When the players from both sides stood in the players' tunnel waiting to enter the field, they didn't talk to each other, all standing silently and solemnly in their respective teams. These two teams were complete enemies this season, their competition spreading to all areas, and this hostility made both sides look at each other with unpleasant expressions.

While the players stood in the players' tunnel waiting to enter, the fans on both sides of the field were already putting on a show of strength.

This time, the fans of the two teams each occupied a stand behind one of the goals.

And both erected huge tifos in their respective territories.

Dortmund's side first had fans use yellow and black pieces of paper to form a huge background, with a yellow "97" on the black background.

This meant 1997, the year Dortmund won their club's first Champions League title, defeating Juventus 3-1 in the final. Then, a giant tifo slowly rose from the bottom of the stand, showing Riedle, Ricken, and meritorious coach Hitzfeld lifting the Champions League trophy, a scene that was extremely shocking.

It also attracted a lot of attention and camera and photographic lenses.

Dortmund fans are very good at using this method to create an atmosphere.

In comparison, Bayern Munich's tifo was slightly worse. Although their tifo was also very large, it was only laid on the stand, unlike Dortmund's, which also had "animation" effects.

So in the pre-match fan showdown, Bayern Munich was temporarily at a disadvantage.

Chinese reporters couldn't help but sigh when they saw this scene: "Dortmund fans really know how to play..."

When the giant tifo was completely raised and fixed, the Champions League theme song also sounded at the scene, which meant that the players from both sides were about to enter!

The timing was just right, as if the Champions League theme song was played for Dortmund's tifo. This coincidence really makes people wonder if Dortmund fans have practiced it many times in advance...

The appearance of this tifo alone made Dortmund fans overshadow Bayern Munich fans, and the Bayern Munich fans in the opposite stand were very upset.

But there was nothing they could do. This appearance was indeed not as innovative as that of Dortmund fans.

They could only hope that their team would defeat Dortmund in the game and vent their anger.

When that time came, no matter how they ridiculed Dortmund fans, the other party would not be able to fight back.

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In the Champions League theme song, the players from both sides entered the stadium under the leadership of the referee team. For a time, cheers roared like thunder, almost drowning out the music played through the loudspeakers.

"Friends of the audience! The players from both sides are now entering!" He Ping said excitedly at the scene, raising his voice desperately to avoid being overwhelmed. This is the difference between live commentary and commentary in the rear. In the rear studio, the sound from the scene is processed to reduce the loudness, so that the TV audience can hear the commentator's voice effortlessly. In that case, the commentator basically doesn't need to shout, except when commentating on goals.

But at the scene, almost every sentence needs to be shouted out, making the commentary very tiring, but the spirit is always very high.

The TV broadcast gave close-ups of many players, and Zhou Yi was naturally indispensable.

Zhou Yi in the lens was the same as usual. After entering the field, he looked around at everything in the stands, as if he was Grandma Liu who had just entered the Grand View Garden, finding everything new and looking at everything twice.

Different from his silent, serious teammates and opponents, Zhou Yi looked like an elementary school student on an outing, appearing a little eye-catching in a group of murderous people...

After lining up, shaking hands with each other, exchanging team flags, and tossing the coin... after all the procedures were completed, the players from both sides came to their respective halves, waiting for the game to begin.

During this time, the commentators were busy broadcasting the starting lineups of the two teams in this game.

He Ping was among them.

Bayern Munich and Dortmund sent out their strongest lineups that they could send, without leaving any spare strength.

Dortmund's starting goalkeeper was Weidenfeller, who was also the captain on the field. On the defense line, Piszczek served as the right back, Schmelzer as the left back, and Hummels and Subotic partnered as the center backs. In the midfield, Sven Bender and Gundogan formed a double defensive midfielder, Zhou Yi was in the middle in front, serving as an attacking midfielder, while Kuba and Reus were on the left and right. Lewandowski was at the front as the striker.

Bayern Munich's formation was similar to Dortmund's. The starting goalkeeper was Neuer, Lahm as the right back, who was also the captain, Alaba as the left back, and Boateng and Dante as the center backs. In the midfield, Martinez and Schweinsteiger partnered as defensive midfielders, Muller was in the middle in the frontcourt, Ribery and Robben were on the left and right, and Mandzukic was at the front as the center forward.

After the players from both sides were in position, with a whistle from the referee of this game, the famous Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli, the game officially began!

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Bayern Munich, wearing red jerseys, kicked off first in this game. In the first half, they attacked from left to right, with their own fans behind them, and the direction of the attack was towards the stands where the Dortmund fans were located.

Perhaps because both sides were too familiar with each other, there was no probing after the game started. They both started attacking directly and started a head-to-head battle.

First, Bayern Munich took advantage of their kickoff to launch an attack, but Mandzukic's shot was high over the crossbar.

Immediately afterwards, Dortmund took advantage of the opportunity to gain control of the ball and launched a fierce attack on Bayern Munich's goal.

Zhou Yi sent a wonderful pass to Reus. Reus dribbled the ball inside and then shot. The ball hit the side of the near corner of the net, causing a burst of exclamations from the stands.

Some commentators couldn't see clearly and almost thought it was a goal.

"Reus! What a scare!"

"Almost a goal!"

"It's only been two minutes since the start of the game, and Dortmund has already had such a threatening shot! It looks like there will be a good show to watch in today's game!"

"Zhou Yi almost completed an assist just now, Reus's shot was too focused on the angle..."

Reus himself was also annoyed that he was unable to seize this opportunity, but he did not forget to thank Zhou Yi, who passed the ball to him. After regretting with his hands on his head, he turned back to find Zhou Yi and gave him a thumbs up.

Zhou Yi also returned a thumbs up.

Reus didn't score this goal, he didn't care. Anyway, it wasn't a particularly good opportunity, so if he didn't score, he didn't score. The game time was still long, so it would be great if he could score this goal, but if he couldn't, it wouldn't matter, he would just work harder.

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Because they were very familiar with each other, Zhou Yi was closely marked by Bayern Munich in the game. No matter where he was active, there would be at least one Bayern Munich player next to him, and once the ball was about to come to him, those Bayern Munich players would act very quickly and surround him.

This required Zhou Yi to handle the ball faster and more accurately, and at the same time required him to minimize the time the ball was at his feet.

Zhou Yi was no stranger to this kind of marking intensity. He often encountered such treatment in the Champions League. If he didn't, it would be strange.

Therefore, Zhou Yi didn't think it was too much trouble.

There is no completely airtight defense in the world, and there is no such thing as truly inseparable marking. The opponent's strengthening of the defense against him does not mean that he has no chance in this game at all.

Since he played for Dortmund's first team, he has been playing against Bayern Munich for more than three years, and he is also very familiar with Bayern Munich's stuff. Not to mention that in the virtual space, he has already played nearly a hundred games with Bayern Munich, and he has to play against them at least seven times every night in the virtual space. Such constant repeated confrontation, I am afraid that ordinary people would have vomited long ago.

Through these game after game of simulation, Zhou Yi is already very familiar with Bayern Munich's routine.

No matter how strict the defense is, he can find opportunities.

In fact, if he were Heynckes, he wouldn't have spent so much effort on himself, but would have strictly marked his teammates. Compared with himself, Reus and the others did not have game after game of simulated games to train, they are still normal people, and can be contained by normal means...

That would be much less costly to defend.

Instead of like now, even if Bayern Munich invests the defensive strength of two players on him, they may not be able to achieve a good effect, and they will also weaken the defensive strength against other Dortmund players because they are too concerned about him...