Chapter 18 What Does It Feel Like to Wear the Dortmund Jersey?

"...In a friendly match that ended last night, Dortmund, who visited China, defeated Shanghai Chongming 5:0 at the Shanghai Stadium with 80,000 people. ┡E』Ω NovelＷw*Ｗ.Ω1ＸIAOSHUO.COM However, the game process was not the same. It was not as easy as the score showed... The game was full of excitement in the last fifteen minutes... Shanghai Chongming's young winger Yan Min was very active in the game. First, in the 76th minute, he After a successful breakthrough, he shot a shot but was rejected by the goal post..."

Highlights of last night's game were playing on the TV, with the newscaster adding captions.

"Then in the 85th minute, Chongming got another great opportunity to score. It was still Yan Min who created the killing opportunity after breaking through from the wing... When he passed the football to the center, Wu Lei followed Scored a header, but it was too high..."

“In the 88th minute, Chongming once again had a good opportunity to counterattack. Yan Min received Wu Lei’s pass and dribbled the ball forward along the wing. However, when approaching the Dortmund penalty area, he was tackled to the ground by Dortmund center back Hornshu. This foul brought a yellow card to Huo Enshu, and also aroused strong dissatisfaction from Yan Min... In the end, Dortmund defeated Shanghai Chongming 5:o and won their second victory during their visit to China... "

"... In this game, neither Zhou Yi nor Royce attracted the most attention. Instead, the one who received the most attention was a young player who was not well known before the game. Yan Min, who was born in 1994, came on the bench. After that, he threatened Dortmund's goal many times and created many opportunities for Chongming. If it weren't for his bad luck, Chongming should have scored at least three goals..."

"In a commercial game last night, our city's young player Yan Min performed well in the game and stole the limelight from world stars such as Zhou Yi and Royce! His performance in the game was remarkable, and he was Delicate foot skills are his trump card. It is with these two weapons that he disrupted Dortmund's defense after coming on as a substitute..."

"... After the game, Zhou Yi took the initiative to find Yan Min. After exchanging a few words with him, he took off his jersey and the two of them exchanged jerseys... This was the first time that Zhou Yi took the initiative to find someone to exchange jerseys during this trip to China. , I think this is also Zhou Yi’s encouragement to Yan Min who has performed well..."

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Different from the previous game, the Chinese media also reported the game on a large scale after the game, but the protagonists of the report were Dortmund and Zhouyi. But this time, the protagonist of the report became Yan Min.

Yan Min, a well-known player in Shanghai, became popular all over China overnight. Through a business competition, everyone got to know this kid who is quite new to the game.

The Internet is also full of discussions about Yan Min. Fans in Shanghai Chongming took the opportunity to introduce Yan Min to everyone. After all, the majority of Chinese fans are still quite unfamiliar with Yan Min. Even if he is selected for the national team,

He also made a brief appearance in the national team, but this does not mean that he is a star, he is still far from it.

As for the boring question of who can represent Shanghai football between Shanghai Chongming and Shanghai Shenhua, naturally no one paid attention after the game...

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The Chinese media and fans were excited and excited for Yan Min's outstanding performance, but Dortmund was very calm inside. One game was over. After all, this was a commercial game and did not represent anything. Everything in the game was What happened will lose its impact after the game is over, and it will not be remembered by Dortmund players for too long.

They left Shanghai the next day and flew to the next city for the competition, Beijing in China.

On the plane, Mark, who was sitting next to Zhou Yi, woke up in a daze and suddenly found a person standing next to him - the team's head coach Klopp.

Seeing Mark open his eyes and looking at him, Klopp grinned with white teeth and said: "Hi, Mark, would you mind changing places with me temporarily?"

Although Mark didn't understand what was going on, he habitually nodded to the head coach's request.

"Very good." Klopp hooked his hand, Mark stood up, and Klopp sat down.

Until this moment, Mark was still a little confused and didn't understand what happened, and then he turned around to find Klopp's position. As soon as he turned around, he saw the team's sports director Zorc standing in front of him.

Zorc didn't say anything, just smiled at him, and Mark quickly stepped aside to make way for Zorc.

Zorc nodded and said "thank you" and moved next to Klopp. At this time, Klopp had already woken up Zhou Yi, who was also sleeping.

"?" When he woke up, he found that there was someone else around him, and Zhou Yi was also a little confused.

Klopp said to him straight to the point: "Hi, Zhou Yi, let's talk about yesterday's game."

"?" Zhou Yi looked confused.

Zorc was more direct: "What do you think of the opponent's No. 28, Zhou Yi? You went to have a chat with him after the game and exchanged jerseys with him..."

Only then did Zhou Yi realize what was going on. He turned around in his mind, and instead of answering the question directly, he asked the two of them: "Is the team interested in him?"

Zorc smiled and said nothing. Klopp asked noncommittally: "What do you think of him?"

