Chapter 104: Assist King

Shaheen's transfer from Dortmund naturally affected Zhou Yi.

As a player who served as the core task of the team with Shaheen last season, what will he do now that Shaheen is gone?

Is it alone? Or will there be another person to share the pressure and responsibility with him?

This is an issue that everyone is very concerned about, especially Chinese fans and reporters.

As Chinese, they certainly hope to see Chinese players can play the leading role in a giant team. But reason told them that with Zhou Yi's current physical problems, it was unrealistic to take the lead alone.

So some reporters who were familiar with Zhou Yi called directly to ask related questions.

"I don't know how the coach thinks about it, but I listen to the coach's arrangement."

Zhou Yi's answer could not satisfy the reporter. He asked, "Then what do you think? Don't you want to be the leader?"

"Of course I want to. But it doesn't matter if I think about it or not. I also think that the Chinese team can win the World Cup. Is it useful?" Zhou Yi said.

"Uh..." The reporter who choked on the phone and asked was speechless.

"In short, let's see how the head coach arranges. I will do whatever he arranges. I will know when the time comes. Don't worry now." In fact, Zhou Yi knew how Klopp arranged, but he didn't tell these reporters, but chose concealed.

He thought so.

Whether I can really improve my physical fitness through the special training during this holiday to the point where I can take the lead alone is still unknown.

If I say that I will be the core alone next season, but I haven't practiced well, won't it be a joke by then?

Cunning... No, how could the clever Zhou Yi let such a thing happen?

So he chose to hide it now, and it will be convenient for him to pretend to be coercive when the time comes.

After hanging up the phone, Klopp looked at Zhou Yi: "Is the call over?"

"It's over, coach."

"Put your phone in your bag, and don't answer it during training." Klopp pointed to Zhou Yi's backpack.

"Okay, coach." Zhou Yi hurried over,

Stuffed the phone into the bag.

Then the fitness coach Bartlett said to Zhou Yi: "Get ready, Zhou Yi. This training may be different from the training you have received before..."

"Why is it different?" Zhou Yi asked.

Bartlett did not answer this question, but instead asked Zhou Yi: "How did you feel about the pre-season training last season?"

Zhou Yi glanced at Klopp standing next to him, and said, "Can you tell the truth?"

"Of course." Bartlett smiled.

"Uh, hell..." Zhou Yi shrank his neck and said.

The pre-season training last season really left a very deep impression on Zhou Yi. It's just so miserable that I can't bear to look back...

It was not surprising to hear Zhou Yi give an answer. Bartlett and Klopp looked at each other and both smiled.

Then Klopp straightened his face and said to Zhou Yi: "Hell? That's only the first five floors of hell. Now get ready to see the tenth floor of hell."

I heard Klopp say that. Zhou Yi opened his mouth and stared wide-eyed: "This. Is it too late for me to give up now, coach?"

Klopp stared: "What are you thinking? Where in hell is a place where you can come and go when you want? Go to training!"

He kicked Zhou Yi's ass falsely. Zhou Yi jumped up clutching his ass as if he was really kicked. ran onto the pitch.

"Warm up!" Klopp yelled after him.

In this way, when Zhou Yi's teammates left Dortmund one after another and started their vacation trip. Zhou Yi's special training during the holidays also started.

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While Zhou Yi was undergoing his unknown special training, the Bundesliga season also officially came to an end.

Dortmund's performance this season can be described as ups and downs. At the beginning of the season, their performance was very bad. Everyone thought that Dortmund was going to play in the Bundesliga next season.

But the sign of the change was Shaheen's injury. After Shaheen was injured, Zhou Yi took his place and led the team to a wave of winning streaks. Then Shaheen returned from injury, and Klopp took advantage of the opportunity to launch a dual-core tactic. After a short run-in, the dual-core operation was normal, helping the team win consecutively.

In the end, Dortmund's season ranking was fixed at second.

They have qualified for the Champions League next season!

You know, at the beginning of the season, Klopp's goal for the team was only to qualify for the Europa League next season.

Unexpectedly, the final result was far better than he had imagined.

The reason why Dortmund can have such a change in performance is inseparable from one person.

Zhou Yi, as a young player transferred to the first team this season, he has experienced a fantastic season.

