Champion’s Heart

Zhou Yi looked at the beef cut into several large pieces on the plate, but he didn't start. Instead, he moved closer to him, squinted his eyes to observe carefully, and at the same time buried his head, sniffing constantly with his nose.

Are you a dog? Seeing him like this, Cortana said beside him.

Zhou Yi ignored her, carefully cut off a small piece with a knife, and then carefully put it in his mouth.

You're eating beef, not a bomb, Cortana continued.

Zhou Yi continued to ignore, and began to chew slowly with his eyes closed.

He just took a few bites and was a little surprised. Although the meat was a small piece, it was full of gravy when he chewed it... It was tender and delicious.

Although he was surprised in his heart, Zhou Yi didn't show it on his face. After he swallowed the meat in his mouth, he continued to cut the meat blankly, but this time it was much bigger than the last time.

After that, he didn't speak, and kept cutting and eating until he finished the whole plate of meat.

Didn't you say weird? You're not afraid of food poisoning? Cortana asked, looking at the bare plate.

Only then did Zhou Yi raise his eyes to pay attention to her: I have to admit that your roasted meat is indeed a little bit better than mine.

Cortana sneered, then spread her hand in front of Zhou Yi.

Why? Zhou Yi didn't understand.

Give me the money.

More money? Zhou Yi was surprised.

How fresh, my labor is worthless?

No, aren't we roommates? You cook me a meal, why do you charge money?

Hannah and I also help you clean, and you have to pay more rent. Didn't you say that's reasonable?

Zhou Yi froze for a moment, then lowered his head to touch his wallet.

He took out a fifty-euro bill and slapped it hard on Cortana's palm: I wanted to say thank you, but now I use this instead!

Cortana held the money in her hand, smiled and said to Zhou Yi: Thank you. Tell me what you want to eat next time.

No need, I can't afford fifty meals a meal. Zhou Yi snorted.

Who asked you to give fifty? If you want to give five yuan, I will take it too. Cortana smiled wickedly.

Zhou Yi was stunned, and when he realized it, he reached out to grab the money in Cortana's hand: Then you give it back to me. I'll give you five dollars!

Chenghui Chenghui. Cortana stuffed the money into the bottom pocket of her jeans. Also clapped proudly.

Zhou Yi watched the area under the canvas fabric vibrate elastically when she slapped her butt pocket with her hand, and was stunned for a while, but he didn't talk to Cortana about the money anymore.

Seeing Zhou Yi's sudden silence, Cortana looked at him strangely. It was only when she realized that Zhou Yi's eyes were aiming at the wrong place, she immediately reacted.

So she said, Remember to wash the dishes. Then she turned and went back to her room.

And Zhou Yi was stunned for a long time. I just went to wash the dishes.

He seemed absent-minded while washing the dishes.

I don't know if I'm reminiscing about the beef between my teeth, or the rippling flesh...

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After a lunch break in the afternoon, Zhou Yi took the football out to the open football field for training.

He would have had something to see Hannah that night. But Hannah never came back.

So he had to knock on Cortana's door.

Cortana opened the door and saw him: What's the matter?

Zhou Yi asked, Do you have a printer?

what?

I'll print something. Zhou Yi said.

Cortana stepped aside.

But Zhou Yi didn't go in, but asked clearly first: Do you want to give money?

I don't mind if you give it to me, Cortana said.

I don't want to. Zhou Yi shook his head.

That's up to you. Cortana shrugged.

Seeing that Cortana didn't ask herself for money. Only then did Zhou Yi come in, and then he drove to Cortana's desk, and there was a printer on it.

A laser printer that can only print black and white, Cortana said. I usually use it to print forms and documents.

It's okay, black and white are fine. Zhou Yi didn't care.

Zhou Yi sat in front of Cortana's computer. Opened Dortmund's official website, and then clicked on the first team column. But I didn't find myself in it.

Eh? He was very strange.

Hearing his voice, Cortana leaned over to take a look and understood what Zhou Yi was going to do. She smiled and said, Are you going to print out your name list and show it to the security guard?

Otherwise? Zhou Yi asked back, But why is there no me in the first team, I am obviously training with the team...

