Before the match, Götze, due to his injury, was definitely unable to participate, so he temporarily escaped the media's harassment.

However, another "traitor" of Dortmund, Robert Lewandowski, became the focus and center of media attention.

Starting a week before the match, reporters constantly ambushed Lewandowski outside Bayern Munich's training base, wanting to hear his views on the game.

"Will you play?"

"I don't know, that's the coach's decision."

"Do you hope to play?"

"As a player, of course I hope not to miss any game."

"Then, will you be more motivated to meet Dortmund on the field?"

"My motivation comes from the desire for victory, not anything else. Besides, I had a great time in Dortmund, and I have no conflicts with Dortmund's coaches and teammates. We get along very well, and I am very grateful for the help I received in Dortmund. I'll say it again, I have no conflicts with Dortmund…" Perhaps already tired of the harassment from reporters whose faces were written with "I'm here to make trouble," Lewandowski had to give the ultimate answer, which could be used to deal with all the reporters' malicious questions.

He knew that the reporters just wanted to sensationalize the conflict between him and Dortmund.

Indeed, he did have some conflicts with Dortmund in order to leave Dortmund at the beginning. But only a fool would be used by the media.

And what he said was also the truth. He really had no conflicts with Dortmund's coaches and teammates. The conflict was between him and the senior management of the Dortmund club, or more precisely, between him and the club's CEO, Watzke.

His conflict with the club's senior management would not make him vent his anger on the team's teammates and coaches.

After all, he won almost all the honors he could win at the club level in this team.

If the Dortmund club had been willing to give him a salary of three million euros, he would have signed another four-year contract with the club long ago. In fact, he didn't necessarily have to leave Dortmund. He was very happy in Dortmund except for the low salary.

His departure from Götze did not have such complicated and unspeakable reasons.

As a result, Dortmund fans' dissatisfaction with Lewandowski's departure mainly focused on leaving when Götze also left. If he had left a year later, probably no one would have scolded him.

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Lewandowski was relatively low-key, but the Bayern Munich club seemed very eager to use this opportunity to hype their major victory over Dortmund in the summer transfer market.

Hoeness had stated more than once in interviews that he was very proud of signing Götze and Lewandowski from Dortmund one after another.

"...I have been looking forward to our encounter with Dortmund more than once!"

Why would he be looking forward to it? Does this need explaining?

Watzke responded to this: "Hoeness seems to think that Bayern Munich can easily defeat Dortmund? I don't want to say that he is wishful thinking. Anything is possible in the football world. Of course, we may lose, but we may also win. Yes, this summer, we lost some people, but we also supplemented some people. Isn't that how football clubs are? People always leave, and people always come. I think Hoeness is happy too early!"

Although Watzke's response was somewhat euphemistic, his attitude was generally tough.

Having snatched the league title from Bayern Munich for three consecutive years, and even defeated Bayern Munich in both the domestic league and the Champions League last season, Watzke should have such confidence.

But in the eyes of the German media, it was not the case.

When Dortmund was making a lot of money in China, some German media criticized Dortmund for being a little carried away. They were overdrawing the players' physical fitness, using valuable pre-season training to play commercial games, and putting the players' energy into commercial activities and television interviews. While this was very approachable, it was harmful to the team's preparation for the new season.

After all, the team did not systematically conduct pre-season training, and spent valuable time on a large number of commercial activities and fan entertainment. How could the players maintain a good state, and how could they reserve enough physical fitness for the new season?

Although they, like Bayern Munich, had achieved a complete victory in all warm-up matches before the German Super Cup, Dortmund's warm-up opponents were three obscure Chinese teams. In the eyes of the German media, their strength may not even be as good as that of a Bundesliga 2 team… How much gold content could Dortmund's warm-up matches have with such opponents?

The media wanted to know, where did Watzke's mysterious confidence and foundation come from for a team with this quality of pre-season training?

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When Dortmund was preparing for the German Super Cup, after some bargaining, the news about Yan Min's transfer to Dortmund finally had a result.

On July 24th, a news item first appeared on Chinese Weibo: "Confirmed! Yan Min joins Dortmund!! Congratulations to the young player Yan Min! The second Chinese player to play in Dortmund is born!"

Soon after, Dortmund and Shanghai Chongming clubs almost simultaneously released announcements, announcing that the two clubs had reached an agreement on Yan Min's transfer. Yan Min had flown to Dortmund to prepare for a medical examination. As long as he passed the medical examination, he would officially become a Dortmund player.

However, neither club's announcement revealed the transfer fee.

But this could not stump the media reporters. It quickly spread on the Internet that, according to the authoritative estimate of the German "Transfer Market" website, Yan Min's transfer fee to Dortmund should be around 1.5 million euros, and there were also floating terms. It is said that if Yan Min's appearances in Dortmund's first team reached 20 times, Dortmund would have to give Shanghai Chongming club another 500,000 euros, and if it reached 50 times, it would give another 1 million.

That is to say, if all conditions are met, Yan Min's value is actually 3 million euros.

Yan Min's value is not the highest value of Chinese players. As early as nine years ago, Dong Zhuofang transferred to Manchester United for a value of 3.5 million pounds, creating the highest value of Chinese players, which has not been broken so far.

But in fact, Dong Zhuofang's strictly speaking is a transfer fee, not a value. Everyone believes that if Zhou Yi and Sun Pan want to transfer, they can easily break Dong Zhuofang's 3.5 million pounds value record.

At least in the German "Transfer Market" value list of Chinese players, Zhou Yi is ranked first, and the specific number is 90 million euros - this is the amount of the termination fee in Zhou Yi's new contract with Dortmund.

Yan Min's successful transfer made the Chinese fans who have been paying attention to it for a while very happy. European football is the center of world football, where there is the best league system in the world, and all the top players gather on the European field. Being able to play there can not only improve their own strength, but also means that they have entered the hall of fame in the football world.

In short, Chinese fans certainly want to see more and more Chinese players appear on the most valuable European field. When enough Chinese players have gained a firm foothold in Europe, what is there to worry about the national team's results? I'm afraid that entering the World Cup finals is not something to cheer and celebrate, but is commonplace. At that time, Chinese fans can also look forward to their national team's impact on the World Cup like the Japanese.

At the same time, a yellow v account ID appeared on Weibo, named "Yan Min Playing Football". The avatar of this ID is Yan Min wearing a Shanghai Chongming red jersey. The real-name authentication information reads "Former Shanghai Chongming winger, national player, Dortmund current player Yan Min".

The medical examination has not yet been carried out, and the authentication information is already a current Dortmund player, which shows that Sina officials are very confident in this transfer transaction.

This account only sent one Weibo: "Hello everyone, I am Yan Min, I am here!"

And then there was no follow-up.

But even such a simple Weibo has gathered blessings and cheers from fans all over the country.

Everyone hopes that he can successfully pass the medical examination, become an official Dortmund player, and then make a world in Dortmund. There are also many people who joked: "When you go to Dortmund, the first thing you do, don't forget to visit the boss @Zhou Yi is not a fortune teller! [Laugh cry]"