Chapter 122 The key victory
After Reus scored, he completely killed the suspense of the game - in fact, there was no suspense before, but in theory, there was still a possibility of equalizing the score. Now there is no theoretical possibility.
The remaining few dozen seconds were completely time for Dortmund fans to cheer and celebrate.
When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, the cheers of Dortmund fans reached a climax.
"The game ends! Dortmund won a crucial game in the Champions League group qualifying at home! They beat Arsenal 3-1 at home!"
The TV broadcast pointed the camera at Yan Min.
"... Yan Min, who came on the bench, changed the direction and result of the game. He is the great contributor to the reason why Dortmund was able to defeat Arsenal at home!" Marcel Leif had a high opinion of Yan Min's performance.
Yan Min in the camera raised his arms and shouted to celebrate the victory.
Then he was hugged by Zhou Yi.
"Good boy, I stole my limelight!" Zhou Yi smiled and patted Yan Min on the head. "How do you feel?"
Yan Min said to Zhou Yi with a smile: "It's so good! Haha! It's so good!"
Zhou Yi looked so happy, and originally wanted to remind him to pay attention to his words and deeds when facing reporters. But if you think about it carefully, it doesn’t make any sense to tell Yan Min about these things now. Maybe this is Yan Min’s style? Everyone has their own style, and they cannot ask others to be consistent with their own style. What he is willing to do is his business, and he doesn’t care about it.
Moreover, the football world is not as complicated as people imagine. As long as you perform well, no matter how many tricks you have on the court, you can still win the respect of others.
This is a cruel world where the winner is king, but it is also a good place for those who can live in it.
So Zhou Yi just patted his shoulder and said to him: "Come on! But don't be proud!"
Yan Min nodded: "I know, Zhou Yi I know!"
Sure enough, Yan Min was soon taken to the comprehensive area by reporters for an interview.
Zhou Yi looked at Yan Min with his hands behind his back from afar, stood in front of the camera, and answered the reporter's question. There was no shyness or unnatural expression on the boy's face.
This kid has a great future...
Zhou Yi sighed in his heart.
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After Yan Min received an interview, Zhou Yi was also pulled over.
Although Yan Min was the one who made the spotlight in the end in this game, Zhou Yi's performance was also very good, even more important.
His goals in the first half helped Dortmund take the lead. In the second half, when the team was in trouble, although he was in a deep siege, his performance was still very stable, constantly helping Dortmund find opportunities to score. In the end, he assisted Yan Min and scored a very beautiful goal.
The goal that finally completely locked in the victory was also instigated by him.
Without Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in the midfield and backcourt, even if Yan Min appears, he is just a headless fly hitting randomly.
"May I ask Zhou Yi, after winning this game at home, has Dortmund's prospect of qualifying for the group has become bright?"
"It can't be said to be bright, but it's better than losing the game. There are two games left in the next, and we will do our best to win like this game." Zhou Yi replied.
"Yan Min's performance after coming off the bench is very good. Do you think he will get a starter at Dortmund next?" The reporter asked a somewhat tricky question next.
This question seems quite ordinary, but considering Zhou Yi's identity, he is difficult to answer.
From the perspective of position, Yan Min has many competitors, including Aubameyang and Kuba.
After all, the number of people who can play games is limited. Some people perform well and get more opportunities to play means that some people's opportunities to play will be weakened.
Taking Zhou Yi's current important position in Dortmund, it is not an exaggeration to say that his opinions can affect the arrangements of the head coaches.
If Zhou Yi publicly supports Yan Min, what do Aubameyang and Kuba think?
Will this affect the atmosphere of unity within the team, will it affect Yan Min and other teammates get along with each other? Will it make people think that Yan Min can only occupy a place in Dortmund with Zhou Yi’s support?
Therefore, Zhou Yi cannot express his opinion casually.
However, this problem is not difficult for Zhou Yi.
You should know what Zhou Yi is best at as a midfielder, of course he is passing the ball.
So the ball kicked by the reporter was kicked quietly by him to head coach Klopp: "This is something the head coach needs to consider, right? I won't think so much."
As for how Klopp faces such a problem, Zhou Yi doesn't care...
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At the post-match press conference, Klopp was indeed asked similar questions by reporters.
Yan Min performed well in this game, which is certainly worthy of happiness, but Aubameyang is in good condition. In addition, there is an old minister of Kuba, who has always performed very stably.
There are now three players on the left side, how should Klopp arrange it?
Klopp was also very cunning, not making any public promises in front of the media, nor revealing any of his true thoughts.
"I will naturally consider this issue, but what I want to say is that I am very happy to see more and more outstanding players in the team. Even if they are in the same position, I believe none of my players are afraid of competition. Because before that, our lineup has been arranged like this," he said.
After the game, some media analyzed for Klopp that Yan Min's outstanding performance is definitely good news for Dortmund, who needs to fight on multiple fronts this season. Because Klopp is also rotating in Dortmund, in fact, except for a few people, no one is definitely the starter.
So for Klopp, he does not have any "happy worries".
As long as Dortmund has performed well on all fronts this season, players like Yan Min will not have to worry about not having any games to play.
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Just as Dortmund beat Arsenal 3-1 at home, Napoli also defeated Galatasaray 3-2 at home.
In this way, Arsenal and Naples both scored nine points, currently ranked in the top two in the group. Arsenal is currently ranked first because of its advantage in the victory or loss relationship against Naples. With the victory of this game, Dortmund's points have become six points, ranking third in the group, but they are three points away from the first and second, and there is still hope to qualify.
If Dortmund loses to Arsenal at home, it will be very slim to qualify in the group.
There are two rounds left in the group stage, and they will face Napoli at home and challenge Galatasaray away.
When only three points behind, as long as Dortmund can beat Napoli at home, he can tie the game with Napoli, and then decide whether he can qualify in the group in the last round.
This shows how critical and important Dortmund's victory against Arsenal is now.
Yan Min, who created this key victory, naturally became the target of everyone's attention after the game and became famous almost overnight.
Chinese and German media lined up to interview him, and his photos also frequently appeared in German media.
Being famous is a good thing, but some people are worried that he will be blinded by fame.
There are examples of football, especially Chinese football, where they become famous for too many years and then become self-degenerate.
On the Internet in China, some fans even begged Chinese media not to "suppress" Yan Min anymore.
However, Zhou Yi could see that Yan Min did not seem to have been affected in the team's training. He frequently exposed it in front of the media, but it did not affect his training. At least he was training as hard as before, full of energy, and did not take it lazily in training because of his outstanding performance in a game.
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After playing against Arsenal, Dortmund welcomed Wolfsburg in the league, and this time they played away for Pisa.
Considering that he had just finished the Champions League group stage with Arsenal, Klopp used rotation in this game.
What Chinese media and fans are most concerned about is no longer whether Zhou Yi can play, but whether Yan Min can get the opportunity to start.
Yan Min was among the 18-man roster announced the day before the game.
However, the 18-man roster does not equal the final starting list. Chinese fans and media believe that it is natural for Yan Min to enter the 18-man roster with Yan Min's performance in the Champions League group stage, and there is no suspense.
The key is whether it starts or not.
The starting roster will not be known until two hours before the game begins.
However, before this, various media can speculate on the starting lineup of this game.
Yan Min's name is among the starting lineup speculated by most media.
It's very simple. Yan Min performed very well in the last game, and he came on as a substitute, so there was no problem with his physical fitness. There was no need to rest in this game. In this way, everyone really couldn't think of a reason why Yan Min had to play as a substitute.
Chapter completed!