Chapter 66 "Welcome Ceremony of Zhouyi"

Under everyone's doubtful eyes, Zhou Yi followed his Dortmund teammates out of the player tunnel and stepped onto the turf of the Westfield Stadium.

After a summer break, he finally returned to the court again. The madness of the London Olympics seems like yesterday, but now he has to switch modes, switching from the national team to the club team.

The two teams have different tactical styles, different teammates, and even his tasks in the team are different - in the Olympic team, he is the captain, and is not only responsible for leading the team technically and tactically, but also He has to be more responsible for some of the captain's work, and in Dortmund his position is relatively simple. He is the commander on the court, but he is not the captain. At least he does not need to do things like guessing coins and picking sides.

Before the players came out, the stadium DJ Nobby was introducing the players on the starting list. When he called Zhou Yi's name, the home fans responded with the loudest voice. This can well explain Zhou Yi's position in the hearts of Dortmund fans. .

After Shinji Kagawa left the team, rumors about Zhou Yi's transfer and departure were also flying everywhere, but Zhou Yi took the initiative to say that he wanted to stay, which earned him a high reputation among Dortmund fans.

"Zhou Yi! His starting appearance in this game is somewhat unexpected. Let's take a look at his performance in this game!" But when Zhou Yi's close-up shot appeared on the TV screen, the commentator of the German TV station Member Marcel Leif said.

The reporters in the media box also fixed their eyes on him, and also wanted to see his performance in the game.

Dortmund's opponent in this game is Werder Bremen. Werder Bremen ranked ninth in the league last season. This summer, the team's main forward Pizarro moved to Bayern Munich, and Rosenberg went to West Brom. Vic and Marin moved to Chelsea, Naldo moved to Wolfsburg, and goalkeeper Wiese moved to Hoffenheim. These transfers have a great impact on Werder Bremen.

For example, forward Pizarro, as the team's main forward last season, and Rosenberry jointly contributed 25 goals to the team. Now that these two main forwards are gone, only Peterson, who is on loan from Bayern Munich, is still capable of starting at Werder Bremen's forward position.

Midfielder Marin was not in good form last season. He was originally expected to regain his form this season, but was poached by Chelsea. The main goalkeeper Wiese, who performed well last season, also moved to Hoffen on a free transfer. Heim. So the current lineup is actually worse than last season. Werder Bremen failed last season, let alone this season.

Before the season, the German media believed that Werder Bremen's main goal this season was not to qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League, but to avoid relegation...

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As soon as the game begins,

Dortmund took advantage of their home court advantage to take the initiative, which did not surprise everyone. After all, even without Zhou Yi, the strength gap between Dortmund and Werder Bremen is still huge. Werder Bremen basically does not have the strength to challenge Dortmund in the away game.

Everyone is mainly reading the Book of Changes.

Judging from the position on the court, Zhou Yi is still in the midfielder position, and he and Gundogan are almost on the same line.

However, Dortmund did not play two midfielders in this game, but three midfielders-Zhou Yi, Gundogan, and the old captain Kyle who started in place of the injured Sven Bender.

On the two wings are Gotze and Reus.

Lewandowski was at the front as a single arrow.

The number of midfielders is the same as last season, with five people, but there is no attacking midfielder.

Does Dortmund no longer want the attacking midfielder?

It’s not impossible to not use the attacking midfielder. Nowadays, there are actually fewer and fewer attacking midfielders who organize attacks... The attacking midfielders are more like shadow forwards, responsible for scoring goals, and the task of organizing attacks is given to those in positions higher than them. Deep defensive midfielder or central midfielder.

Soon everyone could see how Zhou Yi acted.

Without Shinji Kagawa, his front is actually relatively empty, and no one is blocking him, so when Dortmund attacks, he will step up to the position, which is almost the same as that of a midfielder. .

Before Shinji Kagawa came to Dortmund, Zhou Yi played almost this position in the season when he became famous.

The only difference between now and then is that Zhou Yi's position is not fixed at the front and back. He will change positions at any time according to the situation on the court. Compared with the season when he debuted in Dortmund, he played more flexible, but never departed from the same principles. Such play is not unfamiliar to Zhou Yi.

"...It turns out that when Kagawa Shinji came, he already occupied Zhou Yi's position. After he left, the position that originally belonged to Zhou Yi returned to Zhou Yi's feet, so the time for him to adapt must be shorter than most people think... …" Marcel Leif analyzed.

This is something that many people didn't expect before. Everyone just thought that people were leaving, new people were coming, the lineup had changed, and they had to adapt again, but they didn't expect that Klopp would go back to his old ways...

In fact, this was not Klopp's idea alone. He did it after asking Zhou Yi.

When Zhou Yi was determined to be unable to participate in the training camp because of the Olympics, Klopp called Zhou Yi in London, and the two chatted on the phone for about forty minutes. The plan was finally decided upon.

Zhouyi told Klopp not to worry about his inability to cooperate with the team because he missed the pre-season training. Of course, he couldn't say that it was because he had a virtual system in which he could train with Dortmund players. He just put forward an idea, saying that whether he plays as a defensive midfielder or an attacking midfielder, he does the same thing, connecting the previous and the next and organizing the offense.

