This game is not to be lost for Dortmund, and the same is true for Arsenal - if they can beat Dortmund away, they will get the right to qualify in the group in advance with a total of 12 points in four games.

Being able to qualify from the Champions League group stage in advance means that they can devote more energy to the league.

After ten rounds of the Premier League, Arsenal currently ranked first in the league with eight wins, one draw and one loss, 25 points, leading second place Chelsea by as many as five points, and it looks very good.

Wenger certainly hopes to regain the league title this season.

This is also the reason why he desperately pursued Zhou Yi and then spent a lot of money to buy Ozil from Real Madrid.

After Ozil arrived, Arsenal did undergo earth-shaking changes, and its performance was very different from previous seasons.

However, both teams are now facing very serious injury problems.

As many as six people on the injury list are on the list of injuries: Diaby, Wilhel, Sanogo, Walcott, Podolski, and Chamberlain.

Among them, Wilhel was injured recently, and Diaby and Chamberlain were both old patients.

Dortmund's side has basically not played much since the start of the new season.

Hummels felt muscle discomfort after the last game against Stuttgart and was unable to participate in this Champions League match.

Fortunately, the starting lineups of both teams have not been greatly affected. Whether it is Dortmund or Arsenal, the bench thickness is fine, and it can add enough players with sufficient level.

Two hours before the game, both sides announced the starting list of the game.

On Dortmund, Zhou Yi, who had been absent for more than a month, reappeared in the Champions League, while Hummels, who was injured and absent, was replaced by Papastatopoulos, who partnered with Subotic to start the center back.

In the midfield, after Zhou Yi started, Mkhitaryan could only go to the bench. In the midfield position, Shahin and Sven Bend partnered with two midfielders. Zhou Yi was a single front midfielder, with Aubameyang and Reus on both sides respectively. The person at the front was Mark, who had just scored a hat-trick in the match against Stuttgart.

Mertesak, Sanya, Gibbs and Koscheerny formed the starting defenders, while the midfielders were Flamini, Ozil, Arteta, Casorla and Ramsey. Among them, Rosici was a player who had played for many years in Dortmund. Later, during the financial crisis of Dortmund, he was sold to Arsenal to alleviate the team's economic pressure.

Arsenal's starting center is Frenchman Giroud, a controversial striker. Last season, because Van Persie insisted on going to Manchester United, Arsenal had to buy him as Van Persie's successor. However, as Van Persie's successor last season, Giroud's performance was not satisfactory. All the competitions in the whole season have only scored 17 goals, of which only eleven goals in the league, which is far from his performance when Montpellier was elected the top scorer of Ligue 1.

But this season, Giroud seemed to have gotten his head out. He only played ten rounds of the league and had scored five goals, almost half of his goals in the league last season.

Gradually, someone gave Giroud a nickname - "Face Slapping Madman". It means that when others laugh at Giroud for his poor performance, he will always score goals to hit those people in the face.

For Dortmund, Hummels' injury, coupled with Giroud's outstanding form this season, has created a very bad situation.

In the last round, at Arsenal's home court, although Dortmund scored first, it was Giroud's header that helped Arsenal equalize the score and laid the foundation for the final overtaking and reversal.

In this game, Giroud will definitely become the person who makes Dortmund defenders headache.

Of course, the focus of everyone's attention is not on Giroud, but on Zhou Yi.

There were a lot of news about Zhou Yi before the game. Some media joked that the enemy was in front of him, and he even took time to fall in love. It was obvious that he was very relaxed.

For a core and a trump player, everyone always has to demand him to a higher standard. Dortmund is now in a difficult situation in the Champions League, so how can Zhou Yi lead the team out of the predicament?

The comparison between him and Ozil is also a highlight. When Ozil was in Real Madrid, he competed with Zhou Yi. At that time, relying on Real Madrid's resources and fame, Ozil was slightly better than Zhou Yi in personal fame, but in terms of performance, Zhou Yi was better than Ozil.

