For Chinese fans, they are extremely happy now. After just witnessing Zhou Yi's historic honor as the best player in Europe, they are about to witness a "China derby" in the European Super Cup.

The UEFA Super Cup consists of last season's Champions League champion Dortmund, against last season's UEFA Europa League champion Chelsea.

Zhou Yi and Sun Pan respectively represented these two teams in this game.

Another Chinese derby.

The happiness of Chinese fans today is indeed something that Chinese fans in the past are hard for them to imagine, or even dare not imagine.

How difficult was it for Chinese players to appear in European arenas in the past?

Yang Chen's mid- and downstream teams like Frankfurt can attract national attention.

The "China derby" between Yang Chen and Xie Hui, even a German second-tier match, has attracted great attention from Chinese fans and fans.

Li Tie represented Manchester City where Everton and Sun Jihai were located. When he first met in the Premier League, Chinese media and fans were excited and shouted the slogan of "Premier China Derby". As a result, Li Tie was injured and replaced after playing for 24 minutes...

At that time, there were not many Chinese players studying abroad, and not many who could play steadily. So every time a Chinese player meets in a game, it is something that is worth looking forward to and hype. Even when Sun Jihai and Dong Fangzhuo meet in the reserve team, they can be named "China derby". Sun Xiang and Yu Hai meet in the stands of the Eredivisie League, they can still be called "Stand Derby" by the Chinese media...

This kind of behavior of filling in the numbers will naturally make many Chinese fans familiar with the European League disdain, thinking that it is a act of gigging on their faces, and it also ruined the sacred word "derby". But in fact, the deeper helplessness in this approach makes people feel even more sad - Chinese football was weak at that time, and it was weak. No one looked down on us, so he could only entertain himself and force himself to play.

But now the situation is different. With Sun Pan, Yang Muge and He Ying playing games in their teams one after another, the "China Derby" used to be a very rare thing, and there is also a trend of "broken streets"...

First, Yang Muge gained a foothold in Schalke 04, and every year, the Bundesliga alone can provide you with two "China derbys". Then in the Champions League knockout stage last year, He Ying and Sun Pan had two "China derbys", which was also the first "China derby" in the Champions League. Then Zhou Yi and Sun Pan met again in the quarterfinals and staged a sequel to the "China derby".

This season, in the group stage, Chelsea and Schalke scored 04 points, and there were two more "China derbys".

Now, there is also a "China derby" in the European Super Cup.

There are so many "China Derby" that everyone is not so surprised and thinks it is a matter of course.

At least the "China Derby" in this Super Cup, Chinese media did not start warming up early and reported it in succession.

Of course, on the one hand, the news that Zhou Yi might win the award is more important, but it also shows that the current Chinese media reports have a wider range of options and more confidence. They will not want to explore all the subjects in a "China derby" like before... because at that time, for the Chinese media, it was too... not easy for two Chinese players to meet in Europe.

This is a bit like when Chinese people lived in poor living conditions before, ordinary people could not afford fat meat, and finally bought it and couldn't bear to eat it, but boiled it into lard, so that every meal would at least be a little bit lush.

Unlike the Chinese families today, they have begun to promote the unhealthy eating of fat meat. It is not healthy to eat lean meat. It is not healthy to eat lean meat, so you have to eat vegetarian food...

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When Chinese journalists blocked Sun Pan in the hotel where Chelsea stayed in Prague and wanted to interview him, Sun Pan curled his lips and said, "The award ceremony is over, are you thinking about me now?"

Sun Pan became famous very early, and his popularity and status were comparable to Zhou Yi. Therefore, everyone reported that it had been interviewing Sun Pan for several years, so naturally he knew his temper. He said it very hard on his mouth, but his heart was soft.

And everyone knows what his relationship with Zhou Yi has. It is impossible to say that Sun Pan is jealous because Zhou Yi won the award. They would joke with each other, but their way of joking is a little special.

Sure enough, Sun Pan continued to joke with Zhou Yi: "If you want to ask me about Zhou Yi's award, you don't need to ask, it's not that I won the award!"

Everyone burst into laughter. No one would doubt the friendship between Sun Pan and Zhou Yi, but it is said that their friendship is quite strange and they like to be shady. If someone who is not familiar with them really thinks that their relationship is bad...

"What do you think of today's European Super Cup 'China Derby', Sun Pan?" A reporter asked directly about topics that had nothing to do with the award.

But Sun Pan himself mentioned Zhou Yi’s award: “We will defeat Dortmund. How can we win the award in person and the team win the award? Yes, good things cannot be taken away by one person. Character is conservative. If he wins personal awards, the collective honor must be given out!”

Sun Pan grinned and said.

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The good reporter took Sun Pan's question to interview Zhou Yi, wanting to hear Zhou Yi's response.

In fact, they especially hope and like Zhou Yi and Sun Pan to use their precious layout to fight against each other...

After hearing Sun Pan's words, Zhou Yi smiled: "Panpan is talking nonsense. If he follows the law of conservation of character, then the football game should be half of the result of winning and losing, but obviously that's not the case."

He spread his hands and mocked Sun Pan a little.

"Chelsea is a very difficult opponent. We lost to them in the Champions League semi-finals. That time they still had Panpan. This time with Panpan, I believe it will be even more difficult to deal with. But if it is an easy opponent, it would be boring? Last season, we defeated Panpan and won the Champions League championship. So for me, Panpan is my lucky star, and good things will always happen when we meet him."

The reporters listened to Zhou Yi's response next to him, and felt that Zhou Yi and Sun Pan are really two completely different players. Sun Pan's personality makes it difficult for him to say such words. Even if Zhou Yi is confronting others, he can say so gentle and graceful...

This is a nice saying. If you don’t sound good, you will go around the corner of your fight... It’s not open and upright at all!

But this is the way they act due to their different personalities.

When Zhou Yi was fighting with a domestic media on Weibo, he was just like this. He didn't even have dirty words to curse others, but he could still scold the other party so hard that he couldn't even pay it back. So don't be deceived by Zhou Yi's loyal and pure appearance. Just like a giant panda, he looks very cute, but in fact he is a bear, a bear who can tear iron basin...

Zhou Yi was quite confident when he was interviewed, but everyone did not believe in his confidence.

One code is one code. Although he can win the best player in Europe, it does not mean that everything he says is right. He can defeat all opponents.

Compared with Chelsea, Dortmund has a prenatal deficit in this game, that is, the core Zhou Yi attended the award ceremony, which resulted in insufficient rest. He did not even participate in the training to adapt to the venue. When he stepped onto the stadium tonight, no matter what the situation was, he would shoot the arrow and not turn around.

Moreover, the long-distance flight toss and turns will definitely have an adverse impact on Zhou Yi's physical fitness and spirit.

How much strength can he play on the court then?

It's not easy to say.

Once Zhou Yi does not perform well, it is very likely that the whole Dortmund team will not perform well. How can they resist the situation when facing Chelsea, which is like a wolf and a tiger?

Chelsea has Sun Pan joining this season. Judging from Sun Pan's performance against Dortmund in the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season, it is not easy for Dortmund, who has made every effort to win the home advantage to break through the goal guarded by Sun Pan, and it can be said that it is very difficult.

A reporter raised his concerns about Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, you should have arrived in Prague in the middle of the night yesterday, and then from the airport to the hotel for half a night, can you rest well?"

Zhou Yi showed his signature smile: "Don't worry, I slept well last night."
Chapter completed!