The Dortmund team is also very accustomed to cooperating with him, so there are actually no changes. The team and he can adapt quickly.

After weighing it up, Klopp decided to adopt the current style of play.

When Zhou Yi returned to the team after the Olympics, Klopp arranged for Zhou Yi to join the team and play an internal teaching match with the youth team. The result naturally surprised and delighted him.

The reason for the surprise is that Zhou Yi really has no adaptation period, his performance is not unfamiliar, and the team matches him very well. Except for Zhou Yi's average condition due to some fatigue, it is really hard to tell that he has never participated in pre-season training. Players…

Zhouyi's performance strengthened Klopp's confidence. At the same time, he also asked Zhouyi to concentrate on physical recovery training and physical reserve training in the next twenty days to lay a solid foundation for the new season.

Because he has enough time for physical training, Zhou Yi's physical fitness is not as bad as the outside world thinks.

This is reflected in the fact that Zhou Yi's personal impression on the court seems to be no different from before...

The football is constantly passed to Zhou Yi's feet from different directions. After being processed by Zhou Yi, it is then passed to different directions. He kept running on the court, running from one place to another, participating in the team's offense throughout.

Always there where he is needed.

After his sorting out, Dortmund's offense advanced very smoothly.

In the 11th minute, he instigated an attack in the midfield. After three passes, he passed the football to Royce. Royce received the ball and shot in the penalty area. The football flew into Werder. May's goal.

Dortmund takes the lead 1:0!

Reus also scored his first league goal since returning to Dortmund.

Royce was very excited after scoring. He ran to the South Stand and waved his fists to the fans in the South Stand.

The fans in the South Stand responded with the most enthusiastic cheers.

"Royce! Beautiful!" Marcel Leif shouted excitedly. "It's only been eleven minutes and he scored! And it's his first league goal for Dortmund! It couldn't be a better start!"

Zhou Yi, who assisted Royce, and his teammates ran towards him celebrating the goal. Then Gotze pulled Zhou Yi in front of Royce and said with a smile: "Hey, Marco, this is what I told you. 'Welcome Ceremony of Zhouyi'!"

"Thank you, Zhou Yi!" Royce hugged him and shouted.

"Hey, what are you talking about behind my back?" Zhou Yi was very surprised.

"No, no, I'm complimenting you." Gotze waved his hands repeatedly.

At the beginning of the pre-season training, Reus was a little nervous about returning to Dortmund. After all, he left this team when he was very young, and when he came back, Dortmund had already won the Bundesliga for two consecutive seasons. Champion, as a wanderer who has been away from home for many years, he will inevitably be a little nervous when he returns to his hometown. He doesn't know whether he can satisfy the Dortmund fans in the South Stand.

As his good friend, Gotze comforted him. In order to reassure him, he also said a term that was unfamiliar to Royce, called "Welcome Ceremony of Zhouyi".

That is to say, those players who have just joined the team, or are returning from injury and need to build confidence, will receive Zhou Yi's care during the game. Generally, this care will be reflected in Zhou Yi's meticulous nanny assists.

After Shinji Kagawa returned from injury, he was assisted by Zhou Yi and scored a goal in the first game.

What's even more amazing is that even if Zhou Yi can't play, he can still use mysterious Eastern witchcraft to help his teammates score goals.

For example, when Barrios transferred to Dortmund and failed to score for several consecutive rounds and received criticism and pressure, it was Zhouyi's prediction that allowed Barrios to break the goal drought and get out of hand... In the end, that This season, Barrios became the top scorer in the Bundesliga, and Zhou Yi took the greatest credit...

Royce thought it was amazing. He had heard of the nickname "Wizard" in Zhou Yi, and he roughly knew what it was about. However, he felt that it was all a gimmick created by reporters to attract attention, but Gotze said it was serious. Yes, is it true?

Seeing that Royce didn't quite believe it, Gotze asked him to wait for verification when the time comes.

Sure enough, in this first league game, Royce was assisted by Zhou Yi and scored a goal...

At that time, Zhou Yi's pass was indeed very comfortable. Royce hardly had to make any unnecessary adjustments. The football just reached his right foot, which he is best at using. He could shoot directly without having to switch to the other side. This is a detail that he didn’t think too much about when he shot again, but after thinking about it after scoring, especially what Gotze said, Royce had to believe that this was really "Zhou Yi's welcome ceremony"... …

He seems to have considered everything for the receiving player when passing the ball, allowing the receiving player to minimize the connecting movements after receiving the ball, and buy more time and space for the receiving player.

Royce has never fought side by side with Zhou Yi before, and has only had several confrontations as opponents. However, being an opponent and being a teammate are completely different experiences. At least as an opponent, you will not be able to experience Zhou Yi's seemingly ordinary tricks. The secret behind passing the ball...

While he was thanking Zhou Yi, his eyes looking at Zhou Yi were full of...admiration for some unknown mysterious existence.

He is indeed a "wizard"!

The naive Royce never imagined that Zhou Yi had actually trained with him many times in the virtual space, and he knew his characteristics very well. It was like playing football together since childhood, and that he could send such a pass. It's not a strange thing at all... (To be continued.)