Chapter 16 The First Half of the Warm-Up Match

Zhou Yi has confidence in himself, not only because he feels that his physical fitness can handle a game, but also because he has played this warm-up match in the system for several nights.

Originally, such a warm-up match would not need to be simulated several times in the virtual system, but this warm-up match was too important to Zhou Yi, and he had to treat it with caution.

After so many warm-up game simulations, Zhou Yi feels that he has adapted to Wolfsburg's tactics, and he knows how to play in the game.

After Zhou Yi ran to the empty space, he asked his teammate to ask him, and the teammate passed the football to him. Zhou Yi happened to be in a temporarily unmarked situation.

After receiving the ball, Zhou Yi continued to pass the football, and then moved.

In this way, under the leadership of Zhou Yi, Dortmund pushed the offense to the front of Wolfsburg's penalty area.

Then Zhou Yi sent a through kick, but it was a pity that Barrios couldn't catch it, and the football rolled out of the bottom line by a small margin.

Barrios also knew that Zhou Yi sent a good kick, and it was his responsibility not to receive it, so he turned around and gave Zhou Yi a thumbs up, praising his pass just now.

Although Barrios didn't score a goal, making it impossible for Zhou Yi to complete the first assist, the Chinese reporters on the sidelines were already very excited and applauded again and again.

This is just the beginning, but Zhou Yi's performance has given them hope. Zhou Yi's performance was very calm, not at all like a rookie participating in the first team competition for the first time.

In the past, Chinese overseas players mostly played forwards and defenders. The forwards were responsible for scoring goals and the defenders were responsible for defense. Their jobs were relatively simple, and none of these players could become the core of their team.

The Chinese media dare not even think about such a thing.

But now, they see the hope that a Chinese player will become the core.

Zhou Yi frequently took the ball in Dortmund's midfield, and he seemed to be the core of the midfield.

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"This kid really doesn't have stage fright." Assistant coach Buvac exclaimed after seeing Zhou Yi's performance in this attack.

Klopp sat on the coach's bench with his arms folded and didn't answer the conversation.

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Barrios didn't score.

Zhou Yi didn't feel sorry either. He has confidence in himself. This performance is definitely not a coincidence. He will have many opportunities in the future.

He continued to run, fight, catch, and pass the ball on the court.

He and Gotze have the most contact with each other, not because he is the most familiar with Gotze, but because Gotze is the most familiar with him.

With systematic help, Zhou Yi knows his first-team teammates well. There are no strange situations. But his teammates did not have systematic help, and their understanding of him was different. Gotze knows Zhouyi best.

Zhou Yi and Gotze often cooperate better than other people.

With his help, Gotze got a good chance to shoot, but unfortunately the shot was saved by Wolfsburg goalkeeper Diego Benaglio.

Although no goals were scored. But Gotze still turned around and gave Zhou Yi a thumbs up. The pass just now was very beautiful and comfortable.

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that's all. Zhou Yi kept getting thumbs up from his teammates. His strength was not only recognized in training, but also in games.

But I don't know whether to say that Zhou Yi's luck is bad. Or is it bad luck for other Dortmund players.

Zhou Yi sent a lot of passes, but none of his teammates were able to convert them into goals.

However, this did not prevent both sides from scoring goals.

Half an hour into the first half. The two sides have scored three goals.

Among them, Dortmund had two goals and Wolfsburg one goal.

Dortmund's two goals were not directly related to Zhou Yi, he just participated in the offense. Created chances for other teammates by using passing and running positions, but he did not directly assist.

This also made the Chinese reporters outside the stadium sigh again and again-Zhou Yi's performance was already very good in their opinion, but there were no key statistics, no goals or assists. If they could have even one assist, they This manuscript will be much better written when I go back.

The scene that the Chinese reporters were looking forward to finally arrived at the thirty-eighth minute.

At that time, Zhou Yi took the ball about 35 meters away from Wolfsburg's penalty area, and then passed the football to Gross Kreutz. After passing the ball, he quickly moved forward and advanced.

His movement caught the attention of the Wolfsburg players, who followed suit.

But when they were retreating, Zhou Yi suddenly changed direction, instead of going forward, he pulled away horizontally, because of his sudden change of direction, an unmarked vacuum suddenly appeared beside him zone.

And this is exactly what Zhou Yi needs.

