In the eighty-fourth minute, Zhou Yi was substituted off by Klopp.

This was Dortmund's last substitution of the game.

"Zhou Yi is coming off, this is his last league match of the season. This season, why was Dortmund able to win the league title under such unfavorable conditions? I think many people can find the key contributors. But I think it's probably undeniable that Zhou Yi is the biggest contributor, no one would refute that," Marcel Reif began to summarize and evaluate Zhou Yi's performance this season.

Not only Marcel Reif, but other commentators were also talking about Zhou Yi.

"...Zhou Yi was knocked unconscious this season and missed more than a month of the team's games. That period was also the most difficult time for Dortmund. It can be said that the reason why Dortmund has been struggling to catch up with Bayern Munich is precisely because of the team's unstable performance during that time... Fortunately, Zhou Yi only missed more than a month of games. If he had missed half a season, Dortmund could have directly given up on this season."

"Where was the turning point of the entire league? Of course, it was when Zhou Yi returned from injury! Since he returned to the team, Dortmund has never lost a game, always closely chasing Bayern Munich, and defeated Bayern Munich in the most crucial direct confrontation, which led to the story that followed..."

"Last summer, Bayern Munich poached two of Dortmund's key players, Götze and Lewandowski, in one go. But now they realize they wasted their money and poached the wrong people—if they had used the money to poach Zhou Yi, then the league title would have been secure by now..."

"This season fully proves that Zhou Yi is the most indispensable figure in Dortmund..."

...

The commentators praised Zhou Yi one after another.

After Zhou Yi came off the field, he stood on the sidelines and waved to the fans in the stands.

Even though this was not Dortmund's home stadium.

The visiting Dortmund fans stood up and applauded Zhou Yi to thank him.

Even some Hertha Berlin fans applauded Zhou Yi.

They have never been competitors with Dortmund, and now they have no desires or demands. The outcome of this game doesn't matter, and Zhou Yi's performance was indeed great. In particular, breaking Bayern Munich's monopoly for four consecutive seasons made the Hertha Berlin fans admire him.

Especially Dortmund's performance this season. Under such terrible circumstances, many teams might have given up. After all, being second in the league is not bad, and they had already won the championship for the previous three seasons, which was good enough.

But Dortmund simply didn't give up, and snatched another championship from Bayern Munich like pulling teeth, a four-peat in the league!

Truly remarkable.

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After Zhou Yi came off the field, the match between Dortmund and Hertha Berlin was uneventful. Hertha Berlin had no intention of taking the opportunity to score a goal or anything.

Everyone's mind was not on the game anymore, even if they lost 0:4, being shut out at home didn't matter.

In the remaining ten minutes, the two sides were at peace. At the beginning, Dortmund was quite nervous, fearing that the opponent would suddenly explode and then score four goals in a row—if Dortmund were eventually tied by Hertha Berlin, they would also hand the league title to Bayern Munich.

But this kind of thing didn't happen.

When they entered stoppage time, with three minutes left in the game, Dortmund's players slowly relaxed and began to look forward to lifting the league championship trophy.

When the match between Dortmund and Hertha Berlin entered stoppage time, the match between Bayern Munich and Stuttgart also entered stoppage time, and the score remained 1:0, without any further changes.

Dortmund's successive goals completely wiped out the fighting spirit of the Bayern Munich players, and they were not very concerned about scoring goals or anything. Anyway, there was basically no difference between winning and losing now. It was the same whether they won by five goals or one goal.

They could no longer surpass Dortmund to become the league champion.

The Allianz Arena was quiet, not like it was full of people... It wasn't actually full. It was full originally, but some people had already left. Disappointed Bayern Munich fans expressed their emotions by leaving early.

The Bayern Munich coaching staff and substitutes bench were also in a state of lifelessness.

The air of failure permeated everyone, making them despair.

The opportunity was so good this season, they performed very well, and their opponents also encountered many problems, but even so, they were not able to win back the league title.

So how can we win the championship?

Is it that as long as Zhou Yi is in Dortmund, we will not be able to win the league title?

In such a desperate atmosphere, everyone didn't even react immediately when the final whistle sounded.

