Chapter 243: Fusion
The reporters outside the field felt strange, and the players on the field also had a feeling of indescribability. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
For Zhou Yi, in fact, they also have a lot of speculation.
After all, in the past month, Zhou Yi has become the most famous name in Chinese football.
Through domestic media reports, Zhou Yi's legendary experience from high school student to professional player is also known to many people.
Being able to go from being a student to a professional in that time, there is definitely something special about him and how great he is.
So the players of the national team also want to see what Zhou Yi is so good at.
At the beginning, everyone thought that Zhou Yi's performance in training was just mediocre, and any of us could do the things he did.
Isn't it just catching, passing, running, receiving, passing, running...... That's it.
It's not a big deal. There was no several-hitting, no beautiful volleys, he passed the ball when he got the ball in training, he passed the ball when he got it, and he didn't even dribble with the ball very much......
How did such a performance get Dortmund favor?
Or is it ...... In fact, we are also very good, fully in line with the requirements of the Bundesliga team?
Can we also go to the Bundesliga and play the main team?
After a training session, there were more and more question marks in the players' minds, and they couldn't understand what was so powerful about this new player.
After the training, everyone returned to the locker room, because Zhou Yi was a newcomer who had just been selected for the national team, and there was no one he was familiar with in the national team, so he acted alone, and when he changed clothes in the locker room, he was also alone.
That's it before the training starts.
But after the training, people began to come up to find Zhou Yi.
Of course...... I came with doubts.
The team's right-back Zhang Linpeng sat next to Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi glanced at him, smiled at him and nodded: "Hello." He offered to say hello.
"Hi. Zhang Linpeng nodded, and then asked, "Eh, Zhou Yi." I'm asking you something......"
"You say, you say!" Zhou Yi was very enthusiastic.
"Well, I've seen the media reports about you. They said you were still in school a year ago, is that true?" asked Zhang Linpeng.
Everyone else in the locker room was doing their own thing, but at this time, they all slowed down, or simply stopped, although they didn't turn their heads to look, but they were all listening.
"Of course, I still have a student ID. Zhou Yi habitually wanted to go through the schoolbag, but then he patted his thigh: "I'm sorry, I didn't bring it with me." ”
Zhang Linpeng waved his hand: "It's okay, I don't look at your student ID." I'm curious, I'm curious......" Then he suddenly asked: "How do you think the training in Dortmund compares to the training in our country?"
Zhou Yi was about to open his mouth, but Zhang Linpeng added: "Tell the truth." ”
Zhou Yi stretched out his hands: "I haven't been trained by a domestic club before......"
"No, I'll just say our national team. ”
Everyone held their breath even more.
"Well, Borussia Dortmund train more intensively than the national team. Zhou Yi thought for a moment and told the truth.
Hearing this answer, Zhang Linpeng glanced back at his teammates, his eyes were a little disdainful, and everyone understood the subtext, "I'm so embarrassed to say it, just open your mouth." The intensity of the training is not very high, and I haven't seen you perform beautifully."
Then, Zhang Linpeng turned around and asked, "How much bigger?"
Zhou Yi shook his head: "I can't say this......"
Zhang Linpeng glanced back at his teammates again, and this time he also secretly pouted - sure enough, it was a casual nonsense.
"Okay, thank you. Zhang Linpeng thanked Zhou Yi politely and left.
No other teammates came back to him.
Zhou Yi was doing his own thing by himself like before the start of training, and occasionally he would look at his teammates and look at them, a little curious. Some of these people had heard their names when he was a student, and they were only making their mark in the national team at that time. And now, they are already the "old men" of this national team.
As soon as he thought that he could finally be with them in a more reasonable way, Zhou Yi felt that the past year was like a dream for him.
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The players changed their clothes and walked out of the locker room for the ride back to the hotel.
There is a short distance from the pitch to the bus, where there will be reporters waiting to interview the players. If they are willing to be interviewed, the players will stop and answer a few words. If you don't want to be interviewed, just get in the car.
Anyway, in the end, it won't drive until all the players are on the bus.
But whether Zhou Yi wants to be interviewed or not, he must be interviewed, because the reporters directly reached out and grabbed him.
"Zhou Yi, I want to confirm a question - is it really the first time you have been selected for the national team?"
Zhou Yi smiled: "Isn't this obvious? How?"
"Did you know each other with your teammates from these national teams before?"
"Did they also go to school at Qingyang No. 1 High School before?" Zhou Yi was a little surprised.
Seeing Zhou Yi's surprised expression, the reporters didn't know if Zhou Yi was serious or if he was ridiculing their question for being too stupid......
