Chapter 1 The Bayern Munich and Dortmund Match Is Over, But...

The Bayern Munich and Dortmund game was over, but the story of the game wasn't.

There were simply too many topics for everyone to discuss with relish.

In addition to the league title fight, Zhou Yi's hat trick was naturally one of them.

After the game, Zhou Yi was called to the mixed zone for an interview.

He was asked many questions, some about the hat trick, and some about the marriage proposal.

"This is my first hat trick?" Zhou Yi feigned surprise after hearing the reporter's question. "I had a hat trick when I was in the youth team."

"But that wasn't the first of your career..." the reporter explained.

"Oh, it doesn't matter. It shows that I'm not incapable of completing a hat trick, it's just a matter of whether I want to or not. It wasn't necessary before, so I wasn't obsessed with hat tricks," Zhou Yi explained, spreading his hands.

The reporters were curious about what Zhou Yi said.

What did he mean by "it wasn't necessary before"? Did that mean it was necessary now?

Zhou Yi continued to explain: "I have an agreement with Cortana that I can't propose to her unless I score a hat trick in an official match."

The reporters were excited to hear this explanation—they had been wondering how to ask about such a personal question as the public proposal, but they didn't expect Zhou Yi to tell them himself.

"There's this agreement?"

"Of course." Zhou Yi nodded, not feeling that this was any unspeakable private matter, so he generously admitted it. "A marriage proposal must have some sincerity. For a player, I think a hat trick should be able to reflect sincerity."

Everyone looked at each other. This explained why Zhou Yi ran all the way to find Cortana to propose after completing the hat trick…

The hat trick was for the proposal, so it seemed that defeating Bayern Munich became incidental… I wonder if Bayern Munich fans will be even more angry after hearing this explanation…

Now that the privacy topics were over, a reporter brought the question back to whether Zhou Yi's victory in this game meant that Dortmund would win the league title this season.

Of course, Zhou Yi shook his head and denied it: "This doesn't prove anything, it's just a single game. Even if we beat Bayern Munich, we only lead them by one point, and there are still four rounds left in the league. Anything can happen in these four rounds, so it's too early to say anything like that…"

"What do you think about reversing Bayern Munich for two consecutive seasons?" So the reporters changed their approach.

"The game isn't over yet, we can only say that we are temporarily ahead. Of course, we won't think we are guaranteed to win just because we are temporarily ahead." But Zhou Yi's answer was impeccable.

Compared to Zhou Yi's caution and watertight answers, the other Dortmund players were much more optimistic.

Yan Min also gave an interview after the game, in which he said that Dortmund's goal was the league title: "We are already in the lead! How can we spit out the fat meat that's already in our mouths? Even if we only lead by one point, we will keep it until the end of the season!"

Reus: "Few people can achieve what we did today in Munich. Every player in our team gave their best performance today, both offensively and defensively. Indeed, Bayern Munich had a high possession rate, which we knew before the game. Therefore, it was important for us to take the lead early, and the subsequent game became much more comfortable. Aubameyang and Yan Min's speed helped us a lot today. The two victories this week in the Champions League and Bundesliga have given us great confidence. Zhou Yi, he is the biggest contributor to our victory. I am very happy that even though we lost two teammates last summer, he can continue to stay and help us through the difficulties..."

The Bayern Munich players who lost the game also gave interviews after the game. Gotze, who performed actively in the game, was rated by the media as the best player in Bayern Munich. He talked about the loss in the interview, with a painful expression: "We worked very hard and wanted to win the game at home, but we didn't win..."

A reporter asked: "What caused you not to win?"

Gotze shook his head and said without even thinking, "I don't know. I know we didn't win, and it's very disappointing..."

It could be seen that Gotze was indeed very disappointed and painful. He was absent-minded during the interview.

Seeing Gotze's mental state, the reporters didn't continue to torture him with questions, even though they actually had many questions to ask, such as "You transferred from Dortmund to Bayern Munich, if Dortmund wins the championship, will you be very disappointed?"

