Before Dortmund announced its starting roster, everyone was speculating whether Klopp would rotate and adjust the starting lineup. After all, the game against Atletico Madrid three days ago consumed a lot of physical fitness from Dortmund players.

If there is no rotation, it will not only affect the performance of this game against Leverkusen, but will also continue to affect the second leg against Atletico Madrid in the middle of next week.

Continuous battles are the end of the season again. Even a team like Dortmund, which is known for its good physical fitness, is probably a situation where "the landlords have no surplus food"...

In the roster announced the day before the game, Aubameyang and Reus did not even make the roster, which basically gave everyone a preliminary result - Klopp was indeed in rotation!

This is also impossible. With Dortmund's current lineup, if you don't rotate, you will be afraid of a complete collapse in the end... In order to consider the next game, it is necessary to conduct moderate rotation now.

But two hours before the game, when Dortmund announced the starting lineup, everyone was still shocked - Zhou Yi was not found in the starting lineup!

Zhou Yi, who entered the roster, did not enter the starting list, which is a rare thing for Dortmund.

No matter how the rotation was, Zhou Yi was the main starting player who was unstoppable. It was under Zhou Yi's leadership that Dortmund was able to keep biting Bayern Munich in the league and overtake at Allianz Stadium.

The importance of the Zhou Yi to Dortmund can be seen.

Before, everyone speculated that Dortmund would rotate in this game, but no matter how you guessed, you never thought that Zhou Yi would be rotated...

So when this starting lineup came out, many people's first reaction was - "Is it wrong for the official website of the Bundesliga? How could Zhou Yi not have a starting lineup?"

But after repeated confirmation, it was found that Zhou Yi did not start. Mkhitaryan started in this game instead, and Zhou Yi sat on the bench.

For a time, both in Germany and China, the media concerned about this game were in an uproar.

All kinds of speculations arose.

How could Zhou Yi not start?

If Klopp hadn't had a brain problem, there would have been a reason for Zhou Yi not to start.

What is the reason?

Is Zhou Yi injured?

Is there a big problem with Zhou Yi's physical fitness?

Because the starting list was announced only two hours before the game, although the reporters were full of questions, they had nowhere to ask.

They can only guess but have nowhere to prove it.

Judging from Dortmund's previous training, Zhou Yi is normal, and it is definitely not impossible to start because of injury. There is a greater possibility of physical fitness problems. After all, in the game between Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, Zhou Yi played the whole game, and he always controlled the rhythm of the game. He was very imposing. When Dortmund played the fast pass and cut tactic, Zhou Yi kept running up and down. Football always had to pass through his hub, and the requirements for physical fitness were very high.

Although Dortmund defeated Atletico Madrid 3:0, he almost completely suppressed Atletico Madrid on the scene. What is the price?

In that game, the average running distance of the Dortmund team was 11,000 meters.

This is the average running distance for the whole team.

Zhou Yi ran nearly 15,000 meters by himself, making him the player with the longest running distance in the Dortmund team.

This data can tell us how tired Zhou Yi is.

So Zhou Yi did not start in the game against Leverkusen, so it would be reasonable to think about it this way...

But it's reasonable, but Klopp's risk is very high.

What if Dortmund loses to Leverkusen away? The one-point lead against Bayern Munich has been finally established before, and the league champion will also fall behind Bayern Munich. So many Tymonds have worked hard for a season?

Unless Klopp thinks that Dortmund can beat Leverkusen away without Zhou Yi.

Then his attitude will definitely anger Leverkusen, and Zhou Yi will be regarded as an opportunity by Leverkusen as an opportunity.

Will Dortmund withstand Leverkusen's bombardment at home?

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Dortmund and Leverkusen kicked off on the evening of April 26 local time. Before that, there were many Bundesliga games kicked off on the afternoon of April 26, including Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen, as well as the Wolfsburg and Freiburg games that Leverkusen pays attention to.

As a result, Wolfsburg was unexpectedly tied by Freiburg at home, and the two sides tied 2:2.

