After Zhou Yi was out of the game, Dortmund did significantly slow down. In the first half, they were pushed away by Zhou Yi, and they scored four goals without any chance of breathing.

They are indeed qualified to let go after the second half.

Of course, after relaxing, you must also be prepared to bear the consequences.

Dortmund let Wolfsburg score a goal in the second half, but fortunately, Dortmund's strength is still very strong, so they finally scored the ball.

In the end, the game ended with Dortmund defeating Wolfsburg 5-1 at home.

After the game, the media were concerned about why Zhou Yi was replaced so early. Logically, even if he led four goals in the first half, he would not be able to replace Zhou Yi during the half-time break, right? This approach is more like humiliating Wolfsburg. Dortmund's subtext is "Our core can completely defeat you in just half!"

At the post-match press conference, Klopp answered everyone's confusion about this question.

"We have discussed with the Chinese Football Association. Considering that the Chinese national team will have a very critical game next, they hope that we can give Zhou Yi a rest for a while. After asking the players' consent, I replaced him during the halftime break." Klopp said.

I see.

The media reporters suddenly realized when they heard this. For German reporters, they just got an answer, but when Chinese reporters heard this, they were a little moved by Dortmund Club and also considered the interests of the Chinese national team.

Indeed, the next national team competition is very important for Chinese football.

If the Chinese team loses to Iraq away, the situation will become very difficult.

Since Chinese football entered the World Cup finals in 2002, it was eliminated early in 2006 and 2010. Not to mention the World Cup finals, even the top ten games in the final stage of the Asian qualifiers were not able to participate.

If this time, it will be a very heavy blow to Chinese football.

Of course they hope that Zhou Yi can perform well in the national team competition and help the Chinese team defeat Iraq, at least not lose to Iraq away.

And they feel happy that Dortmund is willing to do this convenience. This means a kind of respect.

Of course, how did this kind of respect come from? Everyone is not idiots. Of course, this is not because of the friendship between the Dortmund club and the Chinese people, nor because Dortmund attaches importance to the Chinese market. Without Zhou Yi, the huge Chinese market would not have much significance for Dortmund. And because of Zhou Yi, all this has a basis for discussion.

To put it bluntly, people are willing to use the convenience of the Chinese Football Association, but because Zhou Yi is the core of the team, they are unwilling to offend this core. After all, Zhou Yi is a Chinese player, so Klopp emphasized that they made this decision after soliciting the consent of the players themselves. This shows that they attach importance to Zhou Yi. If they do not pay attention to Zhou Yi, they do not need to ask for any opinions, and the club directly rejected it.

Therefore, in this world, whether it is football or other fields, your own strength is the key to winning respect. Some people feel that by lowering their posture, deliberately pleasing the other party, and meeting the other party's requirements almost unconditionally, they can gain the other party's favor and win respect. This is a very wrong idea.

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After the game, Zhou Yi did not return to the training base like other teammates and then went home. Instead, he was sent to the airport by his agent Shultze at West**** Stadium. He will go directly to Qatar to meet with the national team to prepare for the game with Iraq.

In order to have enough rest, Zhou Yi chose to provide a single bedroom first class flight, so that he can directly get a better quality rest experience just like he is in a hotel.

Of course, he paid the money himself. Everything was just to allow him to rest and maintain a good state.

This shows how much Zhou Yi values ​​the Chinese team's World Cup qualifiers.

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Due to the civil war, Iraq's national team was not in its own country in training or competition, but in Qatar, which is also a Middle Eastern country.

Zhou Yi is no stranger to Qatar, because the Asian Cup at the beginning of this year was held in Qatar, where the Chinese team won the runner-up, which is already the best result of the Chinese team in the history of the Asian Cup.

So this is actually a blessed land for the Chinese national team. Due to some superstitious considerations that everyone can understand, the Chinese national team originally wanted to stay in Qatar in the same hotel as they did when they participated in the Asian Cup, hoping that revisiting the old place would bring them good luck.

But Qatar is sorry to tell them that because the hotel temporarily decided to renovate, they were unable to stay in the hotel and had to change it.

But isn't it really being renovated? I'm afraid everyone knows it.

When Zhou Yi arrived in Qatar, Cao Wei, the leader of the Chinese national team, came to pick him up. On the way from the airport to the hotel where the Chinese team stayed, they passed the hotel where they stayed during the Asian Cup.

