Champion’s Heart

Zhou Yi, who was surrounded by his teammates asking questions, could actually feel a certain change in everyone's attitude towards him.

He knows and understands this shift in attitude.

Although I had a good time getting along with everyone before, we can talk, laugh and joke together. But that kind of happiness is more often, which makes Zhou Yi feel that it is like the care and courtesy of the big brothers of the first team to the juniors from the youth team.

They don't hate themselves, and some people are willing to be friends with themselves off the court. Just like the stars also have many friends who do not play football.

But when the training session was over, things were different.

Some changes have taken place in the intimacy of his teammates towards him. Behind the care, love and courtesy of Senior Ai for his back, there is something more.

They looked at themselves differently.

There is something called recognition in it.

Zhou Yi felt that they began to really regard themselves as a first-team player and accepted him as their real teammate.

Instead of being like before, many people must feel that they played well in the youth team, so as a reward, they came to the first team to participate in the pre-season training with the team. But everyone knows that the youth team and the first team are two completely different worlds.

Just because you played well in the youth team doesn't mean you will also play well in the first team. You are the core in the youth team, and you may not even be able to play in the first team when you come to the first team.

This is all very normal. For example, Real Madrid, the top scorer of their youth team, and the striker Portino who broke Raul's record in the youth team could not even play the main force in Real Madrid.

And the captain of the Real Madrid B team, the central defender Mejia, in the defense of Real Madrid, which relies heavily on local youth training, can't even play the game, and occasionally plays poorly, which is simply unusable.

Such examples abound in other teams.

The difference between the youth team and the first-line team is not only age and body. There are still many things missing.

So the players of Dortmund's first team would think that Zhou Yi just came to participate in training with the team. After the start of the new season, I will return to the youth team. It is normal to not know when I can really come to the first team to play.

You know, even after Mario Gotze came to the first team, he couldn't play a game. In the end, I could only go to U19 to play games.

If he continues to stay in the first team. It might be useless.

So the first team is like heaven in the fantasy vision of many youth team players. But in fact, it is full of many sweet traps. Coming to the first team too early is not necessarily a good thing.

In the eyes of these well-informed first-team players. Zhou Yi is probably no different from those young people who come to the front line to learn more.

They didn't feel that they would fight side by side with such a next guy in the official competition in the future.

But Zhou Yi's performance in a training session won them a different look.

Before that, they were also a little curious about Zhou Yi. They heard that he played well in the youth team. But what a good idea? No one has seen it.

Now after seeing Zhou Yi's actual performance in training, they also realized that it made sense for him to be able to play in the youth A team.

This kid does have two brushes!

Zhou Yi likes this change in the attitude of his teammates. His awkward image in physical training was replaced by his outstanding performance in offensive training.

Zhou Yi felt that if he continued to perform like this, it shouldn't be a problem to stay in the first team after the pre-season training.

Now he thinks further, he hopes to play an official game in the first team as soon as possible.

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After training in the morning. Zhou Yi was stopped by Chinese reporters outside the training ground.

There were about six or seven Chinese reporters pulling him, wanting to interview him.

It is not the first time for Zhou Yi to be interviewed, but it is the first time to be interviewed by a Chinese reporter after coming to Dortmund.

But Zhou Yi was not surprised, because Fang Shuai told him that the domestic media had already reported his entry into Dortmund's first team.

So isn't it normal to see journalists from China outside the training ground?

These Chinese reporters were also on the sidelines during training in the morning, and they all saw Zhou Yi's performance in their eyes.

In the eyes of these professional football reporters, Zhou Yi performed very well in the morning training.

This made them very happy, although they all saw the video of Dortmund U19 and Freiburg U19 in the Youth German Cup final, and saw Zhou Yi's performance from it.

But the youth team is completely different from the first team. Too many players who perform well in the youth team cannot gain a foothold in the first team.

So before seeing the performance of Zhou Yi's first team, they didn't dare to make any estimates for Zhou Yi's future.

