After Milan returned with a first-leg victory and a away goal, Dortmund welcomed their league opponent at home, Sao Paulo, who is not strong.

Because he had just played a Champions League knockout game, Klopp had a rotation in this game.

However, Zhou Yi did not enter the rotation lineup.

After team doctor Dr. Braun examined and analyzed the physical condition of all players, he believed that Zhou Yi could play in the game against St. Pauli.

Since the scores leading the opponent in the league are not too many, Klopp really doesn't want Zhou Yi to rotate.

In this way, Zhou Yi was able to play in the game against St. Pauli.

In this game, Mark and Shinji Kagawa both entered the rotation, and Lewandowski replaced Mark.

The Polish scorer did not disappoint Klopp's hope for him. In Zhou Yi's indirect and direct assist, Lewandowski scored twice, helping Dortmund finally beat Sao Paulo 2:0 at home.

Because Leverkusen beat Stuttgart 4:2 at home, the two teams are still six points apart.

The points gap is not long or short. To say it is long, it is just two games. But to say it is short, the longer the six-point gap is, the longer the league is...

In addition, in the next round of the league, Dortmund will challenge Bayern Munich away. If Dortmund loses to Bayern Munich away, it will give Leverkusen a chance to narrow the points gap.

After the match against Bayern Munich, there is no Champions League match, and Dortmund can focus all its attention on this match.

For Dortmund, the away game against Bayern Munich is not only considered a mountain that must be crossed on the road to winning the championship, but also their battle for revenge.

Last season, Dortmund was double-killed by Bayern Munich in the league. Especially after his condition rebounded, he also lost to Bayern Munich away.

This season, they have beaten Bayern Munich at home, only one Allianz Stadium has not yet been broken.

Although Bayern Munich's performance this season is not as good as before, their performance is gradually getting better after the winter break.

Just look at the current league rankings. Dortmund is the first in the league and has accumulated 52 points, Leverkusen is the second in the league and has accumulated 46 points, and Bayern Munich is the third in the league and has accumulated 42 points.

You should know that Bayern Munich's ranking in the first half of the league is outside the top ten...

Data analysis: Bayern Munich's last six games have been five wins and one loss, scoring seventeen goals and conceding five goals.

The last three games have been completely victorious, and at home he has won ten consecutive victories.

This shows that they have a great advantage at home.

In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich has only lost two of its last 16 games, while six of its last seven games have won big scores.

For example, win Hoffenheim 4:0, win Aachen 4:0, win Kaiserslautern 5:1.

The only thing that can affect them may be the Champions League quarterfinals in mid-week. Like Dortmund, they are going to Milan to challenge their opponent Inter Milan.

In contrast, Dortmund's recent form has not been very good. They have won two wins, three draws and one loss in the last six games. When they were the least in the league, they were shortened to four points.

Of course, analyzing data can only explain some of the problems, but not all of them.

If you only look at the numbers, you will be deceived.

Because during the period when Dortmund performed poorly, Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa were not in the team. When Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa returned to the team, the team's performance immediately improved.

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In the middle of the week, Bayern Munich, who had no reservations, defeated defending champion Inter Milan 1-0 away, achieving the same result as Dortmund.

Almost half of his body was about to squeeze into the quarterfinals.

After the game, Van Gaal was very satisfied with the team's performance. The team's recent outstanding performance has also made him feel confident in speaking.

"Who said we were going to give up on the league? Ten? Yes, I know, but so what?"

Van Gaal, who has always spoken straightforwardly, said this when he was asked by reporters about the next critical battle with Dortmund.

Bayern Munich, ranked third, had just ten points behind the league points of No. 1 Dortmund.

In the eyes of many people, it is almost an insurmountable obstacle, but in Van Gaal's view, it is not the case.

"The next thing we can beat Dortmund, the 10-point gap will be shortened, it's a six-point game. We won't give up on the league, because the league championship is a tradition of Bayern Munich."

This is really domineering, as if the Bundesliga is the back garden of Bayern Munich. If they want to win the championship, others have to give in.

Faced with Van Gaal's remarks, Klopp responded this way: "I have never heard of such words from the head coach of a team so far from the top of the league."

"Do you think Bayern Munich still has a chance to win the league title?" asked the reporter.

"Of course there is, even Borussia Mönchengladbach has the chance to win the league title!" Klopp shrugged, with a very obvious sarcasm in his tone.

Borussia Mönchengladbach is ranked 18th in the league this season - the last. They only scored 19 points in the 23rd round of the league and are on the verge of relegation.

Everyone knows what Klopp means.

