Starting from entering the Dortmund youth training camp, Zhou Yi, on the one hand, conducted normal youth team training with the U17 and U19 players, and on the other hand, he had to spend more energy and time on physical fitness and strength training than ordinary players.

Because this is the homework he has not experienced professional and formal training in the past seventeen years, he must make up for it. Otherwise, he will not be able to realize his dream of a professional player.

And he must seize the time, leaving him with only one year. When he came to Dortmund, he was almost eighteen years old. Which player had just started to get involved in formal training at the age of eighteen?

If there is no system in your mind, Zhou Yi may not dare to dream of "becoming a professional player".

But the system can only help him improve his experience and consciousness. The strength of his body requires real training, not dreaming.

He has been in Dortmund, a city in western Germany for more than half a year, but when his parents were on the phone and his classmates left a message on QQ to ask him about his impression of the city, he couldn't say anything.

Because he had never been to other areas of Dortmund except Mark's house, the football stadium near Mark's house, the restaurants that Mark's family often visited, and other areas of Dortmund, except Bracker's training base.

He is only 20 or 30 kilometers apart from Yang Muge, who is also in the Ruhr District, but he has never met except in the competition between the teams of both sides.

Why?

Because he has to hurry up and train and improve himself.

Otherwise, a year later, he would not know whether he could win the favor of Klopp and sign a professional player contract with Dortmund.

After more than half a year of training, Zhou Yi has made great progress in both physical fitness and strength.

His height rose from the initial 1.71 to 1.75 meters, and his weight also rose from the 58 kilograms he had just joined the team to the current 65 kilograms. His ability to fight on the court has also increased significantly, and scientific and correct training has allowed him to grow rapidly.

But in Yebala's view, these progress of Zhou Yi will face very severe tests in the upcoming Youth German Cup final.

Freiburg U19 may be the strongest opponent he has encountered in Dortmund U19 in the past few months - much stronger than Schalke 04U19. If Schalke 04U19 is strong, he would not be ranked fourth in the Western Conference.

As the core of the midfield organization of Dortmund U19, Zhou Yi will inevitably be under the focus of Freiburg U19.

Physical confrontation will also be commonplace.

How Zhou Yi can perform at that time may directly determine the final ranking Dortmund won.

There were several reasons for the elimination of Freiburg U19 in the quarter-finals of last year - at that time, Freiburg U19 focused all his attention on the competition for league championships, and playing against Dortmund U19 in the quarter-finals was not the main force. In addition, the current high-level oppressive style of Freiburg U19 was just a prototype at that time and was not perfect, and they were more mature this season.

Third, even when facing Freiburg's U19 at that time, Dortmund only tied with the opponent 1:1 in regular games, and finally eliminated his opponent by penalty kick. This luck is too great...

And luck is unsure. Last year, I was at Dortmund, so I was guaranteed to go to Freiburg this year?

So in order not to restrict Zhou Yi from being restricted by Freiburg U19 in the final and become the weakness of Dortmund U19, Zhou Yi was defeated from the final start?

Yebala would never do this.

Since Zhou Yi came to Dortmund U19, he has quickly become Dortmund's midfield leader.

Now the entire Dortmund U19 team has become accustomed to letting Zhou Yi take control of the team. If Zhou Yi is defeated in the final, what is the difference between this and cutting off your hands and feet in order to worry about being bitten by a snake?

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When Yebala was having a headache about how to face Freiburg's high-pressure style of play in the final, Zhou Yi, Gotze and Mark were depressed by the delay in winning the game.

"We have been practicing for more than a month, right? As a result, we can't win a single game in seven games until now!"

Another day, when there was only training in the morning, three people gathered at the football field near Mark's house in the afternoon to train.

After a group of special trainings, Mark complained while the three of them sat on the ground to rest.

"The direction of our efforts is absolutely correct, it's just a matter of luck." Zhou Yi comforted Mark.

"But luck is the hardest because it is uncontrollable," said Gotze.

"No, luck is controllable." Zhou Yi said.

His view surprised both of them.

Everyone knows that luck is illusory, otherwise why is the lucky god a goddess rather than a male god? It must be related to women's incomprehensible temper that makes men unable to understand and change.

The greatest charm of luck lies in its inconclusiveness, but why does Zhou Yi say that luck is controllable?

"There is a saying in China that is 'a blind cat hits a dead mouse', which describes a very good luck." Zhou Yi said.