Both of them are players who are good at organizing offenses, and have many similar characteristics. Ozil's powerful enhanced version of the model "Ezu" is also considered to be able to compare with Zhou Yiyi.

This season, when Zhou Yi was absent due to injury, Ozil led Arsenal to win consecutive wins in the Champions League.

Now that Zhou Yi has returned, what kind of sparks can the collision between the two people create?

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After the game began, Zhou Yi continued his outstanding form in the league. He kept asking for the ball, getting the ball, and handling the ball, which was the conversion hub for Dortmund's offense and defense.

However, Arsenal also strictly guarded against him, and Flamini followed Zhou Yi almost without hesitation. As the only defensive midfielder in Arsenal, Flamini's task in this game was very heavy. So Wenger did not intend to hand over Zhou Yi to Flamini alone, Arteta would help Flamini from time to time.

Strive to not give Zhou Yi any space within a 30-meter area.

Despite this, Zhou Yi still made Arsenal feel tremendous pressure.

After missing two consecutive Champions League games, he seemed to continue his infinite strength and would be vented in this game.

In the 17th minute of the game, he gave a precise pass under Flamini's pull. After receiving the ball, Aubameyang almost formed an excellent breakthrough on the wing - if Arsenal did not foul.

This foul gave Dortmund a free kick from the wing.

Reus took a free kick and the football flew high to the back point of the penalty area. Ramsey wanted to head the ball, but in the battle with Sven Bend, he pushed the football towards the middle of the penalty area. Subotic shot from the crowd seven meters in front of the goal, and the football slightly missed the left post.

The ball did not go in, but it scared Arsenal fans into a cold sweat.

It also excited the Dortmund fans in the stands.

"Subotic - it's almost there!!" Marcel Leif was very sorry.

In the last round, Dortmund lost to Arsenal away, which also led to the team's current outbound outing. If they want to change the adverse situation, they must defeat Arsenal at home, even a draw.

Subotic himself was also very sorry, so he hugged his head with both hands and ran back.

If this goal can be scored, it would be a good start for Dortmund.

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Although Subotic's goal was not scored, Dortmund's offense did not diminish at all.

Through continuous attacks, Arsenal was breathless, and even center Giroud had to retreat to the penalty area to defend.

In the 22nd minute, Reus made a cross from the wing, and Giroud jumped up in the penalty area to head the ball to clear the ball.

He pushed the football out!

But it's not over yet!

The football that was pushed out flew out of the penalty area, and Zhou Yi quickly moved to the landing point of the football!

At this time, everyone's attention was attracted by the top in the penalty area just now. No one noticed Zhou Yi's movement at all. When he ran to the landing point and then swung his left leg, he was discovered. Flamini was still in the penalty area at this time and had no time to come up to defend.

So Zhou Yi won the football game like this!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The first sound was the sound of his instep pulling the football, and the second sound was the sound of the football hitting Mertesacker.

Zhou Yi drew the football, and the football hit the door frame, but was blocked by Mertesak, who had flew into the gun hole, with his body!

The football flew back to Zhou Yi again. He stopped the ball and shot again. This time he missed the goal...

Although he didn't score, Zhou Yi shot two consecutive shots, which still won the cheers of Dortmund fans in the stands. Everyone thought that this meant that Zhou Yi was in good shape in this game. Zhou Yi was in good shape, so this game was worth looking forward to...

"Zhou Yi's volleyball was very beautiful! But helplessly, Mertsack's block was too big..." Looking at the slow-motion replay, He Ping said regretfully. "If it were Ozil, the ball might be scored, right? Hahaha!"

The English commentator was a little worried: "Even Arsenal's center Giroud returned to the goal to defend and became a central defender. Arsenal is now completely in a passive situation... If this continues, if the situation does not change, it may only be a matter of time before the goal is lost..."
Chapter completed!