Chapter 63 Playoffs
"Zhou Yi, look!" Mark called Zhou Yi to his room and pointed to the computer screen to show him.
Zhou Yi saw a group photo of himself, Gotze and Mark holding the German Cup at a glance.
"The official website reports us! Look at the title they used "The Trident of Youth Team A"! Is it handsome?" Mark said excitedly.
"It's really handsome." Zhou Yi said, looking at the screen.
On the plane back to Dortmund from Berlin, a reporter from Dortmund's official website interviewed him and his teammates.
I didn't expect this report to be published so soon.
This is not the first time he has appeared on the official website of the Dortmund Club, but it is the first time he has appeared on the homepage of the official website.
The report introduces everyone the "Trident" combination in the Dortmund u19 team.
It is believed that the Trident combination is of great contribution to the reason why Dortmund was able to win this German Cup championship.
While Zhou Yi was reading the report, Mark was around him and danced with excitement.
Zhou Yi patted his shoulder: "Calm down, Mark. This is just on our club website. What should you do if you go to "Kickers" in the future?"
After hearing Zhou Yi say this, Mark was stunned. Looking at his expression, Zhou Yi knew that he must have begun to fantasize about the scene where his photo appeared in "Kicker".
Ah, a fantasy child... it's really enviable!
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Yang Musing holds the local newspaper "Western", a media that focuses on Schalke 04 news, just like "Ruer News", which specializes in the news of the Dortmund Club.
In the corner of this newspaper, Yang Muge found news about Dortmund's U19 winning the Youth German Cup final.
In just a few words and a few lines, the Western newspaper used this method to show their position and the success of the mortal enemy. It was already very neutral and objective to leave a little page to mention this matter. As for detailed reports, it would be impossible to even think about it.
However, Yang Muge didn't need to report in detail on "Western Newspaper", because he watched the entire process of the competition.
Zhou Yi's performance in the game impressed him. He found that since he came to Germany, every time he saw Zhou Yi, he felt that he was very different from the last time and made rapid progress.
Zhou Yi is completely different from the student player who first entered the reality show team.
He is really a person who is born to play football. In Germany, a place with rich football culture, he is simply like a fish in water.
If he had not chosen to go to school but received regular professional football training, perhaps he would have been a figure of He Ying's level.
But it doesn't matter. Fortunately, he came to Germany, and fortunately he chose the path he should take.
Yang Muge was very happy for Zhou Yi from the bottom of his heart.
"Hi, Yang." Draxler saw Yang Muge in a daze with the newspaper in his eyes. He took the initiative to say hello to him. "Why do you think about buying a newspaper to read?"
Yang Muge pointed to the news that Dortmund's U19 won the championship and showed Draxler.
"Ah... Dortmund... Damn!" The smile on Draxler's face disappeared. Just one day passed, and it was a day when Dortmund fans were happy, while Schalke 04 fans were unhappy.
Especially as a Schalke 04 youth team player, this feeling is even deeper.
The mortal enemies returned to win the cup in the German Cup final, which was so popular.
"I didn't watch that game, but let me guess, your friend must be shining in the game, right?" Draxler asked.
Yang Muge nodded: "Well, two assists helped Dortmund win Freiburg 2:0."
"Both goals are related to him..." Draxler suddenly said to Yang Muge with a serious expression, "Yang. We all have to work harder. I have a very bad premonition. Maybe your friend, he will appear in the first team earlier than us!"
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Dortmund U19 won the Youth German Cup, but this did not have much impact on the team itself.
Except for the two days off for the team after returning to Dortmund.
But Zhou Yi and Mark were not idle these two days. They went to the football stadium near Mark's house again. Zhou Yi passed the ball to Mark and Mark came to shoot.
This not only practiced Zhou Yi's pass, but also practiced Mark's shot.
Zhou Yi's pass was actually very good. But he was still not satisfied. Sometimes he still felt that he saw the gap, but he could not pass the football over because it was too difficult to pass the ball. He would miss the ball rashly, so he had to pass the football backward or pass the football backward, so he could run again and find the gap again.
But this delayed the team's offensive rhythm.
Zhou Yi's goal is to be able to train his short pass value to more than 90, but now his short pass is 65. It is a little higher than Göce, while Göce is 64.
