Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 651 Dortmund's Bundesliga Comeback: Pogba Faces Team Bullying? (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

Dongqiudi Match Report: Dortmund staged a 4-3 comeback to defeat Bayern Munich and top the Bundesliga standings. Tang Ye provided a hat-trick of assists and scored the winning penalty, but Lewandowski's brace wasn't enough to save the day. (132947 comments)

Appendix: 2020-21 Bundesliga Standings (after Round 7):

1. Borussia Dortmund, 18 points.

2. RB Leipzig, 16 points.

3. Bayern Munich, 16 points.

4. Wolfsburg, 14 points.

5. Bayer Leverkusen, 12 points.

After the 7th round, the Bundesliga standings changed dramatically, with the top three rankings all being updated.

Dortmund is undoubtedly the biggest winner, as this is the first time they have topped the league table this season!

"Could you tell me who your first-choice penalty taker is right now? As far as I know, Haaland should be your first-choice penalty taker, but after winning the penalty, he gave the ball to you instead."

At the MVP award ceremony, a reporter interviewed Tang Ye, who was holding the trophy.

"Yes, Erling is our first-choice penalty taker, I'm sure of that. As for why he didn't take that penalty, it's probably because he wasn't ready yet. I believe he'll be ready soon, and we'll support Haaland."

"You've led the team to the top of the Bundesliga in just two months since you joined Dortmund. What are your thoughts on that?"

"Ha ha!"

The reporter's words made Tang Ye laugh: "To be honest, I didn't expect it to be so fast."

"You mean the Bundesliga is less intense than you expected?"

"Oh, no, that's not it."

Tang Ye touched his nose.

"The Bundesliga is great. I mean, our teamwork has exceeded expectations. We've played well enough, and well, as you can see right now, we're currently number one in the Bundesliga."

Dortmund went on a winning streak from 5th to 1st, encountering many obstacles along the way, but the players overcame them all.

There are obstacles, but the winning streak must continue; that's Dortmund's current state.

"We saw some friction between you and Pogba after Bayern scored their third goal? Were you unhappy with his performance?"

"..."

Tang Ye took a deep breath, and his chest rose and fell noticeably.

"A little, but mistakes are normal, and I did act a bit impulsively at the time."

Tang Ye stated that he has apologized to Pogba and believes that Pogba can quickly regain his form.

Click, click, click!

……

This was just a very simple interview, but because of the attention it received from the match, Tang Ye's interview video naturally received a lot of attention and analysis from "experts".

Dr. Dagen, a well-known psychology blogger on YouTube, analyzed Tang Ye's interview video.

“We can see that when TY was saying the Bundesliga was a great league, he touched his nose, like this.”

As he spoke, Dr. Duggan touched his nose with his hand.

In psychology, this is a sign of a lack of self-confidence.

In layman's terms, Tang Ye lied!

Not only did Tang Ye touch his nose, but he also touched his hair when he made eye contact with the reporter, which was also a sign of insecurity.

"However, because TY has ADHD, these actions are not entirely meaningful. But we can observe his speech. In my memory, TY usually pauses when speaking, but when praising the Bundesliga, he speaks very quickly. This unusual behavior suggests that he had already mentally conceived before answering the question, that is, to acknowledge the excellence of the Bundesliga."

It was just a few simple words, but the color of Tang Ye's underwear was revealed.

"The player who respects the Bundesliga the most in global football," is a comment left by a fan in the comments section.

"Look, here come your haters."

Bellingham showed Tang Ye his phone screen, which Tang Ye glanced at briefly before shrugging helplessly, "They love researching this kind of thing, but it's actually pretty useless."

In Tang Ye's mind, micro-expression psychology and body psychology are very powerful things.

But this blogger used the wrong thing.

"This is a post-match interview, not an interrogation. I didn't kill anyone, did I?"

Tang Ye shrugged.

"Ha ha!"

Bellingham lay on the sofa in the physiotherapy room, the news playing on the television.

"In the 7th round of the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 4-3 at home to climb to the top of the Bundesliga..."

The news report provided a detailed overview of yesterday's match, with Tang Ye's performance being mentioned repeatedly by reporters.

The commentator on Munich radio repeatedly sent greetings to Eskriva's family, clearly indicating that the guy is a Bayern Munich fan.

"I don't understand Ferran's actions. If he had the Bundesliga's best interests at heart, he shouldn't have loaned out TY."

The commentator shared their opinion.

Eskreva wants Tang Ye to come to Dortmund. Fine, just transfer him directly and let Tang Ye play in the Bundesliga for 5-6 seasons.

