Chapter 272 Footbonaut

"This is our secret weapon to defeat the Cosmos!" Klopp said, pointing to the mysterious square building behind him.

Hearing the head coach say this, the doubts in everyone's eyes became even more intense.

How could the secret weapon that defeated Barcelona be in this ordinary-looking house?

This is a house without windows. It is hard to imagine what else this kind of house could be used for besides being used as a warehouse.

The answer is revealed later.

When Klopp led the players into this "big" dark room, the first thing that caught his eye was a huge iron cage.

Inside the iron cage is a piece of artificial turf. There is a circle drawn with white lines in the artificial turf, just like the center circle of the stadium.

There are many lights shining into the cage from the top of the roof, so even though it is in a dark room without windows, the cage is as bright as day.

There are two square holes at the top and bottom in the middle part around the iron cage, and on all four walls, a total of eight holes.

It all seems confusing and strange.

Everyone looked at what they saw with curious eyes, not quite understanding the use of it.

Zhou Yi thought of an advertisement that Nike had filmed, a scorpion fight in an iron cage, so he asked: "Coach, do you want us to play one-on-one in there? The loser will be thrown into the sewer and flushed into the Rhine River. …”

The teammates burst into laughter.

"I really want to do that, kid." Klopp also smiled.

After joking, he clapped his hands, pointed at the iron cage and introduced everyone here: "Welcome to the 'footbonaut'!"

When they heard the name, everyone was still confused: "What is that?"

"As you can see, what you see in front of you is a square area fourteen meters long and fourteen meters wide. The wall of this area is composed of seventy-two special wall panels. Do you see this?" Crowe Pu asked, pointing to the white hole.

Everyone nodded.

Klopp asked again: "Does anyone know how to play table tennis?"

Some people in the team raised their hands,

Among them, Zhou Yi was ranked the highest - as a player from China, you must have confidence in this aspect.

Klopp saw him and asked him: "Zhou Yi, have you ever come into contact with a table tennis server?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "No, but I have seen it. It's just a machine that shoots out table tennis balls, and then the table tennis player catches the ball and plays on the opposite side..."

"Excellent explanation." Klopp nodded. "And this," he said, pointing to the white hole, "is our ball server!"

After hearing this, Zhou Yi could more or less guess what this mysterious and strange thing was for...

Klopp continued to explain to the players: "You need to receive the ball from these ball machines in this white circle, stop the football, and then kick the football to the randomly lit grid. It sounds simple, right? wrong?"

Zhou Yi nodded habitually, and then Klopp stared at him: "Hey, Zhou Yi."

"Ah?" Zhou Yi didn't expect that he would be named, and he was a little confused.

"Come on, come and show us an example!"

"Oh!" The teammates nearby whistled excitedly, they wanted to see Zhou Yi make a fool of himself. Obviously, when Klopp asked "very simple", the answer he hoped to get was definitely not "yes". Zhou Yi was like hitting Klopp's gun.

Zhou Yi was driven into the iron cage. After entering the cage, the door was closed.

"Go to the center circle." Klopp said pointing to the white circle outside.

Zhou Yi walked in obediently, and then began to look around. His head kept swinging from side to side, imprinting everything he saw in his mind. This was his habit. In a strange place, he would keep observing. Scan and document every detail of this environment.

"Are you ready?" Klopp asked outside.

Zhou Yi gave Klopp a thumbs up.

The teammates outside stood smiling, waiting to see the showdown between Zhou Yi and the machine.

"Okay, three seconds countdown." Klopp finished.

The seventy-two grids in the cage suddenly lit up red lights at the same time, which shocked many people.

Next, one second later, the red light turns to yellow, and another second later, the yellow light turns to green.

After the green light goes out, two chimes sound similar to when a car locks its doors.

Zhou Yi heard the sound coming from behind him, so he turned his head and looked back, and saw a football suddenly coming out of a ball machine with red light!

Zhou Yi turned around quickly, but halfway through, the football hit his supporting foot!

He stumbled and fell to the ground!

There was laughter among the teammates.