If this kind of question were asked, with Gotze's current mental state, he would probably turn his face directly...

Lewandowski, the former Dortmund player, also gave an interview. He was still brooding over his header being ruled offside: "I don't think that was an offside at all."

A reporter asked him if he had watched the game video, and he shook his head and said, "I haven't watched it yet, but I believe in myself, a striker's intuition. There was absolutely no problem with that ball. If that ball had been counted at the time, the situation would have been completely different..."

Because they lost the game, not many Bayern Munich players gave interviews. Many people ran back to the locker room as soon as the game ended, and didn't want to stay outside, didn't want to see Dortmund players celebrating their victory on their territory, so naturally they didn't have the opportunity to give interviews.

However, at the post-match press conference, the coaches of both sides had to attend. At that time, the questions that these reporters had no chance to ask would probably be thrown at the coaches of both sides, especially Bayern Munich coach Guardiola.

The reporters can be gentle with the players, but they don't need to be polite with the coaches at all.

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After Klopp appeared, the atmosphere at the press conference was still normal.

Klopp had an undisguised smile on his face, or rather, he never thought of disguising it at all.

"...Bayern Munich performed very well at the beginning, but we quickly took the lead and changed everything. If a team can score three goals at Bayern Munich's home, then we can say they are too perfect. I don't want to brag, but we did it perfectly!"

Speaking of this, Klopp laughed.

"...We were very focused in the game, and we also had a more determined determination and courage to win. Bayern Munich can always create a lot of opportunities in front of the goal, so our defensive efforts are very important. In short, I am proud of the performance of our players. I don't want to talk about the championship, I just want to enjoy the joy brought by this game victory."

Klopp didn't attend the press conference for a long time. After winning the game, Dortmund had to rush back non-stop, so he couldn't stay here for too long.

Besides… the protagonist at the press conference at the Allianz Arena was not him.

It was Guardiola.

When Guardiola appeared here, the atmosphere at the press conference seemed to become more intense.

"We didn't find the rhythm of the game in the first half, and it only improved in the last ten minutes. We had a chance to change the situation in the second half, but the goal we conceded and Neuer's injury were too unexpected... Then we played worse and worse... I don't want to find excuses, our performance in this game was indeed not as good as Dortmund, and it is normal to lose... I don't want to comment on the referee, that's not what I should do. Lewandowski's goal was disallowed? I haven't had time to watch the game video, but I think with the game video, there should be no controversy..."

A reporter asked Guardiola that Bayern Munich's performance has not been stable during this period. They were tied by Hoffenheim here in the league game before last, and then defeated by Dortmund at home in this league game. Was it caused by the players' unstable psychological quality?

"They are all professional players, they know how to deal with this situation." Guardiola denied this view.

But the reporters didn't want to let Guardiola go so easily. They continued to ask: "Bayern Munich was also overtaken by Dortmund at the last moment last season, losing the league title. This season is also the case, so is this the shadow of last season's experience in the hearts of Bayern Munich players?"

"Of course not." Guardiola flatly denied. "We were just unlucky..."

"Unlucky for two consecutive seasons?" The reporter pressed on.

Guardiola suppressed his anger and replied: "I don't know about last season, I wasn't the coach of Bayern Munich at that time..."

"Zhou Yi has scored a tie-breaking goal against Bayern Munich for two consecutive seasons. As the former coach of Barcelona, ​​do you regret that Barcelona didn't sign him to La Masia?" Some reporters simply started digging up old scores.

"That was a previous matter, and at that time I was the coach of Barcelona's first team and was not responsible for the work of La Masia."

"You once said that you don't care about Dortmund, so please ask if it was because you didn't care before that led to this result?"

"It has nothing to do with that..."

The confrontation between the reporters and Guardiola continued. After losing the game, the Munich media had already predicted that Bayern Munich might suffer another failed season. At this time, they no longer need to save face for Guardiola. They turned their anger into tricky questions and threw them at Guardiola, forcing him into an embarrassing situation.

But compared to the huge disappointment of possibly losing the league title, this little anger is nothing now…