Champion’s Heart

Although Zhou Yi was surprised and puzzled by Mark's unexpected loss to the lineup, Zhou Yi still knew very well that this emotion should not affect his performance on the court.

After all, he also needs to use the game to win more attention, and the u19 game is the ticket to the first team.

If you don't perform well in the U19s, what about the first team?

So when the game started, Zhou Yi put all his attention on the game.

Essen u19 is indeed not a strong opponent. Even without Zhou Yi, Dortmund's youth team can beat their opponents.

It's just that with the Zhouyi, they may win more easily.

From the beginning of the game, after standing in the middle of the midfield, he frequently received passes from his teammates, and then he distributed the football.

After a week of training and in-team competitions, the teammates all saw Zhou Yi's ability. Although they couldn't explain why, Zhou Yi was able to quickly find the vacancy in the game and pass the football to the right person.

Yebara let Zhou Yi be the team's midfield hub, and no one in this or that team objected.

The same is true for Gotze, who was originally playing as a midfielder.

After all, when it comes to recognizing Zhouyi's ability, Gotze is the earliest person.

The arrival of Zhouyi also changed Goetze's position on the court.

Originally, he was the one in the middle, but now with Zhou Yi, he was put on the side by the head coach Yebala.

Although Goetze's speed is not fast, his dribbling and breakthrough ability is very good, so putting him on the side can just give full play to his advantages in this area. After reducing the requirements for him to organize the offense. It can liberate his ability to break through and score.

It is also a good thing for the Dortmund youth team that Gotze does not have to wear multiple roles on the court.

Prior to this, the Dortmund youth team without Zhou Yi had always used Gotze as an all-around player. That is to say, he is required to organize an attack in the middle, and he is also required to break through on the side, and finally to score a goal.

Gotze's ability is indeed outstanding among the youth team players, but no matter how outstanding. If one person is used as three people, it will inevitably weaken Gotze's performance on the court.

Now Zhouyi is here,

At first glance, it seems that Gotze was robbed of the position in the middle, but in fact it liberated Gotze.

So Gotze himself is also willing to hand over the right to organize someone to do this job, so that he can get closer to the opponent's goal, which is what he wishes for!

As the highest-level player in the youth team, Gotze also consciously cooperated with Zhou Yi, because he found that Zhou Yi was the teammate who best understood his intentions.

Although I don't understand why, I can cooperate with Zhou Yi. It does give Gotze a feeling that they have worked together for many years.

Zhou Yi seems to know him very well, and Gotze never felt this feeling when he was in U19.

Although he is a U19 player, in fact, he only came here more than two months earlier than Zhou Yi.

He played for the u17s for a long time before, and was transferred directly from the u17s to the first team. He stayed in the first team for a while because he couldn't play. It was only transferred to u19.

Let's talk about the degree of tacit understanding. His cooperation with these u19 players is definitely not as good as with u17.

In many cases, Gotze relies on his super personal ability on the court, and then drives other teammates. Fortunately, his teammates are also strong and can keep up with his rhythm, so that he won't be left to fight alone. Then it really won't move.

This situation will inevitably improve gradually as the tacit understanding between Gotze and other u19 players increases. But the time is hard to tell, it will definitely not be too short.

But Gotze just didn't want to stay in U19 for too long.

He still wants to return to the first team as soon as possible and play in the first team.

How can a person who has seen the most beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain be willing to stay at the foot of the mountain?

That's what Gotze thinks now.

He came to U19 to show a better performance and impress the first team coach Klopp again. Let yourself be able to play in the first team.

It is also for this reason that he desperately expresses himself.

But in fact, this approach is not a long-term solution. If he plays like this for a long time, he will collapse sooner or later, because his body cannot bear it.

He has been in the U19 for more than two months, and he has already scored eight goals and had four assists. His performance is not bad.

But after all, he is a player who has not yet reached the age of seventeen. In a game of such intensity as u19, he cannot go far by relying on his personal ability.

He also needs help.

Now Zhou Yi is here.

It's good for him that he can finally take some of the burden off his shoulders.

Moreover, Zhou Yi's ability in training also made Goce more willing to seek cooperation with Zhou Yi.

At the same time, for Zhou Yi, cooperating with Gotze also relieved the defensive pressure he faced. He didn't have to always control the football at his feet and fell into the predicament of hand-to-hand combat with the opponent. In the most tightly defended area, he can pass the football to Götze, let Götze attract the opponent's defensive attention, and then receive Götze's pass and quickly pass the football into the open space.

In this way, the chances of being annoyed by Petrarch in the U17 Ruhr Derby are greatly reduced.

Goetze frequently passed the ball to Zhou Yi.

And Zhou Yi also frequently passed the ball to Gotze.

Although their first meeting in the U19s was a bit gunpowder, it did not affect their relationship on the pitch.

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In Zhou Yi's first u19 game, Lars Ricken, the director of youth training who was watching the game from the sidelines, only watched the game for 20 minutes, and couldn't help but sigh: The performance and feeling of the two of them is simply beyond the other teammates. I am not surprised that Gotze has such a performance, but Zhou Yi can also have such a performance in U19, I am really surprised...

Yebala said: In terms of football awareness, Zhou Yi's level is very high. What restricts him now is only his physical condition.

Rickon nodded, imagining in his mind what a Zhou Yi with up to the physical standard would be like... He felt that he could go directly to the first team.

So he asked, How is Zhou Yi's strength training going?

