The team has a 10-on-10 full-time match every week, which is not long, only 20 minutes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Speaking of which, it is to decide who will play in the league at the weekend. But in reality everyone knows that it is child's play to rely on this informal game to decide who can play and who can't.

So in fact, the real purpose of this game is just to keep the players in shape.

Since his first time in the U19 intra-squad competition, Mark has never been separated from Zhou Yi again.

So his initial performance was really lackluster - in fact, it was very polite to say that it was not very good.

Without Zhou Yi's support and help, Mark couldn't find his rhythm at all.

However, as he trained harder, his performance in the team began to improve.

He also seems to be used to how to play his level without Zhou Yi.

Most importantly, he is positive.

A ball, whether he can get it or not, he will always grab it, even if it will be knocked down by the opposing defender in the end.

When the opposing defender has the ball, he will go up and press.

On the pitch, Mark can always be seen running.

The same is true for this intra-team competition.

He was still very positive and scored a goal in the game.

Despite his impressive performances in intra-team competitions, Mark has gotten used to not being able to get the treatment of playing no matter what.

He didn't think about why he couldn't play yet.

Maybe it's because the coach doesn't think he's done well enough.

So just keep up the good work.

Now Mark, he doesn't think much about how to slap Schneider in the face.

Schneider would still taunt him, but he ignored them and focused all his energy on training and improving himself.

Of course, his approach made Schneider think that Mark had returned to his previous state of bullying him, and he felt that Mark had resigned himself to his fate.

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On the day of the match, the players gathered at the Bracker training base and then took a bus to the Schalke 04 training base, which is 20 kilometers away, to challenge their opponents.

Mark was named in the squad for the race, so he was in the car as well.

But Yebara hasn't announced his starting lineup, and of course, Mark doesn't even think about whether he'll start now. He's used to being in the squad but not being able to play.

In the locker room at the Schalke 04 training base, Yebala announced the starting line-up.

Zhou Yi and Gotze all appeared, but Mark was still not there.

For such an arrangement, not only Mark, but even Zhou Yi is accustomed to it.

Neither man reacted as much as Mark did when he was left out of the starting line-up for the first time. Mark calmly accepted the arrangement of not playing again.

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When Zhou Yi appeared on the court with his teammates to warm up, he looked around again. It was also his first time competing in the Ruhr derby in the Under-19 age group.

Judging from his observations, the U19 Ruhr derby is even higher and more eye-catching than the U17 derby.

This can be seen from the spectators on the sidelines.

In addition to the parents of the young players, there are also many people who wear sportswear to dress up as players outside the field.

They are all players from various echelons of Schalke 04.

There will even be first-team players – it's easy to tell if they're surrounded by a number of autographs and photos, they're all first-team players.

The Under-19s are already considered the highest level in the youth team, and many Under-19 players will be transferred directly to the first team if they perform well, not just for Borussia Dortmund, but for the whole Bundesliga.

Therefore, the Ruhr derby at the U19 level, which can be regarded as second only to the Ruhr derby of the first team, has naturally attracted much attention.

Zhou Yi, who was looking around, also found Yang Muge in the crowd.

The night before the game, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge chatted for a while on QQ, speaking of today's game, Yang Muge, who had just started playing in U17, said that he was going to watch the game, and Zhou Yi expressed his welcome.

The two of them are now in Germany, only 20 kilometers apart, but in fact, they have never met at all except during the competition, and they usually rely on QQ, a free contact tool.

Through QQ, Zhou Yi learned that Yang Muge began to play in U17. Also through QQ, Yang Muge also learned that Zhou Yi was promoted to U19 after the U17 Ruhr derby, and became the main player as soon as he went up.

Yang Muge was not very surprised by this, because he thought that Zhou Yi deserved such treatment.

Yang Muge saw that Zhou Yi had discovered him, and he didn't beckon, but just smiled at him.

Zhou Yi also didn't take the initiative to greet a Schalke 04 player in a hostile derby, and he smiled back.

The two of them finished greeting in this way.

After Zhou Yi said hello, he continued his warm-up.

And a person appeared next to Yang Muge: "That's your friend Zhou Yi Yang?"

Yang Muge turned his head to look, only to find that it was a teammate from his own team, Julian Draxler.

This teammate is almost two years younger than Yang Muge, only fifteen years old this year, but he is already the absolute main force of Schalke 04U17. A true genius like Gotze.

Yang Muge nodded at Draxler: "Yes." ”

Draxler was clearly interested in Zhou Yi. The last time the two sides met, Dortmund U17 did not have Götze, but also won Schalke 04, Mark scored twice, but Draxler did fancy Zhou Yi, who was responsible for the whole game and shouldered the task of organizing the attack of Dortmund U17.

After the game, Draxler took the initiative to come to Yang Muge's side and asked him about Zhou Yi, not only learned Zhou Yi's name, but also knew that Zhou Yi was an amateur player!

This was a very big shock to him at the time.

Because his Schalke 04U17 actually lost to Dortmund U17 led by an amateur player......

"Is he really like you say, just a short time in Dortmund?"

"Well, he should have come more than a month earlier than me......" Yang Muge said.

Draxler set his sights on Zhou Yi, the last time he saw him in Dortmund U17, and now goodbye, he has already gone to Dortmund U19, which is a jump speed......

How does an amateur player do it?

In Draxler's opinion, Zhou Yi had too many fascinations, which made him very curious and unconvinced - he actually lost to an amateur player!

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When the game officially began, Schalke 04, playing at home, took advantage of their home advantage and launched a fierce attack on Borussia Dortmund U19.

