Although it was a training camp, there was still a time for reporters to interview and ask questions every week, and this time, Zhou Yi was selected to participate in the midweek press conference with head coach Jurgen Klopp. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

coincided with Dortmund's official announcement of the introduction of Shinji Kagawa, who was in the same position as Zhou Yi, and at this press conference, these two young players became the most concerned topic for reporters.

The Chinese reporter asked Klopp: "Buy Shinji Kagawa, aren't you worried about the overlap between his and Zhou Yi's positions?"

Klopp shook his head: "Don't worry, the two of them have different styles of play and have different roles for the team. And Zhou Yi's range of motion is very large, although he and Shinji Kagawa are both forward midfielders, their positions do not overlap. ”

Another reporter asked him: "Is this out of consideration for Zhou Yi's physical fitness?"

"We are going to play in the Champions League this season, so it is normal to strengthen the squad and replenish the squad and have multiple high-quality players in the same position. Klopp dismissed the journalist's speculation.

Next, a reporter threw the question to Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, are you worried about the threat brought to you by Shinji Kagawa?"

Zhou Yi shook his head with a smile: "Don't worry." ”

The answer was simple, but it was clear that he was confident.

Chinese reporters saw that Zhou Yi had such confidence, and their hearts settled down a little, but they still had to ask clearly: "Do you think you can coexist with Shinji Kagawa?"

Faced with this question, Zhou Yi spread out his hand: "This ...... I haven't seen him yet, and I haven't trained with him, so how do I know if I can coexist?"

The reporters also realized that they were in a bit of a hurry.

Is there such a question as whether it can coexist, and no one has come, how can you say it?

Through this press conference, the Chinese media saw Zhou Yi's confidence, which is a good thing. Zhou Yi is confident and not afraid of competition, so they are not so anxious.

Now Shinji Kagawa hasn't come to the team yet, and when he comes, there is a question that everyone cares about - within the team, how should Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa get along?

One Chinese, one Japanese, same position, competitors.

It's just so curious.

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For Zhou Yi, in fact, this question is not complicated at all - how he usually gets along with other teammates, how he gets along with Shinji Kagawa.

Shinji Kagawa is one of his teammates, that's all.

As for the issue of coexistence with Shinji Kagawa, he is not worried, because he feels that whether or not he can coexist is something that Shinji Kagawa should consider, not himself. If Shinji Kagawa can't coexist with him and is in excellent shape, Klopp has absolutely no reason to replace him, right?

So just go at your own pace.

Now Zhou Yi's long pass has improved a lot compared to last season when he started to train with long passes.

In the final game of last season, he almost completed a beautiful assist with a long ball, but it was a pity that Barrios wasted it.

After more than two months of training every night, Zhou Yi's long passing performance in the virtual space is getting better and better.

At the same time, as his fitness has improved, his range of motion on the pitch has further increased, and he has become more likely to use long balls. He fully experienced the thrill of finding a teammate dozens of meters away with a precise long pass.

It's like a cruise missile, where to shoot!

Now when he retreats to the back line and reverses each other, if he wants to push forward, he doesn't need to pass back and forth with his midfield teammates, and he pushes to the front layer by layer, which is safe, but also too slow, and the opponent can quickly retreat to organize the defense. So when Dortmund's attack advanced to the front, it was time to start a positional battle again.

Although Zhou Yi still has excellent situational analysis skills in positional warfare, wouldn't it be better if he could use a simpler and faster way to solve the battle?

Now Zhou Yi has a new weapon. When he is on the back of the field, he can launch a long pass at any time, and as long as he sees the space in front of him, he can immediately send the ball up with a long pass of more than 40 meters. Hit the other party by surprise.

And having a long pass also makes Zhou Yi's offensive means more varied, and the opponent is more difficult to defend - he can pass long or short, so how does the opponent know what he will do next?

It is precisely because of the hint of strength that Zhou Yi is full of confidence. Not afraid of any challenge.

Besides, if the main position is retained because no one challenges him, doesn't that mean that he is actually quite weak?

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Amid the doubts, worries and curiosity of the Chinese media and fans, Shinji Kagawa finally arrived at Dortmund's training camp in Austria.

He was accompanied by a huge contingent of no less than 50 Japanese media reports.

When they appeared outside the training base, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Good fellow, this battle!" one of the Chinese reporters chirped. "Hug back and forth!"

"In terms of the way he plays, he has already won Zhou Yi!" someone joked.

"It's a pity that I can't go to the locker room, I really want to see the two of them meet...... "Some reporters feel sorry for missing such a big news material.

"I said, comrades, should we hang the national flag on our chests in the future, so as not to be considered Japanese in the future. ”

"Then how can it? The Japanese are so obscene, they look different from the Chinese at first glance!"

"For foreigners, how can they tell the difference between China and Japan?"

