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Chapter 13 Normal Games

The home court of Shanghai Chongming team is in the Shanghai Stadium. This name may make foreigners a little unfamiliar, but when it comes to the "80,000-person Stadium", many foreign fans may understand it.

Although this stadium is called the "80,000-person Stadium", it actually cannot accommodate so many people, and there are 56,000 seats.

There is more than 20,000 differences, so why is it called the "80,000-person Stadium"?

Because this stadium was prepared for the Eighth Games held in Shanghai that year. At the opening ceremony, there were about 80,000 temporary items, and in China at that time, the capacity was also among the best. Therefore, it is commonly known as the "80,000-person Stadium".

The official name is "Shanghai Stadium".

The match between Dortmund and Shanghai Chongming made the 80,000-person stadium full.

Most of the people here actually came to see Dortmund and Zhou Yi. This is very similar to the situation in Guangzhou.

Many fans of Chongming team are also here to watch Zhou Yi.

In addition, there are many Shenhua fans who are uniformly dressed. The square array of their blue jerseys is very prominent in a sea of ​​red and yellow-black people. Judging from their uniform outfits and actions, this is obviously the famous Blue Devils fan organization in Shanghai.

This surprised everyone - in the match between Chongming and Dortmund, what are you Shenhua fans doing when they appear together?

As a result, when the competition started, everyone knew what they were here to do...

They pulled a banner away and displayed it in the stands, fell into everyone's eyes, and into the camera lens that was broadcast.

The letter: "Only Shen Hua can represent Shanghai!"

The above is Chinese, the following is German.

Obviously, this is Shenhua fans protesting to Dortmund about their "negligence" in choosing their opponents, reminding them that the Chongming team wearing red jerseys who are playing with them now cannot represent Shanghai football at all.

It was also demonstrating to Chongming fans and telling them who is the boss of Shanghai.

However, the banner was quickly confiscated under the interference of the security personnel of the court...

But there was also a small-scale conflict between fans of both sides. Fortunately, the security personnel dealt with it quickly and decisively. In addition, everyone's interest was actually on Dortmund and Zhou Yi, which made the conflict not expand.

CCTV's commentator was very clever and did not mention everything that happened in the stands, and did not even say anything about the banner. As a national TV station, their commentator may be amplified by the media and fans, which is not conducive to them.

So it's best to stay silent, and TV broadcasts no longer give the scene of the blue fans a shot.

However, online, public opinion management is not that strict, and many fans are discussing this episode.

Some people think that this kind of conflict between fans of the two Shanghai teams continues to be inappropriate for foreign teams.

Some fans angrily said that this was simply embarrassing to the eyes of foreigners, because there was German on the banner. Of course, German reporters would not miss this news point, and there would inevitably be reports on this matter after the game.

But some fans praised Shenhua's fans' approach, believing that in China, only Shenhua's fans are closest to the temperament of European fans. The Blue Devils' organizationality and combat effectiveness are several levels higher than the fan groups of other Chinese Super League teams.

And it is believed that those fans who are worried about embarrassing and throwing them abroad are strong evidence of the fact that during the Ruhr derby in Germany, the fierce struggle between the two teams was much more intense than that of Shen Hua and Chongming. Media around the world reported that it was a symbol of football spirit and culture. Why did the same thing happen in China and become embarrassing?

The two factions fought a war of verbal battle on the Internet, but the competition itself was not paid much attention to it.

There is actually nothing special about this game, except for the initial episode.

It is a bit different from the game between Dortmund and Hengyuan. In that game, Hengyuan launched some offensives at the beginning of the game, which also made Guangzhou fans excited.

In this game, Dortmund, who had learned from the past, did not underestimate the enemy. They controlled the rhythm and scene from the beginning of the game, so Chongming had no chance.

In the thirteenth minute, Reus scored the first record for Dortmund.

At that time, the 80,000-person stadium was crowded with people and cheering. In addition to the loyal Chongming fans, they were cheering for Dortmund's goals - Reus is also very popular in China. He is handsome and plays well, so he naturally has many fans.

Of course, the cheering crowd was also indispensable to the group of Shenhua fans - they cheered with all their hearts under the strict protection of the armed police, and they were happy to see everything that could make the mortal enemy look ugly.

This is the derby emotion. This emotion is not only reflected in the direct conversation between the two teams.

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Next, Dortmund continued to work hard, completing three goals in the first half, and Zhou Yi contributed an assist. In addition, his work in the midfield is one of the reasons why Dortmund can gain a comprehensive advantage.

In the face of Dortmund led by Zhou Yi, Shanghai Chongming showed no power to fight back.

Yan Min, who did not start in this game, was very dissatisfied with the thunderous cheers in the stands for every goal lost by the team. He believed that since everyone is Chinese, of course he should support the Chinese team. Even if you are not fans of Chongming, shouldn't you stand on the side of the Chinese team in foreign battles? Why did everyone cheer when Dortmund scored? It wasn't Zhou Yi scored. If Zhou Yi scored, I can still understand your cheers...

