Champion’s Heart

After Zhou Yi left the field, the Chinese team's midfield control also declined.

Syria, eager to score an equalizer, began a desperate counterattack, and took advantage of the mistakes of the Chinese team's backcourt in the 77th minute to get back a goal.

After that, Gao Hongbo also adjusted the team's tactics and changed to shrinking defense.

Strive to hold on to this one ball lead.

Because in the first round, the Chinese team lost 2:3 to Syria in the away game. They have two away goals. As long as this game can be won 2:1, they will have an advantage in the group rankings with away goals, ranking ahead of Syria and ranking first in the group.

In the end, the Chinese team successfully defended the victory.

After the game, the Chinese team and Syria had the same points, but because of the advantage of away goals, they ranked first in the group.

As long as the Chinese team can beat Vietnam in the last round of the group stage, they will fulfill Gao Hongbo's goal of qualifying as the number one in the group.

And Zhou Yi played a vital role in the process of accomplishing this goal.

His return to China this time can even be said to be fire fighting. Without him, the Chinese team might not be able to beat Syria at home.

After the game, Zhou Yi did not go back to the hotel with the players, but went directly to the airport by car. He will fly directly back to Germany by flight to participate in Dortmund's league preparations.

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After returning to Dortmund, Zhou Yi did not return to the team for training immediately. Klopp gave Zhou Yi a day off to let him have a good rest, and at the same time overcome the jet lag.

So one day later, Zhou Yi returned to the team for training.

During the training, Klopp found that apart from being a little tired, Zhou Yi did not show any signs of jerky cooperation with the team, and he was very satisfied with this.

Before Zhou Yi participated in the national team competition, Klopp was most worried about Zhou Yi's physical fitness, and the second was that Zhou Yi did not participate in the team's training camp during the winter break, so he would not be able to keep up with the team's training rhythm.

But judging from Zhou Yi's training. The second problem did not arise.

Zhou Yi's physical fitness did not recover. So Klopp modified Zhou Yi's training plan and asked him to follow the physical coach for physical recovery training instead of training with the team all the time.

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At half past midnight on January 18th, Beijing time,

Dortmund's away game against Cologne has started.

Zhou Yi, who participated in the national team competition, still started.

It was his fourth straight start for Dortmund.

Because of participating in the national team competition. Zhou Yi only played half of the game this time and was replaced during the intermission.

He neither scored nor assisted in the first half.

But Dortmund was able to lead Cologne by two goals in the first half, and Zhou Yi's contribution was not small.

He has no direct assists. But it helped Dortmund control the situation.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Cologne 3:2 away.

A few hours before this game, the Chinese team also defeated Vietnam 2:1 in an away game, and finally won the first place in the group. Advance to the Asian Cup finals.

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After the game against Cologne, Shaheen recovered from his injury. Start training with the team.

The Dortmund media have begun to look forward to the scene of Shaheen and Zhou Yi appearing on the court at the same time.

Double controlling midfielder, Dortmund will become the team with the strongest midfield controlling in the Bundesliga!

A week later, the nineteenth round of the league. Dortmund hosts Hamburg.

In this game, Zhou Yi did not affect his starting lineup because of Shaheen's recovery. He still starts.

After adequate rest and training, Zhou Yi has recovered his physical fitness, so this time he played for 70 minutes before being replaced.

And he had an assist before being replaced. Helped Dortmund beat Hamburg 2-0 at home.

The person who replaced Zhou Yi happened to be Shaheen.

This is Shaheen's first appearance after being injured in the game against Hoffenheim. After the appearance, Shaheen's performance was mediocre. However, after two months of injury, for Shaheen, the most important thing is not to have a wonderful performance on the field. Being able to step on the field again is already a victory for him.

As for the status or something, I will get back slowly.

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In the twentieth round of the league, Dortmund challenged Stuttgart away.

In this game, Zhou Yi continued to start, although Shaheen returned from injury and came off the bench in the last game.

But this does not mean that Shaheen must grab Zhou Yi's starting qualification after he can play.

Although Shaheen has always been the team's main force and midfielder core before this.

But now Zhou Yi performed better when he was replacing him. No matter from any aspect, there was no reason to replace him and make way for Shaheen.

