Vol 5 Chapter 164: The price of victory

After Zhou Yi took the lead for Dortmund, the game restarted. Of course, Leverkusen, who was behind, was unwilling to lose to Dortmund in this way.
Before this game, Leverkusen ranked second with 34 points, and Dortmund ranked third with 32 points.
If Dortmund wins this match, they will overtake Leverkusen by one point and become the second in the league.
When Leverkusen came to an away game, he used the abacus to take advantage of Dortmund's poor condition and beat them away to widen the point difference to five points.
Although Leverkusen has fewer individuals, Dortmund also has fewer individuals. So there is no difference in the number of the two sides, which gives Leverkusen the courage to equalize the score.
If Dortmund has more than one person, when Leverkusen is desperate to counterattack, it is necessary to think about it. If they are disadvantaged by a small number of people, will they be countered by the large number of Leverkusen?
Now that the numbers are the same on both sides, there is no disadvantage.
And Klopp also reacted quickly. When the Dortmund players celebrated the goal, he had already grabbed the nearest player on the court and asked him to pass the latest instructions to others-contract defense. Fight back.
He is also preparing to use the third substitution.
Mkhitaryan is warming up.
There were no technical and tactical adjustments and significance for this substitution. Purely to delay time.
But the person he wants to replace with Mkhitaryan is not Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi can play a role in controlling the rhythm on the court, and he is not useless in defense.
Zhou Yi scored a penalty in the 87th minute of the game.
Actually, there is not much time until the end of the game.
When the fourth official raised the sign with five minutes of stoppage time on the sidelines, a booing sounded at Wester Stadium. Dortmund fans clearly think that the injury stoppage time is too much, what if Leverkusen equalized in the five minutes?
In the ninety-first minute, Klopp used the last substitution.
He replaced the striker Mark Wagner with Mkhitaryan.
The replaced Mark did not trot all the way, but slowly walked off the court, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Leverkusen players on the court. Some people wanted to come up to "help" Mark to go faster, but was pushed back by Mark. .
This time, players from both sides quickly gathered together.
But this time, Dortmund players' "indignation" is more like a disguise, used to disguise their true purpose.
The real purpose is of course to hope to delay the game.
Now that the referee has given five minutes of injury time, use other things to make those five minutes too fast. Although the referee will also make up for the time delay in the injury stoppage time, in general, rarely make full time, it means the end of the meaning.
And this is Dortmund's home court, and the referee can't help but consider the home court factor.
Marcel Leif said: "Leverkusen's players are too impulsive... At this time, he took the initiative to push Mark, and it was simply to provide Dortmund with ammunition...Now Dortmund can waste a little time justly... "
Leverkusen's head coach Hypia stood on the sidelines, spread his hands, and did not know whether he was helpless about his players' indifference, or dissatisfied with Dortmund's shamelessness.
Eventually, after a minute, the conflict between the players on both sides ended. In fact, Dortmund has restrained a lot in this conflict, which can also be seen as a proof of Dortmund’s deliberate delays-although it seems very unpleasant for the Leverkusen players, the Dortmund players are just rounding up and yelling , And did not get started. This is not the same as the conflict caused by Zhou Yi being downrooted in the penalty area.
Mark pushed the opponent's back with a yellow card, but he didn't have a yellow card before, so it doesn't matter if he is carrying a yellow card now. He helped the team to spend more time, and his task has been completed.
Looking at this messy scene, Marcel Leff shook his head with emotion: "No matter what the final result is, this game has had a great impact on both teams. It can be said that both defeats hurt. In this league They fight so fiercely in China, which really makes people worry about how much energy and state they can put out in the Champions League next week..."
If two teams were eliminated in the UEFA Champions League group stage due to the battle between the two and three places in this league, Marcel Leif really cannot tell whether it is worth it...
Of course, outsiders can also consider this issue, but the two teams in Dortmund and Leverkusen are not qualified to consider this issue.
