Chapter 91 The Mother of Derby
The fact that Zhou Yi was selected on the roster of the competition almost spread throughout the world that night - now it is the Internet age, and there is no need to wait until everyone gets up the next day to see the morning newspaper or morning news to know.
This news excited Dortmund fans and Zhou Yi fans.
"Zhou Yi has entered the roster! Dortmund has hope of winning this game!"
"All have been on the roster. Can you still let Zhou Yi sit on the bench for 90 minutes?"
"I think Zhou Yi should be in case. If Dortmund really encounters difficulties, then Klopp will definitely send Zhou Yi to the stage!"
"No matter whether he can play or not, I think as long as he is selected into the 18-man roster, it means that Zhou Yi's health must have recovered, otherwise it would be impossible for him to be on the competition list..."
But some people are not so optimistic: "Who knows whether Zhou Yi has really recovered? What if Dortmund was under pressure to get Zhou Yi on the list, rather than determined based on Zhou Yi's physical condition?"
"That is, in Dortmund's current difficult situation, they really need Zhou Yi to cheer up their morale. But in this way, I'm worried that Zhou Yi will really recover..."
The media also showed a split trend of these two opinions.
Some media applauded Zhou Yi's comeback and expressed confidently that Zhou Yi's return would definitely win the Ruld Derby. This is mainly based on Dortmund's local media.
The local media of Schalke believe that Dortmund is just bluffing, and Zhou Yi cannot recover. If he really recovers, why isn't the game against Arsenal not included in the roster? You must know that it is more important for Arsenal. If Dortmund loses, they will even qualify in the group stage... As a result, they will lose the game without taking Zhou Yi, which further proves that Zhou Yi's health has not recovered well, so Klopp dared not take risks.
However, after losing to Arsenal, Dortmund was forced into a desperate situation, so Klopp had to put Zhou Yi on the roster. On the one hand, it was to boost morale, and on the other hand, there might be the idea of letting Zhou Yi play with an injury...
But no matter which one it is, Schalke 04 doesn’t have to worry about Zhou Yi. Even if he plays, Zhou Yi is not in his best condition. Schalke 04 can still win this derby battle.
The fact that Zhou Yi was on the list was really sensational and too eye-catching.
So many people didn't notice another thing - Yan Min didn't appear on the Roulderby roster.
If anyone with a scheming noticed this, he would definitely guess whether Klopp was dissatisfied with Yan Min's performance in the last Champions League game, so he brought him back to the 18-man roster...
However, now everyone's attention is attracted by Zhou Yi, so naturally no one pays attention to Yan Min. Yan Min is not on the 18-man roster... not many people noticed this before the beginning of the Ruld Derby.
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The first Roulder Derby of this season is the 143rd Roulder Derby in history, and this game will be broadcast live by 203 countries and regions around the world by then. This number has created a historical record of the Roulder Derby.
As the hottest derby in German football history, the Ruhr derby has always been well-deserved.
Even the Ruhrderby is known as the "mother of the derby" in German football, which shows the status of the Ruhrderby.
Logically speaking, the fan composition of Dortmund and Schalke 04 has many similarities. For example, the cities where the two teams are located are mainly mining, the fan composition of the two teams has the same components, and the clubs also have the same football culture. Their relationship should not be so bad.
Why did the Ruhr derby beat the derby in other parts of Germany and become the hottest and fiercest derby war in Germany?
In fact, it is very simple. Two homosexuals with the same traits and are both equally excellent together. The chances of dislike each other are much greater than mutual appreciation. "Same-sex repulsion" is "same-sex repulsion".
Dortmund and Schalke 04 are both excellent and famous successful teams in German football history.
Everyone may be more familiar with Dortmund. They have won seven Bundesliga championships, and there are two previous national championships in the Bundesliga, three German Cup champions, and two European Champions League champions, one European Winners Cup champion and one Toyota Cup (now Club World Cup).
