Chapter 20 Ruhr Area Youth Derby

The last warm-up match was over, and Mark scored twice in the game. With such an outstanding performance, his warm-up match came to an end, and he naturally won the opportunity to start the next game.

In the next game, the fifteenth round of the U17 Western League, Dortmund U17 will face Schalke 04's U17 at home.

This is the "Rourderby" between the U17 youth teams.

In the football world, there is a saying that "no derby, no football". It can be seen that "Derby" plays an important role in football.

"Derby" is first of all a British place name, but it is probably most well-known as a sports term.

In simple terms, a derby can mean some kind of rivalry of parity and geography.

For example, if there are two teams in a certain city, the confrontation between them will be called a "derby".

But if the strength of the two teams differs too much, the derby is meaningless. For example, the contest between Milan and Inter Milan, two teams belonging to Milan, is called the "Milan Derby". But if it is a match between Milan and a low-level team in the urban area of ​​Milan, it is strictly speaking a derby in the same city, but no one pays attention to such a derby.

Because the strength gap between the two sides is too great.

Therefore, the important derby must meet two conditions, the strength is evenly matched, or you can't think too much, and you have to be in the same area.

Of course, the latter condition is relatively loose, and it can be changed completely according to the needs of the gimmick.

In the same city, it can be called "same city derby", in the same region, it can be called "regional derby", in the same country, it can be called "national derby", and in the same Europe, it can be called "European derby". . Even if two teams are in the same direction in a city, it can also be called a "North London Derby"...

But in any case, as long as it is a derby, it will attract people's attention, and it also involves many things besides football.

When teenagers are innocent, they always think that football should be simple and not involve politics and money, but when teenagers grow up, they will find that football, politics and money are a natural symbiosis, especially in the derby. It is more vividly reflected.

For example, the world's most famous "time-honored derby", Glasgow, Scotland, Rangers vs. Celtic. Every collision between these two rivals in the same city is not only about football, but also involves political demands and religious beliefs. Then it really means "has nothing to do with life and death, but higher than life and death".

in Germany,

Although Bayern Munich is the most famous, in Germany, the most intense derby has nothing to do with Bayern Munich.

Because that is the "Rourderby" between Dortmund and Schalke 04.

Even after Munich 1860 withdrew from the Bundesliga stage, the only real heavyweight derby in the entire Bundesliga was the Ruhr Mining Derby.

Because both teams are located in the Ruhr area of ​​Germany, the game between these two teams is called the "Ruhr Derby".

Unlike the class antagonism between the rich and the poor like Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid, the conflict in the Ruderby is a "civil war"-whether it is Dortmund or Schalke 04, they are all players who came out of the mine Teams, their supporters are all miners and working people, there is no class contradiction.

But the two sides still hate each other so much, this is a geographical contradiction.

Borussia Dortmund is located in Borussia Dortmund, while Schalke 04 is located in the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen.

The two clubs are only tens of kilometers away from each other, so they are very close.

In such a close area, there are two top teams, one can accommodate two tigers?

Naturally, he was beaten badly.

Every year, the first-team matches between the two clubs are the most eye-catching and attract the attention of the whole world.

As a youth team match, although it doesn't attract so much attention, the intensity is not low. The grievances between the two teams extend from ordinary fans to players. Many youth team players are supporters of their respective teams. See Seeing that the mortal enemy must be the enemy to meet, she is extremely jealous.

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When Zhou Yi entered the world, he discovered that the new opponent Schalke 04 youth team had entered the ranks of opponents.

Of course he has to choose to play a game.

This system has a good effect for a midfield commander like him, that is, he can know the intelligence of the opponent in advance, and he has enough time to study the opponent.

He has done this in these few warm-up matches. Although it is a warm-up match, he still studies his opponents seriously and then plays against them.

Now that it's an official match, it's even more impossible for him to neglect.

However, when he started to check the Schalke 04U17 player list, he suddenly found a name with a completely wrong style among a large number of German names.

Muge_Yang.

Mugyang?

Shepherd a sheep?

Depend on!

A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Zhou Yi's mind.

Isn't this Yang Muge!

Old Yang!

Lao Yang actually went to Schalke 04! ?

Zhou Yi was really surprised and delighted.

Before Sun Pan heard that there was a German club interested in Yang Muge, but he never thought that it was Schalke 04!

He thought it might be Bayern Munich. After all, they have played against the Bayern Munich youth team, and it is normal to be seen.

But I didn't expect that it turned out to be Schalke 04, who had nothing to do with their original program...

How did this team see Yang Muge's performance?

Zhou Yi had many questions in his mind, but he didn't intend to get up from the bed right now, and then call Yang Muge to find out.

Because he doesn't have Yang Muge's contact information in Germany at all.

When it was time for the game, he had to ask Lao Yang why he came to Schalke 04.

