Going to the West**** Stadium and standing in the south stand to watch a game really touched Mark. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After returning from the court, Mark went all out into training every day, and after the team's normal training session, he and Zhou Yi would practice in the gym, and Zhou Yi handed over the set of muscle strength that Wangle handed over to him.

Mark then does his strength training, while Zhou Yi does his physical training.

Zhou Yi also practiced harder than before, and it was not only a mark that was affected by the South Stand, but also him......

The two teenagers work together to improve their strength and realize their dreams.

During this time, the U19 league continued.

In fact, there are not many games in the U19 league, and there are only 26 rounds in the Western League, but the time is very long, because there are still playoffs, that is, the championship play-offs, and if you count the playoffs, the entire league will not end until June 28.

However, there is no need to worry about the lack of games, in addition to the league, there are also matches in the German Youth League Cup in which the U19s participate.

In addition, there will be some warm-up matches and friendlies when there are no league and cup competitions.

So the number of matches is enough.

Zhou Yi has solidified his main position in the team through his outstanding performances in games and training.

Yebara also put Zhou Yi in the position of the team's playmaker, he became the hub of the team's attack, and after Gotze was freed up, he could play a greater role in scoring, and he could also help Zhou Yi share the task of organising the attack when necessary, ensuring that Dortmund's Under-19 attack was not hindered.

And the benefits of Zhou Yi's insistence on physical training have also emerged, and his playing time is increasing minute by minute.

With the addition of Zhou Yi, Borussia Dortmund U19 has been soaring in the league, gradually leaving rival Borussia Mönchengladbach U19 farther and farther away.

As for Dortmund's sworn rivals Schalke 04's U19 in the Ruhr area, it is even further away from Dortmund.

The league has reached 21 rounds, and Dortmund U19 has 16 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 52 points and topping the table. The second-place team in the league changed from Borussia Mönchengladbach U19 to Bayer Leverkusen U19 with 48 points. Borussia Mönchengladbach's U19 46 points became third. Schalke 04's U19 is fourth with only 38 points.

According to the rules of the German U19 League, the whole of Germany is divided into three divisions, namely the southern division, the western division and the northern division.

Each region has 14 participating teams, and through 26 rounds of league competition, the top two teams in the South Division and the top teams in the West and North Divisions will advance to the final playoffs for a total of four teams. After a two-legged battle between home and away, the two teams that will advance to the playoff finals will be determined.

The final is a winner-or-lose match played on a gravity field.

Borussia Dortmund's U19 Under-19s will qualify for the playoffs as long as they finish first in the Western Conference and have a chance to compete for the title of the National Under-19 Youth League.

Borussia Dortmund also stood out in the German Cup at the Under-19s, reaching the quarter-finals, the quarter-finals.

The quarter-finals will be played on 12 April, with Borussia Dortmund U19s hosting Koblenz U19s.

During this time, Zhou Yi did not miss every game, but the playing time was longer or shorter.

Mark, on the other hand, has yet to play in the Under-19s, and although he has been named in the squad for several games, he has been on the bench.

But Mark's mentality is different now than it was when he first entered the Under-19s, he is not anxious about whether he will be able to play, he just trains patiently and earnestly. After training every day, I will work out with Zhou Yi in the gym.

At the same time, in terms of diet, both people will now eat a lot of beef and protein powder, which is gaining muscle.

After all, strength comes from muscles, muscles are the foundation, if you don't have any muscles, no matter how much you practice, your strength will not improve much.

In this day-to-day training, March passed.

When Mark plays against his defenders in training, he doesn't want to be like he was at the beginning, always knocking him down. There is a very intuitive impression that by the end of the training, Mark's clothes are no longer so dirty.

Mark is excited about the change.

Listening to Zhou Yi's right, he has finally found the right way now, even if he trains hard, he doesn't have to worry about messing things up.

Although he didn't get a chance to play, Mark always had a smile on his face, just like he did in his last days at Under-17s. He is full of great hopes for his future.

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Russ Riken regularly visits Yebarra to find out how Zhou Yi and Gotze are training and playing at Under-19s.

Both of these should now be considered young players that the club is more concerned about.

Gotze is the best quality product of Dortmund's academy and naturally gets a lot of attention.

And Zhou Yi is the transfer deal of young players personally finalized by Klopp, and Ricken will naturally not slack off.