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"Smart!" Buvac's praise blurted out, and his tone made no secret of his appreciation for Zhou Yi's move.

Use a fake move to deceive the defensive player and win the space for yourself to take the ball. Sometimes the space is not necessarily found, but created!

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After Zhou Yi opened the gap, he immediately shouted to Gross Kreutz: "Kevin!"

Gross Kreutz was also paying attention to Zhou Yi's movements. Seeing that there was a space around Zhou Yi, he passed the football to him.

The Wolfsburg players who found out that they had been fooled quickly rushed towards Zhou Yi, ready to intercept him.

It's just that their change of withdrawing and advancing made their own defense a little uncomfortable, so there was an empty space behind them rushing up!

Before receiving the ball, Zhou Yi discovered the gap. And he changed from forward to horizontal, not only to create space for himself to take the ball, but more importantly, to create a more deadly space!

Now, when this deadly space appeared, Zhou Yi did not hesitate to stop the ball, and directly pushed the football passed by Gross Kreutz sideways, and the football rolled past the Wolfsburg player who was grabbing, Straight into the air!

When Zhou Yi passed the ball, Paraguayan striker Barrios also slashed towards the empty space and successfully received the ball in the open space.

There was a burst of cheers from Dortmund fans outside the stadium.

Barrios took another step forward after receiving the ball, and then kicked and shot!

The football flew into the goal from the side of Wolfsburg goalkeeper Benaglio from the blocking angle!

Dortmund leads Wolfsburg 3:1!

"pretty!!"

The Chinese reporters on the sidelines also shouted excitedly.

They didn't say that Barrios's shot was beautiful, but that Zhou Yi's pass and everything he did before passing the ball were beautiful.

"nice shot!"

Bouvac stood up and gave Klopp a high five.

On the court, after scoring the goal, Barrios still didn't forget Zhou Yi who assisted him. He turned around and ran to Zhou Yi, hugging and celebrating with him.

This was his first goal in Dortmund. He had missed a wonderful pass from Zhou Yi before, but this time, he seized the opportunity.

Barrios was very excited, and Zhou Yi was equally happy.

He stole a glance to the sidelines and saw Klopp celebrating the goal with assistant coach Buvac.

He completed the first goal - a good performance after playing.

Then there is only one last goal left - insist on finishing this game!

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After Barrios scored, the two sides fell into a stalemate, and the first half of the game also came to the end in this stalemate.

In the end, Dortmund led Wolfsburg 3:1 in the first half.

Players from both sides entered the locker room.

In the locker room, everyone was chatting enthusiastically about the first half of the game. Some players paced up and down in the locker room, wandering from one teammate to another. But Zhou Yi didn't do that. He sat in his seat without saying a word, with a smile on his face, just looking at his teammates, but he didn't intend to get involved.

He was a little alert, because he felt very tired now, and he was panting heavily.

It's not like he didn't play a complete game when he was in the youth team. Although there were not many, he did. Whether he played a full game or was replaced early, he was so tired during the intermission. But it is also a feeling that has never been experienced.

This gave Zhou Yi a bad premonition—why is he more tired than he imagined?

After the head coach Klopp came in, the players dangling in the locker room also returned to their actions.

Everyone knows that it is time for personnel adjustment.

In the warm-up match, the starting lineup of the first half will definitely be returned in the midfield.

Sure enough, after Klopp briefly praised everyone's performance in the first half, he began to announce substitutions.

From the goalkeeper to the striker, almost everyone has been replaced.

There is only one exception.

Shaheen thought he would replace Zhou Yi, but unexpectedly he replaced Sven Bender, while Zhou Yi remained on the court.

Gotze, who was replaced, also looked at Zhou Yi unexpectedly. He was replaced, but Zhou Yi still stayed on the court? !

This is... what's going on?

But Klopp didn't mean to explain to everyone. He didn't even mention it, and he started to arrange the tactics for the second half.

In the second half, because there were two organizational midfielders in the midfield, Klopp asked the team to pay more attention to ball control and rhythm.

At the same time, since Sven Bender left the field, the midfielder's defensive strength has dropped a lot, so once the ball is lost, the whole team is required to actively participate in the defense.

He also named Zhou Yi's name to make him more active in defense.

Zhou Yi fully agreed.

My heart is full of expectations for the second half. Klopp kept his promise and did not replace him, so I must not let this opportunity go! (To be continued.) Enable new URL