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After Mkhitaryan played, the result of this game was almost fixed.
The conflict that Mark triggered when he was off the court seemed to have consumed the tempers and fighting spirit of the Leverkusen players. In the next few minutes, although Leverkusen also made several shots, he did not fight Weidenfeller. What threat does the guarding goal pose.
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the match, the West Stadium simultaneously booed and cheered.
Cheers are of course given to this victory, but boos are dissatisfied with the referee.
For this victory, Dortmund paid the price of two main players injured and Yan Min sent off with a red card, not to mention the fact that multiple players got yellow cards.
In the eyes of Dortmund fans, these are completely avoidable. From the beginning of the game, Leverkusen has shown a very aggressive nature, and they all have great moves. If the referee can strictly enforce the law and curb Leverkusen's tendency, the intensity of the game will be reduced. Neither Bend nor Sha Xin will be injured, nor will Zhou Yi be overturned by the opponent in the penalty area, and Yan Min will not be sent off with a red card just because he wants to show him...
Most importantly, if Leverkusen does not play like this, Dortmund at home should not be so difficult to win the game.
Dortmund fans are dissatisfied, and Leverkusen players and coaches are also dissatisfied with this result.
They still think that Zhou Yi was a fake in the penalty area. He deceived the referee, which led to Dortmund's improper gain, and Spasic was sent off.
At the last moment, Dortmund's deliberate delay of time also made them very annoyed, thinking that Dortmund was too mean.
These will become the topic of debate after the game. Although the game is over, the topic caused by the game is far from over.
After the game, Zhou Yi was dragged by reporters to the mixed zone for an interview. What everyone wanted to know most was whether he fell in the penalty zone or not.
Faced with this problem, Zhou Yi took off his shoes and socks, and then let everyone look at a red spot above the heel of his right foot.
"This was kicked by Spasic. It can't be because I don't have a broken leg now, you don't think it's a foul, it's not fair, right?"
Facing the evidence provided by Zhou Yi, the reporters put the camera and camera lens together and took this scene.
Then the Chinese reporter asked Zhou Yi what he thought of Yan Min's red card.
"What do you think? I don't want to judge the referee of this game." Although Zhou Yi said so, everyone can still feel some dissatisfaction from his tone. "It's certainly a bad act to get a red card in the game, but I think no one in the locker room, including me, will complain that he has left the team. This game, Yan Min's performance is very good, this The red card is also an outstanding part."
A German reporter asked: "You played so fiercely in the game against Leverkusen~EbookFREE.me~ Sven Bend and Sahin were both injured. Will this affect the Champions League group stage in the next week Critical qualifying? Do you think it's worth paying the price to win the game?"
"It’s not worth it, I don’t know. But when we are in this game, of course we consider this game. In addition, I actually don’t think this will have any adverse effect on our next Champions League game. We will start from this group. Qualified."
After finishing talking, Zhou Yi waved his hand and stopped interviewing, leaving the mixed zone.
Although he won the game, he was not very happy from his expression.
This made his previous words less credible.
Will there be any adverse effect on the next UEFA Champions League group stage?
Sven Bender and Sahin were injured in their lower backs. Dortmund's only available back now is a veteran Sebastian Kyle.
How is it possible?
It is not yet known what the injuries of Sven Bender and Sahin are. Is it a very serious injury or a minor one?
Anyway, after getting off the court, the two were directly taken to the hospital for examination and treatment. From this point, I am afraid that it is not a minor injury that can come back after a few days of rest.
Two main players were injured. This is the reason why Zhou Yi is in a bad mood, right?
On the other side, at the post-match press conference, Klopp was also troubled by this matter: "Yes, we won the game. But I don’t want to think about this thing now..."
Why don't you think about it, no one asks him, because there will be an answer that everyone knows.
Because Dortmund actually lost two main players in a game!
Sometimes, people feel that just using "unlucky" can't describe Dortmund...