Although the media fans didn't know Zhou Yi's position at first, he retreated and became a midfielder. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When it comes to training, Klopp can keep it a secret.

But there's no way he's going to make the warm-up game completely closed, right?

Some less important warm-up matches, such as a match against a local team in a lower league, can be closed to the public.

However, some warm-up games that are a little more formal are impossible to prevent fans from entering.

Some pre-season games are even televised.

So Zhou Yi couldn't hide the matter of hitting the back waist after all. It is impossible for Klopp to let Zhou Yi continue to play as a forward midfielder in the game, so the meaning of the warm-up game will be gone.

The pre-season warm-up games exist to allow teams to test what they practice in training with real combat.

Zhou Yi is performing very well in training now, but after all, it is training, and there is a big gap between training and actual combat.

Although the warm-up game cannot be compared with the real league, at least it is more practical than training.

So in the pre-season warm-up game, Zhou Yi appeared in the position of the back midfield.

In the first warm-up match that was open to the public, everyone found that Zhou Yi's position had changed.

Not the front waist, but the back waist.

This was evident from the stance at the tee-off.

Zhou Yi and Sven Bender stood on the line, in front of the back line.

This discovery surprised the Chinese reporter, but he didn't expect Zhou Yi to move his position back, is this because of the concession made by Shinji Kagawa's arrival?

When the Japanese reporters in the media table found out, they were thrilled - does this mean that Kagawa has a chance?

However, as the game progressed, the excitement of the Japanese reporters gradually cooled down.

Judging from the game, the core of the team is still Zhou Yi, although Kagawa started the game, but he could not replace Zhou Yi.

And the anxious hearts of Chinese reporters have gradually calmed down.

They found that Zhou Yi in the midfield position also played well, and there was nothing uncomfortable. And he has a large range of movement, and he is not fixed in the backcourt, he will actively step forward to participate in the attack, and sometimes even encroach on the position of the attacking player in the frontcourt.

This shows that Zhou Yi is still the dominant player in this team, and he controls the offensive and defensive rhythm on the field.

Although he was far from goal, his playmaking task was not weakened.

Because what they see will be ...... It's a long pass!

Although I don't know when Zhou Yi will be, at least he is using a long pass.

And judging from the actual effect, the accuracy is not too bad.

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Zhou Yi's performance in the warm-up match reassured Chinese reporters and fans, and also made those Japanese reporters understand that Shinji Kagawa was telling the truth.

Game after game, although Zhou Yi did not play the whole game -- and no one could play the whole game in the warm-up match -- the quality shown by Zhou Yi greatly shocked the Japanese reporters.

Japanese journalists have long believed that Japanese football is the strongest in Asia, especially in the midfield, and they have produced a number of European-level players in a row.

Hidetoshi Nakata, who was the first to become famous, was also the most successful.

There are also Shunsuke Nakamura, Makoto Hasebe and others in the back.

In midfield, Japanese football has always been strong. Previously they were weak strikers.

At that time, there was such a widely circulated opinion among Chinese domestic fans, that is, the Chinese team did not lack excellent forwards, Yang Chen, Hao Dong, Song Maozhen, Li Bin, Li Jinyu These are all very good forwards. The Japanese national team, on the other hand, has a good midfield, but no striker who can attack the city.

Now, Japan's forwards have caught up and overtaken China, while Japan's midfield still dominates traditionally.

But now, they feel that in the midfield position, in addition to South Korea's Park Ji-sung, China also has an extra Zhou Yi......

As the German media said, the shortcomings of Zhou Yi that they observed were prominent, but a little more prominent.

And his shortcomings are all focused on the physical and technical aspects, but these can be practiced and improved, and he can gradually get better.

Zhou Yiqiang's strength lies in his excellent vision and football awareness.

Japanese football reporters are knowledgeable people, and it is clear at a glance that this is the quality that determines the upper limit of a player's talent.

Even if they are unwilling, they have to admit that in this regard, Zhou Yi is better than Shinji Kagawa.

Of course, Shinji Kagawa and Zhou Yi play in the same category, and there is no direct comparison.

