Chapter 33 Barrios Under Pressure

On the day of the match, Zhou Yi woke up from his sleep, or withdrew from his world. Although he feels almost 100% unlikely to get the chance to play, he still played a lot of games against Borussia Monchengladbach in the virtual world.

The system also simulated the current state of the team. From the player state column, it can be seen that many players are not in good state, especially Barrios.

As the team's starting forward, Barrios' state is black, which represents the worst state.

Poor state will not lead to a decrease in the player's stats, only injuries and abnormal long-term training will cause it, but poor state will cause the virtual player to perform abnormally in the game, and the ball that could have been stopped may be stopped directly. Ten meters away, the ball that could have been easily pushed into the empty goal may have been pushed directly to the baseline...

In the virtual world, Zhou Yi can also arrange those players to play at will and those players not to play, just like a coach. If this is not the case, Zhou Yi may not be able to play a few games.

When he saw that Barrios was in such a poor state, he habitually took him out of the starting list.

But at this moment, the face of Barrios appeared in his mind, the expression under heavy pressure, a little bored and a little unwilling.

Maybe it was a moment of soft-heartedness, but in short, Zhou Yi put Barrios, who was in poor condition, back on the starting list.

Then he kept the rhythm of one game a day in virtual time in the virtual world, and played eight games against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The downturn of the players really has a great impact on the team's performance. In these eight games, Dortmund only won two games, drew two games, and lost... four games!

Although Borussia Mönchengladbach once dominated German football in the 1970s, having won five league championships, four UEFA Cup finals and two championships, they received limited financial resources. Affected by it, today's Borussia Mönchengladbach has been reduced to a lift, going back and forth between the first division and the second division. They had just returned to the Bundesliga from the second division two seasons ago.

The strength of this team is not strong, and it stands to reason that it is not on the same level as Dortmund. But judging from the current league rankings of the two teams, this is not the case...

In the seven rounds of the league, Borussia Mönchengladbach ranked twelfth with two wins, one draw and four losses. In fact, this result is not very good, but it is in line with the impression given by Borussia Mönchengladbach's consistent performance.

But Dortmund fell miserably-they had one win, three draws and three losses, with only six points, ranking fifteenth...

In terms of league rankings, Borussia Mönchengladbach is two places higher than Dortmund.

Although the team's performance was not satisfactory in the simulated game, Zhou Yi helped Barrios score a goal. Barrios failed to score a goal in the first seven games, and Zhou Yi had to replace him in advance every time. , hoping to win the game. In the eighth game, Zhou Yi assisted Barrios with a goal. This time, Barrios didn't waste another chance, but scored the ball. And Dortmund finally won the second victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach with this goal from Barrios...

With the ability of Dortmund players, Zhou Yi also felt drunk for playing so hard against Borussia Mönchengladbach. He has seen the data of the players on both sides. Just looking at the numbers, Dortmund is much more beautiful than Borussia Mönchengladbach.

But a football game is not a simple numbers game, it does not mean that the players are more capable,

You can definitely win. After all, football is a game in which people team up to fight against another group of people. The human factor is very important. People are not machines, and various situations may arise. These situations may ultimately affect the outcome of the game...

Zhou Yi lay on the bed and recalled the horrific eight games, then turned over and got up.

When he came to the bathroom to wash up, he found that Barrios was brushing his teeth. Since there were people in there, Zhou Yi should have turned around and walked away until Barrios got better. However, Zhou Yi saw Barrios's eyes were blank, his mind was heavy, and his hands were mechanically repeating brushing his teeth, and Barrios' expression under pressure from yesterday appeared in his mind.

For the current self, he can't even play a game, so he is very eager to participate in the game. To be able to play in the game is as happy as winning the lottery. But he can also see that Barrios doesn't look forward to the game very much, he even has a little fear of the game...

Although in a real game, Zhou Yi couldn't personally attack Barrios and help him break the scoring shortage like in a virtual game, but now he can at least use words to comfort and encourage Barrios, right?

So he said to Barrios, "Lucas."

Barrios turned his neck mechanically and looked at Zhou Yi.

"I went to sleep at night and had a dream about today's game." Zhou Yi tried to speak slowly and clearly, so that Barrios could understand.

Barrios continued to look at Zhou Yi, waiting for him to speak.

"I dreamed that we won the away game, and...you scored the winning goal!" Zhou Yi said seriously, trying not to make a joking expression on his face, otherwise he might be misunderstood by Barrios as I am using the "scoring shortage" to amuse him.

Sure enough, after staring at Zhou Yi's face for a few seconds, Barrios smiled at Zhou Yi: "Thank you, Zhou Yi. If I can really score a goal, I will hug you." He said jokingly.

He could feel from Zhou Yi's expression and eyes that Zhou Yi really wanted to comfort him, so he expressed his thanks to Zhou Yi.

But he didn't take Zhou Yi's comfort to heart.

This kind of talk is just to make him happy, he doesn't think he can score a goal today...

