The supplementary match against Galatasaray was in the afternoon of local time, so after this game, Dortmund's entire team rushed to the airport. Although the snow was still falling, it was much smaller than last night and did not affect the normal take-off and landing of the plane.

They can return to Dortmund today to prepare for the weekend league with Hoffenheim.

This is the penultimate game in the first half of the league, and they cannot play the last game in the first half of the league for the time being. Due to the Club World Cup, Dortmund's 17th round of the league, which will be hosted by Hertha Berlin, will be postponed to January 30 next year.

One game less than Bayern Munich and is also behind in points. No matter what the game against Hoffenheim or what the Dortmund scores, it cannot threaten Bayern Munich's position. No matter what the result of Bayern Munich's game is, it has already won the Bundesliga winter break championship this season ahead of schedule.

The significance of this championship is very important, almost the weather vane for the final league championship.

Under the leadership of new head coach Guardiola, Bayern Munich has performed very well this season. It seems that they are finally about to end Dortmund's dominance in the league.

Just as the whole Dortmund team flew back to Germany in a plane, European media also summarized the just-concluded Champions League group stage.

This season's Champions League group stage has set many records, but not only is the record of Napoli's highest score being eliminated, but also the record of qualifying for the lowest score group - this summary is simply stabbing Napoli's wound and then sprinkling salt...

St. Petersburg Zenit won the "lowest qualifying group points" record. They won the right to qualify for the group with six points and qualify for the Champions League knockout round.

They only won one of the six group matches, becoming the first team to qualify for only six points in the group stage after the reform of the Champions League.

In addition, this season's Champions League group stage also created the second in the group with the most points - Manchester City scored 15 points, but they can only be second in the group, rather than first in the group, which is also "the baby is sad." They and Bayern Munich scored 15 points, but because they did not have the advantage in the victory or defeat relationship, they were squeezed to second in the group by Bayern Munich.

The Champions League group stage has finally ended, and the next is the draw for the Champions League quarterfinals.

The first and second teams will fight each other.

However, no one is optimistic about the defending champion's path to defending the title, because they have too many injuries, and they know what strange injuries they will encounter next... After all, their subsequent schedule is not easy, and the players' game is very intense, very tired, and prone to problems.

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Zhou Yi was lying on the massage bed at home - because his girlfriend was a physiotherapist, and because the male owner was a professional athlete, Zhou Yi's home facilities were a little different from others, and a massage bed seemed very inconsistent.

But it is actually very useful. After all, you can't always massage on a soft bed, as it will not be easy to exert force.

Zhou Yi was lying on the bed, and Cortana was giving him a massage and relaxation, while the two of them were talking about what had happened recently.

Cortana told Zhou Yi about the inside news she heard from the team leader Dr. Braun: "Klopp may give up the Champions League..."

Hearing his girlfriend's words, Zhou Yi turned over and sat up, frightened Cortana, who was giving him a massage, and looked at him blankly: "What are you doing?"

"Give up the Champions League?" Zhou Yi asked back.

"Yes, the team's injury situation this season is really serious. If you fight on both sides, Klopp is worried that the league and the Champions League will fail in the end. Moreover, next year will be the World Cup. If an international player misses the World Cup due to injury in the club, the team will also have to bear a lot of pressure..."

What Cortana didn't tell Zhou Yi was that the biggest pressure came from the Chinese journalists who gathered in Dortmund all day long.

This is the second time in the history of the Chinese national team that reached the World Cup finals. Zhou Yi is an indispensable core figure in the national team and must not make any mistakes. Dortmund wants to be cursed at any time this season. The players in the team were injured one after another, and the injured were still the main players. Therefore, Chinese media and fans have always been worried about injury and found Zhou Yi. Previously, Zhou Yi was hit in a coma in the game against Naples, resulting in a missed game for more than a month, which caused a sensation in China, which aggravated their fear of Zhou Yi's injury.

Although Zhou Yi has returned from injury, Yan Min has also played steadily in the team and performed well, so Chinese fans have another object to worry about.