This is not good news for Dortmund. Wolfsburg's draw means that as long as Leverkusen can beat Dortmund at home, they can expand the gap with Wolfsburg and further consolidate the fourth position in the league, so their desire to beat Dortmund at home is stronger.

In addition, the result of Bayern Munich's game also put a lot of pressure on Dortmund.

They were stubbornly resisted by Werder Bremen at the beginning of their home court. The first goal was Werder Bremen, and Selasi helped Werder Bremen to score the first record in the tenth minute.

However, Bayern Munich equalized the score ten minutes later by Ribery.

In the 36th minute, Werder Bremen took the lead again. Hunter broke through Bayern Munich's goal.

At the end of the first half, Werder Bremen led Bayern Munich 2:1.

If Bayern Munich loses the game like this, then Dortmund will be able to breathe a lot.

At this time, Bayern Munich's coaching bench received the starting roster for Dortmund's match against Leverkusen.

Originally, there was nothing to pay attention to on the other party's starting list, so this kind of thing would not be told to Guardiola. But today's situation is really too special. The person who collects intelligence did not know what this actually means, so he simply told Guardiola.

"Zhou Yi didn't start?" Guardiola was also surprised after hearing the news. After getting a definite answer, he fell into silence.

What does it mean if Zhou Yi has not started?

Is this Klopp's conspiracy? Or is Klopp being knocked out?

Is this our opportunity?

For a moment, many thoughts flashed through Guardiola's mind.

Then he pushed open the door of the locker room and walked in.

Because of falling behind in the first half, the morale of Bayern Munich players is not very high.

In fact, this often happens to Bayern Munich since losing to Dortmund in the Battle of the Kings Mountain at Allianz Stadium.

Although he was only one point behind, if Dortmund kept winning, the result would be very desperate...

A lack of confidence will be particularly prominent when encountering difficulties.

For example now.

Bayern Munich fought Werder Bremen for 45 minutes at home, but in the end, Werder Bremen led by one goal.

During the intermission, the atmosphere in the locker room was not very good either.

At this time Guardiola pushed the door in.

Holding a stern face.

After everyone saw the head coach's expression, the air in the locker room froze.

"I just heard something interesting, and I think I should share it with you." Guardiola said.

The players' interests were attracted by his words, and all their eyes were turned to him.

"In the game between Dortmund and Leverkusen, there is no Zhou Yi in their starting lineup."

As soon as Guardiola said this, some people in Bayern Munich's team changed their eyes. They knew what it meant to be without a starter.

"I don't know why Zhou Yi didn't appear in the starting lineup, but I guess it might have something to do with them knowing that we were 1-2 behind Werder Bremen in the first half. They felt that we were sure to lose, so they could give the core players a full rest..."

Guardiola said, but the Bayern Munich players were not convinced - yes, we are behind now, but isn't there still half a game?

Whoever said we would lose?!

Guardiola had to spend a lot of time to let the players understand, but now he only needs to tell them what Dortmund did to achieve it...

As for whether Dortmund was really behind in the first half, Zhou Yi was on the bench because Bayern Munich fell behind, it was actually not important at all. Guardiola didn't care about the truth of the matter at all.

He just needs to use this order...

He used to say that he didn't care about Dortmund, but now he also needs to use Dortmund to boost his morale.

It's really a bit...irritating.

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After the second half of the game started, Bayern Munich, who had no personnel adjustments, was like a change of team, quickly bringing the game to the rhythm they were familiar with.

Just eight minutes into the second half, Pizarro equalized the score for Bayern Munich.

Four minutes later, Pizarro scored twice, and Bayern Munich took the lead.

In the 61st minute, Schweinsteiger scored a goal, and Bayern Munich led Werder Bremen 4:2.

At this time, Werder Bremen had lost his fighting spirit by Bayern Munich and could not threaten Bayern Munich's goal. He could only shrink his defense and prayed that he would lose fewer penalty kicks...

But in the 74th minute, they still conceded the ball. Robben came on the bench and completely secured the victory for Bayern Munich.

In the end, Bayern Munich defeated Werder Bremen 5:2 at home.

Dortmund, who temporarily beat one game in the league standings, became the first again.
Chapter completed!