Chapter 218 Super Cup
As Chinese fans, of course I hope to see more and more Chinese players playing football in European football, and even like Zhou Yi, they are doing very important jobs in their respective clubs.
So when they saw Yang Muge appearing on the roster of this game, they naturally began to look forward to Yang Muge being able to play the game and stage a real "China derby" with Zhou Yi. Before this, Hao Junmin had a chance, but before Hao Junmin played for Schalke 04, he had never had a direct conversation with Zhou Yi in the game.
However, in this game, Yang Muge finally sat on the bench and was unable to play.
Zhou Yi was not unexpected.
In the first half, Dortmund led Schalke 1:0 04 under the leadership of Zhou Yi.
At the beginning of the second half, Schalke 04's head coach Rangnick made a substitution and replaced Draxler, but the person who replaced him was not Yang Muge, but another midfielder Jurado.
But this did not change Schalke 04's weakness in the midfield when facing Dortmund.
The substitution adjustment did not allow Schalke 04 to have the advantage in the field, while Dortmund further consolidated their advantage through substitution adjustments. They replaced Groschloitz with Gotze and replaced Barrios with Lewandowski on the front line.
Zhou Yi was replaced by Sven Bend in the 74th minute.
Yang Muge did not get a chance to play until the end of the game.
Dortmund defeated Schalke 04 with a score of 1:0 and won the first championship of the season.
After the game, Zhou Yi first went to find Yang Muge, hugged him, patted him on the back, and turned around to celebrate with his teammates.
Yang Muge followed his teammates back to the locker room, leaving the stadium to the winning Dortmunds.
Yang Muge was very sorry for not being able to appear. But he also knew that it was just that the opportunity had not come yet. What he had to do was not complain about why the opportunity had not come yet, but to continue to strengthen his strength, so that when the opportunity came, he could seize it...
After the game, Zhou Yi was asked questions about Yang Muge during an interview with reporters.
Of course, the Chinese journalist raised this question.
"Old Yang, you must have the strength." Zhou Yi said. "I believe he will play in Schalke 04 sooner or later. I'm not worried that he won't play. It's just a Super Cup now. To put it bluntly, it's an official warm-up match, not a league... Are you too anxious, right?"
Of course he knew what the reporters meant to ask this question.
But he also doesn't want the attention of reporters and domestic fans to bring some unnecessary pressure to Yang Muge, so he relieves Yang Muge in this way.
Yang Muge also accepted an interview with Chinese journalists after the game.
"It's a pity to lose the game, and it's a pity not to be able to play. But I will continue to train hard and wait for the opportunity." Facing the reporter, he was still wearing a Schalke 04 sports jacket, he answered calmly.
Some reporters were concerned about what Zhou Yi said when he asked Yang Muge to hug him after the game.
Facing the reporters' camera, Yang Muge smiled a little shyly: "He said he would treat me to a meal later as a comfort to the losers."
The reporters were speechless. They thought Zhou Yi would say something to Yang Muge, but they didn't expect it to be a treat to dinner... What they had guessed before was whether Zhou Yi would use his experience of playing two more seasons in the Bundesliga to give Yang Muge some advice...
They didn't know that Zhou Yi had said these advice many times in the group that "excluding Lao Guo" and did not need to say it to Yang Muge again.
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Zhou Yi had a meal with Yang Muge the next day after the game, and it was indeed a guest he invited.
This is after Dortmund celebrates their Super Cup.
Compared with league champions, Super Cup championships are not that important, so naturally there will be no such thing as winning a Super Cup and having to parade the whole city. That will only make people laugh.
At the dining table, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge talked about yesterday's game, and they reviewed the game at the dining table.
Discuss several key points of the competition.
Zhou Yi is from the perspective of players on the field, and Yang Muge is from the perspective of bystanders.
After the analysis, Zhou Yi felt that it was no difference whether Yang Muge appeared or not in this game. Even if he appeared, he would not be able to help Schalke 04 win this game.
Yang Muge felt that it might not be certain. At least he could improve Schalke 04's defense in the midfield, so he would not be so passive.
Zhou Yi knew very well that the possibility that Yang Muge said existed, but the probability was very low. Because before this real Super Cup, Zhou Yi had simulated this game in the virtual space for a week. Yang Muge was on the court in every game, but Schalke 04 still lost more and won less.