Every time Chinese journalists ask questions to Klopp at press conferences before and after the game, they will more or less convey the meaning that they do not want Klopp to overuse the two Chinese players, and are worried that Zhou Yi and Yan Min will be injured.

In addition, the team's injuries this season are indeed very serious, with a large staff shortage and a shortage.

Bayern Munich's performance in the league was terrible. In the Champions League, Dortmund stumbled on the right to qualify in a group. After achieving great success last season, the players' fighting spirit was reduced and their hunger for victory and championships was not as strong as before...

These factors have prompted Klopp to seriously consider giving up one event and focusing on another.

If Dortmund did not win the Champions League last season, then Klopp will seriously consider taking another bet in the Champions League this season and try his best to attack that supreme honor.

But now that Dortmund has won the Champions League, the Champions League is not that important - it is good to be able to go further in the Champions League, but if it takes a lot of energy and even affects the league, it will be more than worth the loss. After all, the league is the fundamentals. If the league is not played well, it is very likely that even the Champions League qualification will not be able to be qualified next year.

So in Klopp's heart, he had actually decided to give up the Champions League and specialize in the league.

Although they specialize in the league, it is hard to say whether they can beat Bayern Munich in the league and win the league championship. Bayern Munich performed so well this season, their stability and excellence make people desperate.

So deep down, Klopp's goal for Dortmund this season is very realistic and a bit low - as long as he can qualify for the Champions League next season.

Klopp does not intend to make this target public, because if he says it, it will only bring ridicule and blow from competitors, and it will also affect the morale and confidence of the players of our team. On the surface, he will still be posing as if he is competing for the championship with Bayern Munich, but in his heart, he will feel that the top three in the league are satisfied.

Zhou Yi and Cortana don’t know these thoughts in Klopp now. He just frowned after hearing his girlfriend’s statement that the head coach was going to give up the Champions League.

He didn't want to question the head coach, but he still couldn't help but think of the incident that took the initiative to give up the German Cup last season.

Zhou Yi has always been worried about his choice to give up in the German Cup against Bayern Munich.

Not to mention that Dortmund is likely to win the triple crown. Just talking about the time to give up, don’t give up early or late, but give up when playing against Bayern Munich... This really makes people feel uncomfortable.

Zhou Yi himself has no obvious preference for the Bundesliga team. He is not a fan of a certain team. However, since he chose to join Dortmund, he has played in Dortmund for so many years, and he naturally became a supporter of Dortmund. Since his heart belongs to Dortmund, he will naturally regard Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich as enemies, and naturally he will not want the enemy to live a good life. So he worked very hard when playing Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, and became the person that fans of these two teams least want to see.

Choosing to give up in the German Cup against Bayern Munich was unacceptable to Zhou Yi.

It also made Zhou Yi feel a little resistant to "strategic abandonment".

"Give up" is certainly a clever approach, only by giving up can you gain.

But Zhou Yi always had another stubborn idea in his mind - for those teams with weak strength, giving up is a helpless move and a smart way. But as a giant team like Dortmund, why can't we launch more challenges on multiple fronts?

Of course, Dortmund did encounter a personnel crisis this season, with wounded soldiers all over the camp. However, not all players are seriously injured like Gundogan and Subotic. They will always come back, and Dortmund's lineup will always be in order.

Zhou Yi really didn't want to surrender early, so he still had to try his best to try some things.

"I'll go find a coach tomorrow." Zhou Yi lay on the bed again and asked Cortana to massage himself.

"You want to object in person?"

"Not counting, I just express my own opinions. It is the coach's business whether to listen or not, but it is my business." Zhou Yi curled his lips. "Didn't the coach also come to me to discuss tactics?"

"That's discussing tactics, and at this time, strategy." Cortana corrected Zhou Yi's idea.

"It's all the same. I still have the right to express my opinions, right?"

Cortana stopped talking, "freedom of speech" is political correctness, and Zhou Yi said so, she could not refute it.
Chapter completed!