Chapter 46: Building the Trident

In the just-concluded U19 Ruhr Derby, Dortmund's youth training director Lars Ricken had something to do and did not follow the team to the away game. So on the second day of the game, he came to U19 to find Yebala and inquire about the latest news.

When he pushed open the door to Yebala's office, he saw Yebala staring intently at the computer screen.

He walked around behind Yebala and found Yebala watching the video of the game.

"Yesterday's game?" he asked.

"Yeah." Yebara nodded.

"Exactly. I haven't watched it yet." Rickon pulled up a chair and sat beside Yebala to watch it.

This is a highlight, or this is not a complete video of the game, but the last half hour of the game.

It was after Mark came on the field.

As Mark scored the first goal, Rickon asked Yebarra: "Is this the...Mark?"

Yebara nodded.

Soon Mark scored a second goal with Zhou Yi's assist.

"Oh! It's amazing! Under the close pressure of two defenders, he can also send a football into the opponent's goal!" Ricken couldn't help but whistled and praised.

Yebara said nothing.

Later, Mark assisted Zhou Yi to score the winning goal. This time, Rickon simply slapped him across the face: "It's as if he has eyes in the back of his head! Beautiful!"

Later, Zhou Yi was replaced, Mark continued to stay on the court, and cooperated with Gotze many times. It's a pity that they couldn't score another goal to completely seal the victory.

But it was enough for Borussia Dortmund's U19s to beat Schalke 04.

After watching the video of the game, Yebara asked Rickon, "Lars, what do you think?"

"I didn't see the previous part of the game, but only from this part of the game I watched... I think that Mark is interesting. Not only can he score goals, but he can also assist his teammates. At the same time, his cooperation with Gotze looks very good. Yes, the two of them seem to be calling more."

Rickon expressed his feelings.

Yebala nodded: "I think so too,

That's why I watched the tape of the game again. In fact, before Mark Wagner came on the field, the format of the game was completely different. Bad for us. It is difficult for us to get too good chances in the frontcourt. But when he played, the situation reversed. We scored three goals. But that's not the most important thing. The important thing is... After he came on the court, our frontcourt offense was completely alive. "

Yebara pointed to the frozen figure of Mark on the screen.

"The tacit understanding between him and Zhou Yi is very good." Rickon was not at all surprised by the cooperation between Mark and Zhou Yi. "To my surprise, he and Gotze also cooperated well..."

"It's not surprising. Russ. Our forwards, whether it's the injured Stiepermann, or the current Kinchek and Schneider, are all tall centers with a little lack of skill at their feet. They are not flexible enough, and the tactical cooperation The consciousness is not particularly strong. It is really difficult to spark any sparks between them and Gotze. But this Mark Wagner, he has foot skills, is willing to run, is flexible, and has ideas...so he can cooperate with Gotze .”

"Just look at me and say he's not bad. Otherwise, why would I transfer him from U17?" Ricken began to brag about his vision.

Yebara glanced at him: "But when he first joined my team, it wasn't like this. He could only cooperate with Zhou Yi and couldn't integrate into the team at all."

Rickon fell silent.

"I put him in the cold palace, but I didn't expect that this kid didn't give up. Instead, he became more and more frustrated. Originally, I just wanted to reward him for his hard training. I didn't expect him to seize the opportunity and persuade me. Lars, I plan to change our offensive tactics and build a U19 trident."

Rickon was a little surprised when he heard Yebara say this: "Trident?"

"Yes." Yebara nodded. "Yesterday's game gave me a lot of inspiration. Gotze, Zhou Yi and Mark, these three people are not tall, but they are very flexible. I plan to form an offensive combination of these three flexible little men, Make full use of the characteristics and tacit understanding between them."

Rikken recalled what he had just seen for Dortmund's U19's fourth goal. Gotze cut in with the ball, and after encountering an interception, he passed the football to Mark who responded to him in the middle, and Mark took the ball to attract the opponent's defense. He knocked the football to Zhou Yi, who was going forward, and let Zhou Yi score without being marked...

From this ball, it may be possible to see the prospects of this set of tridents.

"I'm with you, Peter. Go for it!"

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The players who participated in the game also returned to the team the next day. The entire U19 team started normal training.

Although Zhou Yi was repeatedly screamed by Leng Shuibing, it has to be said that Sister Mark's method did have some effect. A day later, the few places where he was kicked in the game were not as painful as before, and the bruises had disappeared a lot.

In training, the performance is also a little better.

