The injured Mark's task is to recover with peace of mind and strive to recover as soon as possible.

Zhou Yi’s task is to lead the team to win.

After the match against Donetsk Miners, Dortmund will usher in their league. In the league, they will play Frankfurt at home.

Because the game against Donnesker Miners away was too difficult and the players consumed a lot, Klopp continued to use his rotation in this game.

Most of the players who have participated in the Champions League were replaced.

Only a very small number of people started consecutively.

Zhouyi is one of them.

Zhou Yi's physical fitness is no longer a big problem now, so when Klopp can't rotate him, he won't rotate him.

Dortmund is now two points away from Bayern Munich in the league. The gap seems to be very small, but it can't catch up. And if you lose, you will be pulled further and further by the opponent - in another league game that ended yesterday, Bayern Munich defeated Wolfsburg 2-0 away, temporarily leading Dortmund with one game less than the game.

At this time, Klopp dared not let Zhou Yi rest. As the absolute core of the team, if he can play, he can greatly increase the chance of Dortmund winning.

Finally, with the help of a goal from Zhou Yi, Dortmund defeated Frankfurt 3-0 at home, narrowing the gap between them and Bayern Munich to two points.

After Zhou Yi scored a goal in the game, he took off his jersey and exposed the white T-shirt inside, with the words "Come on Mark" written on it. He cheered Mark on this way and wished him a speedy recovery.

Of course, he also received a yellow card for this celebration.

When referee Brig showed him this yellow card, it attracted a shocking booing from all Dortmund fans. Commentator Marcel Leif also felt that although Brig's penalty was fine in terms of rules, it was a bit unkind. Just a verbal warning, there was no need to give a yellow card.

Zhou Yi doesn't care whether he doesn't have yellow cards or not. He rarely takes cards anyway, because he is suspended from accumulating yellow cards. This may not happen to him once a season. It is completely worth using this yellow card to exchange for his blessing to Mark.

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In the following mid-week, Bayern Munich met Arsenal in the Champions League. What was surprising was that Bayern Munich defeated Arsenal 3-1 away. Everyone thought this would be a close match, and Arsenal played at home, so they definitely had an advantage. Unexpectedly, Bayern Munich won so smoothly. Three away goals and two goals in the total score could almost have been able to advance to the quarterfinals ahead of schedule for Bayern Munich.

This is not good news for Dortmund. Of course, they hope that Arsenal can cause some trouble for Bayern Munich and make Bayern Munich focus more on the Champions League, thereby affecting their performance in the league.

But now, Bayern Munich has only played one Champions League game, and can focus on the league again to deal with Dortmund...

On the second day of Bayern Munich's match, the last Chinese player also made his debut in the Champions League.

Schalke, where Yang Muge is located, challenged Galatasaray away, and the two sides finally tied 1:1. The result was pretty good. There was no loss and there was another away goal. After returning to home, Schalke 04 could maintain a 0:0 draw, and he could eliminate his opponent.

Yang Muge also has great hope of reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

In this way, three Chinese players will appear in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which is the first time in history.

Chinese media and fans were excited about the scene of three Chinese players entering the quarterfinals.

The only suspense is who can enter the quarterfinals, He Ying and Sun Pan.

He Ying's fans and Sun Pan's fans once again quarreled online...

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In the 23rd round of the league, Bayern Munich swept Werder Bremen 6:1 at home, showing their super good form and super strength. German media, especially Munich media, exclaimed that Heinx's Bayern Munich is already super amazing. What makes everyone unable to understand is why after announcing in advance that the coach will be changed next season, this Bayern Munich burst out with great energy, which is better than the performance of the first half of the season. They have been winning streaks since the start of the second half of the season.

Some media criticized the hasty decision of the senior executives of Bayern Munich club for changing coaches. They believed that Bayern Munich should allow Heinx to continue to lead the team. Just for Bayern Munich's performance, it can be seen that Heinx is the most suitable head coach for Bayern Munich.

Some media joked: "I wonder if Heness has begun to regret the decision to change the coach now?"

Everyone was applauding Bayern Munich's strong performance, but they forgot that after the start of the second half of the season, it was not the only one who kept winning streak...

There is another team that has maintained a winning streak since the start of the second half of the season, that is Bayern Munich's opponent Dortmund!

In the 23rd round of the league, they challenged Borussia Mönchengladbach away.

