Chapter 117 Self-Cooked Talent Upgraded Version

The reason why Zhou Yi agreed so quickly to play as a midfielder is because whether in real games or virtual games, he would occasionally play as a midfielder. For example, when the opponent pressed him too hard in the frontcourt, he had to Retreating, at this time he is actually a midfielder.

Moreover, in modern football, the division of positions is no longer so obvious.

The most clear position of a player on the court is probably in the lineup shown on the game broadcast.

When the game starts, the positions of the players are not fixed, especially the players in the midfield. They always have to change positions and run non-stop.

Modern football is not like before. If you say it is a defensive midfielder, it is fixed at the back and is responsible for defense full-time, and does nothing else. At that time, the defensive midfielders were all powerful and fierce in defense, but their offensive ability was not worth mentioning, and they rarely participated in the offense.

In the past, the division of labor in football was clear. The center forward was responsible for scoring goals, the winger was responsible for crossing, the attacking midfielder was responsible for organizing the attack, and the defensive midfielder was responsible for defending. At that time, as long as you know a player's position, you can basically know what he is good at.

But now, it's different.

Modern football has more and more comprehensive requirements for players' abilities, and the meaning of position is becoming more and more vague. The center forward doesn't need to be able to score goals, but he has to play the ball. The winger does not need to cross, but he has to cut back and shoot. The front midfielder may not pass the ball, but he must be able to score forward. The defensive midfielder may not be good at defense, but he must be able to organize the offense... Even the goalkeeper is gradually starting to rush out of the small penalty area, expanding the defense area to the large penalty area, and even the entire second half. ball".

So it doesn't mean that playing a defensive midfielder means that you are getting farther and farther away from creating threats. It's not to say that playing the midfielder doesn't have the glory of playing the midfielder.

Since Pirlo redefined the midfielder, more and more organization cores are playing the midfielder.

Such as Xavi in ​​Barcelona, ​​such as Xavi Alonso who played for Liverpool and Real Madrid.

The previous classical attacking midfielder who organized offense by passing the ball has gradually withdrawn from the stage and become history. Instead, the current attacking midfielder is required to play like a shadow forward, or even...a center forward.

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After determining what position to play in the new season, the remaining thing is how to play the midfielder, and then train.

Tactical training is different from physical training. Only the opening fifteen minutes of each training session is open to the public. Fans and reporters can watch and film outside.

But when the fifteen minutes were over,

The training ground is closed. Not for anyone to see, except for the Dortmund official website reporter.

But even the photos and videos taken by the reporters on the official website have to be reviewed by the coaching staff, and some irrelevant things can be released. For example, players practicing shooting, joking and playing together during training intervals... such scenes.

The part involving specific tactical drills must be kept strictly confidential.

Any coach attaches great importance to his team's tactics. Impossible to leak out easily.

If a leak occurs, it is a serious problem.

So after the tactical training started, no one in the outside world knew that Zhou Yi had changed to playing as a midfielder.

On the contrary, the team members were a little surprised.

"Are you playing as a midfielder in the new season?" Gross Kreutz looked up and down Zhou Yi's still not strong body. "What does Klopp think? Doesn't he worry that you will be our only weakness?"

"Hey, Kevin. Don't say that..." Mark stood up to defend Zhou Yi again. "Zhou Yi's body is really weak, and he's really not good at defense..." When he said this, he paused. He wanted to say "but" immediately after, but he couldn't think of what to follow after the but. After a pause, he had no choice but to say, "Well, actually, I don't know why the head coach wants you to play as a midfielder..."

"In our China. There is a common saying that can explain why I play the midfielder very well." Zhou Yi looked and spoke with an air of superiority.

"What slang?"

"Take a step back and see the sea and the sky." Zhou Yi said in German.

For Zhou Yi, this is really the case, the position is retreated, and the sea and the sky are bright.

He went back to his room that night and experimented with kicking the lower back in the virtual world. The feeling is a little different from kicking the front midfielder, but it is not to the point of earth-shaking. And the defensive pressure suffered is indeed less.

If he doesn't know how to pass long passes, it may be awkward, but now that he has long pass skills, he is no different from playing as a midfielder.