It looked like a normal day of training. Until attacking drills...

Before attacking drills began, head coach Peter Yerbara smiled at his players and said, "Let's play a little game, boys."

As soon as you hear about making games, everyone's interest comes, which often means interesting training content. Especially their head coach still said it with a smile.

"An offensive and defensive game, we have six defensive players, and your task is to defend three offensive players."

After speaking, Yebara called out Zhou Yi, Gotze and Mark.

"And you." He said to the three players who hadn't figured out what was going on. "The task is to shoot the football into the goal within two minutes. If you don't score, you lose. If you don't even shoot, You lose. If you are intercepted by the opponent during the attack, you lose. If the football goes out of the sideline and the baseline during the attack, you lose. If the attacker is offside, you also lose. We come to seven In the round, the score is counted at the end. The losing side has to carry an opponent's player on its back and do a back and forth 25-meter back and forth run."

Hearing the rules of the game, everyone was stunned.

They have done offensive and defensive training, but generally it is a ten-on-eight offensive and defensive training, such as ten players on the offensive side and eight players on the defensive side. This is for practicing defense. When practicing offense, there are eight people on the attacking side and ten people on the defending side.

The difference in numbers is two goals.

But now, the defensive team has twice as many people as the offensive team... They really haven't done it.

This is really unfair to the offensive side.

Many people feel that the attacking side is absolutely doomed.

Schneider was also dumbfounded - this is training? Isn't this really making things difficult?

He suddenly felt a little glad that he was not selected by the head coach...

The three of Zhou Yi were also very surprised. They turned their suspicious eyes to the head coach.

Yebala smiled and patted Zhou Yi's shoulder: "Although it's a game, don't give up easily."

He didn't explain why he did this, nor did he ask Zhou Yi, Gotze and Mark what to do. After speaking, he withdrew from the training area.

"Everyone on your marks. Ready to start training!" he yelled, putting his whistle in his mouth.

The other offensive players looked at each other and retreated one after another, standing on the sidelines to watch. The only offensive players wearing red vests on the field are Goetze, Zhou Yi and Mark, and in front of them are six defensive players wearing blue vests except the goalkeeper. Four defenders, two midfielders.

The offensive trio looked at each other, then Zhou Yi raised his hand and asked the head coach: "Coach, can you take a long shot?"

"Yes. But all three of you must touch the football before shooting, otherwise the goal will be invalid." Yebala took off the whistle and answered Zhou Yi's question. "can we start?"

"Wait a minute, let's discuss a strategy!" Zhou Yi waved his hand, and then recruited three people to his side.

The three stood in the middle circle, discussing in low voices.

"Do you have any ideas, Zhou Yi?" Mark asked.

"Since we can shoot from a distance, the three of us touch the ball once and pass the football to Mario. Let Gotze complete the long shot. This way we don't have to entangle with the defensive players who are obviously superior in numbers." Zhou Yi naturally has a countermeasure up.

"Good idea." Mark obeyed Zhou Yi's words.

Although Gotze felt that Zhou Yi's approach was a bit of a loophole in the rules, it was also a solution. Who would let the opponent have twice as many defensive players as them. So he nodded in agreement.

"Then it's settled. After kick-off, Mark will give me the football, and I will give the football to Mario, and then Mario, you will shoot."

After the discussion, Zhou Yi shouted to Yebara on the sidelines: "It's time to start!"

The three of them stood in the middle circle.

Seeing that everyone was in their positions, Yebala blew the whistle in his mouth.

Hearing the whistle, Ma Ke kicked the football to Zhou Yi. And Zhou Yi turned around and passed the football to Gotze who had already run up.

After receiving the ball, Gotze made a slight adjustment and took a long shot about 37 or 8 meters away from the goal!

Seeing Gotze shooting from such a long distance, Yebala sneered.

The goalkeeper standing in front of the goal didn't even make a save, and turned his head to watch the football fly high and sideways over the baseline...

Just as the football flew off the baseline. Yebala blew the whistle: "Attack, lose one point!" He raised a finger and shouted.

Zhou Yi turned his head to look at the head coach blankly, only then realized that they had lost the first of ten rounds...

After reacting, he shouted at Gotze: "Damn it, Mario, aren't you quite accurate in shooting!"

Gotze resolutely refused to take the blame: "You gave me a kick at the goal 40 meters away from the goal?"

Zhou Yi was speechless, so he raised his hand: "Okay. Let's go a little further..."

