After two days of intensive training, the Chinese team's training was closed to the public, and then in the training base, the national team played two teaching matches with a local Chinese league team in Shanghai. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In these two teaching games, Zhou Yi started the first game and was replaced at half-time.

The second came off the bench in the second half and also played half-time.

Because the teaching game was not open to the public, there was no media present, and there were no spectators in the stands, only the coaches of the coaching staff set up a DV there to film the game and use it for video analysis.

Zhou Yi's ability is more vividly reflected in the competition than in training. Because there are a lot of situations in the game that are impossible to predict in training.

And Zhou Yi's handling of this situation can really only be convincing - he is dealing with it as if he is an experienced veteran, which is in stark contrast to his age and appearance.

The other internationals of the national team are really unconvinced.

Because of the same situation, they didn't deal with it as calmly as Zhou Yi.

They are also playing in their respective clubs, and they are even the main players, and they have a lot of game experience. But when it comes to the game, it doesn't feel right.

"Experience" may sound a bit mysterious, but to put it bluntly, it is actually "the accumulation of methods". When you have encountered a situation enough times and have enough ways to deal with it, you will be confident when you encounter this situation again, and you will not be in a hurry.

Experienced people are people who have experienced many situations in their lives, and they have enough ways to deal with each situation, so they will naturally appear calm.

The same is true on the pitch.

Zhou Yi feels like a "veteran" who has been playing in professional leagues for many years, which is completely different from his resume of actually playing only four professional league games.

This is also what makes a lot of people feel strange.

In the end, they can only attribute it to the fact that some people are talented, and ordinary people need to rely on countless repetitions to accumulate experience, but such geniuses can be completely self-taught, which is simply ...... Have innate knowledge.

In fact, no one knows that Zhou Yi also has these experiences through countless accumulations. It's just that he can accumulate experience in his dreams, and he can bring the experience he dreamed about to the real world.

Without a virtual system, Zhou Yi could have taken five or six years, or even longer, to reach his current height.

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These qualities embodied by Zhou Yi in the game were also deeply experienced by the members of the coaching staff who watched the game off the field.

"At first, I thought that he was selected for the national team for the first time, and it should be a little jerky to cooperate with these players, and it will not be very tacit, and there will be a lot of passing mistakes in the early days. I didn't expect ......" On the coach's seat, assistant coach Fu Bai looked at Zhou Yi, who was handling the ball on the court, and sighed. "He doesn't have that strangeness at all, and he works well with this team!"

Gao Hongbo smiled next to him: "I have heard a 'legend' about Zhou Yi - that no matter what team he is in, whether it is Dortmund's U17 or U19, or the first team, he integrates into the team very, very quickly. His first training session was always a no-brainer. Remember his first training session when he first arrived?"

Fu Bai nodded.

"It doesn't feel like a first-time player for the national team, does it?"

Fu Bai thought about it carefully, and then nodded: "It's really ......"

"I don't understand why, but he seems to fit into the team. Pretty good. ”

"Well, and looking at his performances, it's hard to believe he's only 18 years old and has only played four professional league games. Fu Bai nodded and sighed.

"Indeed, he looks experienced. Actually, that's what I like. If you want to say how outstanding his technical ability is, there is actually none. Gao Hongbo said. 'But the feeling he feels when he's on the pitch makes me feel good. You can see how easily he connected the team, using seemingly ordinary passes, catches and runs to complete it. When you're faced with a ball of rope that is entangled with each other and clueless, do you feel a headache, old man?"

"I feel that way every time I see the cable in my bag. Fu Bai frowned.

Gao Hongbo smiled: "But Zhou Yi can always easily straighten out that mess." He seems to know what is useful and what is invalid. Know what to do first, what to do later, and then what to do by the way......"

Hearing Gao Hongbo say so much, Fu Bai heard it: "You like that kid a lot." ”

Gao Hongbo showed a shy smile: "Lao Fu, our team has always lacked a real organizer. Although Tang Zhuoxiang plays in the midfield position, his technical characteristics are not suitable for playmaking, he is more like a wing-back, and he himself prefers to play on the wing. And Zhou Yi is actually the person we have been looking for. I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to play him so soon, but I'm sure now. ”

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In the hotel restaurant, Zhou Yi and his roommate Yu Hanchao, who lived in the same room, were about to go to dinner with a smile, but when they passed by the coach's table, he was stopped by assistant coach Fu Bai.

