Chapter 17 A Person Who Won't Give up Easily

At the end of the intermission and on the way from the locker room to the court, Gotze approached Zhou Yi: "Hey, Zhou Yi, why haven't you been replaced?"

Zhou Yi held his head high and hummed triumphantly: "Didn't I say that? The head coach values ​​me! Or do you think those trainings are just to torture me?"

This time, after hearing Zhou Yi's words, Gotze did not roll his eyes, but fell into silence, and even slowed down unconsciously.

When he heard Zhou Yi say that for the first time before, he felt that Zhou Yi was joking and bragging.

But again and again, after he combined what he saw in his usual training with Zhou Yi's words, he also began to waver in his heart.

Now in this game, everyone was replaced at halftime, but Zhou Yi stayed on the court, which is simply the "iron proof" of Zhou Yi's words!

Now Gotze probably has to believe it if he doesn't believe it.

Zhou Yi didn't notice the change in Gotze. With a bright vision for the future in his heart, he stepped onto the court and prepared for the second half of the game.

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During the intermission, the Chinese reporters all got together, communicated in their native language, and discussed Zhouyi's performance in the first half.

"Nothing to say, excellent performance!"

"It's more than that? It's really outstanding!"

"Yeah yeah, it's obvious that he's important in this Dortmund midfield, and the teammates trust him and are happy to pass the football to him... I think that's the most important thing, the teammates The practice shows that Zhou Yi has won their trust and support. This is very important for Zhou Yi to integrate into the team..."

"That assist is really beautiful. Have you noticed Zhou Yi's running position? It's normal to run forward after passing the ball. Many players will choose this way, but in fact it will make them fall into intensive defense. Zhou Yi just did the opposite Follow the path, use a feint to open up a gap for yourself... Tsk tsk, really smart!"

"Didn't Hao Dong just say that Zhou Yi is a player who plays with his brain in the "Green Reality Show" before? This evaluation is very accurate. I think our Chinese football lacks players like Zhou Yi who play with their brains player!"

Everyone was full of praise for Zhou Yi's performance in the first half. In the warm-up match, basically one player only played half of the game, so now they can rate Zhou Yi's performance. In their hearts, if ten points is a perfect score, Zhou Yi's first half can be scored at least 8.5 points or more.

Some journalists have even begun to mentally formulate the story they are about to write.

But what surprised them was... Zhou Yi actually appeared on the field in his jersey, but sat on the bench without changing his clothes!

What does it mean?

Will he continue to play the second half?

But look at the Dortmund players who started with him in the first half, they are all sitting on the bench now!

The Chinese reporters were surprised, but they were also very happy—they were naturally happy to see more of Zhou Yi's performance.

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After the start of the second half, Zhou Yi imagined playing like that in the first half, but after playing for less than ten minutes, he felt a little powerless.

Wolfsburg players saw Zhou Yi, a Dortmund player who was active in the first half,

He was still on the court, so he was naturally regarded as the key object of care. In order to prevent him from continuing to instigate threatening attacks, as soon as Zhou Yi gets the ball, at least one player from Wolfsburg will rush forward, and more often, there will be two players.

Zhou Yi had to mobilize all his strength to fight against them physically, trying to keep the football under the close pressure of the opponent.

Most of the time, though, he fails, gets knocked to the ground, and loses possession.

Some fell to the ground, and the referee would call Wolfsburg a foul, while some fell to the ground, the referee was indifferent, because it was a reasonable collision.

Soon Zhou Yi felt a little out of breath. In the past few minutes, his energy was used to fight against the opponent's players, and he couldn't organize the attack at all.

Fortunately, Dortmund still has a commander on the field. Shaheen controlled the team's offensive rhythm, so that Dortmund would not know how to attack after Zhou Yi was restricted by the opponent.

Later, Zhou Yi had to speed up the speed of handling the ball, but he could pass the football as fast as possible, but he couldn't use the fastest speed to run into the space and get rid of the opposing players marking him.

Because he was bored.

Only ten minutes into the second half, he felt that he couldn't run anymore, which shocked Zhou Yi - he didn't behave like this when he was in the youth team!

He didn't perform like this in the simulated competition in the virtual space!

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"Zhou Yi seems...can't run anymore?" Assistant coach Buvac also saw Zhou Yi's current predicament.

Klopp nodded: "Of course."

"Should I replace him?"

"No, wait a little longer." To Buvac's surprise, Klopp shook his head and rejected the suggestion to replace Zhou Yi.

"But he can't run."

"If you can't run, you can go, Zelico."

Buvac didn't understand why Klopp said that.

But Zhou Yi on the court seemed to think so too.

Because he's really starting to roam the court!

This kid really wants to walk until the end of the game...

Seeing this scene off the court, Klopp complained in his heart. It seemed that he really wanted to win the bet with himself.

But... Even if you leave, you probably won't be able to hold on for long.

For the bet with Zhou Yi, Klopp is sure to win.

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Shaheen found that his midfield partner's performance dropped a lot. After he passed the football to Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi directly passed it back to him, and then stood where he was, not going forward.

The Turkish teenager could tell that Zhou Yi's energy was almost exhausted—he couldn't run anymore.

So Shaheen passed the football to the other side, thinking at the same time, maybe the head coach will replace him soon.