The spectators off the field realized that Zhou Yi and the others planned to use long shots to avoid the defenders and send the football directly to the goal, but it was too fantastic to want to go into the hole from such a distance.

So they all laughed, anxious about the IQ of the attacking trio.

Yebara blows his whistle and the practice resumes.

This time Zhou Yi waited for Gotze to run a little further before passing the football.

After receiving the ball, Gotze adjusted, and then took a long shot before the defensive player rushed over.

But this time the football is still higher than the crossbar...

"Attack, lose two points!"

"It's still too far!" Gotze complained.

The audience off the court who saw this scene laughed again, and they were all gloating—fortunately, we were not the ones attacking above...

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In the third game, Zhou Yi waited for Gotze to run a certain distance before passing the football.

This time the distance was much closer than the previous two times, but just as Gotze received the ball, he was surrounded by three defensive players from the opponent. One accidentally lost the ball...

Yebala's whistle sounded again: "Attacking side, lose three points!"

"Ahhhhhhh!" Zhou Yi raised his head to the sky and screamed depressedly, but he quickly gritted his teeth and shouted, "Come again!"

Fourth inning.

Zhou Yi's pass was directly robbed by a defensive player who saw through his intentions. Snatched away from Gotze.

"Attack, lose four points!"

In the seven rounds of the game, the attacker has lost four rounds, even the last three rounds. Even if the attacking side wins completely, it cannot change the fact that they were defeated.

So Yebara whistled to stop the game.

"The game is over, you lost." Yebara said, pointing to the attacking trio.

The three of them were already dumbstruck.

"I'm willing to bet, choose one and run on your back." Yebara pointed to the six defensive players on the opposite side.

Zhou Yi felt a little dizzy at first glance - all of them were tall and strong men!

Want to run a 25-meter switchback with them on your back? One back and forth is fifty meters!

My small body...is simply an unbearable burden in my life!

"Can you not recite it..." Zhou Yi wanted to play tricks.

Yebara nodded with a smile and said, "Yes. But you won't be able to play in the next game. Choose one."

When Zhou Yi heard this, he quickly shrank his neck and went to find someone.

Finally he stood in front of the captain of the team, Marco Hornshu.

He looked up at the captain and asked cautiously, "Well, captain... how much do you weigh?"

Hornshu said with a smile: "Eighty-nine, kilograms."

Zhou Yi wailed: "What are you doing so tall and strong, a right back..."

Hornshu had already opened his arms and said with a smile, "Come on, Zhou Yi, carry me on your back."

This tone was like a girl waiting for her lover's hug, but Zhou Yi shivered.

He turned around and squatted down with a sad face. When Hornshu pressed up with his whole body, Zhou Yi almost knelt down on the turf with his knees weak.

"Damn it. Captain, it's time for you to lose weight!" Zhou Yi gritted his teeth, the veins on his neck were protruding, and his whole face was flushed to the base of his neck-this was not caused by shyness, but by exertion.

He managed to carry Hornshu on his back, but found it difficult to even move his legs.

It is indeed too difficult for a small man who is 1.75 meters tall and weighs 65 kilograms to carry a strong man who is 1.88 meters tall and weighs 89 kilograms.

Of course, the other two are no better than Zhou Yi...

Yebala next to him was still urging them loudly: "Move. Take your left leg! Take your right leg! Stand still, twenty-five meters is no less!"

So the three of them had no choice but to "move" towards the turning point with difficulty...

Of course, they didn't forget to fight with each other. The main reason is that Zhou Yi and Gotze dumped each other, and Mark is a soy saucer.

"Mario... it's time for you to practice long-range shooting!"

"You can do what you want, it's so far away! It's your own strategy that... has a... problem!"

"I... I... trust you so much, and you... actually, actually say that?"

"A little common sense, common sense, okay? No matter how good my long-range shot is, it's not as good as being able to shoot successfully from such a long distance... okay!"

The bickering between the two affected their speed, but Mark, who was making soy sauce without saying a word, had already moved in front of them.

"Damn. Mark, you... You sneaked away!" Zhou Yi shouted after discovering this.

"What... what is sneaking away!" Mark was mad. He is better than Zhou Yi and Ge Ce in terms of height and weight, and his strength is relatively better. It is normal to have this performance, but Zhou Yi's words turned his efforts into stealing and cheating.

Seeing the three of them crawling like snails on the court and bickering, the teammates on the sidelines all laughed.

Schneider had a good laugh too - it was great to see them embarrassing themselves!

Even Yebala couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene, he shook his head while laughing. (To be continued.)