Chapter 18 What it's like to wear a Dortmund jersey

“...... In a friendly match that ended last night, visiting Borussia Dortmund defeated Shanghai Chongming 5-0 at the Shanghai 80,000 Stadium. Pen fun and court www.biquge.info but the game process was not as easy as the score suggested...... The game was a climax in the final fifteen minutes...... Yan Min, a young winger from Shanghai Chongming, was very active in the game, first in the 76th minute, when he fired a shot after a successful breakaway, but was denied by the post......

Highlights from last night's game were playing on the TV, with a newscaster caption.

Then in the 85th minute, Chongming had another great chance to score. It was still Yan Min who created the killing machine after breaking through on the wing...... When he passed the football to the middle, Wu Lei followed up with a header, but it was ...... high"

In the 88th minute, Chongming once again got a good opportunity to counterattack, Yan Min received Wu Lei's pass and dribbled forward along the side at high speed, but when he approached the Dortmund penalty area, he was tackled by Dortmund central defender Hornshu and knocked to the ground. The foul brought a yellow card to Hornshu and caused a strong displeasure from Yan Min...... In the end, Borussia Dortmund defeated Shanghai Chongming 5-0 to claim their second victory in China......"

“...... To say that Zhou Yi and Royce were not the most concerned in this game, the most talked about was a young player who was not very well known before the game. Yan Min, who was born in 1994, threatened Borussia Dortmund's goal on several occasions after coming off the bench, creating many chances for Chongming, who should have scored at least three goals if it weren't for his bad luck......"

"In a commercial match last night, Yan Min, a young player from our city, performed well in the game, stealing the limelight from world stars such as Zhou Yi and Reus......

“...... After the game, Zhou Yi took the initiative to find Yan Min, and after exchanging a few words with him, he took off his jersey and exchanged jerseys with the two...... It is the first time that Zhou Yi took the initiative to find someone to exchange jerseys in this trip to China, and I think this is also an encouragement from Zhou Yi to Yan Min, who has performed well......"

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Unlike the previous match, the Chinese media also reported on the game on a large scale after the game, but the protagonists of the report were Dortmund and Zhou Yi. And this time, the protagonist of the report has become Yan Min.

Yan Min, a well-known player in Shanghai, became popular all over China overnight, and everyone recognized this boy who was a bit of a newborn calf and was not afraid of tigers through a commercial competition.

The Internet is also full of discussions about Yan Min, and fans in Chongming, Shanghai, took the opportunity to introduce Yan Min to everyone, after all, the majority of Chinese fans are still very unfamiliar with Yan Min, even if he was selected for the national team, he also had a short appearance in the national team, but this does not mean that he is a star, he is still far behind.

As for the boring question of who can represent Shanghai football between Shanghai Chongming and Shanghai Shenhua, no one will naturally pay attention to it after the game......

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The Chinese media and fans were excited and excited about Yan Min's outstanding performance, while Dortmund was calm inside, and the game was played after the game, after all, it was a commercial game, it didn't mean anything, and what happened in the game lost its influence after the game, and it won't be remembered by the Dortmund players for too long.

The next day they left Shanghai and flew to the next city, Beijing, the capital of China.

On the plane, Mark, who was sitting next to Zhou Yi, woke up in a daze and suddenly found that there was a person standing next to him - the team's head coach Klopp.

Seeing Mark open his eyes and look at him, Klopp grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth and smiled, "Hi Mark, would you mind switching places with me for the time being?"

Although Mark didn't understand what was going on, he habitually nodded to the manager's request.

"Good. Klopp hooked his hand, Mark stood up, and Klopp sat down.

Up until this point, Mark was still a little confused and didn't understand what was going on, and then he turned to find Klopp's location. As soon as he turned around, he saw the team's sports director, Zorke, blocking him.

Zorge didn't say anything, just smiled at him, and Mark quickly dodged sideways, making way for Zorke.

Zolke nodded and said "thank you", and walked next to Klopp, who had already woken up Zhou Yi, who was also sleeping.

When he woke up, he found that there was a different person around him, and Zhou Yi was also a little confused.

Klopp said to him straight to the point: "Hey, Zhou Yi, let's talk about yesterday's game." ”

Zhou Yi looked confused.

Zorke was more direct: "What do you think of the other party's No. 28, Zhou Yi? You also went to him after the game to chat twice, and exchanged jerseys with him......

Only then did Zhou Yi understand what was going on, he turned around in his mind, and did not answer the question directly, but asked the two instead: "Is the team interested in him?"

Zolke smiled and didn't speak, and Klopp asked noncommittally, "What do you think of him?"

"It's good. Zhou Yi gave a positive answer. "I have speed, technology, and courage, but my body is a little weaker, but I don't seem to be a big deal, at least much stronger than when I was at the beginning. He also laughed at himself.

