Vol 5 Chapter 155: Asia's number one star

When Klopp announced that Yan Min was starting to replace the injured Royce before the game, it did not cause an uproar in the locker room. Everyone looked at Yan Min's ability and status in the recent period. Here, his attitude in training is also obvious to all. There is nothing surprising about getting a starting opportunity for such a performance.
Not even Yan Min was surprised.
Two hours before the game, the outside world also got the starting list of both sides of the game. There is nothing surprising about Leverkusen.
On Dortmund's side, Royce did not appear in the starting line, and Yan Min replaced him.
"Neither Royce has a starter. It seems that his injury is really not optimistic..." The TV host and guests were discussing the list.
"Dortmund's luck this season is really bad, and many of the team's main players have suffered injuries... And looking at this trend, Dortmund's injury wave will continue, and it is impossible to solve it in a short time. of……"
"Of course it can't be solved, as long as Klopp insists on his current tactical style and training intensity for one day, Dortmund's wounded soldiers will continue to increase..."
"I don't quite understand Klopp's idea. This team has won enough championships. It can be said that the Dortmund players have been squeezed to the limit by him. Why should I continue to stick to this style of play? You know If this continues, it will inevitably cause more injuries. And the fighting spirit of the players may not be as strong as before... Dortmund's volatile performance this season is not only affected by the injuries, and the players' desire to win. It’s not as strong as before..."
The guests discussed Dortmund’s injury and began to endlessly. The host had to pull the topic back:
In any case, Royce has been injured. In the replacement, Klopp chose Yan Min. , This young Chinese player who has performed well recently, what is your opinion on this adjustment?"
The guests glanced at each other, and one of them said: "Yan Min is really talented and capable, but he doesn't seem to be well adapted to European football now. I find that he has a very obvious problem now- -When he came off the bench, he was often able to come up with a performance that made people stunned, but when he first played, the performance was far worse than the bench..."
"Super bench?" the host asked.
"Yeah, that's a bit of a meaning. I don't know whether it's because of physical fitness that he was able to run off the bench more than other players, or because of mentality problems-after the starter, I thought more, demanded more, and were more impatient. After coming off the bench, the positioning is not so high, it may be easier to play..."
"So that is to say, Klopp chose to let Yan Min start Royce, is it not a good choice?"
"I didn't say that. But I do have concerns in this regard. In fact, Dortmund is not short of candidates for the wingers. They also have Quba, and Mkhitaryan can also play the wing. I think that Luopu chose Yan Min, and he was rewarded for his performance in the last few games-against Naples and Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League group stage, against Bayern Munich, Yan Min played in the case of coming off the bench. Important role. For a player in such a good state, it is impossible to keep him on the bench..."
In China, there is no such worry and discussion. Whether it is an narrator, a media reporter or an ordinary fan, Yan Min is very happy to be able to start.
This means that Dortmund will have two Chinese players starting at the same time, and they naturally hope that Yan Min will be able to stabilize the starting position from then on.
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When the players from both sides walked out of the channel and stepped onto the court, TV broadcasts gave Zhou Yi and Sun Xingming a close-up shot, respectively, which fully demonstrated that the two men in this game were the key figures of their respective teams.
Zhou Yi is the core of Dortmund, while Sun Xingming can be said to be "Dortmund Star." He scored three goals alone against Dortmund, which is considered the current Leverkusen team, the most goals scored against Dortmund.
Although the replacement of Royce was discussed before the game, Yan Min, but when the game really arrived, everyone still had to watch Zhou Yihao and Sun Xingming.
It can be seen from the starting lineup of these two teams that they have no intention of having reservations in this game and do not intend to retain their strength for the Champions League group stage next week.
The Champions League group stage is of course very important, but this league is also important.
Although it was an away game, Leverkusen was very active after the game started.
They did not play because of the away game, nor because of Dortmund's strength, nor did they play relatively conservatively because of the Champions League group stage next week.
Only eight minutes into the opening, Sun Xingming made a pass back in the penalty area. Leverkusen's midfielder Hagler kept a shot at the front of the penalty area and the football was saved by Weidenfeller.
Four minutes later, Leverkusen's offensive came again, full-back Emre Jan made an in-cut after driving the ball on the left, and then made a long shot in front of the free throw arc. The football was higher than the crossbar.