The update speed of the official website is not that fast, maybe it hasn't been updated yet. You can go to U19 to look for it. Cortana said and sat back again.

Zhou Yi went to the youth team to look for him, but this time he found himself.

No matter, just prove that you are a Dortmund player.

After Zhou Yi printed out the page introducing himself, he thanked Cortana and returned to his room.

Then he folded the piece of paper and put it in the pocket of the coat he was going to wear tomorrow, like a passport.

After packing his luggage, Zhou Yi washed up and went to bed.

While sleeping, Zhou Yi entered the world of the world and trained with his teammates in the first team.

In fact, the reason why he was familiar with every teammate during the day was not because he had searched everyone's information in advance—he didn't have that much free time. It's just because he has trained with his new teammates in the virtual world for many days in advance. Through training and checking their attributes, he can naturally know how capable this player is.

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The next day, because Zhou Yi had to pull a suitcase, it was really inconvenient to run, so he took the bus to the training base.

This time there were still many people gathered outside the training base, but the number of people was much smaller than yesterday, especially the media.

After all, yesterday was the first day of training, and everyone paid close attention to it. The media also wanted to make a special feature about Dortmund players returning to the team, so many reporters would come.

Once yesterday is over, there are far fewer reporters here. It is impossible for reporters to stay outside the team's training base all day long.

On the contrary, the fans are as infatuated as ever, hoping to wait for the stars to come for their autographs and group photos.

Zhou Yi got off the bus, pulled the suitcase and lowered his head to pass among them, and came to the gate of the training base again.

The middle-aged security guard I saw yesterday seemed to be working at this time, and he was the one standing at the gate today.

After seeing Zhou Yi appear, he recognized it at a glance.

Hey, boy! This time you...

He greeted him aggressively. But what was waiting for him was a piece of paper in Zhou Yi's hand.

What is this...? He froze for a moment.

Pass. Zhou Yi smiled at the middle-aged security guard, motioning him to look.

The security guard took a look and found that it was a printed web page with the information of Dortmund players on the web page. The photo above is clearly the boy in front of him...

How is it? Do you believe that I'm a player? Zhou Yi asked when the middle-aged security guard looked at the paper but didn't say a word.

You...how could it be? The security guard still found it inconceivable.

I'm in the youth team. I was transferred to the first team to train this summer. Zhou Yi explained.

The middle-aged security guard looked Zhou Yi up and down, and shook his head: It's really unexpected...you can come to the first team with your body?

Hey, what do you mean? Zhou Yi rolled his eyes.

Ah. No, ha! The young man is very good! The security guard also realized that what he said was wrong. So he quickly praised Zhou Yi, The ability to come to the first team must be fine. But boy, I still want to remind you. Can you stop dressing like a fan, so that I am really embarrassed to come in...

Zhou Yi spread his hands: Then how can I dress like a first-team player?

The middle-aged security guard opened his mouth. But no words came out. Yeah, how do you dress like a first-team player? In other words, if a first-team player is not a star, how can he judge whether he is a first-team player?

The middle-aged security guard couldn't answer Zhouyi's question. So he opened the gate and let Zhou Yi in.

The fans who were waiting for the first-team players saw that Zhou Yi had entered the training base again. It was strange that no first-team players had brought him this time.

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After Zhou Yi came to the locker room, after a while, Gross Kreutz also came. After seeing Zhou Yi, his first words were: Zhou Yi? Didn't you get stopped outside today? I'm still at the door Waiting for you for a while.

I told the security guard that I was transferred from the youth team to the first team for training, and he let me in, Zhou Yi said.

So that's the case, so I don't have to wait for you from now on?

No, no, no, thank you, Kevin. Zhou Yi thanked quickly, and then he noticed the two boxes that Gross Kreutz was carrying, and was a little surprised.

Are we going to a training camp, Kevin? Why do you look like you're traveling? Zhou Yi was very surprised.

Isn't it for tourism? Gross Kreutz took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on for himself. What did you bring? He looked at Zhou Yi's small box. Just your little box, can't hold anything?

It's just a change of clothes, what else should I bring? Zhou Yi said.

What do you think we're going to do? Gross Kreutz asked.

Isn't it a training camp? Zhou Yi wondered.

