Champion’s Heart

Since entering the Dortmund youth training camp, Zhou Yi has conducted normal youth team training with U17 and U19 players on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has to spend more energy and time on physical fitness and strength training than ordinary players.

Because this is the homework he left behind because he had not experienced professional formal training in the previous seventeen years, he had to make up for it. Otherwise, he would not be able to realize his dream of being a professional player.

And he must hurry up, the time left for him is only one year. He was almost eighteen years old when he came to Dortmund. Which player has just started to contact formal training when he is eighteen years old?

If there is no system in his mind, Zhou Yi may not dare to dream of becoming a professional player.

But the system can only help him improve his experience and consciousness. The strengthening of his body requires real training, not a dream.

It has been more than half a year since he came to Dortmund, a city in western Germany, but when his parents were on the phone and his classmates left messages on QQ asking him about his impression of the city, he couldn't say anything.

Because he has never been to other areas of Dortmund except Mark's house, the football field near Mark's house, the restaurants frequented by Mark's family, and the Brakel training base.

The distance between him and Yang Muge, who is also in the Ruhr area, is only 20 to 30 kilometers, but they have never met each other except for the games between the two teams.

Why?

Because he has to hurry up to train and improve himself.

Otherwise, a year later, he doesn't know whether he can win Klopp's favor and sign a professional player contract with Dortmund.

After more than half a year of training, Zhou Yi has made great progress in both physical fitness and strength.

His height has jumped from 1.71 meters at the beginning to 1.75 meters, and his weight has also risen from 58 kilograms when he first joined the team to 65 kilograms now. His confrontation ability on the court has also increased significantly, and scientific and correct training has allowed him to grow rapidly.

But in Yebara's view, Zhou Yi's progress will face a very severe test in the upcoming German Youth Cup final.

Freiburg U19 may be the strongest opponent he has encountered in Dortmund U19 in the past few months-much stronger than Schalke 04U19. If Schalke 04U19 is strong, it will not be ranked fourth in the Western League up.

Zhou Yi is the midfield playmaker of Dortmund U19.

It will inevitably be marked by Freiburg U19.

Physical confrontation will also be the order of the day.

How well Zhou Yi can perform at that time may directly determine the final ranking of Dortmund.

There were several reasons why Dortmund U19 eliminated Freiburg U19 in the quarter-finals last year. At that time, Freiburg U19 focused on the competition for the league championship. They played Dortmund U19 in the quarter-finals, not the main force. In addition, Freiburg U19's current high-position pressing play was only in its infancy at the time. Not perfect, and this season they are more mature.

The third point is that even in the face of the Freiburg U19s at that time, Dortmund only drew 1:1 with the opponent in the regular game, and finally eliminated the opponent with a penalty kick. The effect of this luck is too great...

And luck is something that can't be said for sure. Last year in Dortmund, maybe he went to Freiburg this year?

So in order to prevent Zhou Yi from being restricted by Freiburg U19 in the final and becoming the weakness of Dortmund U19, Zhou Yi was taken from the starting lineup of the final?

Yebara would never do that.

Since Zhou Yi came to Dortmund U19, he quickly became Dortmund's midfield conductor.

Now the entire Dortmund U19 team is used to letting Zhou Yilai control the team. If Zhou Yi wins in the final, what is the difference between cutting off his hands and feet first for fear of being bitten by a snake?

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When Yebara was having a headache about how to face Freiburg U19's high-pressure play in the final, Zhou Yi, Gotze and Mark were depressed about the delay in winning the game.

We've been practicing for more than a month, right? We ended up with seven rounds of the game. We still can't win even one round!

It was another day when there was only training in the morning, and the three of them gathered in the football field near Mark's house for special training in the afternoon.

After a group of special training, when the three of them sat on the ground to rest, Mark complained.

The direction of our efforts is absolutely correct, it's just a matter of luck. Zhou Yi comforted Mark.

But luck is the most difficult thing, because it is uncontrollable. Gotze said.

No, luck is controllable. Zhou Yi said.

His point of view surprised both of them.

Everyone knows that luck is illusory, otherwise why is the god of luck a goddess instead of a male god? It must have something to do with women's unpredictable and changeable temper.

The greatest charm of luck lies in its uncertainty, but why did Zhou Yi say that luck is controllable?

There is a Chinese proverb called 'a blind cat bumps into a dead mouse', which describes good luck, Zhou Yi said.

Hmm...it sounds like our German proverb 'a blind chicken can sometimes find corn'... Gotze said. It also describes good luck. A blind chicken can find millet. Isn't this good luck?