There are still twenty-five points left before the minimum goal of ninety.
You should know that Zhou Yi had just started his short pass but only twenty-two points.
In fact, Zhou Yi made great progress very rapidly, but he also felt that as the number increases, the more difficult it becomes. He has been stuck at 65 o'clock for almost a month.
Although training in the virtual world has the ability to increase the training effect, it ultimately needs to be put into actual training. If you only train in the virtual world and leave the virtual world without touching the ball, and you still want to expect your ability to increase, you are really dreaming.
Therefore, in the team's daily training, Zhou Yi is very serious in training. In addition to extra training, he will also conduct some basic technical training in his spare time.
Especially after discovering the football stadium near Mark's house, as long as there is a chance, Zhou Yi will come here to train with Mark on days without a game. He practices passing the ball, and Mark practices shooting. The two people happened to match him, and he passed the ball to Mark, and Mark shot the football at the goal.
Later, after Gotze joined, it became a special training for quick passes.
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The reassembled Dortmund U19 was asked by their head coach Yebala to quickly forget the Youth German Cup championship he just won.
"We have league championships to compete for next, and immersing in past achievements is meaningless for the future. So today will not be any different from the usual training."
After saying that, Yebala proved this to the players with practical actions. He called Zhou Yi, Mark and Gotze out to play the game again.
"Ah? Still playing? Haven't you finished the German Cup?" Zhou Yi was very surprised.
"Do you think I'm specially prepared for the German Cup final? No! You haven't won yet!"
But the three of them were not very frustrated. After getting used to playing this game, they thought it was actually quite fun...
Yebala has strengthened his ideas from the German Cup final. In the remaining games of this season, he will regard the trident tactics as his main tactic.
Rely on the trident to win the league championship.
Faced with Freiburg's fierce high-level pressing, the Trident tactics can work well, so why not give them more hope?
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Just a week after the Youth German Cup final, Dortmund U19 ushered in their 25th round of the German U19 League Western Division.
In this game, Dortmund faced Hupaidal at home.
This team is currently ranked second to last in the league and is not strong.
But despite this, Yebala still played all the main force, with no tridents, all of them.
He just wants to use more games to hone the trident, and strive to polish the trident when the playoffs arrive.
The Trident's performance did not disappoint Yebala. In this game, Dortmund defeated Hupaidal 5-0 at home, with Gotze scoring twice, Mark scored a goal, and Zhou Yi also completed two assists.
In this way, Dortmund, ranked first, leads second-ranked Leverkusen by five points and qualifies for the playoffs one round ahead of schedule.
And from them down, all teams can only look forward to fighting again next year.
Another week later, in the last round of the Western Conference League, Dortmund challenged Leverkusen, the second in the league away.
The main players are still playing, but Zhou Yi was replaced after only half of the game this time.
It's not because of poor performance, but because Yebala wants to keep her strong for the playoffs.
Gotze was replaced not long after the start of the second half. The Trident left a Mark on the court.
In the end, Dortmund u19 lost to Leverkusen u19 1:3 away. However, the outcome of this game is no longer important. Dortmund players who qualified for the playoffs in advance are obviously absent-minded on the court. They are now thinking about the playoffs, not the game in front of them.
Yebala did not criticize the team either.
After all, it is young people, and it is difficult for them to control their emotions. They have done a good job this season, and if they lose in this last irrelevant game, they will lose.
In this way, Dortmund U19 ended all their matches in the U19 Western League this season. In the twenty-six rounds of the league, Dortmund U19 won 20 wins, four draws and two losses and accumulated 63 points, scored 91 goals, conceded 32 goals, and had a goal difference of 59 goals.
Except for the four more goals conceded than Leverkusen, who ranked second, they are all ranked first in other data.
Last season, the team led by Yebala only ranked fourth in the Western Conference League and did not make it to the playoffs at all. They won 16 games in the 26 rounds of the league, tied four games, and lost six games. Their performance was completely different from now.
Of course, compared with last season's Dortmund's U19, there are more players, such as Daniel Kinchek, such as Mario Gotze, and Zhou Yi and Mark.
They are all important reasons why the team can perform so well.
Next, they will prepare for the playoff semi-finals a week later.
Chapter completed!