But if you want to be the core of Dortmund, Shinji Kagawa may be difficult to compete for Zhou Yi.

So after a few warm-up games, Chinese reporters discovered a new situation. That is, they are outside the training camp in Dortmund, and when they meet Japanese reporters, the other party will take the initiative to mention Zhou Yi to them, and then give them a thumbs up: "Zhou San, Sbarassi!!"

This sentence makes Chinese journalists feel as if they had drunk a cold beer in the summer.

Everyone knows that the Japanese admire the strong, and they are willing to praise Zhou Yi so much, naturally because they were conquered by Zhou Yi's performance.

This has greatly satisfied the national pride and vanity of Chinese journalists.

In the last 20 years, in the field of football, China needs to look up to Japan, the eyes of the Japanese are not even in Asia, but in Europe, when there were rumors that the Japanese Football Association is brewing to leave the AFC, apply to join UEFA, go to Europe to participate in the competition, so as to improve their level......

So it is not easy for Chinese football to be praised by Japanese football.

But now that's what happened.

Because of Zhou Yi's good performance, these Chinese reporters also have a sense of "honor".

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On August 10, after a training camp in Austria, Borussia Dortmund returned to Germany to prepare for the new Bundesliga season.

The first round of the Bundesliga will kick off on August 20, with last season's league champions Bayern Munich hosting Wolfsburg.

Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, played the final game of the first round at home to Bayer Leverkusen.

After returning to Germany, Zhou Yi received the first individual award of his career at the Brackel training base, the Bundesliga Rookie of the Year award last season.

When Chinese reporters looked at Zhou Yi through the lens, they found that Zhou Yi in the camera was holding the trophy, smiling with his mouth open, the sun hit his face and the trophy, and his cheeks glistened in the sun along with the trophy.

After Zhou Yi won the award for Best Newcomer, it also caused a wave of discussion in China.

In fact, it is not surprising that Zhou Yi won this award, because everyone saw Zhou Yi's performance in the team last season. You know, after only playing 21 games in the league, he won last season's assist king with 14 assists!

Such results, let alone the best newcomer, are eligible to compete for the best player or the best foreign player.

Therefore, Zhou Yi deserves to be the best newcomer, and it can be said that there is no competitor who can match it.

However, Zhou Yi won this award, which still greatly satisfied the vanity of domestic fans.

This is also the highest individual award won by a Chinese player in Liuyang.

In the case of the downturn in Chinese football, Zhou Yi is like a shot in the arm, making the hearts of many Chinese fans who have died beat again.

Now everyone is no longer worried about whether Zhou Yi will be able to stay in the first team as they were a season ago.

Zhou Yi can sit firmly in the core position of the team, which is the problem they consider.

Judging from the pre-season warm-up games, Zhou Yi performed well in his new position, and the core of Dortmund in the new season should be him.

After becoming the core of Dortmund, how far Zhou Yi can lead this team forward is probably a topic that everyone is more concerned about.

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Chinese fans and journalists are concerned about Zhou Yi's future at Dortmund, while Zhou Yi himself is concerned about Mark's future.

Judging by the pre-season warm-ups, Mark didn't seem to be very comfortable at first, but he was improving a little bit. By the time of the last two warm-up games, he had been able to perform very well, and he had scored beautiful goals, and there were more than one.

Mark's performance also attracted the attention of the media and a section of Dortmund fans.

After a summer of intensive training, Mark no longer looks like the hairy kid who has just been transferred to the first team.

Zhou Yi believes that Mark will definitely be able to stay in the first team in the end!

Of course, staying in the first team is only the first step in a long journey, and we have to continue to work hard to play or not.

But if you can't even stay in the first team, let alone play for the first team.

Zhou Yi is still very happy about Mark's progress and performance.

You must know that Mark's goal in the first-team warm-up game was not assisted by himself, because he and Mark have not played at the same time in the warm-up game, when he was on the field, Mark was a substitute, and after he was replaced, Mark came on.

So the two of them haven't been cooperating.

But because of this, Mark's goal in the warm-up game is valuable, because it shows Mark's true level.