"No, of course not. We just wanted to ask if this was your first training session with the national team, why did it give us the feeling that you know the team very well?"
As soon as Zhou Yi heard this question, he knew what was going on. Of course, this is because he has been training with his virtual teammates in the virtual world for a long time, but he can't say it, no one believes it, and he only thinks he's joking again.
He may have problems like this in the future, but he can't just give up his advantages just to avoid being asked, right?
Being able to fit seamlessly into a new team is an advantage for him.
Zhou Yi said: "I watched the game of this national team. Their 1-1 draw with Germany was fantastic! The football played by this national team is also my favorite kind of pass-and-control football, so I know them better before I was selected for the national team. ”
Zhou Yi's answer really surprised the reporter, but after thinking about it carefully, I feel that what he said makes sense.
Zhou Yi's style of play and Gao Hongbo's national team are really on par, so there is no problem with him liking and understanding this national team.
But even so...... Watching a game on TV and playing with them in person are two different things, right?
And...... No matter how familiar you are, you can't make it feel like you've been playing football together for a year, right? Now this level of tacit understanding is a bit excessive......
Seeing that the reporters seemed to have questions to ask, Zhou Yi decided to preemptively block their mouths, so he asked rhetorically: "What's wrong? Isn't it a good thing to cooperate with the new team and integrate quickly?"
He asked rhetorically, and the reporters who asked were speechless, and they didn't know what to say.
I had to give up.
Indeed, Zhou Yi's ability to quickly integrate into this national team is a good thing for all those who care about Chinese football. This means that he can show his value in the national team faster, isn't that what everyone expects?
Seeing that the reporters stopped asking questions, Zhou Yi also asked: "Is there no problem?"
No one answered him, so he smiled at the reporters and turned to get into the car.
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That night, Zhou Yi received a call from his father.
On the phone, Zhou Jianliang asked Zhou Yi how he felt on the first day of training for the national team.
"It's not bad, it's going well. The tactical requirements of the national team are also mainly pass-and-control, so I don't have much difficulty adapting to it. Zhou Yi said.
"Hmm. What about the teammates? Are they getting along? Are there any cases of worshipping the mountain?"
"I didn't meet at all. Everyone is very good to get along with, but I'm just in the team and I don't know anyone I know yet, so it's definitely not going to be like I did at Dortmund. Zhou Yi explained. "Everyone is very kind, and they will say hello when we meet. ”
"That's good. The national team is different from the club, we Chinese, like to engage in those things. Whether there is this session or not, you should pay attention to it yourself anyway. Don't offend people casually, your mouth is easy to ...... But don't be afraid. With your strength, it's already good if you don't be a bully in the national team!"
"Ahem, Dad. What do you say?" Zhou Yi felt that his father was thinking too much. He can't be that kind of person.
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The next day's training session was still open to the public, and the outside of the training ground was the same as yesterday, crowded with reporters.
In this day's training, Zhou Yi's performance was similar to yesterday, not much different.
The cooperation between him and his teammates is as tacit and smooth as ever.
The reporters didn't see anything new.
But in the eyes of their teammates, today they saw something different.
It's still the same tactical drill, passing and cutting together.
When the other internationals no longer wanted to see any wonderful connections and amazing tricks from Zhou Yi, they suddenly realized Zhou Yi's passing...... I can't say how subtle it is, but it makes them feel ...... Comfortable.
Yes, it's comfortable.
To take the simplest example, Zhang Linpeng is the team's right-back, but he often inserts assists, his ability to assist is very strong, and his physical fitness is also excellent among Chinese players.
To pass the ball to him, you need to pass the ball in advance so that he can play to his running skills.
As long as it is the ball passed by Zhou Yi, Zhang Linpeng never said that he could not receive it - if he is sprinting forward at high speed, then Zhou Yi will pass the ball to him very quickly, and he does not need to slow down in high-speed running to wait for the ball to come up, so that the defender can also come up, and he can keep the football at high speed and continue to go forward, directly past the defender who came up to press.
If he only responds on the side and does not want to cut forward at high speed, the ball passed by Zhou Yi will not be unhurried, and he will not be allowed to suddenly accelerate and then desperately reach the ball.
Not big, not small, not fast or slow, Zhou Yi's pass is just right every time.
This really made Zhang Linpeng feel incredible.
I don't feel anything once or twice, and three or four times can be said to be luck. But every time this happens, Zhang Linpeng doesn't dare to think about it, and if he thinks about it, he will feel that this is terrifying!
This is just one of the many details that Zhou Yi showed in training.
Different people see different details.
