Chapter 1 口水战和香川真司受伤

The war of words between the two sides was raging, and although Zhou Yi wanted to pour some cold water on them, it was useless.

But at this critical moment, bad news came—Kagawa Shinji twisted his knee in training and was out for the rest of the season…

This was definitely a heavy blow for Dortmund. Although he wasn't a core player like Zhou Yi, he was an important piece of the Dortmund puzzle.

Kagawa Shinji's strength wasn't in organizing the attack, but in the threat he could create closer to the goal.

He and Zhou Yi, together with Götze and Mark, formed Dortmund's wildly popular attacking lineup this season.

In this lineup, everyone had a clear division of labor, but they were also integrated with each other.

As a result, Kagawa Shinji was injured, and before the game against Bayern Munich.

This meant that all of Dortmund's targeted pre-match training was in vain, because those training sessions were designed with Kagawa Shinji on the field.

After the news of Kagawa Shinji's serious injury spread, the Dortmund fans were filled with mourning, and the local media also believed that the situation was a bit grim for Dortmund, who had to fight on two fronts…

For Bayern Munich, this was certainly good news. But there were also some regrets, namely that the seriously injured person wasn't Zhou Yi…

If Zhou Yi were to miss all the games this season, Bayern Munich might really be able to make a successful comeback.

Klopp said in an interview with reporters after Kagawa Shinji was injured: “…Kagawa's sudden injury is certainly a blow to us. If a player is injured and it has no impact on the team at all, then it means that the player is worthless to the team. Kagawa is not such a player. But Dortmund will not give up the game because of an injury to one player, so Bayern Munich should not be too happy too soon.”

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Klopp's words were well ridiculed by the Munich media, who thought he was just being stubborn.

But when the game started, the Munich reporters in the press box didn't think so.

Because the game had only started for nine minutes, and Dortmund scored!

“Lewandowski!” Marcel Reif shouted excitedly, “Beautiful! Dortmund takes a 1-0 lead over Bayern Munich on the road! Not even ten minutes into the game, and Bayern Munich is already behind! This is really unexpected! Because just before the game, Kagawa Shinji's sudden injury made people worry about Dortmund!”

The person who assisted Lewandowski was Großkreutz, who started in place of the injured Kagawa Shinji in this game, and the person who passed the ball to Großkreutz was Zhou Yi.

Kagawa Shinji's injury would indeed affect Dortmund's attack, but it was good that Zhou Yi was still there.

Bayern Munich, playing at home, would not be willing to fall behind like this, so they launched a fierce attack on Dortmund in the subsequent game, and in the sixteenth minute, Luiz Gustavo scored a goal to equalize the score, with Ribéry assisting him.

Gustavo is a defensive midfielder who performed well for Hoffenheim last season, but at the beginning of this season, Hoffenheim sold him to Bayern Munich. Hoffenheim's then coach, Rangnick, resigned in anger because the club sold his main players without saying hello.

Now Hoffenheim is ranked ninth, stabilized in the middle reaches. After resting for more than half a season, Rangnick has taken up a new position at Schalke 04, replacing Magath, who was sacked for poor performance.

After Gustavo scored, the Allianz Arena seemed to come alive, and huge cheers resounded through the clouds.

The Bayern Munich fans in the stands began to excitedly look forward to Bayern Munich reversing and defeating Dortmund.

After the game restarted, their cheers for Bayern Munich were louder than the last, wanting to put pressure on Dortmund.

A good show of reversal seemed to be unfolding.

But at this time, someone stood up and reminded Bayern Munich of his importance.

Zhou Yi, who was originally playing as a defensive midfielder in the backcourt, suddenly插, and ran into the penalty area in one breath. And just as he ran into the penalty area, Götze's through ball also arrived, Zhou Yi received Götze's pass with a clever anti-offside run!

"Zhou Yi!!" Duan Xin shouted excitedly, because Zhou Yi received the ball behind Bayern Munich's entire defense, and he was not offside, this was simply an excellent scoring opportunity! Although the shooting angle was a little bit off…

Zhou Yi's reaction was also very quick. When he ran to receive the ball, he was actually facing away from the attacking direction. After Götze passed the ball, he immediately turned around, put the ball in front of him, and adjusted his direction at the same time, turning towards the goal.

Then he decisively shot!

The inside of his foot kicked the ball, creating a very obvious arc.

