The warm-up match that Zhou Yi was waiting for came after a week of training. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Dortmund's warm-up match was against Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, who also train in Switzerland.

It was a warm-up match at Bundesliga level.

And this warm-up game is not closed, but open to the public.

Reporters and fans alike can watch the game on the training ground. For Chinese journalists, this warm-up match is an opportunity for them to fully understand Zhou Yi's level, although they have already seen Zhou Yi's training sessions, but training and competition are different after all.

Or is the game more indicative of a player's level.

At the same time, they can also predict Zhou Yi's prospects in the first team by observing Zhou Yi's performance in the game, and see if his previous self-confidence is really justified.

Zhou Yi was very excited, and he finally waited for the opportunity he had always dreamed of.

Gotze noticed that Zhou Yi suddenly became different from usual, so he asked curiously, "It's just a warm-up game, are you so nervous, Zhou Yi?"

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes: "You're nervous!"

"Isn't it nervous? Why are you acting differently than usual?"

"I'm excited!"

Gotze was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "A warm-up match made you so excited...... This is not the performance that Zhou Yi I know should have. ”

Zhou Yi really didn't know what to say in the face of such a Götze, so he had to explain to Götze: "This warm-up match is very important to me, Mario. It's up to me to have a better life in the future. ”

Ge Ting thought that he was still asleep, and Zhou Yi had to go to the morning exercise, which was indeed a bit bitter......

But what does this have to do with the warm-up game?

Could it be that if you perform well in the warm-up game, you don't need to exercise in the morning?

Maybe there is some private agreement between him and the coach?

The more Götze thought about it, the more he felt that things should be like this, otherwise why would Zhou Yi always say that he was valued by the head coach?

Götze always felt that Zhou Yi had a very strong self-confidence, but he couldn't figure out where this self-confidence came from, and now he felt that he had found some reason.

He thought of Zhou Yi's daydream that he would play in the first team a little sooner than he did...... Could it be true?

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The warm-up match between Borussia Dortmund and Wolfsburg took place on the training ground, and although there were no stands, there were still a lot of spectators, fans from both teams - not a lot of them.

Most of them are journalists.

Journalists from Germany make up the vast majority.

There are a few local media in Switzerland, and another group that attracts pedestrian attention is Chinese journalists.

Since the domestic media reported the news of Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in training, the enthusiasm of Chinese fans for Zhou Yi has increased, and the number of Chinese media covering Zhou Yi on the front line in Switzerland has also begun to increase.

From less than ten people at the beginning, there are now more than twenty people.

Naturally, these Chinese reporters came to see Zhou Yi's first game at Dortmund, even if it was an informal warm-up match.

Everybody wants to see if he can bring his good work in training to the game.

There are a lot of players who look good in training, but when they get to the game, their performance is compromised.

Because training and competition are different after all, even if it is a warm-up game, it is more real than training.

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Before the game, Jurgen Klopp announced the starting line-up for the warm-up game.

The starting list of this kind of game does not explain anything, because the warm-up game is mainly to examine the state of the players and test the team's run-in, and who starts and who is substituted does not explain the problem.

There is often no limit to the number of substitutions in such warm-up games, and it is normal to change all the starting lineups in the game.

Therefore, it is normal that such iron-clad main players as Weidenfeller, Hummels, and Schmelzer did not appear in the starting lineup.

In the attacking line-up, Lucas Barrios, who moved to the team this summer, started alongside Kevin Grosskloitz, who also moved this summer, and Mario Gotze, Zhou Yi also started, and he was joined in midfield by Sven Bender, who also joined the team this summer.

It can be seen that the attacking end of this starting lineup is basically new players, and Klopp seems to want to test the level of understanding of the team's attacking tactics by the new players.

Jurgen Klopp started Zhou Yi and put Shahin, the core of last season's midfield, on the bench, because both men are playmaking midfielders, but the style characteristics of the two are not exactly the same, and Klopp wants to see how Zhou Yi will be different when he is on the pitch and Shahin is on the pitch.

As the players walked from the locker room to the pitch, Zhou Yi came to the side of manager Jurgen Klopp.

"Hi, coach. He offered to say hello.

"Is there something wrong, Zhou Yi?" Klopp asked him.

"This, I want to discuss something with you......" Zhou Yi said. "Can you stop me from taking me off?"

