When Dortmund arrived at the airport in Morocco, a large number of reporters were waiting there, most of them from China. The person they wanted to interview most was not Dortmund's head coach Klopp, but Zhou Yi. They wanted to hear what Zhou Yi thought about the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.

"I am very happy that Guangzhou Hengyuan was able to reach the semi-finals. They created the history of Chinese football." Zhou Yi congratulated Guangzhou Hengyuan.

Then he said: "Bortmond will do his best to prepare for this game. We played against them this summer, but I believe that Hengyuan and the last time they met have changed a lot."

What he said was somewhat similar to Zheng Zhi.

"We will not underestimate the enemy, nor can we talk about underestimating the enemy."

Zhou Yi’s answer is very formulaic and can’t find any faults, but it also makes the reporters feel bored. This is of course Zhou Yi’s usual style of facing reporters, but the reporters just want to dig out some deep-seated things.

So a reporter asked Zhou Yi directly: "What do you think about Zheng Zhi joining the national team?"

Zhou Yi spread his hands and kicked the ball to Gao Hongbo: "You asked the wrong person for this matter. I can't decide who can enter the national team and who can't enter. You will ask Gao's coach instead."

Zhou Yi's answer was not beyond the expectations of the reporters. This is a textbook-like shifting topic...

Some reporters were unwilling to give up and simply threw out the "bomb": "There are rumors that your relationship with Zheng Zhi..."

Zhou Yi laughed out loud when he heard this: "So do you think I have become the national team's football dominant?"

Zhou Yi’s straightforward questioning made the other party not know how to answer it - they can’t say “Yes, that’s what we think”, right?

Zhou Yi was stunned when he saw the other party, so he said, "Okay, then I will take this opportunity to clarify that there is no conflict or personal grudge between Zheng Zhi and I. It is not something I can decide whether he can join the national team, so I will never take the blame. Of course, I hope the best players can join the national team, and I also hope that this will make us perform better in next year's World Cup. But I am just a player, not a coach, how is the coach's job? If you are a player, you cannot comment or speculate, thank you."

After saying that, he asked the reporters: "Is there any problem?"

A group of reporters looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Some of them thought that Zhou Yi might use his usual "skipping ball" approach to face this difficult problem, just to use ambiguous words to make excuses and not answer positively.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi suddenly became fierce this time and argued directly, which made the reporters feel a little dirty.

But with Zhou Yi's current popularity and status, no matter what he said, those who oppose him are at a disadvantage, let alone Zhou Yi is justified in this matter. If the reporters still have to bother with him, it is their wrong.

So the reporters shook their heads and signaled that there was no problem.

Only then did Zhou Yi smiled and nodded to them, and then left.

After Zhou Yi left, a reporter suddenly slapped his forehead: "Hi!"

He successfully attracted the attention of others.

"Why did I forget?" The reporter looked annoyed. "Zhou Yi is the one who is rushing to scold the reporters online!"

"Damn it, hindsight!"

"Why can't you remember it before?"

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Zhou Yi got on the bus and went to the hotel with the team. He has been in Dortmund for a long time, and the Chinese journalists he has contacted are all those who are stationed in Dortmund. They mainly report club events and don’t talk much about domestic football. This time, many reporters came from China, which naturally brought the latest situation in domestic football.

He really didn't expect that as the World Cup approached, the popularity of the country was already so high.

This is obviously the Club World Cup, but the questions asked by Chinese journalists make people think this is the World Cup.

Although the Champions League is the most valuable and technical and tactical event in today's football world, the World Cup is still the most influential game...

As for whether Zheng Zhi can be selected into the national team, Zhou Yi really can't control it this time and doesn't want to.

Whether Zheng Zhi is selected or not has nothing to do with him, and it will not have any impact on him.

If Gao Guidance wants to be elected Zheng Zhi, Zhou Yi will not object. If Gao Guidance doesn't choose Zheng Zhi to join the team, Zhou Yi himself will not be able to be a lobbyist.

As for those rumors, Zhou Yi decided not to pay attention to them. He was not afraid of his shadow. No matter what they said, he would not hurt himself at all.

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The league between Dortmund and Hoffenheim ended on the afternoon of the 14th. They arrived in Morocco on the 16th and then prepared for the semi-finals with Guangzhou Hengyuan. The semi-finals were on the evening of the 17th, at 3:30 am on the 18th Beijing time.

The time between this can be said to be very nervous.

Unlike Guangzhou Hengyuan, Bayern Munich is facing a game as soon as he comes to Morocco.

