Chapter 68 A Nail
Dortmund players saw a surging crowd outside the stadium like the sea. They thought they were Naples fans waiting to enter the field.
But when they changed their clothes and went out to warm up, they found that the fans outside were definitely not fans waiting to enter the stadium, because the stadium could not accommodate so many people. More importantly, there were about 20,000 fans sitting in their seats in the Sao Paulo Stadium...
And the on-site reporters and commentators know more about the information than Dortmund players.
"...Sao Paulo Stadium opened nearly five hours before the game. At that time, nearly 10,000 Naples fans entered the stadium and sat..." Marcel Leif said as a live commentator and front-line reporter when connecting with the studio in the rear.
The hosts and guests in the German studio were amazed - what is the concept of entering the venue five hours in advance? Those fans had to sit five hours in front of the empty stadium! But there were nearly 10,000 people willing to do this, which shows how crazy the city of Naples is about football.
Dortmund will challenge such a team in such a away atmosphere, and I'm afraid the prospects are not as wonderful as people think...
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Zhou Yi changed his clothes and warmed up on the court. He lowered his head and dribbled the ball, but suddenly found a flash in the green grass. Generally speaking, the flash may be caused by the water droplets on the grass leaves reflecting the lights. However, this flash is a bit different because it is not the flash on the surface of the grass, but in the grass...
So he stopped and bent down to search for the flash, and when he held the "light" in his hand, he was surprised to find that it turned out to be an iron nail about ten centimeters!
The pointed head of the iron nail flashed cold light under the lights of the court...
Zhou Yi was speechless. He had been to so many away games, and had seen the "Laozitou"-shaped stadium with a large amount of sand exposed. He had also seen the vegetable stadium with not flat enough. He had also seen the stadium with insufficient drainage facilities and became a pond after rain... But this was the first time he had seen the stadium with iron nails hidden in the turf.
He didn't even know whether it was deliberately thrown in by the staff at the St. Paul Stadium to cause trouble for Dortmund players, or whether it was a simple work mistake... or the fans who came to the stadium early threw it in - because the place where the nails were found was not very far from the bottom line...
"Hi, Zhou Yi, what are you doing?" Mark asked curiously when he saw Zhou Yi with his back facing him.
"Uh, nothing." Zhou Yi quickly held the nail in his hand, and at the same time put his hand behind him, turned around and said to Mark.
After saying that, he threw down Mark and the football, ran straight to the sidelines, and went to find the club staff.
Mark looked at Zhou Yi's back and felt strange.
When Zhou Yi ran to the sidelines, he found his assistant coach Gerliko Buvac and lit up the nails in his hand.
"What are you doing, Zhou Yi?" Buvaqi looked at the nail in Zhou Yi's hand strangely, "This is..."
"This is what I just found in the turf of the restricted area." Zhou Yi said.
Buvac looked "Are you kidding me?"
"Maybe it was thrown by the fans," said Zhou Yi.
Buvac looked at the stands at the St. Paul Stadium. There was a track between the stands and the stadium. Which fan could throw this nail into the stadium?
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While Zhou Yi was communicating with Buvac with iron nails, he was photographed by the camera on the sidelines, so the scene was spread to the rear.
Everyone in the German studio was shocked when they saw this scene: "There are iron nails in the turf of the St. Paul's stadium? What a joke! If a player is doing something in that place, his body will be cut?"
"It's still light to just cut your body. What if you jump up and pierce into your eyes?"
"Naples' home work is too bad!"
The guests and hosts criticized the Naples Club.
This incident was also taken by a sharp-eyed photographer and the photos were posted online.
So it also caused an uproar on the Internet - the stadium where the Champions League was held was actually found with iron nails in the turf before the game! If this was not discovered, what serious consequences would have occurred in the game? No one dared to think about it...
Many Dortmund fans yelled that they would be disqualified from the Champions League match at the Sao Paulo Stadium, and Dortmund fans also signaled that Dortmund should announce that this game should be announced to win 3-0 directly.
Of course, Naples fans are very dissatisfied with the statements of Dortmund fans. Some even conspiracy theories believe that they know whether the iron nail was hidden on Zhou Yi in advance and brought it into the stadium, intending to blame Naples... As for the purpose of his doing this, hasn't the Dortmund fans answered the proposal?