He was ordered in the middle of the crisis and his performance greatly exceeded people's expectations of him.

Since the 14th round of the league, when he challenged Hoffenheim away, no matter whether he started or came off the bench, he never missed any next Dortmund league game. He played 21 times in the league, scored two goals, and assisted... 10 Four times!

This number also made Zhou Yi the Bundesliga's assist leader this season!

Behind him is a gathering of famous players, Ozil, Misimovic, and Marin all ranked second in the assist list with 12 assists.

So after the season ended, Zhou Yi also received a lot of attention.

Dortmund's local "Ruhr News" believes that Zhou Yi is the "biggest discovery of the season" in the Bundesliga.

"Kicker" also has a very high evaluation of Zhou Yi, "...in him (Zhou Yi), we can see the shadows of those great passers in history. This young Chinese man has far beyond ordinary people. He may still be lacking technically and physically, but his psychological quality allows him to have more room for improvement in the future..."

"Bild" repeatedly called Zhou Yi's final results "unbelievable": "He only played 21 games, and there were many games that were replaced early in the 60 or 70 minutes. , he still made fourteen assists! If you can give him a full season, he can play the whole game in every game... It is hard to imagine what he will achieve in the end! Dortmund can have the final result of this season , and Zhouyi are inseparable!"

For Chinese fans, after the season is over, what they like to see most is the evaluation of Zhou Yi's performance this season in these media.

The Chinese media are naturally very clear, so they have translated the foreign media's evaluation of Zhou Yi, and at the same time, they have also made their own evaluation of Zhou Yi's performance.

Of course, the Chinese media may be used to low self-esteem. Even when praising and touting Zhou Yi, they still don’t forget to "be prepared for danger in times of peace" and make an outlook on Zhou Yi's performance in the next season. This outlook is full of worries. .

"...While we are happy with Zhou Yi's performance this season, we must not forget that this result is based on Zhou Yi's first appearance in the Bundesliga and everyone is not very familiar with him. Quite a few Rookies have performed well in the first season, but their performance declined in the second season, commonly known as the 'rookie wall'. Of course we don't want Zhou Yi to encounter the 'rookie wall', but we also want to see Zhou Yi now The shortcoming is still very obvious, that is his body and technique.

Physically, Zhou Yi's physical fitness and strength are obvious shortcomings. Dortmund will fight on two fronts next season, which requires very high physical fitness. In addition, the Champions League is different from the Bundesliga. In the Champions League, the physical confrontation is more intense, which also puts forward higher requirements for Zhou Yi's strength...

Technically, Zhou Yi's short pass technique is very good, but it seems too single. Only short passes, poor long passes. Apart from passing the ball, his abilities in other aspects are also very average. It is rare to see him dribbling the ball to get rid of others, and his speed is not fast... These are the real problems of Zhou Yi.

If such a problem cannot be effectively resolved, once the opponents have thoroughly studied Zhou Yi's characteristics, he may be marked by the opponent in the game, and his performance will fluctuate...Of course we all hope that Zhou Yi's career It can be smooth sailing, but to be honest, the possibility of this is very slim. Anyone has to encounter setbacks and failures in order to become stronger. Therefore, I sincerely hope that Zhou Yi will not be dazzled by his outstanding performance in the first season, but will clearly recognize his shortcomings and work hard to improve. You must know that he is not playing football for himself, behind him, there are tens of millions of Chinese fans watching him..."

Zhou Jianliang slapped the newspaper on the table vigorously.

Li Cuiyun next to her was surprised: "What's wrong?"

"Hmph! How dare you look down on my son!" Zhou Jianliang said indignantly.

Li Cuiyun picked up the newspaper and read it, then said: "What people say is true. Zhouyi does have these problems."

"Yes, indeed, but isn't my son working hard to solve these problems now? Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to return home!" Zhou Jianliang was still unconvinced.

"The reporter doesn't know." Li Cuiyun remained calm.

"Okay...wait until the new season to surprise them! Surprise them!" Zhou Jianliang snorted. "It's a pity that I can't see their expressions when the time comes..."

When Li Cuiyun saw that her husband was still competing with the media, she grinned: "Childish." (To be continued.) Opening a new website