After Zhou Yi was out, the Chinese team's midfield control also declined.☆→☆→,

Syria, who was eager to score a goal and equalize the score, began to counterattack regardless of everything, and took advantage of the Chinese team's mistake in the backcourt in the 77th minute to get a goal back.

After that, Gao Hongbo also adjusted the team's tactics and turned into a contraction defense.

Strive to maintain the lead of this ball.

Because in the first leg, the Chinese team lost to Syria 2:3 away. They have two away goals. As long as they can win 2:1 in this game, they will have an advantage in the group ranking with the away goal advantage, ranking ahead of Syria and ranked first in the group.

In the end, the Chinese team successfully defended the victory.

After the game, the Chinese team and Syria scored the same points, but because of their away goal advantage, they ranked first in the group.

As long as the Chinese team can defeat Vietnam away in the last round of the group stage, they will achieve Gao Hongbo's goal of "qualifying as the first in the group".

Zhou Yi played a crucial role in achieving this goal.

His return to China this time can even be said to be "fighting the fire". Without him, the Chinese team might not be able to defeat Syria at home.

After the game, Zhou Yi did not go back to the hotel with the players, but rushed to the airport directly. He would take a flight back to Germany to participate in the league preparations in Dortmund.

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After returning to Dortmund, Zhou Yi did not return to the team to train immediately. Klopp gave Zhou Yi a day off and asked him to rest well, but also caused the jet lag.

So one day later, Zhou Yi returned to the team for training.

During training, Klopp found that Zhou Yi had no signs of awkward cooperation with the team except for a little tiredness, and he was very satisfied with this.

Before Zhou Yi participated in the national team competition. Klopp was most worried about Zhou Yi's physical fitness, and secondly, Zhou Yi did not participate in the team's training camp during the winter break, so he would be unable to keep up with the team's training pace.

However, judging from the training of Zhou Yi, there was no second problem.

Zhou Yi's physical fitness has not recovered, so Klopp modified Zhou Yi's training plan to let him train with the physical coach in physical recovery without having to practice with the team all the time.

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At 0:30 am on January 18th, Beijing time, Dortmund's away challenge to Cologne began.

Zhou Yi, who participated in the national team competition, still appeared.

This is his fourth straight game at Dortmund.

Because he participated in the national team competition, Zhou Yi only played halftime this time and was replaced during the halftime break.

He scored neither goals nor assisted in the first half.

However, Zhou Yi made a great contribution to Borussia Dortmund being able to lead Cologne with two goals in the first half.

He did not have a direct assist, but helped Dortmund control the situation.

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

A few hours before this game, the Chinese team also defeated Vietnam 2:1 away. It was finally confirmed that it won the first place in the group and advanced to the Asian Cup finals.

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After the game with Cologne, Shahin recovered from injury and began training with the team.

Dortmund media have begun to look forward to Shahin and Zhou Yi appearing on the court at the same time.

"Double-controlled midfielder, Dortmund will become the team with the strongest midfield control in the Bundesliga!"

A week later, in the 19th round of the league, Dortmund faced Hamburg at home.

In this game, Zhou Yi did not affect him because of Shahin's injury, and he still appeared.

After full rest and training, Zhou Yi's physical fitness has recovered. So this time he played for 70 minutes before being replaced.

And he had an assist before being substituted, helping Dortmund beat Hamburg 2-0 at home.

The person who replaced Zhou Yi happened to be Shahin.

This is Shahin's first appearance after being injured in the game against Hoffenheim. Shahin's performance after appearing is average. However, after two months of injury, for Shahin, the most important thing is not to have any exciting performance when he appears. Being able to step on the court again is already a victory for him.

As for the state, I will slowly recover it.

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In the 20th round of the league, Dortmund challenged Stuttgart away.

Zhou Yi continued in this game. Although Sha Xin returned from injury and came on as a substitute in the last game.

But this does not mean that Shahin must rob Zhou Yi of his qualification after he can appear.

Although Shahin has been the main force of the team and the core of the midfield before this.

But now Zhou Yi performed better in the time of replacing him. No matter from any aspect, there is no reason to replace him and give way to Shahin.

