Schalke 04U17 now has a top player, not only in Schalke 04, but also in Germany, it is also a talented player, that is Julian Draxler.

The player, born in September 1993, is only fifteen years old now, but he is already the pillar of Schalke 04U17, which shows how outstanding his abilities are.

Generally speaking, in the youth football world, age is a gap, otherwise why should we divide it into different age groups? Everyone can’t play together?

The reason why we didn't do this is because the strength of players of different ages varies greatly, which mainly comes from their bodies. Players who are one or two years older and play players who are one or two years younger than them are easier, and they have an absolute advantage in both strength and speed.

Therefore, when the media describes how talented a young player is, they will mention that he is often transferred to U19 at the age of sixteen. Those who can play in first-team professional games at the age of sixteen or seventeen are basically defined as "geniuses".

Draxler is such a genius who has surpassed the age limit.

Schalke 04 is currently ranked first in the Western Conference League, and is inseparable from Draxler's outstanding performance. In the popular terms of Chinese fans, Draxler is Schalke 04U17's thigh.

On the other hand, after Gotze and Schneider left one after another, the team lost their core players, their performance declined and their performance was not good. There are currently no star players in the lineup, which can be compared with Draxler.

In terms of strength, Dortmund U17 is weaker than Schalke 04U17, but this is their home court, so everything is hard to say.

However, many people think that this should be a close match. Whoever wins in the end depends on who performs better and who has better luck.

After the game started, Schalke 04 youth team did not underestimate the opponent because their opponents were not as good as theirs.

This is a derby, and it is impossible to underestimate the enemy.

Coupled with Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in the recent warm-up match, it naturally attracted the attention of Schalke 04.

So after the game started, Zhou Yi was already under strict control. Beside him, a Schalke 04 player was followed.

Although Zhou Yi has not yet shown his ability to be the new core of Dortmund U17 in this game, the treatment he enjoys has begun to feel like a core player...

When Ricken saw this scene, he did not frown, but felt worried, but was a little happy.

He came to the game this time because of the Ruhr derby, and on the other hand, he wanted to see Zhou Yi's performance. Zhou Yi's previous series of performances in the warm-up match were all heard in his ears.

But the warm-up match is a warm-up match after all. Zhou Yi said that he is the "king of the warm-up match" is actually a joke, and it is not a great achievement.

Ricken wants to see Zhou Yi’s performance in the official competition.

As a player Klopp personally went to Barcelona to dig, Ricken was also very concerned.

In this situation, it just tests Zhou Yi's ability.

A player who can only perform well in low-intensity warm-up matches and becomes in a low state once it reaches a high-intensity official match. It is definitely not what Dortmund needs, nor is it what Klopp wants to see.

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Zhou Yi thinks Schalke 04 is quite strange. Since he knows that he wants to send someone to follow him, why not follow him closely?

When I catch the ball, this guy doesn't come up, but I come up after I catch the ball... Do you really think that I can't pass the ball?

Zhou Yi felt that the outstanding performance in the warm-up match could not really attract the attention of his opponents. Perhaps their coaches attached great importance to it, but when it comes to the players, the execution strength will probably be reduced.

To put it bluntly, I am actually an unknown person in the German youth football circle, so I don’t have to really think that I have special treatment.

However, Zhou Yi doesn't care whether others really treat him as the core. If the other party really despises him, he won't be angry. Anyway, it's not himself who suffers the loss in the end, but the person who despises him, so what's so angry about him?

What he cares more about now is how to help the team score goals.

After the game started, Schalke 04 took Julian Draxler as the core, and basically handed over football to him, and his personal ability beyond other Dortmund players also made him feel as if he was in the water on the wing.

This is a player with a very fast speed and excellent ability to change direction breakthroughs. He repeatedly creates crises in Dortmund's defense line, causing Dortmund's defense line to be in a panic.

Zhou Yi can play a very small role in defense, and what he can help the team is offense.

Offense is the best defense. If you want to relieve the pressure on your defense line, you have to make Schalke 04 realize that their own defense line is not solid.

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Schalke 04 player Orry Peter Lack, who was assigned to follow Zhou Yi before the game, followed Zhou Yi for almost ten minutes, and did not see anything that this kid deserves such a big fight to his team.

He also specifically asked himself to follow him, but what was the result?

He just passes the ball, and many of them pass the ball, and they pass the ball in a horizontal and back pass.

Such a passing can be done by a child who plays football. What's the point of being so good?

The coach also told me that this kid is the core of Dortmund. Yes, it seems that everyone passes the ball to him, but he doesn't convert these passes into any chance.

If this is the new core of Dortmund, that would be really funny!

The Dortmund youth team without Gotze is simply weak.

When Zhou Yi received a pass from his teammate again, he quickly passed the football back.

Peterlake grinned and sneered—Look, why do you have to post it as soon as possible?

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When Zhou Yi got the ball again, Peter Lack went up a little later than usual, but Zhou Yi did not unexpectedly pass the football across the board.