By gradually putting pressure on Bundesliga teams, those teams that were originally ranked in the middle, not quite reaching European qualification but not quite relegated, will feel the pressure. Gradually, the overall strength of the Bundesliga teams will improve.

Instead of transferring Escriva, he went straight to a loan deal.

What does this feel like?

It's like you beat someone up and then just run away.

Playing for multiple seasons, Tang Ye's presence can force Bundesliga teams to improve themselves.

Playing it for only one season would damage the morale of Bundesliga teams, causing a bunch of Bundesliga teams to collapse and run away, which would completely harm the future of the Bundesliga.

"This idiot is getting desperate."

Reus ate his snacks and found the commentator on the Munich radio station very interesting, as if he had an underdeveloped brain.

Who cares about all that, as long as Dortmund is doing well, isn't that enough?

Not only Reus, but many people online are also criticizing the commentator, and the commentator's supporters and Escriva's supporters are fighting.

That's how it is in the football world; people will start hurling insults at the slightest disagreement.

After the Munich radio news ended, another report came from Bild.

This newspaper is very famous, but the news it released today is really bad.

At least that's true for Dortmund players.

Bild's front page headline and cover – Team bullying? Micro-expression experts analyzed that Pogba appeared to be in great pain after being verbally abused by TY on the field, and he was going through a period of agony.

"Although TY stated in a post-match interview that he and Pogba had reconciled, the reality is that he went a bit too far with his insults on the field, and Pogba may have been emotionally hurt."

"This is not something that can be recovered in a short time," was the answer given by experts consulted by Bild.

I've had a feeling something was off for a while now; it felt like Pogba was being constantly criticized by TY.

What can be done if Pogba doesn't track back to defend?

[TY has insulted him too many times; no normal person could withstand that. It would be better to insult him back, but Pogba doesn't dare to.]

[I'm on TY's side this time. Pogba won't play well unless he's being criticized.]

Is it really that serious? I feel that Chinese people are generally easy to get along with, and TY has a good temper too.

Bild is such a big newspaper, yet it still stirs up trouble every day.

The news of Tang Ye's bullying within the team is as eye-catching as Messi and Ronaldo's private fight; it's truly shocking.

In the physiotherapy room, the Dortmund players all looked at Tang Ye, who was sitting on the sofa.

The latter looked left and right, then raised both hands: "I, I didn't do it..."

"But you've been slandered."

Haaland shrugged, glancing at Pogba, who also looked somewhat embarrassed: "I don't know how that micro-expression expert analyzed it, but I shouldn't have appeared to be in a lot of pain, right? And... never mind, I don't know anymore."

"It's nothing, it's nothing serious."

Sancho appeared optimistic.

Since the matter itself doesn't exist, there's no need to worry about what Bild can do.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

Hummels looked at it on his phone.

Sure enough, the news from Bild has become the second most searched topic.

As for why it's second, it's because the first place is unbeatable. (Google trending search)

No. 1: COVID-19.

No. 2: TY is suspected of bullying Pogba within the team.

No. 3: The US presidential election has entered its final stage.

No. 4: Indian Premier League (IPL).

No. 5: Google Classroom (Google's latest online learning software).

……

No. 26: TY racial discrimination.

The second trending topic is alright, but the 26th one is quite harmful.

Hummels sighed.

Newspaper reporters are like this: they do whatever attracts attention, because only by attracting attention can they make money.

What racist things did I do?

Tang Ye glanced at his phone, then looked at Hummels.

Hummels pointed at Pogba, who shrugged and said, "I don't know anything."

"..."

"No, I... sigh."

Tang Ye shrugged: "So you mean I don't like the French? I have a good relationship with the French, right... even though France was deducted a point during the World Cup..."

"It's racial discrimination, a racial issue, not a matter of the nation."

"Oh, I think something similar happened when I was in Spain."

Tang Ye recalled the time when he first arrived in Villarreal and someone made a "squinting" gesture towards him; it was a form of discrimination.

Tang Ye lowered his head, as if he was pondering some serious question.

Suddenly looking up: "So Paul is Black, right? What race are you?"

Hummels and Reus exchanged a glance, then replied, "White, huh? What's wrong?"

"Hmm, then I'm yellow... Are there any differences between these races? It's just that their colors are different."

Everyone in the room could answer Tang Ye's questions.

"No, it's just a different color, what kind of discrimination am I discriminating against?"

Tang Ye shook his head, feeling utterly bewildered by the misunderstanding: "So they think I'm racist because I don't like black? I never said I didn't like black, I even sign my name with a black pen."

