Chapter 207: Barrios Under Pressure

On the day of the match, Zhou Yi woke up from his sleep, or retreated from the world of FIFAOL3. Although he felt almost 100 per cent unlikely to get a chance www.biquge.info to play, he still played a lot of games against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the virtual world.

The system also simulates the current state of the team, and in the player form column, it can be seen that many players are not in good shape, especially Barrios.

As the team's starting striker, Barrios is in black form, which represents the worst form.

Poor form does not lead to a decrease in the player's stats, only injuries and long-term training are not normal, but poor form will cause virtual players to play abnormally in the game, the ball that could have been stopped may be stopped directly out of ten meters, and the goal that could have been easily pushed into the empty goal may be directly pushed out of the bottom line......

Zhou Yi can also arrange those players to play at will in the virtual world, and those players are not playing, just like a coach. If this can't be done, Zhou Yi may not be able to play a few games.

He was in the habit of removing Barrios from the starting line-up when he saw him in such poor form.

But at this time, Barrios's face appeared in his mind, an expression under heavy pressure, a little annoyed and a little unwilling.

Maybe it was a moment of soft-heartedness, in short, Zhou Yi put the in-form Barrios back into the starting list.

He then maintained a game-a-day rhythm in the virtual world, playing eight games against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The sluggish form of the players has really had a big impact on the team's results, and in these eight games, Dortmund has only won two, drawn two and lost ...... Four!

Although Borussia Mönchengladbach was once the hegemon of German football in the 70s of the last century, with five league titles, four UEFA Cup finals and two titles, but due to the impact of limited financial resources, Borussia Mönchengladbach has now been reduced to a lift, relegating back and forth between the first and second divisions. They had just returned to the Bundesliga from the second division two seasons ago.

The strength of this team is not strong, and it stands to reason that it is not in the same class as Dortmund. But judging from the current league standings of the two teams, this is not the case......

After seven rounds of league play, Borussia Mönchengladbach won two, drew one and lost four, ranking twelfth. It's not a good result, but it's in line with Borussia Mönchengladbach's usual performances.

Dortmund, on the other hand, have fallen badly - they have one win, three draws and three defeats, and are in 15th place with only six points......

In terms of league standings, Borussia Mönchengladbach is two places above Borussia Dortmund.

Although the team's results in the simulation game were not satisfactory, Zhou Yi helped Barrios score a goal, and Barrios did not score a goal in the first seven games, and each time Zhou Yi had to replace him in advance, hoping to win the game. In the eighth game, Zhou Yi assisted Barrios with a goal, and this time, Barrios did not waste another chance, but scored the goal. And it was with this goal from Barrios that Dortmund finally got their second victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach......

With the ability of Dortmund players, Zhou Yi also felt drunk when he played so hard against Borussia Mönchengladbach. He's looked at the stats of the players on both sides, and just looking at the numbers, Dortmund is much more beautiful than Borussia Mönchengladbach.

However, football is not a simple numbers game, and it does not mean that players can definitely win the game if they are more capable. After all, football is a game of people combining with another group of people, the human factor is very important, people are not machines, there can be a variety of situations, these situations may ultimately affect the outcome of the game......

Zhou Yi lay on the bed and looked back at the miserable eight games, and then turned over and got up.

When he came to the bathroom to wash, he found that Barrios was brushing his teeth, since there were people inside, Zhou Yi should have turned around and walked away, and he would go again when Barrios was well. However, Zhou Yi saw that Barrios's eyes were blank, his mind was heavy, and he was mechanically repeating the brushing action in his hands, and the expression of Barrios under the pressure of yesterday appeared in his mind.

For him now, he can't even play a game, he is very eager to participate in the competition, and being able to play is as happy for him as if he won the lottery. However, he could also see that Barrios was not looking forward to the game very much, and he even had a little fear of the game......

Although in the real game, Zhou Yi can't help Barrios in person like in the virtual game to help him break the goal drought, but now he can at least use words to comfort and encourage Barrios, right?

So he said to Barrios: "Lucas. ”

Barrios turned his neck mechanically and looked at Zhou Yi.

"I went to bed at night and had a dream about today's game. Zhou Yi tried to speak as slowly as possible, and his pronunciation was clear, so that Barrios could understand.

Barrios continued to look at Zhou Yi, waiting for him to continue.

"I dreamed that we won the game away from home and ...... You scored the winning goal!" Zhou Yi said very seriously, trying to keep himself without a banter expression on his face, otherwise he might be misunderstood by Barrios that he was using the "goal drought" to entertain him.

Sure enough, after staring at Zhou Yi's face for a few seconds, Barrios smiled at Zhou Yi and said, "Thank you, Zhou Yi." If I could score, I'd hug you. He said jokingly.

He could feel from Zhou Yi's expression and eyes that Zhou Yi really wanted to comfort him, so he expressed his gratitude to Zhou Yi.

However, he didn't take Zhou Yi's comfort to heart.

It's just to make him happy, he doesn't think he's going to score today......