How is it possible? Of course it's... a concentration camp. When Gross Kreutz said this, he deliberately lowered his voice. It's super boring. Apart from playing video games, table tennis, and billiards in the hotel, you hardly have any entertainment. So if you don't think about it yourself, then the training period will be miserable. Live like a Puritan...

Wow, that was really boring.

Right? So if you need it, you can ask me for it. I even brought condoms!

Zhou Yi really convinced Gross Kreutz, and he even brought a condom to the training camp... He was really well prepared.

But Zhou Yike didn't plan to ask Gross Kreutz for help, because he felt that he didn't have much time.

It is the first time to follow the first team training, and his performance during the training will directly determine whether he can stay in the first team after the training.

Of course Zhou Yi hopes to stay in the first team, he doesn't want to go back to the youth team, of course. He is also unwilling to go to the U23 reserve team.

That place used to be said to be a place to train reserve talents for the first team. If you want to go to the first team, you have to go to the reserve team first. But now it has gradually become a place to punish disobedient first-team players and injured players to find their status.

Zhou Yi's goal is very clear, which is to stay in the first team and then strive for the chance to play in official games.

Later, Zhou Yi discovered through observation that Gross Kreutz was a special case. Not everyone would bring so many things to the training camp. Basically, like him, they were all necessary changes of clothes. At most, bring a game console or a movie disc.

After the players are all here. They took the bus together to the airport and rushed to their training ground in Radkersburg in Austria.

It was a mountain city in the Alps.

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After the players got on the bus, the last person to board the bus was the team coach Klopp.

Players who played for Dortmund last season are no strangers to the manager riding in a car with them.

Every manager has his own style and some managers like to distance themselves from the players. Except for training and work, no contact is made. When they met in private, they just nodded.

But some managers like to mingle with their players.

Obviously, Klopp belongs to the latter.

After getting in the car, Klopp took off his peaked cap of the same style as Zhou Yi. Combed my messy hair with my hands - although it was even messier after combing...

Then Klopp stood next to the first row of seats on the bus and picked up the microphone. Like a tour guide.

He took the microphone and said to the players sitting behind the car: Welcome everyone to participate in the trip to Radkersburg, Austria. I am your full tour guide. My name is Jurgen Klopp.

Some players in the car laughed. Others were yelling: We know, Coach!

Of course. But there are still people who just joined this summer in this team. Klopp pointed to the back of the car.

Zhou Yi felt his eyes pause briefly on his face.

Klopp then asked: How was the holiday, lads?

very good!

very good!

I haven't had enough...

Hearing everyone's various answers, Klopp waved his hand: I said it very well. I congratulate you, those who say that they haven't had enough, I feel sorry for you, but that is not my responsibility. Anyway, I I've had a good time. Because I think about the upcoming pre-season training, the more I cherish the vacation time. I hope you are too, the upcoming training camp is absolutely unheard of for you!

This time, everyone stopped laughing, but looked at each other in blank dismay. They all smelled something extraordinary from Klopp's words.

Because of such rhetoric, there was no such rhetoric during the Dortmund training camp last season.

What does this mean?

Is this year's training session any different from previous years?

I hope you didn't leave any regrets during the holiday, and you all relaxed yourself. This way you will have the strength to support the next training. Klopp said while scanning the audience, seeing the expressions of each player. All received in their own eyes.

I've got the physical reports from each of you yesterday. I will say that I'm very happy with the physical condition of some of the players. You guys are like in the middle of the season. The body is ready at any time. .But there are also a lot of people who obviously overindulge during the holidays. But that’s okay, I won’t criticize you, because it’s normal to relax during the holidays, and that’s why we do physical training every season.”

After finishing speaking, fitness coach Oliver Bartlett stood up, leaned on the back of the chair, turned around and said to the players: I am very happy to spend fifteen days with you. I will be responsible for Each of you develops a different physical training plan and supervises you to complete it. Hope we all have a good time working together.”

Zhou Yi looked at this fitness coach who had given him a small lesson in the youth team, and he couldn't help but think of the days when he trained his fitness under him. He already had a solid foundation for the next physical training in his heart.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Zhou Yi felt that when Bartlett said these words, he seemed to have glanced at himself... (To be continued.) Activate the new website