After the game, it was not Zhou Yi who equalized the score for Dortmund, nor Bayern Munich's goalkeeper Tony Kroos, but Dortmund's goalkeeper Weidenfeller.

Of course, this result is undisputed, and Weidenfeller deserves this honor.

Even Zhou Yi praised Weidenfeller in an interview after the game: "I had a heart attack in the last few minutes, and Roman is simply my quick-acting heart-saving pill!"

If it weren't for Weidenfell's brave performance at the last moment, it might have really made Bayern Munich defeat Dortmund at the last moment.

Now, with a point, Dortmund left the Allianz Stadium with satisfaction.

As Marcel Lef said in his post-match commentary, Bayern Munich was unable to defeat Dortmund at home, which may have laid the groundwork for the two teams to compete for the league championship in the future and left a suspense.

After the fifteenth round of the league, Bayern Munich won 12 wins, two draws and one loss, and accumulated 38 points, and still ranked first.

Dortmund ranked second with 10 wins, four draws and one loss.

Leverkusen won nine wins, three draws and three losses, and accumulated 30 points, ranking third, with four points behind Dortmund and even more than eight points behind Bayern Munich.

In general, this season should be the same as the previous two seasons. The league championship is mainly between Bayern Munich and Dortmund. It depends on who performs more stably in the long season. The league is different from the cup. It is a marathon run. If you are leading in the beginning and cannot be asserted, you will definitely win the championship. Compared to temporary impetus, continuous and stable performance is the most important thing.

Because there is not only one league in the competition promotion, but also in the domestic and European cup matches, these games will have an impact on the team's performance in the league.

In multi-line combat, Bayern Munich performed well. They did have experience in this regard. No matter how Groskreuz ridiculed, Schweinsteiger's confidence was real.

If Dortmund wants to compete with Bayern Munich for the league championship this season and also wants to go further in the Champions League, they will withstand such a severe test.

Look at Schalke 04 this season, the third in the league last season, and performed very well in the Champions League group stage this season, especially when facing the seed team Arsenal, they won away and tied at home. Such a performance is really impressive to them.

With one game in the Champions League group stage still not playing, they have already qualified from this group in advance.

But the performance in the Champions League is somewhat overshadowed compared to the Champions League.

After the fifteenth round of the league, they won seven wins, four draws and four losses, and accumulated twenty-five points, ranking fourth.

Although the ranking looks pretty good, Bayern Munich, who is the first in the league, has checked as much as thirteen points, which means that they have not focused on the league this season, but are focused on making breakthroughs in the Champions League.

Of course, Schalke 04 does not mean that he has any ambitions in the Champions League. In the final analysis, the reason why they work so hard in the Champions League is just one money.

In the Champions League, there are bonuses for every game.

According to the Champions League bonus plan issued by UEFA this season, each team that can participate in the Champions League group stage will first receive a prize of 2 million euros, and the subsequent appearance fee for each group stage is 400,000 euros. If you win in the group stage, you will get a prize of 600,000 euros for each victory, and a draw of 300,000 euros will be recorded, and you will only lose the game but have no money to get it.

In addition, if you reach the top 16, the team will receive a bonus of 2.2 million euros.

This is also why many capable teams hope to qualify from the group stage, because they will get more bonuses after qualifying. Whether they can qualify is much worse in terms of economics.

Schalke 04 definitely won’t think that their strength is for traveling to the group stage. Not to mention the prize money for the top 16, if you perform well in the group stage, you will get a lot of rewards for winning just by winning. Of course, you have to strive to win more in the group stage.

However, with Schalke 04's strength and bench thickness, if they want to achieve good results in the Champions League, they cannot guarantee their results in the league, and they even have to take the initiative to give up the league.

Schalke 04's performance this season is very obvious. He is in a state that is unstable when playing in the league, sometimes good and sometimes bad. He drew four games in fifteen games, lost four games, and the winning rate exceeds 50%. Playing the Champions League is particularly exciting, and the whole team is like playing chicken blood. He won Olympiacos 2:1 away, Montpellier 2:2 at home, Arsenal 2:0 away, and Arsenal 2:2 at home, and Olympiacos 1:0 at home. There is only the last game left in the group stage. They were undefeated in one of the previous five games, and they got the prize money in each game. Not to count the 4.4 million group appearance fee, just the winning prize and the peace ball bonus, Schalke 04 has 2.4 million euros.

