Champion’s Heart

For some people, the frequent passing of football is a pressure, a burden, and a responsibility that they don't want to bear.

But Zhou Yi didn't, he thought it was trust, and every pass came from the trust of his teammates.

He likes and enjoys the feeling of being trusted.

And he also worked hard to live up to the trust of his teammates.

He analyzed and processed the football they sent, and then passed it on.

The game had just started, and because it was an away game, Leverkusen did not push up, but shrank in the backcourt and defended very cautiously.

Faced with such a situation, Zhou Yi was not in a hurry to pass the football forward, he could just turn his foot in the backcourt.

When he did this before, he had to take into account the thoughts of his former midfielder teammates. After all, he was on the other side of their territory, so he couldn't do too much.

But now, there is no need to have such considerations.

He has the final say on everything.

Consecutive inversions, continuous cross or back passes, and occasional forward passes, Zhou Yi observed the changes in the situation on the pitch in the process.

Leverkusen's midfield configuration in this game is pretty good, with returning veteran Ballack fighting, young Vidal and Barnetta as assistants, and talented players like Kisling on the front line. However, Leverkusen's defense is not very good, and there are hidden dangers.

Although there is a central defender in the Bundesliga's best team last season like Hyypia, at this time Hyypia is already 37 years old and on the verge of retirement. His physical fitness has declined rapidly, and he is no longer as brave as he used to be.

Ballack's return is a boost for Leverkusen fans, but Ballack is also old. Born in 1976, he is already thirty-four years old this year, and his career is also running out.

But their experience is very rich, coupled with the aggressive young Vidal and Barnetta.

Maybe it can cause some trouble for Dortmund in the midfield.

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After Zhou Yi and his teammates kicked several times in a row, he finally found a space, and he sent the football over with a long pass.

A little bit off, but still within the control range, Gross Kreutz chased a few steps and took the football.

Zhou Yi's long biography,

Very accurate to find teammates! Duan Xin said excitedly.

Many Chinese fans in front of the TV were also very excited. This is Zhou Yi's first long pass in this game. Just so accurate, it shows that he is in good condition.

However, after Zhou Yi passed the ball, he shook his head, not thinking that his long pass was successful.

Because there is a chance here, if the long pass is passed well. Gross Kreuz can use this opportunity to create a threat. But now he has taken the football down, but the chance is gone. It can only reorganize the attack.

This is not the effect he wants, at least not the effect he wants in this long pass.

So he ran up again.

Sure enough, after Gross Kreutz took control of football. Looking up, the opponent's line of defense was completely and tightly in front of him.

No chance. He had no choice but to pass the football back to Shinji Kagawa.

With his excellent performance in the warm-up match, the Japanese won the starting position in the first game.

But he was able to start so easily. I'm afraid it has something to do with Zhou Yi's retreating position...

After Shinji Kagawa took the ball, he looked forward. There is no great opportunity either. Leverkusen's players are still very tight against Barrios' defense, and Kadlec has been following him, unable to find any good passing opportunities.

Just when Shinji Kagawa didn't know what to do. He heard someone yell behind him, Pass it to me, Kagawa!

Shinji Kagawa turned around quickly and saw Zhou Yi hooking him. So without saying a word, he passed the football back.

After training and warm-up matches, Kagawa Shinji already knew Zhou Yi's strength, so there would be no hesitation at this time.

The football fell to the feet of Zhou Yi who jumped in behind, while Shinji Kagawa ran forward after passing the ball.

Now Zhou Yi's position on the court has become a midfielder, and he has returned to the place he was most familiar with last season, the place closest to the goal.

According to some theories, it is also where he is most threatening.

Of course, the defensive pressure faced has also increased suddenly. Vidal rushed up like a tiger and entangled Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi passed the football to Goce, who came up to meet him, and didn't let the football stop at his feet. Then he continued to run.

This scene is familiar to the fans and commentators in front of the TV, because Zhou Yi played like this last season.

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It looks like it's no different from when he played the midfielder... Duan Xin said suddenly.

At this time, the game had been going on for almost 20 minutes, and Dortmund, who was playing at home, took the initiative. Although the venue and weather conditions were not very good, Klopp's team still played normally.

And this normal has a lot to do with Zhou Yi. Because football will always be passed on to Zhou Yi, and then Zhou Yi will pass it on. His reception of the ball determines whether the Dortmund machine is working properly.

During this period of time, because Dortmund suppressed Leverkusen, the formation was somewhat suppressed. Zhou Yi has also been active in the frontcourt all the time, and he really feels like a midfielder.