So even the core of the past must now be honestly started as a substitute and regain the main position with their outstanding performance.

In the end, Dortmund tied Stuttgart 1:1 away.

Zhou Yi did not have assists or goals, but he did a very good job in the midfield. Otherwise, Dortmund might have lost this game.

Shahin replaced Zhou Yi again in the 66th minute. After playing, his performance was better than after he came on the bench in the last game. It can be seen that he is gradually finding his state.

Next, Dortmund played against Frankfurt at home, and like the last game against Stuttgart, it was still Zhou Yi and Shahin's substitute.

In the first half, Zhou Yi performed well when he was in good physical condition and contributed an assist to the team, helping Dortmund lead Frankfurt 2:1 at home. This is also Zhou Yi's fifth assist in the first team of Dortmund this season.

After his physical fitness declined in the second half, his performance was not as active as in the first half. However, Klopp was not worried that the team's midfield control would decline as a result. He replaced Zhou Yi with Shahin in the 65th minute.

After Shahin appeared, he quickly completed an assist, helping Dortmund lead Frankfurt 3:1.

"Shahin! Beautiful return! Shahin and Zhou Yi are in excellent condition. I think this must be a happy trouble for Klopp!" said Marcel Leif.

He said it was a hit. When celebrating the goal, Klopp said to assistant coach Buvac: "It seems we need to think of a way as soon as possible so that both of them can play at the same time, Gerliko."

"No problem," said the team's assistant coach and tactical master Gelico Buvac.

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In the end, Dortmund defeated Frankfurt 3-1 at home and won again after a draw.

Advance towards the qualification for the Champions League next season.

In the next game, they will challenge a strong opponent Bayern Munich.

After the game against Frankfurt, Dortmund players found some changes in their training content.

The coaching staff is experimenting with a new tactical idea, which is to let Shahin and Zhou Yi play at the same time.

The players are not surprised by this change. Zhou Yi was able to play because Shahin was injured. So when Shahin returned from injury and performed well, he would sooner or later return to the lineup. But Zhou Yi's performance was also good. It was impossible for Zhou Yi to let Zhou Yi be a substitute because Shahin wanted to return to the lineup. This would be unfair to Zhou Yi.

So they will definitely appear at the same time.

As for how to play at the same time, this is what the coaching staff has to consider.

Through training, the players saw some clues.

During the period when Shahin was injured, Dortmund changed from 442 to 41. The original forward Qi Dan lost his qualification and became a substitute. This was to make Zhou Yi free of his position. In the past 442, there were two midfielders in the middle, one was Shahin and the other was Sven Bend, and Kyle switched back and forth. This combination ensured the defensive hardness and organizational ability of the midfield.

After Shahin was injured, although Zhou Yi successfully replaced Shahin's organizational work, Zhou Yi could not help much in defense. If he continued to play 442, there were only four people in the midfield and only one midfielder, Klopp was worried that the team's midfield defense was not strong enough.

So he changed the team's formation from 442 to 41, allowing Sven Bend and Kyle, two back midfielders with excellent defensive abilities, to ensure the defensive hardness of the midfield, and also allows the front midfielder Zhou Yi to organize the offense with confidence and boldness without worrying about conceding the ball in the confrontation.

This formation runs well, and when Shahin was injured, Dortmund won consecutive victories.

The players have basically adapted to this formation, so they can make adjustments based on this.

Shahin returned to the back midfielder position and was responsible for rhythm control and dispatching, while Zhou Yi continued to stay in the front midfielder position because he was closer to the penalty area and was responsible for more refined offensive organization, such as the deadly last pass.

The two people keep in touch with each other and have clear division of labor.

At the same time, it can also switch positions forward and backward. Zhou Yi can retreat to the back midfield to perform a downward foot, and Shahin can also organize an attack. After all, Shahin also has a certain fatal first pass ability.

This is the dual core Klopp equipped Dortmund.

This is equivalent to taking double insurance.

When any core performs poorly, the other core can continue to work.

Now even computers pay attention to multi-core, playing multi-core on football fields is naturally an inevitable product of the development of the times.

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ps, the third update is here today, I hope everyone can hope.
Chapter completed!