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Chapter 213 Battle of Tianwang Mountain

Dortmund re-entered the Champions League final after 16 years, creating history. This matter became the focus of everyone's discussion after the game.

In China, everyone is also discussing this matter with great enthusiasm.

Of course, their focus is not that Dortmund reached the Champions League final after 16 years, but that there are Chinese players entering the Champions League final for the first time in history.

On Weibo, everyone is looking forward to Zhou Yi's performance in the Champions League final.

And, another goal worth looking forward to, will Zhou Yi become the first Chinese player in history to win the Champions League championship?

Before Zhou Yi, in Asia, only Park Ji-sung appeared on the Champions League final stage to celebrate the 2008-2009 Champions League final. Park Ji-sung appeared, not only becoming the first player in Asia to participate in the Champions League final, but also becoming the first player in Asia to play in the Champions League final. In the 2010-2011 Champions League final, Park Ji-sung appeared again.

But unfortunately, Park Ji-sung failed to win the Champions League championship in these two appearances, and Manchester United lost to the same opponent Barcelona.

However, Park Ji-sung became the first and only player in Asian football history to win the Champions League championship in the 2007-2008 season. Although he was not selected for the Champions League final in the heavy rain in Moscow, he still won the Champions League medal with the team and won the Champions League trophy.

For Chinese fans, their expectations for Zhou Yi are not just about playing in the Champions League, but about repeating what Park Ji-sung has accomplished. They also hope that Zhou Yi can do what Park Ji-sung did not do that back then, that is, to play in the Champions League final and help the team win the Champions League championship.

Although Park Ji-sung won the Champions League championship that year, the season he won the championship did not play in the Champions League final. Manchester United failed to win the Champions League final he played in.

So if you have to pick the bones in the eggs, Park Ji-sung's Champions League champion will feel like "living it while you're lying down".

In terms of UEFA Champions League appearances and Champions League Cup wins, Zhou Yi can no longer be the number one player in Asia, but he can become the first in the "Champions League final and win the championship".

Although the Champions League final will be in the early morning of May 26, Beijing time, and there are more than 20 days left before now, Chinese fans are already eagerly looking forward to it, hoping that the Champions League final will be the next day.

But Zhou Yi was not looking forward to it. In an interview after the game, he said that the focus now is on the league.

"The Champions League final is still early. In front of us, what is more important is the competition for the league championship. Now we are two points behind Bayern Munich, but there is still a chance to have direct dialogue, so we will consider the league next..."

In fact, on the plane from Madrid to Dortmund, Klopp told his players that they should forget about the Champions League finals and focus on the league.

Three days later, they will welcome Bayern Munich at home.

That's the final in the league.

The preparation time left for Dortmund is only three days, and time is very tight.

The only comforting thing is that Bayern Munich has less preparation time and they only have two days to do.

Bayern Munich will compete with Barcelona for tickets to Wembley Stadium tonight. In fact, there is no suspense. With the current state of the two teams, it is basically no problem for Bayern Munich to advance to the final.

If Bayern Munich beat Dortmund away in the league three days later, then Bayern Munich is likely to become the European triple champion this season.

That was an amazing achievement.

Before this, no team in the entire German football world could have achieved such a success.

In the German Cup, Dortmund no longer has the chance to stop Bayern Munich, but in the Champions League finals and leagues, they still have hope of blocking Bayern Munich.

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On the evening of May 1, Barcelona welcomed Bayern Munich at home.

This is the moment when Barcelona fights against the enemy, but in the city-level competition, Barcelona did not show the fighting spirit that people hope to see, which is completely different from Real Madrid yesterday.

Of course, this is not something that cannot be understood. After all, it is relatively easy for Real Madrid to make a comeback. They just need to win 3:0 at home, which is not impossible for Real Madrid. But it is much more difficult for Barcelona to make a comeback at home. The realistic goal is that they beat Bayern Munich at their home court at 4:0 and then drag the game into overtime. But even such a "realistic" goal is very difficult.

Although there are many objectively unfavorable factors, people did not expect Barcelona to have no fighting spirit at their home court. Before, everyone thought that even if Barcelona knew that there was no hope of advancing, they should use a victory to save face at their home court. Not to mention winning a victory of 4:0, 1:0, and 2:1, it is OK.

Who would have thought that Barcelona would lose 0:3 at their home court!

The two teams were able to stand stalemate in the first half and not lose the ball, but collapsed in the second half.

Just as the second half began, Robben scored a goal for Bayern Munich. Then in the 72nd minute, Pique's own goal made Barcelona's situation worse. Four minutes later, Thomas Muller's goal completely declared Barcelona's death.

In the end, Barcelona was eliminated at 0:7 in the two rounds. Although the result of being eliminated was not surprising, the total score was still surprising. He conceded seven goals in two rounds, but he did not score a single goal and was completely defeated by his opponent at home. Such a failure is simply a "shame".