The angry Yan Min could only sit on the bench and sulk. From time to time, he looked up at the Chinese fans in the stands, and felt increasingly dissatisfied.

He vented his anger all over his halftime warm-up.

The starting players all entered the locker room, while he and other substitutes stayed on the court and warmed up under the guidance of the assistant coach.

He kicked the football at the goal one after another, but due to excessive force and poor accuracy, the football flew everywhere.

"Warm up Yan Min!" The assistant coach scolded him when he saw this.

Yan Min shrank his neck and restrained his temper.

He dared not offend the coach because he still hoped that he could play in this game... If he offended the assistant coach, he might have to sit on the bench until the end of the game with just one word.

Assistant coaches still have a strong say in the replacement of others, and the head coaches must respect and obey their opinions.

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At the beginning of the second half, Klopp made a major substitution to the team. While waiting for the kickoff, four Dortmund players stood on the sidelines and waited for the field.

Because it is a commercial competition, there is no strict limit on the number of substitutions. Everyone agreed on how many people they can be replaced before the competition. Generally, there is no limit on the number of substitutions in this kind of competition, and the number of substitutions they want to change is as many as they want.

So basically there will be a situation where the starting lineup will be changed after a game.

Dortmund changed four people at the beginning of the second half, and Reus, who scored in the first half, was replaced. This disappointed many Chinese female fans in the stands.

Fortunately, Zhou Yi was not replaced, so that everyone would not feel that the second half of the game was boring...

Regarding the matter of replacing Zhou Yi when not having to rest during the half-time break, Klopp had a meeting with Zhou Yi, the club's financial director Teres, and the club's CEO Vatsk at the beginning of his trip to China.

Everyone should respect each other's opinions, so all the representatives of interest are present.

After some discussion, it was decided not to replace Zhou Yi during the halftime of each game, but Zhou Yi could not play all the game time. Anyway, he would be replaced in the second half. Klopp decided on his own when he would be replaced.

This arrangement fully takes care of the interests of all parties. From the perspective of commercial interests, let Zhou Yi take more time on the court, and can also give a good explanation to the sponsors and funders of all parties in this tournament. From the competitive perspective, preventing Zhou Yi from playing the whole game is also to avoid being too tired and injured. As for Zhou Yi himself, he doesn't care when he will end up. He is happy to be able to play in front of his compatriots for a while.

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Although Dortmund changed four people in the second half, his control over the scene did not decrease. They continued to gain the upper hand, and the game almost turned into a Dortmund exhibition match.

They seized this advantage and scored two more goals.

The cheers in the stands were wave after wave, and the fans even started playing the Mexican wave, which really treated this game as a carnival.

This made Yan Min, who was called by the coach to warm up again, really unhappy - we are fighting with Dortmund desperately. Can you not look like a spring outing? That would really disrespect us!

But when he looked at the court again, Yan Min became even more angry - his teammates did not mean to fight Dortmund desperately? He seemed to be afraid of hurting Dortmund's players, and his movements were very cautious and restrained, which was completely different from their performance in the Chinese Super League.

CCTV commentator explained the performance of the Shanghai Chongming players: "They were so tired after playing a league game three days ago. In fact, it is not a good choice to arrange the game in the middle of the normal league. Our players cannot show the best competitive state, which is a bit of a waste of the opportunity to compete with the European championship, and also reduces the viewing of this game..."

The commentator also felt that this one-sided game was a bit boring, but he couldn't change anything.

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Three minutes later, Yan Min was called back, and the assistant coach patted him on the shoulder. Yan Min was about to be replaced. He waited for the assistant coach to arrange specific tactical tasks for him with anticipation.

Unexpectedly, after the assistant coach patted his shoulder, he just said, "Go up and play well, feel the game, and there are not many opportunities to compete with the European champion."

"Okay!" Yan Min nodded excitedly, waiting for the assistant coach's next arrangement, but the assistant coach turned around and explained to other players who were going to be replaced. The content was similar: "Perform well, feel the game, learn from the European champion..."

Yan Min hurriedly came to the assistant coach and asked, "Coach, are there no more?"

"What else?" The assistant coach was also surprised and looked at Yan Min with surprise.

"Oh, nothing..." Yan Min quickly lowered his head and let him aside.

He knew that the coaching staff probably wouldn't expect any decent result in this game...

But he wouldn't just admit defeat so easily. If he can't win Dortmund, he still has to find a way to cause some trouble for Dortmund. If he can score one goal, it's enough!

During the dead ball, Yan Min was replaced, and five other teammates were on the court with him.

Everyone was very excited and wanted to learn from the European champions.
Chapter completed!
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