"Very good." Zhou Yi gave a positive answer. "I have speed, skills, and courage, but my body is a little weak, but I don't seem to be a big deal. At least I am much stronger than I was before." He also laughed at himself.

Klopp grinned, and he also remembered Zhou Yi's physical condition. At the same time, he felt that Zhou Yi might be using his own example to hint to him - I have developed a body like this back then, and No. 28's physical fitness is better than Zhou Yi's, what else can't be achieved through training?

After listening to Zhou Yi's words, he touched his chin and said nothing, lost in thought. Yan Min's performance yesterday really left a deep impression on him. It was not inferior to those star players in Europe who are famous for their speed. Yan Min is not a very tall player. Visually, he is about the same as Zhou Yi. Naturally, his legs are not very long at this height, but his swing frequency is very fast. As a result, the number of times he touches the ball is lower than that of players with longer legs. With more, it is easier to achieve various controls on the ball.

But what impressed Klopp most was not Yan Min's speed or technique, but his mental state.

After being stopped by Hornshoe with a foul, he still didn't give up the opportunity to find a goal. As long as he had the ball at his feet, he would attack Dortmund's defense and cause trouble for Dortmund's defenders. Although he had suffered three blows in this game, he seemed not to be affected at all.

From the beginning of the fight with Piszczek, which caused the audience to boo him, to the end, all the fans were cheering him on.

Klopp has seen these changes.

This young man who never seems to be tired or frustrated is really interesting...

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While Klopp was stroking his chin in deep thought, Zorc leaned on the back of the front seat and asked Zhou Yi more questions about Yan Min: "I see you are quite familiar with him?"

"Yes. As a member of a reality show, he came to Dortmund to record the show. We met at that time..."

Zorc was shocked: "He came to Dortmund again?"

"I played with the Dortmund youth team. Just like I did..." Zhou Yi explained.

"Then what are our scouts doing!" I heard that Yan Min was anxious with Dortmund at that time, and Zorc was somewhat dissatisfied with the performance of his men.

Zhou Yi quickly explained: "Yan Min's performance at that time was actually not very good. Compared with yesterday, the only advantage he had was his high morale. The rest... were all shortcomings."

"Okay..." Zorc accepted Zhou Yi's explanation and then asked another question. "Then what did you say to him after the game yesterday?"

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Yan Min put Zhou Yi's Dortmund jersey on a hanger and hung it on the wall.

He took a step back and stared at the yellow and black jersey. The back of the jersey is facing him. The most eye-catching thing is of course Zhou Yi's jersey number "23" and the name "Zhou" above the number.

Zhou Yi's number in the club is 23, and it was also 23 when he first joined the national team. Later, after establishing the core position of the national team, everyone thought that he would wear the No. 10 jersey. After all, No. 10 symbolizes the core and trump card of a team, and is the number that every player dreams of.

But Zhou Yi didn't, he still chose No. 23.

At that time, a reporter asked him if the reason why he was so obsessed with No. 23 was because he was a fan of "Basketball Flyer" Michael Jordan. How did Zhou Yi answer at that time?

Yan Min still remembers it.

Zhou Yi praised Jordan's achievements in basketball, and then modestly said that he did not dare to compare with Jordan. He chose No. 23 entirely because he was in the audition finals when he participated in the football reality show. Among the twenty-three people, he was ranked last, that is, twenty-third.

So he used the number 23 just to remind himself not to forget that he was the last one and was not a great person.

At that time, the media also praised Zhou Yizhen as a representative who "doesn't forget his original intention and always succeeds."

Although Yan Min always wanted to prove himself in front of Zhou Yi, he actually liked Zhou Yi very much, and even worshiped him a little, otherwise he would not have really listened to Zhou Yi's persuasion to him.

At that time, he was very happy that his favorite player could have such an attitude, and he had always secretly asked himself to learn from Zhou Yi and "never forget his original intention."

Although he lost yesterday's game, Yan Min felt that it was worthy of his original intention. This jersey might be the reward.

He thought again of what Zhou Yi said when he and he exchanged jerseys yesterday.

"Okay, Shengsheng has turned us into villains." Zhou Yi said to Yan Min with a smile. "Not bad, not bad. It's still the same as before."

Yan Min naturally knew what year it was and what it was like, so he smiled sheepishly. He was really good at being a middle school student back then... Of course, he was actually a good middle school student now, too, but he didn't realize it himself.

"It's such a pity that we didn't score in those few opportunities." Zhou Yi shook his head again.

"We are unlucky." Speaking of this, Yan Min still sounded a little unconvinced.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi did not refute him, but nodded in agreement: "Yes, bad luck."

Then he took off his jersey and handed it to Yan Min: "As compensation."

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After staring at the jersey for a long time, Yan Min, who was still wearing his upper body, took off the jersey and put it on himself.

Then he walked to the mirror and looked at himself in the mirror wearing a Dortmund jersey. He seemed to still look presentable?