Zhou Yi burst into the penalty area and backheeled the football to Reus, allowing Reus to easily shoot and score.

After scoring, Reus ran towards Zhou Yi, hugged him, and thanked him for the assist.

This goal put Dortmund ahead of Werder Bremen 4-0.

The television broadcast was replaying Reus's goal, focusing entirely on Zhou Yi's backheel pass.

When he cut into the penalty area to receive the ball, and then dribbled towards the sideline, he kept his head down, not observing the surroundings at all, but he decisively and resolutely flicked the football behind him.

Everyone has become accustomed to Zhou Yi's performances like this, it's not too surprising. But it's still praiseworthy.

"A brilliant pass from Zhou Yi! It's like he has eyes in the back of his head!"

"Zhou Yi's sudden forward insertion and dribbling attracted the attention of most of Werder Bremen's defenders, which created an opportunity for Reus to come in from behind, ultimately allowing Reus to shoot successfully without being marked! Zhou Yi is not only using passes, but also using his runs to mobilize his opponents and organize the attack..."

"Leading 4-0, this game can be said to be over ahead of schedule... Dortmund has shown the level they had last season in this game. If they can maintain this level throughout the season, even Guardiola's Bayern Munich may not have a chance, right? Too bad... this can only be a flash in the pan..."

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Werder Bremen didn't get a decent scoring opportunity until Dortmund led by four goals. They got a one-on-one opportunity, but Weidenfeller came out in time to block Petersen's shot.

Soon after, Klopp substituted Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi had tried his best in this game. When he was substituted off, even though it was only the seventieth minute, he had already run nearly twelve thousand meters. The game had only been going on for seventy minutes, and there were still twenty minutes left until the end of the game. If Zhou Yi had continued to run like this, he might have run fourteen thousand meters by the end of the game...

This was also a very rare running distance for Zhou Yi.

You can also see from this running data how hard Zhou Yi was working.

Klopp naturally saw it too, so he substituted Zhou Yi early to let him rest. Anyway, Dortmund was already leading Werder Bremen 4-0 away from home, even if Werder Bremen scored one or two goals, it wouldn't detract from Dortmund's victory.

In that case, why keep Zhou Yi on the field to waste his energy and increase the risk of injury?

Due to poor winter break signings, Dortmund would have to protect Zhou Yi if they wanted to achieve good results in the second half of the season.

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Werder Bremen became slightly more active after Zhou Yi was substituted.

Winning this game at home now seemed unrealistic. They now hoped…

But Dortmund still pierced their goal for the fifth time in the eightieth minute.

At that time, Mark received a long pass from the backcourt in the frontcourt and got a one-on-one opportunity. He dribbled past the onrushing goalkeeper and easily pushed the football into the empty goal.

"5-0!! Oh, oh, oh! Unbelievable! Dortmund was able to play a game like this on the road! It's been a long time since we've seen this..." Marcel Reif shouted in disbelief, holding his head in his hands.

Silence fell over the Weser Stadium.

"If Dortmund can maintain the momentum of this game, with the current four-point gap between them and Bayern Munich, it's really... anything is possible!"

Werder Bremen finally pulled back a goal in the final moments of the game, but this was because Dortmund didn't care anymore. Absent-mindedly, they were scored a goal by Werder Bremen's midfielder Aycicek, allowing Werder Bremen to avoid the fate of being whitewashed at home.

After the game, Klopp also praised the team's performance in this game: "As we all know, we have encountered many difficulties. So I am very happy to see the team can have such a performance in this game, we have not been intimidated by the difficulties. The league is only halfway over, it is too early to draw conclusions about what will happen then. Let's wait and see!"

Klopp was naturally encouraged and infected by such a beautiful victory on the road.

He had been hesitant before whether to give up the league and focus on the Champions League. It would be good to get a Champions League spot for next season in the league.

But now it seems that the team's fighting power is stronger than he thought.

Zhou Yi also directly challenged Bayern Munich in an interview after the game: "A four-point advantage is nothing, Dortmund will not give up so easily, we will fight to the end."

After the game, this game was naturally widely followed by the media.

In particular, the "harsh words" released by Zhou Yi after the game were of great concern to the media.

As Dortmund's core player, Zhou Yi's words and deeds will of course be valued and amplified in the media. However, Zhou Yi's image in the media has always been very neutral, neither good nor bad, very measured, and rarely says those sensational words.

But recently, Zhou Yi has made very tough statements twice in a row.

Once on social networks, and once this time, he simply declared war on Bayern Munich when facing reporters.

This made everyone feel strange, because it did not conform to Zhou Yi's traditional image in the media...

Zhou Yi's changes caused a lot of discussion, and everyone was wondering why Zhou Yi was suddenly so aggressive and proactively provoking trouble?

Not only were fans and the media curious, but Dortmund's teammates were also curious.

Why would Zhou Yi do this?

They have been playing with Zhou Yi for several years, and they are very familiar with what kind of person Zhou Yi is. When would Zhou Yi frequently make tough statements in the media like this?

This was usually done by Grosskreutz...

"Hey, Zhou Yi, what's wrong? You've been stealing my job lately..." Grosskreutz said to Zhou Yi in the locker room during recovery training.

Everyone also turned their curious eyes to them.

Zhou Yi smiled and spread his hands: "Because I want to force myself into a dead end."

Everyone in the locker room was taken aback. What did Zhou Yi mean by this?

"Force... a dead end?" Grosskreutz couldn't understand.

Zhou Yi said with a grin: "That's right, I've already said the big words, and the whole country knows about it. It wouldn't be good to back down at the last minute, right?"

"Big words? Backing down at the last minute?" Not only Grosskreutz, but many Dortmund players felt that their brains were not working well enough to understand Zhou Yi's words.

"Now it seems that our hope of winning the championship is actually very slim. After all, Guardiola's Bayern Munich has been performing very steadily this season, which makes everyone feel desperate. Me too." Zhou Yi said. "But the league is only halfway through, isn't it too early to give up now? It's just that it's really difficult to catch up with this Bayern Munich, I need a little courage, so I did this - when the whole world knows that I have issued a challenge to them, I have no way out. At this time, I can only do my best to make up for the big words I said."

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, the locker room fell silent.

Everyone didn't expect that Zhou Yi would do this to force himself, and they didn't expect that the current situation would force Zhou Yi to this point...

Yan Min was the first to jump out to support Zhou Yi: "I don't think this is bragging!" he said in not very standard German.

"Since we could reverse them last season, why can't we do it this time?" Mark Wagner is also Zhou Yi's forever supporter.

Reus raised his hand: "I think Zhou Yi is right, it's difficult, but that's not a reason for us to give up. Think about the game we just finished, how great we played on the road! I don't believe that such a game is just a flash in the pan."

Then more and more people came out to express their support for Zhou Yi.

The locker room was united again.

Although they are facing many difficulties now, the game against Werder Bremen that just ended did give them confidence and fighting spirit.

Most importantly, the source of strength in their team said they would not give up, which gave others confidence.

With Zhou Yi around, there is always a way!

His performance in the two key games against Bayern Munich last season is proof of that.

If the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich has any nemesis in German football, it can only be Zhou Yi.