After reporting that Zhou Yi joined Dortmund's first team and trained with the team, domestic fans exploded, but the media couldn't come up with new news. Dortmund's closed physical training did not give reporters a chance to inquire about the news.

The domestic media also held back for half a month. After Dortmund finished their physical training, they immediately flew to Switzerland to catch up with Dortmund's first public training session.

They came at the right time this time and did not miss Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in the first joint training session.

After the training was over, everyone could not hide their inner excitement and immediately surrounded Zhou Yi, with many questions they wanted to ask him.

Zhou Yi, I've watched the show The Inheritor of the Green Grass. A reporter successfully attracted Zhou Yi's interest by using this beginning, and he turned his attention to it. I still remember that you had a shortcoming in the show, that is, poor physical fitness. So how is your physical fitness now?

Zhou Yi, who has just undergone hell-like fifteen-day physical training, is now facing this problem with overwhelming confidence. Although his tone sounds quite modest, his words are not humble at all: The physical fitness of Dortmund's first team The training intensity is really great, which I have never heard of, but I insisted on completing it!

He's not bragging, he's done it all.

You performed very well in the youth team and helped the team win the Youth German Cup and the Youth League championship. Is this the main reason why you can enter the first team?

Of course. Zhou Yi replied confidently, he didn't use such ambiguous answers as I think so or should be.

In fact, Zhou Yi's self-confidence can be seen everywhere in this interview.

When a reporter asked him what his vision for the first team was, Zhou Yi directly replied that the goal was to stay in the first team after the training camp, and then strive to play in the first team as soon as possible.

This left a very deep impression on the Chinese reporters who interviewed him. In the past, they interviewed Chinese players who had studied abroad. Even Sun Hai and Yang Zhen, who have been famous for a long time at the international level, will appear very humble when talking about their prospects in the team and self-evaluation of their abilities, no matter whether it is a habitual modesty. Or their true understanding of their own strength.

But Zhou Yi didn't have it, he was very confident.

An eighteen-year-old player. Having never played in the first team, where does his confidence come from?

Chinese journalists were curious.

But this is the first time I've come into contact with Zhou Yi, such a question is really difficult to ask. If you ask, maybe people will not answer.

Seeing that Zhou Yi was still sweating, the reporters also knew that they couldn't interview for too long. So as not to catch a cold.

So a reporter said that there was nothing wrong, and asked Zhou Yi to go back to take a shower quickly.

His proposal was echoed by all reporters.

Zhou Yi thanked the reporters for their concern and waved goodbye to them.

Looking at Zhou Yi's back. The reporters commented: A very good kid, but he has too much self-confidence...

Isn't it good to be confident?

Confidence with strength is a good thing. But without strength...

It's hard to say, everyone. Anyway, judging from this training session, Zhou Yi's self-confidence is justified. Although it is the first time for him to practice with this team, he is not stage frightened at all. Showing that kind of bewilderment and incompatibility, I think I am very optimistic about this kid's future just because of this. A slightly older reporter said. I think the biggest difference between our Chinese players and European football is not technology. Skills can be practiced. When our youth team players participated in the World Youth Championship, it was not that there were no hopeful stars selected by the official selection. I think we are compared with others. The worst thing is the mental quality.”

The older reporter immediately got approval: That's right. Don't talk about young players, just talk about our international players. Why can't they make it to Asia? I think the main reason is poor mental quality!

The leaders hold meetings every day. It would be strange if the psychological quality is good. Some people couldn't help complaining about the system.

But having said that, everyone feels that if Zhou Yi has such a psychological quality, I'm afraid his future is really worth looking forward to...

It's a good one, I hope he won't become the second Dong Zhuofang...

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But during training in the afternoon, the Chinese reporters quickly discovered that Zhou Yi was not without flaws...

In the defensive training, Zhou Yi was asked to press in the frontcourt, but Zhou Yi ran a little slower and came up late, which caused the team's frontcourt to press and encircle.