He doesn't even want to think about scoring goals now, because the more he thinks about it, the more pressure he feels, which may make the situation worse.

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Eat lunch at noon later than usual, and don’t eat too much. In this regard, the coaching staff has requirements. Eating too much before the game will cause more blood to flow to the digestive system instead of the brain and brain. Limbs will make players sleepy in the next game, especially in the afternoon game, and their physical functions will decline.

So don't eat too much in the meal before the game, and keep hungry.

Then someone asked, but players who are not full have no strength to play football.

The coaching staff will naturally consider this issue. During the intermission of a game, the coach actually does not have much time to arrange tactics, and more often it is when the players eat to replenish energy. However, you will not eat too much during the intermission, mainly eat some foods that can quickly replenish energy and sugar. Bananas are one of the most popular foods in professional competitive sports, because bananas can quickly replenish energy and produce The feeling of fullness prevents players from eating too much.

And after the game, a lot of energy needs to be replenished, so the coaching staff will ask the players to eat as soon as possible after the game, instead of rushing home.

After lunch, all players took a lunch break under the supervision of the coaching staff. After a lunch break, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. After a brief wash and recovery, Zhou Yi boarded the car with his teammates and took the bus to the venue of the match, Borussia Park, the home stadium of Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The bus that the team calls is not provided by the home team, but a dedicated bus for the club, which is driven from Dortmund by the club's full-time bus driver.

Whether it is a domestic game or an international game, as long as it is an away game, the team's bus will leave in advance, pass through the well-developed expressway network, go to the destination, and complete the task of picking up the players to the game field there.

Zhou Yi sat by the window. It didn't take long for him to see the white stadium roof behind a dense forest.

The stadium is a landmark building in any city, especially in a place like Europe where the land is sparsely populated, the stadium is a behemoth on the horizon.

Prussia Park is such a behemoth. In fact, Borussia Mönchengladbach's previous home stadium, the Baucaberg Stadium, was much smaller, with a maximum capacity of 34,500 people. That stadium obviously could no longer meet the requirements of the Borussia Mönchengladbach club. Yes, and building a new stadium with a larger capacity is also a good thing for the club's future finances - because the club can get more match days by selling more tickets on match days income.

The Bundesliga is not the Serie A league after all, and the attendance rate is very high. As long as the stadium is big enough, it can always be full.

Now Monchengladbach's home stadium, the Prussian Park, can accommodate up to 54,000 spectators and covers an area of ​​29,000 square meters, which is indeed larger than the previous Baucaberg Stadium.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach's home game against Dortmund was at 6:30 p.m. local time, while in China it was 0:30 a.m. Beijing time the next day.

This is not a very good time to watch football, but there are still many fans waiting in front of the TV for this game. Because of this game Zhou Yi entered the big list!

Zhou Yi's father Zhou Jianliang and mother Li Cuiyun also sat in front of the TV half an hour earlier. Although there was still half an hour before the start of the game, the live broadcast of the TV station had already started, and the guests in the studio behind were commenting on the starting lineups of both sides— —The starting lineup has already come out, but Zhou Yi is not in it, he is a substitute.

When the guests at the back were discussing, the screen kept cutting to the Prussian Park Stadium in front.

The players have already started warming up on the court.

"Hey, son!" Zhou Jianliang suddenly pointed at the TV screen and shouted excitedly.

When Li Cuiyun looked up, she didn't see it: "Where is it?"

"The picture flashes by, making you distracted..." Zhou Jianliang complained.

"The game hasn't started yet, what's so interesting..."

"When the game started, we couldn't even see our son. He is a substitute and won't show up most of the time." Zhou Jianliang took the opportunity to popularize some knowledge about football to his wife. "If you want to see more of our son, now is the only time, because he is going to play to warm up, and the TV broadcast will also give some shots..."

However, Li Cuiyun understood her husband's words from another angle: "Doesn't that mean that you can turn off the TV and go to bed after the game starts?"

"How is it possible! Didn't you say that our son still has hope to play in the game!" Zhou Jianliang waved his hands quickly.

"Then you have to sit here and wait for the show when you don't know?" Li Cuiyun yawned, it was already past twelve o'clock, and she rarely slept so late, and she couldn't bear it anymore.

"Of course, it's the National Day anyway, and you don't have to go to work tomorrow, so it doesn't matter if you go to bed late, just sleep in later tomorrow!" Zhou Jianliang had planned everything.

Li Cuiyun got up upon hearing this.

"Hey, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you to concentrate on watching?" Zhou Jianliang asked.

"Make a cup of tea, otherwise how would you get through this?" Li Cuiyun gave her husband a blank look.

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PS, tomorrow will be two updates a day, and the Chinese New Year will be soon. During the Spring Festival, I will try my best to ensure that there are two updates a day, but if I can't guarantee it, I hope everyone will forgive me. After all, it’s Chinese New Year, everyone has a lot of things to do, if it’s not really impossible, I definitely don’t want to change it every day.

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