"Gotze's performance is more dazzling, but it is actually related to Zhou Yi. Yebara said to Ricken. "Before Zhou Yi came, Götze had too many tasks to do. After Zhou Yi came, he liberated him and allowed him to play freely, which made him perform better. ”

Rickon is someone who has personally watched Zhou Yi play in the Chinese team, so he is not at all surprised by Yebara's statement.

I think that at the beginning, many people in the Chinese team were not as good as Dortmund's youth team, but after having Zhou Yi, they were able to compete with Dortmund U17 for a period of time, which is enough to explain the problem.

There are two kinds of cores in this world, one is the person who has outstanding performance and can personally attack the city for the team and win for the team, and the other is the person whose performance does not look as dazzling as the number one star in the team, but he is indeed an indispensable person, because his existence can improve the level and combat effectiveness of the whole team.

In Ricken's view, Zhou Yi belongs to the latter.

"I also consciously let Gotze and Zhou Yi work together often, whether it is training or competing, it allows them to have more connection. They're now my golden partners in the team. Yebara said.

Speaking of the "golden partner", Ricken suddenly thought of another person.

"By the way, what about Mark Wagner?"

"He?" said Yebara, surprised why Ricken had asked about this man suddenly.

"Yes, he was still very good at Under-17, how was he?"

"He...... I haven't played in my team yet. ”

Ricken was a little surprised when he heard this: "It's not him, right? Isn't his cooperation with Zhou Yi very tacit?"

"The problem is that he only cooperates with Zhou Yi tacitly, and he doesn't cooperate well with others......"

"That's so......" Ricken frowned, but didn't ask any more.

He also only cares about Mark in passing. The focus is still on Zhou Yi and Gotze, and he doesn't care how far Mark can play.

Ricken asked in passing, and then stopped mentioning the man.

But Yebarah suddenly remembered the man.

He noticed how Mark had been doing in recent training sessions and how he had changed.

One obvious change is that Mark doesn't concede goals as easily as he does when he plays against his team-mates in training.

It is said that he is training his strength with Zhou Yi, and it seems that this kid is really working hard.

When Mark was drawn to his own team, he looked down on his performance, what is the value of a striker who can only rely on Zhou Yi to send nannies to assist in goals?

His hat-trick in the team game doesn't change how Yebarra thinks of him.

To be honest, it is Zhou Yi's high level, which does not mean that Mark Wagner's level is also high.

But Mark Wagner didn't give up. Although he did very badly one day, he continued to work hard and got better and better.

There are not as many players in the youth team as in the first team, there are only 20 of them, so the coach knows very well how everyone is doing.

Today, Rickon suddenly mentioned Mark, which made Yebara suddenly remember that Mark still hasn't been given a chance to play since he changed. Shouldn't such a hard-working youngster be given a chance to show what he's learned in training?

In the past, Yebara thought that Mark was a player who would be useless without Zhou Yi, but now, Mark has proven in various training sessions and team games that he can perform well without Zhou Yi, and as a striker, he finally dares to fight against opposing defenders.

And not just dare to confront.

In intra-team matches, Mark runs more aggressively than before, and even if he can't score, his runs can make room for other teammates.

When Mark had just been promoted to the Under-19s, Yebara saw a young man who had positioned himself as the "successor to Inzaghi".

He can catch the assist sent by Zhou Yi and then score.

But other than that, his contribution to the team is almost nil.

After so many years of modern football, there is no place for an Inzaghi-style striker.

The role of the striker is not only to score goals, but also to be given more responsibilities, such as playing the ball for his teammates, such as containing the ball in the opposition's midfield and playing, such as going up to intercept when defending high......

A pure replica of Inzaghi that is worthless in Yebara's eyes.

He doesn't need a second Inzaghi.

But after this period of hard work, Mark is also changing, from a striker who only knows how to score goals and can't help anything except scoring goals, to a person who runs actively, dares to fight with opposing defenders, can hold the ball, and can participate in the team's offensive system.

He is more well-rounded than before.

This is not the kind of earth-shaking change that happened overnight.

It's about making a little bit of progress every day, and every day is a little bit better than yesterday.

If it weren't for Rickon's sudden mention of Mark, Yebara probably wouldn't have remembered it.

But now that he thinks about it, Yebara realizes how much Mark has improved during this time.

And the efforts he had made to do so reappeared in Yebara's mind.

Should such a hard-working player, regardless of his ability, be given a chance?

But......

Yebara had in mind that the next game would be the Ruhr derby, with Borussia Dortmund U19 away to Schalke 04U19.

This kind of contest doesn't seem to be for rewards......