Chapter 282 The Most Familiar Stranger

In the next game, while Xavi was sorting out Barcelona's midfield, he also did not forget to observe Zhouyi.

He is really curious about this young man who is said to have exactly the same playing style as him.

Nowadays, in a society with highly developed media, it is actually not difficult to see a person's game. Therefore, Harvey also knows Zhou Yi and has watched some of Zhou Yi's game video highlights. He also believes that Zhou Yi's playing style is indeed somewhat similar to his own.

But is this an elaborate imitation or a purely natural result?

Harvey believes that it is still difficult to understand clearly through the TV screen. I am afraid that it requires close contact. So fighting him is naturally the best way to observe.

Because he can experience Zhouyi's football in person at the place closest to Zhouyi.

As he observed, Harvey felt more and more that Zhou Yi had a very deep understanding of Barcelona. He was very familiar with Barcelona's tactics and understood the characteristics and style of almost every Barcelona player.

This level of understanding surprised Harvey.

He has been training and playing with this team for so many years. He has received education and training in Barcelona football philosophy at the La Masia youth training camp since he was a child. Barcelona football philosophy has been integrated into his genes. He knows Barcelona well. normal.

But why does Zhou Yi know so much?

Whether it is Zhouyi or Barcelona, ​​they should be strangers to each other.

Because this is the first confrontation between the two sides.

Zhou Yi is a rising midfield star who is becoming more and more famous in European football today, and he can be considered quite famous. But in fact, before Barcelona's players met Dortmund in the Champions League, they didn't know much about Zhouyi, and they were limited to some rumors. After all, no one would carelessly pay attention to a player who has nothing to do with them, and they are not Zhouyi fans...

Naturally, Barcelona’s name as “Team Cosmos” is also well known. There are many people who know and understand Barcelona, ​​but apart from themselves, the number of people who can understand it to this extent can be counted on two hands, and Zhou Yi is one of the very few.

Harvey couldn't understand this situation at all. He felt that there was only one reason that could explain why Zhou Yi knew Barcelona so well - that is, Zhou Yi really put a lot of effort into studying Barcelona.

And this kind of skill should not appear in a player.

It's normal for a coach to appear. For example, Mourinho, the current head coach of Real Madrid, must have put a lot of effort into studying Barcelona. That's because he is now the head coach of Real Madrid. As Barcelona's mortal enemy, in order to defeat Barcelona, ​​of course he must have a deep enough understanding of this team. Moreover, Mourinho also worked for Barcelona Club when he was young. He understands and is familiar with Barcelona's football philosophy and concepts. He is even regarded as a "traitor" by some radical Barcelona fans.

But Zhou Yi is an ordinary player. He has never received training in Barcelona before. Why does he know so much about Barcelona?

After much deliberation, there is only one reason that makes sense - Zhou Yi likes Barcelona's football style and philosophy too much, and studies and understands it out of love. It's like a fan will always try his best to know everything about his idol. He wants to know even the details such as what position he uses when sleeping and whether he snores.

Zhou Yi's approach is very consistent with a fan's behavior when facing an idol.

After coming to such a conclusion, Harvey suddenly thought of a few years later. Although his recent form has been pretty good, he is 32 years old after all. As a player, he will inevitably leave this stadium. Whether it is retirement or transfer, he must leave. By then, who will be his successor? Who can perfectly integrate into Barcelona's football system?

Harvey already has a candidate in mind.

He feels that as long as Barcelona and Dortmund can agree on the transfer fee, there will be no obstacles to Zhou Yi's transfer to Barcelona?

You said he rejected Barcelona before the game?

When you're so sensitive, wouldn't it be a problem if you didn't reject it out loud?

But this rejection does not represent a real rejection. It is completely different from rejecting Barcelona in the transfer market.

Xavi is really a pure Barcelona man. For the future of Barcelona, ​​he has considered more than his identity as a player...

However, Harvey still misjudged Zhou Yi.