"Huh?" Zhou Yi turned his head and looked out the car window. The exterior wall was covered with scaffolding and the door was closed. He was surprised: "Is it really being renovated?"

"How is that possible?" Cao Wei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, snorted. "It's just a gesture. In order to prevent the media from finding the flaws, have you seen that there are not one of the workers? But this hotel has been closed these days and will not receive any guests."

Zhou Yi heard this and continued to look at the hotel outside the car. He was very familiar with this hotel, because the Chinese team lived here throughout the Asian Cup. In the past, the occupancy rate of this hotel, which is quite famous in Doha, was very high, but now the door is closed and no one can see it.

"What a great loss to such a luxurious hotel if it is not open for a day?" Zhou Yi sighed.

"Yes, but it is said that Qatar seems to have reached an agreement with the hotel operator to compensate the hotel... These are all the things we found out after we came to Qatar. None of the media has reported this because there is a lack of evidence." Cao Wei said. "In order not to allow us to stay in this hotel, Qatar has taken great pains."

The Chinese team's opponent in this game is not Qatar, but because Iraq and Qatar are both Arab league countries and their relationships have been very good in history, Qatar is naturally willing to support Iraqi football. The Iraqi national team won the Asian Cup in 2007, which is also considered a victory for Arab football.

This is also the reason why the Iraqi national team cannot choose Qatar as home court when playing in their own motherland.

It has to be said that in terms of unity, West Asia is indeed stronger than East Asia, and Middle Eastern countries are often prone to joining together to cooperate. In East Asia, China, Japan, South Korea and North Korea are often mortal enemies of each other... Of course, there are very complex historical and political relations, but not much relations with football.

So although this is not Iraq's real home court, the Chinese team may encounter more troubles in this place than in Iraq...

"Do they think that if we don't let us stay in the hotel during the Asian Cup, we can lose to Iraq?" Zhou Yi asked.

"I think they think so..." Cao Wei didn't say anything yet. In fact, the Chinese Football Association also thought so. Otherwise, why did he propose to stay in the same hotel? It was not just because he was more familiar, but it was just an apparent reason. They were also a little superstitious, hoping that this hotel could bring good luck to the Chinese team.

As a result, their ideas were seen through by Qatar... They fully demonstrated what "the home advantage of local rich men" means, which is really rich and generous.

Hearing Cao Wei say this, Zhou Yi laughed: "Hi, I think they think too much, and the winning or losing of the game is not up to which hotel to decide."

While talking, the car drove across the road at the entrance of the hotel, and Zhou Yi also withdrew his gaze.

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Zhou Yi arrived in Qatar and joined the Chinese team was an important news. Not only Chinese media were concerned, but also local media in Qatar.

Zhou Yi is not a strange face for the Qatar media. At the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, Zhou Yi was selected as the best player in the Asian Cup. In addition to the final, he played every game and performed very well. Moreover, the Chinese team was assigned to a group with Qatar at that time. The Chinese team and Qatar had a direct confrontation. Zhou Yi performed well and forced the host into a desperate situation. How could the local media in Qatar not have a deep impression of him?

However, it is not certain if the impression of him is good or bad. After all, if it weren't for the Chinese team that owned Zhou Yi, the Asian Cup host Qatar should have been able to qualify from the group. As a result, because of Zhou Yi, Qatar, as the host, was eliminated in the group stage, which is a revenge for Qatar.

In the news of Zhou Yi returning to the team, Qatar media positioned Zhou Yi as "the only European-level star of the Chinese team." Although it is true, it is still a bit of a slap in this way when it is highlighted alone. Except for Zhou Yi, all the rest of your Chinese team are slack!

When Zhou Yi was interviewed by Qatar local media, he mentioned his impression of this country: "I like Qatar very much and like the city of Doha. Because this is our blessed land." Zhou Yi smiled.

"Here, we were not favored by others and finally won the runner-up in the Asian Cup. That Asian Cup was the first Asian Cup I participated in, which left a beautiful impression on me. Secondly, I am very grateful for the hotel that has accepted us. This time I heard that they were renovating and it was a pity that they could not check in. I hope we will have a chance to stay in the top ten games..."

Sun Pan commented in the group to the point of being Zhou Yi’s answer: “Damn, Zhou Yi is disgusting again!”

There is still a chance to stay in the top ten games? Wouldn’t that mean that the Chinese team will be in the same group as Qatar in the top ten games?
Chapter completed!