There was a quarrel on the Internet outside, and the atmosphere was relatively harmonious on the Internet in China - because there were too few Chinese fans supporting Naples, so now they are criticizing and accusing the Naples club one-sidedly. All such severe accusations of "deliberate murder" have come out.
All Chinese fans believe that Zhou Yi cannot make a fake on this, so this must be a problem for the Naples club. Moreover, the extreme fans of Naples do have similar criminal records.
Because of the treatment that Dortmund suffered after arriving in Naples, through media publicity, everyone knows the extreme behavior of Naples fans, which arouses many people's disgust. Now, as soon as the iron nail comes out, it adds a "crime" to the extreme Naples fans.
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Zhou Yi handed the nail to Buvac, and he turned around and returned to the court to continue warming up. Some things were not what he should consider.
Buvac looked down at the nail in his hand, and went heavy, and could feel the weight.
He tried the tip of the nail with his thumb, and found it was very sharp. If he used a little force, he felt as if he could penetrate the skin...
Bouvac was startled and then became angry - Naples was planning to let our players play on such a court?!
So he turned around and went to find the competition supervisor.
If Naples does not give a solution, he will not mind making the game miscarriage.
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"What are you doing?" Mark was curious when he saw Zhou Yi running back.
"It's nothing, I've talked to the assistant coach for a few words." Zhou Yi said.
"What's there to talk about?"
"Ask him if he has any other opinions... Okay, let's warm up. If you don't warm up now, be careful of getting hurt!" Zhou Yi casually made excuses. He was unwilling to tell Mark about the discovery of nails in the turf. Mark has been scared by the atmosphere of Naples these days. If he knew that there was murderous intent in the turf, he might not be able to perform at all at normal levels during the game...
Not only will he not tell Mark, he will not tell any other teammates, for the same reason, and he does not want everyone to be distracted.
As for whether there are other things like iron nails in the turf, Zhou Yi didn't know, but he thought that assistant coach Buvac would definitely solve this problem, and it was not his turn to worry about it.
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When the Dortmund players finished their warm-up and returned to the locker room, they did not see that the Sao Paulo Stadium sent ten staff members to advance from the bottom lines on both sides to the center line, pulled the net to investigate, and lowered their heads to look for possible "dangerous goods" in the turf.
This was the result of Buvac's argument in front of UEFA's game supervisor. He held it in his hand, and the iron nail discovered by Zhou Yi was shining with a cold light, which was very convincing.
In the face of this strong evidence, the Sao Paulo Stadium was unable to refuse. It could only be forced to re-check the turf under pressure from UEFA to ensure that there was no debris in the competition area that should not be available.
Of course, Dortmund's coaching staff knew about this, and Buvac told Klopp.
However, Klopp did not tell the players in the locker room that he believed this was a kind of interference to the team. Regardless of whether the staff at St. Paul Stadium checked carefully, if the players knew about this, they would always feel a knot in their hearts and would definitely cause interference in the game.
So Klopp privately asked Zhou Yi and asked him if he had told other players about this. Zhou Yi shook his head and gave Klopp the answer he wanted.
"Very good, you did a good job. But are you okay?" Klopp asked.
"What's wrong with me?" Zhou Yi felt strange.
"I hope the nails won't affect you..."
"No, it won't affect me. I believe that coach Buvac must have a good communication with the stadium." Zhou Yi shook his head repeatedly.
After hearing Zhou Yi's words, Klopp laughed: "Yes, now someone has been sent to re-check the turf. There is UEFA supervising them, and I believe they dare not make any small moves. In short, just feel at ease with the game."
He was really satisfied with Zhou Yi. In the past two days, Zhou Yi's performance was normal, which made Klopp feel relieved. As the core of the team, Zhou Yi was calm and could definitely influence his teammates in the game and encourage them.
Although he didn't understand why Zhou Yi was able to have such a big heart at a young age, he didn't need to figure it out. He just needed to enjoy the benefits brought by Zhou Yi.
Back in the locker room, Klopp clapped his face and said to everyone in the quiet locker room: "Forget all the mess, all that is in front of us is a Champions League group match. What we have to do is show what we are in training, play this game, and go home."
Chapter completed!