Originally, modern football has relatively vague requirements for players' positions on the field. Tao Wei said beside him. There is no rule that the defensive midfielder cannot come up. Moreover, Zhou Yi, the defensive midfielder, is also an organizational midfielder. His defensive task is not heavy. When a suppressing situation is formed, of course he can come up.

In fact, not only when the team formed a suppressing situation, but also when counterattacking, Zhou Yi could also move forward with the offensive.

As long as he comes up, no matter whether it is Shinji Kagawa or Gotze in front, he must give way to him. He has absolute priority in the middle.

This is also what Klopp has repeatedly emphasized and explained in training.

He told Shinji Kagawa, who was originally playing the midfielder, that if Zhou Yi wanted to come up, he had to give him the position of the midfielder, so where would Shinji Kagawa go?

You can play as a striker in the penalty area, or as a winger on the wing. Anyway, Shinji Kagawa can play in both positions.

The game went on for a while, and in the 35th minute, Leverkusen launched an attack, but this attack was not completed, in front of Dortmund's penalty area. Their pass was intercepted by Subotic.

Subotic, who stole the ball, realized that this was a good opportunity to fight back. So he quickly passed the football to the midfielder Sven Cade, and Cade turned around and passed it to Gotze who retreated from the wing.

Goetze ran forward with the ball and he was soon met by Leverkusen midfielder Castro.

Facing the obstruction, Gotze did not dribble the ball to force a breakthrough. Instead, he passed the football to Zhou Yi in the middle.

When Zhou Yi received the ball, there was no Leverkusen player next to him. This is not to say that Leverkusen players look down on Zhou Yi and don't pay enough attention to him, but that Zhou Yi keeps running on the court. Just ran into the air.

So when Zhou Yi just received the ball, Leverkusen's defensive player Vidal rushed up.

Zhou Yi turned around. Keeping the football in front of you, while seeming to go the other way. On the other side, Gross Kreutz is indeed advancing at high speed.

Zhou Yi's turn plus Gross Kreutz's running. Leverkusen's defensive attention was attracted, and their defensive players also moved there.

But at the same time as they move. Zhou Yi suddenly turned around and passed the football to the other side, where Gotze was!

At this time, Gotze has rushed up. The football from Zhouyi bounced twice on the slippery turf, and ran forward, just rolling a little in front of Goetze!

The strength was just right, and the football did not stop at a place with stagnant water.

Although Zhou Yi's pass was a bit unexpected, Leverkusen's defense reacted very quickly and immediately moved to this side.

So when Gotze received the ball and was about to rush into the penalty area, Leverkusen's defenders had already moved in front of him.

It is not impossible for him to break through, but the field is wet and slippery, and the success rate will inevitably drop greatly.

At this time, Gotze shook his head towards the middle, and he saw Zhou Yi.

When Dortmund counterattacked and all the offensive players rushed forward, forcing Leverkusen's defenders to retreat, Zhou Yi did not run forward, but on the contrary, he retreated a few steps, which just made He distanced himself a little from Leverkusen's defenders.

This is to actively create space, because it is such a small distance that no one around him is marking him!

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Mark, who saw this scene in the south stand, couldn't help shouting: Pass the ball! Pass it to Zhou Yi, Mario!

He and Zhou Yi have played and trained together since the U17 youth team, and he already knows how to cooperate with Zhou Yi very well.

So when he saw this scene, he was afraid that Goetze would not see it, so he couldn't help shouting, regardless of whether Goetze on the court could hear it or not.

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But how could Goce, who has also cooperated with Zhou Yi since the youth team period, not know this?

When he saw that Zhou Yi was not moving forward, but retreating, he knew what Zhou Yi was going to do - just to make room!

So he decisively passed the football to Zhou Yi.

The distance between football and Leverkusen's goal suddenly became farther than before. This seems to be a symbol of the failure of Dortmund's counterattack.

After Zhou Yi received the ball, he didn't even pass the football out immediately, but controlled it.

This control gave the retreating Leverkusen players time to rush up again.

Oh, it's too late! Duan Xin cried out in regret when he saw this scene.

He believes that Zhou Yi should pass the ball or shoot immediately after receiving the ball, so as to make full use of this space. But after Zhou Yi took the ball, he waited for a while. After waiting, the space was gone.

But Zhou Yi was actually waiting for Leverkusen's defenders to come up.

If they don't press up, how can new, deadly gaps appear?

And in order to deepen this effect, Zhou Yi also chose to take the ball forward to meet Leverkusen's defender!

Kadlec rushed to him immediately.

