Chapter 49

Five days after the Ruhr Derby with Schalke 04, Dortmund U19 ushered in the quarter-finals of the German Youth League Cup, and they played against Koblenz U19 at home.

Mark didn't start this game, as if his performance against Schalke 04 didn't make a difference.

But Mark's mind is not on a German Cup, he is now full of how to win that game. He doesn't care much about the mere German Youth Cup.

In fact, this German Cup really does not deserve too much attention.

It wasn't just Mark who didn't play, Zhou Yi also sat on the bench with Mark in this game.

Yebara has made some adjustments to the team's lineup, and Dortmund is not considered to be playing with all the main players.

But they still defeated Koblenz U19 6:1 at home and successfully entered the semi-finals of the German Cup.

Schneider scored twice in the game and performed well. This made him feel relieved - after the game against Schalke 04, he was worried that his main position would be taken away by Mark.

Now it seems that he was worrying too much. He is still the main striker of this team. Mark can only be used as a substitute if he performs well, and he has to be tortured in training.

Schneider is very satisfied with himself and Mark's current situation.

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Before Borussia Dortmund's U19 away game against Aachen U19 in the 22nd round of the league, Ricken found Yebala again.

"Hi, Peter. How is your Trident project going?"

Yebara thought about the performance of the three people in the game this week.

Although they still haven't won a game yet, it can be seen from the third day that they have found the right way, and they have not changed, and they still insist on this way.

So as long as he continues to train like this, he believes that these three people will become a real trident sooner or later.

So he said: "It is still in progress, and it has already achieved some results."

"Then I'll wait for your good news, Peter." Rickon said with a smile.

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The away game against Aachen U19,

Mark entered the big list. But according to Yebara's habit. He didn't announce who would be in the starting lineup the day before the game.

After the whole team arrived at the U19 training ground in Aachen, he announced the starting lineup.

Starting from the goalkeeper, the starting list of this league is not quite the same as that of the last German Cup, and individual positions have been adjusted.

But this is also normal.

Double match a week. Teams with the ability will rotate.

Schneider squinted at Mark, waiting for his name to be called again, and cast the victor's gaze.

"Mario Gotze."

"Zhouyi."

"Daniel Kinchek."

Coach Yebala shouted one by one.

There is only the last spot left, and in Schneider's heart, this spot belongs to him.

He waited for his name to be called.

"Mark Wagner."

But it was actually the name that was called out.

The expression on Schneider's face froze. He is like a statue. Sitting there motionless.

When Mark heard his name being called out, Mark froze for a moment, and Zhou Yi next to him poked him with his arm before he reacted.

"Look, let me tell you. Don't look at Schneider laughing happily at the beginning, but now he has lost the starter!" Zhou Yi lowered his voice and said to Mark.

Mark really admires Zhou Yi. At the beginning, what Zhou Yi said to himself that he would drop a big job in the future has now been fulfilled! Speaking of which, the head coach tortured him with the game, really wanting to give him an important task - to serve as a starter in the official league!

Start!

I finally got a chance to start in U19!

The starting list is announced. Yebara didn't look at Schneider's stupefied face, but told Mark, Zhou Yi and Gotze an extra sentence: "The three of you should keep in touch during the game."

He didn't say how he wanted the three of them to keep in touch, but Yebala knew in his heart that they knew what to do, otherwise wouldn't this week's game be in vain?

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When they played, Zhou Yi, Mark and Gotze walked together.

"What did the coach mean?" Mark asked.

"It's literally," Gotze said.

"Very good, that's what we do in special training, and now we play like this in the game." Zhou Yi said, "Just use the way we practiced during this period of time to play."

"But...we're not very familiar with each other yet." Mark was a little worried.

"It's normal to make mistakes, Mark. But you have to dare to try. Just do it, you are a striker, don't think so much. As long as you succeed once, you can score a goal." Zhou Yi comforted Mark. In the end, he patted Mark on the shoulder, "Since it's a starter, don't let Schneider get it back."

Thinking of Schneider, Mark nodded vigorously.

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Whether it is the first team or the youth team, the strength gap between Aachen and Dortmund is obvious.

Even Dortmund without Zhouyi can easily beat Aachen U19 away.

