Champion’s Heart

After two days of training, the training of the Chinese team was closed to the outside world. Then in the training base, the national team played two teaching games with a local Chinese team in Shanghai.

In these two teaching games, Zhou Yi started the first game and was replaced after halftime.

The second came off the bench in the second half and also played half.

Because it was a teaching game that was not open to the public, there was no media present, and the stands were empty and there were no spectators. Only the coaches of the coaching staff set up a DV there and took pictures of the game for video analysis.

Zhou Yi's ability is more vividly reflected in the game than in training. Because there are many situations in the game that cannot be predicted in training.

And Zhou Yi's handling of this situation can only be admired - he handled it as if he was a seasoned veteran, which formed a sharp contrast with his age and appearance.

The other international players of the national team are really dissatisfied.

Because of the same situation, they were not as calm as Zhou Yi in handling it.

They have also played games in their respective clubs, and they are even the main players, and they have a lot of game experience. But once in the game, it didn't feel right.

Experience may sound mysterious, but to put it bluntly, it is actually accumulation of methods. When you have encountered a situation enough times and have enough solutions, you will be confident when you encounter this situation again, and you will not be in a hurry.

Experienced people have experienced many situations in their lives, and they have enough ways to deal with each situation. Such people will naturally appear calm.

It's the same on the pitch.

Zhou Yi feels like a veteran who has played in professional leagues for many years, which is completely different from his resume of only playing four professional league games.

This is also what makes many people feel strange.

In the end, they can only attribute it to the fact that some people are just talented, and ordinary people need to repeat countless times to accumulate experience, but such geniuses can completely learn without a teacher, it is simply... born knowing.

In fact, no one knows that Zhou Yi also has these experiences through countless accumulations. It's just that he can accumulate experience in his dreams, and he can bring the experience of dreaming to the real world.

If there is no virtual system, Zhouyi may take five or six years. It took even longer to reach his current heights.

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These qualities Zhou Yi demonstrated in the competition. The members of the coaching staff who watched the game off the court also had a deep understanding.

At the beginning, I thought that he was selected for the national team for the first time, and the cooperation with these players would be a bit jerky, and there would be no tacit understanding. There must be a lot of passing mistakes in the early stage. I didn't expect... On the coach's bench. Assistant coach Fu Bai looked at Zhou Yi who was handling the ball on the court and sighed. He doesn't have that kind of strangeness at all, and he cooperates very well with this team!

Gao Hongbo smiled at the side: I've heard a 'legend' about Zhou Yi - no matter which team he is in. Whether it is Dortmund's U17 or U19, or the first team, the time he integrates into the team is very important. Very, very fast. His first training session was always nothing wrong with a rookie. Remember his first training session when he first came to the team?

Fu Bai nodded.

It doesn't feel like a player who was selected for the national team for the first time, does it?

Fu Bai thought about it carefully. Then nodded: Really...

Although I don't understand why, but he seems to have integrated into this team. It's good.

Yeah. And looking at his performance in the game, it's really hard to believe that he's only eighteen years old and has only played four professional league games. Fu Bai nodded and sighed.

Indeed. He looks very experienced. In fact, that's what I like. If you want to say how outstanding his technical ability is, he doesn't have it. Gao Hongbo said. But the way he handles the ball on the pitch. Makes me feel good. You see him connect the team easily, with seemingly ordinary passes and runs. When you face a team Don't you feel a headache because of the clueless ropes that are entangled with each other, Lao Fu?

I feel that way every time I see the headphone cable in my bag. Fu Bai frowned.

Gao Hongbo smiled: But Zhou Yi can always sort out the mess easily. He seems to know what is useful and what is not. He knows what to do first, what to do next, and what to do next... ...

Hearing Gao Hongbo say so much, Fu Bai understood: You really like that kid.

Gao Hongbo showed a shy smile: Old Fu, our team has always been short of a real organizer. Although Deng Zhuoxiang played the midfielder position, his technical characteristics are not suitable for being an organizer. Like a winger, he himself prefers to play on the wing. And Zhou Yi, in fact, is the one we have been looking for. Before I was not sure whether to let him play so soon, but I now confirmed.

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In the hotel restaurant, Zhou Yi and his roommate Yu Hanchao, who lived in the same room, were talking and laughing about going to dinner, but when he passed the coach's table, he was stopped by assistant coach Fu Bai.