Bayern Munich started substitutions in the 67th minute of the game. After Muller scored the third goal, he used the last substitution. Obviously, although Bayern Munich was in Barcelona, ​​his heart was floating to Dortmund. Heinx was already preparing for the "Fight of the Kings Mountain" with Dortmund two days later.

In the game against Barcelona, ​​he was thinking about another opponent. Bayern Munich was so "half-minded" that it was the biggest humiliation to Barcelona.

At this time, people have to sigh that Barcelona, ​​which has lost Guardiola, is no longer as brave as it used to be, and that super invincible "cosmic team" has now returned to Earth.

Bayern Munich returned to Germany with the aftermath of his 7-0 victory over Barcelona, ​​facing the next league rival Dortmund.

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While media in other countries are still discussing whether the Bundesliga two players meet in the Champions League final and turn the Champions League into the German Cup. Whether this means that the Bundesliga has risen again, the German media is no longer discussing the Champions League, but the league.

The most eye-catching game in the entire German football world is Bayern Munich's away challenge to Dortmund.

There are two reasons why this game is so eye-catching. On the one hand, it is related to the ownership of the league champion.

This season, both teams performed very well, especially after the winter break, neither Bayern Munich nor Dortmund lost a game, and the points were always apart, which made a tight bite. This situation is not common in the history of the Bundesliga. It is logical that Bayern Munich's performance this season has been very outstanding, but Dortmund's not inferior has added a lot of color to this competition.

Currently, Bayern Munich ranks first with 84 points, while Dortmund has followed closely behind with 82 points.

Leverkusen, ranked third, has 56 points, which is completely different from Bayern Munich and Dortmund. This shows how powerful Bayern Munich and Dortmund are now.

The other teams can't get involved in the war between them.

In previous leagues, even if two teams compete for the championship, the other teams and their games may still affect the final league ownership because they may lose to other teams. But this situation has not happened once this year. Whether it is Leverkusen, Schalke 04, whether it is a team that wants to compete for European qualifications or a relegation team, they lost without exception after meeting Dortmund and Bayern Munich, and they were unable to stop the two teams from moving forward.

The media joked about Barcelona and Real Madrid's huge advantages in La Liga, saying that the two teams formed the "Swiss Super League" independent of the La Liga. Now the same meme can be used in the Bundesliga. In addition to the sixteen Bundesliga teams, there is also the "Germany Super League" composed of two teams.

Especially since both teams reached the Champions League final, this is an achievement that neither the "Swiss Super League" has achieved. Real Madrid and Barcelona have never met in the Champions League final.

Bayern Munich and Dortmund have brought the German Super League to the extreme.

The final of the German Cup and the Champions League finals have not yet been held, and the final decisive battle in the league will be the first to come.

But if it is just a strong dialogue and just a competition for the league championship, then this game will not have received such grand attention.

Another important reason is the news that Gotze was poached by Bayern Munich before the Champions League semi-finals.

As soon as this news came out, it shocked the whole of Germany, causing the two teams to have another grudge and revenge beyond the competitive level.

After the news was revealed, Bayern Munich officially announced that they would submit a buyout to Dortmund after the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. So on the morning of April 25, after the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Bayern Munich submitted an application to initiate a buyout clause. At almost two o'clock in the afternoon, Dortmund, as a listed joint-stock company, announced Bayern Munich's application to shareholders.

This basically means that Gotze's transfer to Bayern Munich is a sure thing and cannot be changed.

Unless Gotze comes out and refuses Bayern Munich's invitation.

But after the two clubs issued announcements one after another, Gotze did not express his opinion that he wanted to stay in Dortmund. This made some of the Dortmund fans who still had fantasies about Gotze very disappointed and angry.

Although Gotze's performance on the court was excellent, it did not weaken the dissatisfaction of Dortmund fans with him at all. Even his outstanding performance on the court made Dortmund fans even more angry, because this is in sharp contrast with the future. The main team of such an outstanding performance will be the player of Bayern Munich from next season! It's impossible to imagine a player who has been wearing Dortmund jerseys since childhood, and one day he will wear Bayern Munich jerseys...

After returning from Real Madrid, many Dortmund fans went to Dortmund's airport to welcome the players. Each player received applause and cheers, with Gotze exception. When he appeared, although there were applause and cheers, there were also clear and harsh booing.

Dortmund fans are angry at Gotze and are angry at Bayern Munich who poached.

The two emotions mixed together are the reason why this battle at Tianwang Mountain has attracted so much attention.

If Bayern Munich can not only steal Dortmund's main players in the transfer market, but also steal their league championship at Dortmund's home court, it will be a double blow to Dortmund, and it will completely vent all the anger that was suppressed by Dortmund in the first two seasons.

As for Dortmund, when Gotze was poached by Bayern Munich, of course, he hopes to use snatching Bayern Munich's championship as a means of revenge.

No one can afford to lose, no one wants to win.

But victory can only belong to one side, and someone is destined to become a frustrated person after this game.
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