"Oh! Emre Jan! It's dangerous! It's just slightly higher!" exclaimer Marcel Leff exclaimed. "After the start of the game, it was Leverkusen who played more offensively, which was more than everyone expected..."
The South Korean commentator was very excited: "Sun Xingming's performance after the opening is very positive! He can appear in almost any corner of the frontcourt tirelessly! This game is an opportunity for Sun Xingming to officially challenge Asia's top star Zhou Yi !"
Although the Koreans drummed up and shouted for Sun Xingming, they did not deny Zhou Yi's current status, saying that he was the number one star in Asia. That's right. After Park Ji-sung left Manchester United and left the European mainstream league, after Kagawa Majit could not even play at Manchester United, who can compare with Zhou Yi among so many Asian players who play in Europe?
Sun Pan is one, but he is a goalkeeper, no matter how good he is, he still feels like he is still a little worse.
It is no problem to say that Zhou Yi is the number one star in Asia. But why hasn’t Asia’s number one star ever won an Asian Footballer?
This is about the AFC's hypocrisy rules-in the past, the AFC did not restrict Asian players who played overseas to participate in the selection of Mr. Asian Football, so the most played in Perugia, Hideo Nakata, has won two Mr. Asian Football.
However, the AFC stipulated that the winners must go to the award ceremony, otherwise they will be disqualified, and the AFC award ceremony is at the end of November each year. At this time, the European League is fiercely fighting, and few clubs are willing to put The main players in the team flew thousands of kilometers just to receive an award. For example, Park Ji-sung, the iconic figure of Korean football, has never won the honor of Mr. Asian Football, because every time he directly rejected the AFC awards ceremony, AFC naturally will not take the highest honor on behalf of Asian football. The prize was awarded to such a person who did not give them face.
Since last year, the Asian Football Association has reformed the selection of Asian Footballer. Instead of listing an award for Asian Footballer, Asian Footballer has become the best Asian player to play in Asia, for those who play outside of Asia. For the players, the AFC has set up a new "Best Overseas Player Award", which is specially prepared for Zhou Yi and Sun Xingming. But it also means that if they do not return to Asia to play, Zhou Yi and Sun Xingming will never get the Asian Footballer...
The winner of the best overseas Asian player in the first year caused some controversy, and Kagawa Shinji won the award. At that time, it caused dissatisfaction with the Chinese media and believed that the selection of this award was controversial. To discuss the influence of power theory, how can Kagawa Shinji be compared with Zhou Yi? You know, in Dortmund, Kagawa Kaji has always been under Zhou Yi~EbookFREE.me~ Now Kagawa Kaji went to Manchester United and instead won the Best Overseas Player Award, everyone can only be considered Manchester United’s reputation Caused greater than Dortmund.
Kaori Kagawa didn’t even go to the awards ceremony at the time. The reason was that he was busy with the Premier League, but the ghost knew if there were other reasons.
This year's Best Overseas Player Award is finally uncontroversial. He led Dortmund to three consecutive league titles and won the Champions League. Zhou Yi, who was elected the best player in Europe last season, if he still can't get the best Asian player, AFC It will become a joke in world football.
The winner of this award is Zhou Yi, but at the AFC Annual Awards Ceremony that has just ended, it has not announced the result of this award.
This is because Zhou Yi did not participate in the AFC awards ceremony.
At that time, Zhou Yi announced that due to the tight schedule of Dortmund, there were many key games. He really had no time and energy to fly to Abu Dhabi to receive the award. He also specifically thanked the AFC for his recognition of his achievements.
The attitude and speech are impeccable, but everyone still thinks that Zhou Yi does not give awards, which is not as simple as he said. Certainly there are still some factors of "exhaustion" in it.
Anyway, in China, both the media and the fans feel understanding and relief of Zhou Yi's approach. Even if someone occasionally criticizes Zhou Yi for playing a big name, he will soon be drowned in the saliva of more people.
Since the AFC separates players who play in Asia from Asian players who play in Europe, even if Zhou Yi does not go to the awards ceremony, the award is still his. There will not be Park Zhixing who does not participate in the awards ceremony. Award situation. It's just that it's hard to say whether Zhou Yi is still such an incomplete award.
Anyway, Chinese fans don't care.