Champion’s Heart

The youth team's game kicked off at five o'clock in the evening, so in fact, at three o'clock in the afternoon, according to the regulations, Mark and Zhou Yi should appear in the Braker training base.

But up to this time, they hadn't set off yet.

Why?

Because they were waiting for Cortana.

This child... I called her, but no one answered, so I left a recording of the call instead. I don't know if she heard it... Standing in the living room, Mrs. Wagner kept looking out through the window , hoping to see her daughter.

Old Wagner was wearing a suit, and tried to sit upright on the chair so as not to let the suit get wrinkled. He didn't speak, but frowned.

And Mark and Zhou Yi have already packed up all the equipment for the competition, and are waiting to get in the car and go to the training base.

But now because Cortana didn't come, they couldn't leave for a long time, and Zhou Yi was quite helpless.

This woman... It's not a date, why are you late!

Mark's mood was slightly depressed.

At this time, he naturally hopes that his family members will come, especially his sister who has a good relationship with him. This is also an excellent opportunity for him to prove in front of his sister that he can take the road of football.

No matter what the reason is, he doesn't want his sister to miss his game today.

Even if it's just a warm-up match.

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But in the end, they didn't wait for Cortana. It was half past three, and Cortana still hadn't arrived, so the family had no choice but to drive on the road to the Brakel training base amidst mother's complaints.

Along the way, because the time was getting late, Old Wagner kept silent and drove the car very fast. Zhou Yi was sitting in the back seat, and even when he was wearing a seat belt, he had to hold the handle above the window with his hands, so that he could feel a little safe.

He wondered if the silent old Wagner was burning with anger. He really wanted to tell old Wagner that driving a fighting car was bad...

Old Wagner has been driving all the way. He usually took 20 minutes to see the distance, but he drove there in 12 minutes today. From this, one can imagine how nervous Zhou Yi must be on the road—he doesn’t want his dream in Dortmund. Journey burped because of a car accident.

got out of the car,

Zhou Yi and Mark grabbed their backpacks and rushed towards the training building of the youth team. When they opened the locker room door, everyone, including the head coach Eckel, was already inside.

Sorry, sorry... Mark quickly apologized to the coach and teammates.

Mark, you're late! The starter for today's game is gone! Some of the teammates booed.

Mark immediately looked frustrated, and Eckel waved at him: If you don't return to what you did, it's really gone!

Only then did Mark realize that his teammates were joking with him, and hurriedly ran back to their respective positions with Zhou Yi.

As the two of them began changing jerseys, Eckel continued what he had just said.

...Düsseldorf U17 is still in the low-level league this season. We have no chance to meet them in the U17 league. We don't know them too well. But I hope everyone will not underestimate the enemy. The content of our usual training is not how the opponent plays, but how you play yourself.

After finishing speaking, Eckel turned his attention to Zhou Yi: Zhou Yi, you are in charge of organizing the team's offense.

This is actually the content of daily training. Zhou Yi dared to do this in training, and everyone was used to it. No one would raise naive objections such as Why should this newcomer command us?

Zhou Yi nodded, and responded naturally and confidently: No problem.

He is really confident, because he and this group of teammates have cooperated countless times in the virtual world, and he is no stranger to this team.

Not talking big, let him command this team, he really has nothing to worry about.

These people are all players who have undergone long-term high-level training. They are always more tactical and cooperative than the team that I put together when I participated in the reality show, right?

I was able to beat Barcelona, ​​Chelsea and Liverpool with that team.

Is it impossible to command Dortmund's youth team to beat Dusseldorf's youth team now?

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The old Wagner parked the car, and walked slowly from the parking lot to the competition field with his wife.

On the way Mrs. Wagner was still complaining about her daughter.

The Germans attach great importance to football. When their children compete, the whole family cheers for him and takes a group photo. This will be a very important family memory in the future and an indispensable part of the child's growth.

If a family member is absent, it will become a lifetime regret.

When was the last time Mark sent the Wagners out?

That seemed a very long time ago.

The two came to the stand and were looking around, trying to find a good seat, when they heard their daughter shouting: Here! Mom and Dad!

They followed the prestige and saw Cortana waving to them.

Why did you come here directly! Mrs. Wagner went over and complained.

I heard the recording and came directly.

Then you should call us too. We'll wait for you until 3:30, and we're almost late. Your father drove the car all the way and I'm about to have a heart attack.

Cortana stuck out her tongue quickly: Sorry, sorry, I forgot.