Looking left and right, Tang Ye found Sancho: "Jaden, you and I should be of the same race, right? Do you like black?"

"No, I'm Black."

"..."

Tang Ye stood in front of Sang Qiao: "Aren't you yellow?"

Tang Ye raised his arm and compared the color of Sang Qiao's face with the color of his own arm, feeling that Sang Qiao's color was slightly darker than his own.

Remembering something, Tang Ye asked again, "Is Cristiano yellow or black?"

He is white.

"..."

"Awesome!"

Tang Ye waved his hand and lay back down on the sofa: "It's really impressive that they can distinguish between races."

"How many races are there in total? Three? Are there any other colors?"

Hummels shook his head slightly.

His head shaking wasn't an answer to Tang Ye's question, but rather a sign of his speechlessness at the current situation.

Pogba was subjected to racial discrimination.

But the person who supposedly discriminated against Pogba didn't even know how to distinguish between the three races.

This is similar to a story that was widely circulated in the country before.

Riding on the popularity of the movie "Better Days," school bullying has received widespread attention, and in just a few months, many celebrities have fallen from grace due to school bullying.

In mid-2019, an unknown reporter revealed that Tang Ye had bullied classmates during high school. Tang Ye was severely scolded, and many casual fans on Weibo even stopped supporting him.

The incident became so controversial that it reached the top three trending topics, prompting the Chinese Football Association to issue a response.

The Football Association's response was only one simple sentence, but that one sentence refuted the rumors.

The Football Association's response was: The player himself did not attend high school.

This reporter is bad, but just plain bad; he has no intelligence whatsoever. He didn't even bother to check Tang Ye's Baidu Baike entry before spreading rumors.

……

11 month 24 day.

"Pretty!"

"Jaden Sancho!"

"This is Sancho's first Champions League goal since his return this season!"

"Tang Ye's assist once again!"

In the 72nd minute of the second half, with the score at 3-2, Dortmund finally completed their domination of Istanbul.

The Turkish Super League champions certainly have the strength and performed quite well, but unfortunately they were placed in Group D.

The top three teams in this group share a common characteristic.

That is, they were terrible last season, but they're incredibly strong this season.

While they appear to be divided into three tiers, all three teams are actually top-tier teams this season.

……

Kicker's front-page headline: Sancho scores his first Champions League goal since returning from injury, 6 assists in 4 games, Dortmund defeats Istanbul 3-2 in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.

Attached is the Champions League Group D standings (as of the end of Round 4):

1. Chelsea, 7 points.

2. Dortmund, 7 points.

3. Juventus, 3 points.

4. Istanbul, 0 points.

Istanbul Basaksehir has zero points in four rounds and has been eliminated early. Juventus, the top seed in their group, now only has three points, making them the most unfortunate seeded team in this Champions League.

After the match, Tang Ye received the MVP award at the venue, while Pogba was invited to the press conference room.

"Training and playing alongside a Ballon d'Or winner is a challenge for me."

"Bullying? Oh, I can assure you, that doesn't exist. TY is very strong, but he's actually very easy to get along with in everyday life, and the same goes for competitions. Our conflict that day was only temporary; it's over now. I'll try my best to learn something from TY."

Although Pogba may seem dishonest, he actually has incredibly high emotional intelligence.

In fact, apart from Tang Ye and Cristiano Ronaldo, there are very few world-class players who lack emotional intelligence.

Moreover, it's not that Ronaldo simply lacks emotional intelligence; it's just that his strong obsessions overshadow his inherent emotional intelligence.

"Our next goal is to advance as group winners in the Champions League, and as we said after the match against Bayern, Dortmund will try to widen the gap with Bayern."

……

The Munich Times' front page and cover story: Pogba clarifies rumors? It might not be that simple!
According to the Munich Times, they consulted with a professional psychology professor and neurologist to re-analyze Pogba and Tang Ye.

"Judging from Pogba's reaction, he was likely forced to say those things."

The Munich Times captured several short videos.

It's clear that Pogba is quite relaxed when talking to his teammates, but he becomes reserved around Tang Ye, as if he's worried about being scolded for not getting back on defense.

"Furthermore, according to information we obtained from neurologists, the medications (Ritalin, Concerta) used to treat TY's ADHD are central nervous system stimulants. Common side effects include fatigue, mood swings, irritability, and anxiety. This suggests that the medications may increase TY's social aggression."

Combining the views of two experts, the Munich Times finally arrived at what they considered to be the most accurate conclusion.

"All evidence suggests that Pogba may have already been beaten up by TY."

……

(End of this chapter)