While Badstuber was still raising his hand to signal the referee that Zhou Yi was offside, the ball had already flown towards Bayern Munich's goal!

Bayern Munich's goalkeeper, Kraft, even if he stretched his arms as long as possible, was unable to touch the ball in the air. He could only watch the ball hit the inside of the far post of the goal, and then… bounced into the goal!

"Zhou! Yi!!" Marcel Reif exclaimed. "He scored! He scored! Just two minutes after Bayern Munich equalized the score, he gave Dortmund the lead again! Oh! Dortmund's core has finally shown its power! This is his third goal of the season! Although the number of goals is not many, they are very critical! He has extinguished the fire of hope that Bayern Munich had just ignited!"

After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi ran around the Allianz Arena, all the way to the corner flag area, and then waved to the Dortmund fans in the stands. He also received a response from these fans—this was the second time that the cheers of the smaller number of Dortmund fans had overwhelmed the Bayern Munich fans.

The first time was when Lewandowski scored.

"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! Ha!" Duan Xin laughed. "Without Kagawa Shinji, Dortmund still has Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi is the real core of this team! The Munich media's regret before the game was reasonable—if the injured person was Zhou Yi, then this goal would not exist now!"

This really hit Bayern Munich's morale. They had just equalized the score two minutes ago, and the whole team was in high spirits, wanting to complete the reversal at home, but Zhou Yi poured a basin of cold water on them…

Speaking of which, Zhou Yi is really good at pouring cold water…

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After Dortmund took the lead again, the Bayern Munich players were a little dazed. They really didn't expect Dortmund to score again so quickly. It felt like they had taken a deep breath, planning to blow up a big balloon, but before they could blow it out, their mouths and noses were covered by their opponents, and they were directly suffocated back.

A real internal injury.

Coughing so hard they were about to spit blood…

So the Bayern Munich players' performance was not very good next.

The whole team was like they had lost their souls.

On the Dortmund side, under the leadership of Zhou Yi, they played with great enthusiasm, making a splash, and threatening Bayern Munich's goal several times.

If it hadn't been for a bit of bad luck, they might have secured the victory in the first half.

But even so, it was very good for Dortmund to be able to suppress Bayern Munich while playing away from home.

In the first half, Dortmund temporarily led Bayern Munich by a score of 2:1.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Before the game started, Bayern Munich was already making substitutions.

Brazilian center-back Bruno replaced Badstuber, who had performed poorly in the first half.

In the fifty-eighth minute, they replaced Luiz Gustavo, who was better at organizing the attack, with Toni Kroos. Van Gaal was unwilling to fail at home and hoped to reverse the situation by strengthening the attack.

But this time, Zhou Yi gave him another fatal blow.

Just two minutes after Bayern Munich's substitution adjustment—yes, two minutes again—Zhou Yi scored again.

This time it was a corner kick for Dortmund. Zhou Yi was originally pretending to be a bystander outside the penalty area, but as Götze ran towards the ball, he also suddenly ran towards the penalty area.

When Götze kicked the ball, he had already entered the penalty area. Then he ran straight to grab the point!

At that time, Bayern Munich's goalkeeper, Kraft, focused all his attention on Hummels, Subotić, and other Dortmund center-backs who rushed to the front of the goal.

In fact, not only Kraft, but also other Bayern Munich players did not expect that Zhou Yi, this little guy, would be able to come in and head the ball.

But when Zhou Yi jumped up in front, everyone realized that this little guy also had great strength!

He headed the ball in front of everyone, and then with a甩头, he甩 the ball to the back post!

Goalkeeper Kraft did not expect Zhou Yi's header at all, and watched helplessly as the ball flew past him, without even having time to stretch out his hand.

The ball hit the inside of the far post again… and then flew into the goal!

The Bayern Munich fans behind the goal were about to collapse—****** It's the goalpost again! When other people shoot, the ball hits the post and bounces out, but yours bounces into the goal!

"Zhou—Yi——!!" Marcel Reif howled, lengthening his voice. "Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!! Zhou Yi!!! A rare header! This ball was actually headed in by Zhou Yi, which is really unexpected! He scored twice! He rarely scores, but when he does, he scores two! Kagawa Shinji was injured, but Zhou Yi showed his power! This is probably something that Bayern Munich didn't expect at all, right? They were defending against his passes before and during the game, but he personally took the field to solve the problem! This is… too unconventional, right?!"