Chapter 31 The First Time Worth Celebrating

In the eighth round of the league, Dortmund will challenge Borussia Mönchengladbach in an away game. Because it is an away game, the team has to prepare for the away game one day in advance, so as not to rush from Dortmund to the city where the away team is located on the day of the game. , The physical fitness of the players cannot be guaranteed. After training the day before the game, the players selected for the 18-man squad will start with the team.

Therefore, the time for the coaching staff to announce the roster will be one day earlier than that of the home game.

After the training, everyone stood on the training ground, waiting for the head coach to announce the 18-man roster for the game.

Klopp did not hold a piece of paper in his hand to read, but looked at the players with his hands behind his back, and called out the names one by one seemingly casually.

After a week of observation during training, he already has a complete list in his mind, and there is no need to write it down on paper.

He yelled one by one, Zhou Yi didn't listen at all, he knew that he still couldn't make it into the big list.

But at this moment, suddenly...

"Zhou Yi."

Before Zhou Yi could react, the teammates around him were in an uproar—this kid Zhou Yi was actually selected for the big list? !

Getze turned his head and looked at Zhou Yi with surprised eyes.

Klopp didn't care about the players' reactions at all, but continued to read the roster, but after he read the name of the next player to enter the roster, he heard Zhou Yi yell: "Ah?!"

It was kind of funny, but no one in the team could laugh - they were all taken aback.

"Coach, you called my name just now?" Zhou Yi looked at Klopp and confirmed.

Klopp, who was interrupted, had no choice but to answer Zhou Yi: "Yes, you have been selected for the squad."

"Why, why?" Zhou Yi who was confirmed stuttered in surprise.

Klopp was amused by Zhou Yi's rhetorical question-he had never seen a player who was selected for the squad and asked why.

"Why? You don't think you're qualified enough, do you? Then I'll take you out of the big list..."

"Oh no no no!" Zhou Yi quickly waved his hand, "I didn't mean that, coach! I'm very happy! Coach, your arrangement must be reasonable, you're right..." Zhou Yi was so frightened that he was incoherent.

Klopp snorted,

Ignore Zhou Yi and continue to read his list.

Zhou Yi clenched his fist and waved it slightly, venting his excitement in this movement.

Gotze saw Zhou Yi's action. Pursed lips - Klopp finished reading the list. But without his Mario Gotze name.

Zhou Yi was selected to the big list for the first time, and he will continue to watch from the sidelines.

Kevin Grosskreutz patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder: "Congratulations, kid! You can watch the drinking fountains from the sidelines!"

"Hey, Kevin. What's there to congratulate on looking at the water cooler?"

"Oh, you think so—you weren't even qualified to look at the water dispenser before!" Gross Kreutz patted Zhou Yi's shoulder and smiled.

Zhou Yi frowned and said, "Thinking about it this way, it seems to be true..."

"Look. Being able to look at the water fountain is amazing for you now! You should celebrate!"

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After coming out of the locker room, Zhou Yi thought about it and decided to call his parents. If you call now, the time in China is less than twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. Parents should not be asleep yet.

Originally, he didn't want to play, because just being selected for the squad doesn't mean he can play. And it is very likely that it will be impossible to appear... If I excitedly told my parents and made them wait in front of the TV for an hour and a half. But they didn't see themselves appearing at all, so how disappointed should they be?

But he changed his mind again, even if he didn't tell his parents. They will also know that they have entered the big list from domestic media reports. At that time, I will still watch in front of the TV, and complain that I didn't notify them immediately...

So Zhou Yi still decided to tell his parents and explain the words clearly to them, so that they should not watch the game with too much hope.

As he walked out, he took out his mobile phone and dialed the landline at home.

Sure enough, after the phone rang three times, Dad picked up the phone: "Hello, who is it?"

"Dad, it's me."

"Hey, son? What are you calling at this time?"

"Hey, Dad, from your voice, it seems that you don't want me to call..."

"No, when do you usually call home at this moment... What's the matter?"

"Well, let me tell you some news..."

"The good news or the bad news first?"

"It's not good news or bad news, it's just news. I hope you can take it with a normal heart..."

"Have you been sent to the reserve team by the head coach?"

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes: "No!"

"Did you go back to the youth team?" Dad guessed again.