"Get up!" Only Klopp shouted at Zhou Yi. "Get up quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two more beeps sounded.

As soon as Zhou Yi looked up, he saw a football shot out of another ball machine and flying towards him. He reflexively used his hands to cover his face, and the football hit his arm and spread out.

Seeing Zhou Yi in such a mess, the teammates outside burst into laughter.

However, Zhou Yi also realized that the machine did not seem to pause because of his fall, so he quickly jumped up from the ground this time. He already knew how the machine worked.

The two beeps remind the players that the football should be launched from the hole in the direction of the beep, about one second earlier than the pass, allowing the players to turn in advance and be ready.

So when the buzzer sounded again this time, Zhou Yi immediately judged that the football would be passed from his right, so he quickly turned around and headed that way.

Sure enough, the red light outside the ball machine on the right side came on, and a football was launched.

Zhou Yi raised his leg to stop the ball. The football was stopped at his feet obediently. He looked up again and found a green light around a test grid on the left wall.

Zhou Yi quickly passed the football, and the football accurately hit the grid, turned the grid up, and rolled out.

Then the grid automatically flips back.

Then two more beeps sounded, this time from behind Zhou Yi. He turned around, the football flew over, and raised his leg to stop the ball. After stopping, he looked up and observed that a light came on on a grid facing him. Zhou Yi kicked the football over and the football hit accurately again.

The third time, after Zhou Yi passed the ball, the football hit the border of the grid and bounced back, and the green light turned into a yellow light.

Zhou Yi ran out of the circle and kicked the football towards the grid again. When the yellow light turned to red, the football finally hit the right target.

In this way, every time the buzzer sounds, Zhou Yi will quickly turn around to complete the action of catching the ball, and then repeat the entire set of actions of catching and passing the ball.

During this process, he discovered that the target grid changed from green light to yellow light and then to red light very quickly. It might only take two seconds for all three lights to light up. He has to kick the football to the goal in such a short period of time.

After the simultaneous kick is completed, the passing prompt will sound immediately. Zhou Yi would hardly be given any chance to breathe and rest. He had to repeat this set of actions without interruption. He could not stop or stop at all.

However, this kind of fast-paced training gave Zhou Yi an addictive feeling during the process... He could no longer think about anything else. He was completely focused, and all his energy was focused on finding the target, catching the ball, and passing the ball.

The teammates outside the cage gradually stopped laughing, and the expressions on their faces became more and more serious, because they also discovered that this thing was not a fun toy. The content and training shown in Zhou Yi's demonstration The intensity forced many of them to take a serious look at the strange iron cage in front of them...

They are all professional players and they know exactly what this series of quick passes and receptions means.

Just when Zhou Yi had entered the state of selflessness, the two beeps did not sound again.

Zhou Yi turned around and looked around, but the eight white ball machines never lit up again.

"Huh?" He still didn't understand what was going on.

Klopp had already opened the door and walked in: "It's over."

"Is it over?" Zhou Yi had an incredulous expression on his face. He hadn't had enough yet.

"Well, one and a half minutes per session," Klopp explained.

"Ah, can I do it again? Coach?" Zhou Yi begged.

"You think this is just for you? They are still waiting!" Klopp pointed to the players outside the cage.

Zhou Yi looked over and found that his teammates' eyes were as excited and eager as his own. It seems that everyone is deeply attracted by this novelty!

Of course he couldn't monopolize the training facility, so he left the cage with regret and dissatisfaction, giving up his position to other teammates.

Watching his teammates adapting to this new training facility excitedly and awkwardly in the cage, Zhou Yi felt itchy in his heart and feet.

He couldn't help but think, how great it would be if he could have a training facility like this just for himself...

On this day, the entire Dortmund team, except for the goalkeeper, conducted a total of ten minutes of "footbonaut" training.

The same was true for Zhou Yi, but at the end of the training, he still said goodbye to this "big" dark house with reluctance.

When following his teammates out, Zhou Yi looked back at the building with white walls and no windows.

He is seriously considering whether he can sneak back for special training at night... (To be continued.)