Vol 2 Chapter 16: Regular warm-up

The youth team's game kicks off at five o'clock in the evening, so in fact at three o'clock in the afternoon, according to the regulations, Mark and Zhou Yi should appear in the Bracker training base.
But until this time, they have not set off yet.
why?
Because they are waiting for Cortana.
"This kid... I called her, but when no one answered it, I changed to recording the phone, and I didn't know if she heard..." Standing in the living room, Mrs. Wagner kept looking out through the window , Hoping to see her daughter.
Old Wagner wore a suit and sat on the chair as squarely as possible, so that the suit would not be crumpled. He didn't speak, but frowned.
And Mark and Zhou Yi have already packed up the equipment to be used in the game, and are waiting to get on the train and go to the training base.
But now because Cortana didn't come, they were unable to leave, and Zhou Yi was quite helpless.
This woman... is not dating, what are you playing late!
Mark's mood was slightly lower.
At this time, he naturally wants his family to come, especially his sister who has a good relationship with him. This is also a great opportunity for him to prove that he can take the football path in front of his sister.
Whatever the reason, he didn't want his sister to miss his game today.
Even if it's just a warm-up match.
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But in the end, they did not wait for Cortana. It was half past three, and Cortana still hadn't arrived. The family had to drive on the road to the Bracker training base in response to her mother's complaints.
Along the way, because the time was late, old Wagner said nothing in silence and drove the car fast. Sitting in the rear seat, Zhou Yi still had to grab the handle above the window with his hand when wearing a seat belt, so as to make him feel safe.
He doubted whether the silent old Wagner was burning with anger, and he wanted to tell Old Wagner that it was necessary to drive a grudge...
Old Wagner drove all the way, and it usually took 20 minutes to see the distance. He arrived in twelve minutes today. From this, one can imagine how nervous Zhou Yi should be along the way-he does not want his dream in Dortmund. The trip hiccupped because of a car accident.
After getting out of the car, Zhou Yi and Mark grabbed their backpacks and rushed towards the training building of the youth team. When they opened the locker door, everyone, including the coach Eckel, was already inside.
"Sorry, sorry..." Mark quickly apologized to the head coach and teammates.
"Mark, you are late! The starter for this game is gone today!" Some of the teammates cheered.
Mark was immediately frustrated, and Ecker waved at him: "If you don't return to your actions, it's really gone!"
Mark realized that his teammates were joking with him, and quickly ran back to their respective positions with Zhou Yi.
When the two of them started to change shirts, Ecker continued his speech just now.
"... Düsseldorf U17 is still in the lower league this season, we have no chance to meet them in the U17 league, we don't know much about them. But I hope you don't underestimate the enemy, this game will follow The content of our usual training kicks, the important thing is not how the opponents play, but how you play yourself."
Having finished, Ecker turned his attention to Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, you are responsible for organizing the team's offense."
This is actually the content of daily training. Zhou Yi dared to do this job during training, and everyone is used to it. No one will raise such a naive objection as "why should this new guy direct us?"
Zhou Yi nodded and responded naturally and confidently: "No problem."
He is really confident, because he and these teammates have cooperated in the virtual world for not knowing how many times, he is not new to this team.
It's not a big deal, let him command this team, he really has nothing to do.
These people are all players who have been trained for a long time and at a high level. Are they better than the team tactical discipline and sense of cooperation that they put together when they participated in the reality show?
He could beat Barcelona, ​​Chelsea and Liverpool with that team.
Now is it impossible to direct the Dortmund youth team to defeat the Dusseldorf youth team?
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Old Wagner parked his car and walked slowly from the parking lot to the playing field with his wife.
On the way, Mrs. Wagner was still chattering about her daughter.
The Germans attach great importance to football. Their children play in the game. The whole family is dispatched to cheer for him and take a group photo. This is a very important family memory in the future, and it is an indispensable part of the child's life.
If a family member is absent, it will become a regret for a lifetime.
When was the last time Mark had sent Wagner's family out?
That seems to be very far away.
The two came to the stand and were looking around. When they were going to find a good position, they heard the cry of their daughter: "Here! Mom and Dad!"
They looked around and saw Cortana beckoning to them.
"Why are you here!" Mrs. Wagner walked over and complained.
"I heard the recording and came directly."
"Then you should call us too. We will wait for you until 3:30 and almost be late. Your dad has committed a heart attack when he drove the car all the way."
