Zhou Yi's goal allowed Dortmund to lead Hoffenheim 3:2 away. Although Dortmund only led one goal, it seemed to crush Hoffenheim's last straw.

In the next game, Hoffenheim tried to counterattack, but he was always suppressed by Dortmund's counterattack. They had scored two goals in a row at home, and the momentum of taking two goals to lead was gone.

Until the end of the game, Hoffenheim failed to cross the gap in this goal.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Hoffenheim 3:2 away.

This result naturally made Dortmund media very happy. They hugged the three-pointer and maintained the trend of catching up with Bayern Munich in four points. Dortmund can finally participate in the Club World Cup with peace of mind.

However, in the whole of Germany, except for Dortmund's own media, other media are probably not so optimistic about Dortmund.

After the game, many media believed that although they defeated Hoffenheim, they would not let Dortmund breathe a sigh of relief. If Dortmund does not face the problem, they would be in big trouble next.

"... Although he defeated Hoffenheim, it exposed a big problem for Dortmund - how could Dortmund play so hard against a team like Hoffenheim? But now it is still so difficult for them to win Hoffenheim. Seeing their players hugging and celebrating excitedly after Zhou Yi scored, I don't think there is anything to be happy about. Dortmund should reflect on - why can they play like this when they play Hoffenheim?"

"The decline in Dortmund's strength this season is very obvious. To be honest, after watching Dortmund's game for the past half season, I think it's not easy for Dortmund to rank third. To be realistic, Dortmund's goal this season is to get the UEFA Champions League place next season, so don't expect the league championship..."

In response to this situation, some media have also interviewed Dortmund's players and wanted to hear what they think of the current public opinion.

Groskreuz naturally angrily scolded the media, believing that they wanted to make big news.

But most players did not get interviews, refusing to answer the question on the grounds that “we must focus on the next game now.”

Zhou Yi responded with a tricky perspective: "I think the media said this is disrespectful to Hoffenheim. I am not provoking trouble. I don't know what others think. Anyway, if I am a Hoffenheim player, I will be furious when I hear the media say this - what does 'Want Hoffenheim play like this?'? Is Hoffenheim very weak? After sixteen rounds of the league, I remember correctly. Hoffenheim is ranked 11th, ranking in the middle of the game. It is normal for us to play such a team away from home. It is normal for us to play like this... Yes, it is normal for Hoffenheim to lose the game. If Hoffenheim wins us, it means they perform well. We win them because we perform well, not that we should definitely beat Hoffenheim. Anyway, I think the media said this is an insult to Hoffenheim..."

After saying that, Zhou Yi shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.

After Zhou Yi's words were reported by the media, they did arouse Hoffenheim's convenient reaction. Hoffenheim's head coach talked about this matter at the regular press conference in the middle of the week. He expressed his support for Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi is a great player. Not only does he perform well on the court, but his words and deeds off the court are also great. Of course you know what I am talking about, right?"

A reporter laughed out loud in the audience.

"In the game against Dortmund, Hoffenheim performed well, so we took a two-goal lead. But there were also times when he performed poorly, and Dortmund performed better, so they finally defeated us. No one wanted to lose, but sometimes the result was not something you could control. I don't think Hoffenheim is a team that can be beaten by anyone. If anyone thinks that, they are welcome to try it."

This is not very polite. Zhou Yi's words were like a fuse, igniting Hoffenheim's anger. But it cannot be said that Zhou Yi was sowing discord, because those media said were not friendly enough to Hoffenheim.

These media may just want to use Dortmund to criticize Dortmund for this game against Hoffenheim. After dominating the Bundesliga for three consecutive seasons, many people are a little tired of Dortmund and are always happy to see negative news about Dortmund.

However, when they attacked Dortmund, they didn't care about Hoffenheim's mood and feelings at all. Of course, they did not pay attention to this team deep down, so this situation occurred.

This gave Zhou Yi the opportunity to take advantage of it.

In the final analysis, it is their heartfelt disdain and contempt for Hoffenheim that caused this situation.

Not only Hoffenheim's head coach Gistor was dissatisfied, but Hoffenheim's fans were also very dissatisfied with the media's contempt.

Now is the Internet era and the era of social media. Everyone can express their opinions and voice on social media without worrying that no one can hear it.