He doesn't even want to think about scoring goals now, because the more he thinks about it, the more pressure he feels, and it could be worse.

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Eating lunch at noon is later than usual, and you can't eat too much, and the coaching staff has requirements in this regard, eating too much of the meal before the game will cause more blood to flow to the digestive system instead of the brain and limbs, which will make the players sleepy in the next game, especially in the afternoon game, and the physical function will decline.

So you can't eat too much at the pre-game meal, and you have to keep your hunger at bay.

Someone asked, but the players didn't have enough to play and didn't have the strength to play.

This problem will naturally be considered by the coaching staff that during the halftime of a game, the coach does not have much time to arrange tactics, and more often it is when the players eat and replenish energy. Bananas are one of the most popular foods in professional competitive sports, because bananas can quickly replenish energy and a feeling of fullness, so players don't eat too much.

There is also a lot of energy to be replenished after the game, so the coaching staff will ask the players to eat as soon as possible after the game, rather than rushing home.

After lunch, all the players took a lunch break under the supervision of the coaching staff. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon after the lunch break, and after a simple wash and recovery, Zhou Yi boarded the bus with his teammates and took a bus to the venue of this competition, the Prussian Park Stadium, the home of Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The so-called buses are not provided by the home team, but by their own club's special buses, which are driven from Dortmund by the club's full-time bus drivers.

Whether it is a domestic or international match, as long as it is an away game, the team's bus will depart in advance, go to the destination through the well-developed highway network, and complete the task of transporting the players to the playing field there.

Zhou Yi sat by the window, and it didn't take long for him to see the white stadium roof behind a dense wood.

Stadiums are iconic in any city, especially in a sparsely populated place like Europe, where stadiums are behemoths on the horizon.

The Prussian Park Stadium is such a behemoth. In fact, Borussia Mönchengladbach's previous home stadium, the Boccabage Stadium, was much smaller and could only accommodate 34,500 people at most, and it was clear that the stadium could no longer meet the requirements of Borussia Mönchengladbach's club, and the construction of a new, larger stadium would also be a good thing for the club's future finances - as the club could generate more matchday revenue by selling more tickets on match days.

After all, the Bundesliga is not Serie A, and the attendance rate is very high, as long as the stadium is big enough, it will always be full.

The Prussian Park Stadium, home of Borussia Mönchengladbach, can now accommodate up to 54,000 spectators and covers an area of 209,000 square metres, which is indeed much larger than the previous Paucabage Stadium.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach's home game against Borussia Dortmund was at 6:30 p.m. local time, while in China it was 0:30 a.m. Beijing time.

It's not a good time to watch, but there are still a lot of fans waiting in front of the TV for this game. Because of this game, Zhou Yi entered the squad!

Zhou Yi's father Zhou Jianliang and mother Li Cuiyun also sat in front of the TV half an hour in advance, although there was still half an hour before the start of the game, but the live broadcast of the TV station had already begun, and the guests in the back studio were commenting on the starting lineups of the two sides - the starting lineup had come out, Zhou Yi was really not in it, he was a substitute.

While the guests were discussing in the back, the scene kept cutting to the Prussian Park Stadium in front.

The players are already warming up on the pitch.

"Eh, son!" Zhou Jianliang suddenly pointed to the TV screen and shouted excitedly.

When Li Cuiyun looked up, she didn't see it: "Where is it?"

"The picture flashes by, and you don't pay attention......," Zhou complained.

"The game hasn't started yet, what's there to see......"

"When the game started, we couldn't see our son. He's a substitute and won't show up most of the time. Zhou Jianliang took the opportunity to popularize some relevant knowledge of football to his wife. "If you want to see our son more, it's only now, because he has to warm up, and the TV broadcast will also give some footage......"

However, Li Cuiyun understood her husband's words from another angle: "Doesn't that mean that you can turn off the TV and go to sleep when the game starts?"

"How is that possible! Didn't you say it, our son still has hope to play!" Zhou Jianliang hurriedly waved his hand.

"Then you have to sit here all the time and wait for I don't know when it will appear?" Li Cuiyun yawned, it was already past twelve o'clock, she had rarely slept so late, and she couldn't stay up.

"Of course, it's National Day anyway, and you don't have to go to work tomorrow, even if you sleep late, it doesn't matter, just sleep lazy tomorrow!" Zhou Jianliang had all planned.

Li Cuiyun got up when she heard this.

"Eh, what are you doing? Didn't you say you should concentrate on it?" Zhou Jianliang asked.

"Make a cup of tea, otherwise how can you survive like this?" Li Cuiyun glanced at her husband.

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ps,Tomorrow is two shifts a day.,It's going to be the New Year soon.,During the Spring Festival, I'll try my best to ensure two shifts a day.,But if you can't guarantee it.,I hope you forgive me.。 After all, it's the Chinese New Year, everyone has a lot of things, if it doesn't work, I definitely don't want to change it every day.

In short, I wish you all a happy Spring Festival in advance!