At the same time, Barrios, who was originally in the middle of the penalty area, saw that Zhou Yi was about to break through the middle, so he pulled towards the side and raised his hand, indicating that Zhou Yi would pass the football to the side after drawing all the defensive attention to the middle. him on the road.

However, Leverkusen did not forget Barrios, the Bundesliga Golden Boot last season, and the experienced Hyypia followed.

For a while, Leverkusen's various running routes in front of the penalty area were intricate. If everyone had a thread behind them, it would have been a mess at this moment.

But a good or even top playmaker must be able to find the thread in the mess. The ability to find a void in the clutter. And faster!

In Zhou Yi's mind, he quickly found this space.

He turned to look to the right.

This makes Hypia very nervous, because Barrios is here, it seems that he really wants to pass the football to Barrios?

But actually. If there is an eye-tracking device, you can find that Zhou Yi's head is turned to this side. His gaze didn't look at Barrios, but fell on Gross Kreutz, who was also on the wing.

He was watching the movement of Gross Kreutz, and the space found himself. But what about teammates?

It's no use if no one can run into the gap.

When he turned his head away. I saw Gross Kreutz suddenly speeding up and rushing towards the middle of the penalty area!

He knew that the Grand Cross had also found a vacancy!

That was because Zhou Yi took the ball and waited. Then he dribbled forward with the ball, and after Barrios pulled to the wing, there was an empty space behind Leverkusen's defense!

After Gross Kreutz charged forward. Zhou Yi also swung his thigh sideways and turned his ankle sideways at the same time, just like a golf club pushing a ball into a hole. Pass the football.

Straight plug!

The football went past Kadlec!

And Kadlec has nothing to do except watch...

In fact, Hyypia also realized it when Gross Kreutz moved forward, but even if he realized that it was an open space, he couldn't make a decision right away. Because for him, this is a dilemma - should he continue to defend Barrios, or to defend Gross Kreutz?

It stands to reason that he should go to defend Gross Kreutz, who obviously wants to get the ball. But if he really went, Barrios would not be stupid, he would be left unmarked immediately. At that time, as long as Gross Kreutz takes the ball and passes the football sideways, Barrios can face the goal directly, which may be easier than practicing shooting in training...

Hyypia only hesitated for a short time, but still made a decision. He dropped Barrios and turned to defend Gross Kreuz. After all, the football is passed to Gross Kreuz now. No matter what the situation is, priority should be given to controlling players with the ball, as their threat is the greatest.

As for Barrios?

He can't take care of it anymore, and can only hope that his teammates can make up the defense in time, so that Gross Kreutz will not fall into the unmarked situation.

But with such hesitation, coupled with the lack of explosive power and speed caused by the decline in physical fitness after getting older, Hyypia lost the best chance to stick to Gross Kreutz.

Gross Kreutz sprinted with all his strength, and Zhou Yi's through ball was also very fast. He could catch the ball directly without slowing down.

His footsteps were very powerful, and the striding meteor suppressed Hypia!

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Zhouyi! Marcel Leif yelled, the football rolled into the penalty area, and Gross Kreutz was about to catch the ball!

Gross Kreutz—! Lev drew his voice.

Accompanied by this long roar, Gross Kreutz received the ball, made a sideways trip, widened the angle of the shot, then swung his left foot, and hit the middle and lower part of the football!

The football was drawn by him and flew upwards!

Because the distance is too close—the place where the shot is already closer than the penalty spot—even though the goalkeeper Adler blocked the angle, he only had time to make a conditioned reflex to raise his hand, and the football was already hit. On his shoulder, he changed the line slightly and flew into the goal!

The ball has been scored!! Marcel Leff's protracted voice ended here, and it instantly turned into a roar of excitement.

Kevin Grosskreutz! He took the lead for Dortmund! Well done, Big Cross! Well done, Zhou Yi! This is the passionate cry from the host Norbert Dikle.

The same shout sounded from the South Stand: Nice job, Grand Cross! Well done, Zhou Yi!

Among them, the area where the Black Gold fan organization is located is the loudest. Because of the Wagner family and Papa Bruno and the others.

After the goal, Gross Kreutz was also very excited, although he lost his balance after the shot, and his legs slipped out on his knees. But he quickly got up from the ground with hands and feet and ran to Zhou Yi who passed the ball to him.

When he was about to run in front of Zhou Yi, he turned around and motioned for Zhou Yi to come up.

Zhou Yi was also polite, and jumped up directly, and was carried by Gross Kreutz on his back.

Then, they waved their fists towards the South Stand together with other teammates, responding to the shouts from above!

The roar of these yellow and black fans even shattered the rain above them! (To be continued.) Enable new URL