Champion’s Heart

For the Freiburg U19 players, this is a golden opportunity for revenge.

Some of them will definitely feel unconvinced after losing in the final, thinking that they did not expect Dortmund u19 to adopt such fast pass and fast running tactics before the game, which caught them by surprise.

They lost the game by not preparing.

And this time, they have plenty of time to prepare, and they will definitely not let Dortmund beat them again.

After gearing up for a week, the first round of the semi-finals began.

The first semi-final was the match between Mainz 05u19 and Werder Bremen u19. The first round of the two sides was played at the home court of Mainz 05. As a result, Mainz lost to Werder Bremen 0:1 at home.

At the same time as the match between Mainz 05 and Werder Bremen, Dortmund's home game against Freiburg also kicked off.

In this game, Freiburg was holding back their energy to take revenge. Even though it was an away game, they fought fiercely and had high morale.

It is still a high-position press, but it is more aggressive than the German Cup final.

And Dortmund still responded with fast pass and fast run tactics.

In the end, the two sides staged a goal battle, scoring a total of five goals. 】☆

Dortmund defeated Freiburg 3:2 at home.

Freiburg still failed to get revenge, but they scored two away goals, which was crucial.

Four days later, the second leg of the semi-final was played in Freiburg.

As long as Freiburg can win 1:0 in this game, they will take advantage of more away goals to eliminate Dortmund and achieve revenge.

The two sides still continued the tactics of the previous game, but the result of this game was somewhat different from what everyone predicted.

Dortmund played better in the away game. They defeated Freiburg U19 3:1 in the away game, eliminated their opponents with a total score of 6:3, and advanced to the final.

Gotze performed a hat-trick in this game, which can be described as shining.

Although Zhou Yi only had one assist, he was the one who pushed behind this hearty victory.

After the game, Streich said he was convinced by the loss.

The defending champion of the league was eliminated in the semi-finals.

On the other side, Mainz, who lost 0:1 in the first round, also exploded in the away game, beating Werder Bremen u19 3:0.

And the man who shined in this game was their captain Andre Schurrle.

He scored twice and assisted one goal. It can be said that Mainz's victory is entirely his personal victory.

The Mainz he led was Dortmund's opponent in the national final.

It's a matchup between two talents that are in the national spotlight - André Schurrle vs. Mario Gotze.

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Is Xu Erle very good? Zhou Yi asked Mark.

Of course, but not as good as Mario. Mark said.

The two were on the pitch near home, and after the semi-finals, Yebarra gave the team another day off, so the two had time to train again.

First of all, he is older than Mario. It is amazing that Mario can perform like this when he is younger. Secondly, in terms of championship honor, Mario is the one who won the European championship. As a teammate of Gotze , Mark is naturally on Gotze's side.

Hey, if you praise him here, that kid can't hear it, Mark. Zhou Yi said.

I'm not trying to please Mario! I'm telling the truth. Mark retorted.

Actually, you are also very good, Mark. Zhou Yi said.

Mark scratched his head in embarrassment: No, I'm still far behind them...

That's just for now. In the future, you will also be selected for the German national team, and then play the World Cup with Gotze and Schurrle. Zhou Yi patted Mark.

When Mark heard Zhou Yi say this, he began to fantasize about such a picture in his mind.

He was wearing the jersey of the German national team, with Gotze standing next to him, and Schurrle standing on the other side. They lined up on the field, the German national anthem was played in the stadium, and in front of him was a packed auditorium. The camera and mobile phone in the camera, press the shutter, which turns the stands into a Milky Way with twinkling stars.

This picture is so beautiful...

Mark, who was fantasizing, was suddenly patted by Zhou Yi: Okay, stop dreaming, if you really want to be like that, you have to train first. Come on, enough rest.

Oh... Mark got up following Zhou Yi, still a little unfinished.

Since winning the German Youth Cup, Mark dared to think more.

German national team...

Following Zhou Yi, he clenched his fists hard.

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Mainz does not adopt Freiburg's high-position press tactics, but Yebara still adopts fast-pass and fast-run tactics, requiring players to run more during the game and run as fast as possible.

If it was Zhou Yi who just came to Dortmund, he would definitely not be capable of this kind of tactics. If it was him at that time, he would not be able to gain a foothold in this team.

But thanks to the training for more than seven months, Zhou Yi insisted on running in the morning every day, using morning running to train his physical fitness.

This allowed him to improve his physical fitness very quickly.

At the under-17s, he couldn't even finish a full game. But now, although sometimes he will be replaced early in the game, but not

It's not because of lack of physical fitness, but because the head coach's purpose is to protect him and prevent him from staying on the court to be kicked.

Another reason for Zhou Yi's physical fitness improvement is that Zhou Yi's strength has increased.

In the past, Zhou Yi had to expend more energy to fight against the opponent, or to avoid the opponent, which would inevitably lead to rapid consumption of his physical strength.

But now that Zhou Yi's strength has improved, his physical confrontation ability has also been strengthened, and he no longer needs to use excess energy to fight with his opponents in the game.

The day before the match against Mainz, Zhou Yi was still doing strength training in the hotel gym.

After coming to Germany for more than seven months, he deeply felt the gap between himself and his dream. He had no choice but to train harder.

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In fact, in terms of attention, the finals of the u19 league are not as high as the finals of the Youth German Cup.

It can be seen from the TV broadcast alone that the Youth German Cup final is still broadcast live on TV, but the finals of the U19 League are not broadcast on TV.

Although the attention is not as high as the German Cup final, the players of both sides still attach great importance to this game.

After all, it is about the attribution of honor.

When shaking hands before the game, Zhou Yi looked at Xuerle. This player with a square face is tall and burly, much taller than Gotze and himself.

Zhou Yi found that Xu Erle's eyes basically stayed on Getze next to him, and even when shaking hands with him, he was looking at Getze.

So Zhou Yi, who was supposed to let go after shaking hands, held Xu Erle's hand tightly, and didn't let go again.

Schurle didn't care about the man in front of him at first, and habitually wanted to pull out his hand to shake hands with Mario Gotze.

But he twitched it, but it didn't come out. But his body had already moved forward, so his body was held by Zhou Yi in an awkward position.

He looked back at Zhou Yi strangely.

Hi, my name is Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi greeted him.

Xu Erle looked confused.

So Zhou Yi repeated: My name is Zhou Yi.

Xu Erle still looked confused, not understanding why this person introduced himself so solemnly, but he still nodded to show that he heard it.

Seeing that Xu Erle responded to him, Zhou Yi let go of Xu Erle's hand. Xu Erle turned around and held Gotze's hand, staring at his opponent with burning eyes.

And the Mainz player who came up behind him to shake hands with Zhou Yi thought that Zhou Yi would also introduce himself to him.

But this time Zhouyi returned to normal. After shaking his hand, he let go of it without saying anything...

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After the start of the game, Dortmund's tactics are of course based on fast passes and fast cuts with the Trident as the core.

This is what they have been using recently, and they won the German Cup with this tactic. There is no reason not to continue to play like this.

Mainz coach Thomas Tuchel, who was sitting on the sidelines, was not very worried that his team would not be able to withstand Dortmund's sharp offensive tactics.

He has carefully studied the three games between Dortmund and Freiburg, and has learned a lot from Streich's failure. He knows the weaknesses of Dortmund's tactics and what Mainz should do.

He chose to give up the midfield and directly let the team quickly retreat in defense, return to the front of the penalty area, and organize an iron wall.

He is now waiting to see Dortmund's fast pass and run tactics hit the wall that Mainz has carefully constructed!