"Hey, Lao Yang. If you want to play, will you defend me?" Zhou Yi asked.
"If the coach asked me to defend you," said Yang Muge. "If necessary, I will shovel over from your side and back, so you have to be careful."
"Damn, this meal is in vain!"
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After the German Super Cup match with Schalke 04 ended, there was not much time left before the start of the new season of the Bundesliga.
Dortmund is not very active in the summer transfer market, and they are very restrained in buying and transferring.
When it comes to buying players, the most expensive part is in the midfield. Gundogan, who transferred from Nuremberg, spent four million euros on Dortmund, and Ivan Perisic, who transferred from Bruges in Belgium, spent five million euros on Dortmund.
Among them, Perisic is the betting of Dortmund's summer transfer period this season...
The rest are like defender Chris Rovi, who earned back from Chemniz, and Australian midfielder Mustafa Armini who transferred from the Central Coast Mariners. Their transfer fee is one of two hundred thousand and the other is three hundred thousand.
From this we can see that Dortmund is still adhering to their transfer policy of reducing their squandering income, that is, they can spend less money, and they can spend less money... Compared with Bayern Munich, Dortmund is as poor as a proletarian.
In terms of transfer, Dortmund has not left the team so far so far.
It turned out that the team's old captain Dede was older, injured more and his condition declined, and he could not get the main position at Dortmund, so he decided to leave. This was what he had agreed with Dortmund club long ago. After the contract expired last season, he left Dortmund as a free agent.
It turned out that Hungarian midfielder Hainauer had no place in Dortmund's midfielder and transferred to Stuttgart, with a transfer fee of one million euros. Another player who left the team with a similar reason was midfielder Foilna, who went to Nuremberg, with a transfer fee of only 150,000 euros.
Dortmund's midfield strength is indeed very strong now, and it is difficult for ordinary people to gain a foothold in the competition. So it is understandable to leave and seek more opportunities.
And the player who left the team's biggest card probably was Barrios.
He should have always been the main striker of Dortmund. If there was no such accidental injury... he was in very good shape before that, and the Bundesliga Golden Boot.
As a result, a game that was not too serious was given to Mark Wagner's chance to take over.
After replacing him, this kid scored consecutive goals, and his condition was surprisingly good.
While Barrios was recovering from his injuries, Lewandowski also emerged.
The result was that when Barrios returned from injury, he found that he could only play as a substitute at Dortmund... His appearance sequence was after Mark and Lewandowski.
For Barrios, who has won the Bundesliga Golden Boots, he feels he is in good shape, of course, this is a situation he cannot bear.
But in the team, he couldn't compete with Mark and Lewandowski.
So he thought of leaving.
Unfortunately, after recovering from injury last season, Barrios, who has not played much, and has not recovered his form, seems no one wants it in European football... Strictly speaking, it is not that no one wants it, but that he doesn't like the clubs he is interested in, and the clubs he likes are not interested in him.
So a deadlock eventually formed.
At this time, Barrios received an invitation from China. A team from Guangzhou, China, who was not short of money was interested in Barrios, hoping to introduce him, and offered him a sky-high annual salary contract, which was much higher than his annual salary in Dortmund.
Barrios was not sure, so he called Zhou Yi to ask for his opinion.
But Zhou Yi didn't know much about this rich team that suddenly emerged, so he could not give any valuable opinions at all.
But in the end, Barrios chose this team, probably because he was defeated by the opponent's Golden Dollar offensive... No, he was moved.
The transfer transaction brought Dortmund 8.5 million euros in revenue, the highest income Dortmund had in the transfer market this summer.
Barrios himself surpassed his teammate Conca in Guangzhou and became the player with the highest transfer amount in the history of the Chinese league...
In this way, the Bundesliga Golden Boot left Dortmund and went to China to find gold. This incident did not cause any sadness among Dortmund fans, because they already have Mark Wagner and Lewandowski. Who would miss a person who left?
Especially Mark Wagner, he is the child from our South stands, and together with Groschloitz and Zhou Yi, he is in a good position!
Who else can you support if such a player does not support him? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!