Hengyuan has been here for almost a week and has played a game, adapting to the conditions of the venue - the semi-finals are all at the Agadir Stadium, just like the venues in the last quarter-finals.

If Guangzhou team has any advantages, this is probably the case.

Judging from the strength gap between the two teams alone, Guangzhou Hengyuan has almost no chance of winning.

But this is not a reason for them to give up in advance.

At the pre-match press conference, Guangzhou team's famous coach Lippi showed courage: "Bortmond is the European champion, but we are the Asian champions. I don't think the Asian champion is definitely inferior to the European champions."

And Klopp naturally dared not look down on Guangzhou Hengyuan: "We have played in China before, and they left a very deep impression on us. We will do our best in this game."

But no one knows if what they said is the truth.

Is Lippi bluffing? Is Klopp talking about the scene?

Because objectively speaking, Hengyuan's strength is not as strong as Dortmund.

If both sides give their all, Hengyuan will not be able to defeat Dortmund.

Unless Dortmund underestimates the enemy.

Will Dortmund underestimate the enemy?

It's hard to say, maybe it may or may not.

If Dortmund underestimates the enemy, coupled with the intensive competitions and the double fatigue of the physical and psychological fatigue caused by the Lao Shi Expedition, Hengyuan will not have no chance if it is used properly.

On Chinese social networks, there are also many speculations and discussions about this game, and it is clearly divided into two factions - one faction believes that Hengyuan is participating in the Club World Cup for the first time, focusing on learning, and it is already amazing to be able to compete with Dortmund in the official game. This is their opportunity to learn European cash football experience. The result of the game is not important. What is important is to gain valuable experience in the game and help the team grow.

Another group believes that since they have encountered this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, why can't they regard winning as their target? Dortmund is not an invincible cosmic team, and Hengyuan is not as weak as some people imagine. Those who think Hengyuan will definitely lose are all cordials that cannot stand up after kneeling for a long time, and they have no confidence in their own country's team...

The two factions quarreled online, and no one could convince anyone, and their views seemed to make sense.

The "learning school" believes that those who think Hengyuan can win have put too much pressure on Hengyuan. The "positive confrontation" believes that the "learning school" is a surrenderist without confidence.

It is also because everyone attaches too much importance to this game that such a debate arises.

The arguments were known to have gradually subsided before the game began, because everyone had no energy to quarrel online, and had to wait in front of the TV to prepare for the live broadcast of the game.

The real hardcore fans will not let go of the teams of both sides before the game, the reporters in front of the game, and the comments in the studio in the rear will not be missed.

It can be seen from the starting list of both sides announced before the game that both sides sent their main lineups in this game.

This starting list alone seems to confirm what the two teams said before the game - they both went all out.

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In the locker room, the players were quietly waiting for the game to begin, and they were very close to their appearance, and now only the head coach's final advice was left.

Lippi was paced back and forth in the locker room, and Hengyuan players' eyes changed back and forth with him.

But Lippi just paced back and forth without saying anything, and the players didn't make any noise, and the locker room fell into silence.

This silence lasted for a while and was broken by Lippi himself.

"Does anyone think this is our journey to the Club World Cup that cannot be further closer?"

Someone said, "No!"

The head coach wants to raise his head and suppress his head first, so of course the players have to cooperate. In this case, the head coach asks such words, of course, to boost morale. The head coach will definitely say: "Of course not!"

So as a player, you must be a qualified supporting actor, understand the meaning and say this in advance. Isn’t it better? It can also show the players’ fighting spirit.

But this time the situation was different, Lippi shrugged: "Yes. Our best result in the Club World Cup may be the semi-finals."

Eh?

Now, almost everyone in the locker room was stunned - what's the situation?

What's different from the script you set up?

"To be honest, no matter how hard you speak, it cannot make up for the gap between us and Dortmund. I believe that no one will be dissatisfied with me, right?" Lippi spread his hands and continued. "We are indeed weaker than Dortmund in strength. This is not called surrender, it is called recognizing yourself. But recognizing the gap between yourself and your opponent does not mean that you will be willing to lose. Just treat this game as the final of the Club World Cup, and use all your strength in the game, don't think too much about anything else. This is my only requirement for you."

At the same time, in the locker room of Dortmund, Klopp is also reminding his players: "Don't think that the Guangzhou team is easy to deal with, otherwise you will be the ones who make a fool of themselves in front of the whole world! I only have one requirement for you, that is, to do your best, to achieve the best form, and to defeat them in the shortest time!"
Chapter completed!