That's right. Zhou Yi nodded. But on the other hand, if the blind chicken and the blind cat don't go to find and touch, how can they find the millet and the dead mouse? I think there is another deep meaning hidden behind these proverbs.

Zhou Yi has entered a state of serious nonsense again. But Mark and Gotze did not realize this. They listened attentively to Zhouyi's explanation of the deep meaning behind this proverb.

These proverbs are not just about good luck. The deeper implication is to show us that good luck favors those who persevere. If a cat thinks it is blind and abandons itself in its nest, wouldn't it be Even if there are dead mice on the ground, it won’t be able to hit them? If the chicken thinks that it can’t see it anyway, and definitely can’t go out to look for food, then the ground is full of grains. How can it peck it?”

Zhou Yi said very seriously.

Mark and Gotze were dumbfounded—they have been used to the common saying given by the general public and universal values ​​after listening to it for more than ten years, but there is such a meaning? And no matter how you listen to it, it feels like the end of the Book of Changes is... so true!

Why do proverbs emphasize blind cats and blind chickens? They are both characters with physical defects. In everyone's eyes, such an image is weak, and it is impossible to complete such behaviors as catching mice and pecking rice. But they succeeded in catching When the mouse arrived, the millet was found. The proverb created the image of two weak people, but let them complete the impossible task. Is it just as simple as good luck? I think the deep meaning behind this is to remind us. As long as you work hard, Persevere, don’t bow to difficulties, even the biggest difficulties can be overcome. Even things that everyone thinks impossible can be done!”

As he said that, Zhou Yi clenched his fists and looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, feeling impassioned.

Facing the impossible. If you believe it is impossible and refuse to make any effort, then good luck will never come. On the contrary, if you work hard and do not give up in the face of the impossible, then good luck It will favor you! This is the correct interpretation of these two proverbs! Therefore, there is another proverb called 'luck always favors the strong'. The 'strong' here does not mean the strong, It’s about not abandoning or giving up, and daring to challenge yourself. A strong man who says ‘no’ to the impossible! Such a strong man is the real strong man!”

After listening to Zhou Yi's impassioned words, Mark and Gotze couldn't say a word. They frowned and fell into deep thought...

But Zhou Yi interrupted their meditation: Okay, get up and continue practicing, enough rest. If you rest, you have to warm up again!

Marc and Götze withdrew from their contemplation, stood up and continued their practice.

Whether training so hard has the meaning as Zhou Yi said, they are still not very clear.

But they know that if you don't train, it will make things worse.

So whatever the future holds. Now it's all about training.

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There are still five days left before the final, and the day before the final, the team will finish training at the Braker training base and fly to Berlin for adaptive training before the final.

Even though there is less than a week left before the final. But the training at Brakel was no different from usual, there was still a game session.

Now the three of Zhou Yi don't need to discuss any strategy before the game starts, just follow the usual special training directly.

So head coach Yebala blows the whistle and the game begins.

It is still the strategy of fast pass, fast cut and cross transposition. After three passes, Gotze passed the ball to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi made a mistake when he passed the ball directly to Mark without stopping the ball. The football was kicked and rolled to the sideline, and then was caught by the chasing captain Hornshu.

The whistle sounded, and Yebara raised a finger at the same time: Attack, lose one point!

There is no laughter outside the venue, because everyone doesn’t think it’s funny anymore, and you may not find it funny if you watch comedies every day.

After Yebara shouted, Zhou Yi and Gotze did not blame each other, but returned to the middle circle, took a football and started again.

The second game started after Yebara's whistle.

Continuous and fast passing, the ball cannot be stopped at all, and the ball will be surrounded by the opponent's players. The worst result is to be directly intercepted, and the best result is to lose the ball a few seconds later...

The players watching the game on the sidelines all looked serious. In fact, they can all see how difficult a strategy like a trio is. When everyone is facing at least two defensive players pressing and defending, it is too difficult to cooperate while running and passing the ball without stopping.

But the three insisted on doing so, completely ignoring other possibilities.

Choose the most difficult path, and face it.

The teammates also had to admire the courage of these three people—anyway, they had questioned themselves during so many days of watching the game, and felt that they would definitely not be able to last so long.

Of course, maybe the trio also thought about giving up, but Yebara didn't give them the option to give up and admit defeat at all...

So it is said that the times make heroes, and the heavens will send great responsibilities to the people... Most of these heroes who take on great responsibilities may be forced...

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PS, it seems that we have another leader?

Sorry, sorry, please allow me to make up for it in the future, I am really sorry... (To be continued.)