When Dortmund arrived at the airport in Morocco, there were already a large number of reporters waiting, most of them from China. The person they most want to interview is not Dortmund's head coach Klopp, but Zhou Yi. They want to hear what Zhou Yi thinks of this World Cup semi-final.

"I am very happy that Guangzhou Hengyuan can reach the semi-finals. They created the history of Chinese football." Zhou Yi congratulated Guangzhou Hengyuan.

Then he said: "Dortmund will go all out to prepare for this game. We and they have played against this summer, but I believe that Hengyuan has changed a lot since the last confrontation."

What he said was similar to Zheng Zhi.

"We will not underestimate the enemy, nor can we talk about it."

Zhou Yi's answer is very formulaic and can't pick out any faults, but it also makes reporters bored. This is of course Zhou Yi's consistent style of facing reporters, but reporters just want to dig out some deep-seated things.

So a reporter asked Zhou Yi directly: "What do you think about Zheng Zhi joining the national team?"

Zhou Yi spread his hand and kicked the ball to Gao Hongbo's side: "You asked the wrong person in this matter, and I can't decide who can enter the national team and who can't enter. You go to Gao Gui instead."

Zhou Yi's answer did not surprise the reporters. This is a textbook-like transfer topic...

Some reporters were not reconciled and simply threw a "bomb": "There are rumors that you have a relationship with Zheng Zhi..."

Zhou Yiwenyan laughed out loud: "So you think I have become the ball tyrant of the national team?"

Zhou Yi's straightforward rhetorical question asked the other party not to know how to take it-they can't always say "yes, we think so", right?

Zhou Yi saw that the other party was stunned, so he said: "Alright, then I will take this opportunity to clarify-there is no conflict between me and Zheng Zhi, personal grievance. Whether he can enter the national team, it is not that I can decide Yes, so I am determined not to bear this pot. I certainly hope that the best players can enter the national team, and I hope that this will allow us to perform better in the World Cup next year. But I am only a player, not a coach, How does the coach work, and can't be commented and speculated as a player, thank you."

After that, he asked the reporters: "Is there any problem?"

A group of reporters looked at each other, and the atmosphere was suddenly awkward. Some of them thought that Zhou Yi faced this thorny problem, and he might adopt the "kick-ball" approach he used to use, that is, to obscure the past with ambiguous words and not answer it positively.

Unexpectedly, this time Zhou Yi suddenly became violent, and this kind of remarks made the reporters suddenly disgraced.

But with Zhou Yi's current popularity and status, what he said, those who opposed him are at a disadvantage, not to mention that Zhou Yi was already reasonable. If journalists are still entangled with this issue, they are wrong. Too.

The reporters shook their heads, indicating that there was no problem.

Zhou Yi smiled and nodded to them, then walked away.

When Zhou Yi left, a reporter suddenly shot his head: "Hi!"

He succeeded in attracting the attention of others.

"How did I forget?" The reporter looked annoyed. "Zhou Yike is the one who scolded reporters on the Internet!"

"Fuck, hindsight!"

"Why can't you remember that early?!"

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Zhou Yi got on the bus and went to the hotel with the team. He has been in Dortmund for a long time, and the Chinese reporters he has contacted are those who are resident in Dortmund. They mainly report on the club's matches, and they don't say much about domestic football. This World Cup has brought many reporters from China, and naturally brought the latest situation in domestic football.

He really did not expect that as the World Cup approaches, the domestic heat has become so high.

This is clearly the World Club Cup, but the questions asked by Chinese reporters make people think that this is the World Cup.

Although the Champions League is the highest gold content in football today and the highest level of technical and tactical skills, the World Cup is still the most influential game...

As for whether Zheng Zhi can be selected for the national team, Yi Yi really can't manage this week, and he doesn't want to.

Whether Zheng Zhi can be selected or not, it has nothing to do with him, nor does it affect him.

Zhou Yi will not object if Gao Zhijun is to be elected to Zheng Zhi. If Gao Zhi does not choose Zheng Zhi to join the team, then Zhou Yi himself cannot run as a lobbyist.

As for those rumors, Zhou Yi decided to ignore them. The body is not afraid of the oblique shadow, and they can't hurt themselves in any way they say.

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The league between Dortmund and Hoffenheim ended on the afternoon of the 14th. They arrived in Morocco on the 16th and then prepared for the semi-final against Guangzhou Hengyuan. The semi-final was on the evening of the 17th and on the 18th of Beijing time At half past three in the morning.

