After finishing training, Zhou Yi was surrounded by Chinese reporters. Although the Champions League final was right in front of him, what Chinese journalists were obviously concerned about was not the matter in the Champions League final.

This time, Zhou Yi pulled Yan Min behind him and told him to shut up and stop talking.

To avoid him accidentally saying something he shouldn't say and then being hyped up by the media.

This is the best way to keep the team calm inside.

Zhou Yi came to be the spokesperson.

"I just heard about this news. I have no opinion on Coach Gao and Lippi. The most important thing now is not this, but whether the team's preparations can proceed smoothly. Everything is based on the interests of the team. As long as the team can prepare for the World Cup smoothly, it is good."

Zhou Yi said seriously.

Of course, the reporters would not give up. They asked: "Do you think that Lippi will have a brighter prospect in the World Cup than Gao Hongbo as the head coach?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "I never predict the future."

This is just talking lies with his eyes open. He has predicted the future a lot before. Otherwise, how could he have the nickname of "wizard"? Isn't it just to predict Barrios's goal and become famous in one game?

But even if everyone knows that Zhou Yi is talking nonsense, they can’t do anything about such a nonsense Zhou Yi… Because everyone knows Zhou Yi’s temper, no one can force him to say what he doesn’t want to say, and no one can stop him from saying what he wants to say. Everything depends on whether he wants to think about it, to put it bluntly, on his mood.

So a reporter asked from another direction: "There are rumors that Gao Hongbo has other hidden information after he was dismissed. He was not voluntarily resigned but was forced to resign. May I ask..."

Zhou Yi spread his hands and looked innocent: "I am not the person involved, I am not at the scene, how do I know what the specific inside story is? Shouldn't you ask the person involved in this matter? Why do you ask me?"

The reporter was speechless when Zhou Yi asked a question in one sentence, not knowing what to say.

Yes, Zhou Yi is not on the scene, how could he know what the truth of those rumors are?

Facing the reporter, Zhou Yi finally said: "I hope to see the national team change coaches to make a smooth transition and prepare for training to return to normal. This is my wish. Then, the more important thing for me is the Champions League final. After all, it is less than two days before the final... After the final, I will go to meet with the national team, and then we will discuss the national team's affairs."

He directly blocked all the reporters' mouths next.

Indeed, everyone has been involved in all their energy by news about the national team during this period, and almost forgot that the Champions League final is close to you...

Maybe Klopp is the last thing he wants to see Chinese journalists at this time. The Champions League final is imminent, and these Chinese journalists are still coming to disturb Zhou Yi and Yan Min...

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The Champions League final is indeed imminent. One day later, the whole team of Dortmund left Dortmund by plane and set off for Lisbon, Portugal, the venue of the Champions League final. There will be the last two days to adapt to the venue and adjust their state, and will face Real Madrid here next.

Dortmund and Real Madrid have faced many matches in recent years.

After returning to the Champions League after seven years, they met Real Madrid in the knockout stage.

At that time, both Dortmund and Zhou Yi were still a little immature. They played very passively against Mourinho's Real Madrid. They lost 1:4 in the first leg away. Zhou Yi scored his only goal for Dortmund.

In the second round, he returned to home court and tied with Real Madrid 1:1, and Zhou Yi gave an assist.

In the end, he was eliminated with a total score of 2:5.

This is Zhou Yi's first experience in the Champions League, and his score is in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Although he only reached the quarterfinals, he accumulated experience in the Champions League for Zhou Yi, allowing Zhou Yi to know what the Champions League game looks like.

The next season, he and Dortmund went further and reached the semi-finals. They also entered a hard battle to eliminate Barcelona, ​​but lost to the later Champions League champion Chelsea in the semi-finals.

Zhou Yi created a miracle in his third Champions League season - he helped Dortmund win the Champions League championship!

And this season, he and Dortmund actually met with Real Madrid four times...

During the group stage, he was assigned to a group with Real Madrid, which was claimed to be the deadliest group since 1999.

It's indeed "death" enough, Premier League champion Manchester City was eliminated.

In the group stage, Dortmund first defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at home, and Zhou Yi contributed two assists.

Then they defeated Real Madrid 3-2 away, and Zhou Yi scored one goal and one assist.

The two victories against Real Madrid helped Dortmund break out of the siege as the first in the group in the death group.

Then the two teams met again in the semifinals.

In the first leg, Dortmund defeated Real Madrid 4-1 at his home court. Lewandowski made a big favour, and Zhou Yi assisted and scored twice.

It was like a 1:4 revenge two years ago.

Although Dortmund lost to Real Madrid 1:2 away in the second leg, he still eliminated Real Madrid with a total score of 5:3, advanced to the final, and met with Bayern Munich at the New Wembley Stadium.

Everyone knows the final story. Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich in the Champions League final of this "Germany National Derby", winning the Champions League trophy for the second time in history.

There is no need to read the records of the confrontation that have been too long in the past, and it has no reference value.

However, the frequent clashes between the two sides in recent years can illustrate some problems.

From the confrontation results in recent years, it is obvious that Dortmund has the advantage.

The two teams faced each other six times in total, with Dortmund winning three wins, one draw and two losses.

Especially last season, Dortmund met Real Madrid four times, defeating the opponent in the group stage and eliminating the opponent in the semi-finals. Some media even said, "It's not that the German team is the nemesis of Real Madrid, but that Dortmund is the nemesis of Real Madrid."

This season, Real Madrid broke two Bundesliga teams in one go, especially the elimination of Bayern Munich, which made the game feel so exciting.

For a time, the curse of "Real Madrid cannot defeat the German team away" was completely shattered.

This also gave them more confidence and confidence to meet Dortmund in the Champions League final.

But in comparison, Dortmund is probably more confident and confident.

The current situation is that supporters of both sides feel that they are more confident and confident in facing each other and have psychological advantages.

But the situation is not that simple.

First of all, Cristiano Ronaldo was injured in Real Madrid. On May 7, the Portuguese played only nine minutes before leaving the game after being injured. He missed the last two rounds of the league.

However, everyone believes that Cristiano Ronaldo can definitely participate in the Champions League final, and he is definitely eager to help Real Madrid win the championship.

Currently, Ronaldo leads the Champions League scorer list this season with 16 goals. The second and third places are Ibrahimovic, Messi and Diego Costa, who scored ten goals and eight goals respectively. However, none of these three people have played, so in fact, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Champions League Golden Boot in advance. He still maintains the highest number of goals in the single season of the Champions League. As long as there are goals in the finals, the record will be rewrite.

At the same time, Real Madrid has another hidden danger, that is, their midfield commander Xavi Alonso will miss the Champions League final because he received a yellow card in the semi-finals and was automatically suspended for one game, which just happened to make him miss the Champions League final.

This is a tragedy for Xavi Alonso. But for Real Madrid, it is a huge hidden danger.

The importance of Xavi Alonso to Real Madrid is self-evident. He is the commander, commander tower and engine of this team.

Without him, Real Madrid's midfield strength will inevitably be damaged. In the competition with the Dortmund midfield led by Zhou Yi, I don't know what will happen...

Dortmund's defense line will be the most concerned place, because so far, Subotic has not made a comeback, so they can only use the residual line to deal with Real Madrid's forward line.
Chapter completed!