In the first half of this game, they took a 1-0 lead. Although they were scored by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the second half, they finally won the game 2:1 with Zhou Yi assisting Lewandowski.

Although it was not easy to win, it was at least a win. After the winning streak after the second half of the season, Dortmund and Bayern Munich had completely different styles. Bayern Munich were both crazy and cool wins, such as 4:0 to win Schalke 04, and 6:1 to sweep Werder Bremen. In the six rounds of the league, they scored 19 goals and conceded only one goal, which was a huge advantage.

In comparison, Dortmund is a little bit more bumpy. He also scored 19 goals, but conceded four goals, conceding more goals than Bayern Munich. In specific games, he also experienced a game like Leverkusen 3:2 and a game of 2:1, like Borussia Mönchengladbach.

This can also be seen as a reflection of the strength gap between the two teams.

Based on this manifestation, some media believe that Bayern Munich has great hope of winning the championship, while Dortmund is likely to collapse as the Champions League schedule deepens.

"...You know, Dortmund has to face not only the Champions League and the League, but also the German Cup!"

The media said this.

Four days later, Dortmund will welcome their opponent Bayern Munich in the German Cup...

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Last season, Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 5-2 in the German Cup final. It was a game with a very obvious advantage. It could be used as the title report "Bortmond massacres Bayern Munich".

That game made Bayern Munich win the "Sanya King" of the season - losing to Dortmund in the league, ranking second; losing to Chelsea at home in the Champions League final, ranking second; losing to Dortmund in the German Cup final, another runner-up. They reproduced the tragedy of Leverkusen in the 2001-2002 season.

This is a huge shame for a team like Bayern Munich with a long history.

Now that the two teams meet again in the German Cup, it will inevitably arouse many reverie.

For Bayern Munich, this is a battle of revenge. The league competition is not yet visible, but the German Cup is a single-game elimination system. As long as Bayern Munich can defeat Dortmund, he can kick Dortmund out of the German Cup and completely defeat them, so that they can never defend the German Cup championship again.

According to this principle, Bayern Munich should do his best in this game and strive to defeat Dortmund.

But the actual situation is a bit different from what everyone is thinking.

In this game, both teams took rotation...

In other words, neither team will send all the main players.

Bayern Munich has a limited rotation, while Dortmund has a larger rotation, because even Zhou Yi was put on the bench by Klopp.

what does that mean?

If Bayern Munich's rotation is a normal personnel arrangement adjustment, then the rotations on Tmund make people wonder if Klopp has other purposes...

Because he even replaced Zhou Yi's guarantee of Dortmund's victory, wouldn't that mean he doesn't care about the result?

He dared to let Zhou Yi not play against an opponent like Bayern Munich, so he definitely didn't go for victory.

Sure enough, the last strong dialogue that everyone was looking forward to ended with Bayern Munich defeating Dortmund 1-0 at home.

The game process was not exciting and intense, but it was not exciting. The players on both sides had a lot of physical contact. Four players from Bayern Munich received yellow cards, and three yellow cards were also recorded on Dortmund.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Yi sat on the bench for 90 minutes and did not get a chance to play.

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After the game, Chinese reporters held Zhou Yi one after another, wanting him to talk about his views on the failure of the game.

"I have no opinion. It is normal for us and Bayern Munich to win or lose."

Zhou Yi left a few words and wanted to leave, but how could the reporters get him to the point of getting what he wanted and pulled him to ask: "What is the reason why you didn't play in this game?"

"It's normal for me to be rotated continuously, but it's normal for the players to be replaced. The head coach has his considerations, but it's normal."

Zhou Yi used three "normal" applications in a row, but instead made the reporters feel that this failure was abnormal.

A reporter simply asked directly: "Is it intentional to lose to Bayern Munich? Is it a way to save energy for the league and the Champions League?"

Zhou Yi shook his head, said in a serious tone with a stern face, "Absolutely not!"

Then he slipped away. This time the reporter couldn't stop him because he had already stopped him once, and it would be a bit unreasonable to stop him again.

But everyone thinks that Zhou Yi's answer is basically nonsense, and every sentence can be accepted, and no sentence can be used.

In the end, they decided to report Dortmund's failure according to their understanding.

"Klopp gave up the German Cup and focused on the league and the Champions League."
Chapter completed!