Chapter 12 The second opponent
Although there is no Zhou Yi, Dortmund's players still firmly grasp the initiative on the court.
It is not that easy for Hengyuan to turn around. The gap in strength between them and Dortmund is not just a Zhou Yi.
In the end, Dortmund scored another goal, defeating Hengyuan 4:0.
This is the result of a competition between the Chinese champions and the German and European double champions, but it is not the real strength gap, because this is a commercial game, and Dortmund players have not put their best yet. At least Zhou Yi has not played for 90 minutes. Otherwise, the final score would definitely not be like this, and Hengyuan would have lost more goals.
Those who are unhappy with Hengyuan are quite happy about this result - aren’t you known as the overlord of China? You have been defeated by Dortmund!
After the game with Hengyuan, the next day, the whole Dortmund team flew away from Guangzhou and arrived in Shanghai.
Here, they will compete with a team from a Shanghai club. This team is not a veteran team in Shanghai, but a young team - Shanghai Chongming Team.
This team is a complete junior in Shanghai football. They were in the China League One last year, which was China's second-level league.
This year they are the new team in the Chinese Super League.
Regarding why Dortmund's opponent in Shanghai is such a team, not the traditional Shanghai Shenhua. There are many rumors on the Internet, and Shenhua fans are also unhappy Dortmund, believing that Dortmund club is discriminating against Shanghai football because they have not chosen the Shenhua Club, which best represents the history of Shanghai football.
But the reason is actually very simple - Shanghai Chongming gives money!
One gives money, one doesn’t give money, or one gives more money, and the other gives less money. The Chinese organizer responsible for organizing and preparing for the China Tour in Dortmund will naturally choose to take advantage of Shanghai Chongming.
It doesn’t matter with other history, background, derby, grudges... it’s just one word of money.
Nothing that everyone analyzed is useful. Can Dortmund understand Chinese football? Do they know the difference between Shanghai Chongming and Shanghai Shenhua? How could they know which team represents Shanghai football?
For Zhou Yi, the competition with Shanghai Chongming is no different from the competition with Shenhua, anyway, it is all competitions.
He is a player, not a club owner, so he naturally cannot decide on such commercial arrangements.
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When Wu Lei passed by his teammate Yan Min, Chongming, he glanced at the iPad_Mini in his hand and found that Yan Min was not playing games or watching American dramas, but watching...a football game!
Curiosity made him stop and lay behind Yan Min for a few more glances, which surprised him even more.
"Hey, Yan Min, why are you watching the game between Dortmund and Hengyuan?" He patted Yan Min on the shoulder curiously. "Did you not watch the live broadcast at that time?"
Yan Min turned around and saw Wu Lei, quickly took off his headphones and said, "I've watched it, I want to take a look more. I finally found the complete game video. What other highlights are there."
"What do you think of this thing?" Wu Lei couldn't understand.
"I want to study Dortmund's game." Yan Min replied.
“What are you doing when studying their game?”
"I want to find a way to defeat Dortmund."
Yan Min's words alarmed the surroundings. When other teammates heard the conversation between him and Wu Lei, they all surrounded him.
"Defeat Dortmund?"
"Yan Min, you boy is daydreaming again!"
"Puff, Yan Min, are you serious?"
Everyone laughed around him.
Wu Lei also felt that Yan Min's idea was too whimsical, but he did not tease Yan Min like other teammates, but shook his head and said, "Then I won't disturb you anymore, come on!"
After saying that, he left.
He was not interested in studying how to defeat Dortmund, just like a primary school student who wanted to study how to crack the Goldbach conjecture.
Besides, if you really want to study your opponent, that is what the coaches do. As a player, you only need to execute the tactics arranged by the coach on the court.
Wu Lei left, and other teammates surrounded him and continued to tease Yan Min.
"Hey, Yan Min, have you found a way?"
Yan Min shook his head seriously and replied: "Not yet."
Everyone laughed and laughed happily. Yan Min was the happy pistachio in the team because he often did something very erratic, which made everyone feel very funny. For example, this time.
Some people kindly reminded Yan Min not to waste time: "Don't look at it, Ren Hengyuan lost 0:4, Dortmund has not used all his strength yet. The gap in strength is too big. We want to win Dortmund? It's impossible!"
Yan Min obviously didn't listen to these sounds. He put on his headphones again, didn't care about the opinions of other teammates, and continued to watch the game video.
When the other teammates saw Yan Min getting stubborn again, they also knew that it was useless to persuade him, and it would be better to let him continue to immerse himself in his fantasy world.
So they retreated one after another.
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Dortmund's arrangements in Shanghai are also very compact. In addition to training, the team also has to participate in some commercial activities, among which Zhou Yi is the most popular. Almost every press conference is brought with you.
At the pre-match press conference, a Shanghai reporter asked Zhou Yi how he saw that Dortmund's opponent in Shanghai this time was Chongming, the new Chinese Super League team, rather than the old Shanghai team Shen Hua. Whether Chongming cannot represent Shanghai football.
Zhou Yi shrugged: "You asked me the wrong person for this question. How do I know how they chose their opponents? Whether it is Chongming or Shenhua, they are all Shanghai teams. I think there is no question of who can represent and who cannot represent. As a player, I only care about the game against our opponents, but I don't care about who is our opponent."
He was very smart and did not involve the football grudges in Shencheng.
Of course, this matter has nothing to do with him. What does the grudges and revenge of Shanghai football have to do with an outsider like him?
His image and reputation among Chinese fans are excellent, and there is no need to cheat himself in order to satisfy the internal strife of some people.
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On the eve of the game, Yan Min finally put down the iPad_Mini he had been holding these days, and he frowned.
Seeing him like this, Wang Chao, a teammate who lives with him, advised him to think more: "I just said, who is he? Dortmund! The Champions League champion! We want to defeat them? That's a toad that wants to eat swan meat! Don't be stubborn. It's amazing to know yourself correctly..."
"I have changed my goal." Yan Min suddenly said, making Wang Chao feel a little puzzled.
"What to change? What goal?"
"It's really a bit too difficult to beat Dortmund..."
"Is it impossible at all!"
"But we can score their goals in the game, but Hengyuan didn't score. If we can score, would it be very powerful?" Yan Min asked back.
Wang Chao originally wanted to habitually persuade Yan Min to be more realistic, but when he spoke and said something, he realized that this goal was not very exaggerated!
It is impossible to defeat Dortmund, but scoring a goal in the game... If this is impossible, it would be too contempt for me, right?
"Look, you agree with my opinion!"
"This..." Wang Chao actually wanted to say he didn't agree, but he couldn't speak against his conscience.
"I think as long as you can score their goals in the game, they will no longer underestimate us!" Yan Min was very excited.
"Then why did you frown just now?" Wang Chao asked.
"Because it's still difficult even if you want to score..." Yan Min sighed.
Wang Chao smiled: "Isn't that normal? If we just scored goals casually, how can we be the European champion? Okay, don't think too much. There will be games tomorrow, so let's have a break early."
Yan Min wanted to say something, but when he saw that Wang Chao had already gone to the bathroom to wash, he had to stop talking.
Tomorrow's game...
When he thought of this, he clenched his fists.
In tomorrow's game, he must have the best performance.
What he cares about is not the opponent Dortmund, but Zhou Yi - this is a rare opportunity for him to compete with Zhou Yi!
Since he parted in the reality show, he has made great progress. He wants Zhou Yi to see his progress, and he also wants to see how far he is from Zhou Yi.
Chapter completed!