Peterlake sneered, then leaned behind Zhou Yi and said, "You can only pass back and cross, are you?"

Zhou Yi turned around and looked at him with a confused look on his face. When Peter Lack saw Zhou Yi's expression, he realized that the other party was a Chinese and must not understand the German he spoke. So he smiled and waved his hand: "Forget it, it's nothing. Just think I'm talking to myself. Dortmund actually found such a person to be the new core. He is really... confused!"

Zhou Yi glanced at him, didn't say anything back, but just ran away.

He ran to the next place to catch the ball.

When teammates passed the football, this time it was more obvious, and Peter Lack, who faced him head-on, came up with a slower pace.

So just as he was slowly planning to come up, Zhou Yi suddenly passed the football sideways, and then accelerated to go around from the inside of Peterarch.

This time, this sudden forward was surprised by Peter Lack, and he was stunned for a moment.

With Zhou Yi's sudden forward, Dortmund's entire team also accelerated!

Mark, who was already near the center line, suddenly ran forward. Of course, there was a Schalke 04 full-back following him, not allowing him to easily get rid of his defense.

The Dortmund youth team player who received Zhou Yi's pass on the wing saw that Zhou Yi had successfully penetrated behind Peter Lack, quickly passed the ball. After passing the ball, he decisively accelerated forward, ensuring that if Zhou Yi wanted to pass the ball, he would have a pass target.

At this time, Peter Lack realized, and he hurriedly turned around and rushed towards Zhou Yi.

At the same time, because this place is close to the 30-meter area of ​​Schalke 04, a central defender, Dennis Riport, came forward decisively and planned to have a front and back attack with Peter Lack.

In order to catch the ball, Zhou Yi turned half-turned, and he was facing the attack direction.

In everyone's common sense, Zhou Yi could not see the situation behind him. As long as he took the ball slowly, he might be blocked by the opponent. Then Peter Lack had another attack and the ball was cut off.

But Yang Muge, who knows Zhou Yi very well, doesn't think so. Although he doesn't know why, Zhou Yi seems to be very clear about everyone's position on the court.

He didn't think that Lipole's decisive snatch Zhou Yi would be unaware of it.

On the contrary, he thought this might be Zhou Yi’s opportunity.

And this opportunity stems from Peter Lack's lack of guarding Zhou Yi... That dazed was so fatal!

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Liport thought he could definitely block Zhou Yi's way, but at this moment, he found that Zhou Yi, who was facing his back to him, suddenly tweaked the ball inward!

Then he turned around, changed direction, and then dodged away from himself!

He avoided his frontal blockade!

And what about Riport himself?

Because of the inertia of robbing, he couldn't stop the car and rushed directly to the front.

The only comfort was his teammate, Peter Lark followed Zhou Yi's butt and rushed to the middle lane. At least there was someone who could continue to maintain pressure behind him.

Just as he changed direction and turned into the middle lane, Mark, who was originally on the wing, suddenly stepped forward from the wing forward who had been following him!

Schalke 04's left forward was completely attracted by Zhou Yi's move toward the middle. After all, the middle lane was the most dangerous area. He cared about the fate of the team and did not notice the movements of Mark behind him at all.

Zhou Yi's move to the middle attracted almost all the defensive players of Schalke 04. Peterlake followed him, and another Schalke 04's midfielder Ozur Ozdemir also rushed towards Zhou Yi.

Schalke 04's other central defender, Patrick Weimar, also took a step forward and blocked Zhou Yi. If Zhou Yi wants to dribble the ball into the penalty area, he will directly face his blocking. If Zhou Yi wants to shoot, he can also use his body to block and interfere with Zhou Yi's shot.

At this time, Schalke 04's left defender also closed in the middle, staring at Zhou Yi, and closely watching everything that happened at the forefront of the top of the penalty area free throw arc.

Schalke 04's players move quickly, and soon formed a circle of encirclements against Zhou Yi. It seems that Zhou Yi will be unable to escape!

But at this moment, Zhou Yi, who was lowering his head and dribbling the ball, suddenly pushed the ball with his right foot and sent it straight through!

The football passed through the huge gap between Schalke 04 central defender Weimar who was blocking him and their left back!

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"Hey! Good ball!" When Ricken, who was watching the game in the stands, couldn't help but stand up from his seat.

Because of his perspective, he looked down from the stands and could clearly see a gap of about ten meters between Schalke 04's central defender and left back.

But this does not mean that Zhou Yi, who lowered his head and dribbled the ball on the court, would definitely see this gap.

Not to mention seeing Mark ambushed behind!

But he just passed the football over like this, as if he really saw everything!

Mark, who was running forward, accelerated and rushed out from behind Schalke 04's full-back and chased the football!

Schalke 04's left back took a step forward while Zhou Yi passed the ball. He obviously wanted to create offside - regardless of whether there are opponents behind him, he would first create offside.

While he was offside, he looked back at his back. Sure enough, Dortmund's player received the ball behind him!

He raised his arms and signaled that the opponent was offside.
To be continued...