Zhou Yi sighed: "Dad, can you not be so dark in your mind? Let me tell you something, and you will only guess at the bad side!"

"You said it yourself. If you treat it with a normal heart, it must be a bad thing!" Zhou Jianliang felt wronged.

"I've been selected for the 18-man squad for the next game!" Zhou Yi decided not to go around in circles with his father, so let's talk straight.

"Ah?" Zhou Jianliang on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and then his voice was an octave higher: "Really?!"

Li Cuiyun, who was brushing her teeth in the bathroom, also poked her head out when she heard her husband's yell, and cast her curious eyes over her.

"What did you lie to you for? It was announced at the end of the training just now..."

Before Zhou Yi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhou Jianliang's excited voice: "That's really good news! You still lied to your father and played this trick for your father! Hey!"

Zhou Yi held the phone and sighed, and after his father finished talking excitedly, he said: "So let me tell you, I want you to treat this news with a normal heart, Dad. I just entered the big list, but it doesn't mean You can play, what are you so happy about? And there is a great possibility that I will not play at all, just sit on the bench for 90 minutes..."

"Then we can also see you on TV! The TV broadcast will definitely show up on the bench, right?"

Dad was taken aback by Zhou Yi's question. They didn't care if they could play, as long as they could see themselves showing up... Whether they can play or not is not important to them at all, it's just that they miss themselves...

"After all, your mother and I haven't seen you in real life for a long time..."

"Hey, Dad!" Zhou Yi's little emotion just now was shattered by his father's words. "What do you mean I didn't see the real me! Could it be that I died?"

"Hey. That's not what it means, it means that I can only see your photo, but I don't see you who is moving..."

Zhou Yi felt that the more his father said, the more strange he became.

"What are you talking about!" Li Cuiyun, who had been listening quietly, slapped her husband and complained in a low voice. "Can you talk properly?"

Zhou Jianliang was a little embarrassed. He explained to his wife in a low voice: "I'm a little excited, excited, ha..."

"Promise!" Li Cuiyun rolled her husband's look. "How grown up. I don't have a son yet."

"He's heartless, okay, didn't you say that he was shortcoming? Why are you praising him now?" Zhou Jianliang retorted.

"Dad, I can hear everything!" Zhou Yi coughed.

Only then did Zhou Jianliang realize that the phone hadn't hung up yet. He quickly said: "In short, son. It is a good thing to be included in the squad, regardless of whether you can play or not. This shows that you are already one of the eighteen best performers among so many people in the first team. Let alone, tomorrow Your mother and I have to celebrate. You hurry back!"

"Dad, you want to drink again..." Zhou Yi realized that he hadn't finished speaking, and his father hung up the phone...

"Hey!" He shook his head and put away the phone.

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Back to the residence. Zhou Yi was still thinking about what Gross Kreutz and his father said, and he always felt that there was something wrong with what they said.

"Look at the water dispenser, what's there to celebrate..." He muttered and pushed open the door.

"Celebrate what?" A face suddenly appeared in front of him, startling him.

"Wow!"

He jumped back in fright. Jumped out of the room directly. Then he saw clearly who the person who suddenly appeared in front of him was.

"Hannah...you scared me to death!" Zhou Yi said, touching his chest.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Zhou Yi." Hannah withdrew her leaning body, "I..."

Before she could explain, Cortana in the living room said, "Hannah heard a noise at the door and thought it was a thief, so she wanted to take a look."

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes, how could he hear that Cortana was teasing him? Because when they came back, I said what I said.

"Ah, so speaking of it, the law and order in your Germany is really bad. You get thieves twice in three days..." Zhou Yi said.

Cortana didn't expect Zhou Yi to push back, and didn't know how to answer the conversation for a while, so she snorted.

Hannah quickly smoothed things over: "Zhou Yi, what were you muttering about to celebrate? Is there anything to celebrate?"

"No, there's nothing to celebrate." Zhou Yi shook his head and walked to his room. "It's just that I was selected for the big list..."

"Wow!" This time it was Hannah's turn to shout, but Zhou Yi was taken aback by her sudden cry...

Zhou Yi looked back at Hannah, and said helplessly, "Hannah..."

"Ah, I'm sorry." Hannah stuck out her tongue, and then took Zhou Yi's hand: "This is a good thing! Is it your first time to enter the big list?"