In fact, he was able to persist for so long before being replaced, which is already very good. There is nothing to regret about being replaced at this time.

Next, Shaheen was very careful and tried not to pass the football to Zhou Yi. Given his current physical condition, giving him the ball would cause the team to lose possession of the ball. And this kind of problem is not necessary to worry about when Zhou Yi is physically fit...

But almost five minutes passed, and there was no intention of substituting on the sidelines.

Shaheen was a little strange—what was the coaching staff thinking? Didn't you see that Zhou Yi's physical fitness is no longer good?

He looked to the sidelines, Klopp was standing on the sidelines, like a sculpture, with no intention of substituting at all.

He turned his head to look at Zhou Yi again. The kid was slowly pacing the court with his hands on his hips.

Shaheen couldn't figure out what was going on in the head coach's mind.

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When Shaheen received the ball again, he habitually wanted to pass the ball to the side. At this moment, he suddenly heard Zhou Yi's shout from behind: "Nuri, here! Cross to the right!"

At the same time, out of the corner of Shaxin's eyes, he saw Zhou Yi running up.

Can this kid run away?

Seeing that Shaheen hesitated, Zhou Yi yelled again: "Give me the ball, I won't be watching!"

Shaheen woke up like a dream and passed the football.

After Zhou Yi received the ball, he still passed the football, but unlike the previous few minutes, he continued to run forward after passing the football!

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"Huh?" Klopp, who was watching the game on the sidelines, couldn't help but muttered to himself in surprise. "Is this kid physically strong again?"

There was a burst of applause among the Chinese reporters outside the venue.

Zhou Yi had been walking on the court before, and they really thought that Zhou Yi would be replaced in a few minutes.

Unexpectedly, not only was Zhou Yi not replaced, but he rushed up again!

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Zhou Yi accelerated and ran forward. His body was like a smartphone with a depleted battery, constantly using soreness, fatigue, and difficulty breathing to warn his brain that "the battery is too low and it will shut down soon."

But Zhou Yi turned a blind eye to this, and just opened his mouth wide, like a fish deprived of oxygen, struggling for death, trying to jump into a small puddle from the dry river bed.

As he ran forward, the ball bounced back and forth between Dortmund's players before landing at Kuba's feet.

When Kuba got the ball from the wing, he was a little hesitant. He didn’t know whether to cross or break through. There was a Wolfsburg player in front of him who was blocking him. If he wanted to break through, it was not so Easy, the success rate will not be high, and there is a high possibility of losing the ball.

But if the legendary...

Kuba also felt that Nelson Hedo Valdes was alone in front of the goal, which was not very good at all, and a direct cross could not pose any threat to Wolfsburg's goal.

At this moment, Zhou Yi also saw the predicament Kuba was facing. He turned to Kuba, who was already unable to run, and shouted: "Kuba!"

It almost made him short of breath.

Kuba turned his head and saw Zhou Yi running towards him, and at the same time made the motion of passing the ball to him.

Zhou Yi's ability has been clearly reflected in daily training, Kuba will not doubt whether Zhou Yi can take on the big responsibility, he will pass the football over without hesitation.

Zhou Yi's sudden advance completely disrupted Wolfsburg's defense line - Zhou Yi was not considered in their previous defensive plan, because Zhou Yi had been walking for several minutes, and it was completely impossible to threaten Wolfsburg goal. So when Zhou Yi ran forward, the Wolfsburg players didn't notice him at all.

So now when Zhou Yi suddenly received the ball at the front of the penalty area, there was no Wolfsburg player beside him!

After Zhou Yi received the ball, the Wolfsburg players didn't know whether they should rush up to defend him, because they all remembered how Zhou Yi assisted Barrios to score in the first half, didn't they just use them to rush to defend him? Go up and defend the space behind him?

And Zhou Yi, who received the ball, had no intention of continuing to dribble the ball in. A little outside the top of the penalty area, he swung his right leg directly!

Long shot!

Under the condition of unmarked and robbing, Zhou Yi calmly completed the shooting action, just like in the team's shooting training, the outer instep of his right foot firmly hit the middle and upper part of the football, the football Sprinting forward quickly against the turf!

Zhou Yi's shot was very sudden. The Wolfsburg players were all wary of his pass before, and Hedo Valdes was the object of their attention.

Even the old Wolfsburg goalkeeper Andre Lenz, who came on in the second half, unconsciously set his sights on Valdes.

But just when he shifted his gaze to Valdes just now, Zhou Yi took a shot!

By the time he noticed this and turned his gaze back again, it was too late!

The football passed through the players on both sides in front of the penalty area and appeared in front of him!

Lenz fell to the ground and jumped sideways, but the football fell to the ground in front of his hand, rebounded, and jumped forward... It passed in front of his fingertips, and then got into the goal!

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Standing on the sidelines, Klopp's eyes widened. At this moment, the scene when he saw Zhou Yi's game for the first time suddenly appeared in his mind.

The match between the Chinese team and the Dortmund youth team was in the second half, and Zhou Yi, who ran for tens of minutes in the match, was almost exhausted.

Just when everyone thought he was useless, he suddenly hit the wall with his teammates in front of Dortmund's penalty area, entered the penalty area, and then shoveled the ball into the Dortmund youth team's goal !

How similar things were then to now!

How could I have forgotten this - this kid is not a person who will give up easily!

〖To be continued〗【】