Vol 2 Chapter 50: Youth German Cup

In the end, the score of Dortmund U19 and Aachen U19 was fixed at 3-1. Dortmund U19 scored an away victory.
After the trio changed their kicks, neither side was able to score goals, especially Aachen U19. In fact, they had a chance to score, but they did not seize the opportunity.
In Schneider's eyes, the trio of Zhou Yi, Mark, and Goetze after two goals lead to nothing. If it is not Aachen's lack of strength, it is hard to say whether this game can be won.
But in Ybala's view, the situation was not what Schneider thought.
Aachen didn't score, not only because their forwards didn't help, but also because they were ignored by most people. Including Aachen U19, they are regretting that they failed to seize the opportunity.
There is another reason why Aachen U19 did not score. It is not very conspicuous, but it does exist. That is, the quick transfer of the three teams Zhou Yi, Mark and Goetze put a lot of pressure on the back line of Aachen U19, they had to invest more defensive forces on these three people.
After all, if left unattended, these three people seem to be training, they can also kick out some cooperation, it is not impossible to penetrate the Aachen defense line.
The trio's poor performance of this type of play is also partly because Aachen attaches great importance to defense and guards against deadlock.
So this is a result of mutual restraint.
Zhou Yi's offensive style involved Aachen's defensive energy, making it impossible for them to go all out when they finally needed a fight.
And Aachen's defense also caused Zhou Yi's performance to be blocked on offense.
Although there were no goals and the performance was not good-looking, Yebara was satisfied with the performance of the trio in this game.
In particular, these three people even know that they will take care of the team's victory and defeat first, make sure the team can win, and then conduct their tactical trials...
It's a coach's intimate jacket.
As head coach, what other dissatisfaction can Ybala have?
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After finishing the U19 game with Aachen, Zhou Yi and their training life have not changed.
The players who participated in the game on the second day of the game did not need to participate in the team's training, but Zhou Yi, Mark and Goetze did not relax, they met and went to the football field near Mark's house for training.
In the morning, I will eat at Mark's house at noon. During the lunch break, the three people played live football. Under the losers, they also played enthusiastically. When playing games, they also had to fight. Zhou Yiguan called this "psychological warfare", and the youth's ambition was fully reflected in the game. Then go training again in the afternoon.
Then go back to each house.
The next day I went to team training, still playing games.
Still lost.
A week of training is like this every day. If it is a day of training, go to the stadium near Mark's house to continue special training. Afternoon rest, go in the afternoon. In the morning, I go in the morning, whether it is windy or rainy.
During the semifinals of the German Cup during this period, Schneider did not get the opportunity to start, Mark officially replaced him, in the semi-finals to challenge Saarbrücken away, Mark made his first start and scored a goal.
And Zhou Yi assisted again. But his assist was not for Mark, but for Goetze.
At 4:2, Dortmund U19 defeated Saarbrücken U19 away. He reached the final of the Youth German Cup.
The Youth German Cup final will be played on the evening of May 29th. The final venue is the final of the German Cup in the adult group-Berlin Olympic Stadium. The time is also two days earlier than this year's German Cup final.
No matter from which point of view, it is a proud thing to be able to reach the final of the German Cup. You have to know that Dortmund's first team did not do it this season.
In the league, Dortmund U19 also sing forward.
Although in the 23rd round, Bochum U19 scored a 2:2 draw at home, but in the next 24th round of the league, Dortmund won the Bielefeld U19 6-0 away and continued to maintain the right. Leverkusen U19 chasing their lead in the standings.
According to the rules of the German U19 League, in addition to the South Division being the top two league playoffs, only the first team in the Western and Northern Divisions can go to the playoffs to compete for the national championship.
After the twenty-four league, Dortmund U19 led Leverkusen by five points. With two rounds left in the league, as long as they win the 25th round of the league, they will qualify for the playoffs one round in advance.
In the twenty-fifth round, Dortmund U19 faced Hupaidal U19 at home. This team is now ranked second from the bottom in the league... In the twenty-four round, the league won only four games, tied five games, and lost fifteen games. The strength is weak. The advantage is on the road. No suspense.
So it can actually be said. Dortmund has already qualified for the playoffs in advance.
Under such circumstances, Yebara could focus on the German Cup final.
Their opponent in the Youth German Cup final is Freiburg U19 from the southern division. This team is currently ranked first in the southern division and its strength cannot be underestimated.
Now that he has reached the finals, Yebara will certainly not be satisfied with taking the runner-up.
Dortmund's strength is very strong, but also need to watch the live play.
Now Ybala is most uncertain about the performance of the trio.
The game is going on every day, it has been more than a month, and you can see that the three people are improving, but they still haven’t been able to win the game. After each game, they carried their tall and strong teammates at 25 meters During the reentry run.
Three to six, plus a goalkeeper, the rules of this game are indeed too harsh.
But Yebara did not adjust the rules to reduce the difficulty, but insisted that they do so.
At the beginning, people who did not participate in the game could still coax under the mentality of watching fun.
However, as time increased day by day, everyone gradually couldn't laugh. Because such a tormenting thing became a daily routine, it really made people laugh, and they began to sympathize with the trio-obviously performed well in the game, able to score goals and assists, why should they be in training Tortured by the head coach?
The three of them are not complaining now, because complaining is useless, but it is better to work hard to improve their level.
They also felt the progress of the special training. Whether in the game or in the game, their success rate of cooperation is getting higher and higher. in the game. They can sometimes use fast pass to tear the opponent's defense line or two, but they still can't score.
