After the game, Zhou Yi was also the focus of media reporters' pursuit. What he said before the game caused quite controversy. Now the results of the game are indeed as he "predicted". Of course, everyone wants to hear what he is going to say.

Zhou Yi, who stood in front of the microphone, seemed innocent: "I really don't mean to provoke, nor do I have arrogance or arrogance. I just said a scientific term to everyone, but I didn't expect it to be over-interpreted by the media. I originally thought that a slang that can be seen everywhere in the Western world, and there is nothing to say, but now it seems that I am not thoughtful. If you ask me what I think about this, I just think that some things have scientific reasons, which is not based on personal emotions. Whether you like it or not, it is there. Murphy's Law is not a good thing, but it does exist. It is just a psychological phenomenon, don't over-interpret it. This game proves this very well."

A reporter asked: "Is that understandable that no matter how hard Real Madrid players work, Real Madrid will definitely lose to Dortmund?"

Zhou Yi shook his head quickly and pointed to the reporter who asked the question and said, "I didn't say that. If there is a deviation in the report, you will be responsible."

He pointed to the reporters present and said, "So many journalists can testify here. I have never said what I just said!"

A group of reporters rolled their eyes in their hearts...

It was still a Chinese journalist who came out to change the topic: "So after defeating Real Madrid at home, does it mean that Dortmund will win the first place in this group?"

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "This is the death group, and it is normal for everything to happen. Not only can we be the first in the group, but it is too early to qualify from the group. Who knows what will happen next? Manchester City is also a strong team..."

Before he finished speaking, the Chinese reporter who asked the question looked at him with a mysterious smile and said, "Manchester City just lost 1:3 away to Ajax."

"Uh..." Zhou Yi couldn't continue to say anything. "Okay, then that's it, goodbye everyone!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and forced his farewell to the reporters.

Looking at his departure back, some of the reporters laughed.

"Hey, you said two seasons ago, he swore to predict in advance that Dortmund would definitely be able to qualify from the Champions League group stage at that time. Why did he be so low-key and modest this time?"

"This is not humility, it is obviously despicable!" someone next to him immediately said. "I feel like he is talking slander all over..."

“Would it be too sensitive?”

"We are not sensitive. We should interpret Zhou Yi in a deeper way. We should not only look at the surface meaning, but fully explore his heart. Do you know what subtext he has?"

"Do you know who I sympathize most now? It's Manchester City! Zhou Yi said it would be fine if Real Madrid died. Real Madrid is their opponent in this game. Manchester City was shot thousands of miles away, but he was killed by him..."

"How do you say this?"

"After the last Dortmund and Manchester City game, Zhou Yi said in our interview that everything was possible? What did he say at that time..." The speaker raised his head and thought for a while and continued. "'Although Jax is ranked last now, if you underestimate them, you will suffer a loss'. Yes, that's it. Look, did Manchester City fall on Ajax in this game? A Premier League champion, three consecutive losses in the Champions League group stage! It's really... embarrassing, tsk tsk."

A group of people also remembered that Zhou Yi had said this before. At that time, everyone didn't think too much, just thought it was just a normal and ordinary sentence.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi was really predicted.

Now when you think of his nickname "wizard" that was once spread throughout Germany, you can't help but shudder. Maybe the nickname is not actually quotation marks?

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The two Champions League group stages that kicked off at the same time in one night were over. Dortmund defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at home, continuing the embarrassing record of Real Madrid's defeat in Germany for 14 years. But this result is not too surprising. Many people will think that the result is normal even if they don't watch the game at all. If Real Madrid wins, they will be surprised.

But the result of another game really scared a lot of people.

Manchester City actually lost to Ajax away when it was already a back-to-back game! The team recognized as the weakest team in this group beat Manchester City 3:1 at home!

In fact, in the first half, Manchester City could still tie Ajax away, with the score between the two sides 1:1.

But in the second half, Jax scored two goals in ten minutes, killing the suspense of the game.