Especially in recent years, they have won three consecutive championships in the league and the Champions League, which has made them famous and expanded their fame to the entire world.
Schalke 04 has been in average years, but it is also a well-known team in German football in history. Before the founding of the Bundesliga, it belonged to Schalke 04 in the 1930s. From 1933 to 1942, Schalke 04 reached a total of 20 national championships and cup finals, advancing to at least one final every year, winning six national championships and one cup championship, and was the best team in Germany at that time.
At that time, Dortmund was not very prominent and could not compete with Schalke 04 in terms of team strength.
Because the strength of the two teams is very different, although there was a Ruld Derby at that time, it was not very important. During that period, Schalke 04 defeated Dortmund with a big score of 10:0, 9:0, 7:0 and 6:0. Such a huge gap in scores shows the strength gap between the two teams, and on the other hand, it also shows that Dortmund does not care much about the game between them.
It was not until 1943 that Dortmund won the first derby victory against Schalke 04 through a 1-0 victory. From this we can imagine how strong and successful Schalke 04 was before.
In fact, there are not only Schalke 04 and Dortmund in the Ruhr area, but not those small clubs. There are also many teams in the Ruhr area that have been mixed with the Bundesliga and Bundesliga, including Dortmund, Schalke 04, Bochum, Duisburg, Essen Red and White, Oberhausen and Watten Schalke 04. But only the game between Dortmund and Schalke 04 can be called the "Rul derby". On the one hand, the cities where these two teams are located are closest, and the straight line is less than 30 kilometers. Another reason is that these two teams are the two most powerful teams in the Ruhr area.
The first conflict between the two teams with record-breaking records occurred in 1934. Schalke 04 fans who won the national championship at that time ran to the train station in Dortmund to celebrate, resulting in the first fierce conflict between the fans of the two teams.
It was after that time that, a very famous slogan was born, which belonged to Dortmund fans: "I would rather Bayern win the championship a hundred times than Schalke win the cup at once!"
This shows how deep the hatred between the two teams is, so the Roulder Derby was also ridiculed by some Bayern Munich fans as a "fighting derby in the nest".
Although Schalke 04 was the best team in Germany in the 1930s, after the official establishment of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 never won the Bundesliga championship. On the contrary, the Ruldderby rival Dortmund, which was once pressed on the ground, was very successful in the Bundesliga. So far, they are the teams with the most Bundesliga championships besides Bayern Munich. The two Champions League champions are also the teams with the most cups in Germany after Bayern Munich. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the most successful teams in the Bundesliga, besides Bayern Munich.
The feng shui changes. The former Schalke 04 fans went to Dortmund's territory to celebrate after winning the championship. Now Dortmund fans have changed their way to fight back against Schalke 04 fans.
In the 2006-2007 season, Schalke 04 was at the top of the league before facing Dortmund and had a great advantage. They seemed to be about to break the 50-year league championship drought. Schalke 04 has been the leader of the league for more than three months. Before facing Dortmund, they were one point ahead of the second place in the league. If they wanted to win the championship, they had to beat Dortmund away. So the Ruld derby in the second half of the 2006-2007 season became the focus of attention.
At that time, Dortmund was ranked in the middle of the league, so he should have no desires. But because this game was the only chance to stop the mortal enemy from winning the championship, Dortmund's entire team was like a chicken blood. In the end, they defeated Schalke 04 2:0 and broke Schalke 04's dream of winning the championship.
Schalke 04, who lost the game, was surpassed by Stuttgart and fell to second place.
Although they defeated Bielefeld 2:1 at home in the last round of the league, Stuttgart also defeated Cottbus 2:1 at home, so Schalke 04 once again missed the league championship.
During the last game, Dortmund fans rented a plane and flew over the Aoyu Schalke Stadium with a banner to mock Schalke 04. The banner reads: "You will never win the championship!"
The former Schalke 04 fans celebrated the championship at the Dortmund Railway Station, but now they have been ridiculed by Dortmund fans with planes to lose the championship.
Chapter completed!