Chapter 91 The show
After Zhou Yi finally walked down, Klopp was already impatient. While holding Zhou Yi's hand, he asked anxiously: "How about it? Feet?"
Zhou Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, coach."
"Is it really okay? What you say doesn't matter? Zhou Yi. I say doesn't matter. I have to say the 'doctor'." Klopp said with a straight face.
He called Dr. Marcus Braun, the leader of the team doctor, and asked him to do an examination of Zhou Yi.
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Mark Wagner, who was not included in the roster and could only sit at home and watch the game on TV, couldn't help laughing when he saw Zhou Yi strode towards Klopp.
"I knew he loved acting! He must have done this on purpose to annoy those Manchester City fans, haha!"
But the sister Cortana, who was next to her, frowned slightly and did not speak.
This kid does love acting, but she plays that part, and she has different opinions from her younger brother...
Not long after, the TV broadcast gave Zhou Yi a shot.
He had been replaced and sat in a chair, stretched out his left leg forward, and put it on a box, while his ankle was clearly wrapped with a bag of ice.
"Zhou Yi's ankle is being iced, and it seems he is still injured..." Marcel Leif said.
He Ping was even more excited: "Now it seems that Zhou Yi's two steps after the game were disguised, just to reassure the coach, but how could he be relieved? We have a statistics here. Zhou Yi is the player who has been violated the most on the court by the two teams, as many as thirteen times. With so many invasions, it would be strange if his feet are not injured! The only thing you need to pray now is not to be too seriously injured. After all, a healthy Zhou Yi is very important to Dortmund and the Chinese team..."
Mark, who was in front of the TV, was also a little surprised to see this scene: "Huh?"
"Hey, isn't it normal for him to be injured? It would be strange if he is not injured." The sister Cortana next to him snorted.
Mark is not an idiot either, so he naturally understands what his sister means. He plays football. After watching this game, he also feels that if Zhou Yi doesn't bring some "soccers" to leave Manchester without any "soccers"...
So he was silent.
But soon he suddenly turned his head and looked at his sister.
"Don't look at me, I'm just an ordinary team doctor." Cortana knew why her younger brother wanted to see her. "I'm not a miracle doctor."
"I believe my sister's ability is definitely the best!" Mark smiled.
"You haven't even played in the game yet, why are you worried about others?" Cortana was speechless.
"He is different. It doesn't matter if I get hurt or something, but he can't be hurt." Unexpectedly, my brother explained to her very seriously. "He is not just the core of ours, sister."
"What else can it be?" Cortana asked back.
"Yes..." Mark opened his mouth but didn't say anything because he was searching for the right words to describe Zhou Yi, but he found it difficult to use a word to accurately describe Zhou Yi.
"He can't be hurt anyway, he's very important!"
In the end, Mark can only say that.
Cortana rolled her eyes. She knew that her younger brother cared about Zhou Yi very much. She said, "Don't worry, it's not a big problem. He can act more than you think..."
Fortunately, he can act, otherwise he would not be replaced and would be raised by the unit price... This kid is sometimes cunning and unpleasant, but at this time it is just right to deal with opponents with muscles in his mind.
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After Zhou Yi was out, Manchester City mobilized all their strength and launched a fierce attack on Dortmund's goal. They still hope to equalize the score in the remaining period.
Now it seems that the victory is very slim, but if possible, it would be nice to tie Dortmund. It is better to get a point than a point.
In the 90th minute, Manchester City finally got a great opportunity. Piszczek made a foul in the penalty area and was sentenced to death, so Manchester City won a penalty.
In the end, Balotelli kicked the penalty into the goal guarded by Weidenfeller and scored a goal for Manchester City.
Now there are five minutes left in the game, and one goal behind, Manchester City suddenly saw hope.
In the following injury time, Dortmund retreated from defense at all and faced Manchester City's bombardment. Even the forward Reus had to use fouls to stop the opponent in defense, resulting in a yellow card.
But the good news is that Dortmund still won Manchester City away.
After two rounds of the group stage, they and Real Madrid both won two games, but they temporarily ranked second because they scored fewer goals than Real Madrid.
Manchester City and Ajax ranked third and fourth respectively.