Zhou Yi had no choice but to let Yu Hanchao go first, and he stayed.

What's the matter, Coach? He asked Fu Bai.

Fu Bai asked Zhou Yi: Zhou Yi, let me ask you, do you want to participate in the next Asian Cup qualifier against Syria?

Zhou Yi was surprised that the assistant coach asked this question: Of course I want to.

Well, but if I remember correctly, Dortmund's first league game after the winter break is on January 17th, and our game against Syria is on January 6th. If you're going to play this game, then You won't be able to participate in Dortmund's training camp during the winter break.

Zhou Yi really didn't think about this problem, but he didn't think it was a problem, so he said to Fu Bai: I still want to participate in the match against Syria. I know that Director Gao said that he would strive to qualify as the first in the group. We lost to Syria, so we can only be second in the group?

Fu Bai said: A draw is also possible. Then you can think about it. We will communicate with the Dortmund club. Generally speaking, they will let people go. After all, this is an official national team game. But there are exceptions, because you recently The importance in Dortmund...

If necessary, I will personally intercede with Klopp. Zhou Yi said.

Seeing Zhou Yi's statement, Fu Bai also heaved a sigh of relief.

He hopes that Zhou Yi can play against Syria. After all, judging from Zhou Yi's current performance, his existence has increased the strength of the national team.

However, players studying abroad will have a dilemma between the national team and the club. After all, Europe and China are too far away.

Some overseas players are completely out of condition in the frequent back and forth, and the main position of the club is squeezed out.

He worried that Zhou Yi would also have this consideration.

It turned out that Zhou Yi was so straightforward.

Of course he didn't know why Zhou Yi was so straightforward-missed Dortmund's winter break training camp? No problem, he can take half of his sleep time every night to train with Dortmund.

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The two teaching games against Shanghai local clubs were not broadcast to the outside world. Therefore, the Chinese team's warm-up match against Jordan in Yiwu became the first game that Zhou Yi may appear in front of the public.

Naturally, this game has attracted much attention.

Everyone thought that in the warm-up match against Jordan, Gao Hongbo would let Zhou Yi start. At the pre-match press conference, the most frequently asked question by reporters was whether Zhou Yi would start.

And Gao Hongbo gave an answer that disappointed fans all over the country: No, he will not start. He has just come to this team, and he still needs to understand and be familiar with.

Then will he appear?

I can't guarantee this. I will decide whether to let him play according to the situation of the game.

When Gao Hongbo answered the question, there was no expression on his face. It was impossible to tell whether he wanted Zhou Yi to play or not...

But in any case, Zhou Yi's first trip to the national team was born during the coach's tenure, but there is no doubt about it.

In the warm-up match against Jordan, Zhou Yi really sat on the bench. Several close-ups of him on the bench were shown during the telecast.

There was no change in Zhou Yi's expression in the camera, he just concentrated on watching the game.

Hmm... as expected of my son! Zhou Jianliang, who saw this scene in front of the TV, nodded approvingly. Be calm! Like his old man!

Li Cuiyun rolled her eyes at the self-proclaimed Zhou Jianliang.

The TV broadcast also cut to a close-up shot of a foreigner with a big nose and beard in the stands.

The commentator Duan Xin said: Syria's head coach also appeared in the stands in this game. It seems that he came to inspect the condition of our players. Speaking of which, Gao Hongbo didn't let Zhou Yi start, maybe it was because he didn't let Zhou Yi start too early. exposed?

After a while, Duan Xin may have felt that there was something wrong with him, and added: But he personally admitted at the press conference that Zhou Yi and the team still need to get to know and get acquainted. Familiarization and understanding can't always be done on the bench, right? If Zhou Yi is not given time to play, how can he and the team get to know each other better and cooperate tacitly?

In the first half, Zhou Yi sat on the bench all the time and didn't even warm up.

During the intermission, he went to the court to warm up with his teammates on the bench.

However, after the start of the second half, Gao Hongbo still had no intention of replacing Zhou Yi.

Zhou Jianliang was a little bit impatient, and Zhou Yi, who occasionally appeared in close-up shots, still had a calm look on his face.

Finally, at the 70th minute, the Chinese team made a substitution and Zhou Yi was replaced!

Zhou Jianliang's suffering ended now. (To be continued.) Enable new URL