And no one stipulates that the midfielder can only use long passes. He can also use short and medium distance passes to organize the offense. He can also step forward to participate in the attack at any time, put pressure on the opponent's defense, and become a deadlock. And that key figure of balance.

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Klopp has paid close attention to Zhou Yi since it was confirmed that he would play as a defensive midfielder, and wanted to see how Zhou Yi would perform in this new position.

Any player needs a period of adaptation in a new position, more or less long or short.

But Zhouyi's adaptation period seems to be extremely short...

Even if some newcomers came to the team, he didn't seem to show any strangeness. It still looks like it has been training with them for a long time.

This is a characteristic of Zhou Yi, and Klopp is not surprised. I just feel that with such an unbelievable talent, I am afraid that there are not many people in the world... Is this kind of talent an upgraded version of VIP Platinum?

In the position of the midfielder, Zhou Yi also had time to adapt, but it was soon obvious that he had started to play decently.

Although the position is different from before, the work is still the same, it is all about organizing offense and controlling the rhythm.

In the position of the defensive midfielder, Zhou Yi still showed his strong ability to read the game, analyze the game and process the information.

In fact, the old players of Dortmund know these abilities, and they have seen them last season. But in the new position, Zhou Yi is still doing so well, and they are a little surprised—is this kid supposed to play as a midfielder? Otherwise why is he so comfortable in this position?

Even more surprising are those new players who have only joined Dortmund this season.

What surprised them was that Zhou Yi was young, but he acted like a seasoned veteran with rich experience on the court. And from the front waist to the back waist, the transition is so natural and seamless, which also attracted their attention.

When Shinji Kagawa was interviewed by a Japanese reporter, he talked about his impression of Zhouyi.

"...Although I have heard Kist Sang talk about Zhou Yi frequently before. But when I came here, I realized how powerful Zhou Sang is. Although he is young, he has talents and abilities beyond ordinary people. I think he observed the reading competition. It takes faster than all of us, he gets the ball and he passes it to the next place without looking, and it's the right choice...it's incredible!"

The Japanese reporter couldn't believe it at first, thinking that Shinji Kagawa was exaggerating.

No matter how powerful Zhou Yi is, he doesn't deserve such an evaluation, right?

It feels like he is no longer an ordinary human being. Is his brain so powerful?

But analyze it, what reason does Shinji Kagawa brag about a Chinese player to them? What good would it do him? To please Zhou Yi? Is it worth it?

Therefore, the Japanese reporters were dubious about Shinji Kagawa's words.

On the one hand, I feel that Zhou Yi is really powerful, but on the other hand, I feel that Zhou Yi is not that powerful-you say they are entangled or not.

In fact, the entanglement of Japanese reporters is a bit selfish: they hope that Shinji Kagawa can play the main force in Dortmund. But in the position of the front midfielder, Shinji Kagawa faces a very strong opponent, that is Zhou Yi.

"Stunning" is not enough to describe Zhou Yi's performance in the team last season.

Zhou Yi is highly valued by Klopp, and it is not easy for Shinji Kagawa to challenge Zhou Yi.

If these reporters knew that Zhou Yi had switched to playing as a midfielder, I don't know how they would feel...

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Everyone was full of expectations for Zhou Yi's performance in his new position, but Zhou Yi himself took it lightly.

Because he can test his performance in this aspect through virtual training and games in advance, it is not surprising that he has the current performance.

Compared with himself, he cares more about his good friend Mark.

Since Mark was transferred from the second team, he has been training with the first team.

Zhou Yi hopes that Mark will eventually stay in the first team.

But now it seems that it is a little difficult for Mark to cope with the training intensity of the first team, and he may have to pay more to stay here...

Mark obviously knew this too, so even though the training was very harsh and the coaches were harsh, he never complained, but gritted his teeth and participated in the daily training, striving to complete the training requirements set by the coach during the training.

It was his childhood dream to become a real Dortmund player and represent the first team at the Westfield Stadium.

Although this dream has been dusty for a while.

But it is precisely because of this experience that he now cherishes this opportunity even more and is unwilling to give up.

In any case, in the end he must stay in the first team and be registered in the squad! (To be continued.) Enable new URL