Mrs. Wagner sighed: This is your younger brother's first game. I thought you wouldn't come.

Why don't you come? Cortana held her mother's hand coquettishly, completely unable to tell that this was a woman who was so sharp in front of Zhou Yi that he even had a headache.

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When the players from both sides walked out of the field, the people in the stands cheered.

Although it was a warm-up match for the youth team, dozens of spectators also came to the scene. They were basically the parents of the players of the home team Dortmund youth team. While sending their children to the game, they also watched their children's games.

Mark's parents and sister also cheered and shouted Mark's name.

This was Zhou Yi's first time participating in a competition between European club youth teams. He looked around the stands curiously, found those people in the stands, and suddenly felt a little envious of them.

This kind of scene is a picture that he would fantasize about every time he played football in China.

Anyone who has played football in school can probably understand that feeling. If someone on the sidelines watches and cheers for them, then everyone can perform at a super level. If there are beauties in the game... then everyone will feel as if they have been beaten.

German football is just a warm-up match between the youth teams, and there are dozens of spectators. How could it be possible that their level is not high?

In this country, football has penetrated into every aspect of social life.

In China, football is just football, and it loses its vitality when it leaves the football field.

Based on what Zhou Yi has seen and heard in Europe in the past few months, he feels that this is the biggest gap between Chinese football and European football, like a gap.

It's not that the national football skills are inferior to others, and it's not even the football system.

But the entire society, the gap in all aspects.

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Although it is a warm-up match, there are also many ceremonies before the match, from shaking hands in line to exchanging team flags, to picking sides, it is very formal.

Then the game started.

The moment Zhou Yi received the ball, coach Eker's eyes were firmly locked on him.

This warm-up match actually has one purpose, which is to examine Zhou Yi's performance.

After all, training and competition are different. Some people can perform like a world-class player in training, but when it comes to real competition, they will immediately fail.

Although the gap in Zhouyi is not that big, it still needs attention.

After Zhou Yi received the ball, he didn't observe it, but directly passed the football out again. A very simple pass moved the football from the center to the side.

Then he began to shake his head from side to side to observe the situation, while running to the next place.

Eckel is no stranger to this scene, and he is used to seeing it in training.

What he cares more about is how Zhou Yi will command the team and dominate the game.

He only watched it for five minutes before a different look appeared on his face.

Because during these five minutes, the football has been turning around under the feet of the Dortmund youth team players, and the Dusseldorf youth team has not even touched the football!

The football will always be passed to Zhou Yi, and then Zhou Yi will pass it to the next person, and then he will run, receive the pass, and then pass the football to another teammate.

Just pass back and forth like this, and it's not just in the backcourt. This kind of pass goes from the backcourt to the midfield, but it doesn't enter the 30-meter area of ​​the Dusseldorf youth team.

This kind of transmission has been practiced by the Dortmund youth team in recent training, but it is still very surprising that it can achieve such an effect.

Who is all this because of?

Eckel is well aware.

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Zhou Yi observed the performance of the Düsseldorf youth team through five minutes of kicking, and found that it was the same as what he encountered in the world.

The Düsseldorf youth team was a little overwhelmed when they fell so low in Dortmund. They even felt that this kind of falling was a humiliation to them.

So they began to press hard, trying to grab the back and forth ball of Dortmund.

Dortmund, who were originally crossing and passing back, suddenly accelerated the rhythm!

When Zhou Yi received the ball again, he chose a through ball!

With a straight kick, the football passed through the space between the left central defender and the left back of Dusseldorf, and fell into the space behind their defense line, while Dennis Hoffmann, the right midfielder of the Dortmund youth team, passed from behind. Plug in at high speed and catch the ball just right!

And he was already behind the defense of the Düsseldorf youth team. In front of him, no one could stop him except a goalkeeper!

The rest is suddenly very simple.

After receiving the ball, Hoffman cut inside, facing the goalkeeper of the Düsseldorf youth team who made a hasty attack, he chose to shoot with a kick.

The football drew an arc, bypassed the goalkeeper's ten fingers, hung straight to the back corner of the goal, and flew into the goal by rubbing against the goal post!

1:0!

Only six minutes into the game, the Dortmund youth team took the lead in the game, and the ball was assisted by Zhou Yi!

Hoffman, who scored the goal, ran to Zhou Yi, who assisted him, and a group of people hugged together.

This is simply the best proof that Zhou Yi has integrated into the team!