"Well... it sounds like our German proverb, 'Blind chickens can sometimes find millet'..." Götze said. "It also describes the fact that even a blind chicken can find millet. Isn't this lucky? "

"That's right." Zhou Yi nodded. "But on the other hand, if the blind chicken and the blind cat don't go to find it or touch it, how can you find millet and dead rats? I think there is another deep meaning hidden behind these proverbs."

Zhou Yi entered a state of serious nonsense. However, Mark and Gotze did not realize this. They listened to Zhou Yi explaining the profound meaning behind this proverb.

"These proverbs are not just about being lucky. The deeper meaning is to show us that good luck prefers those who work tirelessly. If a cat thinks that he is blind and lying in his nest, then wouldn't it not be able to hit the ground even if there are dead rats? If a chicken feels that he can't see it anyway, and he will definitely not be able to go out for food, then even if there are millet everywhere, how can it peck it?"

Zhou Yi said seriously.

Mark and Gotze were dumbfounded - they had been listening to it for more than ten years and had long been used to the common proverbs given by the general public and universal values. They actually had such a meaning? And no matter how they heard it, they felt that the end of Zhou Yi... It was really that way!

"Why do the proverb emphasizes blind cats and blind chickens? They are both physiological defects. In everyone's opinion, such an image is the weak, and it is impossible to complete the behavior of catching rats and pecking rice. But they successfully caught rats and found millet. The proverb creates the images of two weak people, but allows them to complete impossible tasks. Is this just as simple as luck? I think the deep meaning behind this is to remind us that as long as we are willing to work hard, persevere, and not bow to difficulties, we can overcome even the great difficulties, and even if everyone thinks it is impossible to complete, we can definitely complete it!"

As he said that, Zhou Yi clenched his fists and looked up at the sky at forty-five degrees, and became passionate.

"Faced with the impossible, if you believe that it is impossible and refuse to make any efforts, then good luck will never come. On the contrary, if you work hard and don't give up when facing the impossible, then good luck will favor you! This is the correct explanation of these two proverbs! Therefore, there is also a proverb called "luck always favors the strong". The "strong" here is not a strong person who is strong, but a strong person who does not abandon or give up, dares to challenge himself, and says "no" to impossible! Such a strong person is the real strong person!"

After hearing Zhou Yi's passionate words, Mark and Gotze couldn't say a word. They frowned and fell into deep thought...

However, Zhou Yi interrupted their thoughts: "Okay, get up and continue practicing. Have enough rest. If you rest, you have to warm up again!"

Mark and Gotze's delight quit from contemplation and stood up to continue their practice.

They are not very clear whether such hard training has the meaning of the same as Zhou Yi said.

But they understand that it will make the situation worse if they don’t train.

So no matter what the future is, we need to train now.

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The finals are still five days away, and the day before the finals, the team will finish training at Bracker training base and take a plane to Berlin for adaptive training before the finals.

Although there is less than a week left before the final, Bracker's training is no different from usual, and there is still a "game" stage.

Now Zhou Yi and the other two no longer need to discuss any strategies before the game starts. Just follow the usual special training directly.

So the game started when the head coach Yebala whistled.

It is still a strategy of fast pass and quick cut and cross-changing. After three passes, Gotze passed the ball to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi made a mistake when he passed the ball directly to Mark. The football was kicked and rolled to the sideline, and then was picked up by the captain of the defending player Hornshu.

The whistle sounded, and Yebala raised a finger: "Attack the side, lose one point!"

There are no laughter outside the venue because no one thinks this is a funny thing. If you watch comedy every day, you may not find it funny.

After Yebala finished calling, Zhou Yi and Gotze did not blame each other, but returned to the middle circle and took a football and started again.

The second game started after the whistle of Yebala.

Continuous and fast transmission, you cannot stop the ball at all. If you stop the ball, you will be surrounded by the opponent's players. The worst result is naturally to be directly intercepted, and the best result is to lose the ball a few seconds later...

The players watching the game on the sidelines all had serious expressions. In fact, they could see how difficult it was for the trio. When everyone faced at least two defensive players pressing and defending, they had to run in and pass the ball directly while running. This was too difficult to match.

But the three insisted on doing this without considering other possibilities at all.

Choose the most difficult path and then face it.

The teammates had to respect the courage of these three people - they had asked themselves during so many days of watching the game, and felt that they would definitely not be able to hold on for so long.

Of course, maybe the trio had thought of giving up, but Yebala didn't give them the option of giving up...

So the times create heroes, and God will give great responsibilities to this person... Most of these heroes who take great responsibilities may be forced...

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PS, it seems we have another leader?
Chapter completed!