Klopp grinned, and he also remembered Zhou Yi's original physical condition. At the same time, he felt that Zhou Yi might be using his own example to hint at him - I had practiced such a body at the beginning, and the physical fitness of No. 28 was better than Zhou Yi, what else could not be practiced?

After listening to Zhou Yi's words, he touched his chin and didn't speak, falling into deep thought. Yan Min's performance yesterday really left a very deep impression on him, and the speed was not lost to the star players in Europe who are famous for their speed. Yan Min is not the kind of player with a very high height, and the visual inspection is similar to Zhou Yi, this kind of height and legs are naturally not very long, but the frequency of swinging is very fast, so that the number of touches of the ball is more than those players with long legs, and it is easier to achieve various controls on the ball.

However, what impressed Klopp the most was not Yan Min's speed or technique, but his mental state.

After being stopped by Hornchu with a foul, he hasn't given up on the chance to find a goal, and as long as he has the ball at his feet, he will attack the Dortmund defence and cause problems for the Dortmund defenders. Although he has already suffered three blows in this match, it is as if he has not been affected at all.

From the very beginning of the scramble with Piszczek that caused the whole stadium to boo him, to the end the fans cheered him on.

Klopp saw all these changes.

This young man, who never seems to know tiredness and frustration, is really funny......

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While Klopp touched his chin and pondered, Zorke propped himself on the backrest of the front seat and asked Zhou Yi more questions about Yan Min: "I think you are quite familiar with him?"

"Hmm. He was a member of a reality show and came to Dortmund to record it. ...... I met at that time"

Zolke was shocked: "He still came to Dortmund?"

"I played against Borussia Dortmund's youth team. Just like I did......" Zhou Yi explained.

"Then what are our scouts doing!" Hearing that Yan Min and Dortmund were anxious at that time, Zorke was a little dissatisfied with the performance of his subordinates.

Zhou Yi hurriedly explained: "Yan Min's performance at that time was actually not good, compared with yesterday, there was only one advantage, high morale, and the rest...... It's all slots. ”

"Okay......" Zorke accepted Zhou Yi's explanation, and then asked another question. "And what did you tell him after the game yesterday?"

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Yan Min put Zhou Yi's Dortmund jersey on a hanger and hung it on the wall.

He took a step back and stared at the yellow-black jersey. The jersey is facing him on the back, and the most eye-catching is of course Zhou Yi's jersey number "23", and the name "ZHOU" on the number.

Zhou Yi's number in the club is twenty-three, and he was also twenty-three when he first entered the national team. Later, after establishing the core position of the national team, everyone thought that he would wear the number 10 jersey, after all, the number 10 symbolizes the core of a team, the trump card, and the number that every player dreams of.

But Zhou Yi didn't, he still chose No. 23.

At that time, a reporter asked him if the reason why he was so obsessed with No. 23 was because he was a fan of "Basketball Flyer" Michael Jordan. How did Zhou Yi answer at that time?

Yan Min remembers.

Zhou Yi realistically praised Jordan's achievements in basketball, and then modestly said that he did not dare to compare with Jordan, and he chose No. 23 entirely because when he participated in the football reality show, he ranked first from the bottom among the twenty-three people in the audition finals, that is, the twenty-third.

So he used number 23 just to remind himself not to forget that he was the last one back then, and he wasn't a great person.

At that time, the media also praised Zhou Yizhen as a representative of "not forgetting the original intention, and always having to be".

Although Yan Min has always wanted to prove himself in front of Zhou Yi, he actually likes Zhou Yi very much, and even worships it a little, otherwise he would not have really listened to Zhou Yi's persuasion to him at the beginning.

He was very happy that his favorite players could have this attitude, and he always secretly asked himself to learn from Zhou Yi and "not forget his original intention".

Although he lost yesterday's game, Yan Min felt worthy of his original intention. Maybe this shirt is the reward.

He thought of what Zhou Yi said yesterday when he exchanged jerseys with him.

"Okay, Shengsheng made us villains. At that time, Zhou Yi said to Yan Min with a smile. "Yes, yes, it's the same as it was back then. ”

Yan Min naturally knew what year it was and what it was like, and he laughed embarrassedly. Back then, he really had enough secondary two ...... Of course, in fact, he is also in the second middle school now, but he himself has not noticed it.

'It was a shame that we didn't score on those chances. Zhou Yi shook his head again.

"We're out of luck. Speaking of this, Yan Min was still a little unconvinced in his tone.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi did not refute him, but nodded in agreement: "Yes, bad luck." ”

Then he took off his jersey and handed it to Yan Min: "As compensation." ”

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After staring at the jersey for a long time, Yan Min, who was still naked on his upper body, took off the jersey and put it on himself.

Then he walked up to the mirror and looked at himself in the mirror wearing a Dortmund jersey, and it seemed that he still looked like him?