However, the process of this game was not as easy as everyone thought.

After Dortmund scored the first goal, it didn't take long for Aachen to equalize the score.

A melee ensued.

why?

Well. This is about the trio of Zhou Yi, Mark and Gotze.

They made frequent mistakes in the frontcourt attack, which dragged down the team's offense.

It can be seen that the three of them are trying to play fast passing and cutting tactics when attacking in the frontcourt. But under the opponent's defense, their style of interspersed passing and running was heavily blocked. Moreover, the abilities of the three of them still need to be improved. Sometimes they thought about it, but they didn't pass it on well, and they didn't pass it well.

Schneider watched off the court and kept snorting. If Gotze was next to him, he would definitely ask him, "Schneider, do you have asthma?"

Schneider is very disdainful of the performance of the three on the court-just this shit performance, why should I be a substitute?

He glanced at coach Yebara, unable to understand why Yebara would let Mark replace him in the starting lineup.

However, he also felt that Yebara might regret his decision after seeing such a poor performance from the trio, and then replaced himself in the second half.

Well, I'm ready to kill!

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When the ball was dead, Mark found Zhou Yi: "Although the head coach asked us to keep in touch, it is really unreasonable to play like this..."

Zhou Yi nodded: "You're right, Mark. We can't put the whole team in crisis just for our own enjoyment. So we have to help the team get the lead first, and then think about our affairs. Next, we don't have to think too much about interludes Come on, take a break, Mark."

"Okay, Zhou Yi. Besides, it's not fun at all."

Zhou Yi smiled: "Mark, don't you think it's cool to find a way out of a place where there is no road, and to see the scenery that no one has seen before? Well, don't think so much now , Go score, or someone should have something to say."

The cooperation between the three of them was reduced. Before the end of the first half, Zhou Yi sent a through kick to Mark who ran into the space. Mark shot decisively and blasted the football into the Asian field. Chen U19's goal, Dortmund finally took the lead again!

Seeing the ball, Schneider slapped his thigh hard off the court, but he didn't dare to complain loudly, because everyone was cheering for the team's lead at this time, if he complained, he would become a public enemy...

But the unhappiness in his heart was vividly reflected in the action of patting his thigh hard.

He was looking forward to the killing spree in the second half when he saw Mark score a goal. It was a heavy blow...

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During the intermission, the head coach Yebara did not make any comments on the actions of the trio. He neither praised nor criticized, and was completely indifferent.

Naturally, Mark was not replaced.

Schneider's wish came true.

After the start of the second half, the three still played as they did at the end of the first half.

In the 60th minute, Zhou Yi launched an attack, Mark assisted Gotze to score, and Dortmund U19 led Aachen U19 3:1 away.

Zhou Yi immediately went up to celebrate the goal with Mark and Gotze. During the celebration, he said to the two: "Okay, now we can play!"

"What if the opponent scores again?" Mark asked.

"Then let's switch to normal mode." Zhou Yi said.

Gotze also nodded in agreement with Zhou Yi's words: "Aachen's strength is not strong. Of course we can't do this in a match like Schalke 04, but it would be too wasteful not to do it now. I think our special training needs to be done in this way." Test the improvement in the fierce competition."

So when the game restarted, the three returned to the state at the beginning of the game, interspersed back and forth, trying to pass and cut quickly. Although there are still mistakes, it is no longer something to worry about.

Because Dortmund are now two goals ahead.

The two-goal lead allowed other Dortmund U19 players to play with ease and ease. Even if the three of them made some mistakes in cooperation, others could quickly make up for it.

The hate that Schneider watched off the court...

How could he fail to guess what this change in performance meant?

Isn't it just to stop him!

Mark scored one goal and one assist, such a performance cannot be said to be bad.

With this performance base, they can play whatever they want.

mean!

Shameless!

Schneider scolded Mark and Zhou Yi in his heart. Of course, Zhou Yi was the one he scolded more, and he had already seen that Mark was the only one who followed Zhou Yi's lead, and Zhou Yi was the one who made up his mind among the three.

The four-word evaluation of despicable and shameless is just appropriate for Zhou Yi. (To be continued.)