Because Zhou Yi's understanding of Barcelona is definitely not because he is a fan of Barcelona football philosophy and studied Barcelona football crazily.

It's because Zhou Yi has a very powerful simulation system. He has played more than a hundred games with Barcelona in this virtual space, and he can also intuitively understand the player's abilities by viewing the opponent's player data.

How could he not know Barcelona?

Just like what happened just now, although Messi is on the right side of the field, he will often move to the center. During the horizontal dribbling process, if he encounters an interception, he will have three options - passing, shooting and passing. ball.

Gundogan's collision just now left Messi with only one option: passing. If he wants to pass the ball, 10% of the time he will pass the ball to Iniesta to his left.

I’m almost tired of watching this “Messi Corridor” during the virtual game between Zhouyi and Barcelona...

So this understanding has nothing to do with Zhou Yi's appreciation of Barcelona's football philosophy.

Regarding football with Barcelona, ​​Zhou Yi neither loves nor hates it. Although his playing style is very similar to Barcelona's passing football, Zhou Yi will not take a high look at Barcelona's football because of this.

He believes that Barcelona's football philosophy is just one of many football concepts throughout history, and there is nothing special about it.

For him, the most beautiful part of the football world is that there are many teams with different styles, playing different football tactics, and they can all achieve success. It does not mean that only Barcelona’s football in the world can win. champion. Teams that insist on defensive counterattacks, total offense, and bus tactics can also achieve success through hard work.

Just like nature, if the world only allows one color of flowers, then spring will be so boring...

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In fact, Zhou Yi showed that he is familiar with Barcelona. Not only Xavi, but also the commentators could see it.

Because he appeared in the right position at critical moments several times in defense and intercepted Barcelona's passes. He is like a dam, blocking the narrowest section of the river in Barcelona, ​​controlling the flow of Barcelona...

It made Barcelona very uncomfortable.

After seeing Zhou Yi's performance, He Ping said: "For Zhou Yi, Barcelona seems to have become their 'most familiar stranger'. His understanding of Barcelona is surprising!"

Marcel Leif was also surprised by Zhou Yi's performance: "Zhou Yi is just like a Barcelona player wearing a Dortmund jersey..."

The Catalan commentator was even speechless and didn't know how to explain this phenomenon.

When Guardiola saw Zhou Yi's performance off the court, he suddenly thought of the report saying that Zhou Yi had passed by La Masia.

Now it seems that La Masia's technical director Garcia is really discerning. Such a player is indeed very suitable for our Barcelona.

He was born to play for Barcelona.

But alas, now he is wearing a Dortmund jersey and is Barcelona's enemy on the pitch...

At this time, he was somewhat concerned that La Masia did not sign Zhou Yi.

On the Dortmund coaching bench next door, assistant coach Buvac was also surprised by Zhou Yi's performance: "He didn't perform like this in the last round. How did he do it?"

Klopp shrugged: "You don't know, but I'm happy that he performed like this in this game. "

Based on his understanding of Zhouyi, if he had to ask why every time he behaved, he might not even be able to sleep well.

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Since Zhou Yi's defensive performance greatly exceeded the expectations of the Barcelona players, in order to get rid of Zhou Yi's interception of their passes, the Barcelona players now have to choose long passes or fast passes. First of all, long passes are not in line with Barcelona's football philosophy and they are not skilled at it. Second, speeding up the passing speed means increasing passing errors, which is inevitable even for a team like Barcelona that has the advantage of passing and controlling the ball.

Therefore, in the first half, Barcelona's offense in the first half was not smooth and not "Barcelona".

Therefore, until the end of the first half, they were unable to blast Dortmund's goal and equalize the score.

When the first half ended with Barcelona trailing by one goal, many people were surprised. Pre-match predictions, everyone thought that Barcelona would take the lead in the first half at home, but the actual situation is completely opposite to their predictions. This really broke the glasses of countless people... (To be continued .)