They were stunned for a moment before realizing that the game was over.

The season was over.

Bayern Munich lost the two most important championships, leaving only the German Cup to fight for.

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"The game is over!"

On the other side, Marcel Reif's voice was particularly excited. "Congratulations to Dortmund! They have won the league title for the fourth consecutive season! This league title this season was particularly hard-won, after all, they suffered a very serious wave of injuries before, almost half the team was gone, and the entire defense line was almost completely written off... Under such circumstances, they completed what everyone thought was impossible..."

In his voice, Dortmund's substitutes and coaches rushed onto the field, hugging everyone they saw and celebrating together.

Klopp didn't forget to shake hands with the head coach of Hertha Berlin first, and then participate in the celebration.

Winning the league title this season was a pleasant surprise for him.

Although he had never stated it publicly, he had indeed been mentally prepared to give up on the league title for a while and just take second place.

The TV broadcast gave him a close-up, and he was smiling particularly happily in the shot.

The TV broadcast also gave Zhou Yi a close-up, and the smile on Zhou Yi's face was a little lighter. For this result, the biggest contributor to Dortmund's victory seemed quite calm.

He was not surprised.

After putting in so much effort, wasn't the final championship a natural result, as it should be?

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While the Dortmund players were celebrating, a stage had already been set up on site.

Although it was an away game, the awards ceremony still had to be held.

However, because it was an away game, the procedure could only be simplified in everything, and the atmosphere was not as good as at their home stadium.

This was Dortmund's only regret for winning the championship this time.

Because they and Bayern Munich had been fighting inextricably, and the winner was only decided in the last round. It would have been good if the last round was Dortmund's home game, but it happened to be an away game.

That's all it could be.

However, in Dortmund, the celebration for winning the championship was already prepared, and the real celebration was over there.

After the podium was set up, the Dortmund players were invited onto the podium to prepare for the award.

At this time, many Hertha Berlin fans had already left the stadium, and only Dortmund fans remained.

The huge stadium seemed a bit deserted.

The awards ceremony was also very simple and quick.

Everyone went up one by one to receive their medals, and Weidenfeller, who was wearing the captain's armband in this game, was the last to go on stage and raised the Bundesliga championship trophy.

"Champions! Dortmund is the champion of the 2013-2014 A-League!" Duan Xin shouted excitedly. "This is really a magical season, and a magical championship..."

The league has ended, and this championship can be regarded as a satisfactory end to this tortuous season.

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After Dortmund lifted the championship trophy in Berlin, they went straight from the stadium to the airport to pack their luggage, took a plane back to Dortmund, and participated in the championship celebration ceremony there.

On this night, almost the entire city of Dortmund was sleepless.

Everyone was cheering for this championship.

As supporters of Dortmund, they certainly knew how hard-won this season's championship was.

The players also indulged themselves well on this night.

In addition to participating in the celebration, they also went to dinner and nightclubs to have a good time.

Klopp didn't stop everyone. After all, they should relax as well. It's not like there will be a Champions League game right away. The Champions League final is on the evening of May 24th, which is about fourteen days from now, two weeks.

So-called relaxation and tension, the way of civil and military affairs.

However, Zhou Yi did not stay with everyone until the end. He went to the nightclub for a while, and then excused himself and left.

Everyone laughed at him for going back to report to Cortana.

Zhou Yi was not annoyed, apologized to everyone, and left.

After he left, everyone continued to play.

But someone sighed: "You said Zhou Yi doesn't really like to go to nightclubs, and he doesn't like to go out for social events, and he doesn't touch alcohol or women much. What's the fun in that?"

"Fun?" Mark said from the side. "The fun is constantly challenging higher limits, right?"

"But he has already won everything he should have won, what else can he challenge?"

"Isn't there still a Champions League final?" Mark said.

A group of people looked at each other and suddenly understood.

"He wants to defend the Champions League title?!"

"I'm going, it feels exciting just thinking about it!"

"If we can really defend the title successfully, we will be making history..."

"It's the last game, the probability of defending the title successfully is 50%, thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem too low..."

A group of people discussed the matter of defending the Champions League title with great interest, and even the mood for playing was much less.