For Bundesliga teams who care very much about financial health, Champions League bonuses are a very important subsidy. They cannot always make large transfer fees by selling players. Even if they want to do so, there are not enough players for them to sell. Champions League bonuses are an important growth point for them to maintain profits.

Now, with the group qualifying one round ahead of schedule, Schalke 04 has already won the 2.2 million euro bonus of the quarterfinals in advance. Perhaps they are considering the 2.5 million euro bonus of the quarterfinals.

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After Dortmund and Bayern Munich ended this "national derby", they will also usher in their last match in the Champions League group stage.

This season, three Bundesliga teams have entered the main stage of the Champions League. After the group stage, all three teams have entered the knockout stage. Their performance will earn enough European points for the Bundesliga, and establish a voice for Bundesliga teams in the future when allocating the quota of the Champions League.

This is something that is popular in the entire German football world.

The media also hope that the German team can go further in the Champions League this time, just like last season, Bayern Munich reached the final and Dortmund reached the semi-finals.

Among the three Bundesliga teams, Schalke 04 and Dortmund were the first to make their debut. They were in the red in the group stage on December 4, challenging Montpellier away and hosting Manchester City at home.

In the end, Schalke 04 drew with Montpellier 1:1. Since Arsenal unexpectedly lost to Olympiacos 1:2 on the road, Schalke 04 ranked first in the group with 12 points, surpassing the seed team Arsenal!

This is a surprise for Schalke 04. They all thought that Arsenal would definitely be the first in the group, and they would be happy to be able to qualify from this group and enter the quarterfinals. No matter which group is in the group, they would be second in the group. Unexpectedly, they would become the first in the group after a few minutes.

In the last round of Group D matches at the same time, Dortmund rotated at home, but even so, they defeated Manchester City 1-0 at home, while Real Madrid defeated Ajax 4-1 away.

In fact, the outcome of these two games is meaningless to Dortmund and Real Madrid.

After all, both the first and second in the group are confirmed. However, it may be meaningful for Ajax. If they can get third in the group, they can still participate in the League Cup. But the key to whether they can get third in the group is not in the game between them and Real Madrid. Even if they try their best, they may not be able to beat Real Madrid. The key is in Manchester City's away challenge to Dortmund. If Dortmund, who is determined to qualify for the first in the group, deliberately let the water go and lose to Manchester City, then Manchester City will surpass Ajax with five points, become the third in the group, and qualify for the knockout round of the League Cup.

So Ajax must hope that Dortmund upholds sports ethics and does not lose to Manchester City at home, even if it draws, it will be fine. The final result satisfies Ajax. Dortmund did not give up sports ethics just because it was a foregone conclusion.

As for Manchester City... the Premier League upstarts who are ambitious to write a new chapter in the Champions League do not take the League Cup seriously at all. Whether to take the third place in the group or participate in the League Cup is really meaningless to Manchester City, and they have no time to take care of it.

In the end, the points rankings of this death group are clearly divided. Dortmund won five wins and one draw and scored sixteen points, ranking first. Real Madrid won three wins, two draws and one loss, and eleven points, ranking second. Ajax won one win, one draw and four losses, ranking third. Manchester City ranked fourth with zero wins, two draws, four losses, and two points with two losses.

The Death Group, which everyone thought that the points would be very close, actually had such a contrast in playing, which many people had never expected before. It seems that if we want to have a classic Death Group like the 1999 Champions League D, we have to continue waiting.

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One day later, Bayern Munich welcomed his last opponent in the Champions League group stage at home, Borisov.

Before the game, they and Atletico Madrid had the same score, but they were more advantageous in terms of mutual victory or defeat.

So as long as they can score the same points as Atletico Madrid, they can win the first place in the group.

But how can it be the safest?

Of course, it still wins. If Bayern Munich accidentally capsizes the gutter at his home court, loses to Borisov, or is tied by Borisov, and Atletico Madrid defeats Lille away, then Bayern Munich will be ranked second in the group, which is unfavorable for the draw in the next quarter-finals knockout.

So just win.

Bayern Munich finally defeated his hopes and defeated Borisov 4:1 at home. Atletico Madrid indeed defeated Lille 1:0 away.

The two teams scored thirteen points together. In the end, Bayern Munich defeated Atletico Madrid 2:1 at home and got the first place in the group.
Chapter completed!