Zhou Yi had no choice but to let Yu Hanchao go first, and he stayed.

"What's the matter, Coach?" he asked.

Fu Bai asked Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, let me ask you, do you want to participate in the next Asian Cup qualifiers against Syria?"

Zhou Yi asked the assistant coach strangely: "Of course I want to." ”

"Well, but if I'm not mistaken, Borussia Dortmund's first league game after the winter break is on January 17, and our game against Syria is on January 6. If you're going to play in this game, you won't be able to take part in Borussia Dortmund's training camp during the winter break. ”

Zhou Yi really didn't think about it, but he didn't think it was a problem, so he said to Fu Bai: "I still want to participate in the match against Syria." I know that Gao said that we should try to finish first in the group, and if we lose to Syria, we will only be second in the group, right?"

Fu Bai said: "It will be a draw." Then you can think about it. We will communicate with Borussia Dortmund and generally speaking, they will release people, after all, this is an official national team match. But there are exceptions because of your recent importance in Dortmund......"

"If necessary, I will intercede with Klopp personally. Zhou Yi said.

Seeing Zhou Yi's statement, Fu Bai also breathed a sigh of relief.

He is hoping that Zhou Yi will be able to play against Syria. After all, judging from Zhou Yi's current performance, his existence has increased the strength of the national team.

However, there will be a dilemma between the national team and the club for foreign players, after all, Europe and China are too far apart.

Some foreign players are in no state in the frequent back and forth, and the main position of the club is squeezed out.

He was worried that Zhou Yi would also have this consideration.

As a result, I didn't expect Zhou Yi to be very simple.

Of course, he didn't know why Zhou Yi was so simply - he missed Dortmund's winter break training camp? No problem, he could take half a sleep out every night to train with Dortmund.

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The two teaching matches against local clubs in Shanghai were not broadcast to the public. Therefore, the warm-up match of the Chinese team against Jordan in Yiwu became the first game that Zhou Yi may appear in front of the public.

Naturally, this game is in the spotlight.

Everyone thought that in the warm-up match against Jordan, Gao Hongbo let Zhou Yi start. At the pre-match press conference, the most asked question by reporters was whether Zhou Yi would start.

And Gao Hongbo gave an answer that disappointed fans across the country: "No, he won't start." He's just coming to this team and he still needs to know and get acquainted with it. ”

"Will he play, then?"

"I can't guarantee that. I'll decide if I want to play him or not depending on the game. ”

Gao Hongbo had no expression on his face when he answered the question, and he couldn't tell whether he wanted Zhou Yi to play or didn't want Zhou Yi to play......

But in any case, Zhou Yi's first trip to the national team was born during the coach's tenure, but there is no doubt about it.

In the warm-up match with Jordan, Zhou Yi really sat on the bench. During the telecast, he was given several close-ups of him on the bench.

Zhou Yi's expression in the camera did not change much, and he just watched the game intently.

"Hmm...... It's my son!" Zhou Jianliang, who saw this scene in front of the TV, nodded approvingly. "Hold your breath!

Li Cuiyun rolled her eyes at Zhou Jianliang, who was boasting about himself.

The televised broadcast also cut a close-up of a big-nosed and bearded foreigner in the stands.

Commentator Duan Xin said: "The head coach of Syria also appeared in the stands for this game. Looks like he's here to check on our players. Speaking of which, Gao Hongbo didn't let Zhou Yi start, maybe in order not to expose it too early?"

After a while, Duan Xin may have felt that there was a problem, and added: "But he personally admitted at the press conference that Zhou Yi and the team still need to know and be familiar with each other, and familiarity and understanding are not carried out on the bench, right?

In the first half, Zhou Yi sat on the bench all the time and didn't even warm up.

At half-time, he warmed up with his teammates on the bench.

However, after the start of the second half, Gao Hongbo still had no intention of replacing Zhou Yi.

Zhou Jianliang was a little out of breath, and Zhou Yi, who occasionally appeared in close-ups, still looked calm.

Finally, in the 70th minute, the Chinese team made a substitution, and Zhou Yi was substituted!

Zhou Jianliang's "torment" is over.