As Chinese fans, they naturally hope to see more and more Chinese players playing football in Europe, and even taking on important roles in their respective clubs like Zhou Yi.

So when they saw Yang Muge's name on the roster for this match, they naturally started to dream of Yang Muge getting a chance to play and staging a real "Chinese Derby" with Zhou Yi. Hao Junmin had the opportunity before, but before Hao Junmin played for Schalke 04, he had never directly faced Zhou Yi in a match.

But in this game, Yang Muge ultimately sat on the bench and was unable to start.

Zhou Yi, unsurprisingly, started.

In the first half, Dortmund took a 1-0 lead over Schalke 04 under Zhou Yi's leadership.

At the start of the second half, Schalke 04's coach, Rangnick, made a substitution, replacing Draxler, but the person replacing him was not Yang Muge, but another midfielder, Jurado.

But this did not change Schalke 04's weak midfield when facing Dortmund.

The substitution did not give Schalke 04 an advantage on the field, while Dortmund further consolidated their advantage through substitutions. They replaced Großkreutz with Götze, and Barrios with Lewandowski in the front line.

Zhou Yi was replaced by Sven Bender in the seventy-fourth minute.

And Yang Muge did not get a chance to play until the end of the game.

Dortmund defeated Schalke 04 1-0 to win their first championship of the season.

After the game, Zhou Yi first went to Yang Muge, hugged him, patted him on the back, and then turned to celebrate with his teammates.

Yang Muge followed his teammates back to the locker room, leaving the field to the victorious Dortmund team.

Yang Muge was very disappointed that he didn't get to play. But he also knew that the opportunity just hadn't come yet. What he had to do was not complain about why the opportunity hadn't come, but to continue to strengthen his strength, so that when the opportunity came, he could seize it...

After the game, Zhou Yi was asked about Yang Muge in an interview with reporters.

Of course, the person who asked this question was a Chinese reporter.

"Lao Yang ah, he definitely has the strength," Zhou Yi said. "I believe he will play for Schalke 04 sooner or later. I'm not worried about him not being able to play. It's just a Super Cup now, which is basically an official friendly match, not even a league game... Aren't you guys too anxious?"

Of course, he knew what the reporters meant by asking this question.

But he also didn't want the attention of reporters and domestic fans to bring unnecessary pressure to Yang Muge, so he relieved the pressure for Yang Muge.

Yang Muge also accepted an interview with Chinese reporters after the game.

"It's a pity to lose the game, and it's also a pity that I couldn't play. But I will continue to work hard in training and wait for the opportunity." Facing the reporters, he was still wearing the Schalke 04 sports jacket and answered calmly.

Some reporters were concerned about what Zhou Yi said when he hugged Yang Muge after the game.

Facing the reporters' cameras, Yang Muge smiled shyly: "He said he would treat me to dinner later, as consolation for the loser."

The reporters were speechless. They thought Zhou Yi would say something to Yang Muge, but they didn't expect it to be something like treating him to dinner... Before, they had guessed whether Zhou Yi would use his experience of playing in the Bundesliga for two more seasons to give Yang Muge some advice...

They didn't know that Zhou Yi had said these advices many times in the "Squeezing Out Lao Guo" group chat, and there was no need to specifically say it to Yang Muge again.

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Zhou Yi really had dinner with Yang Muge the day after the game, and he did pay for it.

This happened after Dortmund celebrated their Super Cup victory.

Compared to the league title, the Super Cup title is not that important, so naturally there would be no city-wide parade for winning a Super Cup - that would only make people laugh.

At the dinner table, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge talked about yesterday's game, and they reviewed the game at the dinner table.

They discussed several key points of the game.

Zhou Yi from the perspective of a player on the field, and Yang Muge from the perspective of an observer.

After analyzing, Zhou Yi felt that it didn't make any difference whether Yang Muge played or not in this game. Even if he played, he couldn't have helped Schalke 04 win the game.

Yang Muge felt that it was not necessarily the case. If he played, he could at least improve Schalke 04's defense in midfield, so that they wouldn't be so passive.

Zhou Yi was very clear that the possibility Yang Muge said existed, but the probability was very low. Because before this real Super Cup, Zhou Yi had simulated this game for a week in the virtual space. In every game, Yang Muge was on the field, but Schalke 04 still lost more than they won.

