott passing me, haha!

Shinji Kagawa also laughed.

Other teammates swarmed around them and celebrated the goal.

Although a draw in the end has no impact on the team's qualifying situation, if it can win, who will let go of this opportunity?

A win is always better than a draw. They are not related to Arsenal, and they don't have to think about Arsenal's fate.

Zhou Yi's assist! Another backcourt steal! He Ping was very excited. I wonder if Wenger will really regret it now that he sees this scene?

The TV broadcast happened to give Wenger a close-up shot. Obviously the live broadcast director of this game is also a very knowledgeable person. He knows the recent story between Arsenal and Zhouyi.

Faced with losing the ball in the final countdown, Wenger seemed very angry. He slapped the ball hard and then yelled. No one knew what he was yelling about, but looking at his movements and expressions, everyone knew he was unhappy.

In a crucial game, Arsenal actually conceded two goals in a row when they were leading, and the second goal was scored by the opponent at the last moment, leaving no time for themselves to even the score!

Can he not be angry?

He was so angry that he almost exploded.

What the hell is going on? !

In fact, the reason is easy to find. Just ask Liam Brady, the director of youth training.

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In the stands, Arsenal fans were silent. They couldn't believe that their team could lose to Dortmund at home.

In the silent crowd, Arsenal scout Alan Powell sighed softly.

This scene was really not what he wanted to see, but he saw it.

If Liam Brady could agree to the conditions offered by Zhou Yi,

Where else can there be such a sad story as today?

Yes, under the special genius clause, there is only one quota per season, but isn't this quota reserved for true geniuses? Compared with those players in Arsenal's youth training camp, isn't Zhou Yi a real genius? What makes Zhou Yi unworthy of using the special genius clause?

As a result, Arsenal missed out on such an outstanding talented player because of Brady's stubbornness.

Powell also read their answers in interviews. How dare Brady say he has no regrets?

What now? Look again and you won’t regret it!

Powell glanced back at the podium. He didn't know if Brady would appear there, but unfortunately he couldn't see Brady's expression.

Powell has resentment towards Brady because he missed an opportunity to become world famous because of him. He can no longer say that Zhou Yi was discovered by himself and brought to Arsenal...

In the future, when Zhou Yi becomes completely famous, people will look up old stories about Zhou Yi and interview people related to Zhou Yi, but none of them will have anything to do with them.

Moreover, Arsenal also added an enemy to themselves for no reason.

There is simply no stupider choice in the world than this...

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After Shinji Kagawa scored, the game was over. Arsenal only had time to kick the football out and had no chance to organize an attack.

After the game, Zhou Yi was once again stopped by reporters in the mixed zone.

A reporter asked Zhou Yi if he felt the thrill of revenge after helping his team defeat Arsenal in an away game. Zhou Yi quickly shook his head: No, no, what you said is too exaggerated. I have no grudge against Arsenal. I have said that before, right? I didn't choose Arsenal, and Arsenal didn't choose me for their own reasons, so that's not a problem.

Is it the head coach's arrangement to suddenly go on defense during the game? Some reporters were more concerned about the changes Zhou Yi showed during the game.

After all, the feud between Zhouyi and Arsenal is already an old topic, and there is nothing new or popular about it.

Yes, it was Klopp's arrangement. Zhou Yi said.

We also saw your changes in the second half. Your defensive performance is getting better and better, but before that I think everyone would think that you are not a defensive material...

Yes, even I think so, just look at my small body. After saying this, Zhou Yi smiled. The reporters who interviewed him also burst into laughter. Not many star players are willing to laugh at themselves. But I think that's just a misunderstanding. In fact, nothing is impossible or impossible in the football world. I am very happy with my defensive performance in this game.

After answering the reporters' questions, he waved his hand, said goodbye to the reporters, and left the mixed zone.

After the game, Dortmund's head coach Klopp once again answered reporters' questions about letting Zhou Yi defend.

...I think Zhou Yi has his own unique advantages in defense. I am very happy that I saw it in the game. Will Zhou Yi become a full-time defensive player? Of course not! What do you think? Klopp laughed . Zhou Yi will not become an engineering midfielder, which would be a waste of his offensive talent, but being able to become a midfielder with a balanced offense and defense will help his room for improvement...

As for Wenger, he was once again besieged by reporters at the post-match press conference. The questions were naturally about Zhou Yi.

Although Zhou Yi took this matter very lightly and didn't think it was a big deal, the reporters wanted to create a stunt. Naturally, if Zhou Yi didn't cooperate, then they would force the stunt.

Wenger did not cooperate. Even if he lost the game, he insisted that he did not regret the club's decision.

Of course he couldn't admit that he really regretted that he was slapping youth training director Liam Brady in the face. How could the two of them cooperate in the future?

But it doesn't matter if he doesn't admit it. Reporters can figure out a lot of things from his expression and attitude.

So the next day, when newspapers in the UK reported on the game, they focused on the past events between Zhou Yi and Arsenal.

...Wenger said he doesn't regret it? But I think he is just being stubborn. He can't admit it on the surface. I'm afraid his intestines are full of regret at this time, right?

Liam Brady has done a very good job as Arsenal's head of youth training. To be fair, I don't mean to blame him or anything, but to be honest and discuss the matter, at least in Zhou Yi's matter, he A mistake was made. Arsenal have lost a great talent and are in an embarrassing situation in the Champions League!

Fortunately, it was just an embarrassing situation, not a dangerous situation. This is the only place where Arsenal supporters can feel relieved - although they lost to Dortmund at their home court, their rival Marseille also had a 0:1 surprise at home. lost to Olympiacos.

what does that mean? This means that Arsenal also won the right to qualify for the group one round ahead of schedule. Because even if Arsenal lost to Olympiakos in the last round, and Marseille defeated Dortmund in the away game, the two teams have the same points, but in terms of mutual victory, Arsenal has the advantage of one win and one draw, and Marseille will also be eliminated.

So although they lost humiliatingly to Dortmund at home, they still got the right to qualify from the group, and Arsenal can breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that as they qualify as second in the group, it's not certain that they will encounter any strong opponents in the knockout rounds.

Dortmund, on the other hand, has qualified from the Champions League group stage for two consecutive seasons, and the Champions League group stage obviously cannot hold them back.

Everyone is thinking about how far Dortmund can go in the knockout stage. Last season, Dortmund made it all the way to the quarterfinals without being favored by anyone, which scared many people.

This time, I wonder if they can scare more people...

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Back in the league, in the fourteenth round of the league, Dortmund will face Schalke 04 at home, excluding the Super Cup. This is the first Ruhr derby of the season.

Although they are both Ruhr area derbies, the importance of the Super Cup is obviously not comparable to that of the league.

Schalke 04 does not need to play in the Champions League this season, but they do have the Europa League, but their performance in the league is much better than last season.

It can be seen that the intensity and pressure brought by the Champions League are indeed unmatched by the Europa League.

After thirteen rounds of league play this season, Schalke 04 ranks fourth with 25 points.

And last season, after the same thirteen rounds, where was Schalke 04? The fourth-to-last 15th place, with 13 points.

This can fully illustrate the impact of the Champions League on Bundesliga teams. (To be continued.)