Zhou Yi didn't care what kind of reaction his words would cause in the Qatari media, or what kind of impression he would leave on them. He just felt that Qatar's off-the-field tactics were too despicable, so he wanted to disgust them on purpose.

Zhou Yi had heard a lot about the dirty tricks of West Asians when he was still a fan, so he wasn't unfamiliar with them.

How was the Chinese team eliminated from the 2006 World Cup qualifiers back then?

Everyone was playing match-fixing, but the Chinese team couldn't even beat the West Asian teams. This fully demonstrated West Asia's ability, talent, and experience in this regard.

In front of the seasoned West Asians, Chinese football was like a kindergarten kid.

Going back further in time, Chinese football once had a chance to break out of Asia and go to the world twenty years earlier in 1981. In the 1982 World Cup Asian qualifiers, with one foot already on Spanish soil, a fake match between Saudi Arabia and New Zealand forced China to play in a play-off. The unprepared Chinese team was ultimately eliminated in the play-off by New Zealand, the representative of the physical style of football they had always struggled against, and missed the World Cup.

Although post-match, both Nian Weisi and Su Yongshun believed that the Chinese team's elimination was due to insufficient strength, it was just the Chinese people's habit of first looking for problems within themselves. In reality, Saudi Arabia's 0-5 loss to New Zealand was undoubtedly a fake match.

Before Zhou Yi became a professional player, he knew all these stories of football history like the back of his hand. The "dirtiness" and "blackness" of West Asian football permeated every aspect of the sport.

Hadn't he already personally experienced it once in the Asian Cup group stage match against the host Qatar at the beginning of the year?

In this historical context, he felt that he didn't need to maintain any politeness or grace towards West Asian football. As long as he had the opportunity, he didn't mind mocking them.

As for how West Asians would view him personally because of this, Zhou Yi didn't care. He didn't rely on their goodwill to live.

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After finishing the match against Iraq in Qatar, Zhou Yi went straight to Singapore with the team to prepare for the match against Singapore four days later.

In fact, given the gap in strength between the Chinese team and Singapore, even without Zhou Yi, the Chinese team should be able to defeat Singapore. However, as a precaution, Gao Hongbo did not let Zhou Yi not participate in this game, and directly returned to Germany from Qatar.

He planned to adopt the same method as Dortmund coach Klopp, letting Zhou Yi start in the match against Singapore. If the Chinese team could secure the victory early, then he would substitute Zhou Yi to let him rest more.

In the beautiful Lion City, the Chinese team was only leading Singapore by one goal in the first half, so Gao Hongbo did not have Zhou Yi substituted at halftime.

A one-goal lead was not safe.

It wasn't until the fiftieth minute that the Chinese team scored another goal, taking a two-goal lead over Singapore on the road.

At this time, Gao Hongbo substituted Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi ended his two national team matches in the fifty-first minute.

After Zhou Yi left the field, the Chinese team still maintained the situation and scored two more goals.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Singapore 4-0 on the road.

This way, no matter what the result of the match between Iraq and Jordan, it would not affect the Chinese team.

After the final whistle, Liu Hong shouted, "Congratulations to the Chinese team! We're coming to the Top Ten! We've finally returned to the Top Ten! This time, we can truly launch an attack on the World Cup finals! Brazil in 2014! We're waiting for you!"

Liu Hong was very excited and even raised such a flag.

However, at this time, it wasn't just one person who was excited.

In all of China, as long as there were Chinese fans watching the match on television, no one wasn't excited. Everyone hoped that their country's football would get better and better. After suffering for so many years, they finally saw the hope of things getting better...

In the end, in the West Asian civil war between Iraq and Jordan, Iraq defeated Jordan 3-1 on the road. In this way, Jordan ranked second with ten points, and Iraq ranked third with seven points.

If Jordan wants to qualify, they must defeat the Chinese team in the last match. But in this way, the Chinese team will become the second in the group.

The Chinese team would only let Jordan win at home if they had a problem with their brains...

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Because the Chinese team had already qualified from the Top Twenty, Zhou Yi could return to Germany with a relaxed mood.

He did not return to China with the team, but flew directly from Singapore back to Dortmund.

After the national team match day, Dortmund would usher in a very important opponent and a very important match in the league.

That was the thirteenth round of the league, Dortmund's away challenge to Bayern Munich!

Now, after twelve rounds of the league, Dortmund ranked second with twenty-five points, and Bayern Munich ranked first with twenty-eight points, leading Dortmund by three points.

If Dortmund could defeat Bayern Munich, they could tie the score.

However, due to the huge goal difference between the two teams—Bayern Munich currently had eight more goals than Dortmund—even if they had the same points as Bayern Munich, Dortmund could only rank second.

But being able to tie in points could still bring a lot of psychological pressure to Bayern Munich.

Moreover, Dortmund had defeated Bayern Munich twice in the league last season. If they could also defeat Bayern Munich this season, perhaps it could prove that they had surpassed Bayern Munich and become the "hegemon" dominating the Bundesliga.

But it would not be easy for Dortmund to win this match, because this match was right after two national team A-level matches. How much physical energy did the players have after traveling long distances? How much form did they have?

It was hard to say.

However, Bayern Munich had the same problem as Dortmund, and perhaps even more so, because they had more national team players than Dortmund.

So this match might not be a high-level and exciting showdown, but important matches don't necessarily need to be exciting every time.

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What made Klopp happy was that none of the players who participated in the national team matches had any injuries after returning.

He could face Bayern Munich with a relatively complete lineup.

As for the Champions League match against Arsenal that followed, it was not that important. Because Dortmund had now won all four matches in the Champions League group stage, accumulating twelve points, while Arsenal had two wins, one draw, and one loss, accumulating seven points.

The two teams had a difference of as many as five points. Even if Dortmund lost to Arsenal on the road, they would still be ranked first in the group. Unless they lost to Marseille at home in the last round, it would be possible to hand over the advantage of the first place in the group.

In fact, Arsenal's situation in the Champions League group stage was the same as the Chinese team's situation in the Top Twenty group, not just good, but very good.

So Dortmund could temporarily devote all their energy to the league.

After a series of preparations, the match was approaching.

The entire Dortmund team flew to Munich to make final preparations.

Dortmund's lineup was complete, and Bayern Munich's side was not much different, with only defensive midfielder Tymoshchuk out due to injury.

And the main players such as Robben, Ribery, Thomas Muller, and Mario Gomez all appeared on the field.

Although everyone had just experienced the national team matches, they also sent out the strongest lineup they could.

Obviously, they all knew what this match meant for the two teams.

If Bayern Munich could defeat Dortmund at home, they could defend their dignity and status, and at the same time tell others that this Bundesliga was probably still up to Bayern Munich to decide.

But if Bayern Munich lost to Dortmund at their own home... then probably not only the Bundesliga, but the whole of Europe would feel that German football was about to change.

Before the match, the two sides naturally had a war of words.

Hoeness and Zorc, the two managers, were at it again.

Last season, Zhou Yi once said that the match between Dortmund and Bayern Munich had no special significance, just an ordinary league match, and the win or loss would not affect the final league title.

However, although he said so at the time, he still resolutely eliminated Bayern Munich in the match, scoring two goals, a brace, and he was the murderer who directly killed Bayern Munich.

So what kind of performance would he have in this match?