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After finishing the match against Leufield U19, the Dortmund U19 team entered the preparations for the Youth German Cup final.
The rival of Dortmund U19 is Freiburg U19.
In terms of the first team, Freiburg is certainly not a pivotal role in German football today. In fact, the first team of Freiburg is still playing in the second division.
But in the field of youth training. Freiburg is indeed a famous youth training expert in Germany.
On the one hand, their youth training is good, on the other hand, their first team is willing to give young players the opportunity to participate in the first team game, although German football has now attached great importance to young players to play in professional games. But there is still not much that can be done at Freiburg.
Of course, this may be because Freiburg is a small club with poor financial resources. They don't have much budget to dig up those big stars. It is impossible to attract any decent players, so they can only give the young people they cultivated more opportunities and trust.
The success of Freiburg’s youth training is due to the legendary coach Volcker Fink who has coached the team for 16 years and the former club chairman Stoke of Freiburg. Under their insistence, the club spent a lot of money to build a football school instead of investing in the reinforcement of the professional team to ensure that the team can stay in the Bundesliga. This move is highly questioned and puts a lot of pressure on the club. .
However, under the combined efforts of these two, after so many years, Freiburg's youth training has finally achieved good results.
Last season's German U19 Youth League, the final winner was Freiburg U19.
In the Youth German Cup last season, they also broke into the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, it was Dortmund U19 who eliminated them.
This time, the grievances of the two sides in the Youth German Cup continued directly into the final. And will be magnified several times in the finals-Freiburg revenge can also win the Youth German Cup championship.
Speaking of this Freiburg U19, Yebara is still very familiar, because there was a contest last year.
And in the past two years, the Freiburg youth team has always maintained a high level.
To say that Freiburg U19 is the strongest person, unlike Dortmund U19 is a player like Goetze. Their strongest man sits on the bench at the sidelines-Freiburg U19 coach Christian Straich.
This coach, who has been with the Freiburg club youth team since 1995, is very experienced and has his unique insights into football.
If the Freiburg youth training system was established by Fink and Stoke, then Freiburg's current youth training level is entirely a masterpiece of Streich.
As a coach of the youth team, Yebara has great respect for Streich.
This coach who can devote fourteen years in a club's youth training camp embodies the true meaning of "young youth coach". Many young players trained by him have played in the first team of Freiburg. It was he who continued to provide Fink with newcomers to the Bundesliga-now this man is replaced by Duter, Fink's successor.
It was said before that Streich has his unique insights into football, which is reflected in the football style of Freiburg U19.
The former head coach of Freiburg's first team was Walker Fink. The head coach of Freiburg's first team for 16 years has created the best results in Freiburg Bundesliga and the European War. It has become the team's legendary coach and also has a strong brand Personal style.
Fink’s Freiburg pursued offensive tactics,
offense at all costs. Making offense the best defense
is Fink’s heartbeat. The desperate offensive allowed Freiburg to achieve the best results in history, and injected a breeze into the dull German football at that time.
But Streich's football style is far from Fink's football style, and even...different. The head coach of Freiburg U19 pays more attention to defense.
This season Freiburg U19 has 27 goals conceded in the league, the third lowest in the entire Southern League.
And Streich's emphasis on defense is not the traditional sense that the team shrinks into its own 30-meter area and puts a bus in front of the goal. The way he attaches importance to defense is different from that of general coaches.
He chose to let the team oppress high. The defense of Freiburg U19 starts from the top two forwards. The three lines are kept very close. The central defender often overwhelms the center line and is at a distance of 40 to 50 meters away from the bottom line.
It stands to reason that this strange configuration should be easily penetrated by the other party through three lines.
But not.
They conceded the third lowest number of goals in the Southern League.
They are currently ranked first in the Southern League, leading the second place Mainz U19 by as much as six points, and have already determined to advance to the playoffs.
Why is this?
Because their high post defense intensity is very high, many teams will be disturbed by this kind of midfield and frontcourt, and there is no way to organize the offense.
The other is one of their key figures, the main goalkeeper Oliver Bowman. The young talented goalkeeper has a sense of calm and position beyond his age, as well as excellent decision-making skills and a positive personality.
Therefore, Streich’s task for the talented goalkeeper was to take care of almost half of the court space in front of him. He had to rush out of the penalty area frequently to deal with the ball that successfully broke through the frontcourt and offside trap in Freiburg U19.
Manuel Neuer in Schalke 04 is a goalkeeper who naturally likes to break out of the penalty area, which may have something to do with his desire to be a striker. But Bowman was forced to rush out of the restricted area, which is related to Freiburg's high-level oppression of U19.
But Bowman has done a good job so far. Not only has he made a decisive and decisive attack, but he has also had amazing and amazing saves in front of the door~EbookFREE.me~ Raibao U19's high-level oppression play is simply a trial-and-error tactic.
This is what Yebara needs to have a headache.
Because Zhou Yi, the core of the U19 midfield organization in Dortmund, may face the most difficult enemies and face the most severe test in this Youth German Cup final.
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PS, the second half of this chapter is all about Freiburg, and some people may say that they are using Baidu Encyclopedia to irrigate.
For this, I also have some complaints to send. For the specific content, please see the next chapter-originally intended to be hung directly under this chapter. As a result, I complained a lot, writing 1,500 words, hanging in the charge chapter The following means that I need to spend too much money to complain, it is not necessary, so I took it out separately.
It’s free anyway, let’s take a look.
Even complaints are tidbits. (To be continued.)