A large number of Hoffenheim fans left messages under the official media accounts of Hoffenheim criticizing Dortmund. Although these enthusiastic Hoffenheim fans are not many, they are very combat-ready. And the fewer people, the more they can be regarded as a vulnerable group, and their voices are even less afraid to be ignored. So the media had to respond to the protests of Hoffenheim fans.

"...We absolutely have no intention of discriminating against Hoffenheim..."

"We apologize to Hoffenheim fans for the inappropriate use of the wording in the report article. Although we are willing to do so, we are still sorry for the misunderstanding..."

At this time, they didn't care about being accused of Dortmund...

And what about Dortmund?

Of course, they didn't bother with the media. After ending their match with Hoffenheim and returning to Dortmund, they rushed to Morocco to prepare for the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.

Zhou Yi provoked a war between the German media and Hoffenheim fans, and then fled far away, hiding deep in the name of the name...

The German media was overwhelmed by Zhou Yi, while the Chinese media did not care about what happened in Germany. At most, they reported this matter back to China as an "interesting thing", but they would not start repeatedly hyping around this topic.

They have a more important thing, that is the Club World Cup.

This year's Club World Cup is a very special session for Chinese football, Chinese fans and Chinese media reporting on Chinese football.

Because this is the first time in history that a Chinese team has participated in the Club World Cup.

In the Toyota Cup, the predecessor of the Club World Cup, the rules of the competition stipulate that both parties can only be European champions and South American champions. Although the venue is held in Asia, it has no relationship with Asian teams.

Later, FIFA briefly held the Club Dead Cup, which was changed to champion teams from various continents to participate. However, this has nothing to do with the Chinese team.

Later, FIFA's Club World Cup completely replaced the Toyota Cup, and the competition system was fixed. Winners of the Champions League in all continents could participate in the Club World Cup that year. But Chinese teams still missed because the Chinese club teams were too weak.

In the short history of the AFC Champions League, Chinese teams have never been a champion, so how can they be qualified to represent Asian club teams to participate in the Club World Cup?

Before this year, the best results of Chinese club teams in the AFC Champions League were the semi-finals, including Dalian Shide in 2003 and Shenzhen Jianlibao in 2005.

Both teams met the West Asian team in the semi-finals, and Dalian Shide lost 6:7 to Al Ain missed the final. There were few teams participating at that time, and they could directly enter the semi-finals if they broke out in the group stage.

By 2005, Shenzhen Jianlibao also reached the semi-finals. They passed one more level in the knockout round than Dalian Shide, but lost to Al Ain 0:6 in the semi-finals, and the Chinese team missed the final again.

After all, the Chinese team's performance in this game was not very good.

The best results are just the quarterfinals of Shanghai Shenhua and Shandong Luneng.

Because of the weak performance of Chinese teams in this event, the AFC Champions League has no sense of existence in the minds of Chinese fans. Everyone is familiar with the knowledge of the Champions League, but when it comes to the AFC Champions League, not many people know it.

Until the emergence of Guangzhou Hengyuan. The Guangzhou team, which participated in the AFC Champions League as the Chinese Super League champion in 2012, participated in the AFC Champions League for the first time, and they were still in the China League One two years ago. The result was that this team reached the quarterfinals after participating in the AFC Champions League for the first time.

This year, in 2013, they won the championship in one fell swoop. In the home and away round-based game in the final, they defeated the Korean team Seoul and won the AFC Champions League, creating history - this is also the first championship that Chinese club teams won in the AFC Champions League.

Guangzhou Hengyuan, which won the championship, naturally qualified to participate in the Club World Cup at the end of the year. During the lottery ceremony, if they can pass the first round of the Club World Cup knockout, they will meet the European champion in the semi-finals, and the European champion is Dortmund.

This is not the first time Dortmund and Guangzhou Hengyuan have a fight. The last confrontation between the two sides is actually very close. Just this summer, the first stop of Dortmund's China trip was Guangzhou, and the first opponent in the warm-up match was Guangzhou Hengyuan.

But that game was a commercial game after all, especially Dortmund players would hardly do their best on the court, and their attitude towards the game was different from that of the official game.

It's different now. Through its own efforts, Guangzhou Hengyuan finally got an opportunity to officially challenge Dortmund. This time, I believe Dortmund's mentality should be different from that of commercial competitions.

Of course, the premise of all this must be based on the fact that Guangzhou Hengyuan must first pass the first round of the knockout round.

Their opponent is Al Ahli, the African Champions League champion from Egypt.
Chapter completed!