Wangle said he worked very hard. Fortunately, this kid is in the development period. The body changes a lot. As long as the strength training is correct and scientific, it will have good results. Unfortunately, it is precisely because his body is developing rapidly. During this period, we must be very careful that he is injured, once he is injured at this time, it is easy to cause frequent injuries and affect his entire career. Yebara said.

Rickon rubbed his chin: But with Zhou Yi's playing position and role, he may inevitably be marked by the opponent in the game. The probability of injury is higher than that of ordinary players...

So protect him. In addition, Zhou Yi is also very smart. You can see that he will not let the football stay at his feet for too long during the game. Yebara pointed to Zhou Yi and said.

Zhou Yi just passed the football away before a U19 player from Essen rushed up. He was not trapped in the encirclement, and he controlled the football not to pass out, so that he would only be surrounded by a few players from the opponent, and it was hard to say what would happen in the chaotic battle.

In fact, it's not just this time, and it's not just this game. Zhou Yi rarely sticks the football to his feet in other games. Although his ball handling skills are not bad. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to pass through the auditions that so many people participated in across the country. At that time, the inspection items in the auditions were all the most basic abilities of football, such as passing, shooting and ball control and dribbling.

Zhouyi's ability to win shows that his ability in this area is not bad.

But Zhou Yi himself is not the kind who likes to keep the football under his feet, and then pass several people in a row, or hit the football into the goal. Or the kind of player who is cut off by the opponent.

Not when you're a striker. Not even after switching to midfield.

He obviously knows that as a midfield organizer, it is not a good thing to always control the football at his feet.

Zhou Yi's academic performance is mediocre, but it doesn't mean he is not smart, he is still willing to use his brain when it comes to football.

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Gotze's personal strength is strong enough, and now Zhou Yi is added.

The tacit cooperation between the two in the midfield allowed Dortmund u19 to completely suppress Essen u19.

At the end of the first half, Dortmund led the opponent 2-0 at home.

But Schneider didn't score, Gotze scored a goal, which was assisted by Zhou Yi.

The other goal was scored by Daniel Kinchek.

It's not that Zhou Yi deliberately didn't pass the ball to Schneider, if Schneider had a good chance. Zhou Yi will indeed pass the football, but Schneider himself is not up to the mark, and he can't blame others for not scoring.

Schneider is tall and burly, with a height of 1.9 meters. He has an excellent header, but his offensive methods are too single. Apart from headers, his other abilities are not strong.

And Zhou Yi himself is not good at crossing, so he will not pull to the side to send Schneider a cross. Basically, he is given some straight or cross passes. When facing this kind of pass, Schneider It is not easy to deal with.

Of course, maybe Schneider will think that Zhou Yi is deliberately making things difficult for him, and he may not be sure?

After all, his relationship with Zhou Yi is not very good...

But its implementation Ned thinks too much.

He was able to enter the u19, not really because of his outstanding strength, but because one of the original main strikers of the u19, Marko Stieppermann, was seriously injured and missed the entire season, so he was transferred from the u17.

However, Schneider is used to feeling good about himself, so he thinks it is because of his outstanding strength that he is favored by the u19 coach...

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After the intermission, the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half. Dortmund u19 still took the initiative on the court.

They scored two more goals, and Schneider finally scored a goal, scoring with a header from a corner kick.

Seeing Schneider's goal, Mark's eyes on the bench dimmed.

In the 69th minute of the game, Zhou Yi was replaced by Yebala.

Although Zhou Yi's physical fitness has been greatly improved, but for this kind of non-critical game, there is no need for him to insist on playing the whole game. On the other hand, Yebara is also worried about the risk of injury if Zhou Yi continues to stay on the court.

In fact, this is also Yebala's positioning for Zhouyi.

If it wasn't a very difficult game, he didn't plan to let Zhou Yi play the whole game. Although his physical fitness is better than before, it is still a bit difficult for him to finish the 90-minute game without any difficulty.

Yebara didn't force Zhou Yi to play the full 90 minutes of the game, and there was nothing wrong with replacing him early.

When Zhou Yi left the field, some Dortmund fans on the sidelines applauded.

As his debut in U19, Zhou Yi performed well. Although the assist procedure was not as dazzling as in U17, with only one assist, he almost participated in all four goals.

His ability to dispatch and organize in the midfield can be seen by fans.

With him, Gotze was also liberated and could concentrate on attacking more, so Gotze scored two goals in this game.

This thin No. 23 player is an unfamiliar face to u19, but he is not stage frightened at all.

So when he left the field, the Dortmund fans gave their applause without hesitation.

Yebara also shook hands with Zhou Yi when he left the court.

The head coach is also very satisfied with Zhou Yi's performance.

For such a player, he has nothing to complain about other than his thin body and lack of fitness.

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After the game, Zhou Yi sat beside Mark, and he wanted to comfort Mark.

But when he saw him coming, Mark stretched out his hand and said to Zhou Yi with a smile: You did a great job, Zhou Yi!

Looking at the smile on Mark's face, Zhou Yi was a little surprised that the kid recovered?

As if he understood the expression on Zhou Yi's face, Mark explained: I wasn't idle when you were playing on the court. I thought about it carefully, and it's like hitting the u19 for a week. It's really a bit... Too optimistic. So I think as long as I continue to train hard, I will definitely get a chance.

Zhou Yi didn't expect Mark to be able to say such a thing. He was happy for Mark, and he was relieved. Now it seems that Mark has not been knocked down by this blow.

So he patted Mark on the shoulder hard and said to him: That's right, keep working hard! (To be continued.)