Klopp didn't even blow the whistle. Before the training stopped, he rushed directly from the sidelines to the field, and roared aggressively at Zhou Yi: Zhou Yi! What are you doing! Don't be lazy! Don't be lazy!

Zhou Yi was stunned by the sudden storm, he looked up at Klopp blankly.

Klopp, who is 1.93 meters, gave him a great sense of oppression at this time.

Defense is a very disciplined job, and any mistakes and negligence in any link may bring fatal consequences! You must keep this in mind!

Zhou Yi finally came to his senses, he nodded hastily, like a chicken nagging rice: Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry, coach, I'm sorry... The apology poured out quickly.

The teammates next to him looked at him with sympathy. In Dortmund, if anyone has not been scolded by Klopp, it is true that eight generations of ancestors have accumulated virtue, so everyone feels the same for Zhou Yi's mood at this time.

Klopp is a coach who is happy to joke with everyone and get along with the players outside of training, but once training starts, he will become like a tyrant, no one is allowed to disobey him, otherwise he will die.

Although Zhou Yi accepted Klopp's criticism, Klopp did not go on. Instead, he took the opportunity to criticize Zhou Yi to emphasize the importance of defense to the players again: Guys, our defense starts from the forward line. It is a whole. So I ask everyone to put in all their efforts when defending. Once someone misses a step in defense and runs a step late, then everyone else has to run more and faster to make up for it. The loophole of that one person! This is an irresponsible attitude towards myself and my teammates!

His loud voice echoed over the training ground, all the players looked at him, and the reporters and fans on the sidelines also fell silent.

Gotze glanced at Zhou Yi secretly. He felt that it would be super embarrassing and embarrassing to be treated as a negative model by the head coach on such an occasion.

But what about Zhouyi?

He stood beside Klopp, as if nothing had happened, as if he was not talking about him.

This kid...does he have excellent mental quality, or does he not take the head coach's words to heart at all?

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After Klopp emphasized the importance of discipline, he signaled that Buvac could start training again. At the same time, he strode off the field, stood on the sidelines, and resumed the state of watching with his arms folded.

Bouac's whistle sounded and training continued.

Although he looked like a normal person before, when the training started again, Zhou Yi was still very active. No matter whether he would let go or not, at least he had a correct attitude, running around non-stop, assisting in defense or facing him personally. intercept.

Fortunately, in the previous physical training, his physical fitness has been greatly improved, otherwise he might not be able to run down.

Zhou Yi also deeply felt why defense is more tiring than offense, because the initiative is not in his hands, he can only passively follow the rhythm of the opponent, and he will naturally be tired.

After Zhou Yi's training attitude improved, although he still had many problems in defense, at least Klopp no ​​longer yelled at him alone.

Poor defense can be a problem of ability or attitude. Klopp allows a player to have problems with ability, but he does not allow a player to have problems with attitude. This, he showed in this training session to the rookies who joined the team this summer.

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After seeing this scene, the Chinese reporters outside the venue also had a new understanding of Zhouyi.

There are advantages and disadvantages, and the advantages and disadvantages are actually very obvious.

Fortunately, this kid's training attitude is quite correct, and after being criticized by the coach, he knows how to put his heart into it. If this development trend can be maintained all the time, then his future is indeed worth looking forward to.

Actually, I'm not afraid of having shortcomings, I'm afraid of having shortcomings but not correcting them... The oldest reporter spoke again.

That's right, that's right. People are not sages and sages, so who can do without fault? A sage who doesn't make mistakes is a sage, but not a human being. Zhou Yi is very good, just keep working hard!

Zhou Yi himself probably didn't expect that his popularity in the media would be so good...

The reporters, on the other hand, used this day to train Zhou Yi's completely different performances in the morning and afternoon, and had already thought about how to write the manuscript.

A Zhouyi that has shortcomings but has more advantages, I believe fans will be more interested in such a vivid Zhouyi, right? (To be continued.) Enable new URL