"Hey, Lao Yang. If you were to play, would you defend me?" Zhou Yi asked.

"If the coach asks me to defend you," Yang Muge said. "When necessary, I will tackle you from your side and behind, so you have to be careful."

"Damn, this meal was a waste!"

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After the German Super Cup game with Schalke 04, there wasn't much time left before the start of the new Bundesliga season.

Dortmund was not very active in the summer transfer market. Their purchases and sales were very restrained.

In terms of buying players, the most expensive part was in the midfield. Gündoğan, transferred from Nuremberg, cost Dortmund four million euros, and Ivan Perišić, transferred from Club Brugge in Belgium, cost Dortmund five million and fifty thousand euros.

Among them, Perišić is the most expensive signing for Dortmund in the summer transfer window this season...

The remaining players, like defender Chris Löwe, who was brought back from Chemnitz, and Australian midfielder Mustafa Amini, who was transferred from the Central Coast Mariners, had transfer fees of two hundred thousand and three hundred thousand respectively.

It can be seen that Dortmund is still adhering to their thrifty transfer policy, which is to spend as little money as possible, and to not spend money if possible... Compared with Bayern Munich, Dortmund is as poor as the proletariat.

And in terms of sales, not many players have left Dortmund so far this season.

The original team captain Dede decided to leave because he was old, had more injuries, and his form had declined. He couldn't get a starting position in Dortmund. This was what he had agreed with the Dortmund club long ago. After his contract expired last season, he left Dortmund as a free agent.

The original Hungarian midfielder Hajnal also lost his position in Dortmund's midfield and transferred to Stuttgart for a transfer fee of one million euros. Another player who left for a similar reason was midfielder Feulner, who went to Nuremberg for a transfer fee of only one hundred and fifty thousand euros.

Dortmund's midfield strength is indeed very strong now, and it is difficult for ordinary people to gain a foothold in the competition. So it is understandable to leave to seek more opportunities.

And the biggest name player to leave the team is probably Barrios.

Originally, he should have been Dortmund's main striker, if it hadn't been for that unexpected injury... Before that, he was really in good form, a Bundesliga Golden Boot winner.

As a result, a not-too-serious injury gave Mark Wagner the opportunity to move up.

After this kid replaced him, he scored goals one after another, and his form was surprisingly good.

While Barrios was recovering from his injury, Lewandowski also emerged.

The result was that when Barrios returned from his injury, he found that he could only be a substitute in Dortmund... His appearance sequence was after Mark and Lewandowski.

For Barrios, who had won the Bundesliga Golden Boot and felt that he was in good form, this was of course an unacceptable situation for him.

But unfortunately, he couldn't compete with Mark and Lewandowski in the team.

So he thought of leaving.

It's just a pity that Barrios, who hadn't played much since recovering from his injury last season and hadn't regained his form, seemed to be unwanted in European football... Strictly speaking, it's not that no one wanted him, but he didn't like the clubs that were interested in him, and the clubs he liked weren't interested in him.

So a stalemate was formed in the end.

At this time, Barrios received an invitation from China. A team from Guangzhou, China, that was not short of money was interested in Barrios and hoped to sign him, and offered him a sky-high annual salary contract, which was much higher than his salary in Dortmund.

Barrios was not sure and called Zhou Yi to ask for his opinion.

But unfortunately, Zhou Yi didn't know much about this suddenly emerging wealthy team, so he couldn't give any valuable advice at all.

However, Barrios finally chose this team, presumably he was defeated by the opponent's money offensive... No, he was moved.

And this transfer transaction brought Dortmund an income of eight million and five hundred thousand euros, which is Dortmund's highest income in the transfer market this summer.

Barrios himself also surpassed his teammate Conca in the Guangzhou team and became the player with the highest transfer fee in the history of the Chinese league...

In this way, the former Bundesliga Golden Boot left Dortmund and went to China to seek gold. And this matter did not cause any sadness among Dortmund fans, because they now have Mark Wagner and Lewandowski, who would miss a person who has left?

Especially Mark Wagner, he is a child from our South Stand, and with Großkreutz and Zhou Yi, he is a true and pure Dortmund native!

Who would we support if we didn't support such a player?