Klopp looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

"I want to show you that I have the stamina to play the whole game. Zhou Yi said confidently to the head coach.

His self-confidence comes from his current strength of seventy-six, and if it weren't for the fact that he had something in his head that could be quantified in his head, no one would believe it, and he really wanted to show this to Klopp as evidence.

Klopp looked at Zhou Yi in surprise, he was a little surprised that Zhou Yi actually made such a request to himself:

He shook his head and refused: "No." It's a warm-up game, I'm thinking about making every player get a chance to play, and if you don't come off the pitch it means there's going to be one person who won't play. That's not fair to the other players. ”

"I know, coach, I know. But for this one, let me prove it. Zhou Yi did not flinch, but insisted on his own opinion.

Klopp wanted to refuse, but the moment he opened his mouth, something suddenly occurred to him, and he said in embarrassment: "If you grant me a request, I will do what you want, young man." ”

"I promise!" Zhou Yi nodded without hesitation.

"Hey, I haven't said what the request is. ”

"Anyway, I said yes!"

"Well, let's make a bet that if you can keep playing the 90 minutes -- I don't want you to play the quality of the game in those 90 minutes, as long as you can keep playing the 90 minutes, I'll count you as a winner, and I'll cancel your special treatment in the future." If you can't finish 90 minutes, then you have to increase your morning workout from an hour to an hour and a half, right?" Klopp said.

"I accept, I accept!" Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly. "And I'm not going to walk around the game, I'm going to put in a good enough performance!"

"Go ahead, prove it to me, lad. Klopp slapped Zhou Yi the back.

"Yes, sir!" Zhou Yi saluted Klopp and ran to the pitch with his legs outstretched.

Looking at Zhou Yi's excited running back, Klopp snorted, then shook his head.

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When Zhou Yi appeared on the pitch with his teammates wearing the number 35 Dortmund jersey, the Chinese reporters on the sidelines were a little excited.

I didn't expect to get the chance to start in the first warm-up game, and it seems that Zhou Yi's performance in the usual training must have been recognized by the head coach.

A photojournalist picked up his camera and observed the expression on Zhou Yi's face through a telephoto lens.

"Well, smile, confident, calm. That's a good boy!" he exclaimed.

Zhou Yi's psychological quality is much stronger than that of domestic players!"

Everyone is waiting to see Zhou Yi's wonderful performance in the game.

After the players of both sides stood still, the referee blew the whistle and the game officially began!

Because it was Dortmund kicking off, Zhou Yi quickly received a pass from his teammates.

In this game, when Klopp announced the starting lineup, he had already arranged Zhou Yi's work, and he replaced Shahin as the team's offensive organization and rhythm control. This can be regarded as a "heavy responsibility" for an eighteen-year-old young man.

However, in the previous daily training, Zhou Yi's positioning has always been like this, so his teammates were not surprised.

Zhou Yi's performance in training proved that he was up to the task.

After Zhou Yi got the ball in the backcourt, he did not look up to observe the situation, nor did he hesitate, but quickly assigned the football to the side, and then ran by himself.

It's a rhythm he's familiar with.

Next, just like he did in the youth team, he will control the tempo of the game firmly on his side and then lead the wolf nose of Wolfsburg with his pass, turning the wild wolf into an obedient dog.

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"Jurgen, what did you and Zhou Yi talk about when they were at the back?" Assistant coach Bouis asked Klopp curiously in the dugout on the sidelines.

"The kid challenged me. ”

Klopp's words surprised Bwach: "Someone dares to challenge you? Did you scold him?"

"Of course not, I'm a kind man, Gerlico. Klopp crossed Erlang's leg and laughed.

"This ...... I beg my pardon...... Buitch laughed dryly.

Klopp turned his head and grinned at Bouches: "Am I not kind to me?"

Bwach leaned back: "I'm afraid you'll eat me." ”

Klopp rolled his eyes.

"Hey, Jurgen, what do you think?"

"I didn't think much of it, I thought it might be an opportunity for that kid to see the world of real adults. It's much crueler than the world of dreaming teenagers. I hope he doesn't cry when the time comes. ”

Klopp looked at Zhou Yi, who was swinging his head from side to side on the court, looking for a vacancy, and gritted his teeth and said slowly.