At the same time, he also thought, if Lao Yang can also enter the first team of Schalke 04 in the future, will he and himself be able to have a derby between Chinese players?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yi decided to have a youth team-level derby with Yang Muge in the virtual world!

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Although it was a competition at the youth team level, Zhou Yi had already felt this atmosphere from all aspects in Mark's house.

When the family sits together for dinner, the topic of discussion is limited to this game. Mark's parents will frequently mention Schalke 04, not only the youth team, but also the first team.

And the words are full of disdain for this team.

Whenever they said that, Cortana, who was sitting at the dining table, would look helpless.

Although it was not obvious, it was discovered by Zhou Yi who was good at observing life.

Cortana, who is not a fan, is obviously speechless about the extreme emotions among the fans.

While the Wagners said bad things about Schalke 04, they did not forget to cheer up Mark.

Although what they said in their mouths were "Mark, you must not be nervous", "Mark, you play normally", "Mark, we all believe in you" and other encouraging words.

However, after being processed by Mark's ears and brain, the final analysis results made Mark look very nervous - in such an important game, if he did not perform well, then no matter how many goals he scored in the warm-up match before, it would probably be useless!

Seeing his younger brother so nervous, Cortana cast his eyes on Zhou Yi. He found that the expression on Zhou Yi's face was much calmer, and he even took a peek at himself. When he saw that he had discovered it, he quickly turned his eyes away.

This kid...

After Christmas, Cortana secretly reflected, too.

Did I go too far with what I did that time? For a little boy who came to China, was that kind of behavior too impactful?

But after doing everything, should she go to Zhou Yi to explain, so that he doesn't think too much?

Cortana would never do something like that.

"Okay Mom, if you go on, Mark can't even eat this meal." Cortana stopped her mother's nagging.

It was only then that Mrs. Wagner noticed that her son was so nervous that he was dumb.

So she quickly wanted to make amends: "Ah, son, don't take what I just said to heart. You kick it casually, it doesn't matter what you kick!"

According to Mark, the subtext is actually "We don't have any hope for you anyway, so we don't care how you play"...

This is simply a fatal blow.

Hearing what his mother said, Mark pushed the plate away: "I'm full!"

Then he went upstairs alone with his head down.

Cortana shrugged at her mother.

Zhou Yi turned his head to look at Mark. It was the first time he saw Mark behave like this in more than a month. He thought that scoring consecutive goals in the warm-up match should have made Mark say goodbye to his lack of self-confidence.

The first official match was the derby between the youth teams, it was really embarrassing for Mark...

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The game against the Schalke 04 youth team is coming soon.

On the day of the competition, Mark and Zhou Yi set off from home, and this time Cortana also set off from home, so there is no need to worry about being late.

In fact, these days, because Mark is about to usher in the most important game in his life, his sister Cortana goes home every day.

Five people filled the old Wagner's not-so-capable Audi.

The three young people sat in the back seat, Zhou Yi was by the window, Mark sat in the middle, and Cortana was on the other side.

Fortunately, the three of them are not very fat, otherwise Mark and Zhou Yi may miss the game because the car they ride is too small on the way to the game, it is inconvenient to move, and the knees and ankles have been kept in one position for a long time and they have strained the ligaments. .

That's so sad...

Sitting in the car to the Brakel training base, Mark still seemed a little nervous, or he became more nervous as the game approached.

I was so nervous that my hands were shaking.

Seeing him like this, Cortana smiled and said to her younger brother: "Mark, you see, my suggestion is correct, right? You are really not suitable for professional football. It's just a reckless game at the youth team level. Derby, it makes you so nervous, what will you do when you get to the first team? Isn’t that so nervous that you can’t play?”

The smile on her face made people think that she was trying to comfort her brother, but the words she said were not very nice.

"Cortana!" The mother sitting in the co-pilot couldn't help scolding. "The significance of the Rudby is extraordinary!"

"That was just a game." Cortana shrugged. "An extraordinary game is only ninety minutes..."

"There are also 120 minutes." Zhou Yi added.

Cortana glanced at him.

Looking into Cortana's eyes, Zhou Yi continued, "If you count the penalty shootout, it will take longer. Uh, I'm just making an explanation."

"Thank you for the explanation." The expression on Cortana's face didn't show that she was sincerely thanking Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi also waved his hand as if he couldn't understand her expression at all: "You're welcome!"

Cortana really lost her temper with Zhou Yi, so she had no choice but to continue to say to her younger brother: "So Mark, reconsider your sister's suggestion, you are not made to play professional football."

Originally thought that Mark would be hit by Cortana, but after hearing what his sister said, Mark suddenly shouted angrily: "No! I will prove it to you!"

Zhou Yi noticed that Mark's hands were still shaking, but the shaking was not as obvious as before.

He suddenly had a suspicion about Cortana and looked up at Cortana.

But Cortana completely ignored Zhou Yi, turned her face away, and looked out the car window at the scene that was speeding back.