Chapter 33 Patience Is a Traditional Virtue

The energetic boy trains vigorously every day.

The team is also actively preparing for the new season.

After the German Super Cup, the Bundesliga is not far away.

Because there will be a World Cup next summer and the national team will train before the World Cup, the league must leave enough time for the national team to train. Therefore, the league this season starts early and ends earlier, and the mid-season schedule is relatively more intensive. .

The new Bundesliga season will kick off on August 9. The first game is the away game between defending champion Borussia Dortmund and Augsburg.

The opponent is not very strong, but Dortmund is playing away from home, and in addition to the first league game, it is still unknown what kind of state the players can show.

However, since the Super Cup with Bayern Munich, the voices of suspicion and criticism of Dortmund in Germany have become much quieter. Only the Munich media still insists that the performance and results of such a useless event such as the Super Cup cannot prove any problems.

Before the Super Cup, these same media believed that the Super Cup victory would herald the different prospects of Dortmund and Bayern Munich this season...

Guardiola was more frank than his friends in the media. After losing the Super Cup, he admitted in an interview with reporters that his team's performance was not as good as Dortmund's and that losing the game was normal. At the same time, he also admitted that he is still learning about this new league and everything in it.

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August 9th, the first round of the league.

Dortmund faces Augsburg away from home.

The day before, Klopp announced the 18 players who will go with the team, and Yan Min is not among them. Although Chinese reporters and fans are very concerned about this issue,

And he hoped that Yan Min could appear in the 18-man roster, but Klopp still used the cruel reality to tell the wishful thinking Chinese media and fans that they thought too much.

Zhou Yi was then surrounded by Chinese reporters, who wanted him to talk about what he thought about Yan Min not being selected for the eighteen-man list.

This time, Zhou Yi, who has always been polite to the media, criticized the media's bad mentality very rudely: "... Yan Min has just arrived in Dortmund and has not even spent two days training with the team. He didn’t play even one minute of warm-up matches for Dortmund last week, so isn’t it normal that he was not selected for the league’s 18-man squad?”

"I don't think your attention is concern and support for the players, but more like a kind of pressure, just like parents saying in their children's ears all day long, 'If you don't study hard, you will be sorry for our upbringing.' Same, useless, or only counterproductive. Have you ever seen a child who learned this because his parents said this all day long? There are objective rules for whether a player can play in a game. Even if the training state is good, it still depends on the coach. Tactical arrangements, how can they be so absolute? Just go out when you go out?"

"I remember when I was in the Dortmund first team, you were like this, right? Are you coming again this time? Are you not afraid of arousing Klopp's resentment and rebellious psychology and directly banned Yan Min? I don't think Yan Min has already You can now live under the spotlight and magnifying glass of the media and the public. If you really support Yan Min, you should give him more space and patience. Don't worry about when he enters the 18-man roster, when he comes off the bench, etc. These questions will come naturally when the time comes, and you will naturally play when you should play, just like I did back then. I really don’t want you to ask me and the coach similar questions in the future, and of course, don’t ask Yan Min either. I know what you want to do. Yan Min's temper will be good material for your hype. But that is not good for the players, very bad."

Zhou Yi's expression was very serious when he said this, and there was no playful smile on his face. This made the reporters a little uncomfortable and a little embarrassed. They really didn't expect Zhou Yi to be able to teach people with a straight face.

But thinking about it again, with Zhou Yi's current status and achievements, it seems that there is nothing wrong with being trained by him.

After Dortmund lost Gotze and Lewandowski, Zhou Yi's position in the team became more and more stable. To put it bluntly, if he was determined to be a ball dominance, he would probably get the support of the club's senior management.

After finishing these words with a straight face, Zhou Yi returned to the familiar smile, and then said: "I am talking to you so much today because I hope that players and reporters can maintain a good relationship in the future. We have cooperated well in foreign countries over the years. Yes, it’s hard for everyone to be stationed abroad for a long time without being able to see their families. If you don’t do your job well, wouldn’t it be a loss? You can post all of my words, whether it’s pressure from above or from fans. , let them all be right. When I was promoted to the first team, many people were worried about me and kept asking the coach questions about when I would be able to play. I know it was all for my own good, but I knew very well, As a player, waiting is a required lesson. If you don't wait patiently, impetuousness will not help players seize opportunities and achieve success. You also interviewed Yang Muge. Lao Yang is an excellent representative of patience. As a result, he is now in Sharer Schalke 04 is an unbeatable main force. No matter which coach comes, I believe he can gain a foothold in Schalke 04."

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Zhou Yi's words were indeed published by the media, but some media published them without changing a word of the original text, and some published excerpts. But no matter which way, they all wrote commentaries based on Zhou Yi's words and reflected on their own practices. The media also had a broader vision and thought of the current situation of Chinese football.

"...China's domestic leagues are booming and are likely to surpass those of Japan and South Korea. We have financial backers who are willing to spend money, and world-class stars that were previously unthinkable have come to invest. The league's attendance is rising steadily, ranking first in the league. Asia... The Chinese national team also historically reached the World Cup finals again, and the National Olympic team won the Olympic gold medal... Everything looks very beautiful, like flowers blooming and fire cooking oil. But all these beautiful scenes seem to It makes us impetuous and loses our normalcy and patience.

I think the achievements of Chinese football today are largely accidental. Without the league, as far as the results of the national team are concerned, the rise of Zhou Yi and the others is like a meteor that suddenly appears in the night sky. Although it is dazzling, everyone knows that this cannot last forever. Their "golden generation" appeared very suddenly. By the time they After the peak period is over, what is waiting for us? If we only immerse ourselves in the dreams brought about by a group of talented players, then Chinese football will never get out of the bottom.

I think it’s time to calm down and do some ‘reforestation’ work. Thanks to Zhou Yi and others, they have brought more attention to Chinese football. Because of Zhou Yi and others, the image and reputation of football in China are getting better. Maybe more parents will want their children to play football in the future. But by that time, are we football workers ready? Do we have more football fields? Do we have more principals willing to bring football into their schools? Do we have more high-level football academies? Do we have more grassroots coaches willing to devote themselves to youth football development? Do we have a football player like Xu Genbao who is willing to work hard on an island for ten years to sharpen his sword?

Without these, then Zhou Yi and the others would be like shooting stars. After crossing the sky, what is left for Chinese football is still the dark night sky. There is a precedent for Chinese fans to endure endless pain after enjoying a period of joy. Think about 12 years ago when we entered the World Cup. At that time, the whole country celebrated. Everyone thought that the spring of Chinese football had arrived. , but the reality is very cruel. Enjoy joy without preparation, and that joy is destined to be temporary.

Therefore, I call on our football people, not only reporters and fans, but also managers, to take this opportunity to vigorously improve our domestic football environment, to implement policies that are conducive to the development of football in small and medium-sized enterprises, and to allow football culture to take root in this country. society. In this way, Chinese football can ‘Send me to the top with the help of good wind’…”

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Zhou Yi himself probably didn't expect that his words could lead to such a strategic commentary. Moreover, this article was not published in the general media, but in the "People's Daily". It was a commentary of the People's Daily. Member article!

This standard is so high that it is not the influence of Zhou Yi alone that can decide to let the People's Daily do this.

Perhaps the Book of Changes is just an introduction, a medicine guide, but behind the scenes, someone at the top wants to take this opportunity to say something to test the domestic public opinion response and explore the way to promote other new policies in the future.

After all, everyone in China today knows that the new president likes football...

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