Cortana threw out her tongue quickly: "Sorry, sorry, I forgot."
Mrs. Wagner sighed: "This is your brother's starting game, I think you are not coming."
"How could it not come." Cortana held her mother's hand, spoiled, and couldn't see that this was a woman who was so sharp in front of Zhou Yi that he had some headaches.
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When the players from both sides walked out of the court, the people in the stands cheered.
Although it was a warm-up match for the youth team, there were dozens of spectators on the scene. They were basically parents of players of the home team Dortmund youth team. While sending the children to the game, they also watched the children's games.
Mark's parents and sister also cheered and shouted Mark's name.
This is Zhou Yi's first time to participate in the competition between European club youth teams. He looked at the stands curiously and found that the people in the stands suddenly envied them.
This kind of scene is a picture of his fantasy every time he plays football in China.
Anyone who has played in school may understand that feeling. If someone watches the ball on the court and cheers for them, then everyone can play at a super level. If there are still beautiful women in the ball... then everyone is like playing chicken blood.
German football is just a warm-up match between youth teams. There are dozens of spectators. How could their level be not high?
In this country, football has penetrated into every aspect of social life.
In China, football is just football. When you leave the football field, you lose your vitality.
Based on Zhou Yi's experience in various parts of Europe in recent months, he feels that this is the biggest gap between Chinese football and European football, just like a gap.
It's not that the national football skills are not as good as people, not even the football system.
It is the gap in the society as a whole.
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Although it is a warm-up match, there are also many ceremonies before the match, from line-up shaking hands to exchanging team flags, to picking sides, it is very formal.
Then the game started.
The moment Zhou Yi received the ball, coach Ecker's eyes were firmly locked in his body.
This warm-up match, in fact, has one purpose, that is to examine Zhou Yi's performance.
After all, training and competition are different. Someone can behave like a world-class player in training, but in a game of real swords and guns, they immediately fail.
Although Zhou Yi's gap will not be that great, it still needs attention.
After Zhou Yi received the ball, he didn't observe, but directly passed the football out again. It was a simple one-pointer that transferred the football from the middle to the side.
Then he started shaking his head left and right to observe the situation while running to the next place.
For this scene, Eckel is no stranger to him, and he is used to it during training.
He cares more about how Zhou Yi will lead the team and dominate the game.
He only looked at it for five minutes, and a different look appeared on his face.
Because in these five minutes, the football has been turning around at the feet of the Dortmund youth team players, the Düsseldorf youth team has not even touched the football!
The football will always be passed to Zhou Yi, and then Zhou Yi will give it to the next person, then he will run, take the pass, and then pass the football to another teammate.
Passing back and forth like this, and not just falling in the backcourt, such passing from the backcourt to the midfield, but did not enter the 30 meters area of ​​the Dusseldorf youth team.
In recent training, the Dortmund youth team has been practicing, but it is still very surprising to be able to achieve this effect.
Who is it for?
Ecker is very clear.
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Zhou Yi observed the performance of the Düsseldorf youth team through a five-minute fall, and found that it was the same as what he encountered in the world.
The Düsseldorf youth team fell so much in Dortmund that they were a little sleepy. They even felt that this kind of fall was a humiliation to them.
So they started to put a lot of pressure on them, trying to grab Dortmund's back-and-forth ball.
Dortmund, who was originally a cross and a back pass, suddenly accelerated his pace!
When Zhou Yi catches the ball again, he chooses a straight plug!
With a straight kick, the football passed through the rib between Düsseldorf's left centre-back and left-back and fell into the space behind their defense line. Dennis Hoffman plugged in from behind and caught the ball!
And he is already behind the back line of the Düsseldorf youth team. In front of him, no one can stop him except one goalkeeper!
The rest became very simple all at once.
After receiving the ball, Hoffman inwardly faced the goalkeeper of the Düsseldorf youth team who hurriedly attacked and chose a kick.
The football draws an arc, bypasses the goalkeeper's ten fingers, hangs at the back corner of the goal, wipes the goal post and flies into the goal!
1:0!
Only six minutes into the game, the Dortmund youth team took the lead in the game, and this ball was assisted by Zhou Yi!
The scoring Huffman ran to Zhou Yi who assisted him, and a group of people embraced.
This is simply the best proof that Zhou Yi has integrated into the team!