After the game, Zhou Yi was stopped by reporters in the mixed area and answered several sensitive questions.
When asked if he was suspected of pretending to be injured when he was asked, Zhou Yi did not speak, but raised his left foot, which was still wrapped in an ice bag and could only wear slippers, to the reporters.
A reporter asked him what he thought about Manchester City fans' booing, and he said: "I think there must be some misunderstandings here. This is my first time to play at the Etihad Stadium. I have never played against Manchester City before, so we should have no grudges. As for why we booed me? You should ask them, not me who is also confused!"
He spread his hands open.
"They must think that your move before the game was a provocation." A reporter added for Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi shook his head: "If it is really provocative, I will draw the middle finger on the football instead of a smiling face. I believe that no one on this planet will treat a smile as a provocation, right?"
"But your behavior is unusual..."
"What's unusual about this? I have explained why I did this before. I don't think there is any need to repeat it. It's meaningless to be entangled in my move, and it won't allow Manchester City to win this game." Zhou Yi shook his head.
Some Chinese journalists were more concerned about Zhou Yi's injury, and Zhou Yi smiled and said: "There is no big problem. Ice compress is for the sake of safety and avoid the situation from worsening. But I think I should not miss the game with Australia."
He knew why Chinese journalists were concerned about their injuries, so he directly gave a standard answer.
German journalists were concerned about the club's game. They asked Zhou Yi, Dortmund, who had won two consecutive victories in the Death Group, and had six points like Real Madrid. Does this mean that the Death Group is not worthy of its name, in fact, in the end, Dortmund and Real Madrid qualify together.
Zhou Yi disagreed: "I think this is the case. There are six games in the group stage in total. Now only one-third of the game has been played, and there are still two-thirds of the game that has not been played. Everything is possible. Although Ajax is ranked last now, if you underestimate them, you will suffer a loss..."
He then ended the interview and limped back to the locker room.
At this moment, no one would have thought that what he said just now would come true on the next game day.
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At the post-match press conference, Klopp criticized Manchester City players for their rude actions towards Zhou Yi during the game. He also tactfully criticized the referee for not giving Zhou Yi more protection. He also talked about Zhou Yi's injury: "...I don't know if he will miss the game next. This decision requires the team doctor group to make the quota, not me. If the team doctor group says he can't play, then I won't let him play. If the team doctor group says he has no problem, I will let him play. It's very simple."
When it was Mancini's turn, he expressed regret for the team's loss to Dortmund at home, but he did not mention anything about Zhou Yi's injury and his players' rude movements.
Actually, there is nothing to mention. I admit that my players are too big, that is slapping myself in the face.
A reporter asked Mancini that Manchester City was very impatient in this game because they misjudged the situation and their opponents.
Mancini denied this: "We respect our opponents very much. Dortmund is a strong team, and we cannot underestimate the enemy."
But the day after the game, local media in Manchester published an article slapped Mancini in the face, believing that Manchester City could see from their pre-game preparations that the players' mentality was not right, so they were so easily angered by Zhou Yi.
"... Maybe it was the first group match that lost 2-3 away from Real Madrid, which gave Manchester City more illusions and ideas, making them feel that their strength is enough to break through in the death group. But the reality is cruel. I admit that although he lost 2-3 away to Real Madrid, Manchester City played well in that game and almost scored three-pointers from the Bernabeu. But the performance of that game has nothing to do with the performance of this game. It is not natural to think that the second group match is also played well because he played well in the first group match. And although it is not a good idea that the second group match is also played well.
Mancini denied it, but it is obvious that Manchester City underestimated the opponent when facing Dortmund. They may think that Real Madrid is better than Dortmund. They can all play Real Madrid in a disarray. Going back to their home court, it is definitely not a problem to beat Dortmund? But unfortunately, Klopp's team taught Mancini a lesson. The Champions League and the Premier League are completely different games. You can't think that it is a strong team in the Champions League just because they won the league championship last season. In fact, in the Champions League, Manchester City still has a long way to go..."
Manchester media criticized Mancini and Manchester City for being ruthless, but it is normal. This media usually prefers Manchester United...
Chapter completed!