For example, in the offensive and defensive drills, Du Wei, the central defender in charge of defense, will feel that Zhou Yi's running position makes him uncomfortable.
Because most of the time, he wouldn't notice Zhou Yi, and when he noticed Zhou Yi, he found out that Zhou Yi had arrived in a very dangerous place!
But if he keeps his attention on Zhou Yi, he will lose his defensive target and cause defensive holes. And if you keep staring at Zhou Yi, you will find that Zhou Yi's running position is nothing special, he is jogging most of the time, just like walking, that is, his head will keep swinging.
Oh, and speaking of shaking heads.
At first, everyone didn't care, after all, whoever plays football will look at the situation like this.
But when everyone noticed Zhou Yi's point, they found that he almost never stopped swinging his head, as if he didn't have to watch the ball at all, his head was always looking around.
Does he have ADHD?
Or is there a problem with the cervical spine?
During the training, the teammates found more details about Zhou Yi, but also had more questions.
So after the morning training, Zhou Yi in the locker room was stabilized by his teammates.
This time, it was Zhang Linpeng who asked first: "Zhou Yi, I have another question...... We ...... before Do you know?"
Zhou Yi nodded: "I know you." ”
"Huh?" Zhang Linpeng was surprised.
"But you don't know me. Zhou Yi suddenly laughed. "I met you on TV and in the newspapers. ”
Everyone couldn't help but laugh - it turned out that Zhou Yi's "knowing" meant this.
Zhang Linpeng also laughed, and at the same time felt a little vanity in his heart - it seems that I am also quite famous!
For Zhou Yi's unobtrusive sycophant, he accepted it calmly.
But he still had to figure out the problem in his mind, so he continued: "Then why do I always feel that we are familiar with each other? For example, when I sprint, you give a fastball, and when I don't, you give a slowball......"
"That means we have a fate!" Zhou Yi continued to half-jokingly draw closer to his teammates, and then explained. "And I watched you before I passed, and if you're sprinting, I'm going to pass a little bit faster, a little bigger. If you're jogging, I'll pass a little slower. Didn't you notice that I was shaking my head all the time?"
When Zhou Yi said that he was shaking his head, Du Wei stood up: "Yes, I found that you are always shaking your head, is this your habit?"
Zhou Yi nodded: "Yes, I'm observing you." It depends on each of you. ”
"What is the situation of each of us?" whether it was Du Wei who was surprised, others were also surprised.
"Hmm. Zhou Yi confirmed.
"This ...... How is that possible?" someone blurted out without holding back his doubts.
"That's one of my specialties. Zhou Yi said, "I am naturally sensitive to spatial distance. ”
"Then you don't watch the ball?" Du Wei continued to ask.
"Look. I'll take a look at ......."
"Just take a look?"
"yes, otherwise how long will it take? Just look at it and make sure where the football is. Zhou Yi continued to explain. He was patient with his teammates' questions.
Hearing Zhou Yi say this, many people were silent.
They hardly take their eyes off the football when they play, and as for what is going on on the pitch, that's the occasional glance. If they don't watch football, they feel that they can't control football at all.
But Zhou Yi can not watch the ball, and he can also do a good job of passing and catching the ball.
They couldn't believe what Zhou Yi said, but this day and a half of training made them feel that what Zhou Yi said was right.
Zhou Yi's mouth can lie, but his performance on the training ground will not lie.
Zhang Linpeng was dumbfounded when he heard it, and then blurted out a dirty word: "****!"
Everyone looked at him, and he continued: "No wonder you can start at Dortmund!" This proud disciple of Xu Genbao, the best player of the same age in China, gave Zhou Yi a thumbs up.
"I took it too. Du Wei patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder.
Others also praised and marveled at Zhou Yi's ability.
The teammates were enthusiastic about Zhou Yi, and the atmosphere in the locker room was also a lot more lively.
Zhou Yi smiled and accepted everyone's praise for him, and also expressed his modesty by the way.
As he said to his father, this group of young international players is really easy to get along.
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There have also been reports in the media about Zhou Yi's national team training.
When the fans saw that "Zhou Yi quickly integrated into the team and cooperated with his teammates in training", "Zhou Yi got along well with his teammates, and talked and laughed in training"...... After such a report, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone knows the historical situation of the Chinese national team, Zhou Yi, as a complete newcomer who has no trace of Chinese football, is like a blank piece of paper, he has no connections and relationships in domestic football, and he doesn't know anyone.
Everyone is always worried that he will not fit in with the team, and that he will be ostracized and jealous by his teammates.
But that didn't happen.
The fans are relieved that there is no infighting in the team - that's a good start, isn't it?