So even if it was the core of the past, now it must honestly start from the bench and regain the main position by virtue of its outstanding performance.

In this game, Dortmund finally drew 1:1 with Stuttgart in the away game.

Zhou Yi has no assists or goals, but he has done a very good job in the midfield. Otherwise, Dortmund might lose this game.

And Shaheen replaced Zhou Yi again in the 66th minute. After playing, his performance was better than after coming off the bench in the previous game. It can be seen that he is gradually finding his status.

Next, Dortmund played against Frankfurt at home. Like the previous game against Stuttgart, Zhou Yi was still the starter and Shaheen was the substitute.

In the first half, when Zhou Yi was physically fit, he performed well and contributed an assist for the team, helping Dortmund lead Frankfurt 2:1 at home. This is also Zhou Yi's fifth assist in the Dortmund first team this season.

After his physical fitness declined in the second half, his performance was not as active as in the first half. However, Klopp was not worried about the decline in the team's midfield control. He replaced Zhou Yi with Shaheen in the 65th minute.

Shaheen also completed an assist soon after playing, helping Dortmund lead Frankfurt 3:1.

Shaheen! Beautiful comeback! Both Shaheen and Zhou Yi are in excellent condition. I think this must be a happy trouble for Klopp! Marcel Leff said.

He was right. When celebrating the goal, Klopp said to the assistant coach Bovac: It seems that we have to find a way as soon as possible so that both of them can play at the same time, Zelico.

No problem, said the team's assistant coach, tactician Zelico Buvac.

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In the end, Dortmund defeated Frankfurt 3:1 at home and regained victory after a draw.

Towards next season's Champions League qualification.

In the next game, they will challenge a formidable opponent-Bayern Munich.

After the game against Frankfurt, Dortmund's players found some changes in their training content.

The coaching staff is experimenting with a new tactical idea, which is to let Shaheen and Zhou Yi play the game at the same time.

Players are not surprised by this change. Zhou Yi was able to play because Shaheen was injured, so when Shaheen returns from injury and performs well, he will return to the starting lineup sooner or later. But Zhou Yi's performance is also good, it is impossible for Shaheen to return to the starting lineup, let Zhou Yi be a substitute, this is also unfair to Zhou Yi.

So the two of them will definitely appear at the same time.

As for how to play at the same time, this is something the coaching staff has to consider.

Through training, the players saw some clues.

During the period when Shaheen was injured, Dortmund changed from 442 to 4231. The original starting forward Qi Dan lost his starting qualification and became a substitute. This is to give Zhou Yiteng a place. Before 442, there were two midfielders in the middle of the midfield, one was Shaheen, the other was Sven Bender, and Kyle switched back and forth. This collocation ensures the defensive hardness and organizational ability of the midfielder.

After Shaheen was injured, although Zhou Yi succeeded in replacing Shaheen's organization work, Zhou Yi couldn't help much in terms of defense. If you continue to play 442, there are only four players in the midfield and only one midfielder in the middle, Klopp is worried that the team's midfield defense is not strong enough.

So he changed the team's formation from 442 to 4231, and let Sven Bender and Kyle start in the midfielder position. Zhou Yi can safely and boldly organize the attack without worrying about losing the ball in the confrontation.

This formation worked well. With Shaheen injured, Dortmund achieved consecutive victories.

The players have basically adapted to this formation, so make adjustments on this basis.

Shaheen returned to the position of the midfielder, responsible for rhythm control and scheduling, while Zhou Yi continued to stay in the position of the midfielder, because he was closer to the penalty area, responsible for more sophisticated offensive organization, such as the deadly final pass.

The two keep in touch with each other and have a clear division of labor.

At the same time, it is also possible to switch positions forward and backward. Zhou Yi can retreat to the position of the midfielder to make an inversion, and Shaheen can also go forward to organize an attack. After all, Shaheen also has a certain ability to make a deadly pass.

This is the dual core that Klopp equipped Dortmund with.

This is equivalent to double insurance.

When any one core performs poorly, the other core can continue to work.

Now even computers pay attention to multi-core, and playing multi-core on the football field is naturally an inevitable product of the development of the times.

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