Guardiola read the report and found the coincidences in this world to be incredible. He had never imagined that his team would be connected to Zhou Yi.

However, this matter was just a small episode and would not affect Guardiola much. For him, it was more like a relaxation during the tense preparation work, a way to relax and listen to stories.

After reading it, he moved on and didn't take it to heart.

Not getting Zhou Yi was no big deal, and Guardiola didn't feel any regret.

His focus was still on the Champions League game.

Since Zhou Yi was a player whose playing style was similar to Xavi in some ways, things were actually simpler for Guardiola.

Because he was very familiar with Xavi, in other words, he was also very familiar with Zhou Yi.

His playing style, his passing preferences... Guardiola could find some shadows of these in Xavi.

It would be easier to restrict Zhou Yi.

After understanding his past playing experience, it could be seen that Zhou Yi's physical fitness was much better than when he first debuted, but his strength had not improved significantly. Regardless of the reason, it at least showed that Zhou Yi was not a strong player.

Then they could make a fuss about this.

Some teams liked to arrange two to three defensive players around Zhou Yi, the core player, when dealing with Dortmund, hoping to suppress Zhou Yi with numerical superiority.

But Guardiola didn't plan to do that, partly because Barcelona, playing in a 433 formation, didn't have enough manpower to defend Zhou Yi, and partly because Guardiola believed that Zhou Yi didn't need so many people to defend him.

He didn't even plan to man-mark Zhou Yi.

Barcelona was known for its offense; when it came to Barcelona, it seemed to be a symbol and representative of attacking football.

But in fact, many people overlooked Barcelona's defense.

Barcelona was able to win the Champions League title last season, and their defense could not be ignored.

Unlike some teams where defense was just a matter for the defenders, for Barcelona, defense was a team effort.

Other teams only started defending when the opponent attacked near their thirty-meter area, while Barcelona's defense started from the forward line.

Barcelona would not change their strategy against any team or player, which was zonal defense.

Watching Barcelona's games, it was rare to see a Barcelona player defending one-on-one against an opponent; instead, it was common to see a player with the ball surrounded by two or three Barcelona players.

Unless the player with the ball had super personal ability and good luck, it would be difficult to break through this encirclement.

At the same time, due to the Barcelona players' sensitivity to passing routes, they could easily cut off the passing routes of the opposing players with the ball, completely isolating them.

Such defense could be seen in almost every corner of the field, and Barcelona always seemed to have a numerical advantage.

Some people would ask, such defense requires strong running ability and super physical fitness, how could any team insist on playing like this all the time?

But Barcelona had this ability. This was also a point that was overlooked, that was their running ability far exceeded that of ordinary teams.

Barcelona's football, whether it was offense or defense, was based on excellent physical fitness.

With such running ability, they could form a numerical advantage in both offense and defense. If they encountered an evenly matched opponent, they would rely on physical fitness to wear down the opponent.

Physical fitness and running, this was actually the secret of Barcelona's dominance in Europe.

This time, against Dortmund with Zhou Yi, Barcelona would still use this method.

In defense, they would cut off the connection between Zhou Yi and other Dortmund players, launch attacks through a series of mid-to-front court pressing and steals, continuously create pressure on Dortmund, force them to make mistakes, and then seize these mistakes.

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When Guardiola led the entire Barcelona team to Dortmund, it attracted the attention of countless media and fans.

At the airport, the Barcelona players were interviewed by the media.

"The Westfalenstadion has a very terrible home atmosphere, and we will face severe challenges in this game. But we will not be afraid of our opponents, and we will use our strengths to achieve victory." As the captain of the team, Puyol's words were full of domineering spirit, and of course, he was such a person, so speaking was his normal style.

Messi, as the most famous star in the Barcelona team, was relatively modest, but also a bit simple: "We will go all out in the away game."

He said only this sentence, then nodded and refused the interview requests from other reporters, and went straight to the bus.

As a world-class superstar, some airs were necessary.

You know, he was a superstar who accepted interviews for one thousand euros per minute, and truly spoke sparingly.

Other Barcelona players were also chased by reporters, hoping to utter a few words to the microphones and cameras.

Many Barcelona players did stop to accept interviews, and it could be seen from their answers and expressions that they were in a relaxed mood.

Although this was the Champions League quarter-finals, although their opponent was Dortmund, and although they were playing away, as the cosmic team, Barcelona had such confidence. This was the confidence that the strongest team in the world should have, a team that had reached the final twice in three years and won two Champions League titles. Although sometimes their confidence would make many people who didn't like them hate them, that was not a reason for them to be humble.

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In the evening, German TV Station One also spent a lot of time reporting the news of Barcelona's arrival in Dortmund. It could be seen how much attention everyone paid to this team.

When they appeared at the exit of the airport terminal, the flashes on the scene almost formed a single sheet.

In addition to the Barcelona fans who had arrived in advance to welcome them, the number of media reporters who came to the scene to report was even more exaggerated.

As the most dreamy team playing football on this planet, Barcelona enjoyed super popularity. Wherever they went, the flashes flashed and the screams sounded.

Watching the news report in the hotel, Grosskreutz couldn't stand Barcelona's appearance and couldn't help but ridicule: "They're just short of laying a red carpet for them!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yi, who lived in the same room with him, laughed, because Grosskreutz's description was too vivid.

Afterwards, commentators in the TV program began to analyze the game.

"...For Dortmund, all the unfavorable situations have been encountered by them. First of all, of course, is encountering Barcelona in the quarter-finals, and secondly, in terms of the schedule, playing the first leg at home and the second leg away is really not a good schedule... I only have one expectation for Klopp's team - to lose less than Leverkusen in the second leg at the Camp Nou..."

Before he could finish speaking, Grosskreutz turned off the TV with a beep.

"Nonsense!" He cursed and threw away the remote control. "We'll show them what's what then! Don't you think so, Zhou Yi!"

"That's right!" Zhou Yi nodded vigorously, answering Grosskreutz with a very firm smile and tone.

Hearing Zhou Yi say this, Grosskreutz laughed: "We have a secret weapon!"

He looked confident.

This time Zhou Yi didn't agree with him, because Zhou Yi thought of that secret weapon.

He could train in the virtual space every day, and his improvement was quite fast.

But what about his teammates?

Even if they spent fifteen minutes a day training, the training time was limited. Half a month was not enough time for a training session. Zhou Yi knew this very well, because he could use one hour as one day in the virtual space, and he still needed to spend a long time to practice a certain ability well.

Now the team's approach was more like sharpening their swords before the battle.

Although sharpening your swords before the battle was better than nothing.

But facing a team of Barcelona's level was still not enough...

This could be seen from his repeated confrontations with Barcelona in the simulation space.

Even after the special training in the footbonaut, Barcelona players had improved their passing and ball control abilities to varying degrees.

But Dortmund still lost more than they won against Barcelona.

Although the games in the virtual space were only simulated games, these numbers, which were similar to probability statistics, also had a certain meaning.

It could explain some problems.

That was, in terms of the overall strength of the team, Dortmund and Barcelona were indeed not at the same level.

If they wanted to defeat such a powerful opponent, it was not enough to just sharpen their swords before the battle...