The stands were also full of shouts from Schalke 04 fans.

Because of the tension between the fans on both sides, it is rare for fans to be willing to go to the opposing stadium in person. It's not that I'm worried about being beaten, it's just because I don't care about it.

This is true both for the first team and for the Under-19s.

In the last U17 Ruhr derby, Dortmund was at home, and Schalke 04 had almost no fans on their side.

Taking advantage of the home advantage, Schalke 04 performed very well.

Although their results in the Under-19 league as a whole have not been good, the derby has always been to be presented individually.

The difference in quality between the two sides can be bridged in derby.

So when the opening 30 minutes, Schalke 04 scored two goals in a row to take a two-goal lead, which was not surprising.

The scene was thunderous.

But Borussia Dortmund's U19 side didn't give up either.

The importance of the derby is the same for both sides, Schalke 04 is full of morale and scored two goals, how can Dortmund give up so easily?

So after gradually relieving themselves and withstanding the onslaught of Schalke 04, Dortmund began to brew a counteroffensive.

And the mastermind of the counterattack is naturally Zhou Yi, who is now the core of the midfield of the U19.

Although he is not guaranteed to play 90 minutes in every game due to fitness reasons, it is much better than when he was in China and had to be substituted for about 70 minutes per game.

Whether it is physical fitness or strength, after receiving professional and formal training, Zhou Yi has made significant progress.

Scientific and correct training methods coupled with a diligent and hard-working training attitude are the key reasons for Zhouyi's rapid progress.

Zhou Yi frequently passes and receives the ball with his teammates on the field, and if there are statistics, it can be found that the player he passes the most by him is Gotze.

After more than a month of competition and training, the tacit understanding between the two has surpassed that of other teammates.

When Gotze picked up the ball on the wing, he suddenly changed to the middle, and he was naturally guarded by the Schalke 04 players, and in an instant, three Schalke 04 players appeared around him to prevent him from continuing to break through into the box.

Gotze didn't force a breakthrough with the ball himself, but chose to pass the ball out.

He passed the football to Zhou Yi, who picked him up in the middle.

He then cut away from the ball.

Zhou Yi did not stop after receiving Gotze's ball, but directly passed it out again!

He picked the ball over the head of the Schalke 04 defender who pounced on him and crashed into the space behind the Schalke 04 defence!

And Götze ran right where, receiving the ball and not being offside!

"Pretty!!"

Zhou Yi was knocked down from behind by a Schalke 04 player as soon as he finished passing, but it didn't matter, his task was done.

The opponent was a little slower, so as not to let him catch the opportunity to pass the ball with his feet. If Zhou Yi didn't pass the ball directly at that time, but stopped the football and passed it again, the ball would not have been passed.

Götze, who received Zhou Yi's pass, unloaded the football beautifully, and he had already faced the goalkeeper single-handedly!

I saw that after he unloaded the ball, he quickly changed his feet and shot directly!

The football flew into the goal from the side of the Schalke 04 goalkeeper who was caught off guard!

1：2！

Borussia Dortmund U19 pull a goal back!

Screams of excitement erupted from the bench and coach's bench at Dortmund U19 on the sidelines.

Marc was among them, jumping to his feet and raising his arms and shouting: "BVB!!BVB!! (BVB is the abbreviation of Dortmund FC) Oh!b-v-b——!!"

And Gotze, who scored the goal, turned around and ran to Zhou Yi and gave him a big hug.

The rest of Borussia Dortmund's U19s flocked to the two of them to celebrate with them on Schalke 04's turf.

All around, there was a lot of boos, and they turned a blind eye.

It's about celebrating fiercely on the territory of the sworn enemy!

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Yang Muge stood on the sidelines to watch the game, he didn't go to the stands, he was next to Draxler, there were other U17 teammates, and there were also players from other echelons, even including players from the first team.

Seeing the team concede the ball, Yang Muge's teammates sighed and complained about the performance of the players on the field.

One person complained especially loudly: "Arthur should have come out sooner!

The "Arthur" in his mouth is the Under-19 goalkeeper Arthur Barrett.

Yang Muge turned his head and glanced at it, and saw the person who spoke, he was very tall with blond hair, and he stood quite eye-catching in the crowd.

He is not his own team-mate at Under-17s, but an even bigger name – first-team goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

This U19 Ruhr derby has also attracted players from the first team, and Neuer, as a talented goalkeeper trained by Schalke 04 Academy, is naturally very concerned about the derby of the team he has played for.

So he arrived at the training base a little earlier than he could, just to see the Under-19 Ruhr derby.

He was quite happy when Schalke 04 led Dortmund by two goals, laughing and taunting Dortmund off the pitch.

However, the goal conceded made him very unhappy.

Because in his opinion, this conceded goal is a mistake by the goalkeeper, and if the goalkeeper can attack in time, it can create great psychological pressure on Gotze and interfere with his shooting.

Hearing Neuer's complaint, Draxler lowered his voice and said to Yang Muge: "I think it doesn't matter if Arthur doesn't attack this ball, the cooperation between Zhou Yi and Gotze is too fast, and there is no time for Arthur to attack...... And not all goalkeepers have the same wild heart as Neuer who loves to break out of the box......"

He didn't dare to speak too loudly for fear of being heard by Neuer. After all, the other party is the main force of the first team, and the big brother who goes out of the academy. If you say bad things about people behind your back, it's over.

Yang Muge also lowered his head and laughed when he heard this.

Because he suddenly thought of his roommate Sun Pan, that big man with a northeastern accent also has a wild heart......