Mancini's team suffered an embarrassing three-game losing streak in the Champions League group stage.

This is something that many people did not expect before the game. When the lottery results came out, everyone thought that Ajax was the target of points for all teams in this group. The competition for the two qualifying places will be carried out among the three teams, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Dortmund.

Unexpectedly, after half of the group stage, Manchester City fell behind first. Now after three games, Dortmund won three games and ranked first with nine points. Real Madrid ranked second with two wins and one loss, and Ajax ranked third. They won and two losses and accumulated three points. Manchester City, who have all played in three games, had zero points and ranked last.

There are three group matches left. If Manchester City wants to break out of the Death Group, then he will win all of the last three games. At the same time, he will also expect the team ahead of them to not win in a single game, otherwise the probability of their qualifying will be very, very, very low...

But even so, there is only theoretical possibility for Manchester City to qualify...

After this game, Manchester media said: "It turns out that the 'Death Group' is just for Manchester City..."

"The 'Death Group' has become the 'Disappointed Group', who knows what Manchester City has experienced!"

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Manchester City is naturally disappointed, while Dortmund's situation is very good.

They scored nine points in three games and had not lost yet. They had a six-point lead with Ajax, who ranked third. And they also had the advantage in terms of win-loss relationship. In the next three games, Dortmund only needs to meet two conditions to ensure the qualifying place.

The first one is to win one of the remaining three games, just win one.

The second condition is not to lose to Ajax by a score difference of two goals or more.

As long as these two points are met, basically the right to qualify will not run away.

And the actual situation is much more optimistic than this theoretical situation.

Because the theoretical situation is based on Dortmund winning only one game, then losing two games, and Ajax won all three games left.

Not to mention the two opponents of Manchester City and Dortmund, it is basically impossible for Ajax to defeat Real Madrid away, so this theoretical limit situation is unlikely to occur.

It can be asserted that there is no suspense for Dortmund to qualify from this death group. The only suspense may be who is first and who is second to Real Madrid.

After losing to Dortmund, Real Madrid went from first in the group to second in the group. They would definitely not be willing to touch the first in other groups like this, nor would they be willing to let Dortmund win themselves. So in the next Champions League group stage, after returning to their home court, Real Madrid would definitely try their best to defeat Dortmund.

The competition between these two teams is the biggest highlight of this group.

As for the statement of "Death Group"... everyone now finds that the UEFA Champions League D group in 1999 is a classic that cannot be surpassed and copied. This year's D group is just a "Death Group" that looks very intimidating. In fact, it is a paper tiger. Manchester City's lack of strength has caused this group to lose a lot of suspense. A group with such a big score difference can hardly be called the "Death Group".

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After the match against Real Madrid, Dortmund challenged Freiburg away in the ninth round of the league.

In this game, Klopp used a large rotation. Although the whole Dortmund team showed amazing physical fitness in the game against Real Madrid, they were not robots after all, and they still needed rest. Two consecutive fierce battles with high intensity, the players were very tired both physically and mentally.

So after the game against Real Madrid, Klopp gave all the players who participated in this game a whole day off, even if it was actually a league against Freiburg three days later.

Klopp had no intention of having some of these players participate in that game.

In the away game against Freiburg, Zhou Yi did not go, Mark did not go, Lewandowski did not go, Reus did not go, and Sven Bend did not go, none of the above people are on the 18-man roster.

But even so, Dortmund, who played in the second team, still defeated Freiburg 2:0 away from home. The Champions League double-front battles were not delayed. This also shows that after playing for two consecutive seasons of the Champions League, Dortmund has accumulated some experience in dealing with both domestic and European arenas.

For Dortmund, the good news will never come alone. In the same league round, Bayern Munich lost 1:2 to Leverkusen at home, which was their first league game this season.

And this failure also left their points at twenty-four points.

Dortmund followed closely with 20 minutes and the current gap between the two teams has been narrowed to four points.
Chapter completed!