It is definitely not an exaggeration to say that the next game between Dortmund and Arsenal is related to whether Dortmund can qualify or not.

Now there have been three rounds of the Champions League group stage, with half of the schedule. Currently, the first place is Arsenal, who has won all three games. As a seed team, they defeated Galatasaray 2:1 away in the first three games, defeated Napoli 2:0 at home, defeated Dortmund 2:1 at home, and ranked first in the group with nine points.

The second in the group is not the defending champion Dortmund, but Napoli. They defeated Dortmund in the first round of the group stage. Although they lost to Arsenal in the second round, they defeated Galatasaray 2:1 away in the third round. With six points, they ranked second.

Dortmund fell to the third. After three group matches, they only won one game and lost all the other two games.

As for Galatasaray, who lost all the money and scored zero points in three games, I don’t need to consider it for the time being.

If Dortmund loses to Arsenal at home in the fourth round of group stage and has 12 points in Arsenal, he can qualify from this "death group" in advance. At the same time, once Napoli defeats Galatasaray at home, the gap between Dortmund and second-place Napoli will widen to six points, which means that Dortmund must win all of them in the last two rounds of group stage, and Napoli must lose all of them to qualify. In this way, it is necessary to compare the win-loss relationship with Napoli and the goals and goals in the battle with each other, and the number of goals and goals, and the number of variables.

This is definitely not the result Klopp wanted.

Even if Dortmund draws Arsenal at home, it depends on others' expressions.

Conversely, if Dortmund beats Arsenal at home, not only will he catch up with Napoli in points and approach Arsenal, but he will also tie the game in the winning and losing relationship with Arsenal.

Before this match against Arsenal, there is no need to guess whether Zhou Yi will appear in the game. He has started twice in the league and performed well, and his physical condition has not yet appeared new problems. Of course, it is impossible to miss this crucial game.

However, Chinese media still noticed a special situation - Yan Min reappeared on the roster of the game!

You know, since he came on as a substitute with Arsenal and performed poorly, Yan Min has not been selected by Klopp in two consecutive games.

The Roul derby against Schalke 04 can be said to be such an important game, and it is impossible to choose a new rookie. So in the game against Stuttgart, Yan Min was not included in the roster, so the Chinese media had to speculate whether Yan Min was thrown into the cold palace by Klopp because of his poor performance in the game against Arsenal.

Of course, Yan Min's performance was indeed unconvincing. It seemed normal to find a rebound in public opinion when he was interviewed after the game and drove him into the cold palace.

But the Chinese media still regrets that everyone still has high hopes for Yan Min, hoping that he can break out his own world in Dortmund like Zhou Yi.

But no one expected that Klopp would give Yan Min another chance, and it was in the game against Arsenal!

This is even more puzzling than throwing Yan Min into the cold palace - Yan Min was not on the bench when he came on as a substitute against Arsenal, and now he is selected to the roster against Arsenal. Why is this?

In fact, it was not only the media who was surprised by Klopp's choice, but Yan Min himself was also surprised.

After playing Arsenal, he was not selected for the roster for two consecutive games. Yan Min thought this should be the head coach's punishment for him, so he admitted it because he also felt that he did not perform well in the game against Arsenal, and there was nothing to say, just focus on training.

He believed that as long as he continued to train hard, he would return to the competition roster one day.

But he didn't expect that the day would come so quickly, and he was still in the game against Arsenal.

"What does this mean?" Yan Min asked Zhou Yi who was sitting next to him while taking a bus from the training base to the hotel.

"What does it mean?" Zhou Yi said with a smile, "This implies Klopp's good intentions for you, Yan Min."

"Have you... good intentions for me?" Yan Min was a little confused. He never felt that Klopp had any special care for him, and there was no question of good intentions.

"Of course. Think about it, why didn't you give you a chance to enter the roster in the previous two games, but this game selected you on the roster? Why did it go against Arsenal again?"

Yan Min frowned and thought hard.

He can't think of it.

Zhou Yi patted his back: "It's very simple, because Klopp hopes you can get up from wherever you fall!"

Yan Min was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up.

Seeing Yan Min's performance, Zhou Yi showed a "school-taught" smile, but did not speak anymore.

The reason why he stopped talking was that he didn't want Yan Min to ask the bottom of this question. If he asked Zhou Yi how he knew Klopp's idea, would he have to say that this was all his guess?

That was probably not the answer he wanted to hear for Yan Min.

Zhou Yi really doesn't know what Klopp was thinking. This answer was guessed by himself. Klopp had never talked to him, so how did he know what Klopp thought. The reason for saying this is to inspire Yan Min's fighting spirit. He doesn't know whether Yan Min has the chance to play, but if Yan Min really gets the opportunity to play, Zhou Yi hopes that Yan Min can perform more positively when facing Arsenal. Don't be timid and unable to let go because of the evaluation of him in the first game.

As for what Klopp thought, it didn't matter at all. Anyway, Yan Min couldn't go and ask Klopp...

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Yan Min was on the big list, only Chinese media were most interested in it, while others thought it was a very ordinary arrangement and not worth mentioning. Their eyes were more on Zhou Yi.

So far this season, Zhou Yi has only played 71 minutes in the Champions League and has not even played a complete game.

He hasn't played in a UEFA Champions League game for a minute since he was hit and fell into a coma during the derby against Naples.

Dortmund challenged Arsenal in the last away game. After returning in a defeat, some media believed that Klopp was too conservative. If Zhou Yi had let him play in that game, Dortmund would have been able to beat Arsenal away. If Zhou Yi had appeared at that time, Dortmund's situation would not have been so bad now.

If it is a draw, Arsenal will have seven points and Dortmund will have four points, and the two sides will have one point apart. As long as Dortmund defeats Arsenal at home in this game, he can tie Arsenal's points, and he will also have the advantage of the victory and loss relationship between the two sides. This is a big victory or defeat in the group stage ranking.

At that time, many people believed that Zhou Yi did not play, which was a key factor in Dortmund's away loss to Arsenal.

So this time, Zhou Yi will start without any surprise. Can Dortmund defeat Arsenal at home?

At the same time, this is also the first time that Zhou Yi and Arsenal met in the game after Arsenal failed to buy Zhou Yi this summer.

After the team arrived in Dortmund, Arsenal head coach Wenger did not hide his regret for not winning Zhou Yi, and also praised Zhou Yi's performance after his comeback: "I said a long time ago that Zhou Yi is a world-class midfielder. It is shocking that he has achieved such performance and achievements at his age. We have carefully studied the two games after his comeback. He has performed very well in a competitive state. There is no doubt that he will be the key figure in this game. We will defend him strictly."

A Chinese reporter asked: "Does this mean that it has curbed Zhou Yi and also curbed Dortmund?"

"Of course not. In addition to Zhou Yi, Dortmund has many outstanding players. But Zhou Yi is indeed very important to Dortmund and cannot be ignored."

At the same time, a reporter ran to ask Zhou Yi what he thought about after being injured in the game against Naples and playing in the Champions League again.

"I don't have any thoughts, it's just a Champions League group match. We will go all out to pursue victory, it has nothing to do with the opponent, it's just because we want to win." Zhou Yi answered calmly.

"What do you think of Wenger's comment on you?"

"I'm very happy to get such a high review. Wenger is a world-class head coach and his praise is an honor for me."

"Then will you consider joining Arsenal in the future?" asked an impatient reporter from London, England.

Zhou Yi smiled slightly: "Let's talk about it then. I will only focus on the current game now."

There is no room for the other party to play again.
Chapter completed!