In response to Klopp's response, it was Bayern Munich's general manager Henesse's turn to stand up and express his opinion.

"I must remind Klopp that there are 11 rounds left in the league, and Mönchengladbach only has 19 points. If they want to win the league championship, in addition to hoping that the seventeen teams that are ahead of them will lose all the next leagues, they will also get at least 37 points. But there are only 11 rounds left in the league. Even if Mönchengladbach wins, they can only get 33 points, so they have no chance to win the championship. I suggest that Klopp should first review math."

Dortmund and Schalke 04 are mortal enemies in the Ruhr area, but throughout Germany, their opponent is of course Bayern Munich.

When Dortmund had a good grade, every time they met Bayern Munich, Mars hit the Earth, it can be seen from the intensity of the battle of words before the game.

The grudges between the two teams are not only reflected in the game, but also outside the court. For example, Dortmund has been poached by Bayern Munich many times. Club general manager Zorke once accused Bayern Munich of being a cancer of German football. Their practice of trying every means to poach other clubs' hope stars and playing stars will eventually ruin the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich retorted and showed that Dortmund was the most powerful team to dig in the Bundesliga.

In the previous seasons, Dortmund's performance was very poor and his performance was sluggish, and he could not threaten Bayern Munich's dominance. At that time, the gunpowder smelled slightly weaker when the encounter between the two teams was slightly weaker.

This season, Dortmund's strong performance directly threatened Bayern Munich's Bundesliga dominance. Of course, Bayern Munich could not sit idly by, so the classic battle of words between the two sides started.

Regarding Hernes's speech, Dortmund's general manager Zorke couldn't sit still. He sarcastically said: "It seems that Henes is good at math. I wonder if he is willing to come to Dortmund to be a math teacher for us? The door of Bracker's training base is always open to him. Anyone with a normal IQ should be able to hear that Klopp is just using Borussia Mönchengladbach to make an analogy, but Henes is so serious. He is obviously escaping the key to the problem, that is, does Bayern Munich still have a chance to win the championship? If I want to say, they still have them, at least higher than Borussia Mönchengladbach."

The managers of the two teams are here to "indignify each other" and have been in trouble for eight lifetimes...

I don’t know who they were provoking, so I was constantly beaten.

It’s really a fight between gods and mortals suffer.

In this regard, Mönchengladbach Club also expressed its own views: "We respect both Bayern Munich and Dortmund. After all, they defended the dignity and honor of our German football in the Champions League. But we hope that the two clubs can also express some respect to us. Please don't connect us with the league championship anymore. We just want to relegate now!"

This statement from Borussia Mönchengladbach is really funny. Many people want to laugh at it, but some people find it very sad.

Because Borussia Mönchengladbach is considered a veteran team in the Bundesliga. In their most glorious 1970s, they won two UEFA Cup championships and reached the Champions League final in 1977. Unfortunately, they lost to Liverpool 1:3 in the final and missed the Champions League championship. They also had the honors of five league championships and three German Cup championships in China.

But after the golden age ended, the team gradually became mediocre and only had a reputation left.

Ranked last this season, maybe you will be relegated.

Now they really don’t have the heart to consider any league championship. Moorchengladbach fans also think that Bayern Munich and Dortmund are too arrogant. Their jokes about Bournemouth are simply vicious attacks and injuries.

Klopp quickly apologized and said that he was not intentional offense. He just gave an example to illustrate that Bayern Munich's chance of winning the championship is very low... He apologized to the Mönchengladbach club and fans for his unintentional loss.

Then Heness and Zorke apologized one after another.

However, while apologizing, Heness did not forget to continue attacking Dortmund. He reminded Borussia Mönchengladbach's fans that Klopp had pulled Borussia Mönchengladbach in first, so he had a wrongdoing and had a debt. He went out to find Klopp...

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The management of the two clubs was joking, what about the players?

Naturally, they also show off their muscles and spit on each other, fully demonstrating their position.

Among the smell of gunpowder, Zhou Yi is the exception. He told reporters from Germany and China: "I don't understand why Van Gaal thinks this game is important. This is just one of the thirty-four rounds of the league. I don't think this game has any special significance."

"But Bayern Munich is something you can't avoid if you win the championship..."

"There's nothing that can't be avoided, right? We're leading them tens. Even if we lose them in this game, we're still seven points ahead of them, and it's not the end of the world."

"So you think it doesn't matter if you win or lose?" a reporter asked.

"No, of course I will try my best to pursue victory. I just said there is no need to take this game too seriously - there was a quarrel between the first and third in the league. Have you ever asked about the second in the league?"
Chapter completed!