It can be said that the time in between is very nervous.

Unlike Guangzhou Hengyuan, Bayern Munich will face a game just when they come to Morocco.

Hengyuan has been here for almost a week, and has played a match, adapting to the conditions of the venue-the semi-final venue is the same as their last quarter-final venue, they are all in Agadi Stadium.

If there is any advantage for the Guangzhou team, this is probably the case.

Judging from the strength gap between the two teams, Guangzhou Hengyuan has almost no chance of winning.

But this is not the reason they gave up in advance.

At the pre-match press conference, Guangzhou coach Lippi showed courage: "Dortmund is a European champion, but we are an Asian champion. I don't think Asian champions are necessarily worse than European champions."

And Klopp naturally dare not look down on Guangzhou Hengyuan: "We have played in China once, and they left a very deep impression on us. We will go all out in this game."

But no one knows whether the two of them are telling the truth.

Is Lippi bluffing? Is Klopp talking?

Because objectively speaking, Hengyuan's strength is not as good as Dortmund.

If both parties go all out, Hengyuan cannot beat Dortmund.

Unless Dortmund underestimates the enemy.

Will Dortmund belittle the enemy?

This is not easy to say, maybe or not.

If Dortmund is underestimating the enemy, coupled with the double physical and psychological fatigue caused by intensive competitions and the expedition of laborers, Hengyuan will not have no chance if it is used properly.

On Chinese social networks, there are also many speculations and discussions about this game, and they are clearly divided into two groups-one group believes that Hengyuan will participate in the World Club Cup for the first time, focusing on learning, and can compete with Dortmund in the official game. It's amazing, this is their chance to learn European cash football experience, how the game results are not important, the important thing is to gain valuable experience in the game and help the team grow.

The other school thinks that since it has encountered such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, why can't it be the goal to win? Dortmund is not an invincible space team, and Hengyuan is not as weak as some people think. Those who think that Hengyuan will definitely lose are soft bones who can't stand up after kneeling for a long time, and have no confidence in their own country's team...

The two factions quarreled online, and no one could persuade anyone, and their views seemed very reasonable.

The "learning school" believes that those who feel that Hengyuan can win put too much pressure on Hengyuan. The "positive school" thinks that the "learning school" is a surrender without confidence.

It is also because this game everyone really takes it too seriously, and this kind of argument arises.

The argument didn’t stop until the game started, because everyone didn’t have the energy to quarrel online, but had to wait in front of the TV to watch the game live.

True die-hard fans will not miss the warm-up of both teams before the match, reports from the front reporter, and comments from the rear studio.

It can be seen from the starting list of the two sides announced before the game that both sides sent the main lineup in this game.

This starting list alone seems to confirm the pre-match statement of the two teams-they have gone all out.

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In the locker room, the players were quietly waiting for the game to start, which was very close to their appearance, and now only the head coach's final instructions remained.

Lippi paced back and forth in the locker room, and the eyes of Hengyuan players followed him back and forth.

But Lippi just paced back and forth, did not speak, the players did not make a sound, the locker room fell into a silence.

After this silence lasted for a while, Lippi himself broke it.

"Some people think that this is our journey to the World Cup and we can't take it one step closer?"

Someone said, "No!"

If the head coach wants to be first, the players must cooperate. In this case, if the head coach asks such words, of course, it will boost morale. The head coach will definitely say: "Of course not!"

Therefore, as a player, it is better to be a qualified supporter, to appreciate the feelings, and say this sentence in advance. It can also show that the players have fighting spirit~lightnovelpub.net~ But this time the situation is different, Lippi shrugged: "Yes. Our best result in the World Club Cup may be the semi-finals."

Eh?

At this time, almost everyone in the locker room froze-what happened?

Not the same as the set script?

"Honestly, no matter how hard your mouth is, you can't make up for the gap between us and Dortmund. I believe I said that, shouldn't anyone be dissatisfied?" Lippi continued with his hands open. "We are indeed weaker than Dortmund. This is not called surrender, this is to recognize yourself. But recognizing the gap between yourself and your opponent does not mean that you will lose yourself. Think of this game as the World Cup final. , Give full play to your strength in the game, don't think too much about other things. This is my only requirement for you."

At the same time, in the locker room in Dortmund, Klopp is also telling his players: "Don't think that the Guangzhou team is very good to deal with, otherwise you will be the one who is ugly in the world! You only have one requirement, that is to go all out, come up with the best form and beat them in the shortest time!"