"Well, that's right...... But I don't think there's too much to worry about. Let's come first, they will arrive later, and if they are to be mistaken for Chinese!"

A group of Chinese reporters watched the excitement and talked a lot.

Later, Shinji Kagawa entered the training base, and the Japanese reporters were kept out, just like the Chinese reporters, but they were still looking inside the training base with great interest.

When the Chinese reporters saw the Japanese reporters like this, they suddenly thought of what they looked like when they came to the training base after knowing that Zhou Yi was transferred to the first team.

The hostility that had been held towards them before suddenly became less - because they were all the same people, and they could fully understand the feelings of these Japanese journalists.

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So what was it like when Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa met in the locker room?

When Shinji Kagawa, accompanied by translator Junhei Yamamori and led by assistant coach Bwachi, came to the locker room, the players who were chatting quieted down and turned their heads to look at Shinji Kagawa.

"Hey guys, brought you guys a new teammate. Japanese player, Shinji Kagawa!" Assistant Coach Bouchi was concise and straight to the point, and there was no nonsense.

Captain Kyle was the first to walk up and stretched out his hand to Shinji Kagawa, "Hello, I'm Sebastian Kyle. Captain of the team, you can contact me if you have any questions. ”

After listening to Junhei Yamamori's translation, Shinji Kagawa nodded repeatedly, bowed slightly, and shook Kyle's hand.

"Hey, Zhou Yi. I know how to distinguish between Chinese and Japanese. Mark whispered beside Zhou Yi.

"How to tell the difference?" Zhou Yi was curious.

"The one who always likes to nod and bow when talking is Japanese......"

"Ha......" Zhou Yi covered his mouth and said with a smile, "You observed very carefully!"

Chinese people really don't like to nod and bow constantly when they talk. But he didn't know why there was such a difference.

While the two were talking, Kyle began to introduce his teammates one by one with Shinji Kagawa, and when Shinji Kagawa saw each teammate, he would nod and bow slightly when he greeted them, looking very polite.

But Mark has a different perspective: "Eh, if you say that the Japanese always bow like this, will their waists be good?"

"This ......" Zhou Yi was asked, he really didn't know how many people in the Japanese had a herniated lumbar disc.

As he spoke, Kyle led Shinji Kagawa to Mark and Zhou Yi.

"This is Mark, Mark Wagner, who was transferred from the second team to train with the team. Kyle explained.

After Junhei Yamamori finished translating, Kagawa also held Mark's hand, then bowed slightly and said in Japanese, "Hello, I'm Shinji Kagawa, please take care of me!"

There was no change in attitude just because Mark was a player who had been drawn from the second team to train with the team.

Next, it was Zhou Yi's turn.

"This is ......"

Before Kyle finished speaking, he saw that Shinji Kagawa had already preemptively asked, "This is Zhou San!"

"Huh?" Zhou Yi was surprised, "You know me?"

Not only him, but Kyle and the others were also surprised, would Shinji Kagawa know Zhou Yi?

Gotze also whispered to Mark, "Do they know each other?"

Mark shook his head with a confused face: "I don't know ......"

"Hey, what's so strange about this. Grosskreutz had an expression that I knew, "Isn't it normal for them to know each other when they are Chinese and Japanese, so close?"

Everyone is wondering, Kagawa Shinji made a string of Japanese, and then Junhei Yamamori translated it into German to solve Zhou Yi's confusion: "When I was in Japan, I often heard Kistersan mention you......"

Zhou Yi didn't expect Shinji Kagawa to know Keyster: "Do you know Tim?"

"Yes, I know him, he tried to persuade me to join Dortmund. He also often mentions Zhou Sang to me, saying that you are the most powerful young man he has ever met!" Shinji Kagawa said with a smile, and it could be seen that his relationship with Kister should also be good.

This made Zhou Yi feel that he had become closer to the Japanese player all of a sudden, because the two of them were friends with the same person.

"Ha, I don't dare to be. Tim, how is he?"

"Very good, he also asked me to greet you, saying that because of work, I can't go back to Germany to see you, I'm sorry. As he spoke, Shinji Kagawa took a step back and bowed to Zhou Yi, which was a bit larger than the previous bow. Apparently, he did it by Tim Kitter.

Zhou Yi hurriedly waved his hand: "No need, no need." ”

Kyle didn't expect Shinji Kagawa and Zhou Yi to chat, so he quickly coughed and said to Shinji Kagawa, "That, let's ...... next"

Shinji Kagawa reacted at this time, and hurriedly apologized to Kyle, and then said to Zhou Yi, "I'll go to ...... first"

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "You get busy first, let's talk later." ”

Shinji Kagawa bowed slightly to Zhou Yi again, and then followed Kyle to the next teammate.

The encounter scene where Chinese reporters outside the training base speculated about the smell of gunpowder seemed to be completely wrong......

They probably couldn't have imagined that there was still a bond between Zhou Yi and Kagawa Shinji.