"Hmm..." Zhou Yi was a little concerned about the hand being held by Hannah. He looked down, wanting to take it out but afraid that doing so would make him appear timid...

"Then we're going to celebrate!"

"No... what's there to celebrate?" Zhou Yi felt that today was so strange, why everyone said they wanted to celebrate.

"That's right, it's just being included in the 18-man squad. There's nothing to celebrate, and it's not likely that you will be able to appear on the stage." Cortana also said.

Although Cortana's point of view is the same as Zhou Yi's, Zhou Yi felt that no matter how hard it came out of Cortana's mouth, he felt that the words were wrong, and there was always a sense of ridicule and ridicule, so he replied in the same tone : "Thank you, thank you for your good words."

Cortana smiled at him. "You're welcome."

"It doesn't matter whether you can play or not. The key is that this is the first time Zhou Yi has entered the roster for an official competition. This in itself is something worth celebrating. It's the first time, the first time!"

"Is the first time memorable?" Cortana asked.

"Of course!" Hannah replied.

"So how did you celebrate your first time?" Cortana blinked.

"..." Hannah was stunned.

Seeing that Hannah was speechless, Cortana smiled and continued to sit on the sofa and read her book.

Hannah was not willing to admit defeat like this, she suddenly said surprisingly: "I celebrated with the second time!"

This time it was Cortana's turn to be choked up.

"Okay? Let's go out and celebrate!" declared a victorious Hannah.

Cortana was at a loss, she stood up reluctantly: "Hannah, I think you're just making excuses for not wanting to cook."

Hannah, who had been exposed, stuck out her tongue again, and then looked at Zhou Yi: "You are the protagonist, you may not say it!"

Zhou Yi's mouth, which had just been opened, was closed again.

"Then it's such a happy decision!" Hannah jumped back to her room happily: "I'm going to change clothes, so hurry up!"

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Half an hour later, Zhou Yi couldn't help knocking on Hannah's door: "Hannah? Are you asleep?"

"Did you see that I'm still putting on makeup!" Hannah's voice sounded from the door.

"Don't worry about it, we're just going out for dinner..."

"How can you be casual? This is your first time, first time! Be more grand!"

"So are you going to wear your tux?" Cortana asked, leaning against the wall with her arms folded.

"It doesn't need to be so grand..."

"But I'm hungry, Hannah..." Zhou Yi said aggrievedly.

"Ah, right away! It will be ready soon!" There was a sound of rummaging through the room.

Zhou Yi sighed helplessly.

After another ten minutes, Hannah finally opened the door and came out.

"You put on makeup?" Zhou Yi was a little surprised.

"Yeah, isn't it beautiful?" Hannah turned around proudly.

"Uh, it feels like it's the same as before..."

"This is the great thing! You need to make up, but it can't be too obvious..." Hannah started to give Zhou Yi a science knowledge about women, but was interrupted mercilessly by Cortana: "Go! hungry!"

Hannah stuck out her tongue.

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The three raised their glasses in the restaurant, and Hannah said, "Cheers to Zhouyi's first time!"

But Zhou Yi didn't intend to toast. He said, "Hey, Hannah, I've been wanting to say it since just now... Can you finish the sentence? It's the first time I was selected to the 18-man squad."

"How troublesome to say that, this is the abbreviation, the abbreviation!" Hannah waved her hand.

"But you are always 'first time' and 'first time', which is easy to be misunderstood!" Zhou Yi spread his hands and said, "It seems like we are celebrating my **!"

Cortana, who just took a sip of wine by herself, coughed violently—the juice was choked into the intake pipe...

At the same time, she stared at Zhou Yi.

Facing Cortana's murderous eyes, Zhou Yi was unafraid: "I haven't said 'cheers' yet, let you drink it secretly!"

Then he deliberately raised his glass while Cortana was still coughing, and said, "Now it's time to drink, cheers!"

Then he drank the juice in the glass.

Hannah was holding the wine glass alone, staring dumbfoundedly at Zhou Yi, who was drinking juice leisurely, and next to him was Cortana, who was coughing non-stop...

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PS, today is also the third update, there will be a new chapter at 12:00 noon~! (To be continued.) Enable new URL